@@slingadingding1639 Nope. Persians didn't enter the region until well after Urartu was established. Many of the names in Urartu (both personal and geographic) have Armenian etymologies, not Iranian. Urartu was located mostly in Armenia and modern Turkey, only a little bit of it was located in Iran (Urmia area). It's widely accepted that there were Armenians in Urartu (even the Urartian language has Armenian loanwords into it). The debate is whether the ruling class were Armenian or a Hurrian-esque tribe (which is what the language they written Urartian language is).
@hasan veysel erol I know that urartu/hurrians were a people of their own, but they got incorporated to the persian empire (there even was as hurrian based state called 'manna' in azerbaijan province of iran). If you look at genetics, Iranian peoples like kurds, azeri and Persians are the closet modern population to the urartu/hurrians.
@@hayellada-ball3836 Hayasa was a confederation of numerous Armenian tribes. It wasnt a kingdom yet. When Hayasa, Shupria, and other Armenian confederations came together, the Armenian kingdom of Urartu (which originally was a tribe under the larger Armenian Nayiri tribe) was established.
its not your history. Modern DNA results saying armenians was Phrygian.Actually Herodotus writed about Phrygia and how they located Urartu location when Urartu conquered by Media and phrygians migrated to Urartu location with this way.
Oh that's awesome, it's such a beautiful place! I wanted to go this summer but, well, the situation in the world currently prevents me. Hopefully next year. Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it...stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy I’m moving there soon. As a fellow history buff, you are welcome as my guest whenever you like. I’m going to be getting a two bedroom apartment so I will have a spare room.
Thanks for a nice coverage. Urartian civilization is one of the predecessors of the modern Armenians. Shocked that so many Urartian artefacts (easy to guess taken from where and who) are in British museum... Erebuni in Yerevan is another wonderful museum dedicated to Urartian civilization.
I loved my online course with Karen Radner on Assyria (and everything by Karen Radner!) but we kept hearing about their nemesis Urartu but yet we knew nothing about that other empire. Imagine learning all about the US being in a cold war in the 20th century but not knowing who the cold war was with or why. This video was MUCH needed. Thank you so much!
Yeah, Karen Radner is great...I have her book Assyria: A Very Short Introduction which is a really great survey of the life of the ancient Assyrian people. I'm really glad that you found this useful and I hope to put out more on related topics in the future. Thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it. Stay safe!
Thanks for making these videos. I especially appreciate when you show ancient art and artifacts, like in this video. It's always a pleasure to learn from you.
Thanks so much for stopping by and glad you like the art work. I'm the same... just wish the museums were open again so that I could see and even film some of this stuff live. Hopefully soon... Thanks again and stay safe!
My district in Yerevan is Erebuni, from the name of Erebuni fortress built by Armenian king Argishti the First in 782 BC. My favourite place in Yerevan is the ruins of this fortress on the hill not far from our house, where we loved to go with our classmates. Miss my home.
In the past there were not countries like Azerbaijan or Turkey, and today the president of azerbaijan is talking that Yerewan which is older than Rom, belongs to Azerbaijan. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
@@abuzartalibov1223 We actually don't know what family Hurro-Urartian is the closest to. We just don't have enough data to tell. Some scholars believe it's more closely related to Indo-European. Others don't bother relating it to either NE Caucassian or IE. Mind you, I personally want to believe Hurrian is related to Chechen. But until we get more data, we just don't know. But, if it's of any interest, there are some Urartian loanwords in Armenian, suggesting that the two were in contact with each other for a long time. At least they were neighbours.
Oh wow. I am pleasantly surprised to finally see a video on the Urartu people. This is great. I love that Cy covers the interesting and less well known topics. This is why it is an educational channel. Thankyou.
As always, thanks so much for the kind feedback, glad you liked it. And, there were Cimmerians in this video...not Conan, but others haha. Hope all is well on your end and stay safe!
@@KaanSoloTraveler Before the 1000s Anatolia was mostly populated by greeks and where's your proof? Oh wait you don't cause u never had history in Anatolia
@@constantinvonritthaler2477 where are you from which balkan state? Hellenism a culture Jewish and greek mix culture. But the Turks was at least B.C 7.000 in Anatolia
Great work. Armenia and Urartu are synonymous. In the trilingual Behistun inscription of Darius the Great (~522 BC), the Babylonian name Urashtu and Elamite Urartu appears in Old Persian as “Armina,”. Armenia and Urartu are one and the same.
Yup, you're correct! The Behistun inscription was one of the first ancient texts/inscriptions that I studied...that and Ganj nameh inscriptions near Hamadan. I've had actually visited both when I was young... they start out "baga vazrakha Ahuramaza...." A great god is Ahuramazda.... Cool stuff! Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it...more to come soon...stay safe!
Just a note, ‘Eastern Anatolia’ is a term made by Turkish nationalists in order to cover up the fact that it is actually called the Armenian Highlands. Generally speaking it is considered poor form to use the term in scholarship outside of Turkey as it is an attempt to rewrite the history of the region.
Wow thank you for sharing this information. I had no idea. My father and his entire family are pure Armenians. My mothers people and also my birthplace is Russia, Rostov-on-Don. My mother’s family comes from Don Cossacks. I’m always happy to learn more about my Armenian heritage.
Excellent video, I’ve been researching this civilization for many years with all kinds of USSR archeological books 📚 and other sources and your video is an awesome summary
@@HistorywithCy You’re so welcome. I’m one of your subscribers now. And again, thank you for this wonderful gift of history that you give to the world for free.
