Complete History of the Phrygian Kingdom DOCUMENTARY

In this video, we go through the complete history of Phrygia, from its mythological beginnings, legends of Midas and Gordians, the Trojan war, all the way to its historical rulers, struggles against rival powers in Asia Minor, and eventual demise before the new waves of invaders.
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📜Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:00 Phrygian Settlement in Asia Minor
03:37 Mythical Kings
13:39 Trojan War
15:35 Phrygians in Historical Times
27:05 Historical King Midas
35:50 End of Phrygian Independence
44:45 Credits & Thanks
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[@Man5on92]

I love phrigyan history, yours is the most detailed video i've seen, thank you for bring it to us!

[@Rich904]

Excellent documentary on Phrygia! I look forward to watching more videos from your channel

[@ericgirard1220]

Excellent, thank for your work to produce this great video ;)

[@nielsifly]

Awesome video, thank you!

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That was very interesting. Subscribed

[@JeshuaZBG]

Thanks a lot for the series.

[@10yearsgone10]

Good stuff keep it up.. I think I’m about to start my own channel in the history and story telling realms so to speak, anyways it’s always inspiring to see a newer creator.. Great topic to take on I can’t recall actually ever seeing a video specifically on the Phyrgians.

[@WanaxTV]

Thank you! I wish you luck with it. I only started 1 year ago myself. It took a lot of effort for this video, I had to sacrifice my usual Saturday schedule a little bit. Now I will be slowly getting back to 1 video each week!

[@TylerCunninghamMusic]

Really enjoyed this one, great job!

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It was long time in the making!

[@fotiskoutsou2089]

Great job! My ancestors are from Pontos!

[@WanaxTV]

Thanks! Great to hear that. There are plans for the Pontos videos in future as well. Region was long and significant Hellenic history!

[@nuju4480]

Great work! I really like your videos and always learn a lot of interesting things from them.

[@WanaxTV]

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[@RFmath_]

I finally got around to watching the whole thing! Great job!

[@WanaxTV]

Thank you! It took a lot of effort to get it all together. New video coming in the next 24 hours!

[@xedaslopes3975]

Great work 👌

[@nikpist1030]

Amazing video! Thanks a lot for your effort! My ancestors were born near Laodicea ad Lycus, and I am very interested in the history of Phrygia.

[@olbiomoiros]

This is my favourite channel on the internet. It’s so sad that these cultures no longer exist.

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You definitely deserve more subs man...

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Excellent work!

[@WanaxTV]

Thank you for the feedback!

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I just subscribed. I was looking for content about the connections between the Hittites and Myceneans and found your channel. I have been enjoying watching your videos.

[@WanaxTV]

Thank you! Big series on the Hittites coming!

[@nemanja4231]

Nice video 🔥

[@WanaxTV]

Appreciate it. It took a while for this video but I’m sure it’s worth it!

[@pilomalik9696]

great job brother! throw up some more dates as you talk about different events and it will be much easier to follow.

[@WanaxTV]

Thanks! It generally followed the chronology. There were some events that were not really possible to date precisely so I avoided putting a date on it, but you can generally see the approximate time period for each of the events I believe.

[@pilomalik9696]

@@WanaxTV for sure brother keep up the good work. always love to find a new history channel. I look forward to your future content.

[@daPawlak]

Great that you decided to take on this subject already, as your channel expands it will contain perhaps most comprehensive history of ancient Anatolian and Aegean world in such accessible form.

[@WanaxTV]

Thank you Pawel! There are a lot of plans for the future, such as detailed Hittite or Lydian series, but also various timelines of the Bronze Age Asia Minor.

[@daPawlak]

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[@HistorywithCy]

Epic baby, EPIC!!!!!

[@WanaxTV]

Thanks bro, much appreciated !!!

[@nathanefflame2600]

Very nice video, keep up your good work What about the 2019 Krasp discovery of a luwian Stella claiming that king hartappu from tarhuntassa, beat up phrygian king around 8/9th bc? And what about the Galatos?

[@alexgabriel5423]

The Museum of Anatolian Cultures in Ankara hosts a collection of Phrygian artefacts...many are decorated with geometric motifs. They were great artists and metalworkers.

[@angelohernandez2923]

Wow 24k veiws but only 500 likes come on give the man his credit where it’s due 👏🏾

[@oskareriksson2202]

The mushki seems to be a confederation of Phrygians and kaskians allies that after the sack and destruction of hatti attacked the Assyrians from north but was repelled.

