We are working on more videos on African history. If you want to learn how the Nubians defeated the Rashidun Caliphate, check out this video: ua-cam.com/video/DfJSsNRlrt8/v-deo.html
I’m a proud Nubian from a village called Kusha, Sudan.. and I thank you very much for this. We still have our language alive and write it with a modified greek alphabet.
@João Ribeiro The people of South Sudan and Darfur in Sudan are the original Nubians. Check the wall paintings of Egypt depicting the Nubians they are depicted with dark skin like South Sudanese and the people of Darfur. The majority of Sudanese people today are mixed with Arabs so they think they are Arabs that's the reason they hate their own people in the South .
I must say, being of African decent, it feels so good to be reminded of the rich culture and grand history of Africa's past. Thank you so much for making this video, and the future ones you have planned on the African Kingdoms. It's hard to find documentaries highlighting this history, so you have done us a great honor by featuring Africa's past.
Real History is one of the most fascinating topics to engage in, as long it is not used to score contemporary nationalistic, religious or ethnic, linguistic score against ideological foes. This channel is a true contributor to a better world in which people from all directions can learn about each other's past and achievements.
I must say, as someone who’s also of African descent, there are plenty of UA-cam channels that cover African history. My happiness is not tied to one random channel making a video about an African kingdom that’s irrelevant to my history. I think it’s unproductive to tie your self worth to a UA-cam channel. This is hardly ‘Africa’s past’ btw, merely the history of one group of people on the continent of Africa. Let’s not get carried away bro with such grand statements. The reason we study history is not so that we can feel better about ourselves, it’s so we can learn from the past.
I must say, being a Sudanese Nubian, I'm very thankful to King and Generals for shinning light on my Country's amazing history. Thank you guys! Keep up the great work
@pliik ok Agree with the "being of X ethnicity should not be the highlight of your life" (unless you're a Númenórean I guess), but it kinda does since... that's uhh, that's the _name_ of the civilization and its people.
@pliik ok bro I don't understand what are you saying but this does not change the fact that in Australia there are 48 million kangaroos and in Uruguay there are 3,457,380 inhabitants. So if the kangaroos decide to invade Uruguay, each Uruguayan will have to fight 14 kangaroos.
I loved that story of the Numidians being called pupil smiters or archers of the eye. As a archer myself I loved the events of the Muslim invasion of numidia. And as an archer aiming for the eyes makes sense. Aim small miss small
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Sadly, there's mot much proof of great interaction between them. I wish that the Ethiopian Emperors had done what the Europeans did and called for an African counterpart to the European Crusades and fought off the Muslims together.
The only other Christian Kingdom was Aksum(they were the first Christians in Africa as far as I know), and all their interactions were just wars. They were both incredibly hostile to each other.
As an anthropology student, I've been screaming at the top of my lungs attempting to get people to notice Nubia/Kush, to understand that they deserve just as much credit and attention as Egypt. For years in my undergrad every time I would attempt to do research projects on them or presentations, I was shut down and told "they aren't big enough, the stories aren't true" despite all the research that says otherwise. Finally, Finally people are noticing. I legit want to cry. I hope that this is just the tip of the iceberg for acknowledgement
@@ianstumpf2949 As a professor (admittedly of a very different subject) this is sadly often the case. Some see teaching as a chore getting in the way of their research they have to dispense with, others just want to streamline everything to make grading as simple as possible. What bad profs don't realize is how much *they* can learn from their students if they allow, nay encourage, their students to go farther afield in their chosen topics.
Please keep fighting the good fight! As a victim of US public education, I as well am *so* glad to see African history and prehistory *finally* being celebrated!
I feel very impressed for 2 reasons. Firstly, in Greece we have never been taught about subsaharian African civilisations and I believe that there are many things to learn about. Secondly, it's impressive how Greek language and a part of Greek civilization reached modern day Sudan, via religion. Keep up the good work guys! You're great!
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Well said, they don't teach much in America either, i learned most by reading on my own...encyclopedias, various religious works, etc...you just can't read Western stuff, gotta read Muslim, Hindu, Chinese, Mongol, Japanese every account of the time period you are researching, with you being Greek, you also have various Greek peoples accounts to research, Athenian, Thebes, Sparta, Macedonia etc.
@@panagiotisdouvris8738 Προσωπικά φίλε, θεωρώ ότι θα μπορούσαμε να κάνουμε μεγαλύτερη εμβάθυνση στην ελληνική ιστορία- ιστορία του Ελλαδικού χώρου καθώς και των περιοχών που επηρεάστηκαν από τον πολιτισμό μας μέχρι και τα ρωμαϊκά χρόνια, δίνοντας λιγότερη έμφαση στην Βυζαντινή περίοδο. Βέβαια το θέμα σηκώνει μεγάλη συζήτηση, ξεκινώντας από το τι παιδεία θες κλπ.
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@@Birthday92sex then I'm about to blow up my contact list. Gonna yolo spam my friends and family until they beg you to make more African civilization videos just to shut me up
There are some channels dedicated to african history (i.e. From nothing and Home Team Story). Also other history channels have made videos about african civilizations. Maybe the production values aren't as high as King and generals but by no means it's hard to find videos about Africa. At least not on UA-cam.
I can't speak for others, but as an African American I feel something so valuable to these type of stories. Growing up in school we were shown Roots and Glory and that's about it. To hear these stories about these Kingdoms in Africa are enriching to my soul. From my heart, thank you Kings & Generals and everyone involved with producing these videos.
Africa is such a large continent, dont think that African Americans have anything to do with Eastern Africa. Ethnically totaly different people. Most American slaves came from Gulf of Guinea region. That is also interesting region historically, I would like to hear more about it.
As a Sudanese, I find this truly informative! A lot of historical records in the region say nothing much about the nubian land and its people. I've always been lift wondering what was going on in my own land at the time whenever I was reading about other empires around the same region or even the globe. Much appreciated. I hope you can shed more light on the Funj Sultanate and Soba Kongdom. There's also little exposure of the history of southern and western Sudanese lands.
There is a lot more my friend your country is rich with history. I may not be Sudanese myself but as an African I'm very very proud of your country's rich history.
Amen brother! Sudan is full of rich cultures and history from all corners of the country. My family is from the Funj region & most may be Christians or Muslims but we each still carry on with our customs, languages & music. Archery is not needed anymore but I would love to start a School in the region teaching the little ones our ancestors way of defending themselves!
Holllywood: We will empower black people by puting them in european lore and history. Black people: But we have our own history and our own kingdoms Hollywood: Nah you are going into european's history movies
Europeans do not know how to fight and only consider their own history as great, whereas the history of Turks and Mongols, the children of Central Asia, is much greater.
Bro under every single Kings and General video you will find a nationalistic turk preaching about how they are the best, like this video is centred about Nubia. Literally who asked
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Kushites were no joke, when strong they were a difficult people for any expanding empire to handle, this is why the Assyrians even though they defeated the Kushites didn't try to go into Sudan and finish them off it had cost them too much to take Egypt from them. This is also why Rome signed a favourable peace treaty after a brief war with Amanirenas.
No not really! Arabians were not interested in sub saharan Africa, they rather concentrated on the Mediterranean basin ie North Africa. But when Arabians finally turned to the sub saharan Africa many centuries later, they took the entire East coast of Africa with a blink of an eye from the Portuguese, and lasted there four centuries until Swahili nationalists massacred them in the sixtees (on live TV!) and Arab rule came to an end.
Finally! African civilizations. I guess my complaining finally paid off lol. Hopefully more Sub-Saharan kingdoms outside of the "Known World" are covered as well like Benin or Mali.
lol wasn't that complaint like a couple yrs ago? It's crazy we still remember. It's so encouraging to see that people are actually willing to learn and teach as much of human history as they can. Keep up the good work Jabari.
The difficulty of such videos is that many African cultures relied a lot on oral history rather than written, plus the facr that each time a new dynasty took over, they would destroy the previous dynasty palaces and every evidence of their success, to stop them from reclaiming it in the future.
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I've learned more about the History of Africa (pre-colonisation) in this video than in my entire education from elementary to high school to university. KInda sad, when you think about it
@@MsAkbar14 That's stupid. It's important to learn how fucked up the U.S. history is. Dosen't mean you should Tracht African history only during one month. Grow up.
@@cegesh1459 which part of me saying it isn't important? I'm just saying it should be proportionate, both black suffering and greatness are equally important.
@@MsAkbar14 But ‘black history month’, if you’re talking about America, covers both good things and bad things. It covers how Africans came to be in America, as well as their long struggle and eventual victory during civil right’s era. MLK is certainly viewed as a great hero, along with Rosa Parks, Malcom X, and a whole host of other black Americans. And, surely, the Civil Right’s Movement was good thing for all Americans, no? It seems as if you want Black American history to be sanitized so that the obstacles those people faced play less of a role. But that just seems dishonest to me. Do you truly believe that black Americans have had the best history in a country surrounded by people who hated their guts because of their skin colour? Also, why would the history of Black people in America focus on the history of black people in Africa? African history isn’t really relevant to modern Americans, unless it’s about the west African slave trade. So I guess I’m confused about your statement. Can you give an example of what you think ‘black history month’ should focus on that would be relevant to modern Americans?
Sadly the Nubian tags in EU4 are pretty bad. The land is extremely poor, no matter what religion you follow, you will soon conquer land that is of the wrong religion, the culture group is very small, no good formable tags, and even when you finally manage to beat up the Mamluks you will immediately have to fight the Ottomans in order to keep Egypt. It's just an all around terrible opener. I did however once play Alodia and got a PU over Spain shortly after conquering Syria, which vastly improved my campaign. :D
@@blafoon93 Try Crusader Kings then, it's probably doable there. Once got an almost completely Christianised Africa as a challenge, however I started in Ethiopia.
@Shy Cracker not accounting for Aksum South of Nubia, Nubia isn't on the fringes, that would be the Ethiopians that interestingly enough don't follow that trend staying ethnically, religiously and linguistically consistent from before the Nubia to this very day. Only thing really changing was the amount of territory they held, naturally territory that wasn't always there's was inhaibited by different peoples but the highland Ethiopians (who historically ruled) have not changed in the above respects though they were in frequent contact with Rome, Greece, India before the Arab and Muslim world dominated Africa and the Middle-East, even then they didn't fall like the Nubians did. Losing their identity to outsiders, today Sudan speaks Arabic and practices Islam, it's sad really as it was all done by force/conquest and not by choice.