I cannot watch your videos fast enough. Excellent informational value, great topic choices, and nice production value (with music and visuals). Every time I half finish one vid another even more interesting one pops up in my feed. Great job man!
Thanks, glad you like it! It comes from a site called Epidemic Sound where you can pick from a whole library of tracks. Thanks for stopping by, appreciate it! More on the way, stay safe!
Hi, thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it! Yeah, it was territoriality much larger than it is today, especially in late antiquity/early medieval times. I want to go more into that history soon... Thanks again and stay safe!
Hi, thanks so much for the feedback, I really appreciate it! Glad that you enjoy learning from the videos, it motivates me to make more of these. Any requests, please don't hesitate to let me know. Thanks and stay safe!
Thanks so much and glad you're here, I'm really happy that you're enjoying these! More to come, stay tuned and thanks so much for stopping by, appreciate it!
a fascinating subject to me, this area, along with modern day Georgia and that general area are of much interest to me, all of the ancient peoples that once called it home, and of course the Ararat Mountains.
@@HistorywithCy things are starting to open up here in California. You said your in India or Persia if I remember correctly. I forget how are things where you are.
Dude, I'm in California too! Yeah it's definitely opening up more, most of it of. I'm in OC but just next door in LA county they're still on serious lock down. I hope the numbers go down...so far the curve seems to be heading downward but you never know with these things. Yeah, my ancestry though is Persian/India (Parsi Zoroastrian to be specific). Stay safe my friend!
@@HistorywithCy Nice your the only Zoroastrian I know of. You are a rare breed. I'm in LA county everything is locked down still yah. I heard OC is open again that's good. We'll be okay were too powerful to get sick remember.
Hi, thanks for stopping by and the kind words, I really appreciate them. You're in luck, all three of those coming up soon... first Neo-Babylonian Empire (Nabopolassar, Nebuchadnezzar II and Nabonidus), then a lot on Achaemenid Persia (my specialty) and then more on Egypt, probably focused initially on the Old Kingdom and Amarna periods. Thanks for your interest in all this, motivates me to put out more for you all. Any questions, let me know. Stay safe!
Это очень интересно не только для молодежи в самой Армении так как они многие знают свою историю, но и как пособие для учащихся и студентов исторических факультетов . Спасибо 🙏 вам за вашу работу.❤
Urartu was a ancinet civilisation in Armenian Highlands❤the Word Urartu and Armenia were synonymous in 6th century b.c lol turks were ot civilised people that came to us only in 11th century
Thanks so much for the kind words, I really appreciate them and glad you like these videos... motivates me to put more of them out. Don't worry, no plans of stopping...stay safe!
Thank you so much, I can't tell you what your support means... I'm honored! As for those longer videos, any special requests? Please let me know and I'll see what I can do. Thanks again and stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy Being a Swede, I'm always eager to learn more about my ancestors, the vikings....the norsemen. But, with that being said....I love learning more about ancient history in general, wherever or whoever it might be about, Inca, Aztec, Maya, Hittites, Spartans and the likes. You just carry on with your excellent work, your shorter AND your longer (love the maps btw!) videos and I'll sure tag along for the ride! Here's a tought, imagine if they'd been wrong the whole time....and one day (in the near future) stumble across what was once kept inside Alexandrias ancient library, that those back then managed to hide it all before it was destroyed, THAT would be some interesting reading! 😳😲
Will do my friend... most of those - Maya, Inca, Aztec I have coming up. Oh, I really hope we find some of these libraries and texts... not just Alexandria but so much was destroyed during the Mongol invasions all over Asia and parts of Europe. That would be an amazing find indeed! Thanks again for stopping by, I really appreciate it and I'll keep these videos coming! Have a great weekend and take care!
History with Cy Thank you so much for covering Armenian history. I love history and I read that Armenian history dates back 18000 years ago. Even Mittani kingdom was Armenian. What is your opinion on it. Looking forward to seeing more Armenian history. Your work is appreciated and admired. Have a blessed one
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video! Yeah I don't know how far Armenian history goes back, but there were definitely people living there 18,000 years ago, but what culture and all I don't know the specifics of. Hope to do more on the region soon, stay tuned and thanks for watching!
The population were majority indoeuropean armenians which had their proto states such as Teg Arme, Hayassa Azzi, Arme Shupria and Nairi, Urartians were hurry minority, which managed to conquer all Armenian highlands at theor pick, and create armenia hurrian commonwealth, based on hating the assirians who were threat to both of them since 14 century bc. Tushpa fell around 585 bc by the hands of newly established king of Armenian ervantids who had iranian median origins, the kingdom were wassals of Media and later to Achemenid persia untill it broke free after battle of Gavgamella around 331 bc, after which Armenia remained independent (with minor exceptions) till 428 ad when Arcashids fell.
Since Tushpa/Tushba seems to have an affinity with the Tush or Tushin tribe of Georgia as well as the pagan god of Teisheba of ancient Urartu has there been any studies of these things that I could refer to?
Yeah that motif is fascinating. It's present in Egyptian, Hittite, Assyrian, Persian and so many other forms of ancient Near Easter art. I'm actually a Zoroastrian and it's essentially been adopted as the symbol of our people (the Fravahar or Fravashi) after Achaemenid representations of it at Persepolis, Naqsh-i Rustam and Behistun. Haha could probably do a whole video on its evolution throughout time... Anyway, thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it... more to come, stay safe!
