Did the Amazons really exist? - Adrienne Mayor

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It was long assumed that Amazons, the fierce and fearsome women warriors of Greece, were imaginary. But curiously enough, stories from ancient Egypt, Persia, the Middle East, Central Asia, India and China also featured Amazon-like warrior women. And Amazons were described in ancient historical accounts, not just myths. Who were the real women warriors known as Amazons? Adrienne Mayor investigates.
Lesson by Adrienne Mayor, animation by Silvia Prietov.
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[@straplor]

TED-Ed hi

[@hasnain9654]

TED-Ed nice emoji

[@weedking1984]

TED-Ed if you wondering if the Amazons really did live yes they did they were a real tribe warrior women sometimes taking men into their campement and fighting along with some but it was mostly women who were fault in the Amazon tribe

[@physicsinanutshell3778]

Raymond Terwilliger how do u know that?

[@weedking1984]

Is called research and a giant Library the Amazon live during the before Caesar and the Greek Roman Empire

[@atena1844]

damn these amazons are t h i c c

[@Anthony-wf9ru]

thankyou someone had to say it

[@paytonm.5394]

atenahena I was looking for this comment

[@acerosaurus]

Do you even squat, sis?

[@adrian_zombturtle148]

2:58

[@d_wang9836]

atenahena I was gonna say the same exact word

[@oopsy444]

They're not dolls mom they're action figures

[@iremgungor9088]

I just agree with her. Believe me that's the easiest way

[@elijo7755]

@@annaanna6580 R/WOOOSH

[@storytimezombeh858]

@@annaanna6580 Not a person of culture I see?

[@o_odarx6361]

@@elijo7755 wait what I commented this

[@hannahlarocco7467]

Ok

[@gowthamamg]

Ancient Male Heroes: Big Arms and Shoulders Ancient Female Heroes: Big Thighs

[@partayfoxfox8660]

👏

[@thej8903]

Never skip leg day

[@lokivanni2500]

They could crush mens’ skulls like sparrow eggs between their thighs.

[@Oliviagarry69420]

@@lokivanni2500 nice 😏

[@FurryEskimo]

Wide hips Are a thing in many cultures, but for some reason people ignore the fact that these cultures also tend to value people based on their ‘breed ability rather than their skills.

[@blitzzx2349]

And the moral of the story is: “While thick thighs may save lives... Thick thighs can also take lives, in certain hands.”

[@imrickjamesbitch6574]

No man would mind their lives being taken by some thick thighs.

[@Rohgamu]

How does thick thighs save lives?

[@lasernikixcex]

thicc*

[@mikaisme.3yearsago101]

**THICC*

[@changdebbarma2833]

Zangief ? No thanks....

[@elpr1mosoft905]

10% - talking about history 90% - talking about how thicc those animations are I love humanity

[@bruhzone8466]

U can't ignore the obvious

[@CainTheMain]

History and Beauty should always mix. Perfection is attained that way.

[@hussainqureshi9933]

At least 5% out of the total is other comments talking about how 90% of the comments say they're thicc.

[@subinitamazumder1307]

Objectification will never end.

[@kingdarious9244]

@@subinitamazumder1307 What???

[@AmeliaRLobo]

Fun fact: The Amazon forest has that name because of a brazilian native tribe of warrior women called the Icamiabas.

[@MiguelSagunto]

Amélia Lobo true!

[@pablocores7877]

False. It was named like that because of a conflict between Francisco De Orellana and the Tapuya tribe.

[@save_bandit]

Amélia Lobo “The name Amazon is said to arise from a war Francisco de Orellana fought with the Tapuyas and other tribes. The women of the tribe fought alongside the men, as was their custom. Orellana derived the name Amazonas from the Amazons of Greek mythology, described by Herodotus and Diodorus.”

[@hnnsdraws]

:0

[@alanmarcelinosantos5338]

Q top, nunca tinha ouvido falar

[@sevenaries]

Imagine how many lost cultures we will never know about

[@diavoloitalianhumandonutma4074]

Sad reality :(

[@assassinscreed4112]

Truly heartbreaking .

[@christinecummins7573]

Only two, actually

[@Angel-px7ry]

@@christinecummins7573 ?

[@christinecummins7573]

@@Angel-px7ry ONLY TWO

[@TheTexas1994]

In 1000 years the question will be “Did the Amazon really exist?”

[@tapadhleibh3052]

The Phantom 2018 😭

[@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776]

Future historian: *Well* *yes* *but* *no*

[@sir.cumsalot]

Oh dear... 😞

[@jaojao1768]

Alas

[@jadesidhe2634]

Saddest truth in the comments

[@iwy8879]

How to be an Amazon: *Never* skip leg day.