@@LegacyHeroGaming Completely wrong analysis. What you failed to understand is Nubia does not = Sudan. Nubians inhabit the lands on the banks of the Nile from Khartoum Sudan to Aswan Egypt. Sudan is a modern British imperial creation adding many ethnic groups to one country. Their isn't one Sudanese look or ethnic group. Nubians in their ancestral homelands still speak Nobiin, Fadika, kunuz. Maybe you should do more research before talking and slandering another people's dignity. Those who claim speak Arabic may well be Arabian Bedouins and a mix of Nubian but they are located in central Sudan. North Sudan are Nubians, west are west African origin, east Sudan are east African, southern sudan are central sudanese
@Darkzi 1 Doesn't change anything I've said LMAO. NONE of the local people inhabiting the land natively spoke Arabic or invented/asked for Islam. Yet what is Sudan today? Enough said. Regardless if their Nubian, or another group, no matter what tribe or creed, the LAND now known as SUDAN, I didn't say South Sudan, I didn't say any other country besides the now Arabic speaking, Islam worshipping nation of Sudan. No where at the federal level can you find any remnants of the native culture, it has been arabized, even classified as members of the Arab League, if that doesn't tell you enough already then no amount of supposed research that can cure you of lacking common sense. This isn't slander this is a sad sad case of colonialism doing what it does to rich and beautiful cultures, exterminating and assimilating them. No slander, just sad truth. Ethiopia was never conquered, and look at it, everyone speaks the languages native to their people and land that were spoken for thousands of years everywhere in the country, King Ezana willingly converted to Christianity in the 4th century and Ethiopia to this day is still majority Coptic. Ottomans, Persians, Kush, Egypt, Adal, Italy, how many outside cultures tried to invade Ethiopia and failed over thousands of years? All of them. Ethiopia has lost battles but never lost a war against outsiders, you can tell by how the people are the same as they were at the time of Aksum and prior. Completely different to current day Sudan. This isn't a dick measuring contest, this is history. If you feel intimidated and lesser that is your own fault, I think Nubian and Kush history is beautiful and I love my African brothers but don't pretend that hundreds of years of being conquered and colonized hasn't drastically changed and shifted the people who faced cultural and religious genocide under Arab and European rule.
I read so much about the rich history of Africa, and knew it wasn't only the Egyptians that had built a great civilisation on the continent. This topic was long overdue and I'm glad it's finally here. Thank you Kings and Generals Team.
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@Adrian Bradey of course it is, because most Historians have been European, and Europeans are victors of wars against what would become their colonies. It is victors who get to write history. Instead of blaming history for being eurocentric, non-Europeans must actively pursue writing and printing history themselves.
@@pruthweeshasalian3688 I agree. But are you honestly unbothered that about 98%(2% of me being nice) of history taught to the world is manipulated horse sh*t?
its because of "over-generalization": people tend to consider India and Africa as singular entities, ignoring their diversity in peoples, languages and culture.
Thank you so much for this. As a South African of Ugandan heritage, seeing our African history finally being acknowledged and passed on to the masses (with epic visuals too) means more than you may know.
@@kevinthomson2691 europeans are funny, they have no problem being proud of greek and romans accomplishment hell they've build their entire western culture around these 2 civllization, but when a lowly subsahran African shows a hint of admiration for the likes of Egypt and Kush. 🤯 "no, not your people ,bad black African very bad". Come now😂😒
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Weren't the Nubians rather famous in the ancient world for their archers? I didn't realize they were so staunchly Christian for so long. This is good timing as we talked about Cush in my Bible Study class this morning too lol. Thank you for the fascinating video! Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you, friends. ✝️ :)
They converted to Christianity a little after the Armenians did which was pretty much the later portion of antiquity but most of Christian Nubia existed at its height in medieval history and was also lost not too long after that due to the expansion of Islam
@@seanmikaeel90s50 I know very little about this particular subject. Do you have any good resources I could read or watch on the topic? Thank you for the additional information.
@@Numba003I know it’s a little late but I can give you a brief breakdown of Nubian conversion to islam, it started very early on after the Nubians defeated the Arab expansion into Nubia, part of the treaty was to allow mosques to be built in nubia and free religion practice for muslims, this in turn slowly started a small muslim population, after than islam started gradually expanding by peaceful means and around the 13th century priests became imams and churches were converted into mosques but there was still a size able christian population, forward to sudanese independence nubian christians still existed even in the early 90’s till the democratic government got overthrown in sudan and the new regime started arabizing and islamizing the north and south, this failed heavily in the south and caused civil war but in the north it sort of worked, today nubian christians are very few and isolate themselves and don’t marry into other nubians, however the language and heritage is still alive and there are hundred of thousands of nubians who speak their native tongue, despite neighboring arab nations nubian culture thrived and influenced modern Sudanese culture, today nubians speak both arabic and their native tongue but back in the 90’s it was common for a nubian to not even speak arabic, that’s pretty much a brief oversimplified lesson about nubian culture and religion.
I was expecting a little more ancient Nubia and a little less medieval Nubia, when I first saw the title of the video, but this new series on indigenous African cultures is clearly a pleasant surprise.
I think ancient Nubia is more interesting, but the title talking about christian kingdoms only applies to medieval Nubia alone. Before the early medieval age, as the video mentions as well, Nubia was not christian. Christianity is a foreign religion.
The title would imply medieval Nubia. That's what I was expecting, and that's exactly what I got, plus a little extra ancient history! But yeah Nubia wasn't Christian until ~580 AD as the video says. And so begins the medieval era.
Ancient Nubia wasn't Christian, this is about the Kingdoms that accepted Christianity. Likely they'll make videos about ancient Nubia as well, At least I hope so.
They did cover some of the ancient history but missed out a bit like King Taharqa's conflict with the Assyrians, as well as stuff on king Ergamenes. And in relation to the medieval some events which took place like how a Christian Bishop or minister was jailed in Muslim Egypt and a Makurian king marched with 100,000 soldiers to which the Muslims in Egypt let this high Christian figure out of jail without conflict. They also didn't mention King Moses Georgios and his conflict with Saladin's forces.
As an Egyptian/Nubian this video filled me with joy and deep emotions< thanks for educating ppl and like at the end of the video I want to say that the sons of Nubia and the old kingdoms still hold great pride in their civilization and histroy< thanks for educating the rest
Pretty amazing for a culture to last 4000 years, I'm from Denmark and like it's old but it's only just 1000 years old, that's nothing compared to this.
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@@mytube1298 bit random but in many Islamic schools of thought it is advice against plus it’s a cultural thing and less of a religious thing (btw my mum and my sisters have not had this happened to them)
@@krono5el That’s because paganism and polytheism is an insult to the One True God and only He is worthy of woship Also let us separate the structural wonders and cultures of people from their religions and beliefs. There are monotheistic civilizations that erected great legacies just like how there are polytheistic civilizations that do so too
@@themercifulguard3971 ok thats why you still use everything the 5 cradles created to this day, without them you wouldnt even know how to make a building to worship in. you wouldnt have food or astrology and math, and still be having sex with animals. the 5 cradles are your god
@@wildfire9280 all religion is bad and worshipping the past is for fools. understand history and appreciate those that came before you and love your fellow man now. that's all.
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@@orientalorthodoxchristianc7355 dear we are now Muslims and convinced and satisfied with Islam and we also believe in Jesus christ peace be upon him. As a messenger and prophet of God. We accepted Islam and spread it all over Sudan.. so we are proud of our Christian ancestors and our Muslim fathers and brothers.
@@orientalorthodoxchristianc7355 The Nubians, all of them, willfully left Christianity for Islam, the religion of True Monotheism, rather than the Nicean invented religion!
I was always curious about Subsaharan Africa, The North Remembers. I agree with you, it is really underrated. Bytheway, if I can ask you, you come from Sudan?
Oral traditions of the ruling Abrade (Aduana) clan relate that Akans originated from ancient Ghana. They migrated from the north, they went through Egypt and settled in Nubia (Sudan). Around 500 AD (5th century), due to the pressure exerted on Nubia by the Axumite kingdom of Ethiopia, Nubia was shattered, and the Akan people moved west and established small trading kingdoms
Thanks Kings & Generals! Finally you guys have taken the lead to showcase and shine a spotlight on Black / African History Below are some suggestions for your *African / Black History Playlist* : 1. *King Menelik II & The Battle of Adwa* (Ethiopia's War of Independence against Italy) 2. *Queen Nzinga* (resistance against the Portuguese) 3. *Toussaint L'ouverture & Jean Jaques Dessalines* (Hatian Revolution) 4. *Gaspar Yanga* (Revolutionary who created the first independent black majority Mexican City) 5. *Pharaoh Taharqa* (Nubian King - Conqueror of Ancient Egypt & the Assyrians) 6. *Mansa Musa* Wealthiest Emperor Ever in the world!! 7. *Samoury Touré* (Created an autonomous territory and led a long term French resistance against French Colonial expeditions in West Africa) 8. *Robert Mugabe and Zimbabwe's War of Independence* against Great Britain 9. *Malik Ambar* (King in the Heart of India & Military Strategist who won numerous battles against the Mughal Empire while fending them off for 30 Years) 10. *John Horse & the Black Seminoles* (leaders of the largest slave revolt in US history leading to the largest migration of slaves to a safe heaven in Mexico . 11. *Askia Mohammed* (Emperor of the Songhai Empire) 12. *Ancient Astronomers & Scholars of Timbuktu* (over 700,000 Manuscripts still exist in Timbuktu libraries) etc etc etc
They already did number 9 on ambar. I'd suggest you check that video out, when you get a chance to. It's one of the best videos they've ever done. Since, they already covered Malik Ambar. I would like to see from them a detailed account on the *Aksumites of Ethiopia* and how they came to occupy Southern Arabia for many years.
Or they can talk about *King Piye of Kush* and use his *victory stele* as a detailed account of his war campaign in Egypt and why he believed the God Amun summoned him to conquer Egypt.
I'm Zimbabwean I'd pass on the Robert Mugabe one for now tbh instead Changamire Dombo of the Rozvi empire should be there, he pushed out the Portuguese from Zimbabwe.
So cool to see big channels like this showing the great African civilisations and kingdoms that existed. So much history there that we don’t see much of if not any in media and tv!
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This is excellent, many thanks! I am so pleased to see some real African history and am sad to see it so neglected. Looking forward to more in the future!
I had been waiting for someone to make video about this for a while! Amazing how Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia once made up a belt of ancient Christianity and almost no one talks about it... thank you for this video!
Where I live in the British isles the Christians in England in a place in London called "Speakers corner" you can type it up on UA-cam and find thousands of videos, they always talk about these Christians, especially because they incorporate much of what's know as "Ancient Christianity" as you say, referring to you guys as your brother's and sisters. They debate all kinds of people including Muslims, but any one can go there and meet and talk, usually issues, problems or maybe just to debate religion or philosophy, depends on your view of aims. I learnt some of there history by listening to them in debates and conversations. Especially about these histories on Christianity, Islam and The Egyptian religion. I agree this is interesting history and should be talked about more.