I don't understand your videos have solid views and seem to have good interaction likes dislikes and comments but your subs are at roughly ¼ of where I would expect them to be. I'm curious what does your watch time stat look like? Do people tend to finish your videos? That seems to be,from what I can gather about The Algorithm, among the more important stats for getting pushed on the recommendations. I was just now recommended your most recent video and I sub to at least a dozen history channels and subscribed as soon as you finished speaking lol. But it took a while for them to tell me about you. Anyway short story long, you are awesome with a great reading style and very informative.
If I am correct, the armenian pagan religion went thruought a great revival in the 20th century, and it's a weird peacefull and collaborative relationship with their native christian church. This is because they view both religions as culturally important to their national pride and identity. The ancient temple of the sun god is even used to celebrate public rituals and festivals. Kinda cool. So if you'll ever make a video about the ancient Armenian religion, I think you should also mention this fact. Since, unlike other neopagan religions, this religion actualy has an important national role in modern day Armenia alongside the Armenian christian church.
The modern Armenian pagan religion is only nominally based on the actual ancient Armenian pagan religion. And the modern pagan religion isn't widely revered...most people view it as something of a joke or just ignore it.
@@bobsmithradates7346 Meh. You are probably right. But it still had a somewhat important role in the independence of Armenia. Since the movement has antecedents in the early 20th century, with the doctrine of Tseghakron of the philosopher and nationalist political theorist Garegin Nzhdeh. I am fully aware that this thing is not realy practiced as a full blown religion. Since only like. A few hundred guys follow this stuff. I know that it's not realy that big of a deal, and the people who follow it do it simply because of national pride and to have a little fun. I see nothing wrong with that. Many slavic countries do the same. It's all for show. But I think it's cool that they do recreations of old festivals and other things like that. It's all in good fun. 🤷 (Let us be honest here... no mather how much a neo pagan tries. They will never get these things right. It's not just about the god you worship, it's about the mentality too. Our modern views of the world will inevitabily come in contrast with the views of the people who practiced paganism in the past. We are too different)
Urartu makes me proud to be Armenian and Near Eastern. Hayastan is NOT a European country and it's not a Caucasian country either because the Caucus mountains border with northern Georgia and not Armenian Highland, not to mention that we have nothing in common with Caucasian people (Georgia/Daghestan/Ossetia/Chechnya).
Armenians are a mix of indoeuropeans(thracians)and caucasians (urartu)you think to be caucasian has only to do with northern caucasian?!urartians and hurrians were caucasians too in armenian highland!!
Armenia is located in the south caucuses well looks like a lot of your instruments and dances come from Georgians. I would say Georgians/Azerbaijan resemble armenians the most then anyone you mentioned. like most South Caucasian countries.
@@varg3952 true. South Caucasian to precise fun fact Chechen language resembles Urartian as well which I'm not surprised. it said they are their off shoot people
I thoroughly enjoyed your programs. Everytime that you use the politically correct term "BCE", I chuckle. Through 2 PhD programs with both Christian and Jewish professors, I never heard of "BCE". Keep bringing your programs, they are very helpful on several aspects.
Hey, thanks for stopping by and glad you liked the video! Yes it's interesting, in high school we used BC/AD and then in college BCE/CE. I really didn't think much of it and so when I started this channel, I just continued to use BCE. However, there are a lot of people who don't know that the two are essentially the same and I even asked my viewers what they thought. Long story short, I now use BC/AD and all of the videos from the past year or so use BC. Anyway, thanks again for watching and definitely more on the way, stay tuned!
The father of the Tribes of Israel, Abram, the son of an idol maker, as it says in the Bible, came from 'Ur of the Chaldees'...Urartu, and brought with him the god of his father, who just happens to be the Judeo Christian 'God'. This means that this god was one of the pantheon of gods worshipped by the Urartrean culture, specifically, their god of war.
Ur of the Chaldees isn't Urartu. It's Haran, which is to the west of Urartu. And Abraham existed before Urartu, during Mitanni. He was probably a Hurrian, which is connected to Urartians, however. Maybe even an Indo-European Hurrian.
@@bobsmithradates7346 Geez, with this video AND if one reads ALL the wonderful comments, One might make themselves a History PhD certificate..LOLOLOLOLOLOL for this region.
Wasn't there a presence of Zoroastrianism which I thought was really huge around there for the longest. I don't know if you've done a video on Zoroastrianism, but it's a good thing to know about, how it fits in w other beliefs.
Interesting you say that... I'm actually Zoroastrian myself. I'll definitely be doing a lot on that this summer. To answer your question, yes, Zoroastrianism was very active in Armenia before the country officially adopted Christianity and wars were even fought for it (for example, the battle of Avarayr and Sasanian king Yazdegard II). I will definitely get more into all of this hopefully this year. Thanks again for stopping by, really appreciate it...stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy I actually make a point of checking it out when I see it ... Armenia interests me because I've had different friends with that heritage, prompting me to focus in ... Their whole saga is remarkable. The 'City of a Thousand Churches' from 1,000 CE is of interest, the remaining architectural rubble is stunning what's left standing ... The last couple centuries, the genocide, very tough ... Controversial still?
Hi! Yeah I've been thinking about how to approach that - either do an ep. 4 or just do one new program on all of Elamite history. It's been a while since I put one on Elam out so many viewers might already forget what happened in past episodes. I'll look further into it...thanks for the suggestion!
