This is better researched, written, spoken, produced, and edited than any history lecture or podcast that I have ever heard. The quality is absolutely astonishing. It is a true pleasure to listen.
I agree, these podcasts about our history make them come alive for me. They are all educational and a joy to watch for anyone interested in mankind's history and interaction with Gaia. I love this channel and look forward to more episodes!
@@FallofCivilizations he could have made up every word of this for all you know, do your own research if you want to learn about things. But yes, great videos...lol
These podcasts are remarkable and fascinating. They answer questions I've had about some civilizations, corrected misinformation I've had about the demise of others, and showed me cultures and places I never knew existed. Ditto to the comment about the audio. The narrations are so well done and although the musical and sounds selections to accompany them are terrific, they stay in the background and don't over power. The them music that introduces each podcast is perfect.
😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉x😅 me🎉 26:24 h 😂😊😊😅que eu vou 😮😮😢 😮😮😢😢😢😢😮😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
I have to say I have become thoroughly addicted to this channel. I am disabled so even though the restrictions because of the virus have us locked up I am not much more restricted than usual. I don't want my brain to turn to mush on TV and Facebook so I am always looking for something new. As a lifelong history fiend I don't just go other places but other times. This is such a novel channel. You find shows about the fall of certain cultures or countries or place occasionally but not like these. I am learning so much from these. Thank you for keeping my gray matter going. These videos on the fall of various civilizations are exceptional. Not an aspect of history with that gets the most attention usually but there is so much more information about how they lived in here too.
This is great and I am so glad to hear that you are still learning despite your limitations. I am a lifelong learner (most call me a nerd!!!) as well. I haven’t been stuck inside much until covid, but I feel the exact same way about not wanting my brain to turn to mush!!! Happy to learn I’m not the only one!
Thanks, I love consuming these non-mainstream history topics. The audio FX help greatly to form images of Songhai civilization, it's also very good that they stay in the background and are not too loud, just subtle enough not to interfere with the Voice over. so well-done on the sound balancing!
This is the history of Africa that I dare say most of high schoolers and college students never had the chance to learn. Some of these people are then led to believe Africa was never able to build such advanced societies. I learned about the Benin in an obscure art history class. Thanks to this podcast, I now know more about the fascinating history of africa.
If they do that it will go against so much. The 1st African slaves came from this empire. They weren't slaves they were prisoners of war and couldnt b tamed. They killed their masters and escaped. And that's when they began to get slaves from different parts of Africa so they couldn't communicate. But it still wasn't the amount of slaves people think. They lied it would b impossible for people to survive those conditions at sea for that long. The majority of Slaves came from America. Had been already here. And this is literally our country that was stolen. People think Indians are only have tan complexions and straight Black Hair. Wrong.......... you have Seminole's if you look em up you will see Dark Indians
You should read Walter Rodney's "how europe underdeveloped africa" he gives a description of the african societies that existed right before colonization
My dream in life is to become an archaeologist or a historian and learn more about these amazing civilizations that most people do not know about. Thank you so much for creating this.
Thank you for this Narration. The Western Sudan Kingdoms as they are known are really interesting. I am glad to have studied my History growing up in Ghana. I took this past my A' levels. The information is spot on. My favorite of all is Askia the Great of Songhai.👏👏
I am glad to see someone of European Heritage (no slight or insult intended, just an honest observation) trying to give an unbiased account of African history. First by giving accolades where they are due to the peoples that deserved them. Secondly, by having the courage to include in your research the often discredited accounts of indigenous Africans. And thirdly, by using and citing plenty of reference material in your presentation. I am a keen observer of language and you seem to make an attempt at presenting your information in a fair, unbiased and erudite manner. For this I commend you. I have truly enjoyed your documentary. Thank You. Truly
My friend,you truly are a rare rare gem of a presenter. David Attenborough kind of quality. I'd love to hear you do an early Hebrew history around the exodus years. God bless you and keep up the absolutely fabulous videos......can't wait till you do another one.
This is such an astonishingly well done and fascinating presentation that I have without exaggeration listened to it at least 20 times back to back... it has triggered and stimulated my deep craving for knowledge of the history of this region and perhaps even changed my life in inspiring me to travel to that region and study the music there. I have been interested in West African culture for a very long time but this podcast is the very first thing which I could really get me teeth into which brings this area to life. Thank you so much for making it... your work is truly life-changing!
Thank you for such a kind comment Edward! A really heartwarming thing to hear, and I'm glad you found such resonance with the history of this incredible region.