[@alwaysconfused0204]

THIS COMMENTADE ME DIE YOU DESERVE MORE LIKES

[@boohoo4248]

omg 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@CharmedWitch4]

+ practicing warfare🔫🔪💣

[@juiweiyang1033]

Just to go on record, in certain part of pre modern Northern/Central Asia, it is the women that are bread winners and men take care of domestic chore, opposite from the rest of the world. This is due to, in most ancient times, during hunter gather society, they found women make better horse riding archers, compare to men (even today, despite all the stereotype about women been bad drivers, women are in fact better drivers and pilots, if soldiers doesn't require been physically tough to a certain extend, there will be more female fighter pilots and helicopter pilots compare to men.) As a result, in those area, in ancient days, during peace time, the women are the bread winner and men take care of domestic chore, during wartime, both men and women serve in the military, men due to having physical strength allowing them to be archers shooting with a max range beyond women, women due to they are already been trained as horseback riding archers, while men need to be trained as archers first. The complex gender role mean, after enter agriculture society men and women enjoy great deal of equality, unlike the rest of the world, where in both agriculture and hunter gather society, the men is the prime bread winner and things only start to change due to the industrial revolution.

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I was the 1000th like for this comment :-)

[@wanderingbufoon]

Recent studies show that they still exist. We just call them moms.

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Best comment.

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wanderingbufoon 10/10 agree

[@xxwildxx]

This is gold

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wanderingbufoon I can relate to that!

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wanderingbufoon Yes!

[@dillpickle6630]

Animators: so how big do you want the thighs--- Ted-Ed: yES

[@angelica_schyler223]

Other Animators :so how big did ted-ed want the thighs? Animator : just.... Just do it John.

[@peterjoseph1389]

am I the only one who up until now thought "The Amazons" as historical figures were actually referring to people who lived in the Amazon Rainforest? In South America? I'm curious how the rainforest was named now and if name is connected to the Greek mythos at all or it just happened by chance

[@eyeeatdogs]

The Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Orellana actually reported fighting a tribe of warrior women. I would suggest reading the book River of Darkness, which describes his trip down the Amazon River.

[@shadowfluffylion8291]

Hello! A person from South America here, my country, Peru, is part of el amazonas. I'm pretty sure it's because there were legends of female warriors that belonged to lost tribes hidden in the huge forest. (When my national history teacher told me that I was about 9 years old, I am now 18, so new information may have come to light in recent years and they are no longer legends)

[@Cryogenius333]

@@shadowfluffylion8291 I'd believe it. South American women are. Built sturdy, strong, and beautiful, descendants of cultures that thrived in one of the most hostile environments on Earth.

[@gamesjuegos9567]

@@eyeeatdogs I heard the same story (I’m Colombia)

[@goktimusprime]

Not *all* Greek women were repressed. Spartan women enjoyed a surprisingly close level of equality with Spartan men. Such as... + Superior education + Combat training (Spartan women were expected to be Sparta's last line of defence should the men fail to hold off invaders) + Able to divorce and remarry while retaining custody of their children + Higher levels of job opportunities, including work related to agriculture, logistics and governance. More menial jobs like weaving were considered unfit work for Spartan women and were given to slaves (Helots) to do. + Women who died in childbirth were afforded the same honour as men who died in battle + Actively participated in sports and even participated in the Ancient Greek Olympics (which was exclusively male in other Greek states) + Married as women, not as girls. And they married men of about their own age, not men who were much older than themselves. + Were fed a healthy diet + Able to legally own and inherit property + Some may have practised polyandry Sparta was surprisingly progressive with women's rights for an ancient society.

[@rayz639]

To bad that’s the only thing that sparta did right

[@georgegera5708]

Generally correct but they were not accepted in the olympics

[@undeadladybug7723]

Spartans also left newborns on cliffs if there were something visibly wrong with them.

[@shreejatadas9922]

I remember reading about women actually had a separate Olympics for them which was different than males.

[@georgegera5708]

@@undeadladybug7723 no they threw them at the kaidas river

[@NamLe-gr6xp]

Legends says that the Amazons never shot their bows, They squeezed *the life out of their enemies with their thighs.*

[@governingalbatross]

Imagine how many extemly strong thigh bones and crushed skulls people would uncover

[@johnconnor1583]

İ love snu-snu

[@AlEx-uj8rj]

Guess I am suicidal

[@stevengreen9536]

Ineundo

[@ryanchuabowen2045]

@@johnconnor1583 I'm buying the Sythian graves and rebranding them as fetish sites now.

