Ancient Israel and Assyria: Early Encounters in the Levant (Part I)

[@garethcroson8851]

This is one of the very best channels on KZbin.

[@HistorywithCy]

Thank you, really appreciate the kind words and glad you're enjoying the content! More on the way, stay tuned and thanks for watching!

[@je-freenorman7787]

No its not

[@Oneflyingchair]

@@je-freenorman7787 why?

[@v_wegs]

You’re the best script writer in the genre. Incredibly solid and balanced every time. Mad props from this professional science communicator.

[@connorgolden4]

For some reason I always enjoy watching/reading about ancient Israel and the Near East’s history.

[@BiggestCorvid]

Maybe you also grew up bored in church and found yourself flipping through Judges instead of listening to the sermon.

[@connorgolden4]

@@BiggestCorvid To some degree yeah. First as a kid I got this picture Bible that made things interesting, then I got a Bible with historical annotations. Good stuff.

[@HistorywithCy]

Me too, it's a part of the world that's influenced us in so many ways... glad people like you find this stuff interesting. More to come, stay safe!

[@shawnkanevsky9799]

​@@BiggestCorvid ❤❤

[@SionTJobbins]

Me too, though I'm an aethist. The historic context of the Bible is very interesting.

[@happyarish]

The best history channel on KZbin. Can't believe this content is free

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks, I'm honored and glad you're enjoying these. Yeah, that's the goal... to make this stuff available for anyone with an internet connection. Thanks for watching, really apprecaite it and more on the way, stay tuned!

[@robbabcock_]

Fascinating stuff, Cy!

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks, glad you found it interesting. More to come, stay safe!

[@cornycontent1915]

I gotta say, as a fan and someone who has a future set on Biblical studies/theology, learning the archeology and history of the Levant and seeing how the basic historical framework lines up in so many places with the oft-contested Old Testament is very fascinating and encouraging. Great video as always, Cy, keep up the great work 👌

[@pedrito01100]

It's so cool when you realize that you've learned from your older videos and you can construct the timeline together with the video. You're a great teacher, Cy! Valeu e abs

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks so much for the feedback, comments like this make my day! Honestly, that's kind of what I am trying to do... a bunch of related videos that grow on each other. Thanks, really glad you're learning and remembering this stuff! As always, thanks so much for stopping by, really appreciate and always love reading your comments. Stay safe my friend e valeu!!!!!!!

[@12zxgglol]

Just found this channel, such a hidden gem ❤

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks, glad you're enjoying the content and more on the way, thanks for watching!

[@atillathehungry3145]

History with Cy reruns beats Two and a Half Men reruns. New Cy....Pure Gold!

[@fdadachanji4635]

Hahaha he should start a similar intro to 2 and a half man Cy cy cy cy cy cy cyyyyyy

[@6offdutyninjasN1]

Anything is better than 2 and a half men. Cy is still better than whatever rerun's you think of

[@HistorywithCy]

Haha thanks, appreciate it! You know I've though about doing a standard intro/theme song before the start of each episode. I'll have to look into it! Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it. More new stuff to come, stay safe!

[@kkKey-py7lk]

I am Assyrian I love your video

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks my friend, appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!

[@b.yb.y6996]

God bless you all my Assyrian… انا اشوري

[@thewowfowyay7335]

is it even legal to make videos this good?!?!?! my whole family watches you Cy keep up the fantastic work!!

[@CoolHistoryBros]

Great stuff, Cy! Love to see the connection between ancient kingdoms.

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks my friend, appreciate it! I don't want your Han-Xiongnu series/saga to end! Part II of this one on the way!

[@jtmcgee]

always informative and enjoyable. i recommended this channel to my daughter to augment her studying of the levant / mesopotamia.

[@HistorywithCy]

Oh that's awesome, thanks so much, I'm honored. Mesopotamia and the Levant are two of my favorite regions to study, never gets old for me. More to come, stay safe!

[@MrJeanjean2009]

Exactly what I'm into right now, perfect! Thanks Cy for the content!

[@HistorywithCy]

No, thank you... glad people like you find this stuff interesting. More to come, stay safe!

[@Artur_M.]

Great video, as always and as always I love the usage of the quotes from the primary sources. The Assyrian ones are so boastful.

