Ancient Egypt: Crash Course World History #4

In which John covers the long, long history of ancient Egypt, including the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms, and even a couple of intermediate periods. Learn about mummies, pharaohs, pyramids, and the Nile with John Green.
Chapters:
Introduction: Ancient Egypt 00:00
How The Nile Shaped Egypt 1:57
The Old Kingdom of Egypt 4:02
The Middle Kingdom of Egypt 6:29
The New Kingdom of Egypt 7:54
An Open Letter to King Tut 9:18
Credits 11:14
Resources:
Mummies!: goo.gl/BvAdmj
Pyramids!: goo.gl/aCov2j
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[@animalscave7031]

50% of comments: "Is anyone here because they have a test tomorrow?" Other 50% of comments: "Is anyone here because they find history interesting?" Can we just take a moment to say how awesome of a history teacher John would make at school?

[@babyyodaiscute5585]

No i just love king Tut I’m accutly learning about king Tut

[@flake1943]

Animalscave Studying for APWH EXAM 2019 😝

[@huebothedog665]

Can we just talk Egyptian history instead of leaving useless comments?

[@lovingone]

@Gengonglike Arbukle neither

[@thegreekdeal4747]

Pretty bad one due to the inaccurate information he passes as facts and the bias he shows in most videos.

[@noautoaidan]

Most important thing I learned in this episode: the confirmation that fish *do* live in water. Thank you CrashCourse!

[@jmarie4652]

same lol 😂😂

[@thechocolat3p33ps6]

I never would've known that fish lived in water

[@OllehRebelz]

It's such a fascinating fact, isn't it.

[@thechocolat3p33ps6]

So fascinating, i wouldn't have passed the test without it

[@Jack-lp3gc]

wait really? wtf I thought they flew and were born from the wombs of, wait for it... THE MONGULS

[@drunkonart]

For a few seconds I was so sure that when you combined Ahmen and Rah, You'd get Ramen.

[@jenniferpiper4293]

ROFL Thanks for that!

[@kiarasinclair1849]

Kaye Penguin 💀😂

[@joenuts1034]

Rahmen

[@davidnotonstinnett]

“Oppression of dates” The hot new sequel to The Grapes of Wrath.

[@whiteeyedshadow8423]

oof

[@parksasbury6433]

David Stinnett facts

[@astridberwouts8432]

Anyone else watching this because they find History interesting, and not because "I have a test tomorrow"?

[@1purapericulo]

Yes. Me.

[@gibbygibbs8047]

I'm a month late but yep. But I have my first exams next year and WILL be using these eventually

[@andrewdirgo3500]

Bear in the Woods Ya, it's interesting stuff presented in a fun, entertaining way. Sorta like John Oliver's Last Week Tonight, but for history I guess.

[@andrewdirgo3500]

***** If you're interested in the far out stuff (such as The Fermi Paradox, which asks why we haven't found aliens yet), the youtube channel Kurzgesagt has some great shorter animated videos.

[@DarkFlameMaster1000]

Bear in the Woods I watched episode 3 of this because we had a quiz on the Fertile crescent the next day, now here I am a week later really interested about history.

[@n4thank1m63]

Nobody: AP World kids: 462 minute crash course binge

[@eliana5217]

Hey this isn't very nice I don't like being called out

[@iiisammy]

Damn you really called us out like that

[@BananaHead223]

But if you set it to 1.25 speed, it's still listenable and you only have to listen to 369.6 minutes

[@bighorngaming8202]

@@BananaHead223 and if you do 2x he gets a squeaky voice and it's only 231 minutes. Plus you can skip credits

[@BananaHead223]

@@bighorngaming8202 genius

[@jessegarrett7215]

To put how old ancient Egypt was in perspective, I like to point out that Cleopatra lived closer to present day than when the pyramids were built. I don’t know the exact dates but the pyramids were built 4,500 years ago and Cleopatra lived just over 2,000 years ago

[@pfefferfilm]

"You had to marry your sister, which hopefully you weren't too stoked about" (laughs in ptolemaic)

[@GoErikTheRed]

Love the time line context. Cleopatra lived closer to the moon landing than the building of the pyramids. Just like.... wow.

[@sciencedude6023]

I’m an egyptian and learned from you guys more than I learned at school :"""

[@flyinghighagain7712]

Wow. Interesting.

[@Youssef-iq4wq]

Yeah Egyptian history is sooo confusing i bet 50% of what we think we know isn't true

[@nguyenhoanglong420]

@@Youssef-iq4wq :) it's more mysterious than I thought !!! I love Egypt !!