[@Kenan-Z]

Fun fact: Turkey's northern province of "Amasya" takes its name from the myth of Amazons and is believed to be the very place where ancient Greeks encountered them. The city features some monuments dedicated to the Amazon warriors.

[@mariealaba4160]

One of the most important leaders of the Amazons was Thunder Thighs. Legend says that she was born doing squats and hasn't ever skipped leg day.

[@jekesan4221]

Looks like she skipped arm day

[@federicoleonora9525]

Every day was leg day

[@l0rdcroissant]

XD rotflmao

[@user-kx2qo6gf8c]

Teen Titans stolen name?

[@hnnsdraws]

Every day is leg day

[@artrosis56]

*WEAPONIZED THICKNESS*

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I can't like your comment cause the 666 is just so appropriate

[@peter-peterpumpkineater4982]

@[SUS] CLINGER so dark is the con of man

[@danialshamshuddin]

*FOR THE FORCES OF GOOD*

[@peachisoro]

Farlan BEST GUY!!!

[@CainTheMain]

The perfect weapon!

[@PanzerMan332]

I do remember reading about a west African tribe that employed an army of entirely women. They were notoriously brutal and warlike, and conquered every tribe near them. They were known for not showing mercy to any enemy men, women, or children, nor their own soldiers if they fell out of line. The only problem is that they were *too* warlike, to the point where they pissed off some advanced European nation by killing their citizens, so they were crushed with gunpowder firearms. Edit: It was the Dahomey Amazons and they pissed off the French

[@RPM1776]

Sounds like Wakanda to me

[@blackbroadwayandbeyond]

MegaPrem The Dahomey Amazons were the inspiration for Wakanda's female guards. There are numerous writings from Europeans who witnessed the Dahomey Amazons in action and they all expressed how disciplined, well-trained, and courageous the women were. The general consensus is that the only reason Europeans were able to defeat them was because they had better fire power.

[@RPM1776]

happychick168 nice

[@omgidkwhatimdoing9626]

From what I've read on them It was not so much of them being a warlike madness group so much as a ceremonial guard for the king, calling themselves things such as king's wives.

[@kamalh876]

Panzer Man They weren’t a separate tribe, just a regiment employed by a Kingdom and they weren’t really that powerful; they were more used as “mascots”.

[@remster2155]

No one: Amazon: *destruction 100, agility 100, thunder thighs 100*

[@tundra3252]

Thunder thighs 250, actually. They broke physics.

[@alison2226]

this art style is beautiful props to the animators and artists

[@konnosx1213]

Ancient Greece: Amazon action figures 2000s: Barbie

[@rebeccagarza1532]

I know right?

[@norika2965]

0-0 didn’t thought of that.

[@saladcaesar7716]

Barbie can be watever you want her to be

[@benjaminacuna8013]

Barbie can literally do and be anything and like the Amazons it’s all hers and she lacks a husband while still being femme and not viewed as weak don’t put them against each other

[@fat_kat1806]

Yeah except then women didnt have rivbts

[@huskygold5319]

Could y'all do a video on the Valkyries

[@magicrabbit9446]

They sould like viking amazons that kill someone also.

[@Reinheart.]

Watch Vinland Saga

[@jyotisrivastava1122]

Please don't

[@sakesithole6295]

@@Reinheart. I don't recall any Valkyrie warriors in Vinland

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

I’d love that

[@gregorymckinney1574]

Little known fact: They delivered packages straight to your door.

[@etchedinember6573]

The world funds the Amazons... PJO fans gather 🤣

[@roizeldiez3500]

The animators really outdid themselves with this one. Bravo!

[@mikekazz5353]

4:08 not gonna lie that's a pretty cool effect.

[@idkanymore4664]

Just saying you got alot of likes if you didn't see yet

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400th like noice

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Someone used they super meter on her in mk9

[@truthspeaks1265]

Many female warriors are located in Central Asia and Africa leading men into battle. One is the warrior queen of Kush who rained arrows onto the Egyptians and Romans driving them back.

[@mrlin1687]

Queen Amanirenas... Kushite Queen I think. After defeating Petronious - she sent him a gift of arrows and a message saying to take the arrows as a gift if they want to be friends, but if not - still keep the arrows as he will to need them!

[@daveha2766]

Female generals are not that rare in history; having an entire of female warriors is.