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks! Yeah the quotes are fun to read...for me they're the most interesting part of any study. I'd read more of them but then it would take a lot of time and, haha, in the case of the Assyrian kings, would be a lot of boasting with few details about what was actually going on. Although, one of the best Assyrian quotes, really passages, is from Sargon II which is called "Letter to Ashur." It's pretty long, almost poetic (perhaps in Akkadian it is, much is lost in the English translation) but gives amazing detail of Sargon II's campaigns, especially with regard to Urartu. I'll see, maybe I'll do an video focused just on that text, where I read most of it because it's really that good. As always, thanks so much for stopping by, really appreciate it! Part II of this short series hopefully coming out in mid December...and yes, it'll have lots of quotes from primary sources!

[@hassanminbaghdad]

Thanks! I love your videos on the history of my country (and all the rest too!)

[@HistorywithCy]

My pleasure, thank you so much for the kind support, really appreciate it! More on the way and thanks for watching!

[@ethanmai2073]

Your content is super informative and entertaining! Please make more!

[@HistorywithCy]

Thank you, and no worries my friend, more to come! No plans of stopping. Stay safe!

[@silveryuno]

Shalmaneser III: GET READY TO BE SHALMANIZED!

[@HistorywithCy]

Haha yeah he was quite a force to be reckoned with. Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!

[@silveryuno]

@@HistorywithCy I just can't help but to that everytime I hear his name. Stay safe Cy.

[@modustrollens7833]

"It's Shalmanizing Time ™️!" Truly one of the emperors of all time

[@matthewhatch9141]

Did you mean to make a Gwar reference?

[@silveryuno]

@@matthewhatch9141 Nope. That sentence just popped into my head the first time I learned about Shalmaneser III hahahaxD

[@bugsytv6852]

I just finished this. awesome information as I am extremely familiar with the Old Testament. I’m so exited for part 2 !!

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! Part two will hopefully come out around mid December. Thanks again for stopping by, always a pleasure. Stay safe!

[@bugsytv6852]

@@HistorywithCy nah man thank you for your time and effort. I have never seen anyone on youtube who can make all this middle eastern history make complete sense and also do it in order. Thanks for that man. I’m looking forward for the part 2. Great g.

[@fdadachanji4635]

Excellent video! Love this channel and all the context it provides

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks my friend, glad people like you find this stuff interesting. More to come, stay safe!

[@michaellewis7959]

I was just thinking I wonder if a new vid from Cy would be coming out soon, and low and behold!! :)

[@HistorywithCy]

Haha your wish is my command! Yeah, usually any video over 15 minutes takes me about a week to 10 days to put out. I'll try to put out comprehensive but shorter videos out more often so that y'all get exposed to more topics. As always, thanks so much for stopping by and your support of the channel, really appreciate it! Stay safe my friend!

[@MarkVrem]

Sumerian astrological hocus pocus stuff.

[@adammiller3609]

Wow...I'm just through intro and I'm enthralled. Great stuff. 👍

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks, hope you enjoy the rest of it and thanks for watching!

[@osr4152]

This is more informative than any TV doc.

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks, this comment made my day! More on the way, stay tuned and thanks for watching!

[@dalelacour5278]

Thank you for your time and study keep going because you have a very special gift and talent a fan GOD BLESS YOU...!!!!

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks my friend, glad to have viewers like you who are really into this stuff, really motivates me to put out more of it! More to come, stay safe!

[@dersitzpinkler2027]

Love this subject. Thanks for your hard work!

[@HistorywithCy]

Thank you for stopping by, really appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!

[@Numba003]

I've been trying to delve into Biblical history and its relations to current archaeology, and videos like these are wonderfully helpful. Thank you. God be with you out there everybody. ✝️ :)

[@yoda105]

Can you recommend any other channels that are like yours?? well researched and mostly about the ancient near east. I'm after really getting into 'pre-history'. Btw fantastic work. I look forward to every new video🤠

[@LuisAldamiz]

Prehistory is such a wide topic... and also not much well covered in videos in my experience, which are either more focused in history proper or are a bit too technical (academic stuff such as technical archaeology). A good channel with a broad prehistory and human evolution stuff is that of Stefan Milo >> kzbin.info/door/Z9jWH_8tJ-Nmaj8dSQdEYA I don't always agree with him but I reckon he does put a lot of effort and has been improving his quality.