[@marcosia6865]

@@nguyenhoanglong420 that's right hundreds or maybe thousands of years is still missing in Egyptian History

[@zolaliz4000]

I love that everyone is also here cus the AP World exam is tomorrow so much so that people are pointing it out and making it a meme

[@sierrastarns6342]

Zolaliz honestly

[@hvonsus5725]

It seems to happen every year because that’s exactly why I’m here

[@malcjdful]

It’s called whap loser

[@mayafraser2086]

the crazy thing about Ancient Egypt for me was how long it was?? There were guys in like 1980 BCE studying their own civilisation and thinking hmmm this was so long ago!! My mind is astounded about that.

[@Harbingerintheflesh]

Fascinating! If we look at Egypt, it seems the key to longevity of a civilization is mainly to do with isolation (not engaging in wars) and also preservation of own culture.

[@obsidianseventyone1483]

I agree. Egypt was hard to attack because the Sahara made it hard to flank. While Egypt had plenty of Military campaign they seemed content to control the trade routes from Nubia, Libya to the Levant.

[@plutarch_]

"Did you know? Fish live in water" Thanks CrashCourse!

[@flamingphyton1816]

+Ocduffy "xD

[@kcircuit8684]

+Ocduffy LOL

[@miyu-miyu9771]

+Ocduffy John Green is wrong. Fishes live on air.

[@freddypena1594]

H

[@sicariius7682]

+Ocduffy I don't think that he was trying to say fish live in water. I believe he meant that they can fly, and are made entirely of metal. The aliens living in antarctica are training them in every type of martial arts known to both their kind and mankind, then will unleash their evil flying cyborg fish army. At least that is what I think he is trying to say.

[@vertexgaming3004]

2:48 "Did you know fish live in water" Noooo, please tell me more....

[@whiteeyedshadow8423]

lol

[@anthonydahnke513]

@@whiteeyedshadow8423 hahaha😂😂😂

[@umsiee]

😂😂😂

[@magikarp698]

no way

[@joshualouis869]

lol

[@johnohara4788]

John Green: the Egyptians came into conflict with the Assyrians, Persians Greeks and eventually Romans Hittite Empire: Am I a joke to you?

[@LetsUniteNow]

Indeed their 80-year conflict, and the world's first known peace treaty that ended it - are significant

[@wiseguy240Winston]

Don't forget the Nubians invaded and ruled Egypt for 200 years.

[@samirbedahoudi963]

@@wiseguy240Winston and the Malian empire

[@y2k21]

@@samirbedahoudi963 Mali was in West Africa and never invaded Egypt.

[@samirbedahoudi963]

@@y2k21 I never said invaded but they did trade with Egyptians

[@lost7149]

*Answering* *AP* *Test* "What happend in the Middle Kingdom?:" "No Hobbits"

[@ichangednametoamorecringyo1489]

I love your profile picture!!!

[@maxbatkin9012]

That’s middle earth not Middle Kingdom

[@maxbatkin9012]

Jack The12th ???

[@marcosia6865]

hhhhhhhhhhhhhh, of course we have no Hobbits but in the time of Roman-era we had dwarfs in Alexandria

[@vishwakamal8139]

@@maxbatkin9012 you literally have no sense of memes or humor

[@MrCrafterPlaysMC]

Hi John. I'm taking my AP World History test in two days, so I have decided to watch this whole series in one night. A whopping seven hours. I just wanted to let you know, if these videos aren't helpful and cause me to fail my exam and lose all possible hope of going to college, I'm holding you personally responsible. Thanks! P.S, Great videos, short and sweet and not too boring :D

[@EternalHappElements]

responsibility isn't something to joke about...

[@xScott18x]

Ha. Or you could study it the old fashion way. just a thought.

[@MrCrafterPlaysMC]

Andrew Derouin It was meant as a joke, guess it didn't come off that way

[@aidoll3692]

what's the A.P test

[@julesxaxp3745]

+Astropony Blast01 advanced placement test... its a college course that high schoolers take. In this case, everyone is taking the Advanced Placement World History exam...

[@jeremyholman]

Anybody else bothered that he keeps (e.g. @6:37) saying "down river" to mean "south", which of course is actually up the river, so much so that we talk about the two pre-unification egyptian kingdoms as Upper Egypt (south) and Lower Egypt (north)?

[@annatetlow5342]

There are three types of dates: the fruit, the going out with someone, and the calendar numbers. Why not do all three

[@umenja6312]

Me: *sees people on here because they're last-minute studying for a history exam* Me: lmao I just really like history.