[@sparksfly6149]

Dave Ha Yeah throughout history people have recognised the perks of having women as generals and warriors, for they can do more specific tasks. An all female army however... yup, that’s definitely rarer.

[@user-mw2vn7pv8n]

@@daveha2766 Yes they are, human history stretches over thousands of years so you will find some, but less than 1% of commanders throughout history will have been female.

[@user-mw2vn7pv8n]

@@sparksfly6149 Why would female warriors be any better than male ones? They are significantly weaker, tire more easily, and more neurotic and therefore less disciplined in battle. I don't see the benefit.

[@adurthilakshmi2630]

1:40 That's pretty cool, seeing all the ladies and how different their cultures are!!!

[@amal9483]

Absolutely love being Kazakh as it was our culture that was one of the first that let women to fight and be treated equally :)

[@SpiderMan-ni8ek]

was

[@MalekitGJ]

How it feels to believe you are a descendant of a culture that arrived to a [Location], kicked the [people] & it's culture out of said [Location], and felt entitled to said [people]'s culture?

[@fukknewjerseynigga8349]

Imagine having ancestors with decency that was later presented as a historical symbolism for equality, such pathetic creatures declaring being "civil" in ancient times what a joke

[@VeraVemaVena]

@@MalekitGJ basically 50% of modern countries

[@MalekitGJ]

@@VeraVemaVena basically 100% of modern countries. FTFY

[@morganlefay999]

the original thick thighs that save lives

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morganlefay999 dam right.

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morganlefay999 lmaoo

[@aystea]

underrated

[@chaosXP3RT]

Or end lives

[@Jobe-13]

😂

[@Swukelz]

So are they gonna deliver my package?

[@turtleruski1915]

swukelz Of course they will, it’s just they need to go through history.

[@BingQilin]

Within three to five days

[@ryanchuabowen2045]

Cash on delivery or nets?

[@adityanawani8134]

500th like!😎😎😎

[@annyeongangelo657]

Lol

[@artemisjace3782]

Tomyris a massagetean (they were a remnant tribe of Schytian empire, if I'm not mistaken) female ruler was the one who defeated Cyrus the Great of Achaemenid empire. All the myth surrounding this defeat are very interesting. I'd love to see a video about her.

[@georgefloydsfake20dollarbi28]

King Cyrus actually didn’t die. He’s buried in Persian.

[@ryansmith8345]

For anyone who likes to know : Amazons indeed were of an Iranian race (the Scythian subgroup & then the Samaritan subgroup after the Scythians started to vanish) but the word *Amazon* itself doesn't refer to a race at all !!!! Funny isn't it ? My whole childhood was a lie !!! loool *Amazon* is the ancient Greek pronunciation of *Hamazon* which is an ancient Iranian word meaning *warrior* Iranians & especially the Persians were known to give extremely high amount of values to their women & therefore their Hamazon ranks also included many many warrior women !!!! The Greeks however especially the Athenians & Spartans were known to be quite the opposite, Athenians even resented & hated women in armor & therefore while warrior women were a norm for the Iranians, for the Greeks they were more like a myth & legend & they always depicted them in a way that eventually a Male greek demigod would defeat them

[@RD-kg5zt]

Her: "Plato" Me:playdough?

[@linalinalin]

Super interesting video about equity and history: - The comments: she ticc

[@rasgrizrevelations4145]

Some of them are interesting. And too be fair....its the internet...it could be worse.

[@CreativeUsernameEh]

Equity. Ticcs. Are you sure about that?

[@alexg4185]

Equity and ticc. So a fiscal video involving entomology?

[@bushidomayfield5784]

thicc

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@@bushidomayfield5784 thick

[@isham2044]

I didn't expect Ted-Ed to depict them as T H I C C

[@huongly2472]

why? they were warriors, obviously they had t h i c c t h i g h s

[@nightynine4061]

Yes they are real! They evolved into having a shipping and shopping business by being coldhearted and working employees to death while offering not that much perks.

