Who was the Greatest "King of Sumer and Akkad"? - 10 Greatest Kings of Ancient Mesopotamia
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- For this video, the channel's patrons on Patreon and I went through a list of thirty great Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Kassite and Mitanni kings of ancient Mesopotamia to come up with a ranking for who we thought was the greatest of all. See if you agree!
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Im going with Ashurbanipal..simply because of the amazing library he left us..history is important
For me the top three are:
1. Sargon: because his shadow still falls upon us 4 millena later.
2. Ashurbanipal: because he was a king who could read, loved culture and still managed to be as brutal an Assyrian as any.
3. Ur-Namu: because he revatilized the Sumerian culture that was already a couple of millenia old and almost moribund and was able to take it to it’s greatest heights.
I prefer these three because each represents the most prominent cultures of a fantastic and my favourite ancient historical region.
"He could read, BUT he was as brutal as everyone else around him. That's why he's the second most important ruler"
Yeah, right dude...
What a brainfart that is 🤣😭😭😭
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@@kleinenfuchse5365it's not brain fart , learning makes one less violent and more of a better peace lover , and he is right in stating that
Ashurbanipal be like: Listen, conquering shit is cool and all but god DAMN have you seen all those sweet texts?!
I wish I had a history teacher like you when I was a student...my love for history would have been much more than just a hobby.
You want History classes to be 20m Top 10s with the most surface knowledge possible?
@@ptlemon1101 tbf, most of his content is a much deeper dive than these sort of things
Hello my friends since I am Iraqi and I know my Sumerian Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian ancestors I will say who are the greatest kings of ancient Iraq in sequence. First the most powerful king in the history of Mesopotamia is the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II followed by the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal followed by the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III followed by the Akkadian king Naram-Sin Haula The four are the most powerful kings of Mesopotamia
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Its a fair list Cy, highlighting the most influential rulers in Mesopotamia i can't fault it.. well documented work pal.
Thanks, I thought you'd be interested in this video! I think after the top three, it's definitely hard to differentiate between who was greater or lesser. Plus, we actually know relatively little because so much was lost. Thanks for watching and stay tuned for more!
@@HistorywithCy
In which of the Mesopotamia kings, you think, was the time
of Prophet Abraham ?
Thank you.
To me, it's Ashurbanipal, hands down, no contest. Preserving human knowledge for millenia to come just seems to me like one of the most glorious achievement a person can aspire to.
Not a single mention of Urukagina of Lagash also known as the first Moses. His laws giving rights to widows, orphans and the poor people in general are still today the foundations of most laws that protect the poor. His laws are the oldest written laws we have in history.
I will proclaim to the world the deeds of Gilgamesh , this was the man to whom all things were known, this was the king who knew the countries of the world , he was wise , he saw mysteries and knew secret things
at the beginning of the video the author mentioned, that will not count mythical kings.
That was literally the audio book I was listening to before I came here
Ashurbanipal for his contribution in saving knowledge of the world around him...great work mate.worth saving.
Proud Assyrian here! My people will rise again 🙏👑 as it promised in the bible
Heck yeah, I love the feeling of a History with Cy video notification!
Haha thanks! I love the feeling of finally pressing the release button for new videos... it's a bit of excitement and relief. Thanks so much for watching and let me know if there are others you'd put on the list!
Haha for real though
Ashurbanipal. I ❤️ libraries.
To have any knowledge of Sumer, PRICELESS!
Me too... libraries are among my favorite places to visit...they rule! Thanks for watching and hopefully more lists on the way!
So much Ancient history in Summer 💯
Another great video!
Awesome list. I would personally put Ashurbanipal at no.1 just because without his library and thirst for records and literature, our knowledge of the history of the region would be dwarfed a 1000 times.
Basically, for us as modern humans, Ashurbanipal's contributions are the most valuable.
Great channel 👍👍👍
Thank you!
Great list, Cy
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! This was a fun one to do and will probably make a few more videos with lists, like greatest pharaohs of Egypt or something like that. Thanks for watching and stay tuned for more on Mesopotamia!
Hi...
I totally agree with your list 👍
Bravo, sir! Excellent list!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! I think after the top three, it's difficult because there are so many great candidates... definitely more than 10-30. This was fun list to create and hopefully will do more of them in the future. Thanks for watching!