[@HistorywithCy]

Hi! Sure, some of the ones I like for prehistory are Stefan Milo and The Histocrat, but I'm sure that there are others out there I haven't seen. For Near East, SAMA History (formerly Study of Antiquity and Middle Ages) has some good lectures by various professors. Other channels that may not be devoted solely to the ancient Near East but have really good content are History Time and Epimetheus. World of Antiquity also covers ancient history as well. In my opinion, can't really go wrong with any of them. If I think of any more, I'll let you know. Thanks again for stopping by, really appreciate it. Stay safe and may the Force be with you!

[@artkoenig9434]

Have you ever wondered if the enterprising merchants of Ugarit might have invested in a restaurant which catered to Hittites or Assyrians, where they might have gotten home-cooked dishes reminding them of their native lands? I thought the Hittite pub would be called "At the Sign of Teshub" or the Assyrian one might be "Asshur's Best". If the Minoans could have buildings decorated in their style, why not restaurants in Ugarit? ;)

[@HistorywithCy]

🤣🤣🤣 I wouldn't be surprised. My guess is that there were probably some Hittites already in Ugarit doing that... maybe Assyrian merchants too although I can't recall any tablet or evidence confirming they were there. My guess is that if they could have traveled all the way to central Anatolia several hundred years prior, they could have also had a presence in a cosmopolitan port city like Ugarit. Haha l like the restaurant names though!

[@zhcultivator]

Dining in an Ugarithic buffet* restaurant would have been interesting.

[@Neofilmcritic]

Awesome would love more ancient history videos!

[@HistorywithCy]

No problem my friend, more on the way...stay safe!

[@ancienthistorygaming]

That illustration of the pharaoh on a chariot attacking the Asiatics was not Ramesses II but Tutankhamun in it from a chest found in his tomb. Found in around 9 mins into the video.

[@robsimer9296]

Nice introduction to the early iron age power politics in the Levant.

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks my friend, appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!

[@JaJDoo]

about the moabite rebellion - both the king of Moab (Mesha) and the second book of kings present their version of the event an interesting comparison, and the story of the Mesha steele is quite cool video idea on the house

[@HistorywithCy]

Hi, thanks so much for the suggestion, appreciate it! It's funny, I had king Mesha and the Moabite stele/stone in the original script, but in production I took it out because the video was already so long and I actually covered it in another video where I read part of the inscription on the stone. You can check out a short history of Moab in this video around the three minute mark. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bp3IpXyopNuSetU Thanks again for stopping by, really appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!

[@JaJDoo]

​@@HistorywithCy ah cool what i love about the mesha stele is how readable it is to me in its original form as a hebrew speaker

[@CrookedRosePOD]

Blessed be Assyria the work of my hands Isaiah 19:25

[@Itsme-um3vj]

Assyrians don't exist Assyrian empire was mix of amorites , arameans , akkadians and hitties U ppl r NOT their descendants

[@tommy-er6hh]

@@Itsme-um3vj are you saying the Assyrian Empire didn't exist because they were different peoples? But that is the Definition of Empire - conquering different peoples!

[@CrookedRosePOD]

It's me show me any person outside your people who called you Aramean? You won’t find any. Since Assyrians took Syria you don’t hear of arameans any more. Your just like Lebanon and claiming you guys are Phonecian when in reality you guys went missing for hundreds of years

[@CrookedRosePOD]

tommy14 no he’s making the claim that I’m not assyrian, typical church propaganda

[@CrookedRosePOD]

It's me you guys became Assyrian by the end of 612 BC, then after the different Persian and Greek and Roman empires took over Syria you won’t find a trace the term aramean.

[@ErinMc95]

This is really informative. Thanks for bringing a visual understanding of these Kingdoms. I'm studying from the Bible now and it brings clearer perspective for me.

[@HistorywithCy]

My pleasure, glad you found this useful! There is a second part to this and hopefully I'll also do one on Sennacherib's attack on Jerusalem. Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!

[@cornycontent1915]

"Behind the Scenes of the Old Testament" is probably the best book I can think of that you could read for yourself regarding Biblical history and archeology

[@sunface09]

Is there any way you can cover the history of levant in the time the Israel was a unified kingdom?

[@thesamaddition6370]

Thanks for this ancient history replaying as a a knowledge about history especially in Middle East original Nations

[@FriedCatfish2003]

This is a great video.

[@arsavarese85]

Love your lectures. More on Israel please.

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks! Will do as this region is one of my favorite to study. Stay safe!

[@rayross997]

Thanks, this was very well done.