[@danegonzales5651]

Lol same here

[@applereese6566]

same

[@julietterobertson731]

I'm home schooled. and I do this to focus

[@umenja6312]

Juliette Robertson, ahh. I'm homeschooled too, but I don't use these. ^^

[@julietterobertson731]

Mother Greece I use Khan Academy, but I do this for extra

[@realtexan561]

I'm a high school student (Sophomore). I hate to admit it and probably every other kid does but these videos are actually kind of cool. Thanks for an educational yet fun way of learning history and taking notes

[@alexgarnett1012]

The humor makes it so easy to learn 😂😂😂😂 especially when you love history like me

[@bananaman9873]

I From Egypt انا من مصر ⁦🇪🇬⁦❤️⁩

[@gilian2587]

History teacher... you've seen the worst of the worst in historical education: "And now, dear pupils I will terrorize you with the oppression of dates."

[@elijahmarin6610]

haha

[@Zeupater]

Gilian Hah! They made you look!

[@cheri9739]

Gilian Not to mention he mad the joke, "You finally got to second base." If you don't get it then look it up its really messed up

[@jameul363]

Gilian I

[@aldric3178]

"did you know? fish live in water" 2:49 oh my god tell me more about it

[@abemclaughlin3121]

I've used several of your videos for my classes in China. You're fun and engaging and the fact you have actual subtitles with your videos (even Chinese!) is awesome.

[@sk8rdudeism]

just wanted to say that this series has been a very convenient access to a discipline very far from what i'm used to (my background is environmental science and engineering). thanks very much for all the effort in producing something insightful, down-to-earth, and pretty hilarious at times. there's so much wisdom in studying the past, in cultures far from our own, through lenses fundamentally different from what we use. i think it's so important for envisioning and building the future. kind of puts everything in persepective for us ignorant moderns. cheers!

[@suddy2250]

Amun + Ra = Ramen

[@BodaciousCNO]

Believe it

[@pannekeboem]

Watching this while eating ramen.... 😂

[@vesteel]

Pastafarianism = Egyptian mythology

[@delaneywinton]

Suddy missed pun opportunity I'd say

[@cwbird12]

Touche

[@KariKidd]

Your awesome nerdiness has reached my daughters 6th grade science class. The class watched your Persian and Greek episode to learn about all the craziness and smarty , smart things. My daughter was totally surprised to find out that I am a nerdfighter and that you have a brother " Good morning Hank !" that is just as smart as you. Thanks , John for teaching my daughter that history and science is fun and very important. AWESOME!!

[@Melynda-uf5cg]

I really enjoyed your video! I never realized ancient Egypt lasted longer than Christianity or Western Civilization. That is fascinating.

[@ritumeena3512]

Egypt: 1. Built pyramids. 2. The same old Divine King. 3. Social order of high and low, because well, the pyramids required hard work! 4. Had female ruler as early as Middle Kingdom. Interesting.

[@farvamo]

this is quality youtube content

[@rawhamburgerjoe]

Yup

[@Aritul]

Absolutely.

[@readingrainbow417]

I HAVE SCOLIOSIS KING TUT AND I ARE LIKE THE SAME PERSON except the incest... And the ruling Egypt.. And being grave robbed...

[@thetaintpainter5443]

He wasn't really robbed, he was found by archaeologists.

[@thepurplephoenix6423]

He wasn't "robbed," well he was, but not the way that we view robbing. He never actually ruled. He was manipulated into hating his father and really the rest of his family. Which, is actually sad, for as far as "fatherly love" goes, there are relief statues that seem to show him and his siblings playing with Akhenaten and his beloved chief wife. He's famous just because his grave managed to survive being pillaged. Otherwise, he'd have probably gone into obscurity for the most part. (context picture) www.seder-olam.info/seder-olam-akhenaten-and-family.JPG

[@dorkmax7073]

Anisa Ally I volunteer to rob your grave so you can be more like King Tut. You're welcome

[@okiedokie56]

WE WUZ KANGZ

[@aliewais7575]

[phone] In Egypt,we don't even have half what they found in his tomb,so technically it was "robbed"😂

[@NapoleonB]

These graphics still hold up in 2018. The lesson, of course, is always timeless.

[@mikemarino4333]

Thanks for the fun content on all these videos. Learning for self enjoyment and knowledge in general. Please keep it up. Learning should be like this fun and entertaining. Great great job guys!

[@Yamikaiba123]

Who else is here because they are delving into humanity's deep psyche by acquainting with ancient mythology, old civilizations, and sacred texts as a hobby next to their mostly un-related University studies in natural science?

[@xXpwnXx9]

me

[@HiDefinition1080p]

me

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me

[@devayanim6164]

This is just accurate as it could possibly be!

[@seandunn3360]

I'm here for midterms...

[@clarissasmith4028]

John Green, Thank you so much for this video! I was too lazy to study for a history test on early civilizations so I just watched your videos and I got 100%! Thanks so much!

