I love the phrase “gave birth to a male son” 😂😂 as opposed to a female son lol I found that really funny
@echo52269 ай бұрын
Going to war with the Greeks was like getting into a scuffle with the gay pride parade. They were ahead of their time.
@billychops12809 ай бұрын
@@echo5226 yes except the common belief that the Greeks were socially accepting of gay people is a very well told lie
@echo52269 ай бұрын
@@billychops1280 yeah, I heard about that. I was only kidding.
@armandom.s.18442 жыл бұрын
If anyone wonders, we know almost nothing about Gedrosia. It usually appears in most Hellenistic maps as an independent kingdom or state, but is hard to understand what happened exactly there. It was part of the Mauryan kingdom after the agreement between Seleucus and Chandragupta (at least the eastern half of the region, probably not all), but during the decline of the Mauryan dynasty the western regions broke away as independent petty kingdoms, and Gedrosia could be one of them. It possible became absorbed by the Seleucid Empire after Antiochus the Great expedition to the East, and later became part of the Indo Greek kingdom. However is hard to prove what happened exactly in Gedrosia until the arrive of the Saka peoples in late 2nd century BC.
@GeertTheDestoyer2 жыл бұрын
I believe it always had a status of satrapy as part of a larger empire or kingdom. I remember reading that is was an arid and sparsely populated region and that suggests it's significance is limited.
@mattstakeontheancients75942 жыл бұрын
It’s amazing to think many of the areas we think of as Islamic lands were in the past Greek like or the fact that Greek culture influenced such a large area of the world. Sad the many of these sites created by Alexander and his generals have been destroyed or lost over time. Imagine buried underneath the earth in Pakistan and Afghanistan are relics of this time period.
@billmorrison90682 жыл бұрын
Hellenism is underrated. Thanks to Thersites for the video.
@alejandromadrid80752 жыл бұрын
They were Greek and Christian, but with a little bit of vision, and discipline, we can overcome the fatalistic status quo dogma currently dominating the minds of the people, and realize those lands do not have to be Islamic and Arabized for ever, and can be liberated and made Christian and happy again.
@jacobgorokhovsky46772 жыл бұрын
@@alejandromadrid8075 During the Hellenistic Period, Christianity did not exist yet because Christ was not born yet, these people believed in the now gone Hellenic faith.
@BNSFGuy47232 жыл бұрын
@@alejandromadrid8075 Christianity didn’t exist let LMAO what are you talking about 💀
@NoName-fc3xe2 жыл бұрын
@@BNSFGuy4723 Christianity didn't exist in 200 bce
@klausbrinck21372 жыл бұрын
27:00 My grandma came to Greece from Nikomidia (written: Nikomedeia), when the Turks threw out the Greeks in 1922... ;-) Her father was a plantage-owner in Nikomidia. In Greece, he got buried in the bottom of a deep well, since his new job was digging wells, and after an accident, where he got buried alive, he was directly left down there... Greeks from Asia Minor, having been much richer and educated than mainland-Greeks in 1922, got very hard exploited as cheap labour in Greece...
@alexanderryan11762 жыл бұрын
That sucks to hear.
@beerthug2 жыл бұрын
Very few good things to say about Turks.
@jackdonith2 жыл бұрын
@@tornado4708 Ah, yes, of course. Greece psoposed the terms because it defeated the Turks in 1922. No, wait, it lost. Meaning the terms were dictated by the Turks. It;s just that Greece proposed to take the Greeks instead of leaving them get killed just like the Pontic Greeks and the Armenians were subjected to genocide during WWI, less than a decade before, by the Turks.Btw, most had already fled to Greece to save themselves. Lausanne Treaty simply sealed the legal status, that they lost everything in Turkey and had to make a living with what the Greek state could provide. But because few Turks lived in Greece as opposed to Greeks in Turkey, and on top of that Greece was a smaller country, there was very little for them in Greece. Which is why they were very poor refugees, having lost everything and getting abused by the locals.