[@christophedemedeiros]

as always very instructive thank you

[@HistorywithCy]

No, thank you... glad people like you find this stuff interesting. More to come, stay safe!

[@daltonfink8700]

From watching this, which you did a good job, but it seems when it comes down to fighting the Assyrians, the kings and commanders are the first to flee. For example, Irhuleni of Hamath, Ahuni of Bit-Adini and Hazael of Aram-Damascus.

[@Bulgarian021]

Great work again, man !

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks my friend, really appreciate it! Will be looking into Bulgarian history in 2021...thanks and stay safe!

[@mattstakeontheancients7594]

Have had the GC+ for about 6 months just their history lectures themselves are worth the money. Have watched cities of the ancient world with the one on Nineveh and Persepolis being my favorites.

[@HistorywithCy]

Oh that's awesome! Yeah I loved the course (almost finished with it) but am also watching "Exploring the Mayan World." Also want to check out "England, the 1960s, and the Triumph of the Beatles" ... seems like a really interesting and fun topic. Thanks so much for stopping by, really appreciate it. Part II to come soon, stay safe!

[@colsartech9261]

Absolutely great video 👏

[@stewartmeetball3417]

Great channel. I've subscribed. Look forward too watching your backlog of videos..

[@HistorywithCy]

Thank my friend, glad you like it! More to come for sure, no plans of stopping. Thanks again for your support and stay safe!

[@stewartmeetball3417]

@@HistorywithCy stay safe too my friend

[@usharasaveen1987]

best history channel ever

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks my friend, appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!

[@isaactuuri6488]

im now binging this channel, so good

[@kkupsky6321]

I have broken a lot of cymbals and I am nearly in tears every time I have a bronze collapse.

[@craigclements1770]

Very informative buddy, interesting stuff

[@NCcody811]

Your videos are both concise and comprehensive; great video!

[@HistorywithCy]

Hi, thanks so much for the feedback, appreciate it! That's kind of what I'm trying to do - concise enough but also gives the viewer a decent understanding of what's going on. Thank you, this is really helpful. More to come, stay safe!

[@aessa8440]

@10:49 it looks like the Assyrians were wearing some PreBC wrist watches

[@stephenmichalski2643]

As always......an excellent , informative and utterly enjoyable presentation. Assyrians on the move? This can't end well.....RUN!!!!

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks may friend, really appreciate it! Yeah, it ends...well... I don't want to give it away but you probably already know haha. We'll find out in Part II, hopefully out mid December. Thanks again for stopping by, really appreciate it and stay safe!

[@dannybyrd2697]

Thanks for the work you do very informative thus impressive 😊😊😊😊😊

[@bugsytv6852]

Shema Israel 🙏♥️

[@nazeem8680]

why dont you go into a timemachine and go 3000 years back, and take israel with you.

[@bugsytv6852]

@@nazeem8680 aren’t you suppose to be doing Jihad training how are you on the internet 😅

[@nazeem8680]

@@bugsytv6852 arent you supposed to go do jihad in the IDF or something?

[@bugsytv6852]

@@nazeem8680 I’m not Jewish number one and number 2 the bible does not command holy war or jihad. The IDF do what they do according to there own politics and scandals, it has nothing to do with the religious Jews or with the Torah or the New Testament of Jesus.

[@bugsytv6852]

@@nazeem8680 but with you my brother it’s from your book and haddiths. I’m not saying your a bad person. But you came at my comment in a rude manner. If someone comment Islam ☪️ ♥️ I would never say something rude to that opinion or comment. By the way the history your learning you arab is from a “ majuce “ as you call them, why you even learning here 😂

[@peaeye786]

Cy... I am with you. Do you think there could be a systematic problem with some of this info? i say this because of the sponserships you document. i love your dedication to actual evidence.

[@bredmond812]

Man, I love this channel. Anyway, Cy has a good command of editing and film composition as can be seen for example at time 0:46 where the pyramids pan one direction, and the people pan another direction, but also the background pans with the pyramids at a slower rate, and the people pan at two speeds. It is these subtle things that really enhance a production without heavily investing in graphics and such. It allows for the production times to be faster, the cost to be lower, and the focus to be on the content. Anyway, if you don't mind me saying that, right after that a gold star object rises up from the bottom and it was a little fast for me and it got me to thinking, one thing that might be cool is if a single object were affected in two ways. for example, if that gold star object not only slid up, but also grew. I think it would be just another good touch if some of the objects had 2 or more effects applied to them at the same time.