@@FallofCivilizations You're welcome. You have a tremendous talent for bringing history to life and teaching it (this is evident in all of your presentations). I subsequently tried to find more histories of west Africa and everything I found was very boring, confusing, and totally lackluster. Please keep doing what you are doing and I truly hope you are being well rewarded for this work!!
@@edwardpowellmusic im from Rwanda /East Africa, but i would advice you to go to West Africa, especially Mali and Senegal, they have great music history and culture. Look up the rock Festival in Mali
Got my DNA tested recently the majority my heritage is Hausa, Fulani and Mandinka. I am so happy to be connected to this empire s a african american I can’t tell you how important it has been for me to learn about all these great people nations I descend from
Lamron333 But he’s adding video to them. Go back and look for the first...4? At this point, that’s where he’s at, I think. Plus he said he’s adding video to the others.
I'm really enjoying your podcasts...you weave skillfully researched facts with history/legends told by contemporary voices in a seamless way, which is no easy task. I appreciate the fact that the podcasts are long enough to avoid any feeling of potted history. Effective portraits of individuals as well, which makes each era and region you deal with seem as though the events happened only recently - thank you for widening and deepening my education.
It doesnt matter how many times I listen to these podcasts, They enrapture me every time. I listened to this the day it was uploaded and countless times since as well as most every one on the channel.
@@FallofCivilizations like honestly as an Autistic with a Special Interest in history these are genuinely what get me through my days at work so no, Thank you!
Thank you so much for these podcasts! Very well researched, lots of info presented in a compelling way, well narrated and a lovely balanced audio mix, exactly what I'm looking for in a historical podcast! Excellent nighttime listening if you want to fall asleep dreaming of lost kingdoms and far away lands
I’ve always wondered by my grandmother was named after Gao, she’s from Yawuri in northern nigeria from a family of fishermen traders and merchants all over West Africa and that’s how she met my grandfather. I need to speak to some of my family in Nigeria to understand why my grandmother even though she’s not from Mali 🇲🇱 but is named after a famous city in Mali, perhaps she was born there or is popular known for travelling to conduct business as she’s travelled to many places in west africa. I’ve been learning so much about my history lately.
I like the way your excellent writing combines with ancient music where its possible to picture myself as someone who lives in these old empires. I like the variety of the various locations, I hope your able to make many many more of these.
I have known of the Songhai since the beginning of the 1980s when they fell chattel slavery and then racism started. I have to admit reluctantly this is the most respectful none Black African narrative I've heard so far.
I concur, it's brilliant. So interesting, your knowledge is astonishing. And I've checked your stories, it's all true. The gold from Ghana.... To supernovas producing gold. I'm about to listen for the 3rd time. Many thanks for your excellent work. I'll go to your patreon. You deserve all help you can get and then some.
Thank you for this very. Interesting history lesson, i really knew nothing about SONGHAI. The only time the name came around was when i discovered African (i think Mali) Rock band SONGHAI BLUES. They are really good.
One of the absolutely best channel on youtube :-) Hope there will be an accompanying youtube video with this episode as there are for the first six :-)
@@FallofCivilizations I work as an armed security guard at night here in Arizona. I genuinely appreciate the work you do it helps me get through the night a lot easier. I'm working to get out of debt so I can go to college and get a history major. So again thank you for all the hard work you put into these podcast.
The story of the Songhai Empire is the sad tale of the vast majority of Africa, from regional powers to enslaved people shipped off to foreign lands. Unlike most other fallen empires, Songhai specifically and Africa as a whole has never managed to recover from the fall, to this very day. All of Africa's ills today can be traced back to the reasons Songhai and all the other local African powers fell and to this day Africa has yet to catch up with the rest of the world.
I hardly know what to say. Mother Africa has become lost. The commentary regarding the origins and progress of the slave trades was chilling. Like a kind of swelling madness. It shakes my faith in humanity.
This podcast should be listened to by all black people and made part of children's education. I cried. It answered a lot of questions I have. It's long so I listened going to and from work while stuck in traffic. Great podcast.
@@resilience4lyfe331 Such a double standard. You don't care about the lower case "whyte" and there is no reason to capitalize color names when the word people is behind it. As Inhabitant of Capital Letter Capital of Germany I can teach you something about when to capitalize and when not to capitalize. We like capitalizing "Customname" and "Noun" but we don't capitalize verbs, numbers ajectives and pronouns, unless they're used as a Noun. Color Words are Adjectives and can be used as Nouns, but they weren't. You should write in all caps to get your message across.