Excellent video, though so many artifacts stolen and taken to London and New York its discomforting to watch. There are many great artifacts remaining in Turkey. Museum of Van is excellent that is filled with history and its a great learning experience. I suggest you all visit here.
Hi, thanks for the feedback! Yes, the Museum in Van is on my list of museums to visit when I go to Turkey, hopefully sometime in later 2024 or early 2025. Thanks for watching and the suggestion!
Scientists from Europe and the UUSR have discovered and ascertained that, linguistically and anthropologically, the Chechens and Ingush (Vainakh) are the direct descendants of Hurrito-Urartians. Due the consequences of their fallen empire, the Hurrians migrated to the Caucasus from the Armenian Highlands, assimilating with the native Cro-Magnon population.
i'm so appreciated that you made video about Armenian history so detailed no one ever did.
Thank you very much my brother, cheers from Armenia🇦🇲
Thanks so my friend, I really appreciate it! I'll be doing more on various aspects of Armenian history soon...thanks again and stay safe!
im very exited to see your new videos
Keep making quality content
This Kurdish not Arminian
@@twanabaiz9516FAT NO !!!
Your right Armenian history is very overlooked a shame since it’s a very interesting one
Totally agree! Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it... more Armenian and other history to come in the near future, stay tuned and safe!
this is persian history not armenian
@@slingadingding1639 Nope. Persians didn't enter the region until well after Urartu was established. Many of the names in Urartu (both personal and geographic) have Armenian etymologies, not Iranian. Urartu was located mostly in Armenia and modern Turkey, only a little bit of it was located in Iran (Urmia area). It's widely accepted that there were Armenians in Urartu (even the Urartian language has Armenian loanwords into it). The debate is whether the ruling class were Armenian or a Hurrian-esque tribe (which is what the language they written Urartian language is).
@hasan veysel erol I know that urartu/hurrians were a people of their own, but they got incorporated to the persian empire (there even was as hurrian based state called 'manna' in azerbaijan province of iran). If you look at genetics, Iranian peoples like kurds, azeri and Persians are the closet modern population to the urartu/hurrians.
slinga ding ding that your made up Azerbaijani agenda somewhere else:)
At 9:01, I love the Figurine here especially the helmet or crown that is around where a head would be...
How proud I'm that I'm born Armenian ❤️🔥🇦🇲🇦🇲 thank God 🙏🏻🤍 You indeed greatly honored me 🙌🏻
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@@HozanMzere1063where is kurdistan 😂😂😂
Im Armenian and im so fascinated with my history 🇦🇲❤️
Yes, and there's more Armenian history coming in the next few months, stay tuned and thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it!
@@HistorywithCy make the History of Hajasa!
2000BC, first Armenian Kingdom!
@@hayellada-ball3836 Hayasa was a confederation of numerous Armenian tribes. It wasnt a kingdom yet. When Hayasa, Shupria, and other Armenian confederations came together, the Armenian kingdom of Urartu (which originally was a tribe under the larger Armenian Nayiri tribe) was established.
its not your history. Modern DNA results saying armenians was Phrygian.Actually Herodotus writed about Phrygia and how they located Urartu location when Urartu conquered by Media and phrygians migrated to Urartu location with this way.
@@VegaMorenathis is wrong and outdated information. modern genetic testing proves that armenians are urartians
Thanks a lot for the great video! I went to Armenia few years ago and this video nicely extends my history knowledge about this beautiful country!
Oh that's awesome, it's such a beautiful place! I wanted to go this summer but, well, the situation in the world currently prevents me. Hopefully next year. Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it...stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy
I’m moving there soon. As a fellow history buff, you are welcome as my guest whenever you like. I’m going to be getting a two bedroom apartment so I will have a spare room.
Kingdom of Armenia 💪🏼🇦🇲💪🏼
Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate it...stay safe!
Bro, do you know Artsruni Dynasty and a princess disappeared?
@Leila Jacobson why, you must be angry Turk
Great work Cy. It is a fascinating part of the world and I love how you tell the story.
Wow i loved so much this ancient real history. Thank you very very much ,young man. from Quebec CANADA
Thanks for a nice coverage. Urartian civilization is one of the predecessors of the modern Armenians. Shocked that so many Urartian artefacts (easy to guess taken from where and who) are in British museum... Erebuni in Yerevan is another wonderful museum dedicated to Urartian civilization.
Thank you for sharing some examples of Urartian art. Beautiful.
My pleasure, glad you liked them!
I loved my online course with Karen Radner on Assyria (and everything by Karen Radner!) but we kept hearing about their nemesis Urartu but yet we knew nothing about that other empire. Imagine learning all about the US being in a cold war in the 20th century but not knowing who the cold war was with or why. This video was MUCH needed. Thank you so much!
Yeah, Karen Radner is great...I have her book Assyria: A Very Short Introduction which is a really great survey of the life of the ancient Assyrian people. I'm really glad that you found this useful and I hope to put out more on related topics in the future. Thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it. Stay safe!
Thank you for being interested and finally knowing the truth about my ancestors and us Armenians, that Turkey and others took from us....
Thanks for making these videos. I especially appreciate when you show ancient art and artifacts, like in this video.
It's always a pleasure to learn from you.
Thanks so much for stopping by and glad you like the art work. I'm the same... just wish the museums were open again so that I could see and even film some of this stuff live. Hopefully soon...
Thanks again and stay safe!
My district in Yerevan is Erebuni, from the name of Erebuni fortress built by Armenian king Argishti the First in 782 BC. My favourite place in Yerevan is the ruins of this fortress on the hill not far from our house, where we loved to go with our classmates. Miss my home.