[@HistorywithCy]

Hey, thanks so much, really appreciate it and the feedback! Yeah, I've used multiple effects before, especially with various backgrounds (moving them while making increasing the size), will keep experiementing. That's one of things that I love about making these... every so often I learn a new trick, which slowly makes these videos a little better visually. Still have a ways to go though. Thanks again, more to come, and most importantly, stay safe!

[@rsxek]

Awesome channel!

[@HistorywithCy]

Thank you, appreciate it!

[@kkupsky6321]

Many people don’t realise cy is an acronym for “contrabass yodeling”.

[@azzag2414]

Love your work Cy

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks, really appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!

[@clarenceonyekwere5428]

Great work as always CY.

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks my friend, glad you liked it! More on the Levant and the nearby regions to come soon, stay tuned!

[@Maynard0504]

commenting to make the algorithm happy. hope ur doing well Cy

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks, really appreciate it and hope all is well with you too!

[@kentelley4589]

Your history channel is fantastic! I love it

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks, glad you're enjoying the content...have one coming out later on today...thanks for watching!

[@abeschreier]

dude. love this video, and this channel

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks my friend, really appreciate the kind words. More to come, stay safe!

[@pilomalik9696]

great stuff man. keep up the good work. I'm Assyrian. thank you for taking an interest in my peoples history.

[@joelasher78]

My land has my name my city is Asher I'm the tribe Asher and turning away from the lord of host the God of Israel to fall on our face for what we have done to call our self a God to be destroyed by yahweh is God and Asher is were I belong on the of the cost of the Mediterranean

[@syriaassyria1503]

Asher or Ashor or Ashur( wherever is written but the meaning is one ) is the God of Assyrians is not God of Israel, but i think both these two Nations were one before because their language are the same but different accents, also their GODs and they are living in the same lands, Meaditeranon lands, just I doubt. or may be we are cousins, we don't know.

[@Isaiah-er1ot]

@@joelasher78 Assyrians only bowed down to God Ashur not to the Jewish God.

[@SAnn-rf3oz]

I lost your channel for a bit. But, I found it again!!☺

[@HistorywithCy]

Hi! Yeah, some others were saying that they weren't getting notifications on some channels. Glad you're back and thanks for stopping by again, really appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!

[@henkstersmacro-world]

👍👍👍Great video, as always👍👍👍

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks my friend, appreciate it...stay safe!

[@cabalenjay3804]

Hi there Cy, I would like to thank you for your educational videos. By the way , I just wanna ask your opinion, if I may, does the account in the bible coincides with the archeological bases?

[@HistorywithCy]

Hi, thanks so much for stopping by, really appreciate it! In some instances, yes, in others no. I really depends on people/civilization and the book. A lot of the Assyrian stuff and a good deal of the Persian conforms with it, though often different names are used for the people. In other cases, there's hasn't been a relation discovered. So, yeah, it really depends. Thanks again for stopping by, really appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!

[@masada2828]

The history of the Assyrian Empire in the Bible refers to Israel, only what is relevant is written. It is not the purpose of the Bible to record the whole history of Assyria. The Empires recorded are relevant to Israel as in; Babylonian. Persian, Greek (Byzantine) & Roman in Daniel.

[@prestopiano88]

Great work

[@hermescarraro3393]

Hey man. Do you have any link to the music you used. It's freaking good!! Also. It's kinda weird that two of the most hated kings in the Bible, were probably 2 of the greatests in Jewish history

[@HistorywithCy]

Yes! They are all on a site called Epidemic Sound. I can send you the track names if you'd like but not sure if you'll be able to listen to them without an account. Maybe they have samples?

[@hermescarraro3393]

@@HistorywithCy Eh. Why not. Thanks! 🤷👍

[@HistorywithCy]

Hey! Sorry for the late reply... are the tracks from the video more or less in order: Ancient Discoveries Foreign Signs Devil's Disgrace One with the Tribe Final Discoveries Protector of the Sky Pepper Seeds Jerusalem Story Interstate 895 Some of them are not the full tracks, but sometimes just the percussion or the melody. Hope this helps... good luck!

[@zyrohnmng]

Which video is part 2?