New respect for Africa and Africans through studying history, this video melted my ingrained prejudice and instilled a new respect for this continent and peoples. BLM protest/riots only increases division. Prejudice is only a lack of understanding.
As an African, i appreciate what you posted. I am a student of History and have studied and read extensively on every continent. There is so much to be learnt. Thank you again for your kind words.
While I knew most of this. It’s amazing how you wove it all together in into a compelling narrative. Also, a lot of people believe West Africans were illiterate Stone Age hunter gatherers and easily conquered/colonized, when in fact West Africa’s “Roman Empire” fell and the region was in its dark age.
Looking at current events, I decided to re-listen to this series. Perhaps one day, my nation will become like the mighty nations of Africa. Forgotten by most, and mostly just recalled thru trivia, and scholars.
@@FallofCivilizations also make sure you look at South Africa and speak to MICHAEL TELLINGER. He is in Mpumalanga. He will show you the stone circles of Africa. He will also show you Adam's Calendar
Was truly excited to read the title as this time/place has always fascinated me, wanted to live in Timbuktu as a kid and the Haj of the King of Mali is too fabulous! Have avidly devoured any tidbit that came my way, so, couldn't wait to hear yr take. Knew it would be good but felt I oughta pass on my gratitude to you once again for creating a heartrending, comprehensive and epic account (as always!)... with a delightful smattering of astronomy, comparative religion and psychology for good measure. All this and completing yr PhD too... when do you sleep?? ;-) Thank you for yr studious work, now have more respect for the people of Timbuktu than ever! :-) Best of luck with yr exams
Thank you Simone, what a lovely comment to receive! It's always great to introduce people to a topic, but when it's a passion of someone's already, it makes it all the more special. Really glad you enjoyed!
@@FallofCivilizations Do have a soft spot for the African Empires... not sure whether to blame it on my childhood Edwardian 'Boy's Own Adventure' literature choices or a Timbuktu past-life lol... have yet to meet a book I didn't adopt. My real passion is History however, which is why you rock... get to hear about familiar timelines in more detail and also learn about new ones, or, have old paradigms shifted (poor Easter Islanders *sniffle*). Came for the "Bronze Age Collapse", stayed for the awesomeness :-) Forever in yr debt
@@FallofCivilizations Fascinating stuff... shows what a huge topic world history is and how narrow our horizons can be- I had very little knowledge on this. Thanks for a great podcast again! One more suggestion, also a less known topic in the west- Khwarezmia and their fall under the Mongol invasion- estimated 25% of the population wiped out... Scary stuff!
West African history has been mostly eliminated from western culture. Thank you for this extensive overview of the greatness and political downfalls of this fascinating part of the world!
Amazing! This might be the only podcast that covers any of Africa's many empires outside of Egypt! Thank you. Would love to hear one on the 25th dynasty/Kushite Empire
Please, I *beg* of you: Babylon and Assyria, ancient Japan, anywhere you have enough information to continue the series! I love your content, and cannot get enough!
Whenever people on social media moan "We are just getting worse and worse! We're more terrible a species now than we've ever been" I send them this podcast.
Beautiful, and I think the armies that went for the new world did indeed find it in them ancient times. As they’ve found characteristically african featured statues and moments in South America, no explanation, no similarities between the ancients civilisations around them...
@@theylivewesleep925 As of 2018, mitochondrial DNA study carried out on Olmec remains, one from San Lorenzo and the other from Loma del Zapote, resulted, in both cases, in the “unequivocal presence of the distinctive mutations of the “A” maternal lineage. That is, the origin of the Olmecs is not in Africa but in America, since they share the most abundant of the five mitochondrial haplogroups characteristic of the indigenous populations of our continent: A, B, C, D and X." Quote: "“Obtuvimos el haplogrupo de estos dos sujetos y supimos que pertenecen al A, uno de los más abundantes entre las poblaciones fundadoras e indígenas de América. Si hubieran sido africanos, el haplogrupo sería L, que es característico de esas poblaciones”, resaltó." Translated Quote: “We obtained the haplogroup of these two subjects and we learned that they belong to A, one of the most abundant among the founding and indigenous populations of America. If they had been Africans, the haplogroup would be L, which is characteristic of those populations”
Great content; I'm consistently surprised, time after time, and this is only the seventh one. One complaint, because I don't want the praise to go to your head: you have used "eye-watering" or some variant three times by 36:58. My eyes are sufficiently hydrated!