Nice one
Thanks
You are welcome, glad you enjoyed it! Great kings of Elam would be an interesting one but I'm not sure I could come up with that large a list due to lack of information. But there are many three I could think of... will also one day do such a list for Persian kings, Achaemenid to Sasanid. Thanks for watching, stay tuned for more!
Man am forever grateful for your channel...
Nice video!
Thanks!
Excellent work indeed! Well done!
Thanks! I'm making another list where you will be featured... lol probably at the top! Stay tuned and thanks for watching, really appreciate it!
@@HistorywithCy Thanks for keeping me alive in history!
1. Tiglath-Pileser III
2. Ashurbanipal
3. Hammurabi
4. Sargon of Akkad
5. Sennacherib
6. Sargon II
This video puts the history of this area into much better perspective for me. Thanks so much for sharing this knowledge.
Urukagina of Lagash should get some consideration. We don't have text of his law code but can read it's preamble. In it Urukagina states that he wished to establish justice in the land and to protect the lives and rights of the poor, widows and orphans.
Yes, there are so many who could have been included... I should have expanded the list to 20 or more, but time prevented this. I'll put together some other lists and videos with him, perhaps one on legal traditions of ancient Mesopotamia. Thanks for watching, really appreciate it and more on the way, stay tuned!
@@HistorywithCy : Yeah, when you have 2 to 3 millennia of all-stars to choose from, it must be hard to narrow the field.
Love your content.
All the best,
Peace!
Nailed again Cy! Although you had already thaught us about many of them , this video was a great way to see them all together. Awesome!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it and were familiar with many of them! Speaking of seeing them all together, I'm working on a large video that ties the history of the entire region together, from Sumer to Cyrus, so you'll be seeing many of these rulers again. Thanks for watching, really appreciate it!
Thank you , man! Just can't wait for the next one! 🙂🙏
Great video, such an underrated part of history
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! More on the way, stay tuned and thanks for watching!
my top three ones: 1. Sargon (for creating the first "real" empire, and who can forget his "origins" story, hehe ), Hammurabi (not for the famous laws, which only happened towards the end of his reign/life, but the way he outmanoeuvred -diplomatically and militarily - much more powerful enemies at the time and creating the old Babylonian empire), 3. Ashurbanipal (of course, for his library)
TickButt PigLaser the Third is definitely my favorite. What an absolute legend.
Rofl!
Thank you.
You're welcome!
Thanks!
No, thank YOU for watching and the support, really appreciate it! Lots more on the way, stay tuned!
my top three are shulgi, ur nammu and then gudea. Great episode, cy
Great picks, I can see you are a big fan of the Neo-Sumerian era! Thanks for watching and more on the way, stay tuned!
Good as always. Would have swapped Hamurabi for Sargon because of how popular his law code seemed to me while growing up. You could also do something similar for Ancient Egypt, they have a lot of rulers and a huge amount of time to choose from.
As usual, a great video! I love this channel!💗
We need to see your videos of Mesopotamia take you camera there!
Thanks, hope to do one for Egypt as well! That will be a fun one to do for sure. Thanks for watching!
@@HistorywithCy I can't wait!
Great channel and excellent work bringing ancient worlds to us !!!
It does boggle my tiny, humble brain that conquering is considered an achievement . It usually includes plunder, destruction, torture, death, enslaving people and basically a terrible amount of human suffering. We (in)humans have strange values.
Hello CY, thanks for yet another fabulous vide - BRAVO!
Yet I do not require your complete list of Mesopotamian kings "of Summer and Akkad" to select my FIVE favorites (not listed in any specific order - except the last one - since all of them were "great" in every possible measure - always excluding the disagreeable "brutality" factor):
- Sargon of Akkad
- Gudea of Lagash
- Hammurabi, the most famous ruler of Babylon
- Tiglath-pilaser III, who introduced the first "standing army", of Assyria, and
- Ashurbanipal (the greatest of all), the last king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
Cheers!
Excellent list, and a formidable list indeed! I may have added or subtracted a few kings here and there, but this list is obviously well thought through. And of course, having Sargon at the head of the list makes me smile
Thanks! Yeah, I think other than the top 3 or so, it's hard to say who was the greatest since so much has been lost and we don't always know the exact context of the inscriptions or texts discovered. Perhaps they were just propaganda and few if any of the deeds these rulers described actually happened. It was a fun project nevertheless. Thanks for watching and glad that you found this type of video interesting!