@gregntavlis65212 жыл бұрын
@@jackdonith actually we had and have a lot of turks in Greece, most of them live in thrace and they are used by the Turkish state to promote its interests in Greece. That's why Turkey didn't take them back in the first place.
@Rhine0Cowboy2 жыл бұрын
@@tornado4708 Well that was embarrassing, are you going to re-evaluate the source where you learned to make that argument? Maybe complain that they misinformed & embarrassed you, or just stop reading/listening/watching them?
@andre_santos21812 жыл бұрын
Rome to Rhodes: I am altering the deal. Pray I do not alter it any further." Rome to Aetolian: I am altering the deal. Pray I do not alter it any further." Rome to Achaians: I am altering the deal. Pray I do not alter it any further." Rome to Seleucids: I am altering the deal. Pray I do not alter it any further." Rome to Egypt: Bros before hoes
@ericc93212 жыл бұрын
Rome to Bactria and Indo-Greece: "I don't even know who you are."
@gregoriogariglio7750 Жыл бұрын
🤣
@geordiejones5618 Жыл бұрын
As much as we all love Rome they really were the biggest assholes ever. They did it so well for so long in various ways. It hard to look at the Romans as one civilization its like China.
@Geopoliticus2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this presentation. I was reading Menander’s Dialogue recently and noticed something. The pressure of maintaining the Hellenistic identity versus the alternate pressure of Indianization seemed to have created an existential identity crisis in him. He in fact comes across as seriously depressed in some parts. Many of the Indo-Greek kings were most likely Hellenized native Bactrians. Caught between two world cultures, it destroyed their own.
@scrotusmaximus30432 жыл бұрын
You really put out a lot of quality content. Ty again.
@santigardipee93032 жыл бұрын
I am working on an M.Div and didn't expect to enjoy classical history so much. Thank you for these lectures. You do touch on more obscure material as you stated in your profile. This is a legitimate resource and should be recommended more in the algorithms.
@BigBennKlingon2 жыл бұрын
Ya the Greco-Bactrian/Indo-Greek Kingdoms really capture the imagination. It would definitely be cool to see some more archeology done in Afghanistan. Altho I heard that the main Greco-Bactrian site, Ai-Khanoum, was severely looted during the US occupation.
@invidusspectator39202 жыл бұрын
So sad we don't have many written records :(
@michaeldiekmann64942 жыл бұрын
Not with the Taliban Boys back in town
@mpalfadel20082 жыл бұрын
The Greco-Bactrian kingdom was the last independent Greek country for centuries
@nikolaradivojevic31392 жыл бұрын
Sadly it is safer for it to stay lost ...
@paulstone59172 жыл бұрын
Indeed.
@ancientfalmer43412 жыл бұрын
Man imagine the Roman empire vs a united Alexandrian empire. What a different world it would have been.
@beerthug2 жыл бұрын
So many missed opportunities to crush that city before it got a foot hold!
@wankawanka3053 Жыл бұрын
That would have been a badass war🥺
@Moredread252 жыл бұрын
Interesting overview of these successors to Alexander. I know you've done a lot of videos about subjects related to them, but it was clarifying to get an overview of all of them in one video. It's too bad there hasn't been great work to look into the history of the Greeks in India, but I guess there's very little information about them because of the lack of sources that made it to the West before the modern period that lead many early archeologists to look into stuff during the period of colonialism.
@refractable24792 жыл бұрын
genuinely enjoy writing notes about the successors of Alexander, really appreciate this lecture!
@MegaTang12342 жыл бұрын
40:42 "Empire for sale, in bad condition, needs new king and army."