Petra (the city of), is a fascinating place that is sadly, largely unknown in the west. Amazing empire that had amazing water engineering and merchant-based economy. Worth a look!
Just found this channel, binge watched it all. Probably going to start over at the 1st one now. Definitely worth a 2nd listen. Incredible stuff. Can't wait for the next.
This is better researched, written, spoken, produced, and edited than any history lecture or podcast that I have ever heard. The quality is absolutely astonishing. It is a true pleasure to listen.
Thank you Alexander, that's very kind of you!
I agree, these podcasts about our history make them come alive for me. They are all educational and a joy to watch for anyone interested in mankind's history and interaction with Gaia. I love this channel and look forward to more episodes!
But what about ancient aliens?
@@FallofCivilizations he could have made up every word of this for all you know, do your own research if you want to learn about things.
But yes, great videos...lol
@@flickablebean582 Who says he isn't also making his own research?
This chap is a great story teller - he brings history to life.
These podcasts are remarkable and fascinating. They answer questions I've had about some civilizations, corrected misinformation I've had about the demise of others, and showed me cultures and places I never knew existed. Ditto to the comment about the audio. The narrations are so well done and although the musical and sounds selections to accompany them are terrific, they stay in the background and don't over power. The them music that introduces each podcast is perfect.
Thank you! So kind of you to say, and I'm glad you've been enjoying.
😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉x😅 me🎉 26:24 h
😂😊😊😅que eu vou 😮😮😢 😮😮😢😢😢😢😮😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
The absolutely best history podcast on UA-cam
I have to say I have become thoroughly addicted to this channel. I am disabled so even though the restrictions because of the virus have us locked up I am not much more restricted than usual. I don't want my brain to turn to mush on TV and Facebook so I am always looking for something new. As a lifelong history fiend I don't just go other places but other times. This is such a novel channel. You find shows about the fall of certain cultures or countries or place occasionally but not like these. I am learning so much from these. Thank you for keeping my gray matter going. These videos on the fall of various civilizations are exceptional. Not an aspect of history with that gets the most attention usually but there is so much more information about how they lived in here too.
This is great and I am so glad to hear that you are still learning despite your limitations. I am a lifelong learner (most call me a nerd!!!) as well. I haven’t been stuck inside much until covid, but I feel the exact same way about not wanting my brain to turn to mush!!! Happy to learn I’m not the only one!
@@christinafidance340 you two should get a room,bless you.....nerds deserve love too you know....lol..
But this is like bottom of the barrel junk food version of actually learning history.
A wise strategy, my friend. I turned off the TV many years ago, and my experience with FB lasted one miserable month.
Don't forget books either.
@@fracktar Then what is the "correct" way to learn it, oh wise one? Going into debt at a predatory/parasitic university?
Thanks, I love consuming these non-mainstream history topics. The audio FX help greatly to form images of Songhai civilization, it's also very good that they stay in the background and are not too loud, just subtle enough not to interfere with the Voice over. so well-done on the sound balancing!
Thanks so much Christian! Everything I know about sound editing, I learned doing this podcast. 😬 But I think I've got better with time!
Yep. Your editing is top notch.
HAF exactly
Absolutely right!
I only hear dudes voice. I think I heard alittle background on the Easter Island podcast. In time with the chipping of the Moia stone
This is the history of Africa that I dare say most of high schoolers and college students never had the chance to learn. Some of these people are then led to believe Africa was never able to build such advanced societies.
I learned about the Benin in an obscure art history class. Thanks to this podcast, I now know more about the fascinating history of africa.
If they do that it will go against so much. The 1st African slaves came from this empire. They weren't slaves they were prisoners of war and couldnt b tamed. They killed their masters and escaped. And that's when they began to get slaves from different parts of Africa so they couldn't communicate. But it still wasn't the amount of slaves people think. They lied it would b impossible for people to survive those conditions at sea for that long. The majority of Slaves came from America. Had been already here. And this is literally our country that was stolen. People think Indians are only have tan complexions and straight Black Hair. Wrong.......... you have Seminole's if you look em up you will see Dark Indians
@@therealsyxx What are you even trying to say?. You are all over the place!!
They weren't. Tgese
You should read Walter Rodney's "how europe underdeveloped africa" he gives a description of the african societies that existed right before colonization
Some of the best content of UA-cam. Thank you, genuinely, for doing this.