[@duiliodelimaalmeida9374]

13:20 History must be based on historical facts and findings. As Dr. Finkelstein said, "there is a huge temptation to fill in the blanks of history with the biblical accounts..." but the bible is not history. At best, it is propaganda. We can better see this from another viewpoint, we would dismiss any attempt at telling early Indian history based on the Mahabharata... but we still hesitate or worse, we still try to salvage anything from the bible...

[@jamessimte5494]

Thank you so much, it is very helpful

[@HistorywithCy]

My pleasure, glad you enjoyed this! More about Assyria and the Levant on the way, stay tuned!

[@Fummy007]

Shalmaneser III is definitely a king to remember.

[@HistorywithCy]

Definitely! One of the top 5 most powerful Assyrian kings in my opinion. Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it. Stay safe!

[@ליאלרובינוב-ר8ס]

0:41 the Litany doesn't poor into the jordan river

[@armychowmein8021]

What do archaeologists make of 1 Samuel 13:19-22? I heard one Jewish scholar note that the old test is best understood as written to justify Israelite occupation of the land, with most of it being symbolic or mythical. Is the lack of metal workers to be understood as an emergence of iron as the metal of choice in the area? What can we interpret from this claim of Israel having no weapons as the Philistines were the only one's who knew how to work metal? Is it purely anecdotal in giving a picture of the trade dynamic between Israel and Philistine? Does the claim even stand at all?

[@AstroCanbe11833]

Very impressive. You’re always well prepared and well searched for these videos. It’s not a secret to recognize how much work you’ve put into this. I assume you have a sequel? If so, can you include a minute or two on some of these questions: - direct comparison between Israel and Judah? The reason for the naming. - conflicts between the two? - religions of the various groups in these two areas? I think you may one time had mentioned that the majority of the population ad been workshopping various gods. - relations between the two and phonecia, phillistia, and Egypt Can you go over the naming of the small kingdoms. Of why for example it’s called “Aram” Damascus or Moab or “Rabbath” ammon. Lastly, did all these Levantine kingdoms spear aramaeic in the early Iron Age (say around 800 BCE)? Thanks!

[@HistorywithCy]

Hi, thanks for stopping by and the questions, appreciate them! Yes, there will be a part II, hopefully out by mid December. I'll do my best to answer as many of them as possible, though some of them are difficult because there is less to answer them with regard to archaeology - for example, conflicts between Israel and Judah and the naming come from the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, not archaeology. There are actually very few sources from Israel and Judah itself outside the Bible; most of what we know comes from others, mostly other groups within Canaan and then Assyrian and Babylonian sources which sometimes confirm and other times contradict what is written there. But, I'll do my best. Thanks again for stopping by, really appreciate it. Stay safe my friend!

[@judithvallembois2744]

Love the teaching. Hate the music overpowering the words. 3/18/23 Thank you for correcting the sound.

[@brixflores5121]

fascinating

[@maykonjunkes6027]

Great writing and editing (and thanks for letting me know that I´m not alone in my 10 reruns)

[@HistorywithCy]

Hahaha thanks so much, glad you enjoy these enough to watch them more than once! More to come my friend, stay safe!

[@TheBaBaTV]

I’m ethnic assyrian and proud ! Long live Nineveh, Assyria North iraq , hail king ashur !

[@adeelabbas5113]

Ancient Israel and Assyria were neighboring civilizations with a tense and often hostile relationship. Israel, a kingdom divided into Israel in the north and Judah in the south, faced constant threats from the powerful Assyrian Empire. Assyria, known for its military prowess and brutal conquest tactics, sought to expand its territory, leading to the conquest and exile of Israel's northern kingdom in 722 BCE. This marked the end of the northern kingdom, with many Israelites dispersed throughout the Assyrian Empire, a turning point that deeply influenced the region’s history and biblical narratives.

[@سلمانقتل]

👍 good video

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks 👍 appreciate it!

[@williamchamberlain2263]

I read that as "The Leviathan wars"

[@HistorywithCy]

Lol no though Leviathans are in the other books of the Bible. These Levantine wars are mentioned more in 2nd Book of Kings. Anyway, thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!

[@Bulgarian021]

@@HistorywithCy Leaviathans are the ones who created the reapers :) Who else is a MASS EFFECT fan ?

[@cavemancaveman5190]

started in the height? tall mountains right,

[@ninostexas9387]

God bless our Assyrian nation. Assyria will rise again.

[@SéaFid]

Depends if the West finds you useful.