[@user-dj5oo8dd6f]

Good old John Green. Helping me through high school and now through college.

[@SlyCooper6741]

Our history teacher made us watch this for a worksheet. I love how youtube is now becoming homework. Lol. Thanks Mr. Meier.

[@joshuar.devoto928]

Great videos! John and Hank are the best. I enjoyed the Crash Course playlist on U.S. History too. Thank you guys. Keep up the good work.

[@joceybear303]

I adored learning about ancient civilizations in my college history class, and crash course has helped me remember a lot of the details id forgotten. thanks guys!

[@Gyrant]

John, what you are calling “downriver” in Nubia and thr rest of east Africa is actually UPriver from Egypt.

[@wesjames9546]

John, The Nile flows from south to north. thank you for your videos. They are very entertaining and informative.

[@jakeydooley8795]

Who needs Princeton review when there's John Green?

[@queenbeemoon10]

done

[@cadyeakins9537]

I agree

[@ashleytern3807]

"did you know: fish live in water" xD 2:51

[@mysteryman717]

Ashley Tern oh hey ashley

[@NewKingBrandon]

Not surprised to see people using these videos to help review for their AP test. This is a pretty good resource as it's concise and also pretty entertaining.

[@apotato9227]

Went here just for Assassins Creed Origins! Hi Hank!

[@loner844]

Don't know if you know this, but there was a pharaoh's tomb even more complete than Tut's, but it never became famous and was forgotten due to when it was discovered: WW2. It even had a silver, not gold, coffin, which is curious because gold was more common than silver in Ancient Egypt, and because gold represented skin whereas silver represented bones. So, dunno why he had a bones-coffin, but meh.

[@Medjay_Aleks]

loner844 The tomb of Psunness I?

[@Jobe-13]

Interesting.

[@HajaeKo]

Amon + Ra should have been Ramen, not Amonra.

[@davidrobinson5610]

lol

[@Terranjourneys]

+Hajae Ko lols

[@lubu2960]

+Hajae Ko Ramon

[@MrMegaDanila]

+Hajae Ko Lol, does John do these kinds of videos anymore?

[@HajaeKo]

MrMegaDanila I don't think so. He's busy writing books.

[@MsAncients1]

I'm WAAAAAAAy past "school days" age, and I LOVE this guy. :)

[@EmotiveTheMusic]

First time seeing this series, I never knew about it. Awesome production. I'm just an old guy trying to get a brain tune up. Thanks.

[@aussieoutlaw17]

I have only just discovered this channel today, so bare with me. Is this the brother of Hank from Scishow? Same last name and they look and sound very similar.

[@cindyciselere1946]

Yes, indeed :)

[@dancarrigan5039]

they have a channel together called vlogbrothers it is very good

[@aussieoutlaw17]

Yeah, same here. I already knew most of what he talks about, but I love History.

[@gabecali4379]

And this channel is both of theirs, John Green doing the history stuff and Hank doing the Sciencey stuff

[@andrel2753]

Watching this so I know some stuff goin into the next Assassins Creed lol

[@debbrammall6780]

Andre Leclerc ahaha

[@davids1854]

Lol my history teacher let us play assassin creed origins for our Egypt unit

[@TheEgyptianGamerGeek]

That cat productions Cool! It’s my fav game! Ironically I’m half Egyptian 😂

[@mindbodyandsounds]

Hahahahaha no lie... AC has had me craving more history! Would love a AC with game play centered around Alexander the Great and his conquest! Or even The Mongols

[@goldeneraproductions6128]

ayoooo this comment is two years old and I'm here doing the same thing. playing the game for the first time:)

[@manniek8922]

I’ve got my World History AP test tmrw and this period confuses the heck out of me

[@perla_luvs_day6735]

Lol I have it on Monday. I need help help meeee

[@anthonydahnke513]

Mannie K why?

[@mikeor-]

8:04: The Hyksos were conquered by Egypt... talk about the Empire Strikes Back.

[@ericav4202]

"With every choice, something is gained and something is lost" I could quote John Green all day

[@RIKHI08]

Your videos are awesome. I wish had a history teacher like you when I was in school.

[@wolfbear7850]

I really LOVE this number one. I wonder why I did not start at 1) your amazing. Great work. Deeply grateful ...

[@schizophrenicdolphinz9822]

John I wanna thank you for helping me study for my ap exam in a way I find fun and interesting way

[@FirstRisingSouI]

I burst out laughing when that tree knocked over the cow.

[@donesitackacom]

fucking lost it at "that's a period historians call a long ass time"

[@Baaiim]

You all have made history interesting! Thank you!