Thank you, very kind of you!
My dream in life is to become an archaeologist or a historian and learn more about these amazing civilizations that most people do not know about. Thank you so much for creating this.
Go for it Megan. Don't let anything stop you 🧡
Go for it!
I just recently discovered this channel and I'm hooked. I'm super impressed with the depth of these podcasts.
Thank you for this Narration. The Western Sudan Kingdoms as they are known are really interesting. I am glad to have studied my History growing up in Ghana. I took this past my A' levels.
The information is spot on. My favorite of all is Askia the Great of Songhai.👏👏
I am glad to see someone of European Heritage (no slight or insult intended, just an honest observation) trying to give an unbiased account of African history. First by giving accolades where they are due to the peoples that deserved them. Secondly, by having the courage to include in your research the often discredited accounts of indigenous Africans. And thirdly, by using and citing plenty of reference material in your presentation. I am a keen observer of language and you seem to make an attempt at presenting your information in a fair, unbiased and erudite manner. For this I commend you. I have truly enjoyed your documentary. Thank You. Truly
My friend,you truly are a rare rare gem of a presenter. David Attenborough kind of quality. I'd love to hear you do an early Hebrew history around the exodus years. God bless you and keep up the absolutely fabulous videos......can't wait till you do another one.
This is such an astonishingly well done and fascinating presentation that I have without exaggeration listened to it at least 20 times back to back... it has triggered and stimulated my deep craving for knowledge of the history of this region and perhaps even changed my life in inspiring me to travel to that region and study the music there. I have been interested in West African culture for a very long time but this podcast is the very first thing which I could really get me teeth into which brings this area to life. Thank you so much for making it... your work is truly life-changing!
Thank you for such a kind comment Edward! A really heartwarming thing to hear, and I'm glad you found such resonance with the history of this incredible region.
@@FallofCivilizations You're welcome. You have a tremendous talent for bringing history to life and teaching it (this is evident in all of your presentations). I subsequently tried to find more histories of west Africa and everything I found was very boring, confusing, and totally lackluster. Please keep doing what you are doing and I truly hope you are being well rewarded for this work!!
edwardpowellmusic Elvis did well studying it
@@edwardpowellmusic im from Rwanda /East Africa, but i would advice you to go to West Africa, especially Mali and Senegal, they have great music history and culture. Look up the rock Festival in Mali
Noble Savage.
So well narrated it felt as though I was a silent observer being ferried across the endless Sahara desert.
Lovely...
Your podcasts are so amazing and informative. Thank you so much for sharing this. I feel privileged to hear them
Thanks for listening!
This has been my first podcast listen in a long while and it was 100% worth it. Thank you for the adventure!
Got my DNA tested recently the majority my heritage is Hausa, Fulani and Mandinka. I am so happy to be connected to this empire s a african american I can’t tell you how important it has been for me to learn about all these great people nations I descend from
Why is it important to you?
Its important to every one to know there family history it's who you are and makes you a more complete person
Probably for the same reason many white Americans care so much about their English/Italian/German etc. etc. heritage.
We are all ‘Scatterlings of Africa’ ❤️
Enjoy the lies
Having listened to 5 of his other videos and myself not knowing much of ancient African history, I am really excited for this video!!
Do you have a favorite so far?
@@christianschoudebesche7619 id have to say the mayan or Aztec are tied for my favorite.
It's not a video. It's an audio recording with a static image.
Lamron333 But he’s adding video to them. Go back and look for the first...4? At this point, that’s where he’s at, I think. Plus he said he’s adding video to the others.
There's very little worth knowing
This was great!!!!! Wholly enjoyed it, so thorough and detailed.
Thank you! Really glad you enjoyed, and thanks for the kind words.
I'm really enjoying your podcasts...you weave skillfully researched facts with history/legends told by contemporary voices in a seamless way, which is no easy task. I appreciate the fact that the podcasts are long enough to avoid any feeling of potted history. Effective portraits of individuals as well, which makes each era and region you deal with seem as though the events happened only recently - thank you for widening and deepening my education.
A brilliant mix of fact and storytelling. This is truly world class.
Thank you Nick, very kind!
It doesnt matter how many times I listen to these podcasts, They enrapture me every time. I listened to this the day it was uploaded and countless times since as well as most every one on the channel.
Thanks, that really means a lot!
@@FallofCivilizations like honestly as an Autistic with a Special Interest in history these are genuinely what get me through my days at work so no, Thank you!