[@Nixie_noobionlassie]

Did you have to ruin it like that

[@artesiningart4961]

I love these series about women.... I don't know why. I am just a dude or guy who just happens to be so proud of the women in my life...my grandma....my aunts.....my mom....Mary, the mother of Jesus and her great and very important role and view in my Catholic Christian faith....and also my teachers who are mostly women.....It also became so painful to me to hear girls saying they can't because they are girls or to hear girls saying they're just girls. For me, I surely know they can, because first of all, they are girls. They are beings of courage and strength, fortitude, patience, hardwork, and resilience, but unlike most men like me, they have compassion, love, care, gentleness, kindness, and comforting souls and hearts burning inside each of them and igniting a lot collectively among them. I just love and am so proud of my mom, and my dad too, and all of the good and strong women and men in my life that I look for to. What men can do is great, what women can do is amazing, but what men and women can do altogether is beyond comprehension of amazingness and greatness. 😇😊💕

[@user-tg4ww6ke8t]

니가 믿는 그 종교가 지구의 모계사회를 무너뜨리고 가부장제를 이식했으며 여성을 악마화시켰단다ㅋ 본디 지구 초기문명은 죄다 모계사회였어

[@bvthebalkananarchistmapper5642]

Makes sense that Scythia would be the inspiration for the mythical Amazons. According to some sources, it was the queen of a Scythian tribe or tribal alliance that defeated and killed the Achaemenid shahanshah Cyrus II the Great (who, BTW, was the first ever ruler to invent human rights).

[@bvthebalkananarchistmapper5642]

So, a pretty mixed vibe, but what can you do...

[@soufian2733]

We’re only human after all

[@ancientegyptian1841]

Tomyris! To be fair though, Cyrus did trick her army instead of fighting heroically, and he indirectly caused her son's death. Wether she did kill Cyrus is up to debate, but it's quite certain she fought (and won) against him.

[@bvthebalkananarchistmapper5642]

+AncientEgyptian Oh, seriously? I thought I've written her name, but seems like I didn't. But, yes, I was referring to Tomyris.

[@feruzaj]

The Montenegrin Mapper Tomyris was also the leader of the Massaget tribe after her husband died - the Massagets wore pointed hats, much like the caps described in the video.

[@trilloff]

I get a "Samurai Jack" vibe from the awesome artwork. Anyone else? Thick thighs save lives.

[@mystirboy]

Animation wise it's Samurai Jack but the art work closely resembles the old Disney series/movie cartoons Hercules (1997).

[@akunamii4823]

TriiiKill Indeed..

[@camrandavis3063]

Thigh highs will be my demise

[@sonaligharat8258]

I knew i was getting a similiar vibe!! Thanks!!!

[@rayaya6580]

take lives aswell

[@drawnwithlove3499]

Can't stop imagining the Amazons doing a synchronized dance work out routine to Legs from RuPaul Drag Race

[@mtb1015]

Now I’m imagining it.

[@obscuremix8198]

The art featured in this video is a visual feast, simply amazing.

[@nothisispatrick4644]

*EXTRA THICC*

[@metigerstripes]

No this is Patrick f FREAKING DANG IT!!!!

[@casshews]

Oh hi again

[@FrogEnjoyer17]

I saw the thumbnail and immediately thought this would be everywhere in the comments haha

[@ilikelobsters.2376]

But not *thiccer* than elastic girl

[@oishi5753]

I knew there was atleast one guy in the comment

[@margotkafka9762]

1:48 it's important to mention that while Herodotus was one of the first ancient Greek historians he did include myths in his writings as history

[@KookiesNolly]

Margo Kafka ancients historians were definitely not like historians today. They took a lot of liberty in their stories and would often twist the truth in a very subjective way.

[@margotkafka9762]

Eli N.S I know but some were a lot more scientific about their writing than others For example Thucydides I was taught quite a few things about how his and eg Xenophon's writing was different than Herodotus while studying anxiety greekt

[@margotkafka9762]

Eli N.S obviously none can be taken word for word as facts

[@KookiesNolly]

Margo Kafka yes indeed, i studied Latin and noticed that some historians told some battles as if they were in Lord of the rings lol. Sometimes they would even make very negative comments about the enemies of Rome which indicates that they were pretty biased. I think they didn’t really had a set of rules to respect or deontology for their work.

[@Nicro328]

Not only that, but Herodotus’ tales were often third-rate accounts - taken from relatives who had family witness the events of focus. So hyperbole could also be seen interlaced in the historical texts.

[@SuicideBunny6]

1:05 Even to this day we still play with Amazon toys

[@flax72l.a13]

And we still playing transformers, microman, diaclone and machine robo/Takara s.f. land toys more than barbie toys themselves like the sonic Games aren't selling well more in Japan only the super mario bros and yakuza games are selling well more in japan than sonic games

[@Apollo-684]

@@flax72l.a13 who asked

[@OceanHedgehog]

Adrienne Mayor is great. I can’t encourage her books enough. Fell in love with her writing style with The Poison King.

[@thehopeofeden597]

I love this art style so much!

[@silverwind9906]

Awsamazing Eden because the Amazon's were thicc?