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did you even watch the video?
In the past there were not countries like Azerbaijan or Turkey, and today the president of azerbaijan is talking that Yerewan which is older than Rom, belongs to Azerbaijan. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Simply because he is a mobster in the coat of a natuionalistic dictator 🤢🤮🤢🤮
Ilham Aliev and Recep Erdogan have committed more war crimes than I can count.
To be honest, Urartu wasn't Indo-European (Armenian). But you're right, since Armenians still live there now.
Language of Urartu is nothing to do with Armenian, but rather similarly to Ingush and Chechen. Modern Armenia is not related to this Kingdom.
@@abuzartalibov1223 We actually don't know what family Hurro-Urartian is the closest to. We just don't have enough data to tell. Some scholars believe it's more closely related to Indo-European. Others don't bother relating it to either NE Caucassian or IE.
Mind you, I personally want to believe Hurrian is related to Chechen. But until we get more data, we just don't know.
But, if it's of any interest, there are some Urartian loanwords in Armenian, suggesting that the two were in contact with each other for a long time. At least they were neighbours.
Oh wow. I am pleasantly surprised to finally see a video on the Urartu people. This is great.
I love that Cy covers the interesting and less well known topics. This is why it is an educational channel.
Thankyou.
As always, thanks so much for the kind feedback, glad you liked it. And, there were Cimmerians in this video...not Conan, but others haha. Hope all is well on your end and stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy Haha, yes.
Well done! Fascinating ancient kingdom!
Thanks, really appreciate it the kind words! More on the region to come, stay safe!
Never knew much about these people, but always heard of them. Great intro.
Thank you, glad it was useful! Stay safe!
Armenia - Assyria 🤝
Axpers😂
Finally someone who actual does the research..I'm Armenian and I thank you my friend..
Armenia is more ancient than turkey or azerbaijan!
@@KaanSoloTraveler Very funny))))
h the turks invaded in the 1,000s ad
with the seljuks
Anatolia had been Hellenic for like 2000 years before the turks invaded
@@KaanSoloTraveler no!
Urartu were there!
So Armenian kingdom before 600BC!
@@KaanSoloTraveler Before the 1000s Anatolia was mostly populated by greeks and where's your proof? Oh wait you don't cause u never had history in Anatolia
@@constantinvonritthaler2477 where are you from which balkan state? Hellenism a culture Jewish and greek mix culture. But the Turks was at least B.C 7.000 in Anatolia
As an azeri I am sending my love and respect to Armenian, hope we will understand the big political games and will not kill each other anymore.
I wish your people to be free from Aliyev and any leader that suppresses freedom for Azerbaijan...please let's free ourselves from hate
Too difficult. Most people don't understand that they're being used as pawn and the the source of energy is hatred. Most people are ignorant in fact
I love your videos. I just wish they were longer! Thanks for your hard work.
Great work. Armenia and Urartu are synonymous. In the trilingual Behistun inscription of Darius the Great (~522 BC), the Babylonian name Urashtu and Elamite Urartu appears in Old Persian as “Armina,”. Armenia and Urartu are one and the same.
Yup, you're correct! The Behistun inscription was one of the first ancient texts/inscriptions that I studied...that and Ganj nameh inscriptions near Hamadan. I've had actually visited both when I was young... they start out "baga vazrakha Ahuramaza...." A great god is Ahuramazda....
Cool stuff! Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it...more to come soon...stay safe!
I really want to visit Iran and see with my own eyes that inscriptions.
That is the earliest documentary of ancient Armenia‘s existence.
According to our scholars, it is Ararat or Aratta Kingdom, and the name of Urartu came into existence due to a misreading of inscriptions.
Great work Cy! --especially on a subject that hasn't gotten enough attention. Go History with Cy!
Thanks so much for the kind words and glad that you liked the video! More related stuff coming soon. Thanks again and stay safe!
I'm so happy happy you did a video on Urartu ^_^
My pleasure, was fun to make! More on ancient Armenia/Anatolia coming soon, stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Just a note, ‘Eastern Anatolia’ is a term made by Turkish nationalists in order to cover up the fact that it is actually called the Armenian Highlands. Generally speaking it is considered poor form to use the term in scholarship outside of Turkey as it is an attempt to rewrite the history of the region.
Wow thank you for sharing this information. I had no idea. My father and his entire family are pure Armenians. My mothers people and also my birthplace is Russia, Rostov-on-Don. My mother’s family comes from Don Cossacks. I’m always happy to learn more about my Armenian heritage.
Excellent video, I’ve been researching this civilization for many years with all kinds of USSR archeological books 📚 and other sources and your video is an awesome summary
Great story telling. Was very informative and entertaining.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! More on the way, stay tuned!
Thank you. An intro to Urartu like this was much needed!
Thank you, glad you liked it...stay safe! By the way, love you channel!
Thank you for this. It was a great educational video!
Thank you for stopping by, really appreciate it! More on the region to come, stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy You’re so welcome. I’m one of your subscribers now. And again, thank you for this wonderful gift of history that you give to the world for free.
@@karinanalbandyan3009 Thank you!
@@karinanalbandyan3009 it’s cool to hear an video about its self nation!🇦🇲💖
I cannot watch your videos fast enough.
Excellent informational value,
great topic choices,
and nice production value (with music and visuals).
Every time I half finish one vid another even more interesting one pops up in my feed. Great job man!