Thank you so much for these podcasts! Very well researched, lots of info presented in a compelling way, well narrated and a lovely balanced audio mix, exactly what I'm looking for in a historical podcast!
Excellent nighttime listening if you want to fall asleep dreaming of lost kingdoms and far away lands
I’ve always wondered by my grandmother was named after Gao, she’s from Yawuri in northern nigeria from a family of fishermen traders and merchants all over West Africa and that’s how she met my grandfather. I need to speak to some of my family in Nigeria to understand why my grandmother even though she’s not from Mali 🇲🇱 but is named after a famous city in Mali, perhaps she was born there or is popular known for travelling to conduct business as she’s travelled to many places in west africa. I’ve been learning so much about my history lately.
This is the best channel on youtube!! Love your channel!!
I like the way your excellent writing combines with ancient music where its possible to picture myself as someone who lives in these old empires. I like the variety of the various locations, I hope your able to make many many more of these.
Thanks for listening! Glad you're enjoying.
Another fantastic podcast
❤ 2:15:39 what a wonderful historical and educational presentation. you have done the job that even graduate students may have not had.
I have known of the Songhai since the beginning of the 1980s when they fell chattel slavery and then racism started. I have to admit reluctantly this is the most respectful none Black African narrative I've heard so far.
Amazing podcasts. Great production with sounds and this epic music :) One of my favorite podcasts on the UA-cam.
Thank you! Really glad you've been enjoying
I concur, it's brilliant. So interesting, your knowledge is astonishing. And I've checked your stories, it's all true. The gold from Ghana.... To supernovas producing gold.
I'm about to listen for the 3rd time. Many thanks for your excellent work. I'll go to your patreon. You deserve all help you can get and then some.
This is my favorite one, of all the FoC's. I wonder if King Musa can grant me a payday loan until the second Thursday of next month?
Over 2 hours... Nice.
laughed out loud when i saw this comment. My thoughts exactly!
Awesome thanks for sharing. I am listening to this all day at work
Im here to learn about the player I always choose for Civilization V
He went back to the green Sahara great job ✌🏿
You are doing FANTASTIC work!!!!
Just found your Podcasts and am thoroughly enjoying it!!! Thank You FOR ALL YOU DO!!! 🙏❤🇺🇸😊
Thank you for this very. Interesting history lesson, i really knew nothing about SONGHAI. The only time the name came around was when i discovered African (i think Mali) Rock band SONGHAI BLUES. They are really good.
Yes they are! Glad you enjoyed.
Great Podcast of not so well known African history.
One of the absolutely best channel on youtube :-) Hope there will be an accompanying youtube video with this episode as there are for the first six :-)
OVER 2 HOURS!?! You're spoiling us.
Hope you enjoy! 😁
@@FallofCivilizations I work as an armed security guard at night here in Arizona. I genuinely appreciate the work you do it helps me get through the night a lot easier. I'm working to get out of debt so I can go to college and get a history major. So again thank you for all the hard work you put into these podcast.
@@benpeters5851 That means a lot, thank you! Best of luck with your work and your studies too.
The story of the Songhai Empire is the sad tale of the vast majority of Africa, from regional powers to enslaved people shipped off to foreign lands. Unlike most other fallen empires, Songhai specifically and Africa as a whole has never managed to recover from the fall, to this very day. All of Africa's ills today can be traced back to the reasons Songhai and all the other local African powers fell and to this day Africa has yet to catch up with the rest of the world.
i was just thinking yesterday "i wonder where that awesome podcast went". love the topic! thanks!
Still going! Had to submit my PhD this month, so it's been a little slower!
@@FallofCivilizations oh hope it went well!
@@JustArtsCreations thanks! The examination is in a few weeks, so I'll know then!
Same
@@FallofCivilizations
I Pray you passed your exam!!! 🙏❤🇺🇸😊
Watching this the second time. Just brilliant work. This got me to subscribe. Well done again.
Thank you, really glad you enjoyed!
Great podcasts! I would really like to see more of them with a video track
Thank your for sharing this podcast. The quality is impressive. A lot of work was required to produce this level of content !
Thanks for this not alot of african history on UA-cam! Especially longform
History at its very best. Thank you.
The way the goods were purchased by putting the gold in front of the goods and if the other side agreed would pick it is amazing!
Awesome Job, Im glad I found this channel. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hardly know what to say. Mother Africa has become lost. The commentary regarding the origins and progress of the slave trades was chilling. Like a kind of swelling madness. It shakes my faith in humanity.