[@nwqawereqr4e2qewr32]

WHEN YOU TIRED YOUR BEST BUT YOU DON'T SUCCEED

[@adymationsyay4152]

Me too!

[@addaccount9246]

Awsamazing Eden boi they are *T H I C C*

[@nicklockk]

I hate it lol

[@cup_check_official]

Amazon is a *prime* spot for... oh wait, this isn't that Amazon

[@nathantew2180]

HAHAHAHA

[@duckymomo7935]

Nor related to Amazon rainforest

[@timothyhilditch]

This guy uses like bots.

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Only for 2.99

[@jennifersantamaria1137]

i love this animation style, such a good fit for the topic too

[@panos1117]

Amazons and Valkiries are my favorites. If I was a Hero I want them at my side.

[@petrichor3797]

Instead of having them by your side... just become one.

[@iSyriux]

Valkyries and Amazons were actually a lot alike. By extension, Greek and Norse mythology were alot alike. The theme of a sky deity (Zeus and Thor) goes back to the Proto-Indo-European days. Not only that, but they were both described to be fair-haired and beautiful, and archaeological expeditions of the people they were based off of seems to support that claim.

[@absurat]

TedEd: “ since the time of- Everyone else: “ Holy shoot! Thick thighs!”

[@MonsterBox]

Your artworks are very awesome :

[@TEDEd]

Thanks, Monster Box!

[@d_wang9836]

Monster Box Yes. Each video is animated uniquely but beautifuly

[@toastedfish1105]

Yeah but those legs thou

[@huongly2472]

I wonder how long does it often take them to make an animated video like this.

[@tdfern1]

TED-Ed Your music used in your animated videos are pretty awesome too.

[@thelight2230]

Darnit, I thought I would be original by saying "thicc thighs save lives".

[@salverejina4177]

The animation and artwork is sooooo good....❤❤

[@salvi016]

damn the artist drew them THICC and i love it

[@shoyuramenoff]

Last time I was this early, TED-Ed videos had educated, thoughtful dialogues in the comments section.

[@titusorelius9458]

Was that before or after TED became an ideologically biased cesspool?

[@Ninjaananas]

Titus Orelius You are obviously triggered.

[@leilanidru7506]

Titus Orelius obviously before.

[@leilanidru7506]

Ninjaananas no, just has common sense😐

[@Ninjaananas]

blessing B It is extremly insolent to claim a monopoly on common sense.

[@fourthinternationalist_1917]

Loved the background score!

[@elizabethroberson6536]

At 4:18, I got really excited hearing the Seikilos epitaph in the background.

[@sanzharkilybayev4018]

Nice work, TED! It is very amazing. Love it! I am from Central Asia and we did have women-warriors. Moreover, we used to have a women-warchiefs. One of the most famous princesses was Tomiris the one who fought against the Persian army. This tribe was called Sakka, descendants of Scythians.

[@Hostefar]

Are you chinese

[@lockyhocky2]

@@Hostefar they literally just said central asia

[@Midnight0Mistress]

Does the Tribe still exist today?

[@aru4115]

Pretty sure he is kazakh

[@khorasan123456]

Yes they are eastern iranian people. Today saka language is classified as iranic language. Their modern descendants are called wakhi. They live on north eeastern Afghanistan.

[@apolloaza3156]

40% coms "T H I C C"

[@JackSCTR]

I commented that too.

[@apolloaza3156]

THE RomDino i hope u dont say i copied that xD

[@utkarsh3708]

What's that mean

[@bassinblue]

GhoulsParodija Thicc

[@apolloaza3156]

Dark debunker Thicc? ah look at those women's legs u will understand

[@jeffreyfletcher1780]

beautiful artwork for this video!

[@shalmali-379]

I absolutely love the quote in the beginning

[@yvesforbesfloresiii461]

Please do The Myth of Medusa and even the Sirens

[@syoro8954]

The animation and narration are amazing :-)

[@theallduck]

Fr

[@Nixie_noobionlassie]

You like it for the thicc aren’t ya

[@gemmel3197]

Thamks, I'd always wondered about this.

[@FurryEskimo]

TedTalk: Today, we’re going to be discussing the Amazonian.” The Animator: “Welcome class, today I’d going to show you how to draw LEGS.”

[@theoutcastleaf3410]

Why. Are. They. So. God. Damn. T H I C C

[@AlejandroFlores-vi8tl]

TheOutcastLeaf because the most powerful women are the thiccest

[@TheMotherofBirds]

Alejandro Flores thankyou!