Those areas civilization are close to middleeast Chrstianity originated in middle east .. chrstianity not onky decended into europe but also into those kingdoms bwcause of the geography
@@Msaya-bh4il وأشجع ناس ، هزموا المسلمين مرتين ! وهزموا الرومان وهزموا الفرس وحافظوا على مملكتهم الف سنة كاملة بدون اي غزو او اي احتلال وهم فراعنة وملوك الجنوب ؟ قل لي هل يوجد دولة وحضارة عظيمة مثل هذه ؟ اتحدا
@مسلم عربي المصريين هزمونا مرة واحدة فقط ! وعدنا الكره وحكمناهم مرتين ! الأسرة ٢١ والاسرة٢٥ كلهم أسر كوشية! وهم فراعنة وملوك الجنوب ! لا مقارنة بين مصر والسودان ! مصر تعرضت ل ٢٧ احتلال بينما السودان فقط احتلالين وهزمنا المسلمين في معركتين الأولى بقيادة عقبة ابن نافع والثانية بقيادة عبد الله ابن ابي السرح وقتلنا الآلاف منهم ! انا مسلم وفخور بديني لاكن لا يوجد اشجع منا على الإطلاق ! وانا فخور بذلك ! من الذي اسقط امبراطورية الحبشة ؟ نحن من أسقطناها بقيادة المهدي وجنوده دخلنا الى منتصف الحبشة وجلبنا راس يوحنا معلقا على رمح الى مدينة أمدرمان ! بينما مصر تمت هزيمتها مرتين من الاحباش ! فقل لي من اشجع منا ؟ لا تتفلسف نحن ملوك النيل وفخورون بذلك
Great video K&G. As an African its good to see some focus on the ancient history of the continent. I look forward to more like the Zulus, the history of the Massai and so on
As an Egyptian I'm amazed how the Nubians managed to preserve their culture and language to this day. My Nubian friend speaks of old traditions still practiced over in the South of Egypt (the Nubian part) unlike the North around Cairo. Even tho I don't think Egypt retaining Christianity really matters in the current somewhat secular atmosphere of Egypt it's still depressing that we lost our Coptic language and culture as neither preserved through the Arabization of the country but it's great to know our Nubian neighbors still preserved their own.
@Rusty Shackleford The Copts never vanquished, I come from a Muslim background but I'm fully Coptic because Copt means Egyptian not Christian although that term has been associated with Christians over the last few centuries. With that said the Coptic (Egyptian) identity did vanquish unfortunately
I wouldn't say they have. Everyone speaks Arabic, everyone is Muslim. A better example of preservation is the neighbour's of the Nubians or Sudanese, the Ethiopians. They kept their language, religion, and traditions for 1000's of years, due to them never being conquered by outside forces during their entire history. They fought off the Egyptians, Nubians, Ottomans, Adalites and Italians successfully without failure remaining Christian (first to adopt it as a state religion with Armenia) and speaking Ge'ez liturgically and Amharic nationally (descendent language of Ge'ez)
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I remember reading about European rulers writing letters to that king, asking for help in the crusades. I guess that kingdom was located in modern day Ethiopia?
@@martinn.6082 The kingdom was located in modern day Eritrea and Ethiopia and they were known as The Aksumites. A beautiful Christian kingdom/empire. Look them up and read about them, when you get a chance. Fascinating stuff.
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Koreans will say that they should do more Korean history as its underrated. Indians will say that they should do more Indian history as its underrated. South Americans will sa- well, I'm sure you're seeing the pattern by now. Kings & Generals is trying to make everyone happy by dividing up their commitment time on different topics based on how many of their viewers _want_ that topic (this is why something like 60% of their videos are about Greek & Roman history, its because the majority of their audience wants that). Have patience. K&G is full of good people who, like I said, want to please everyone. Problem is that pleasing everyone isn't actually possible, but its admirable to still try.
@@HeyImLucious that they should do more global history yes I agree. Korean history and Indian history are both Asian history no? I didn’t specify country, there are so many countries in Africa that history should definitely be explored
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As a Copt my heart broke when they showed the Mamluke armies moving South. We all knew how it would end. They protected us for so long when many of us were forced to flee.
I'm not Nubian or Sudanese but I'm very proud of your ancestors who knows what would have happened without them stopping so many Eurasian powers from expanding deeper into Africa.
@@mohamedmustafa1939 Yh I don't know why he says we are discriminated against. We have the best jobs and the wider sudan acknowledge us with respect as being the ancient masters of the land and recently have found a new love for ancient Nubian history (Nubian empire revival??)
@@rolandorodriguez4504 the Portuguese started the whole transatlantic slave trade. The first slave port in the new workd was in Recife, Brazil. It was a crusade
Man I love this channel enen more now! So much of African History feels lost in time. My grandmother is from Eritrea but I never knew a great deal of the history of that region. I appreciate you guys taking the time to dive into African History!
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Finally! I’ve been waiting for this for 2 years on this channel! Hopefully there’s more to come about the fascinating history of this part of the world. Thank you
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I hope proud Europeans that don’t know anything about Africa and thinks it’s one country should watch these videos. Many empires, kingdoms and great civilizations have come and gone in Africa.
@@mister_grizzlee5105 no we're not lmfao, we are very eurocentric (as we should, it's our little corner of the world), cover early american history, egypt and colonial overtakings briefly, no way in hell have i ever learned about the yellow river or the people of senegal. i know we have a superiority complex over americans but cool it down a little, we aren't taught all that much.
To be honest the whole world sees The the second largest continent covering about one-fifth of the total land surface of Earth as a village. It doesn’t matter if you are in US, Europe or Asia. Some people know something but still it’s not enough.
@@Sunrah To be fair, you don't have a entire special class of people who through a bunch of crazy history and circumstances have this weird kinda scuffed place in society to explain. I'm refering to African-Americans, at least the African immigrants in Europe know where they come from, there identity and tribe and all that. Without having any of that, you get the crazy shit we have in the states where blacks are having pitiful identity crises like the Black Israelite movement.
Great that you shed some light on just one of many African empires, hope too see much more like the west African and the North African empires. Bless you and your good work
@@comradekenobi6908 A lot of kingdoms raise again after these destructions, Nubia not really. Well, they raised with the muslim rule, I guess, and then colonization ^^'
@@krankarvolund7771 Nubia died with the fall of Alodia. It’s people forsook their ancestors and traditions to adopt the Arab ones. Only a few Nubians refused to do it and are thus extremely discriminated against
@@rolandorodriguez4504 Why a change of religion will mean that it's not the same culture? Alodia and Makuria forsook their ancestral traditions when they took christianity too, no? ^^'
@@krankarvolund7771 Only their religion changed, the culture remained. If you look at the spreading of Christianity around the world you will notice that each civilization had adopted its own ,,kind'' of Christianity, as they could not forsake their entire history. Christianity was adapted by them to ensure continuation of the ancient traditions.
@@rolandorodriguez4504 As is it with most Christians in nearly every predominantly Muslim state... no other faith is more discriminated and persecuted in 21 century than Christianity
It's kinda interesting because the pact sounds very similar to something like the EEA but medieval, like it was a trade deal and guaranteed open borders between the two, that's really unheard of in world history until the 20th century and the formation of the EU.
@@ustanik9921 Nubians are famous traders of slaves and they are good at their trade, and back then humans were commodities and commodities are traded. So it's the best export the Nubians provided and the best exports the Arabs provided from Egyptian lands. It was completely normal in those times. More likely the slaves were from other regions
Fascinating insight and well documented with a solid presentation. There are many African kingdoms throughout history, so its good that the channel is expanding into other regions in the world also.
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Amazing, please do more African history. So many great things are overlooked by the general populace and even the most rigorous history buffs; I am flipped upside down by learning about this, I need to start researching deeply into cultures such as the Nubians!
Fun fact : Kingdom of Makuria was the last bastion of Ancient Egyptian Paganism they survived to likely 7-17 centuries until Ottoman Governor of Egypt, Muhammad Ali fully Islamized the Nubian Regions in 1830.
Not true. Makuria and Alodia fell in the early 16th century to the Funj Sultantes, which were a Muslim dynasty from modern day Sudan's South East. They ruled almost half of modern day Sudan for almost 300+years, until Muhammad Ali invaded in 1822.
OMG, look the whole area including Mukuria controlled by Fatimid caliphate in 1100, it was Shia muslims, then controlled by y Funj Sultanate in 1504 , it was Sunni Muslims, when Mohammed Ali came all population were Sunni Muslims
@@dontsearchdocumentingreali9621 No, because we heard the message of Islam and we accepted it... Why is it hard for you to believe that Islam is not spread by sword? In fact I can show you the history of Islam in my country. So after the Muslims conquered Egypt they wanted to enter Nubia and a battle of (Rumat Al hadaq) was held in which neither teams achieved significant gains. After which the two parties agreed on a treaty called the treaty of Al Baqat. Which eventually became the longest treaty of it's time and remained for 7 centuries. At a time when new Islamic countries developed in Sudan like the kingdom of Sinnar and the blue Sultanate. So Islam was never forced on my ancestors
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"The Nile does not stop flowing where ancient Egypt ended" You have your geography literally upside down - the Nile flows from the south to the north. Most scholars also agree that Egyptian dynastic rule began in the south and migrated north. That is the mainstream opinion.
@@BENJAMIN12M First, I must say that I love that royal black picture on your page, but I was seeking a view of you! Second, although I committed error when I stopped viewing the complete video based upon something of importance to me that I would address in a moment. Thereafter, I did find it very informative! Third, when you lodged your derogatory comment at me herein did you know what I was calling fiction about this video? It's my contention that you didn't then and you still don't know now! And, lastly, to the issue of concern, "Who were the original builders of the Egyptian civilization?" In this film, Egypt just pops up out of nowhere (in North Africa) and it sets the people therein apart from the African population (Nubian) as if it was not an African creation! In conclusion, if you could help me get out of the state of ignorance (or my being allergic to truth) that you contended that I'm in, I'll appreciate it. They say that the problem isn't being ignorant, but remaining in a state of ignorance by choice!
@@johnparham6796 you want to know the origins of egypt means you want to know the origins of God, now ask yourself, who and what is God, thrn you will know your answer. Then look at ancient africa and her beliefs before the european corruption.
Africa, the birthplace of Homo sapiens, but brushed over as the dark continent, is one hell of a fascinating place. The history of old African churches like the the Coptic, Eritrean, Ethiopian orthodox churches is amazing. Attended a Coptic Christian wedding, in Cairo, Egypt some years ago. What music, dresses, dancing, food etc. Very sad that Nubia, lost their script. Great video. I'm a fan already. Keep them coming.
Check out Hometeam History’s vids on UA-cam. It’s a channel dedicated to ancient African history. His content isn’t as well produced as Kings and General’s but still worth a visit.
@@purplepunch4904 I have watched him and he's great. Started his videos when I finished a Great Courses series on Pre-columbian mesoamerica (a lot about Mayans).
@@kingkwon8002 I'd also recommend History Time and History with Cy, they both do very in depth videos about whatever they're covering and they have several videos about Africa. History Time also often talks about the historiography related to the topic and that is great to learn with Africa since there's such a long history of African history being suppressed and even outright destroyed.
as an american living in egypt and married to a nubian, this was mostly a great video. many today still talk about this history. please do more african videos and also go into battle details if possible
This is Great and what many people have been asking for but hopefully in the future. We can get more in detailed videos on certain different time periods on the kushite/nubian civilization. King Piye for example lays out in his victory stele how he was able to conquer Egypt and begin the 25 dynasty. In my opinion, one of the great underrated kings of the past.
So much overlooked even by the modern day official egyptiologists in Egypt (see engraving of dynasties on the crest of the Egyptian musium missing the XXV intentionally), it is bizzare that even history is politicized/socialized...