[@mistadreadman]

@Crash Course. Crash Course, what is the significance of the UFO at 2:07?

[@Davemanz]

My favorite way of thinking about the age and longevity of Ancient Egypt is to remember that the pyramids were as old to the Romans when they conquered Egypt as the Romans are to us today. Not sure if that gets covered in a later video or not.

[@zanepeterkovic9553]

The tyrannosaurus rex lived closer to now than to the brontosaurus

[@swimrunmatt]

true! it's weird but Cleopatra (the famous one) lived closer in time to the first Burger King than she did to the pyramids! That's how long Egyptian civilisation lasted!

[@OraleHomes]

During his conquests, Alexander the Great specifically detoured to Giza because he wanted "to see those ancient wonders." The pyramids: a tourist attraction since at least 500 BCE. Yikes that's old.

[@sebradfield]

Technical point: He keeps correcting himself incorrectly. "Upriver" means toward the source of the river. It has nothing to do with north and south.

[@mrpirate3470]

I'm decades past having to crash revise for exams, just like history and its always a pleasure to see it presented articulately and interestingly :)

[@shenloken2]

Wonderful!! I am studying the ancient world BC of Ancient Egypt, Greece and Persia! You make it so fun!!

[@carterwilliamson8504]

Anyone else binge watching for the AP world test?

[@sambeatty2312]

+Hollows Mom Right there with ya, trying not to think of next thursday

[@carterwilliamson8504]

+Sam Beatty *cries*

[@alliedegroff5267]

+Hollows Mom Yessssssssssssssss!

[@AmericanPotato]

+Sam Beatty yes,for realz. Thinking about how imma get a 1 on that test :-:

[@LegendaryRyan]

+Hollows Mom Yup ;~;

[@mikeor-]

6:06 "Man fears time, yet time feareth the pyramids."

[@itsChezz]

huge fan of these series. love learning

[@crystlepresson3760]

"And the Eye of Horus is staring at me and judging me. I can-I can feel your judgement!" -John Green, 2k12

[@brandenmanuel2037]

The Pharaohs of Egypt -Early Dynastic Period (3100-2686 BC) Narmer (First Pharaoh). Aha Djer Den Hetepsekhemwy Re’neb Ninetjer Peribsen -Old Kingdom (2686-2125 BC) Djoser (Built stepped pyramid at Saqqara) Sekhemkhet Kha’ba Huni Sneferu (Built 3 pyramids in 1 lifetime) Khufu (Built the Gr8 Pyramid of Giza) Djedefre (Tried to build another gr8 pyramid but it has been destroyed) Bikheris Khafre (Built the 2nd gr8 pyramid) Menkaure (Built the 3rd gr8 pyramid and 3. Small ones for his wives) Shepseskaf Userkaf Sahure Neferirkare Ra’neferef Neferefre Shepseskare Neusere Menkauhor Djedkare Unas Teti Pepi I Merenre Pepi I Merenre II Netjerkare Siptah -1st Intermediate Period (2125-2055 BC) Menkare Neferkare (II-III) Djerkare Shenai Neferkare IV Merenhor Neferkamin Nikare Neferkare V Neferkahor Neferkare VI Neferkamin Anu II Qakare Ibi Neferkaure II Neferkauhor Neferirkare II Meryibre Khety Nebkaure Khety Setut Merikare Inyotef. -Midde Kingdom (2125-1650 BC) Mentuhotep (I-IV). Amenemhet I Senwosret I Amenemhet II Senwosret II Amenemhet III Senwosret III Amenemhet IV Queen Nefrusobk -2nd intermediate Period (1650-1550 BC) Sekhemre Sonbef Nerikare Sekhemkare Ameny Qemau Hotepibre Qemau Iufni Seankhibre Semenkare Sehetepibre Sewadjkare I Nedjemihre Renseneb Awibre’Hor Sekhemrekhutawy Djedkheperew Sedjefakare Khutawyre Wegaf Userkare Khendjer Smenkhare Sehetepkare Seth Merebre Sobekhotep III Neferhotep I Menwadjre Sihthar Sobekhotep (IV-VI) Wahibre Ibiau Merneferre Ay Merhotepre Ini Sankhenre Mersekhamre Ined Sewadjkare Sobekhotep VII Merkheperre Merkare Mentuhotep V Seheqenre Yakbim Ya’ammu Qareh Ammu Sheshi Nahesy Khakherewre Nebafawre Saheure Merdjefare Sewadjkare III Webenre Djefare Awibre III Heribre Nebsenre Sekheperenre Babnum Apepi Salitis Semqen Aperanat Sakir-Har Khyan Khamudi Jamu Jakebmu Amu Pepi III Hepu Anati Bebnum Sharek Inek Shemsu Werqa Djehuti Sobekhotep VIII Neferhotep III Mentuhotepi Nibiryraw I Nebiriau I Seanenre Bebiankh Sekhemre Shedwest Dedumose (I-II) Montemsaf Mentuhotep VI Senusret IV Rahotep Sobekhemsaf (I-II) Intef (V-VII) Senakhtenre Ahmose Seqenenre’-Tao II Kamose -New Kingdom (1550-1069 BC) Ahmose I. Amenhotep I Thutmose (I-II) Hatshepsut (1st female pharaoh) Thutmose III Amenhotep II Thutmose IV Amenhotep III Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten (Him and his wife Nefertiti created a new religion that was controversial) Tutankhamen (His famous Golden Mask) Aya Horemhab Ramses I Seti I Ramses II/Ramses the Gr8 (Built the temple at Abu Simbel) Merneptah Amenmesse Seti II Siptah Queen Twoseh Sethnakhte Ramses (III-XI) -3rd Intermediate Period (1069-664 BC) Smendes Amenemnisu Psusennes I Amenemmope Osorkon the elder Siamun Psusennes II Shoshenq I Osorkon I Takelot I Shoshenq II Osorkon (II-IV) Pami Osorkon V Usermaatre Osorkon IV -Late Period (664-332 BC) Hedjkheperre Takelot II Pedubast I Luput I Shoshenq VI Osorkon III Takelot III Rudaman Luput II Ini Tefnakhte I Bakenranef Piye Shabaka Sbabataka Taharqa Tantamani Psamtik I Necho II Psamtik II Wahibre Haaibre Amasis II Psamtik III 525bc-Persians take over Amyrtaios (Started a rebellion against Persia) Nefaarud I Psamuthes Hakor Nefaarud II Nectanebo (I-II) Persia invades again and later Greeks. -Ptolemaic Egypt (332-30 BC) Ptolemy (I-VIII) Cleopatra (II-III) Ptolemy (IX-X) Berenice III Ptolemy (XI-XII) Cleopatra V Cleopatra VII (The last Pharaoh) And probably more pharaohs and secrets buried under the sands of Egypt.