@MaryBennett2 жыл бұрын
Loved this video. Chandragupta was a young man when Alexander invaded the Indus Valley, and, I understand, was inspired by that example to found the Mauryan Empire. Might you be interested at some future time to do a series on some of the less well known but nevertheless important monarchies and poleis of the late first millennium, Masillia for example, and the kingdom in southern Spain with which the Phoenicians were doing business. Also the kingdom around Crimea which had an arrangement with Athens to supply wheat, an arrangement which, I understand, persisted for centuries and was honored by both sides.
@GeertTheDestoyer2 жыл бұрын
It's also notable in the case of the Crimean Greeks that this somewhat continued during the Roman era, as it became a client state, and continued to supply grain to Byzantine Constantinople, altho by that time under rule by Goths.
@DrunkenCoward12 жыл бұрын
I'm taking a lecture on the Diadochi right not, at university and after the lecture our professor basically turned to us and said "Even as professional historian, the time just after Alexander's death and the first Diadochi Wars are complicated to understand, let alone to easily explain." and my friend later said "That was good to hear. Whenever I read about the Diadochi I feel like a complete idiot." Because early Greek history is... comparatively easy, at least in broad strokes. Once one gets into details it becomes more difficult, as details are bound to be. But this early era of Hellenism has so much going on. It's crazy.
@jackdonith2 жыл бұрын
Even in Greek school textbooks the hellenistic period is usually just 1 lecture, a tiny chapter. Alexander died, his generals divided the empire and fought it out, till the Romans and other got the pieces, enter Roman era, the end. And then Greek history departments, I know of a course about Alexander but that's all. Nothing for hellenistic history. Archaeology gives a lot of examples, but history is greatly overlooked.
@MilledSteel2 жыл бұрын
Excellent content, I can’t believe your knowledge and ability to communicate it so well on this period.
@JimmyStiffFingers2 жыл бұрын
Another great vid, dude. This is great stuff to help me sleep or relax. ^-^ will drop a donation when I'm home. Learned a lot from your videos.
@mycoolhandgiveit2 жыл бұрын
19:16 I have heard that the colossus standing over the opening of the harbor is considered to be very unlikely if not outright impossible with the methods of bronze working and large scale construction available at the time. Coupled with the fact that it stood for such a long time (meaning it was structurally sound) has lead many to say it was built in a more "normal" pose with the stories of it straddling across the harbor coming about due to the usual games Chinese whispers through the ages, and exaggerations/assumptions from later accounts writing based on the remains of the colossus which were still present in the area long after its collapse
@jackdonith2 жыл бұрын
It was placed on a base to the side of the port. The diea that it was standing over the entrance of the port was born in late medieval and renaissance time, in pictures that wanted to show that it was very big.
@user-jf6yv8rj2s2 жыл бұрын
We don't really know the construction methods of the time. We just assume how they did it. There are many examples of unanswered ancient constructions...
@duskosekulic51432 жыл бұрын
For me it is interesting that Alexander went thousands of miles to the east and south but didn't even move on north or west from Hellas! No one ever mention this simple fact and it's very strange to me...
@dirlexx97712 жыл бұрын
he went north from macedon at the beginning of his reign, the thracians up to the danube are really all he can hope to control more to secure from attack really. its about where the civilization and cities are.
@user-jf6yv8rj2s2 жыл бұрын
He didn't go because he died in 33, so he hadn't the time. So simple.
@LANeverSleeps2 жыл бұрын
Persia was the great empire of the time, so going east first make sense.
@ginaibisi777 Жыл бұрын
Because they were all Pelasgians and didn't need to take his own people 😂
@cbwilson23982 жыл бұрын
Your description of the development of Koine (4:30) seems to suggest that some Greeks consciously designed a simplified language for foreigners. The actual process of simplification takes place organically, as non-natives begin to use the language as their lingua franca, simplifying it in the process. And, yes, English is a good example of an international lingua franca.
@Laocoon283 Жыл бұрын
Yea that was weird
@lindakay95522 жыл бұрын
Somehow I've never heard this channel before. But you have got to be the most eloquent, perfectly enunciating speaker I've ever heard!