Whoever did the music for this video deserve a raise my man is versatile
Thanks, glad you like it! It comes from a site called Epidemic Sound where you can pick from a whole library of tracks. Thanks for stopping by, appreciate it! More on the way, stay safe!
Armenia is a fairly modern partial term for an older and bigger picture.
Hi, thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it! Yeah, it was territoriality much larger than it is today, especially in late antiquity/early medieval times. I want to go more into that history soon...
Thanks again and stay safe!
@Gev G Duh, we know, that's exactly what he says in this video.
And yet the most accurate.
Best UA-cam channel I have seen.
Very impressed by your vast information and your devotion to education.
Keep in the nice job.
Hi, thanks so much for the feedback, I really appreciate it! Glad that you enjoy learning from the videos, it motivates me to make more of these. Any requests, please don't hesitate to let me know. Thanks and stay safe!
this kingdom goes back to the sumerians
the kingdom of Aratta
Interesting and informative video as always. Thanks
Thank YOU for stopping by and glad you found it interesting. More on Urartu and other areas coming soon...thanks again and stay safe!
I love Armenian History. May the Sol, bless you guys.
Me too, thanks so much for stopping by, really appreciate it! Stay safe!
ARMENIA-HAYASA-AZZI-ARATTA-URARTU
Hello Urartu Ararat Armenians---- Assyria is not gone we still watching you. No Harm
I have binge watched your videos thus far I am highly impressed! I am a huge new fan of your work and I love every video so far :)!!
Thanks so much and glad you're here, I'm really happy that you're enjoying these! More to come, stay tuned and thanks so much for stopping by, appreciate it!
Thank you very much. It's a very intelectual video.
holy crap a video on Urartu!!!
I may not learn much new info but its refreshing to see.
Great 👍 thank
Thanks for watching, appreciate it!
This was awesome! Great video
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! More on ancient Armenia to come, stay tuned and safe!
@@HistorywithCy Certainly, I will! Wish you all the best!
a fascinating subject to me, this area, along with modern day Georgia and that general area are of much interest to me, all of the ancient peoples that once called it home, and of course the Ararat Mountains.
Big flames🔥 Cy
Thanks my friend, hope all is well on your end...stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy yessir!
@@HistorywithCy things are starting to open up here in California. You said your in India or Persia if I remember correctly. I forget how are things where you are.
Dude, I'm in California too! Yeah it's definitely opening up more, most of it of. I'm in OC but just next door in LA county they're still on serious lock down. I hope the numbers go down...so far the curve seems to be heading downward but you never know with these things. Yeah, my ancestry though is Persian/India (Parsi Zoroastrian to be specific).
Stay safe my friend!
@@HistorywithCy Nice your the only Zoroastrian I know of. You are a rare breed. I'm in LA county everything is locked down still yah. I heard OC is open again that's good. We'll be okay were too powerful to get sick remember.
Thank you for this informant history video.
My pleasure, thank you for stopping by, really appreciate it. Stay safe!
Thanks for your study about my ancestors land and sharing. Be with health.❤️
My pleasure, thank you! Stay safe!
Thanks for the presentation, I like how you present,you make it so easy to understand. I wish you do for us,neo Babylon, Persia,egypt
Hi, thanks for stopping by and the kind words, I really appreciate them. You're in luck, all three of those coming up soon... first Neo-Babylonian Empire (Nabopolassar, Nebuchadnezzar II and Nabonidus), then a lot on Achaemenid Persia (my specialty) and then more on Egypt, probably focused initially on the Old Kingdom and Amarna periods.
Thanks for your interest in all this, motivates me to put out more for you all. Any questions, let me know. Stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy thanks for the reply am waiting... Stay safe too
@@matovulaban7378 everybody is safe, dont worry :-) good video!
Very interesting and seldomly covered.
Very cool info. Thanks.
Это очень интересно не только для молодежи в самой Армении так как они многие знают свою историю, но и как пособие для учащихся и студентов исторических факультетов . Спасибо 🙏 вам за вашу работу.❤
Aratta Hayasa Urartu Armenia
@turk of turks turk-central Asia
Urartu was a ancinet civilisation in Armenian Highlands❤the Word Urartu and Armenia were synonymous in 6th century b.c lol turks were ot civilised people that came to us only in 11th century
Yes Mar is also turk
Please never stop doing this videos, I love mesopotamia but there is almost little interest on the internet.
Thanks so much for the kind words, I really appreciate them and glad you like these videos... motivates me to put more of them out. Don't worry, no plans of stopping...stay safe!
Great video as always Cy!
Thanks you, glad you liked it, stay safe!
....aaaand that's me watched all the videos, phenomenal work, to say the least!
Looking forward to see more (and longer) videos! 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻🏆🥇
Thank you so much, I can't tell you what your support means... I'm honored! As for those longer videos, any special requests? Please let me know and I'll see what I can do. Thanks again and stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy
Being a Swede, I'm always eager to learn more about my ancestors, the vikings....the norsemen. But, with that being said....I love learning more about ancient history in general, wherever or whoever it might be about, Inca, Aztec, Maya, Hittites, Spartans and the likes.
You just carry on with your excellent work, your shorter AND your longer (love the maps btw!) videos and I'll sure tag along for the ride!
Here's a tought, imagine if they'd been wrong the whole time....and one day (in the near future) stumble across what was once kept inside Alexandrias ancient library, that those back then managed to hide it all before it was destroyed, THAT would be some interesting reading! 😳😲
Will do my friend... most of those - Maya, Inca, Aztec I have coming up. Oh, I really hope we find some of these libraries and texts... not just Alexandria but so much was destroyed during the Mongol invasions all over Asia and parts of Europe. That would be an amazing find indeed!