[@wawahamdan1159]

arghhh thank god for all of these videos. Idk why but I'm a crazy learner, I wanted to study everything ranging from science to arts to history to everything! This is why I have a hard time of choosing my degree because of my vast interest !

[@ahappyfrenchtoast2669]

+Nelly L I feel you dude, but I ended up majoring in law lol who can predict life

[@carsonmorris127]

No thank Ra haha get it...😂 no...ok

[@christiancrusader602]

Wawa Hamdan same here bro

[@Mandontsayididnttell]

Monika Febiola what made u choose law?

[@moonshinei]

The AP finals are looming and this is my way to study for it.

[@earf2root]

Have to do a presentation on ancient Egypt, this helped a lot 😊

[@millionminimagicmice]

Man, Egypt was so unique! Nobody else was like them. They seemed to have their own music, clothing and spiritual beliefs... Just completely original.

[@MissScarlettPotter]

I know this is 4 years late, but if I am going to be "that person" and offer corrections anyways; there are actually 5 stages of the Egyptian language. Old Egyptian, Middle Egyptian (the classic literary language even in later dynasties, similar to our use of latin today), Late Egyptian, Demotic, then Coptic (still in use by the Coptic Church). Hieratic is a sort of cursive script that was used for Middle Egyptian and refashioned along with the hieroglyphs for Late Egyptian, and Demotic developed as a similarly cursive script (my professor described it as "hieratic gone wild", as it developed from hieratic kindof). Demotic wasn't developed until the New Kingdom- they only had Old Egyptian in the time of the pyramid texts. Also, the Pharaoh was not a god solely after they died- they were also seen as Horus on earth, Horus and/or other gods incarnate, the son of Ra and/or other deities, etc., which is why they had multiple "stage names", if you will- the most important of these of course being the Horus Name.

[@natalielu7751]

Scarlett Carnahan I’m 5 years late

[@Kennyman651]

Also doesn't the Nile flow north?

[@kharissahenry3045]

Im 6 years late

[@user-hs7tm6mh9b]

^^~ YAH

[@deepalnarayan8038]

I'm 5 yrs late xD

[@Anglynn74]

thank you so much for these videos, helps a lot with homeschooling, very very informative & fun!

[@mikeor-]

5:09: Moses and the Exodus were around during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II (1279-1213 BCE), who lived long after Khufu.

[@cateygoodrum1358]

am i the only person here from the outtakes when he goes “Hello I’m John Green and this is champahne in a plastic cup and today we’re going to talk about Egypt. Pardon me I’m drunk.”