[@reginageorge1873]

Alejandro Flores lmao no

[@reginageorge1873]

I Think its just for visual purposes, they were probably really skinny and muscular because they were warriors.

[@TheMotherofBirds]

And thick lol

[@kaleprouty3909]

The drawings and animation remind me so much of Samurai Jack sequences, Holy snit! Thank you Silvia Prietov.

[@LeoandLamb]

I just want to give a massive round of applause and all the kudos to Silvia Prietov for her art and animation. These designs and atmosphere are beyond stunning!!!

[@safiyahc9711]

I love your channel it makes it fun to learn! And since I’m a visual learner it makes it easy to focus ( despite my adhd )

[@commandershepard1944]

It's fun to get indoctrinated into Marxist "equality'.

[@XCM666]

I don't mean to be rude, but I'm pretty sure there is no such thing as being a visual learner. Visualization is great for learning many things. Some things are easier to learn otherwise, but that depends on the content much more than it depends on the person.

[@safiyahc9711]

Dennis Clausen actually visual learning is a thing if you are a visual learner it will most likely say on your iep that just means that the teacher does not just say instructions but will write it down on the board or give a visual. A lot of people with adhd are visual learners including me it’s just the way some people are made. So yes visual learning is a thing and a lot of people are visual learners 😊

[@XCM666]

Felicity Smoak Science has a different opinion on this. Again, I don't mean to be rude, but you could have taken the time to give it a quick Google search: www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/04/the-myth-of-learning-styles/557687/

[@elim.4204]

I remember reading a story of Heracles and the Scythian Dracaena having kids. One of them became a king and gave rise to a line of Scythian kings.

[@mezzoedbey3802]

1:33 I'm a bit disappointed that you didn't mentioned Libya despite the fact that Diodorus Siculus mentioned that Amazons actually came from ancient Libya.

[@jekesan4221]

Shut up gaddafi

[@mezzoedbey3802]

@@jekesan4221 No

[@cowtipper222]

Exactly i mean amazighen is very close to amazon and north africa is close to greece

[@cowtipper222]

Jeke San read a book or u shut up

[@muksimulmaad7413]

@@cowtipper222 The numidians and other nomadic african tribes are similiar so i guess they fit the criteria for amazons too

[@jakenaylor]

The art in this is just awesome.

[@vizthex]

and they were T H I C C according to this art style

[@sega616]

vizthex certainly not a bad thing son.

[@pablocores7877]

Gotta smash some Amazon hoes.

[@tiffmonique7154]

And women of color.

[@th3rasave]

@@pablocores7877 if you want a broken pelvis ....which I certainly do!

[@smirkovs120]

*thick

[@Galistarwater]

Beautiful animation. In Vietnamese history, there was a group of warrior women led by the two Trung sisters in 36-39ish AD. They were practically our Amazon warriors. ;p

[@Hostefar]

I have been to China

[@meganscott6448]

Ok, but can we appreciate the illustrator?? I LOVE this style and every drawing!

[@ryanmonsod]

The illustrations are soo goood. 💜

[@Magical_Trash]

Damn, they're not just thiCC. They're Garnet thiCC 😏

[@faithvillegas3888]

Only su fans can relate

[@damarislim6793]

Omg thought the same thing

[@hashbrownyt8190]

Kam3man wow

[@hashbrownyt8190]

redloiyu654jay a gem

[@hashbrownyt8190]

Amrith Nadendla hey I’m not a fan I just watched it so suit it big mouth

[@lia4762]

I can't sleep properly during the summer. I love watching the ted-ed videos late at night with my bedroom windows open. It calms me down, it's serene and gives me a sense of warmth. Kind of like an old lady's tale being told across a bonfire.

[@zubbys]

Lia Mari Huh.

[@maanikakalra8217]

Lia Mari Same here :)

[@lia4762]

ms wpwm You live in India don't you ?

[@personaltrash2520]

Omg who animated this??? It’s so good👌

[@raidenshogun5146]

So I have an archery class in school and my archery teacher compared me to them because when I shot my arrows it would always be straight and never angle. So I just looked up what he was talking abt and this is pretty badass 😀👍

[@steampunkastronaut7081]

2:19 This artist is amazing. The drawings of frightened warriors are a masterpiece.

[@raan8282]

Love Ted ed! Your art style is amazing.

[@k.soares2075]

I grew up in Brazil hearing stories about indigenous female warriors from the Amazon forest. That's why we call it Amazon forest.