@supersasquatch2 жыл бұрын
Achaia was a region that has it's own furniture
@Theodoros_Kolokotronis5 сағат бұрын
One interesting fact that not many people are aware of is that, one of the Greek Royal Houses that ruled in the Byzantine Empire, was the Argead Dynasty. Descending from the city of Argos in southern Greece, the Argead Royal House was the ancestor parent house of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great.. A dynasty linking the Hellenistic era with the Byzantine Empire, almost 15 centuries…
@jonhstonk79982 жыл бұрын
I love that I found this channel I always loved studying this period
@Mr67Stanger2 жыл бұрын
What a great story! Very well narrated and documented. I wish you could have covered the Maccabean revolt a little further, but this was really a minor episode in the grand scheme of things. Thank you!
@HellenisticAgePodcast2 жыл бұрын
Solid stuff my dude, great encapsulation of why the period is so fascinating 👌
@theletterw38752 жыл бұрын
You two should collaborate on a Livestream!
@AJayQDR2 жыл бұрын
This part of history of Anatolia and the East in general is very interesting. Post Achaemenids and Alexander, pre Rome and Sassanids.
@petercroves85622 жыл бұрын
Thank you for all you put out on Middle East History &Roman/East Roman History!. This is one of the Best channels on KZbin
@tyronefrielinghaus34678 ай бұрын
Thank you for this...really good intellectual boost on this Sunday pm. (From South Africa).
@caesarplaysgames2 жыл бұрын
Just found this channel through this video being recommended and now going on a binge. More good history content is always a good thing.
@artemisarrow179 Жыл бұрын
You are always so chill to listen to
@liamobrien49852 жыл бұрын
I think it's fitting that the most mixed and integrated kingdom was also the last to go. Definitely more in line with what Alexander wanted to achieve.
@KeyhaneBishomar2 жыл бұрын
There are around 50 Greece loan words in Persian, still used after 2300 years ,also some of most known Iranian sports have Greece origin. Koine was also very popular among the Persian astronomers and mathematicians of the Islamic era.
@ilijas30412 жыл бұрын
"Speaking often and for long periods of time can take your voice to the limit" Well, if thats the case, than my wife has to be some kind of wonder
@Rymontp2 жыл бұрын
Very informative video. I've only recently looked into Alexander and I'm loving it so far. Thanks for the documentary!
@Equilibruim772 жыл бұрын
Great video thank you for taking the time to make it!
@mns87322 жыл бұрын
Great addition to KZbin
@Hugo-vz3eu2 жыл бұрын
You just got a new subscriber, its very easy to lisen to you and everthing is well organized. Facinating stuff, Bithynia was particularly interesting for me
@yourwifesfirsthusband20382 жыл бұрын
I'm from gedrosia modern Baluchistan ❤️
@MisterRorschach904 ай бұрын
I think a better way of “hellenization” would be to encourage the Greek way of life giving the benefits to natives who adapt, but likewise, encourage customs and cultures from the native lands, along with settlers from those lands to spread in Greece. Finding which customs merge best and then slowly adapting to that where everyone can be more comfortable with the new status quo. And these practices would spread to the oriental parts of the empire where the natives don’t have to completely assimilate to an all Greek system. As well as adopting all of the most widespread languages used in the empire rather than encouraging only Greek. Maybe have 2-3 main languages that everyone is expected to learn but not required for all aspects of life.
@mdtrw2 жыл бұрын
It always troubles how the great Greek civilizations which had so many heroic and epic moments in their history would bebroken up and rolled over by Rome in such humiliation fashion.
@MarkVrem2 жыл бұрын
In some alternate universe, instead of killing Alexander's son, they made him a religious leader, like a Pontifex Maximus. For just enough unity to avoid some inter-greek conflicts and mimicking the Roman Republic just enough to fend them off and other external threats. But yeah nothing that I know off at least in Greek culture or history is a precedent to that.