Eastern Roman Empire : *barely survive to the Rashidun Califate* Sassanid Empire : *Collapses against the Rashidun Caliphate* Tang Dinasty : *barely manages to stop the muslim armies in Talas in 751* Small kingdom of Makuria : *Slaughter tens of thousands of soldiers from the Rashidun Califate twice before getting a peace treaty leaving them in peace for hundreds of years*
They literally lived near the shores of the red sea on the opposite side of Mecca and Medina so better have them as friends early on rather then enemies
The Muslims are always fully aware of them and kept close ties for a long time Even in ancient times before the birth of Prophet Muhammad, the tribal lords were close to African traders
I salute you for you endeavor to help balance the human story! The world has benefitted so much from African civilization however most do not know it. I’m jumping on Patreon right now!!
Why don't you do more videos on West Africa civilization. I mean the Malian Empire; Songhai; Benin Empire; Kanem & Bornu. Mentioning Sundiata Keita, Mansa Musa ... their ways of government, Timbucktu. There is just so much. Maybe it would help alleviate the impression of Africa's history being a mere appendage on the tapestry of human history.
@@HunterxHunter17 Sudan and South Sudan are mostly similar even though they may not speak Arabic at the same level. Nonetheless I view them as our brethrens like many other identities.
Africa is much more the northwest and the horn as well plus most people dont really know anything about either region i.e alot of people that I've talked to truly believe that hannibal was white
@@kingd1081 Hannibal was a Carthaginian noble who grew up in Iberia. The Carthaginians were colonists from more-or-less Lebanon. Whether that counts as 'white' is a matter of interpretation.
The New York Times ran an article by Boyce Rensberger recognizing the research of Bruce Williams and Keith Steele in which they discovered the "earliest monarchy" of known existence, Ta-Seti. This Sudanese finding also presented carvings of Ra, Horus, etc... proving that these ideals came from Nubians. NOT to mention that writings from Kemet (Egypt) LITERALLY claim they came from the Omo region and moved toward what is now called Egypt.
The only people who didn't know about the North African Kingdoms and Empires are people who couldn't tell you much about history anyway. Anyone who is actually interested in ancient history has studied Egypt, Nubia, Axum, Carthage, etc.. Africa only fell out of history due to the muslim conquest and subsequent removal of much of Africa from European affairs and development. Most don't even know that Spain was once ruled by the Moors and that the Ottomans held much of Europe. Make more of these videos and help raise the level of understanding.
@@AeneasGemini First, it's both perfectly fair and and absolutely true. The Majority of people here in the US would have trouble telling you who the Carthaginians were much less where they were located or the causes and results of the Punic wars. Hell, most people in the US probably couldn't point to Egypt on a map. Second, of course I don't know everything nor do I pretend to do so. I would give my left arm to know what happened to the Bronze age or how ancient battles actually worked but the vast majority of people have no clue about ancient history and most of what they do know is absolute crap fed to them by Hollywood. Third, I was not being arrogant simply being truthful and pointing out a simple fact. Unfortunately ancient history is not a popular area of interest and as I stated in my reply, I applaud any effort to bring the past to light for people. BTW saying that Carthage wasn't interested in conquest due to their trading focus is like saying Britain wasn't interested in conquest. There are many ways to conquer and only one requires the sword. As far as Axum, look them up. Seriously, look them up. Absolutely fascinating early Ethiopian kingdom that had a real chance of becoming a world power. Unfortunately they were hitting their stride about the same time as Islam and while they didn't lose, they certainly couldn't win. Amazing story that could have changed history for the better. Imagine a medieval Europe that actually had a powerful Christian African empire on their side. It would be have been much different than the dark Africa history we live with today.
@@historyfan6684 according to the persians axum was one of the four superpowers along with Persia,china and Rome, axumites often went to war with persia
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Thank You Kings and Generals, I'm a living proof of the Nubian pride my ancestors migrated from East to the west of Africa because of unresting aggression coming from the North but we always telling our history from generation to generation
Kings and Generals of lately has been covering more on African history...Big ups to this channel..i cant wait to watch more videos on african kingdoms on this channel
We are working on more videos on African history. If you want to learn how the Nubians defeated the Rashidun Caliphate, check out this video: ua-cam.com/video/DfJSsNRlrt8/v-deo.html
Looking forward to it!
When are you gonna upload muslim expansion videos anyways you're a awesome youtuber
Greatly appreciated watch all your video's and excited to see more
I always wanted to know more about the Nubians!
Make some video about history of malay archipilago please, especially indonesia...
I’m a proud Nubian from a village called Kusha, Sudan.. and I thank you very much for this.
We still have our language alive and write it with a modified greek alphabet.
you might be very tall. you guys are like giants
@@best5345 Those are the Nilotic people
@@shounakbanerjee8904 South Sudanese are also Nubians.
Greetings from Poland!
@João Ribeiro The people of South Sudan and Darfur in Sudan are the original Nubians. Check the wall paintings of Egypt depicting the Nubians they are depicted with dark skin like South Sudanese and the people of Darfur. The majority of Sudanese people today are mixed with Arabs so they think they are Arabs that's the reason they hate their own people in the South .
I must say, being of African decent, it feels so good to be reminded of the rich culture and grand history of Africa's past. Thank you so much for making this video, and the future ones you have planned on the African Kingdoms. It's hard to find documentaries highlighting this history, so you have done us a great honor by featuring Africa's past.
Watch home team history UA-cam channel
Real History is one of the most fascinating topics to engage in, as long it is not used to score contemporary nationalistic, religious or ethnic, linguistic score against ideological foes. This channel is a true contributor to a better world in which people from all directions can learn about each other's past and achievements.
@@adamburke1088 Well said Adam. Fuck race and all the separation it causes humanity.
I must say, as someone who’s also of African descent, there are plenty of UA-cam channels that cover African history. My happiness is not tied to one random channel making a video about an African kingdom that’s irrelevant to my history. I think it’s unproductive to tie your self worth to a UA-cam channel. This is hardly ‘Africa’s past’ btw, merely the history of one group of people on the continent of Africa.
Let’s not get carried away bro with such grand statements.
The reason we study history is not so that we can feel better about ourselves, it’s so we can learn from the past.
Africa indeed has rich past. Too bad it still lives in medieval times even now.
Kings and Generals bringing into light the most interesting videos on history. The best channel ever for all buffs.
Yeah definitely! Been waiting a while for something on the Nubians and their great kingdoms
No doubt
Yes because the white man buries African History regardless of religion
@@unclesam5230 Today it's more so not shining a light on African History.
Trueeee 😍
I must say, being a Sudanese Nubian, I'm very thankful to King and Generals for shinning light on my Country's amazing history. Thank you guys! Keep up the great work
@pliik ok bruh
@pliik ok Agree with the "being of X ethnicity should not be the highlight of your life" (unless you're a Númenórean I guess), but it kinda does since... that's uhh, that's the _name_ of the civilization and its people.
@pliik ok bro I don't understand what are you saying but this does not change the fact that in Australia there are 48 million kangaroos and in Uruguay there are 3,457,380 inhabitants. So if the kangaroos decide to invade Uruguay, each Uruguayan will have to fight 14 kangaroos.
@pliik ok where you from by the way
lol
I pray for the Almighty Algorithm for the monetization of this video and the well being of the team.
Amen
Here, here! I second this!
All hail the Merciful Monetization.
Amen
@Vinnie P he's a patreon
More African history, please!!
I loved that story of the Numidians being called pupil smiters or archers of the eye. As a archer myself I loved the events of the Muslim invasion of numidia. And as an archer aiming for the eyes makes sense. Aim small miss small
I second this!
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@@Birthday92sex I've shared on all my social.
@@Daylon91 Numidia is in North Africa, you mean Nubia?
It would be interesting to know how Christian Nubia interacted with the other African Christian kingdom in Ethiopia.
Sadly, there's mot much proof of great interaction between them. I wish that the Ethiopian Emperors had done what the Europeans did and called for an African counterpart to the European Crusades and fought off the Muslims together.
Alodia actually went to war with the Ethiopia
@@johnlewis3891 Hindsight is always 20/20.
@pliik ok I think he mean the Christian Axumite empire
The only other Christian Kingdom was Aksum(they were the first Christians in Africa as far as I know), and all their interactions were just wars. They were both incredibly hostile to each other.
As an anthropology student, I've been screaming at the top of my lungs attempting to get people to notice Nubia/Kush, to understand that they deserve just as much credit and attention as Egypt. For years in my undergrad every time I would attempt to do research projects on them or presentations, I was shut down and told "they aren't big enough, the stories aren't true" despite all the research that says otherwise. Finally, Finally people are noticing. I legit want to cry. I hope that this is just the tip of the iceberg for acknowledgement
Are there any examples of your work I find?
@@ianstumpf2949 As a professor (admittedly of a very different subject) this is sadly often the case. Some see teaching as a chore getting in the way of their research they have to dispense with, others just want to streamline everything to make grading as simple as possible. What bad profs don't realize is how much *they* can learn from their students if they allow, nay encourage, their students to go farther afield in their chosen topics.
Please keep fighting the good fight! As a victim of US public education, I as well am *so* glad to see African history and prehistory *finally* being celebrated!
We’re are you from
The forgers tried to erase us and burry our history 👌👌🙌🙌
I feel very impressed for 2 reasons.
Firstly, in Greece we have never been taught about subsaharian African civilisations and I believe that there are many things to learn about.
Secondly, it's impressive how Greek language and a part of Greek civilization reached modern day Sudan, via religion.
Keep up the good work guys! You're great!
Thats unfortunate Greek scholars from what I read had alot of positive things to say about Black Africa primarily Kush and Aksum.
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Well said, they don't teach much in America either, i learned most by reading on my own...encyclopedias, various religious works, etc...you just can't read Western stuff, gotta read Muslim, Hindu, Chinese, Mongol, Japanese every account of the time period you are researching, with you being Greek, you also have various Greek peoples accounts to research, Athenian, Thebes, Sparta, Macedonia etc.
@@panagiotisdouvris8738 Προσωπικά φίλε, θεωρώ ότι θα μπορούσαμε να κάνουμε μεγαλύτερη εμβάθυνση στην ελληνική ιστορία- ιστορία του Ελλαδικού χώρου καθώς και των περιοχών που επηρεάστηκαν από τον πολιτισμό μας μέχρι και τα ρωμαϊκά χρόνια, δίνοντας λιγότερη έμφαση στην Βυζαντινή περίοδο. Βέβαια το θέμα σηκώνει μεγάλη συζήτηση, ξεκινώντας από το τι παιδεία θες κλπ.
Sudan is one of 7 north african countries why does everyone say sub saharan
Definitely more African history. Its neigh impossible to find videos on African civilizations. Thank you.
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@@Birthday92sex then I'm about to blow up my contact list. Gonna yolo spam my friends and family until they beg you to make more African civilization videos just to shut me up
There are some channels dedicated to african history (i.e. From nothing and Home Team Story). Also other history channels have made videos about african civilizations. Maybe the production values aren't as high as King and generals but by no means it's hard to find videos about Africa. At least not on UA-cam.
Because African cultures had almost no written records.
@@kayvan671 then it is a mystery to be unraveled. What fun!
I can't speak for others, but as an African American I feel something so valuable to these type of stories. Growing up in school we were shown Roots and Glory and that's about it. To hear these stories about these Kingdoms in Africa are enriching to my soul. From my heart, thank you Kings & Generals and everyone involved with producing these videos.
Africa is such a large continent, dont think that African Americans have anything to do with Eastern Africa. Ethnically totaly different people. Most American slaves came from Gulf of Guinea region. That is also interesting region historically, I would like to hear more about it.