[@madsdahlc]

Hallo from Denmark again. I finally got this from start to finish . Great video. It also around the of midas. That Greeks and assyrians meet each other in direct contact . An Assyrian king forced the the greek and phonecian city states of cyprus to be vasal states. Also greek pirates from anatolia started to raid the coastline of the Assyrian empire. Their tactics made Assyrian employ eveet greek pirate they csptured as mercenaries in the Assyrian army. And other greeks captured were made slaves. Its known that Greek slaves were used a forcef labor in the Assyrian capital. During the babylonian revolt against the Assyrians in 626. Both the Babylonians and the Assyrians had greek soldiers in their armies. And after the Assyrian collapse. The neo-Babylonian empire hired greek mercenaries in their armies . So when the babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the first jewish temple in 587 bce ... He had greeks in his army . So greeks were part of an event mentioned in the bible ... So Assyrians and greeks knew each other . And neo-Babylonian empire and greeks also knew about each others exsistence . But by of Nebuchadnezzar the second. Greek soldiers were hired mercenaries... So apart the greeks being part of Phrygias history.. Their rivals also knew them .

[@professor0076]

great vid...........lots to consume. n i'm only half done. thanks..........it really broke up a bad weekend with relatives n another 100 zodiac killer suspects? yeah i do wonder where cy was on july 4th 1969.

[@oskareriksson2202]

Can you do some episode about the neo Hittites kingdoms in northern Syria and southern Anatolia, in the dark ages, where the Hittite royal family refuges (and probably the same suppiluliuma in karkemish since the king of karkemish in the next years claimed the title of great king for sometime).

[@gurnblanston5000]

Any relation to Friyga and Ode of Norse myth? Did the Danaans conquer Denmark?

[@walshwhite5880]

Art collection of the 12 Olympians! Who is your favourite? www.mythicalpaintings.com/collections/the-olympians

[@oskareriksson2202]

There was also other Phrygians or Bryges among the peoples that from the Balkans and Thracia especially from urnfield culture migratednand invaded anatolianduding the bronze age collapse wanax?

[@ArchonShon]

4:14 Manis The Manis

[@alexgabriel5423]

Frig Vadisi Kütahya Tanıtım ...a documentary by TRT showing the Phrygian ruins in the valley of river Sakarya[Sangarios].

[@yavuzbayral]

Are they belong to arzawa league ?

[@alejandrosakai1744]

The country of King Midas who turned everything to Gold!

[@ajithsidhu7183]

Indo Greeks please

[@WanaxTV]

I will put it in the plans for this year!

[@ajithsidhu7183]

@@WanaxTV happy indo greek noises

[@GrecoByzantine1821]

Phrygians were a cousin nation of the Greeks! 🇬🇷 Their language belonged to the Graeco-Phrygian language family and most Phrygian and Greek words were mutually intelligible! However, between the 19th and the first half of the 20th century Phrygian was mostly considered a satəm language, and thus closer to Armenian and Thracian, while today it is commonly considered to be a centum language and thus closer to Greek.[20] CITATION [20] Obrador-Cursach, Bartomeu (2018). Lexicon of the Phrygian Inscriptions Phrygians spoke the Phrygian language, a member of the Indo-European linguistic family. Modern consensus regards Greek as its closest relative.[10][11] CITATION [10] Woodhouse, Robert (2009). "An overview of research on Phrygian from the nineteenth century to the present day". Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis. "This question is of course only just separable from the question of which languages within Indo-European are most closely related to Phrygian, which has also been hotly debated. A turning point in this debate was Kortlandt's (1988) demonstration on the basis of shared sound changes that Thraco-Armenian had separated from Phrygian and other originally Balkan languages at an early stage. The consensus has now returned to regarding Greek as the closest relative." CITATION [11] Brixhe, Claude (2008). Woodard, Roger D. (ed.). The Ancient Languages of Asia Minor. Cambridge University Press. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-521-68496-5. "Unquestionably, however, Phrygian is most closely linked with Greek."

[@Trontotario]

Brygo-Illyrians 🇦🇱💪

[@apmikalogran]

Phrygians amd thracians Were greeks

[@apmikalogran]

@Julius the culture in the Greek territories had differences from city to city even form village to neighbour village still happens today differences in some believes in some customs in some malice’s in music

[@apmikalogran]

@Julius who is saying all these thracians didn’t have polis cities they were agticultural people in villages maybe you confuse Thracian’s with scythians The elefsinjan mysteries comes from thracians the word θρησκεία which is still in use in Greek comes from Θράκη Thrace The kavirians in the ancient texts you read positive and negative from Greeks from cities for the thracians as you read the same for Greeks of other cities war and conflicts were not rare Thracians phrygians even illyrians belongs to the Greek cosmos Since the mythological times Son of god aris and alkistis I think or mars in Latin used to be the thrax Son of kadmos and armonia used to be Illyrios The Greeks from cities consider them as inferiors because they didn’t have cities that’s all