@ilFrancotti2 жыл бұрын
Actually it was mostly their own fault as they did "the roll over" among themselves before. When Rome arrived in the East (Macedonia), Greek and Hellenistic kingdoms' war making capabilities were a shadow of their heroic days. The Peloponnesian wars, the selfish partition of Alexander's great Empire and even killing their own emperor plus his son, these were self inflicted humiliations.
@Liquidsback2 жыл бұрын
Priam's revenge.
@DistantLights2 жыл бұрын
Honestly Alexander was kinda part of the problem, everyone wanted to emulate him so everyone because glory mad warlords.
@jackdonith2 жыл бұрын
Romans had started conquering Greek states in the early 3rd century BC (getting beaten repeatedly by Pyrrhus) at least and won in the late 1st century BC. That's about 2,5 centuries of hard fought wars. Also, the largest Greek state, the Seleucid empire was overthrown by Parthians, so Rome played no role there. In fact Romans got beaten when they tried to conquer this very state. And there was a Greek state in India until 1st century AD, far away from the Romans. In the end, the very Roman empire was called "Greek empire" by the very people of Italy, during the byzantine era. So, the quote that it was Greeks that actually conquered Romans seems true, if only cultural.
@theletterw38752 жыл бұрын
Thersites merch? I'm thinking the Thersites bust on the front, and *CON-STAN-TIN-O-PLE* on the back shoulders.
@dirlexx97712 жыл бұрын
i don't get it
@nomagea2684 Жыл бұрын
Many thanks for uploading this video. Very detailed explanation
@dadsonworldwide32382 жыл бұрын
Explosion of detailed words merging that was never heard before.
@theswordofkings75492 жыл бұрын
Not sure how I got to this channel but found the information excellent.
@reddiamond66882 жыл бұрын
This was fascinating to listen. I always wondered what happened after Alexander's death and before Jesus. Still thirst for more though. Great video.
@briannelson38302 жыл бұрын
I’ll always miss my time in the Seleucid Empire, thanks for the memories
@seanzibonanzi646 күн бұрын
It's pretty remarkable how successful Hellenization was in retrospect. You'd think there'd be much more rebellion.
@Sparticulous2 жыл бұрын
Great video
@tacocruiser42382 жыл бұрын
Are there any traces of Greek culture or heritage left in these eastern regions? Or has it been completely wiped out by Arab/Islamism?
@saimbhat62432 жыл бұрын
there are few things that still remain, like greek philosophy in islamic theology, greek traditional medicine and some cuisine , i am sure there would be many more things
@darrynmurphy20382 жыл бұрын
Somewhat. Greek art influenced Buddhist and Indian art, with its importation of sculpture. Obviously it's developed significantly since the Hellenistic era, but all Indian sculpture of gods and people such as the Buddha all descends from this Greek influence. Greek philosophy and science would be taken up by Islamic scholars, and be absorbed into the intellectual zeitgeist of the time. Genetically, it's thought that the Greek settlers bloodlines still lives on amongst some of the peoples in Uzbekistan and Afghanistan
@MarkVrem2 жыл бұрын
Like Darryn mentioned, I know of Hercules being sculpted as a "protector-god" of Buddha in sculptures. Which is a Buddist tradition to have a symbol of great conquerors used as a lesser god protecting Buddha. An example today is Ghengis Khan for Mongol Buddhists and formerly Chinese Yuan Dynasty Buddhists. He is technically a lesser god today and is depicted wearing all white, like his statue today is silver.
@beerthug2 жыл бұрын
Good ol' islam, protector of antiquity.
@PasserMontanus2 жыл бұрын
You need to update your hate protocols, China is the new Enemy of the Free World now.
@yogatonga75292 жыл бұрын
Interesting how so many cities in Mesopotamia just vanished … because of the river changes?