Thanks again for stopping by, I really appreciate it and I'll keep these videos coming! Have a great weekend and take care!
History with Cy
Thank you so much for covering Armenian history. I love history and I read that Armenian history dates back 18000 years ago. Even Mittani kingdom was Armenian. What is your opinion on it. Looking forward to seeing more Armenian history. Your work is appreciated and admired. Have a blessed one
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video! Yeah I don't know how far Armenian history goes back, but there were definitely people living there 18,000 years ago, but what culture and all I don't know the specifics of. Hope to do more on the region soon, stay tuned and thanks for watching!
no, Mittani was not Armenian state,
Hayassa Azi was
@@HistorywithCyit goes back to 3000bc
That’s when the first of the states of hayasa azzi where established
THANK UUUUUUUU!!!!!!!
Good job! Glad i found your channel, have many other interesting vids to watch now, thanks ! ;)
Welcome aboard! Thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it and hope you find the other videos useful as well. More to come...stay safe!
I am late to the dance just finding your channel now.....you make freaking amazing videos..... learning sooooo much.....mind is blown 🤯
Now this is what I call a history lesson huh the music introduction the drums makes you want to scream like Xena the warrior princess
Thank you. I don't think I studied that when I was in college.
Thanks...I love knowledge
My great grandpa was born in the capital of Urartu
thanks!
You're welcome!
The population were majority indoeuropean armenians which had their proto states such as Teg Arme, Hayassa Azzi, Arme Shupria and Nairi, Urartians were hurry minority, which managed to conquer all Armenian highlands at theor pick, and create armenia hurrian commonwealth, based on hating the assirians who were threat to both of them since 14 century bc. Tushpa fell around 585 bc by the hands of newly established king of Armenian ervantids who had iranian median origins, the kingdom were wassals of Media and later to Achemenid persia untill it broke free after battle of Gavgamella around 331 bc, after which Armenia remained independent (with minor exceptions) till 428 ad when Arcashids fell.
Since Tushpa/Tushba seems to have an affinity with the Tush or Tushin tribe of Georgia as well as the pagan god of Teisheba of ancient Urartu has there been any studies of these things that I could refer to?
Urartu = Armenia!
Uartu ist chechenia, dont Fake History.
Armenian Highland is in a bad location. Crossroads for many empires. Never been able to fully recover after King Tigranes and fall of Kilikia....
The Sun disk is interesting
Yeah that motif is fascinating. It's present in Egyptian, Hittite, Assyrian, Persian and so many other forms of ancient Near Easter art. I'm actually a Zoroastrian and it's essentially been adopted as the symbol of our people (the Fravahar or Fravashi) after Achaemenid representations of it at Persepolis, Naqsh-i Rustam and Behistun. Haha could probably do a whole video on its evolution throughout time...
Anyway, thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it... more to come, stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy If you do, make it good, cheers
Thank you very much Sir of Sirs!!!!
Thank you, really appreciate you stopping by! More to come, stay safe!
Urartians its part of armenian nation since VI century
Thanks for this. Never heard of them before.
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I don't understand your videos have solid views and seem to have good interaction likes dislikes and comments but your subs are at roughly ¼ of where I would expect them to be.
I'm curious what does your watch time stat look like? Do people tend to finish your videos? That seems to be,from what I can gather about The Algorithm, among the more important stats for getting pushed on the recommendations.
I was just now recommended your most recent video and I sub to at least a dozen history channels and subscribed as soon as you finished speaking lol. But it took a while for them to tell me about you.
Anyway short story long, you are awesome with a great reading style and very informative.
If I am correct, the armenian pagan religion went thruought a great revival in the 20th century, and it's a weird peacefull and collaborative relationship with their native christian church.
This is because they view both religions as culturally important to their national pride and identity.
The ancient temple of the sun god is even used to celebrate public rituals and festivals.
Kinda cool.
So if you'll ever make a video about the ancient Armenian religion, I think you should also mention this fact.
Since, unlike other neopagan religions, this religion actualy has an important national role in modern day Armenia alongside the Armenian christian church.
The modern Armenian pagan religion is only nominally based on the actual ancient Armenian pagan religion. And the modern pagan religion isn't widely revered...most people view it as something of a joke or just ignore it.
@@bobsmithradates7346
Meh.
You are probably right.
But it still had a somewhat important role in the independence of Armenia.
Since the movement has antecedents in the early 20th century, with the doctrine of Tseghakron of the philosopher and nationalist political theorist Garegin Nzhdeh.
I am fully aware that this thing is not realy practiced as a full blown religion.
Since only like.
A few hundred guys follow this stuff.
I know that it's not realy that big of a deal, and the people who follow it do it simply because of national pride and to have a little fun.
I see nothing wrong with that.
Many slavic countries do the same.
It's all for show.
But I think it's cool that they do recreations of old festivals and other things like that.
It's all in good fun.
🤷
(Let us be honest here... no mather how much a neo pagan tries. They will never get these things right. It's not just about the god you worship, it's about the mentality too. Our modern views of the world will inevitabily come in contrast with the views of the people who practiced paganism in the past. We are too different)
Urartu makes me proud to be Armenian and Near Eastern. Hayastan is NOT a European country and it's not a Caucasian country either because the Caucus mountains border with northern Georgia and not Armenian Highland, not to mention that we have nothing in common with Caucasian people (Georgia/Daghestan/Ossetia/Chechnya).
