First Cy. And Pete Kelly in a week ❤

Note the constant fighting.

Question: where did they come from? Was "Narmer" (his tribe) from Sudan/Aethiopia or did the 'EGyptians' invade from the Delta? That is to say what we all know: Narmer, et al, were invaders not indigenous. Things only got worse by the time you get to Memphis and the rest.

Don't call me bro!

Was it a case of a land without people in the Peloponnesus and the mainland? Maybe just maybe there was indigenous People living there have you got something to tell or are you just spewing out the same old lies?Do you know anything of the indigenous population in the Peloponnesus? If not then you’ve got maybe one side of the truth and we all know how that goes.

I will always chicken my head whenever I think of the old way I learned to pronounce Darius. Like the modern pronunciation. It was a big let down when I learned the right way to say it. I thought it was humorous how you have all these guys with epic sounding names. Then you have ol’ Darius that lives down the street and fixes cars. 😂 Edit: Also thank you for reading the quotes and really integrating them into your narrative. It’s really adds a personal touch to your storytelling. Some channels just put it on the screen for a couple of seconds and/or talk over it.

Me and my homies hate Heinrich Schliemann!!!

Hindu migration

With the little bit about Cyrus the Great's proper name, I can't help but imagine how badly we've butchered some of the names in history

Gutium should be Gautam, Sumerian is a different way to speak in Sanskrit.

Gilgamesh is none other than the emperor of bharata named as Janmejay from mahabharata. Yes last days of him ,he was became a tyrant, killing brahmin community and also breaking the secred god rules of Hinduism, Also suspected the power of god and kill the secred bull ,its an forbidden act to harm Cows ,🤨 Then he Cursed for it and died by Leprosy. Kalaba = Kuru mahajanapada. Mind blowing facts.

U r completely misinterpreted the real facts, Sindhu Saraswati civilizational history show that it's continuous civilization we have, The dried up river Saraswati is the main culprit for abandonment of cities, We have pre flooded recording from mahabharata and also has archeological evidences to proofing. 😳 🤔

The thing to note about Herodotus as a source, specifically on Cambyses, was that his information on the ruler partly comes from the Egyptians themselves, who, I imagine, do not remember Cambyses particularly fondly as the conqueror of their lands; I’m sure Cambyses was not nearly as tolerant as his father as well, helping paint him in such a bad light, but whether he was as bad as Herodotus was told is debatable.

Minoans have very strong connection with Hinduism and mittani vedic nobility.

nonsense dating method.

It seems that the concept of "the devine right of kings" began there. Thank you, Cy.

I really appreciate your efforts! Could you help me with something unrelated: I have a okx with USDT, and I have the 12word phrases: ( proof inner hobby bounce blouse able donate virtual luggage cart morning ticket). What's the way to send them to Binance?

Considering writing was laborious, they didn't spare words or repetition. They were a lot more literate & had good vocabulary & speech, than people today who just text.

Again I am astonished at the quality of your videos, Cy! When I had a surgery last year, leading up to it, and after, I had no energy, and I watched every single one of your videos! Today I’m finally singing up a patreon to join yours! Thank you sincerely; you’re truly named appropriately, because you’re GREAT!!!

The oldest writing system connected to all writing systems used today is the dominant writing system and what matters

Overestimating an enemy army by a factor of around 10 is pretty common in ancient sources. Also including the number of non-combatants into the size of armies is common as well, so I guess 250 000 men in the army and about 500 ships would be realistic. That would give something around 100 000 - 150 000 soldiers, which is still an impressive force.

Really good series. Always heard about this war, but never knew the details. You not only entertained me but also informed me so I can fall back on my memory of this series when thinking about ancient Greece, thank you! Also, will wait patiently for next installment (pls hurry this was so good)

Do any one (scholar, professor, expert, etc.) really know Sumerian, let alone know how to decipher, read and understand what's written? Whoever claims he/she can read Sumerian and understand the scrawls, then the question is WHO was that Sumerian who taught him/her? Even if there exists a 'dictionary' one has to be able to read the scrawls first, right? i believe all the claims to know Sumerian and the ability to translate it into other languages are pure bs.

Another fantastic video CY. Your Persian empire series are my favorite ❤️

This is one of my favorite series currently running on KZbin. I very much look forward to part four! Thank you for yet another excellent video. God be with you out there, everybody. ✝️ :)

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Your pronunciation of Cyclades is suspect

Great video, as always!

Very nice.

Ngl I always like Learning about Sumerians and Egyptian peoples because both of those Civilization help create our modern society and also the Indian valley civilization too

you call it empire but it was a bunch of kindoms who was at war.

I am surprised by the relative fairness with which Herodotus treats the persian council of war. There are probably several made up or exaggerated things in favour of the greek, but it still is not cartoonish and it is believable. Thank you for your amazing work!

I dreamt about this place without prior knowledge. I don’t know what to think

Always the highest quality videos. Thanks Cy

A fortress or City?

you forgot to mention pastafrola at the end

☀️ medes are ancestors of kurds we are children of mede and cyaxares ☀️

So was Xerxes a 7 foot male model who spoke with a voice like he's in witness protection or not?

Dude fuck yes omg I have been waiting for part 3

I'm from south of iran and i want more and more details about elamid civilization and their language

Cy, I could listen to your reading of original texts all day long. Great stuff mate👍

thanks for telling us about the composer for your bgms! i was feeling like some of them felt very east Asian, i wasn't sure if that was just me imposing perceptions in the style ^^;; subbed to their channel now!

If they were so populous why didnt they start their own kingdom

Aryans homeland is russia.

Phoenicia? Anything to avoid saying Israel or Judah or Jerusalem?

I absolutely applaud your choice for Xerxes putting down the Egyptian rebellion music. Your choices in music to help set the mood are part of what sets your production values at a high level. Very fitting.

Part FOUR? AUUGGH! 😮 The suspense is getting me already!

I fall asleep exploring the cosmos and wake up in antiquity. And sometimes it's the other way around. I also spend large chunks of time in the present.

The Floorplan in the big meeting with Xerxes was an inspiration! Born 75 years after the Persian King, Herodotus was not in the room where it happened. He sometimes wrote creatively, and there was a bias, but maybe the reasonings of Xerxes was not far from the ideas Herodotus laid out, or at least it was a common belief in the Hellas as to the reason for the war he declared on them.