@@HistorywithCy Exactly. I'm always reasonably dubious about the writings of these kings, and writings attributed to or about them. Texts alone cannot confirm what happened. But perhaps as the archaeology improves, more and more things can be confirmed or refuted. Still, the video was a lot of fun and I think you covered a lot of these kings fairly in terms of what is currently known. Well done as always Cy
Great list! I had LugalZaGasi higher on my list but that’s only because I love sayin the name.
I was tripping like where is Sargon the great lol awesome video I would agree with you about Sargon someone from humble all be it bloody beginnings gives normal men something to look up to it's no wonder we still consider him great thanks again for the all the great work you do Cy
After the top ten. Where would Ashurnasirpal and Shamsi adad stand?
Saddened to see Dudu didn't make the list 😢.
🤣🤣🤣 No, though with a name like that he's hard to forget. Thanks for watching, really appreciate it! More on the way, stay tuned!
I watched an interesting documentary on Sennacherib, and the idea that the hanging gardens of Babylon were actually at Nineveh and attributed to Sennacherib. Curious if you have heard of this theory, and what you think of it.
I thought that idea has been debunked a long time ago...
Hi, thanks for watching! Yes, archaeologically, there seems to be more evidence that something like the Hanging Gardens was in Nineveh since there are documents referring to a large garden that Sennacherib built; the same has not been found in Babylon, at least to my knowledge, though the city was no doubt also replete with gardens. To answer your question, I don't really know, but I could see something similar in both cities. Nebuchadnezzar II most likely modelled his new Babylon after Nineveh, which up until its destruction was arguably the greatest and most beautiful city in the world. If it had something like the Hanging Gardens that later writers describe, he probably would have imitated it. Perhaps the garden itself wasn't considered anything that special in Mesopotamia since they were commonplace, but to the Greeks, who didn't have the same traditions of maintaining gardens that Babylonians and especially Persians had (cultivating gardens was an important and symbolic activity of kings), even a slightly terraced garden must have been an amazing sight. Just my thoughts on a Tuesday morning...
Thanks for watching, really appreciate it and stay tuned for more!
What about the Assyrian King Esarhaddon that conqured egypt and was the first Mesapotenian king ever to add Egypt King to his titles.
Egypt was also under Akkadian hegemony.
Thank you for another great video, Cy!
It may be the case that we don't even know about the best ruler. Someone down to earth, improving the society and economy with small, careful steps, not focused on conquests nor on glorifying himself might not leave too many records.
Yes, agreed. Like Yoda says in the Empire Strikes Back, "Wars not make one great." Haha thanks for watching and the support, really appreciate it!
For me its:
1 Sargon
2 Ashurbanipal
3 Hammurabi
4 Ur Nammu
5 Shulgi
6 Tiglath-Pileser III
7 Naram-Sin
8 Cyrus (Gotta be on here for me)
9 Esarhaddon
10 Nebuchadnezzar II
Great list! Yeah Cyrus was not included only because he is technically from Iran to the east, else he'd definitely be one of the top contenders! Thanks for watching, really appreciate it and more on the way, stay tuned!
I thought the builder and founder of Assyrian Empire Shamsi Adar should have been on the list and the earlier Assyrian KIng Ashurnasirpal II, withou him there’s no neo Assyrian empire.
In one of Agatha Christie's stories, the vicar's cat is named Tiglath-Pileser. This reflects Christie's interest in ancient history and it's a fitting name for a cat as they consider themselves rulers of the four corners of the earth.
Thank you, Cy, for your wonderful videos. I limit myself to one a day so I can review and absorb them better.
Do a Top 10 Weirdest Names of Ancient Rulers list!
EVIL Merodach?
Where can you buy the soundtrack? I mean the information is fantastic but that soundtrack is perfect
Thanks! All of the music for this video comes from the site Epidemic Sound. Let me know if there are any specific tracks you liked and I'll send you their names. Thanks for watching (and listening), more on the way, stay tuned!
It’s a great list but I can’t help thinking yours truly is the best. After all I am most favored of Ningirsu.
Utu-hengal could have also been included in the list. Even though he didn't rule over vast swathes of land, he was the one who overthrew the Gutian yoke after 200 years, and through his actions the Third Dynasty of Ur was founded.
Yes, it was a tough one between him and Shulgi, but since the Neo-Sumerian influence through art and literature, not just militarily, was at its peak during his reign put him slightly ahead. In all honestly, it's hard to really see who was or was not greater than another ruler after the top 3 or so, at least in my opinion. Thanks for watching, really appreciate it and more on the way!