@@Fmatijev it's Africa. That's all , don't separate us... I'm from central Africa and my people came from Egypt.
@@Fmatijev read about mandigue empire of Mali. Mansa musa the gold's man
@@Fmatijev egypte was black and african not white arabe ... My dna test showed that my people are from ethiopia. You don't know African migration
Be proud bro... We African didn't solve people...they used weapon. We love u
As a Sudanese, I find this truly informative! A lot of historical records in the region say nothing much about the nubian land and its people. I've always been lift wondering what was going on in my own land at the time whenever I was reading about other empires around the same region or even the globe. Much appreciated. I hope you can shed more light on the Funj Sultanate and Soba Kongdom. There's also little exposure of the history of southern and western Sudanese lands.
There is a lot more my friend your country is rich with history. I may not be Sudanese myself but as an African I'm very very proud of your country's rich history.
islamic expansion and china have similarity, they destory culture and history.
Observe how much better countries get along with each other, in Africa and South America. I wonder why?
Amen brother! Sudan is full of rich cultures and history from all corners of the country. My family is from the Funj region & most may be Christians or Muslims but we each still carry on with our customs, languages & music. Archery is not needed anymore but I would love to start a School in the region teaching the little ones our ancestors way of defending themselves!
Holllywood: We will empower black people by puting them in european lore and history.
Black people: But we have our own history and our own kingdoms
Hollywood: Nah you are going into european's history movies
Hollywood is lazy we black people have to make this stuff ourselves.
Turkic Attila and Mongol Batu Khan 😉😉
Europeans do not know how to fight and only consider their own history as great, whereas the history of Turks and Mongols, the children of Central Asia, is much greater.
@@tongyabgukhan5524 There's so much irony saying "Haha, they're so arrogants ! We are the best !"
Bro under every single Kings and General video you will find a nationalistic turk preaching about how they are the best, like this video is centred about Nubia. Literally who asked
YES, mali, ethiopia, the swahili, songhai, morocco, IM SUPER HYPED FOR THE NEW SERIES
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Wow. All these will be featured?
@@mwanikimwaniki6801 I hope so. Really interesting region of the world that's been often overlooked.
@@viking8796 We learn it in school. Just never thought I'd see it visually.
Gotta give them credit, they beat the Arabians when everyone else just melted
When you're in the desert you don't understand the concept of melting. 😉
No, even India's Hindu rulers had defeated them
Are those you consider arabs really arabs or ????
Kushites were no joke, when strong they were a difficult people for any expanding empire to handle, this is why the Assyrians even though they defeated the Kushites didn't try to go into Sudan and finish them off it had cost them too much to take Egypt from them. This is also why Rome signed a favourable peace treaty after a brief war with Amanirenas.
No not really! Arabians were not interested in sub saharan Africa, they rather concentrated on the Mediterranean basin ie North Africa. But when Arabians finally turned to the sub saharan Africa many centuries later, they took the entire East coast of Africa with a blink of an eye from the Portuguese, and lasted there four centuries until Swahili nationalists massacred them in the sixtees (on live TV!) and Arab rule came to an end.
Finally! African civilizations. I guess my complaining finally paid off lol. Hopefully more Sub-Saharan kingdoms outside of the "Known World" are covered as well like Benin or Mali.
And Old Ghana
lol wasn't that complaint like a couple yrs ago? It's crazy we still remember.
It's so encouraging to see that people are actually willing to learn and teach as much of human history as they can. Keep up the good work Jabari.
Namibia and Madagascar
The difficulty of such videos is that many African cultures relied a lot on oral history rather than written, plus the facr that each time a new dynasty took over, they would destroy the previous dynasty palaces and every evidence of their success, to stop them from reclaiming it in the future.
@@moradhaddaji8056 not entirely true
More videos on African History would be very much appreciated. This one was incredible!
Ditto!
Great Zimbabwe would be great
Kush, Akum, Ife, Punt, Moors, Mali, Timbuktu and so many more.
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@@Birthday92sex You talk as if you were part of the team creating these videos. Is that true?
Fascinating stuff which was unknown to me until now! Thanks again Kings and Generals
I've learned more about the History of Africa (pre-colonisation) in this video than in my entire education from elementary to high school to university. KInda sad, when you think about it
History is endless, time is limited
Black history month is a waste of time because it's more focused on blacks suffering and very little on blacks greatness
@@MsAkbar14 That's stupid. It's important to learn how fucked up the U.S. history is.
Dosen't mean you should Tracht African history only during one month. Grow up.
@@cegesh1459 which part of me saying it isn't important? I'm just saying it should be proportionate, both black suffering and greatness are equally important.
@@MsAkbar14 But ‘black history month’, if you’re talking about America, covers both good things and bad things. It covers how Africans came to be in America, as well as their long struggle and eventual victory during civil right’s era. MLK is certainly viewed as a great hero, along with Rosa Parks, Malcom X, and a whole host of other black Americans. And, surely, the Civil Right’s Movement was good thing for all Americans, no?
It seems as if you want Black American history to be sanitized so that the obstacles those people faced play less of a role. But that just seems dishonest to me. Do you truly believe that black Americans have had the best history in a country surrounded by people who hated their guts because of their skin colour?
Also, why would the history of Black people in America focus on the history of black people in Africa? African history isn’t really relevant to modern Americans, unless it’s about the west African slave trade. So I guess I’m confused about your statement. Can you give an example of what you think ‘black history month’ should focus on that would be relevant to modern Americans?
Nubia: I have fallen!
Me: Lets see about that.
Me: *Starts playing EU4*
Sadly the Nubian tags in EU4 are pretty bad. The land is extremely poor, no matter what religion you follow, you will soon conquer land that is of the wrong religion, the culture group is very small, no good formable tags, and even when you finally manage to beat up the Mamluks you will immediately have to fight the Ottomans in order to keep Egypt. It's just an all around terrible opener. I did however once play Alodia and got a PU over Spain shortly after conquering Syria, which vastly improved my campaign. :D
*Waves at you from over here in CIV 6*
@@ramenbomberdeluxe4958 Nubia 8s about the only civ I use in Civ 6... half production on All Ranged Units throughout ALL ERA'S 😎😎
@@blafoon93 Try Crusader Kings then, it's probably doable there. Once got an almost completely Christianised Africa as a challenge, however I started in Ethiopia.
@@JBabi2u Daamn, booi O.o
It's interesting how they kept the tradition of the old ways and adopted a mixture of every practice they adopted throughout their history.
@@comradekenobi6908 True.
Yes like every culture and language in the world. They adapt and evolve
@Shy Cracker not accounting for Aksum South of Nubia, Nubia isn't on the fringes, that would be the Ethiopians that interestingly enough don't follow that trend staying ethnically, religiously and linguistically consistent from before the Nubia to this very day. Only thing really changing was the amount of territory they held, naturally territory that wasn't always there's was inhaibited by different peoples but the highland Ethiopians (who historically ruled) have not changed in the above respects though they were in frequent contact with Rome, Greece, India before the Arab and Muslim world dominated Africa and the Middle-East, even then they didn't fall like the Nubians did. Losing their identity to outsiders, today Sudan speaks Arabic and practices Islam, it's sad really as it was all done by force/conquest and not by choice.
@@LegacyHeroGaming Completely wrong analysis. What you failed to understand is Nubia does not = Sudan. Nubians inhabit the lands on the banks of the Nile from Khartoum Sudan to Aswan Egypt. Sudan is a modern British imperial creation adding many ethnic groups to one country. Their isn't one Sudanese look or ethnic group. Nubians in their ancestral homelands still speak Nobiin, Fadika, kunuz. Maybe you should do more research before talking and slandering another people's dignity. Those who claim speak Arabic may well be Arabian Bedouins and a mix of Nubian but they are located in central Sudan. North Sudan are Nubians, west are west African origin, east Sudan are east African, southern sudan are central sudanese
@Darkzi 1 Doesn't change anything I've said LMAO. NONE of the local people inhabiting the land natively spoke Arabic or invented/asked for Islam. Yet what is Sudan today? Enough said. Regardless if their Nubian, or another group, no matter what tribe or creed, the LAND now known as SUDAN, I didn't say South Sudan, I didn't say any other country besides the now Arabic speaking, Islam worshipping nation of Sudan. No where at the federal level can you find any remnants of the native culture, it has been arabized, even classified as members of the Arab League, if that doesn't tell you enough already then no amount of supposed research that can cure you of lacking common sense. This isn't slander this is a sad sad case of colonialism doing what it does to rich and beautiful cultures, exterminating and assimilating them. No slander, just sad truth. Ethiopia was never conquered, and look at it, everyone speaks the languages native to their people and land that were spoken for thousands of years everywhere in the country, King Ezana willingly converted to Christianity in the 4th century and Ethiopia to this day is still majority Coptic. Ottomans, Persians, Kush, Egypt, Adal, Italy, how many outside cultures tried to invade Ethiopia and failed over thousands of years? All of them. Ethiopia has lost battles but never lost a war against outsiders, you can tell by how the people are the same as they were at the time of Aksum and prior. Completely different to current day Sudan. This isn't a dick measuring contest, this is history. If you feel intimidated and lesser that is your own fault, I think Nubian and Kush history is beautiful and I love my African brothers but don't pretend that hundreds of years of being conquered and colonized hasn't drastically changed and shifted the people who faced cultural and religious genocide under Arab and European rule.
I read so much about the rich history of Africa, and knew it wasn't only the Egyptians that had built a great civilisation on the continent. This topic was long overdue and I'm glad it's finally here. Thank you Kings and Generals Team.
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There where many great African civilizations the problem is too many people look for eurocentric Academia has to tell them
Because they always thought Egyptian civilization was for a white man only to find out nop it's was a civilization of black Africans
I am a enthusiast for European history but I do really appreciate the non-Eurocentric historical accounts that this channel presents.
It’s all really world history as along as it’s factual I like watching all history there’s no need to divide them
the channel still does have a pretty eurocentric viewpoint besides these occasional ones
You can't divorce European history from the history of Asia minor and north Africa.
@Adrian Bradey of course it is, because most Historians have been European, and Europeans are victors of wars against what would become their colonies. It is victors who get to write history. Instead of blaming history for being eurocentric, non-Europeans must actively pursue writing and printing history themselves.
@@pruthweeshasalian3688 I agree. But are you honestly unbothered that about 98%(2% of me being nice) of history taught to the world is manipulated horse sh*t?
Both African and Indian history is criminally underrated and in my humble opinion, both of them are much older and exciting civilizational stories.
its because of "over-generalization":
people tend to consider India and Africa as singular entities, ignoring their diversity in peoples, languages and culture.
Are you Indian?
I'm African and I love very much indian culture, it's so amazing
Indian isn't really underrated
Nor is it overated
@@Aspect533 lmao you good ??
Thank you so much for this. As a South African of Ugandan heritage, seeing our African history finally being acknowledged and passed on to the masses (with epic visuals too) means more than you may know.
Africa is a continent. This video is about North Sudan history.
@@kevinthomson2691 yes and its one of the first times they've covered the continent's history.
@@admirekashiri9879
They’ve talked about “the continent” quit a few times. Egypt, Ethiopia, Somaliland.