[@apmikalogran]

@Julius τσουβάλιασμα δεν νομίζεις ? In classical times if people didn’t use to live in or around a big city was considered as barbarians

[@apmikalogran]

@Julius Ofcourse aand the worst things for them comes out of the cities they have achieved so many advantages from the cities states everything out of the cities lives is in darkages for them do they talk about any other community or tribe with a good manner? I dont think so In this era the greeks are the city people

[@curleddoughnuts6857]

No but they were hellenised.

[@zeropsaft]

Fun Fact:the closest relative language to the Phrygian is Greek/Hellenic. Another Fun Fact: in Turkey they teach the young that they are descents of Phyrigians,Hittites and Lucians due to Kemalist bullshit.

[@cicekx]

Lol. Are Turkish youth aware of what you said? I am a Turkish teenager and they do not teach us such a thing in schools. I have never seen a Turk who claims to be a descendant of Anatolians such as Phrygians and Hittites.

[@GrecoByzantine1821]

​@@cicekxYou are all turkified islamised Anatolians and Greeks. That's what they have to teach you, the truth!

[@GrecoByzantine1821]

​@@cicekxAccording to professor Celal Sengor: "Anatolians only have 7% genes from central Asia, we are Rums (Greek) Muslims" 🤫🤫😉

[@94.._-_]

Just how incredible these amazon women were . It Took 3 whole kingdoms of men’s just to take out 1 kingdom all women 🤣

[@rezchili6240]

Good video that indirectily tells that Frigians were not helens (so called greeks) but desendants of todays Albanians. The entire balkans spoke the same language; the old Albanian language

[@GrecoByzantine1821]

Phrygians were a cousin nation of the Greeks! 🇬🇷 Their language belonged to the Graeco-Phrygian language family and most Phrygian and Greek words were mutually intelligible! However, between the 19th and the first half of the 20th century Phrygian was mostly considered a satəm language, and thus closer to Armenian and Thracian, while today it is commonly considered to be a centum language and thus closer to Greek.[20] CITATION [20] Obrador-Cursach, Bartomeu (2018). Lexicon of the Phrygian Inscriptions Phrygians spoke the Phrygian language, a member of the Indo-European linguistic family. Modern consensus regards Greek as its closest relative.[10][11] CITATION [10] Woodhouse, Robert (2009). "An overview of research on Phrygian from the nineteenth century to the present day". Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis. "This question is of course only just separable from the question of which languages within Indo-European are most closely related to Phrygian, which has also been hotly debated. A turning point in this debate was Kortlandt's (1988) demonstration on the basis of shared sound changes that Thraco-Armenian had separated from Phrygian and other originally Balkan languages at an early stage. The consensus has now returned to regarding Greek as the closest relative." CITATION [11] Brixhe, Claude (2008). Woodard, Roger D. (ed.). The Ancient Languages of Asia Minor. Cambridge University Press. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-521-68496-5. "Unquestionably, however, Phrygian is most closely linked with Greek"

[@GreenMarkoulis13]

Can all modern Turks watch this and dismiss the propaganda they are taught in schools?

[@curleddoughnuts6857]

Yeah but original Phrygians were already lost way before Turks came. Phrygians were most likely Illyrian or Thracians who became hellenised.

[@wankawanka3053]

@@curleddoughnuts6857 Thracian not illyrian

[@curleddoughnuts6857]

@@wankawanka3053 Actually no one really knows, because Ancient writers never said they Paoenians never understood Dardanians, and Dardanians were considered both Illyrian, Thracian and Trojans, I wouldn't be surprised if all of them were in fact Dardanian and not the other way round.

[@wankawanka3053]

@@curleddoughnuts6857 Phrygians actually had more similarities with greeks and thracians than the illyrians

[@curleddoughnuts6857]

@@wankawanka3053 says who? or is that before or after they were hellenised?