I agree,Utu-Hengal was the real founder of Ur III dynasty .
Ur-Nanmu married his daughter (Shulgi's mother) and only come to power after his death under "mysterious circunstances ".
But as he died too early I think he is more like a hero akin to Ashur Ubalit I of Assyria (who expelled the Mittani).
Good content as always. I have a question for Cy or his audience. Can anyone tell me the name of the long curled hairstyle worn by many of these kings?
I’m curious about that too. How the heck did they get such curls in their beards? Also to get such a full length in one’s beard. Such a beautiful look they created. I love seeing the old stelas and reliefs.
@@sallithorpe1031 I've read that they used fire-heated iron bars to curl their hair and beards that way. It seems to have been used as as a status symbol to distinguish the ruling class from their subjects. Many spiritual entities were also depicted in this manner. What strikes me, is the longevity of this practice which was adopted by multiple cultures over several millennia. I've heard that the hairstyle may have indicated a deep devotion to God, but I have not been able to confirm that, nor locate the term used to identify this feature. Hopefully, someone with more information will be able to add to this.
@@ABC-po6be that makes good sense. Maybe that explains why the Jews also wouldn’t cut their forelock’s and beards and they would twist the long forelocks into curls.
Anything for God, gotta look stunning 😻🙏🏼
@@sallithorpe1031 That's a keen observation. I think that you might be on to something there.
Top 3, I'm going with Naram-Sin, Hammurabi, and Sargon the Great. Edit: 2 out of 3 ain't bad.
Great choices! I think Naram-Sin would be higher if he had left behind a more lasting legacy like the other two, but definitely one of the most powerful rulers of all time. Thanks for watching, really appreciate it and more on the way, stay tuned!
Powerful
My top three would be Sargon, Ashurbanipal, and Hammurabi
Only God is great...
(Nebuchadnezzar II king of Babylon)
A beautiful and well done compilation.... Thanks...👍
Im impressed by how many of the cultures/empires had major comebacks from the brink of obscurity.
Me too! Thanks for watching!
@@HistorywithCy please do a video on the kings of the Uruk period. Mengkashier, Enmenkar etc
For me the list is the following:
3: Ashurbanipal.
2: Nebuchadnezzar II.
1: Sargon.
I also think that Eannatum should be on the list, considering he conquered all of Sumer before Lugalzaguesi did.
I think I def would have added ole Gilgy as he was def noteworthy as a ruler. He was a true legend. If I could go back in time just to meet him and Enkidu I would. What a story, eh?
This video makes me so happy! My top three would be Sargon of Akkad, Hammurabi (although not in his own lifetime), and Tiglath-Pilesar III. But Ashur-Dan II definitely needs a spot in the top ten. Not a king we have a lot of records of, but he laid the groundwork for the Neo-Assyrian Empire in both ideology and infrastructure.
Kinda surprised so many people rank Ashurbanipal so highly. His early reign was prosperous but his mismanagement of the empire and poor selection of an heir were key factors in Assyria’s collapse.
Boring list. What of Enmenkar of Uruk, Age of Kish and Eanatum?
Hammurabi was Amraphel mentioned in Genesis
I definitely would have Included Cyrus even with the requirements because uhhh, If Assyria counts to me, I dont see why Persia would be distinguished as Seperate from Mesopotamia when it was arguably as close to Babylon as Assyria. But thats just my Personal take on it
He will be on another list my friend, you can count on that! Assyria counted for this list because it's still northern Mesopotamia and all of the kings, at least those listed here, were born in either Ashur, Kalhu or Nineveh along the Tigris river. Though Cyrus ruled over it, the Persian heartland was still a few hundred kilometers away, and as far as we know, Cyrus was born in Anshan, once a great Elamite city, so for those main reasons, he didn't qualify for this list. But on future lists...
Thanks for watching and lots more on the way!
@King Dahaka exactly
Assyria is in mesopotamia lol Babylon was mostly a city but after awhile Babylon became a kingdom and was basically southern while Assyria was northern mesopotamia
Such a deep work... I don't understand why it is Not in Chronogical Order. It would have provided a better historical line and integration of knowledge...
Hi, thanks for watching! If I remember correctly they were voted on by the viewers as to who they thought were the greatest overall and put in that order.
when will peleoponnesian war part -III come?
G U D E A #1
Tiglat-Pileser III deserved a higher rank on that list for his influence on the neo-Assyrian empire that was the first true iron age empire, otherwise spot-on!