[@jyotisrivastava1122]

Well...During the time of the Rig-Veda, records show that women were comparable to amazons and we have found several records showing women equal to men during the early ages of the Indo-Aryans when they started making kingdoms, they used to participate in anything from being able to participate in group discussions which mostly were of topics relevant to men to even sometimes having the authority of the prime minister, at those times when the Indo-Aryans needed them the most, they used to fight alongside men! If you have read the Rig Veda and understand the book properly, you can (and will) find records of women being at the same social status in India as men were to the Greek. Note: These records can't be found on the web as I have tried to find any records of this on the web so I asked my dad and he said that it can only be found in the records of the Vedas. Thank you 😊

[@adityanawani8134]

There is a mention of Indra's wife,Indrani participating in battles alongwith Indra in the 10th Mandala,but I do not think there are others. The Steppe Iranians i.e.the Scythians did allow their women toparticipate in combat. Maybe Indo-Aryans also did so? Also,the Proto Indo-Iranian women were quite tall for their time. So maybe you are right?

[@jayceedelr]

Perfect combination of animation and music! WOW!

[@yeetusfeetus4036]

The comment data 99% T H I C C 1% something else Wait does that mean wonder women is real 🤔🤔

[@oof4289]

Shes based of the greek goddess dinah.

[@rachel6975]

Or the Roman goddess Diana depending on who you ask

[@ryansmith8345]

For anyone who likes to know : Amazons indeed were of an Iranian race (the Scythian subgroup & then the Samaritan subgroup after the Scythians started to vanish) but the word *Amazon* itself doesn't refer to a race at all !!!! Funny isn't it ? My whole childhood was a lie !!! loool *Amazon* is the ancient Greek pronunciation of *Hamazon* which is an ancient Iranian word meaning *warrior* Iranians & especially the Persians were known to give extremely high amount of values to their women & therefore their Hamazon ranks also included many many warrior women !!!! The Greeks however especially the Athenians & Spartans were known to be quite the opposite, Athenians even resented & hated women in armor & therefore while warrior women were a norm for the Iranians, for the Greeks they were more like a myth & legend & they always depicted them in a way that eventually a Male greek demigod would defeat them

[@ryansmith8345]

@@rachel6975 or the Iranian princess & aristocrat *Diana* This one's literally history not myth or legend !

[@roisin9401]

the art in this is insane

[@ramyashastri]

shout out to Andromache the Scythian who I now understand is an Amazon. Anyway Charlize Theron rocks and so does this Ted-Ed video...

[@Montork]

Women and horses... And this art style is killer. And those pointed caps? Ballin

[@donaldduck9420]

Such a great program. Love the animations and narration.

[@socks8799]

my god the art style in this is stunning

[@iamlight1]

I believe the legend actually describes Amazons oppressing and enslaving men. That was curiously omitted here.

[@foxymetroid]

The legends varied from place to place and from time to time with the only real constant being they were fierce warrior women.

[@hubdub9619]

**saw the title** **thinks of amazon shopping** **watches video** **Wow, amazon is quite archaic**

[@aadivrath2407]

Sponsored by Amazon.com

[@JackSCTR]

HAHAHAHA!!!

[@huongly2472]

Aadiv Rath lol, such a genius way of marketing! :)))

[@Crispy_pata]

Aadiv Rath lol!

[@kennethsummers6857]

More like sponsored by DC comics

[@amethyst_cat9532]

In the Percy Jackson books, the author actually paints the Amazon company as a business run by modern-day Amazons using male slaves for the grunt work. I think it's hilarious and fitting, and so I think of a bunch of warrior women whenever I see the Amazon logo!

[@kousueki7024]

ted director: we need to rise our viewers on our next video.. any suggestions? animator: how bout thicc? ted director: you're genius!

[@Palepetua]

who was the artist behind this video's illustrations? they're so good

[@valentinelr4649]

The animations are beautiful, as always. What an amazing work!

[@gypsymama711]

Thank you for this incredibly beautiful animation if Adrienne Mayor's 'The Amazons". The book is phenomenal, and the author is a personal hero of mine because of all her brilliant research, and relentless pursuit of historical truths. The animation and narration is perfect for the topic. Well done.

[@uniquemystique8566]

Someone drop the Amazonian workout routine 👌🏻

[@bottasheimfe5750]

that closing statement really only applied to certain greek city-states. gotta remember that while the ancient greeks shared a lot of cultural practices, they also had wildly differing views on a lot of things. it wasn't until the Macedonians and later Romans conquered the region that a shared "Greek" identity really became a concept. before then, most ancient greek people identified themselves according to their city-state of birth.