[@phiggs-cd2xr]

"Moses and the Jews showed up long before the pyramids?" How can you say this? It is really late where I am so maybe I am misinterpreting you?

[@harryx6677]

I came to the comments to see if anyone else found that strange. I thought the pyramids were already built and Moses and the Israelites existed in the 13th or 14th century. Somebody explain!

[@kyakerns6532]

I honestly haven't really liked history ever but when I actually sat down and listened to this video- it all made sense and made my homework way less of a headache :)

[@jennyvuong226]

thank you! This helped me so much with my ancient egypt report.

[@temeweckis]

Moses lived from 1400 BCE to 1201 BCE (if Wikipedia is to be trusted), and the Great Pyramid of Giza was completed in 2560 BCE. You said that Moses "showed up on the scene long before [the pyramids]". That seems impossible, or am I missing something?

[@readyplayersid]

You can read this answer for clarity - qr.ae/8BHLHH The video gets the dates wrong, but the fact that Moses wasn't around during the time of building the pyramid is true. There were other great temples and buildings built during 1400 BCE to 1201 BCE. People confuse that with the Great Pyramid.

[@VinnyCam]

LOVE IT! how do you animate this stuff.. thanks!

[@churdle92]

The Nile flows slows south to north, so nubia/sudan/etc is actually UP river from what we now call Egypt

[@psychosalad6653]

I have my Ancient Egypt Unit starting in World History right now but his stuff is getting pretty interesting. On top of Sabaton, who's songs all tell historical war stuff and this class, I'm gonna become a history Fanatic by the end of college

[@tessac6631]

What if instead of amen-rah he was called ramen

[@stefanhensel8611]

Actually, he was called Ramen. But as the Egyptians wrote from right to left, the historians got it all wrong ;-)

[@jessiemayfield6749]

I like it lol

[@aanyakabra5707]

ARMYYYYYYYYYYYY💜💜💜

[@suhniisubliminals5484]

Aanya Kabra WEIRDOOOO

[@DiaJasin]

That's total noodles

[@LilBlAcK76]

oh fuck, please why every video about egypt in the comment section is there a bunch of people fighting about what people looked like over 2000 years ago holy shit, why do i even look anymore :(

[@SuperHamsterhuey]

***** We don't need MORE arguments here. We're already talking about race, and Moses was already brought up in the video, we don't need more fighting

[@thomaskole9881]

Historians, egyptologists, anthropologists etc. have created a very plausible framework to make assumptions about the ethnicity of ancient egyptians. I honestly don't know why there needs to be an argument about this.

[@niceguyns3521]

Because WE. WUZ. KANGZ.

[@ronaldrichardson1076]

Nino A if it doesn't matter what people look like 2000 years ago, then why not betray the ancient people of Kemet as their true color which in today's terms would be black. What if they made a movie about slavery and made all the slaves white people and the slave masters black, or they made a movie about Albert Einstein and portrayed him as a jet black Ethiopian would you think that would be okay? Obviously it matters what these people look like to Europeans, because they cannot portray these people as the black Africans that they were. It's not why does it matter to us it's why does it matter to them.

[@ronaldrichardson1076]

SuperHamsterhuey honestly if we did a video about Europe and made all the people black Europeans would have a serious problem with that. I think the fighting would stop when Europeans stop betraying black people as white people. You don't understand the insult to injury that does to people around the world. It's called whitewashing and when it stops the fighting will stop. With all due respect

[@reubenhugo6450]

I missed these videos Green, love it

[@alinazai3061]

You do an amazing job! Learning has never been so interesting and funny for me, although English isn’t my native language and I would appreciate if you would talk a bit slower, but I assume you do that to not be boring. Thank you anyway, your team is awesome

[@jean-pierredelorraine6161]

I love this concise outline of world history. There is no evidence that the pyramids of the Nile valley were constructed by the Pharaonic culture. The pyramids must have existed already way before the rise of this civilization. No graves of pharoahs have been found in the pyramids. It is difficult to date organic material such as stone, but signs of water erosion on the Sphynx, for example, would suggest its existence in antedeluvian times (prior to the last glacial period). Megalithic structures such as the pyramids, the ruins at Tiahuanaco in the Bolivian Highlands, Teotihuacan in Mexico are anomalies. It was common in antiquity for subsequent cultures to bury their dead in or near pre-existing structures which they considered holy. The abundance of unexplained megalithic sites suggests an ancient global civilization which must have existed prior to 17 000 B.P. (before present). Such sites have even been found well under the current sea level all around the globe. Unfortunately, such data has not made it into our history books (I call them propaganda books) as it would mean revising our entire timeline. Keep up the good work.