He does. Tiglat-Pileser III really revolutionized military systems. Before him, soldiers were purely seasonal, only being usable during summer times. When he got into power, he reformed the military to be loyal provincials, which were forever loyal to the king and could be commanded at any time the king wanted. This placed Assyria above their competitors tenfold.
Sumer, Akkad, Gutium, Babylon and Assyria. Which one of these have the most recognisable name? Babylon.
Who is the most recognisable king of Babylon? Hammurabi.
So Hammurabi is number one.
But he's an Amorite from Syria.
@King Dahaka Which was given by Greeks. It was called Aram and before that it was Ebla(second oldest civilization after Sumer). Assyrians only controlled it approximately 100 years only. Unless you think Syria has only a 100 year old history.
@King Dahaka Allow me to correct you. Eblaite language has more common with Levantine languages than they do with Mesopotamian. And it's called Syria because people that rule ot today are Arabs who called it Syria which was incorrectly called by the Greek speaking Macedonians when they took Aram. And the reason why they called it Syria instead of Aram is because they couldn't differentiate the Levant from the rest of the Assyrian empire, so the whole thing became "Syria".
I like Babum just for the name, but you did discount anything before a certain time so....still the name is great.
My top 3 would be gudea cause that guy is just awesome. Sargon the first...cause obviously and tiglath pilaster the third
Honorable mention: Carl of Swindon
Im going with Eanatum, Enmenkar, Aga of Kish
wasn't there a King Budweiser in beer making Sumer?
🤣 haha the Sumerians were actually great brewers and consumers of beer so I'm sure someone was the ancient equivalent of Budweiser. I'm considering doing a short video on beer in the ancient world since it was a staple in the diet of so many peoples. Anyway, thanks for watching and more on the way, stay tuned!
What about Nabonidus
Have you ever read Sargon the Magnificent by Sydney Bristowe
Sennacherib, Sargon II, Nebuchadnezzar II, Hammurabi and Shalmaneser V
What a great topic! Obviously it's a matter of opinion and my choices are biased by the time I'm alive (in a Western 'democracy' that straddles the 20th & 21st centuries). I'll begin by quoting Yoda who said, "Wars not make one great." To me there's little distinction between the butchers were born into a hereditary title and ones who slaughtered their way to power. Killing other men, woman and children and subjugating others to your whims seems more a sign of criminality than greatness.
While all of these ancient rulers seem tyrannical to a modern eye, I'd choose Hammurabi & Ashurbanipal. Before Hammurabi, so far as we know at least, rules were applied arbitrarily or made up on the spot, with different rules for the wealthy and the poor. Perhaps standardized written codes of law would have inevitably developed over time, but he does seem to have been the first to really codify laws in an attempt to provide something resembling equal justice. I admire Ashurbanipal for the way he pursued knowledge and created great libraries to preserve it. We today do how a huge debt to Ashurbanipal as most of what we know of the culture and daily life from his time is based on his records.
The law code of Ur-Nammu predates the code of Hammurabi by quite a long time, actually.
@@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes and Urukagina predated all of them.
Haha you know what, I was going to play that clip from Empire Strikes Back where Luke says, "I'm looking for a great warrior" and Yoda responds with the line you quoted right before Gudea, but didn't because I had to finish this before leaving for a trip. But one day, I'll do a video on history and Star Wars, or how Star Wars is the classic tale of the hero's journey, something like that. Anyway, thanks for watching and more on the way!
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I agree, Sargon the great should hold the top spot, he built the foundations all of the others stood upon (unless Gilgamesh really was a historical person). I do hope we find his capital some day, just imagine what could be there just waiting for the archaeologists. :)
Agreed! I also believe that there was probably a real person named Gilgamesh after whom all of the stories are based, but, like Homer's Illiad, tales of his adventures were passed down orally from generation to generation until they were finally written down much later. Thanks for watching, really appreciate it and more on the way!
Urartu and Mittani are not counted as those are out of Mesopotamia?
I prefer Ashurbanipal as the first because of the library he left to us.
And the second is Sargon.
The third is Nebuchadnezzar the second.
I'm going with king Gilgamesh :)
have you ever made mention of king Ahasuerus who reigned from india to ethiopia?
Ahasuersu is the Hebrew version of the names Artaxerxes / Xerxes, which was the name of multiple ruling class people in the Archamenid empire. The Xerxes you mentioned from the Bible was most likely Xerxes I, the fourth king of the Archamenid empire, who's domain actually spanned the area you wrote about.