Armenians are a mix of indoeuropeans(thracians)and caucasians (urartu)you think to be caucasian has only to do with northern caucasian?!urartians and hurrians were caucasians too in armenian highland!!
@@varg3952 No urartians and hurrians were urartian an hurrians and not caucasians.
@@georgeevernight2814 Urartian are related to Chechens check your info. even on a linguistic level they are similar.
Armenia is located in the south caucuses well looks like a lot of your instruments and dances come from Georgians. I would say Georgians/Azerbaijan resemble armenians the most then anyone you mentioned. like most South Caucasian countries.
@@varg3952 true. South Caucasian to precise fun fact Chechen language resembles Urartian as well which I'm not surprised. it said they are their off shoot people
I thoroughly enjoyed your programs.
Everytime that you use the politically correct term "BCE", I chuckle.
Through 2 PhD programs with both Christian and Jewish professors, I never heard of "BCE".
Keep bringing your programs, they are very helpful on several aspects.
Hey, thanks for stopping by and glad you liked the video! Yes it's interesting, in high school we used BC/AD and then in college BCE/CE. I really didn't think much of it and so when I started this channel, I just continued to use BCE. However, there are a lot of people who don't know that the two are essentially the same and I even asked my viewers what they thought. Long story short, I now use BC/AD and all of the videos from the past year or so use BC. Anyway, thanks again for watching and definitely more on the way, stay tuned!
@@HistorywithCy your programs are the best on UA-cam.
I learn alot from them.
They are watched over and over, so as to not miss anything on them.
@@HistorywithCy How does this tie into what I am finding more of on the Tartarian empire?
Praise be Ara And the Other Gods All High Ohrmzdi and Mihra and Anhit and Tarzs.
The father of the Tribes of Israel, Abram, the son of an idol maker, as it says in the Bible, came from 'Ur of the Chaldees'...Urartu, and brought with him the god of his father, who just happens to be the Judeo Christian 'God'. This means that this god was one of the pantheon of gods worshipped by the Urartrean culture, specifically, their god of war.
Ur of the Chaldees isn't Urartu. It's Haran, which is to the west of Urartu. And Abraham existed before Urartu, during Mitanni. He was probably a Hurrian, which is connected to Urartians, however. Maybe even an Indo-European Hurrian.
@@bobsmithradates7346 Geez, with this video AND if one reads ALL the wonderful comments, One might make themselves a History PhD certificate..LOLOLOLOLOLOL for this region.
Could you make video about first Armenian confederation HAYASA azzi?!🇦🇲💖
was about to ask the same :)
thanks
Armenia has a golden history 🇦🇲
Consistently great
Wasn't there a presence of Zoroastrianism which I thought was really huge around there for the longest.
I don't know if you've done a video on Zoroastrianism, but it's a good thing to know about, how it fits in w other beliefs.
Interesting you say that... I'm actually Zoroastrian myself. I'll definitely be doing a lot on that this summer. To answer your question, yes, Zoroastrianism was very active in Armenia before the country officially adopted Christianity and wars were even fought for it (for example, the battle of Avarayr and Sasanian king Yazdegard II). I will definitely get more into all of this hopefully this year. Thanks again for stopping by, really appreciate it...stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy I actually make a point of checking it out when I see it ... Armenia interests me because I've had different friends with that heritage, prompting me to focus in ...
Their whole saga is remarkable.
The 'City of a Thousand Churches' from 1,000 CE is of interest, the remaining architectural rubble is stunning what's left standing ...
The last couple centuries, the genocide, very tough ... Controversial still?
In Armenia we have a small community of Zoroastrians (like 130-170 people). We have a Zoroastrian temple in Garni.
You’ll be surprised you can find anything older than what you can find in Armenia
Well done
It's called Armenian Highlands not Eastern Anatolia
Very nice.
What about the new parts you promised to do on Elamite empire.
Hi! Yeah I've been thinking about how to approach that - either do an ep. 4 or just do one new program on all of Elamite history. It's been a while since I put one on Elam out so many viewers might already forget what happened in past episodes. I'll look further into it...thanks for the suggestion!
@@HistorywithCy looking forward to watching it anyway
Excellent video, though so many artifacts stolen and taken to London and New York its discomforting to watch.
There are many great artifacts remaining in Turkey. Museum of Van is excellent that is filled with history and its a great learning experience. I suggest you all visit here.
Hi, thanks for the feedback! Yes, the Museum in Van is on my list of museums to visit when I go to Turkey, hopefully sometime in later 2024 or early 2025. Thanks for watching and the suggestion!
Armenia the best 🇦🇲😍🤩💪🔥😘
my ancestors, bless you all
Only if Armenia was great like back then
Please make a video on Mahajanapadas
Why this British Museum kept things that rightfully belongs to others Nation?
history need to survive, also cost a lot to sustent
Imagine me(Armenian) and my best friend(Asyrian) watching this video.
Can u explain the samerians role in this episode
Scientists from Europe and the UUSR have discovered and ascertained that, linguistically and anthropologically, the Chechens and Ingush (Vainakh) are the direct descendants of Hurrito-Urartians.
Due the consequences of their fallen empire, the Hurrians migrated to the Caucasus from the Armenian Highlands, assimilating with the native Cro-Magnon population.
Stalin said 🤣🤣🤣
You should add that the name means place of fire
Armenien 🇦🇲 ♥️🇦🇲
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