[@SarghonJindo]

I'm assyrian for assyria ashur and Im proud because I come assyrian

[@cleitondecarvalho431]

some iron age battles were very epic in scale compared to medieval battles, it seems.

[@quinncurcio4977]

Big fan here, love your stuff!

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks man, appreciate it! Glad people like you find this stuff interesting. More to come, stay safe!

[@LuisAldamiz]

Which state was Irqanata, which was the third largest contributor to the Levant coalition against Assyria, with as much infantry as Israel or Hammath (but less cavalry/chariots)? It's in the list but no explanation given, it does not appear on the maps... I'm puzzled. Is it a polity we better know by another name like maybe Tyre? Qatna (a similar name) does appear in the maps but seems to be under Hammath. In any case, fascinating and very well told as always.

[@HistorywithCy]

Hi, thanks and glad you liked it! Irqanata is believed to be in what's today northern Lebanon. It's sad that we don't have the name of the king who sent such a large force. I forget if it was not mentioned or that part of the Kurkh stele damaged, but the name currently eludes us. Yeah Qatna is was a separate, although come to thing about it, the name does seem to resemble Irqanata to some extent. Anyway, thanks again, really appreciate you stopping by. Stay safe my friend!

[@LuisAldamiz]

@@HistorywithCy - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatna#Syro-Hittite_and_following_periods While Qatna is said to be under Palistin (Pattin, a Luwian state) first and Hammath later, it also says that: "By the 8th century, the site saw a revival in settlement; the city expanded and many houses, public buildings, and storage areas were built.[156] The newly expanded settlement was a contrast to the earlier 10th/9th century one;[156] the existence of official buildings and the emergence of many satellite settlements surrounding Qatna suggest that the city was a local center in the kingdom of Hamath.[157] The official buildings were violently destroyed, probably at the hands of the Assyrian king Sargon II"... So maybe Irqanata is Qatna as semi-autonomous vassal of Hammath? From the etymology section of the same article: "in Alalakh, the name "Qa-ta-na" was used,[9][10] an Amorite format that was shortened into Qatna during the Late Bronze Age". So, I'm strongly leaning to Irqatana being Qatna, where "ir-" should be "iri" = city (a wanderwort of West Asia origins we find all the way to West Europe in various forms such as "ili", "eli", "uri" and "iri" itself, and, in its Sumerian variant "uru", all the way to India). It means that, even if it was Hammath's vassal, the city had regained much of its Bronze Age splendor and was able to muster an army almost as strong as its neighbors.

[@HistorywithCy]

Hmm, really interesting. I haven't read that wikipedia article so I'll take a closer look at it, but your hypothesis makes sense. Perhaps the king of Irqanata wasn't mentioned for that very reason... there was no king and it was a vassal state. However, I find it strange that a vassal state could contribute so many men. For example, if Irqanata is a vassal of Hamath, then according to Shalmaneser III, they're providing just as many infantry (although Hamath does seem to have been extremely powerful before SIII ransacked many of it's cities prior to Qarqar). I also doubt that at that time it would have been affiliated with Patin simply because Patin isn't mentioned in the Kurkh stele, but it is mentioned in a prior inscription from 858/859, SIII's first year. I did find in one of my books that Irqanata is also written Irqata (Irqanata was probably the Assyrian version of the name in the text and was thus transliterated as such); it's identified as the site of Tell Arqa in northern Lebanon, from Google maps looks like about 10 km from the Syrian border. Interesting stuff indeed! Thanks again and let me know if you find anything new related to this... stay safe my friend!

[@LuisAldamiz]

@@HistorywithCy Either a vassal or a republic (or both) but in any case it seems lacking a king, and apparently also any sizable nobility as 10 chariots (and no horsemen) is all they brought to battle, but in infantry they match the others big contributors, except Damascus, which is double size. I didn't mean that Qatna was under Pattin at that time, just mentioned that as part of their Iron Age history of being dominated by others (first Pattin, then Hammath) after having been the center of a regional power in the Bronze Age (prior to destruction by the Hittites). At the time of this war it must have been Hammath their overlord of course. The interesting part was that, in spite of that vassalage status, it had recovered into a major city on its own right. "Irqata" is an Egyptian or rather Phoenician Bronze Age name of a city: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arqa#1350_BC_Amarna_letters_Irqata -- The letter mentions a city of unclear location that was attacked by the pesky Habiru and has been tentatively associated to Arqa. It should not be Qatna in this case because Qatna is north of Qadesh and hence in the Hittite domain in that period but to me it is unclear that they are the same cities. The article does not mention anything pertaining to the Iron Age period about this city (jumps directly to the classical and medieval periods). With due caution, the feeling I get is that it was rather a small Phoenician city and that, if it was able to muster such a large army, then the use of the term should refer not to the city as such but rather be generic for the Phoenician league (which are not mentioned otherwise on the list and are known to be in good relations with Ahab of Israel, and probably also the other inland states that took part in the coalition). In any case it seems we have narrowed the candidates to two: either Qatna as semi-autonomous vassal or the Phoenician alliance.