[@benneb1000]

I do think The Pyramids are older than are said but not for the same reasons you think so. I think the truth is being Hidden because that would disprove the Quran. The Quran also says the earth is 6,000 years old and Islam is the dominant religion of Egypt and Sudan. PS. there are More Pyramids in Sudan than in Egypt.

[@jean-pierredelorraine6161]

The Quran as well as the Bible are fake. These were merely concoted up to to control people.

[@jean-pierredelorraine6161]

I'm not atheist. I merely don't subscribe to any christian, pseudo-crhistian, judaic, nor islamic dogmas or anything fabricated by the aberrated mind of homo-sapiens, who isn't sapient at all. I am spiritiual as I know what and who I am, and what I am not, but not religious. And lastly, I don't preach anything to people in an attempt to influence their thinking.

[@phiAndpi]

Jean-Pierre Delorraine "or anything fabricated" Well as you don't like or understand the reality of academic research, then clearly you do subscribe to fabricated pseudo Bull Shit. PS Don't forget to cite what food stuffs they were eating 17k yrs ago to build on this scale :)

[@tonycruise]

Jean-Pierre Delorraine i agree with you! people think that everyone was as dumb as we are now, and our egos cant accept that maybe there have been civilizations that have been smarter than us.... i accept nothing i am taught, that would make me a poor copy

[@cormacnimo]

They built the pyramids because, according to Ben Carson, they needed places to store grains!

[@JakeTheHappyGuy]

The pyramids are awesome and I'm surprised there is still speculation as to why there were built. Surely the reasons have been discovered by now. They are widely portrayed as tombs which they were but I think they had other higher purposes due to their mathematical precision and alignment to the cosmos. Also because no human would ever do that for a tomb (unless enslaved) as I believe they lived in a free society which is why it lasted so long. They had amazing technology we have yet to decrypt. Or maybe... we have discovered it and our leaders are still working on how to exploit it to us. Just google 'pyramid power plants' they were used for global wireless electricity and communication according to one theory. I just realised you cannot exploit free wireless electricity lol. Maybe that's why we don't harness that free energy on a global scale. Aw man, that would be so cool and convenient.

[@cormacnimo]

I totally agree with you man. I was just making fun of Ben Carson lol

[@JakeTheHappyGuy]

+Batson Xiang Li I've also been doing some research online, which was inspired by the mathematical alignment of the wonders of the world with the cosmos and earth and how this could even be possible. Also why all of these wonders some as old as 8000 BC (stonehenge) have predicted outcomes, through their mathematical construction, that happened millenniums after its prehistoric construction. Such as the prediction of future dates of astronomical events such as lunar eclipses. Proven by mathematical alignment of the eclipses when viewed through the exact positioning of the rocks at a certain spot. Basically this could only be possible if the stonehenge was constructed on one spot on the entire earth. That is no coincidence. Also, why are there egyptian pyramids on the moon? How did they get there? The great pyramid of giza and stonehenge are linked through mathematics so they were planned. But by who? What is the meaning behind all of this?

[@cormacnimo]

Jake H The easy answer to your questions are the aliens. Or we can say "we don't know". I do personally think that it is highly possible that humanity was inspired by extraterrestrial at the dawn of the civilization and was instructed to built such wondrous structure. They shouldn't have known about the math behind it because they were simply just following instructions. As for similar structures on other planets, there are even more possibilities. We wouldn't know why these structures are built all over the Earth and other planets unless we meet the true and ultimate designer, who is very likely to be someone from an extremely advanced civilization.

[@davidrobinson5610]

Really.... Yeah right.

[@aryagower8117]

2:50. Very informative. I didn't know that about fish.

[@rilywilliams8655]

pretty informative, was looking for info since graduating from state university

[@abbylane6212]

"What If in the middle of Egyptian history... there were hobbits." I can imagine it. 'In a tomb made of stone. Not a nasty, dirty, dank tomb, filled with spiders and oozing smells. This was a pyramid, and that means good food, lots of gold, and all the comforts of home.' (DFTBA)

[@cendycharles2550]

Who else is just listening to this for entertainment and some learning opportunity? Or is it just me?

[@memerya7847]

i am XDbut I'm supposed to know those,its my country:p

[@memerya7847]

Lol,gl next time XD

[@Amy-nq5oy]

I am too 🙋

[@1drelong]

I am but..

[@jordansunderman5348]

same

[@remiwigginton6573]

Thanks for reminding me about tutenstein lol I was obssessed with that show as I kid and ive fallen down a nostalgia rabbit hole to find time warp trio (another favorite)

[@snailuka]

Bro time warp trio was an important part of my childhood