@@kevinthomson2691 so what it's still african history. And black people should feel proud wether they are from north east west or south
@@kevinthomson2691 europeans are funny, they have no problem being proud of greek and romans accomplishment hell they've build their entire western culture around these 2 civllization, but when a lowly subsahran African shows a hint of admiration for the likes of Egypt and Kush. 🤯 "no, not your people ,bad black African very bad". Come now😂😒
I’m so happy to finally see y’all cover more African history!
I agree 1000%.
African history is some of the Best history in the world and it's about time it gets it's shine.
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Happy Christmas and Happy New year cuz
Weren't the Nubians rather famous in the ancient world for their archers? I didn't realize they were so staunchly Christian for so long. This is good timing as we talked about Cush in my Bible Study class this morning too lol. Thank you for the fascinating video!
Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you, friends. ✝️ :)
They converted to Christianity a little after the Armenians did which was pretty much the later portion of antiquity but most of Christian Nubia existed at its height in medieval history and was also lost not too long after that due to the expansion of Islam
@@seanmikaeel90s50 I know very little about this particular subject. Do you have any good resources I could read or watch on the topic? Thank you for the additional information.
@@Numba003I know it’s a little late but I can give you a brief breakdown of Nubian conversion to islam, it started very early on after the Nubians defeated the Arab expansion into Nubia, part of the treaty was to allow mosques to be built in nubia and free religion practice for muslims, this in turn slowly started a small muslim population, after than islam started gradually expanding by peaceful means and around the 13th century priests became imams and churches were converted into mosques but there was still a size able christian population, forward to sudanese independence nubian christians still existed even in the early 90’s till the democratic government got overthrown in sudan and the new regime started arabizing and islamizing the north and south, this failed heavily in the south and caused civil war but in the north it sort of worked, today nubian christians are very few and isolate themselves and don’t marry into other nubians, however the language and heritage is still alive and there are hundred of thousands of nubians who speak their native tongue, despite neighboring arab nations nubian culture thrived and influenced modern Sudanese culture, today nubians speak both arabic and their native tongue but back in the 90’s it was common for a nubian to not even speak arabic, that’s pretty much a brief oversimplified lesson about nubian culture and religion.
I was expecting a little more ancient Nubia and a little less medieval Nubia, when I first saw the title of the video, but this new series on indigenous African cultures is clearly a pleasant surprise.
I think ancient Nubia is more interesting, but the title talking about christian kingdoms only applies to medieval Nubia alone. Before the early medieval age, as the video mentions as well, Nubia was not christian. Christianity is a foreign religion.
The title would imply medieval Nubia. That's what I was expecting, and that's exactly what I got, plus a little extra ancient history!
But yeah Nubia wasn't Christian until ~580 AD as the video says. And so begins the medieval era.
Ancient Nubia wasn't Christian, this is about the Kingdoms that accepted Christianity. Likely they'll make videos about ancient Nubia as well, At least I hope so.
They did cover some of the ancient history but missed out a bit like King Taharqa's conflict with the Assyrians, as well as stuff on king Ergamenes. And in relation to the medieval some events which took place like how a Christian Bishop or minister was jailed in Muslim Egypt and a Makurian king marched with 100,000 soldiers to which the Muslims in Egypt let this high Christian figure out of jail without conflict. They also didn't mention King Moses Georgios and his conflict with Saladin's forces.
@@admirekashiri9879 i always ser u
As an Egyptian/Nubian this video filled me with joy and deep emotions< thanks for educating ppl and like at the end of the video I want to say that the sons of Nubia and the old kingdoms still hold great pride in their civilization and histroy< thanks for educating the rest
Pretty amazing for a culture to last 4000 years, I'm from Denmark and like it's old but it's only just 1000 years old, that's nothing compared to this.
Do people in the Sudan know about their history ?
be proud my friend. you descended from a race with rich and vibrant history.
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@@hedgehog3180 record shows its even earlier :)
I am from Sudan and I am Nubian my mum is from dongola and my dad is from a tribe that is near dongola but lived in Khartoum so very nice for me
@@cuzimmoody6470 I’m Muslim as well but don’t speak much dongolawi
اهلا وسهلا بيك
حلقة جدا رائعة، واخيرا ناس تتكلم عن تاريخ أفريقيا
@@aman5600 اجل
It's also obvious that female genital mutilation is from Nubian and still prevalent these days
@@mytube1298 bit random but in many Islamic schools of thought it is advice against plus it’s a cultural thing and less of a religious thing (btw my mum and my sisters have not had this happened to them)
"The first widespread construction of pyramids in close to 2,000 years."
And that itself is well over 2,000 years ago. Crazy.
5 cradles of civilization are amazing, but then monotheism took its evil hold on the world
@@krono5el That’s because paganism and polytheism is an insult to the One True God and only He is worthy of woship
Also let us separate the structural wonders and cultures of people from their religions and beliefs. There are monotheistic civilizations that erected great legacies just like how there are polytheistic civilizations that do so too
@@themercifulguard3971 ok thats why you still use everything the 5 cradles created to this day, without them you wouldnt even know how to make a building to worship in. you wouldnt have food or astrology and math, and still be having sex with animals. the 5 cradles are your god
@@krono5el I wouldn’t say the Abrahamic faiths are *that* bad.
@@wildfire9280 all religion is bad and worshipping the past is for fools. understand history and appreciate those that came before you and love your fellow man now. that's all.
GOD, FINALLY😭
I love this channel so much and I've been waiting on African videos FOREVER
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Thanks a lot for this amazing job
Greetings from Nubia, modern day Sudan 🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩
You should check out Coptic Orthodox Church. Return back to religion of your ancestors..
@@orientalorthodoxchristianc7355 dear we are now Muslims and convinced and satisfied with Islam and we also believe in Jesus christ peace be upon him. As a messenger and prophet of God.
We accepted Islam and spread it all over Sudan.. so we are proud of our Christian ancestors and our Muslim fathers and brothers.
Massagero brother
@@ahmedosman7085 we in South Sudan are Christians and know Jesus is God
@@orientalorthodoxchristianc7355
The Nubians, all of them, willfully left Christianity for Islam, the religion of True Monotheism, rather than the Nicean invented religion!
So proud of my country’s history! Incredibly underrated & unknown to so many people. Thank you Kings and Generals for sharing this with the world.
Probably Ur ancestors were Christian but then we're forcibly converted to islam
I was always curious about Subsaharan Africa, The North Remembers. I agree with you, it is really underrated. Bytheway, if I can ask you, you come from Sudan?
@@jaguarsmaga1331 they can pay jizya & safe, nobody was forcing them to Islam. Not like spanish inquisition, convert or die.
@@markobavdek9450 Yes I do!
@@mustipunyaemail My ancestors suffered under islamic tyranny for 1000 years. We have never forgotten that
As an African, I can't wait for more episodes in this series. Thank you so much!
The history of Christian kingdoms in Africa is underrated, they fought valiantly against their enemies, amen ✝️❤️
The genocide you mean..
The history of Africa, you mean.
@Black Wolf so
@@kolawaleojomo6817 yh
Oral traditions of the ruling Abrade (Aduana) clan relate that Akans originated from ancient Ghana. They migrated from the north, they went through Egypt and settled in Nubia (Sudan). Around 500 AD (5th century), due to the pressure exerted on Nubia by the Axumite kingdom of Ethiopia, Nubia was shattered, and the Akan people moved west and established small trading kingdoms
Thanks Kings & Generals! Finally you guys have taken the lead to showcase and shine a spotlight on Black / African History
Below are some suggestions for your *African / Black History Playlist* :
1. *King Menelik II & The Battle of Adwa* (Ethiopia's War of Independence against Italy)
2. *Queen Nzinga* (resistance against the Portuguese)
3. *Toussaint L'ouverture & Jean Jaques Dessalines* (Hatian Revolution)
4. *Gaspar Yanga* (Revolutionary who created the first independent black majority Mexican City)
5. *Pharaoh Taharqa* (Nubian King - Conqueror of Ancient Egypt & the Assyrians)
6. *Mansa Musa* Wealthiest Emperor Ever in the world!!
7. *Samoury Touré* (Created an autonomous territory and led a long term French resistance against French Colonial expeditions in West Africa)
8. *Robert Mugabe and Zimbabwe's War of Independence* against Great Britain
9. *Malik Ambar* (King in the Heart of India & Military Strategist who won numerous battles against the Mughal Empire while fending them off for 30 Years)
10. *John Horse & the Black Seminoles* (leaders of the largest slave revolt in US history leading to the largest migration of slaves to a safe heaven in Mexico
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11. *Askia Mohammed* (Emperor of the Songhai Empire)
12. *Ancient Astronomers & Scholars of Timbuktu* (over 700,000 Manuscripts still exist in Timbuktu libraries)
etc
etc
etc
They already did number 9 on ambar. I'd suggest you check that video out, when you get a chance to. It's one of the best videos they've ever done. Since, they already covered Malik Ambar. I would like to see from them a detailed account on the *Aksumites of Ethiopia* and how they came to occupy Southern Arabia for many years.
Or they can talk about *King Piye of Kush* and use his *victory stele* as a detailed account of his war campaign in Egypt and why he believed the God Amun summoned him to conquer Egypt.
Can't leave out Idris Alooma and Sunni Ali now come on 😂.
I'm Zimbabwean I'd pass on the Robert Mugabe one for now tbh instead Changamire Dombo of the Rozvi empire should be there, he pushed out the Portuguese from Zimbabwe.
With king minilik it wasnt a war for independence cus they didnt colonise us..
So cool to see big channels like this showing the great African civilisations and kingdoms that existed. So much history there that we don’t see much of if not any in media and tv!
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This is excellent, many thanks! I am so pleased to see some real African history and am sad to see it so neglected. Looking forward to more in the future!
I had been waiting for someone to make video about this for a while! Amazing how Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia once made up a belt of ancient Christianity and almost no one talks about it... thank you for this video!
isn't Ethiopia still Christian?
@@мувн-ш4ы 63% Christian, 34% Muslim, and 3% other.
@@kristaporkhach its surprising how ethiopia resisted conversion to islam for that long
Where I live in the British isles the Christians in England in a place in London called "Speakers corner" you can type it up on UA-cam and find thousands of videos, they always talk about these Christians, especially because they incorporate much of what's know as "Ancient Christianity" as you say, referring to you guys as your brother's and sisters. They debate all kinds of people including Muslims, but any one can go there and meet and talk, usually issues, problems or maybe just to debate religion or philosophy, depends on your view of aims.
I learnt some of there history by listening to them in debates and conversations. Especially about these histories on Christianity, Islam and The Egyptian religion. I agree this is interesting history and should be talked about more.
Those areas civilization are close to middleeast
Chrstianity originated in middle east .. chrstianity not onky decended into europe but also into those kingdoms bwcause of the geography
Yay Sudanese history! Thank you so much.
أطيب ناس
@@Msaya-bh4il
وأشجع ناس ، هزموا المسلمين مرتين ! وهزموا الرومان وهزموا الفرس وحافظوا على مملكتهم الف سنة كاملة بدون اي غزو او اي احتلال وهم فراعنة وملوك الجنوب ؟
قل لي هل يوجد دولة وحضارة عظيمة مثل هذه ؟ اتحدا
@مسلم عربي
المصريين هزمونا مرة واحدة فقط !