@donttakeitpersonal8704 Жыл бұрын
I am doing a Bsc in Ancient Studies at a top 40 university in the world and your lectures are way better than that of my professor.
@lowersaxon Жыл бұрын
University ranking is essentially commercial, corrupted and bs anyway.
@kibidabitv9435 Жыл бұрын
A great video and a great channel overall. You're truly a master of laying the stuff out in an accessible but not trivial manner. Just a minor correction for future videos: Bithynia should be pronounced /bɪˈθɪniə/, not /'bɪθniə/. The "y" in the middle should not only be heard, but it's where the accent is. Cheers!
@TruthIsToBlame2 жыл бұрын
"I'm not rerecording this for a minor error... We're going to have to live with it and move on..." 😩I'm finding it hard to move on Thersites, I think about it every night before I try to sleep 😭😫😩
@deeznoots6241 Жыл бұрын
I go an Egyptian tourism ad during the Ptolemaic Egypt section lmao
@KeithShuler2 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this lecture. Thx.
@TheCossak2 жыл бұрын
great lecture, I thoroughly enjoyed it. thank you
@cletus2232 жыл бұрын
This reminded me of "In Search of the Lost Testament of Alexander the Great" which put forward the thesis that Alexander had a will but the successors then the Romans more or less ignored for various reasons. Has that gotten any traction as a hypothesis amongst historians?
@ChevyChase3012 жыл бұрын
Historians don’t care about stuff like this it isn’t important plus we know what he was planning like arabia
@papasitoman2 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed Ghost on the Throne by James S. Romm. He writes about what happens right after Alexander's death. 1/4 of the book is just the notes and bibliography. Lots of stuff to read.
@michaelaburns7342 жыл бұрын
This is a topic that was never done in the post Alexander the Great's Campaign.
@Priceluked2 жыл бұрын
Greco-Buddhist Bactria is such an awesome little bit of history.
@fernandogarcia39572 жыл бұрын
There were 2 big libraries in Alexandria, one inside the Museum and another one, the proper Library.
@johnphillips47082 жыл бұрын
Wouldn’t Epirus be the first Hellenic kingdom destroyed by Rome?
@MrChickensnatcher2 жыл бұрын
Ghost on the Throne, great book that goes into the histort after the death of Alexander.
@mesogeia34036 ай бұрын
Pompey to the Seleucids: “You’re done” 😂
@chucknorris2022 жыл бұрын
Oooooooh maan.....when I heard about Philetairos, the Macedonian Nobleman who founded Pergamon, I literally cringed....some animal, a donkey or something I presume, stepped on and crushed his testicles when he was a kid?? My God that is HORRIBLE even simply imagining it, I feel bad for the man even more than 2,000 years later. And Im impressed he accomplished what he did, even after that happened to him.
@ThersitestheHistorian2 жыл бұрын
Same here. Beyond the loss of testosterone and the ability to marry into other aristocratic families, there was a good deal of prejudice against eunuchs. Philetairos must have been an exceptionally clever man to navigate the Successor period as skillfully as he did.
@saadabbas89762 жыл бұрын
Helios ☀️ Helen Sun-ray The pantheon of Armenian gods, initially worshipped by Proto-Armenians, inherited their essential elements from the religious beliefs and mythologies of the Proto-Indo-Europeans and peoples of the Armenian Highlands. Historians distinguish a significant body of Indo-European language words which were used in Armenian pagan rites. The oldest cults are believed to have worshipped a creator called Ar[4] (or possibly Ara), embodied as the sun (Arev or Areg); the ancient Armenians called themselves "children of the sun".
@eddienom Жыл бұрын
Excellent Work!
@pilesthedonkey Жыл бұрын
Thank you and God bless you in Jesus Christ name Amen
@charliemountain82 Жыл бұрын
As a student of the Stoic philosophy, and the ex husband of a Buddhist woman, it is no longer a mystery to me why Buddhism has so much in common with Greek philosophy and visa versa.