[@greypawn7780]

unfo it's biaised and detached from reality .. phrygians are neither greek nor indo-european but after all history is lie agreed upon

[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

Phrygians = Hellenic Cousins !!! 🇬🇷

[@islammehmeov2334]

Phrygians = TURKS 🇹🇷 but love the HELLENIC 🇬🇷

[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

@@islammehmeov2334 BWAHAHAHAA!! turks were in Siberia living in igloos at the time! 🤣 But nice dream, we know u need some History boost 🤡🦃

[@islammehmeov2334]

@@SpartanLeonidas1821 Bro whay are you saying that did I insult you or your people and culture that you insult mine

[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

@@islammehmeov2334 Because people that lack Honor & are Liars don’t deserve my respect! 😃

[@islammehmeov2334]

@@SpartanLeonidas1821 What liers it proven that the TURKS have connections with the phrygians

[@Paraglidecrete]

the ancient pfrygian coins are all greek , so behave !

[@Jerina369]

They all came from the Balkans Balkan is not our indigenous name, its Helm, Hlm, Hum which means tumulus, mound. To be honest with you, we are sick and tired of pan Hellenization of history

[@user-ox5db9pz1l]

World first cultures Lepenski vir, Starcevo, Vinca culture today Serbia. World first industrial revolution ca. 6000 BC. Bronze metallurgy. (BBC History news March 2010) Farming start about 6000 BC. Vinca First Calendar start to count years at 5508 BC. Farming wouldn’t be possible without knowledge of calendar. Both development started and developed together. Harald Harman about first cyrillic writings in Vinca culture in 5500 BC so 2000 years before any writings anywhere else on the world. Vinca Iron production 1400 BC. In today English language there is more than 2000 same or similar Serbian words. Names of the Balkan tribes: Pelasgians, Mycenaeans, Etruscan, Wendi, Illiyrians, Dardanians, Mezi, Dacians, Tracians, Rasci, Celts, Scythians, Sarmatians, Arians, Sea People, Hittites, Bhrygians,……. Wild Greeks arived ~ 1000 BC from Egipt, Hungarian from Asia and Bulgariens from Asia they found culture on the Balkans, writings and language and they mixed with domestic people.

[@Trag-zj2yo]

Myths aren't history

[@jenschmidt4050]

Your video is broken

[@zazazazizizi6276]

So, Brygians and Phrygian came from Macedonia. Do not say as usual "they came from north of Greece"... Once again, tricky-greeky propaganda to make Macedonian and now Phrygian, greek people !!!!!!! AH AH AH P.S : Could you change your way to talk, it will not give you more historical legitimacy, you are not in any Athene agora, neither in a greek theatre...

[@James-ko1bl]

Get a new narrator.

[@arbenkurhaski3193]

Brygian were not tribes but only one tribe! They came origjinally from the albanian coast and their name means in albanian coast. They diveded and went from the west to the east. They were an Illyrian tribe. Like always too many manipulation.

[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

Nope, they spoke a Hellenic type of Dialect…this has already been Proven :)

[@arbenkurhaski3193]

@@SpartanLeonidas1821 not true, there is no proof. Elen was spoken ilin dhe geg form for ilir! Old greek written language was only artificial administrative language for the elit. Common people did not use and not understand! In too many books stand wrong things. Todays Greeks and many of western people falsificate or do not have knowledge!! For example the statue of lemnos much blabla, every second class child in north albania can say you what you read . It is todays geg/ albanian. Continue studying and compare. You will see if you are serious!

[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

@@arbenkurhaski3193 No No No !!! This is ALL SKIPTARTAR Propaganda found in tirana (Tyrrany) Universities! Please get out of analbania & go to a Real School & Learn Real History 😃👍

[@arbenkurhaski3193]

@@SpartanLeonidas1821 greece is all fake!!! Official akademi in Tirana does not say the truth. Greek state pays hundreds of millions eru to 3500 people in albania every year!!!! You are brainwashed , greek people do not exist and never existed!!! But soon corruption ends and criminal elit in tirana will not be anymore. You are a not existing nation, created of many mixtures. More and more people know that, 1/3 of your so called Greeks are Christian immigrants , Turks, armanians, Arabs and North Africans! The truth will win.

[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

@@arbenkurhaski3193 We will erase you again :) Bye Goofy Skiptartar with ZERO History!!! 🤡

[@theshamanarchist5441]

Worlds worst lovers??

[@Saracens46]

Assyrians -(arabs,nativ iraker), İranic ,Armenia, Celtic (galatia )are Not Anatoliens, Native Anatolien (hittit,hatti,luwia,arzawa(Lydia but religion hellenic) )and greek is Troja (fun fact and Hittites Control Trojan 😂, iyonan, achaeans,Phrygians and Pontus(greek, caucasians people Kaskian)and Seljuk( oguhz Turkic) from khorsan . Anatoliens is hittites , Byzanztin and Rom Anatolien (nativ Anatolien, greek ) Ottomans ( nativ Anatolien, Turkic, greek Muslim)