You are a wonderful storyteller.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed.
YESSSSSSSS! I was hoping this podcast didn't disappear... Will send to everyone!
Thank you! Hope they enjoy. 😁
I absolutely love all of your exquisite videos. You are incredible for giving us these gems! Thank you and God Bless you. 😘🌅💝
This podcast should be listened to by all black people and made part of children's education. I cried. It answered a lot of questions I have. It's long so I listened going to and from work while stuck in traffic. Great podcast.
I just find it odd that in 2020, only whyte folks able to present Africa history. Or ideologically whyte.
Red Ruby if your going to call us a color, please capitalize it the same as your screen name. 🙏🏾
@@resilience4lyfe331 Such a double standard. You don't care about the lower case "whyte" and there is no reason to capitalize color names when the word people is behind it.
As Inhabitant of Capital Letter Capital of Germany I can teach you something about when to capitalize and when not to capitalize. We like capitalizing "Customname" and "Noun" but we don't capitalize verbs, numbers ajectives and pronouns, unless they're used as a Noun. Color Words are Adjectives and can be used as Nouns, but they weren't.
You should write in all caps to get your message across.
Absolutely brilliant
New respect for Africa and Africans through studying history, this video melted my ingrained prejudice and instilled a new respect for this continent and peoples. BLM protest/riots only increases division. Prejudice is only a lack of understanding.
As an African, i appreciate what you posted. I am a student of History and have studied and read extensively on every continent. There is so much to be learnt. Thank you again for your kind words.
Finally!! " Timbuktu "
Been waiting for that word
Just took a DNA test and I’m a true player fr.
HURRY UP PAUL!!!!!!
We all need your next episode.
While I knew most of this. It’s amazing how you wove it all together in into a compelling narrative.
Also, a lot of people believe West Africans were illiterate Stone Age hunter gatherers and easily conquered/colonized, when in fact West Africa’s “Roman Empire” fell and the region was in its dark age.
Another great episode, hats off!
Looking at current events, I decided to re-listen to this series.
Perhaps one day, my nation will become like the mighty nations of Africa.
Forgotten by most, and mostly just recalled thru trivia, and scholars.
Really enjoyed. Can you look at the Zimbabwe empire next?
Thank you! I definitely plan to look at it at some point.
Fall of Civilizations Podcast Zulu?
There was no Zimbabwe Empire. Africa is fill of stone circles. They look like cattle kraals, until you notice they have no gateways.
@@FallofCivilizations also make sure you look at South Africa and speak to MICHAEL TELLINGER. He is in Mpumalanga. He will show you the stone circles of Africa. He will also show you Adam's Calendar
V n
Thank you for your work.
My pleasure Sergey, all the best!
You should do fall of the Pueblo people in North America or the predecessors that lived in Southwest U.S.
Great idea
The Anasazi
Great production, well read, excellent job ! 👍😀
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed.
Thank you!
Thank you! Very informative
I'm on episode 7 and this is only day two of watching/listening for me.
I WISH I had known about this podcast when i was taking African History a couple of years ago!
Was truly excited to read the title as this time/place has always fascinated me, wanted to live in Timbuktu as a kid and the Haj of the King of Mali is too fabulous! Have avidly devoured any tidbit that came my way, so, couldn't wait to hear yr take. Knew it would be good but felt I oughta pass on my gratitude to you once again for creating a heartrending, comprehensive and epic account (as always!)... with a delightful smattering of astronomy, comparative religion and psychology for good measure. All this and completing yr PhD too... when do you sleep?? ;-) Thank you for yr studious work, now have more respect for the people of Timbuktu than ever! :-) Best of luck with yr exams
Thank you Simone, what a lovely comment to receive! It's always great to introduce people to a topic, but when it's a passion of someone's already, it makes it all the more special. Really glad you enjoyed!
@@FallofCivilizations Do have a soft spot for the African Empires... not sure whether to blame it on my childhood Edwardian 'Boy's Own Adventure' literature choices or a Timbuktu past-life lol... have yet to meet a book I didn't adopt. My real passion is History however, which is why you rock... get to hear about familiar timelines in more detail and also learn about new ones, or, have old paradigms shifted (poor Easter Islanders *sniffle*). Came for the "Bronze Age Collapse", stayed for the awesomeness :-) Forever in yr debt
@@simonekitson Thanks Simone, I really appreciate the support and kind words!
lemme grab the popcorn real quick :)
Haha hope you enjoy!