[@connorgolden4]

No after video quiz?

[@HistorywithCy]

No this time, but in future for sure! Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it. Stay safe!

[@connorgolden4]

@@HistorywithCy Damn, why not? I know they’re just 5 questions but it’s fun to see if I can remember everything.

[@HistorywithCy]

Hmmm... I guess probably because I thought on longer ones it might be a bit overkill, but yeah, I can start adding them for the longer ones as well. Thanks for the feedback, glad you like doing them!

[@connorgolden4]

@@HistorywithCy I actually would really like longer ones. If the video is long enough. That way when I do good on them it’ll make me feel good over the quizzes I failed before I graduated.

[@joeshmoe8345]

Thanks!!

[@HistorywithCy]

Thank you!

[@cryptophasia8511]

during the late bronze age collapse, many invaders claim victories, although much evidence suggests they were taking advantage of environmental disasters which led to widespread instability, These environmental disasters seem to be downplayed or omitted in some of the records, so as not to distract from the claim of military superiority.

[@joegonzalez6241]

I thought the phoneicions formed after the sea people attack.

[@skylarkprowrestler]

They are the sea people

[@masada2828]

⁠@@skylarkprowrestler- the Phillistines are the Sea People as, they came from the Sea. The Phonesians are a different people and were always there.

[@truthtopower48]

Your awesome love the way how you explain everything you doing a great job finding facts hopefully you look into the accuracy of the Koran in history

[@isaiahbakombo8603]

Jesus is Lord!

[@truthtopower48]

@@isaiahbakombo8603 God loves Jesus but he he will be mad at you Jesus never said he was God he said my father is greater than me dont let this Europeans play with your faith like the Romans

[@isaiahbakombo8603]

@@truthtopower48 Its not about the europeans, its about what the old testament and new testament say. When God wants to appear visibly to us, that visibility or Manifestation He shows forth is what we call Jesus

[@truthtopower48]

@@isaiahbakombo8603 does books have been manipuñated by the Roman and created by the poeple who killed Jesus and extorted his message he was the messiah not god the Koran confirms Jesus and all prophets message and hold Jesus in a petistul next to God waiting to return and rectify his message and end opression Jesus will be back

[@truthtopower48]

@@isaiahbakombo8603 the Koran confims the religion of the poeple of the scriptures and the prophets from adam noa Abraham moses Jesus Mohammad peace be on them all

[@anzl16]

WHY IS THIS PLACE SO POPULAR

[@ethanwasme4307]

it's the only corridor connecting two continents

[@sbadaro]

Well done... Easy to listen to and not as obsessive about reinventing the history of the universe acoording to and all around the hebrew bible as others. Carefull about the coastal rivers though... The Orontis flows east then northward into Cilicya in modern day Turkey, not west then southward like the Jordan and most other rivers in the area (hence its Aramaic / Arabic name, 'Assi, meaning defiant).

[@baderalyan4933]

why Qedarites is not showing in the map ?

[@gavrifalcao]

They were further south, near modern-day Saudi Arabia-Jordan border

[@HistorywithCy]

Yup, what Gabriel said. I think they also show up just a little bit later down the timeline, maybe the 8th or 7th century BC...not exactly sure. Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it. Stay safe!

[@budscroggins2632]

Greetings from Carlsbad Village

[@HistorywithCy]

Oh awesome, just about 45 minutes from where I'm at...cool! Thanks for stopping by, stay safe!

[@budscroggins2632]

@@HistorywithCy LOL..we never make it onto the map..if they put anything between LA and SD it's usually Oceanside

[@HistorywithCy]

Haha really? I thought it's pretty famous because of Legoland!

[@ahmadmohammed4180]

great history

[@diegoidepersia]

Cool

[@HistorywithCy]

Thank you!