وعدنا الكره وحكمناهم مرتين !
الأسرة ٢١ والاسرة٢٥ كلهم أسر كوشية!
وهم فراعنة وملوك الجنوب !
لا مقارنة بين مصر والسودان !
مصر تعرضت ل ٢٧ احتلال بينما السودان فقط احتلالين
وهزمنا المسلمين في معركتين
الأولى بقيادة عقبة ابن نافع والثانية بقيادة عبد الله ابن ابي السرح وقتلنا الآلاف منهم !
انا مسلم وفخور بديني لاكن لا يوجد اشجع منا على الإطلاق ! وانا فخور بذلك !
من الذي اسقط امبراطورية الحبشة ؟
نحن من أسقطناها بقيادة المهدي وجنوده دخلنا الى منتصف الحبشة وجلبنا راس يوحنا معلقا على رمح الى مدينة أمدرمان !
بينما مصر تمت هزيمتها مرتين من الاحباش ! فقل لي من اشجع منا ؟
لا تتفلسف نحن ملوك النيل وفخورون بذلك
✝️❤️
Great video K&G. As an African its good to see some focus on the ancient history of the continent. I look forward to more like the Zulus, the history of the Massai and so on
As an Egyptian I'm amazed how the Nubians managed to preserve their culture and language to this day. My Nubian friend speaks of old traditions still practiced over in the South of Egypt (the Nubian part) unlike the North around Cairo. Even tho I don't think Egypt retaining Christianity really matters in the current somewhat secular atmosphere of Egypt it's still depressing that we lost our Coptic language and culture as neither preserved through the Arabization of the country but it's great to know our Nubian neighbors still preserved their own.
@Rusty Shackleford
The Copts never vanquished, I come from a Muslim background but I'm fully Coptic because Copt means Egyptian not Christian although that term has been associated with Christians over the last few centuries.
With that said the Coptic (Egyptian) identity did vanquish unfortunately
For Egypt the greek hellenistic culture and language also replaced coptic very much before Islam and Arabic
I wouldn't say they have. Everyone speaks Arabic, everyone is Muslim. A better example of preservation is the neighbour's of the Nubians or Sudanese, the Ethiopians. They kept their language, religion, and traditions for 1000's of years, due to them never being conquered by outside forces during their entire history. They fought off the Egyptians, Nubians, Ottomans, Adalites and Italians successfully without failure remaining Christian (first to adopt it as a state religion with Armenia) and speaking Ge'ez liturgically and Amharic nationally (descendent language of Ge'ez)
@@Thenoisyoneyes nah if you are from Cairo then you probably have nothing to do with ancient Copts
@@200555280 The term "Coptic" itself is of Greek origin.
I can't wait for the Songhai Empire and Aksum Kingdom, both are my favorite african nations.
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Please cover the Kingdom of Abyssinia next. A kingdom so famous that christain knights believed it was the location of the garden of eden
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I remember reading about European rulers writing letters to that king, asking for help in the crusades. I guess that kingdom was located in modern day Ethiopia?
@@martinn.6082 The kingdom was located in modern day Eritrea and Ethiopia and they were known as The Aksumites. A beautiful Christian kingdom/empire. Look them up and read about them, when you get a chance. Fascinating stuff.
@@amberwilliams1380 rumor has it the ark of the covenant is still there
@@martinn.6082 it was the Nubians who were asking for help not abassyinians
The Nubians, people of the bow🏹🏹🏹🏹
Ta-Seti
Yeah you should definitely do more African history underrated 🔥
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Koreans will say that they should do more Korean history as its underrated. Indians will say that they should do more Indian history as its underrated. South Americans will sa- well, I'm sure you're seeing the pattern by now.
Kings & Generals is trying to make everyone happy by dividing up their commitment time on different topics based on how many of their viewers _want_ that topic (this is why something like 60% of their videos are about Greek & Roman history, its because the majority of their audience wants that). Have patience. K&G is full of good people who, like I said, want to please everyone. Problem is that pleasing everyone isn't actually possible, but its admirable to still try.
There has to be more preserved African history
@@HeyImLucious that they should do more global history yes I agree. Korean history and Indian history are both Asian history no? I didn’t specify country, there are so many countries in Africa that history should definitely be explored
@@roguewasbanned4746 there is a lot, just not mainstream
Coptic Egyptian here, with lots of love for our long time Nubian neighbours.
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As a Copt my heart broke when they showed the Mamluke armies moving South. We all knew how it would end.
They protected us for so long when many of us were forced to flee.
Proud to be Sudanese Nubian!
I'm not Nubian or Sudanese but I'm very proud of your ancestors who knows what would have happened without them stopping so many Eurasian powers from expanding deeper into Africa.
Nubians are truly admirable. It is a shame the discrimination your people faces from the “Arabs” in Sudan.
@@rolandorodriguez4504 lmao what? Arabs and Nubians are brothers and live side by side 😂
@@mohamedmustafa1939 Yh I don't know why he says we are discriminated against. We have the best jobs and the wider sudan acknowledge us with respect as being the ancient masters of the land and recently have found a new love for ancient Nubian history (Nubian empire revival??)
@@rolandorodriguez4504 the Portuguese started the whole transatlantic slave trade. The first slave port in the new workd was in Recife, Brazil. It was a crusade
Man I love this channel enen more now! So much of African History feels lost in time. My grandmother is from Eritrea but I never knew a great deal of the history of that region.
I appreciate you guys taking the time to dive into African History!
Super awesome video. I knew vaguely about the Christian Makurian kingdom, but I had no idea it lasted so long. Keep these coming.
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God I love this channel, I always learn something interesting and new.
Finally! I’ve been waiting for this for 2 years on this channel! Hopefully there’s more to come about the fascinating history of this part of the world. Thank you
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I hope proud Europeans that don’t know anything about Africa and thinks it’s one country should watch these videos. Many empires, kingdoms and great civilizations have come and gone in Africa.
I think you meant to say Americans. At least here in Europe we are taught about other countries in history and geography, especially Africa
@@mister_grizzlee5105 Correct, it's the Americans who are refusing to let go their ego about Africa.
@@mister_grizzlee5105 no we're not lmfao, we are very eurocentric (as we should, it's our little corner of the world), cover early american history, egypt and colonial overtakings briefly, no way in hell have i ever learned about the yellow river or the people of senegal. i know we have a superiority complex over americans but cool it down a little, we aren't taught all that much.
To be honest the whole world sees The the second largest continent covering about one-fifth of the total land surface of Earth as a village.
It doesn’t matter if you are in US, Europe or Asia. Some people know something but still it’s not enough.
@@Sunrah To be fair, you don't have a entire special class of people who through a bunch of crazy history and circumstances have this weird kinda scuffed place in society to explain. I'm refering to African-Americans, at least the African immigrants in Europe know where they come from, there identity and tribe and all that. Without having any of that, you get the crazy shit we have in the states where blacks are having pitiful identity crises like the Black Israelite movement.
Great that you shed some light on just one of many African empires, hope too see much more like the west African and the North African empires. Bless you and your good work
I actually hope they will make great zimbabwe but then again not even the locals know wtf was going on there
@@yonathanrakau1783 Actually we do the history is just oral but I could give you a link going into detail about the empire and what happened.
I love how this channel just covers so much of human history in a compelling way. Its incredibly valuable and I'm glad you guys do it!
One of your best, thanks
Im a proud nubian from Dunqulah..we still have our language and culture thanks alot for the video 😊
Have you seen ahst they have Bern fi findng ìn Old Dongola aka Tungul?
This is one of the saddest videos you've guys produced. The history was so rich and beautiful and to see that kingdom sacked and overrun. Trully sad
@@comradekenobi6908 A lot of kingdoms raise again after these destructions, Nubia not really. Well, they raised with the muslim rule, I guess, and then colonization ^^'
@@krankarvolund7771 Nubia died with the fall of Alodia. It’s people forsook their ancestors and traditions to adopt the Arab ones. Only a few Nubians refused to do it and are thus extremely discriminated against
@@rolandorodriguez4504 Why a change of religion will mean that it's not the same culture? Alodia and Makuria forsook their ancestral traditions when they took christianity too, no? ^^'
@@krankarvolund7771 Only their religion changed, the culture remained. If you look at the spreading of Christianity around the world you will notice that each civilization had adopted its own ,,kind'' of Christianity, as they could not forsake their entire history. Christianity was adapted by them to ensure continuation of the ancient traditions.
@@rolandorodriguez4504 As is it with most Christians in nearly every predominantly Muslim state... no other faith is more discriminated and persecuted in 21 century than Christianity
600 years of a Pact with Muslim Egypt 🤯
With the Arabs, all Arab dynasties that ruled kept the pact!
It's kinda interesting because the pact sounds very similar to something like the EEA but medieval, like it was a trade deal and guaranteed open borders between the two, that's really unheard of in world history until the 20th century and the formation of the EU.
@@ustanik9921 no mention of slaves in Arabic sources, it says Men! I wonder where the word slave came from! Probably a western fabrication of the text
@@ustanik9921 Nubians are famous traders of slaves and they are good at their trade, and back then humans were commodities and commodities are traded. So it's the best export the Nubians provided and the best exports the Arabs provided from Egyptian lands. It was completely normal in those times. More likely the slaves were from other regions
@@ustanik9921 keep in mind we don't know the Nubian interpretation of this Pact so it might not have been thst simple.
Great!!! Am from Kenya and I would like it if u kept making more African content..its so diverse and rich
Fascinating insight and well documented with a solid presentation.
There are many African kingdoms throughout history, so its good that the channel is expanding into other regions in the world also.
Thank you so much for this video. It's amazing to hear and learn about Africa. It's such an overlooked continent in academia
Wow I never thought Africa that much but now thanks to you I changed my attitude towards Africa
I am Nubian from dongola the capital of the ancient civilizations !
And am proud
Thank you very much for this, you could do more on the Yoruba, Benin and Kanem empires of West Africa
Hyped for the new series. I have a special interest in African History. Glad to see Kings and Generals on the case!
This is great, African history is underrated.
This channel is amazing for how it shines lights on such interesting, rarely told stories of history.
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Amazing, please do more African history. So many great things are overlooked by the general populace and even the most rigorous history buffs; I am flipped upside down by learning about this, I need to start researching deeply into cultures such as the Nubians!
Fun fact : Kingdom of Makuria was the last bastion of Ancient Egyptian Paganism they survived to likely 7-17 centuries until Ottoman Governor of Egypt, Muhammad Ali fully Islamized the Nubian Regions in 1830.
@@scourgeofgodattila3827 battle of zama: hold my beer
@@scourgeofgodattila3827 Not only. Hannibal had also to use a large portion of untrained recrutes and more factores. But it was a factor.
Yet somehow Arabs are to be blamed for Islamsizing Nubia!! ha?! What an irony!
Not true. Makuria and Alodia fell in the early 16th century to the Funj Sultantes, which were a Muslim dynasty from modern day Sudan's South East. They ruled almost half of modern day Sudan for almost 300+years, until Muhammad Ali invaded in 1822.