@YT-gj6nq Жыл бұрын
Very informative
@EvilSmonker2 жыл бұрын
I love your videos, and I truly appreciate all you have done on youtube (despite our differing political views). Thank you for consistently making historical lectures on such a variety of interesting subjects.
@geesixnine2 жыл бұрын
Would you say Rome was successfully Hellenized or was it purely Roman?
@ilFrancotti2 жыл бұрын
It was the other way around. Rome romanized the Greeks.
@Mavo9362 жыл бұрын
There's a good case to be made for both. Very interesting to realise.
@ilFrancotti2 жыл бұрын
@@user-be4nm1fq5w That the Romans adopted a portion of Hellenic culture, such as their tongue in the East, it is true. Mostly for pragmatic reasons. This said there are some inaccuracies: Greeks weren't the only ethnicity in the East, just one of the many subdued by the Romans and the whole mix ended up calling themselves "Romans" in time. "Roman" in the East kept mainly its political connotation (to keep the various peoples together) rather than an ethnic one. The Romans in the Western side didn't "become" Franks, Spaniards or Italians. They were mostly left on their own, but despite those Barbarian migrations were in the hundreds of thousands und effectively overtook "Roman rule", the bulk of the people living in those regions (in the millions) were or had already adopted Italic costumes after centuries of Italic colonization and domination. "Franks" replaced "Roman" in its political value yet not in its ethnic one. This is why, for example, millennia after said events, the Italian tongue is pretty much copy paste of Ancient Latin (vocabulary wise), French is somewhere 85% similar to Italian and Spanish slightly less. And all are known as Italic tongues (not Frankish or Germanic). Special case, on top of all, the Italians. Ancient Romans were no less Italian than modern day Italians. It is mostly the same ethnic group that just used a different name back then because nationality wasn't a thing yet (citizenship was what truly mattered and all Italics gained it in the late Republic as they were already seen as something closer than the Barbarians outside Italy. Some sort of "proto-nationality there"). Done, now if modern day Greeks like to call themselves "Romans" too I guess they are free to do so. Sounds a bit bizarre like hearing a Scotsman stating that he is "English" but if he really wants, he can do it. Have a nice day!
@fotischaronis45972 жыл бұрын
@@ilFrancotti letters art architecture medicine mathematics science....Roman??????????
@thatisme3thatisme382 жыл бұрын
@@user-be4nm1fq5w why? They were both warmongers and narcissists. How many people died because of them and how many cultures destroyed.
@tomvobbe95382 жыл бұрын
Moving toward-a new world ord-a a normal life is boring but super stardom close to post mortem goes home and barely knows his own daughter.
@Ulyssestnt Жыл бұрын
So I guess that's where the term "coining/coined" a new word/term comes from?
@danielleweber97302 жыл бұрын
Q:To whom do you leave your empire? A: To the strongest!!
@JB-gw8ee2 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Thank you!
@thelightbearer80502 жыл бұрын
I really like your teaching, you are a good teacher, but I'd like to see you show that these ancient cities and civilizations have come to this modern time and evolved into the present cities and countries of today I think that would be interesting. Thank you very much for your hard work and I'm sure you enjoy it.
@karlnord14292 жыл бұрын
Nice video dude. Thank you.
@frederickwallace65522 жыл бұрын
Malana in Himachal Pradesh is an interesting place, supposedly descendants of Alexander's soldiers. Nice people and decent charris, last time I was there was late 80s.
@grizla18952 жыл бұрын
great lecture! thank you
@RP-mm9ie2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@mikehedson2 жыл бұрын
Indian rulers still spoke Greek in The Life of Apollonius of Tyrana...
@stipicaradic2 жыл бұрын
This is my jam!
@perretti7 ай бұрын
Not enough is said about Greeks ( Danaan, Dian, Dang) in Asia. Evidence is scene as far as Red River Valley in Vietnam.