@@FallofCivilizations Fascinating stuff... shows what a huge topic world history is and how narrow our horizons can be- I had very little knowledge on this. Thanks for a great podcast again!
One more suggestion, also a less known topic in the west- Khwarezmia and their fall under the Mongol invasion- estimated 25% of the population wiped out... Scary stuff!
West African history has been mostly eliminated from western culture. Thank you for this extensive overview of the greatness and political downfalls of this fascinating part of the world!
Amazing! This might be the only podcast that covers any of Africa's many empires outside of Egypt! Thank you. Would love to hear one on the 25th dynasty/Kushite Empire
Thanks for the suggestion - I think that could make a good episode. I want to do Aksum and Great Zimbabwe one day too.
@@FallofCivilizations Yes!!
bought new bluetooth earphones for this!
xd
Haha hope you enjoy!
Magnificent. Simply magnificent.
Many thanks!
Great performance. Thank you.
Please, I *beg* of you: Babylon and Assyria, ancient Japan, anywhere you have enough information to continue the series! I love your content, and cannot get enough!
"Anywhere ×for which×"... I promise I was taught English as a first language!
He did them. I hope you enjoyed.
Fantastic presentation.
Whenever people on social media moan "We are just getting worse and worse! We're more terrible a species now than we've ever been" I send them this podcast.
Great podcast!! Very well researched! 💟💟👍👍😊😊
Thank you! Glad you're enjoying.
Beautiful, and I think the armies that went for the new world did indeed find it in them ancient times. As they’ve found characteristically african featured statues and moments in South America, no explanation, no similarities between the ancients civilisations around them...
Exactly what I was thinking how else to explain them
@@theylivewesleep925
As of 2018, mitochondrial DNA study carried out on Olmec remains, one from San Lorenzo and the other from Loma del Zapote, resulted, in both cases, in the “unequivocal presence of the distinctive mutations of the “A” maternal lineage. That is, the origin of the Olmecs is not in Africa but in America, since they share the most abundant of the five mitochondrial haplogroups characteristic of the indigenous populations of our continent: A, B, C, D and X."
Quote:
"“Obtuvimos el haplogrupo de estos dos sujetos y supimos que pertenecen al A, uno de los más abundantes entre las poblaciones fundadoras e indígenas de América. Si hubieran sido africanos, el haplogrupo sería L, que es característico de esas poblaciones”, resaltó."
Translated Quote:
“We obtained the haplogroup of these two subjects and we learned that they belong to A, one of the most abundant among the founding and indigenous populations of America. If they had been Africans, the haplogroup would be L, which is characteristic of those populations”
Excellent!
Thank you!
Whoa. I just found this page, and I LOVE IT. Thanks you just got two new subcribers..(My wife likes it also)
Thank you! Welcome to you both.
Great content; I'm consistently surprised, time after time, and this is only the seventh one.
One complaint, because I don't want the praise to go to your head: you have used "eye-watering" or some variant three times by 36:58. My eyes are sufficiently hydrated!
Thank you! See also: "vast"
I absolutely love this channel.
Thanks! Glad you're enjoying.
Petra (the city of), is a fascinating place that is sadly, largely unknown in the west.
Amazing empire that had amazing water engineering and merchant-based economy.
Worth a look!
That'll be why the place is full of Germans and the French...
It is well known by people in the west
Omg these are outstanding. All have kept me mesmerized. Are there anymore ???
Thank you very much! So glad you've enjoyed. The next episode will likely be released in 6 weeks or so.
So detailed and insightful
Just found this channel, binge watched it all. Probably going to start over at the 1st one now. Definitely worth a 2nd listen. Incredible stuff. Can't wait for the next.
Thank you! Really glad you've been enjoying. Hoping to get the next one out in the next couple of weeks.
May I suggest the fall of Imperial China? Or how about the decline of the British Empire?
Yes, I want to do some of the Chinese dynasties at some point. Really interesting suggestions!
And having your competent and serious perspectives on David Irving's theory of Churchill basically dismantling the empire for his own reasons.
Very informative.
Amazing work well done
Bro!! What the "Ancient Alien/Footsteps of Jesus" channel WISH THEY COULD BE!
You are a champion.
The wikipedia article for the battle of Tondibi describes the Songhai forces as:
9,700 infantry
40.000 men and more
1,000 cattle
The entire story of Abu Bakr II is absolutely fascinating... at least one of those ships must have made it...