OMG, look the whole area including Mukuria controlled by Fatimid caliphate in 1100, it was Shia muslims, then controlled by y Funj Sultanate in 1504 , it was Sunni Muslims, when Mohammed Ali came all population were Sunni Muslims
Amazing!
I’m Sudanese and I didn’t even know half of the historical chronology mentioned in this video. Thank you 🤍
يا مان العرب حاسدين دخلو بلدنا ونسونا تاريخنا
النوبييين من حقهم يفتخروا بتاريخهم المرعب ده لانهم عملو ممالك ضخمة وقوية وهزمت أمم كثيرة وشعوب !
Very thankful for shedding the light on the great civilisation of nubia...
All love from Sudan 🇸🇩🇸🇩
Your ancestors were Christian ✝️❤️
@@dontsearchdocumentingreali9621 yeah, but we embraced Islam ❤️
@@Top10-y8j8m because you were forced to.. Ottomans converted you by sword
@@dontsearchdocumentingreali9621 No, because we heard the message of Islam and we accepted it...
Why is it hard for you to believe that Islam is not spread by sword?
In fact I can show you the history of Islam in my country.
So after the Muslims conquered Egypt they wanted to enter Nubia and a battle of (Rumat Al hadaq) was held in which neither teams achieved significant gains.
After which the two parties agreed on a treaty called the treaty of Al Baqat. Which eventually became the longest treaty of it's time and remained for 7 centuries. At a time when new Islamic countries developed in Sudan like the kingdom of Sinnar and the blue Sultanate.
So Islam was never forced on my ancestors
@@dontsearchdocumentingreali9621 when ottoman came nubians were already muslims
God Bless You For Acknowledging Neglected African History This Is The Best Channel In UA-cam Without A Shadow Of A Doubt Period 🌍😍🙏
Really wish history focused more on Nubia. Really cannot look at ancient Egyptian and Christian history without looking at ancient Nubia and Aksum.
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I get more video recomendations about Africa. Love it. Your timeing is truly on the spot
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"The Nile does not stop flowing where ancient Egypt ended"
You have your geography literally upside down - the Nile flows from the south to the north. Most scholars also agree that Egyptian dynastic rule began in the south and migrated north. That is the mainstream opinion.
This is psuedo-African history! I'm allergic to fiction so I'll keep it moving.
Here Nile is Symbolic, remember he was speaking about Christianity that later collapsed at Nubia.🤔
@@johnparham6796 you are allergic to truth, your gods have return, romans called this the new world order
@@BENJAMIN12M First, I must say that I love that royal black picture on your page, but I was seeking a view of you! Second, although I committed error when I stopped viewing the complete video based upon something of importance to me that I would address in a moment. Thereafter, I did find it very informative! Third, when you lodged your derogatory comment at me herein did you know what I was calling fiction about this video? It's my contention that you didn't then and you still don't know now! And, lastly, to the issue of concern, "Who were the original builders of the Egyptian civilization?" In this film, Egypt just pops up out of nowhere (in North Africa) and it sets the people therein apart from the African population (Nubian) as if it was not an African creation! In conclusion, if you could help me get out of the state of ignorance (or my being allergic to truth) that you contended that I'm in, I'll appreciate it. They say that the problem isn't being ignorant, but remaining in a state of ignorance by choice!
@@johnparham6796 you want to know the origins of egypt means you want to know the origins of God, now ask yourself, who and what is God, thrn you will know your answer. Then look at ancient africa and her beliefs before the european corruption.
Africa, the birthplace of Homo sapiens, but brushed over as the dark continent, is one hell of a fascinating place. The history of old African churches like the the Coptic, Eritrean, Ethiopian orthodox churches is amazing. Attended a Coptic Christian wedding, in Cairo, Egypt some years ago. What music, dresses, dancing, food etc.
Very sad that Nubia, lost their script. Great video. I'm a fan already. Keep them coming.
Yes More African History Hopefully Aksum?
Agreed, it's a gap in my knowledge.
Check out Hometeam History’s vids on UA-cam. It’s a channel dedicated to ancient African history. His content isn’t as well produced as Kings and General’s but still worth a visit.
@@dragoninthewest1 from nothing is another good channel
@@purplepunch4904 I have watched him and he's great. Started his videos when I finished a Great Courses series on Pre-columbian mesoamerica (a lot about Mayans).
@@kingkwon8002 I'd also recommend History Time and History with Cy, they both do very in depth videos about whatever they're covering and they have several videos about Africa. History Time also often talks about the historiography related to the topic and that is great to learn with Africa since there's such a long history of African history being suppressed and even outright destroyed.
as an american living in egypt and married to a nubian, this was mostly a great video. many today still talk about this history. please do more african videos and also go into battle details if possible
I see from ur name ur a convert. Congrats may allah fix your heart on his religion
@@rokujadotorupata4408
ameen. my father was a convert
@@BilalMarcus Alhamdulillah. May Allah shower you with blessings alongside your wife ❤️❤️❤️
Take care of your Nubian queen !
She have a great blood my friend !
The problem will be records of the battles, I'm not sure how much exists.
This is Great and what many people have been asking for but hopefully in the future. We can get more in detailed videos on certain different time periods on the kushite/nubian civilization. King Piye for example lays out in his victory stele how he was able to conquer Egypt and begin the 25 dynasty. In my opinion, one of the great underrated kings of the past.
So much overlooked even by the modern day official egyptiologists in Egypt (see engraving of dynasties on the crest of the Egyptian musium missing the XXV intentionally), it is bizzare that even history is politicized/socialized...
Eastern Roman Empire : *barely survive to the Rashidun Califate*
Sassanid Empire : *Collapses against the Rashidun Caliphate*
Tang Dinasty : *barely manages to stop the muslim armies in Talas in 751*
Small kingdom of Makuria : *Slaughter tens of thousands of soldiers from the Rashidun Califate twice before getting a peace treaty leaving them in peace for hundreds of years*
At the end, Islam spread to Sudan and that's the main goal of the Caliphate
@@AlmoravidsAlmohadsDynastie -Don`t rejoice till the fight still on : The South of Sudan is not entirely muslim and history is not done yet...
@@AlmoravidsAlmohadsDynastie We accepted Islam on our own terms and rejected foreign rule
They literally lived near the shores of the red sea on the opposite side of Mecca and Medina so better have them as friends early on rather then enemies
They didn't have a navy in the first place.
The Muslims are always fully aware of them and kept close ties for a long time
Even in ancient times before the birth of Prophet Muhammad, the tribal lords were close to African traders
@@aimenelhabry6178 Obviously they didn't have a navy, that's because they preferred to live near the Nile River rather then the shores of the red sea
@@arolemaprarath6615 Please be a troll because no one can really think that
They were not a threat to mecca and medina they were to Egypt they could harass the Islamic border at anytime
I salute you for you endeavor to help balance the human story! The world has benefitted so much from African civilization however most do not know it. I’m jumping on Patreon right now!!
Love it. You guys are doing history a big favor by bringing these lesser known stories to everyone‘s attention.
This
Terrific video. Nubia is one of those places of the world that rarely gets any coverage
Why don't you do more videos on West Africa civilization. I mean the Malian Empire; Songhai; Benin Empire; Kanem & Bornu. Mentioning Sundiata Keita, Mansa Musa ... their ways of government, Timbucktu. There is just so much. Maybe it would help alleviate the impression of Africa's history being a mere appendage on the tapestry of human history.
Great video, I look forward to seeing more on Africa
I can't wait tell you guys cover the West African Forest Kingdoms.
Bravo! Looking forward to next documentaries. Thank you!
greetings from Sudan✌✌
Greetings, brother. From Jordan with much love 🇸🇩🇸🇸🇯🇴
Greetings brother from a far southern neighbour in Zimbabwe lol.
Respect to Sudan from France.
@@f.altawil996 we and south Sudanese are not the same I don’t know why you have that flag
@@HunterxHunter17 Sudan and South Sudan are mostly similar even though they may not speak Arabic at the same level. Nonetheless I view them as our brethrens like many other identities.
Great video! Please make a video on Nader Shah of Afsharid dynasty
A bizarrely unknown leader.
I love videos like this that bring attention to parts of African that are completely overlooked and undermined.
Ethiopia and horn of Africa region alone has history that spans thousands of years
Everywhere in Africa has WAY more history than anywhere else in the world except for maybe asia
It's more thanks to colonial people's and times most ethnicities history is suppressed and partially lost
Africa is much more the northwest and the horn as well plus most people dont really know anything about either region i.e alot of people that I've talked to truly believe that hannibal was white
@@kingd1081 Hannibal was a Carthaginian noble who grew up in Iberia. The Carthaginians were colonists from more-or-less Lebanon. Whether that counts as 'white' is a matter of interpretation.
The New York Times ran an article by Boyce Rensberger recognizing the research of Bruce Williams and Keith Steele in which they discovered the "earliest monarchy" of known existence, Ta-Seti. This Sudanese finding also presented carvings of Ra, Horus, etc... proving that these ideals came from Nubians. NOT to mention that writings from Kemet (Egypt) LITERALLY claim they came from the Omo region and moved toward what is now called Egypt.
The only people who didn't know about the North African Kingdoms and Empires are people who couldn't tell you much about history anyway. Anyone who is actually interested in ancient history has studied Egypt, Nubia, Axum, Carthage, etc.. Africa only fell out of history due to the muslim conquest and subsequent removal of much of Africa from European affairs and development. Most don't even know that Spain was once ruled by the Moors and that the Ottomans held much of Europe. Make more of these videos and help raise the level of understanding.
@@AeneasGemini First, it's both perfectly fair and and absolutely true. The Majority of people here in the US would have trouble telling you who the Carthaginians were much less where they were located or the causes and results of the Punic wars. Hell, most people in the US probably couldn't point to Egypt on a map.
Second, of course I don't know everything nor do I pretend to do so. I would give my left arm to know what happened to the Bronze age or how ancient battles actually worked but the vast majority of people have no clue about ancient history and most of what they do know is absolute crap fed to them by Hollywood.
Third, I was not being arrogant simply being truthful and pointing out a simple fact. Unfortunately ancient history is not a popular area of interest and as I stated in my reply, I applaud any effort to bring the past to light for people.
BTW saying that Carthage wasn't interested in conquest due to their trading focus is like saying Britain wasn't interested in conquest. There are many ways to conquer and only one requires the sword.
As far as Axum, look them up. Seriously, look them up. Absolutely fascinating early Ethiopian kingdom that had a real chance of becoming a world power. Unfortunately they were hitting their stride about the same time as Islam and while they didn't lose, they certainly couldn't win. Amazing story that could have changed history for the better. Imagine a medieval Europe that actually had a powerful Christian African empire on their side. It would be have been much different than the dark Africa history we live with today.
@@historyfan6684 according to the persians axum was one of the four superpowers along with Persia,china and Rome, axumites often went to war with persia
Can't wait for the video about the kingdom of Kongo
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Thank You Kings and Generals, I'm a living proof of the Nubian pride my ancestors migrated from East to the west of Africa because of unresting aggression coming from the North but we always telling our history from generation to generation
Kings and Generals of lately has been covering more on African history...Big ups to this channel..i cant wait to watch more videos on african kingdoms on this channel
Really enjoyed this video. I'll admit it's not something I would otherwise be interested in without your video. Good work