@GeraldM_inNC2 жыл бұрын
Great video, it bears several repeated studies to absorb it all. Could you please do a video about the status of the cities that the Christian missionaries visited in the First Century?
@ChevyChase3012 жыл бұрын
Can’t it be argued that Armenia was a great power due to their arrangement with Pontus and their overlordship of Parthia for a time.
@jimmyfaulkner18552 жыл бұрын
Do you think Antiochus III was a successful or unsuccessful king?
@wankawanka30532 жыл бұрын
Successful until he met the Romans
@donttakeitpersonal8704 Жыл бұрын
I have another question. It seems like most people start with the 3 main kingdoms after Alexanders dead: Ptolemaic Egypt, Seleucid Empire, Antigonod Macedon. But I am reading a book which speaks about an agreement that is made after Alexanders dead: division of the kingdom 323. According to this agreement Alexanders empire is divided into small states with local governers/regents. Why is no one talking about this period before hellenism? Or am I just confused?
@LittleMighty19562 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your great videos! I read somewhere that Alexander was actually an Archangel and that he hunted down the last of the Nephilim in Persia and drove them into a great cavern in India sealing the hole with copper. Just as they say about angels, it was also written that he smelled amazingly wonderful all the time and that when he died his body showed no signs of decay for 6 days. Have you heard these things or have anymore information?
@lowersaxon Жыл бұрын
Internet Nonsense for people easily lied to.
@alihandemiral70492 жыл бұрын
These are great, many thanks!But i am confused as to which video i should watch next, since we will be looking at Rome, should i check the early Rome period Playlist?
@cameronlewis70292 жыл бұрын
How and where did you find the obsolete maps for your portrayal of history? Cite sources please!
@mrpirate30202 жыл бұрын
It is good to learn from this dark dictionary!!
@TheMrgoodmanners2 жыл бұрын
Divide et impera
@decimusausoniusmagnus57192 жыл бұрын
Amazing
@paulstone59172 жыл бұрын
Very interesting.
@panagenesis26952 жыл бұрын
Did you say the Library of Alexandria burned down during the Middle Ages? I remember learning that the Romans burned it down in the Ancient Era? 🤔
@alanpennie80132 жыл бұрын
The Library was destroyed four times, first by Julius Caesar, next by Aurelian (272) a third time by the Patriarch Theophilus (391) and finally by Caliph Omar (642). Most likely The Library ceased to function during the Third Century Crisis having been in decline ever since the fall of The Ptolomies its patrons.
@panagenesis26952 жыл бұрын
@@alanpennie8013 What did all these people have against a library of all places?
@alanpennie80132 жыл бұрын
@@panagenesis2695 The first three didn't care enough about it to protect it adequately while fighting their enemies in Alexandria. The Caliph was supposedly motivated by religious bigotry. The verdict is probably "not proven" in all these cases except Caesar's, where there is fairly good evidence that he burned down a warehouse in the harbour where scrolls from The Library were stored.
@alanpennie80132 жыл бұрын
From Livy, who was a contemporary of Caesar.
@user-jf6yv8rj2s2 жыл бұрын
The final destruction of the Library became in the late years of Roman Empire. About the early years of 5th century.
@thatsze12 жыл бұрын
A random dump I intend to place here. Regarding Greek Politics, While The City is the undeniable gem of northern Greece, Troy or otherwise. Athens is one too. With that said the true point of power is Corinth. That's how the Peloponnese was won. Let it be known the Spartans are truly legendary, the only successful land blockade of a naval power.
@user-cs6yd8dc8d2 жыл бұрын
We're on the map is Skopje ?
@iordanistzivas49026 ай бұрын
Where it belongs, with the slavic countries. What Skopje has to do with Alexander the Great and Hellenistic period?🤔
@iordanistzivas49026 ай бұрын
Maybe look on a map 1000 years later and you will find it!