My first three are first Nebuchadnezzar II second Ashurbanipal third Naram Sin
In which of the Mesopotamia kings, you think, was the time
of Prophet Abraham ?
Thank you.
Surely you have to identify the king who proclaimed himself as god as both of them had a debate. So far, the only 1 i can think of from the list is Naram Sin. I did not seem to find other akkadian or assyrian kings who divinify themselves.
...Why do you use Sennacherib and Ashurbanipal and not their actual names ? ;_;
Hi. I use the names that most people, especially an English-speaking audience, would be familiar with. The are much easier for the viewers to remember than Sîn-ahhi-eriba (Sennacherib) or Ashur-bani-apli (Ashurbanipal). Thanks for watching, really appreciate it!
@@HistorywithCy maybe you should explain in your video about real names also, so everyone not confused with english dialect🙏
I think Gilgamesh was mentioned in the Dead Sea scrolls… 🤔
What about Lord Baal aka Marduk.
Eeeey it's Cy- let's gooo!
Onward my friend!
Nimrod was kushite but he deserves a mention for initially colonizing the middle east
Kush or Kish?
@@carlosaugustodinizgarcia3526 kush but the vowels are often interchangeable which possibly explains the name of kish
Love watching movies and tv on those days. Interest in history was natural and aptitude in languages was natural as well growing up in a country where most kids included girls chose engineering and medical sciences as they grow up. You like history? must be difficult at school for you could be weak in maths and science. Don’t mind that was my school days. I liked readings in short intervals while engaged in some kind of sports activities reading then going back to playground and play till get tired. I knew names shulgi, codes of Hammurabi and names of places where British found the ruins of ancient civilization near Indus region. I didn’t know that places where I grew were the hub of cultural activities time so long ago and it was a colony on trade routes.we can’t imagine how they would run a business with technology so primitive no durable metal tools exist not even horses available for transportation. Civilization in India died and Reborn many times. Never heard names Sargon or place Akkad. Languages like Hebrew and Arabic had ancestors languages and cultures. Don’t like ideas Semitic or Antisemitic.
For me its a course i like many things so i can't decide what to like one thing and shift my focus with
As iraqi all of the kings you mentioned are respected and liked
But among iraqi historians
Those three are the most significant
1 sargon of akkad
First empire and the father of the idea of united mesopotamia
Builder of new cities and has significant achievements from agriculture to infrastructure of the time humb towards the gods and his grandson narm sin also increases his famous
2 hamurabi
Mightiest of his dynasty and the one who made babylon the greatest of his time he is one of the first to establish one of the first and most efficient laws of his times and even few of them are still being used
And also his ability to unified mesopotamia is very remarkable considering how strong his foes were at the time
3 King nebuchadnezzar II
Mightiest of the neo babylonian empire the last empire ruled by native mesopotamian at the time
He was very successful military leader who was able to made babylon take all the former assyrian territory of mesopotamia and even more defeat Egypt and ending it influences over the levant region
His religious mention in abrahamic faith increased his fame including his hanging gardens and babylon itself which flourished and prosperous under him
The fact he outshine his father and all the others who came after prove he was the most significant and last true significant native king of mesopotamia
He was surly one of the greatest Kings and ruler history has ever seen
My guess is the Akkadian Sargon, his grandson NaramSin, Nimrod, Ashurbanipal, Nebuchadnezzar and Hammurabi....the rest is so so.....
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Thanks for watching!
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The code of law of ur nammu/shulgi is better than hamourabis
The favourite king for last 12k years in Mesopotamia Iranian plateau was Cyrus and Ardeshir
I watched this video a year after it's release, before watching, the three greatest kings should be Sargon of Akkad, Tiglafpileser III and Ashurbanipal.
ur disappointing me :( u actually think gilgamesh didnt really exist? xd
so excluding him, clearly the top3 is hammurabi the judge, sargon the creator and ashurbanipal the librarian xd
Yeah he was not included because there is no real archaeological evidence of his existence, only his stories in myths and the mention of his name on the Sumerian King List. But he'd be a good character to examine further. Thanks for watching and more on the way, stay tuned!
@@HistorywithCy 'only' what more proof u need than literally... stories of his life and his exact dates of reign. i mean the fact alone that he fought gods and nearly became immortal should put him on a level with hercules, theseus and arthur... or u gonna try to deny their existence as well? :(