Europe's First Civilization - The Minoans Documentary

In this video, we discuss the history of the Minoans, the first civilization to arise in Europe, and take a look at some other related topics, like the myth of the Labyrinth and the lost city of Atlantis.
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[@AliceObscura]

You forgot the part where Theseus messes up and forgets to change the sails on his ship which causes his father Aegeus to jump into the ocean and kill himself out of grief, and the Greeks remembering his death by naming the sea after him--the Aegean

[@sirkkusalomaa4644]

Aegeus really didn't mess around when it came to sails, huh?

[@MrArgy333]

The colour of the sails would indicate whether Theseus survived or died

[@friedkeenan]

@@MrArgy333 But like damn he couldn't have just waited for someone to have confirmed it? Why even do the sail thing in the first place lmao

[@LEO_M1]

Keenan Horrigan Because only Theseus would’ve known to do it. If the ship was flying the original sail, then that meant that they were coming for more tributes. If your family member tells you “if I get home before you, I’ll leave the front light on” and when you get home the lights are off, you’d assume that he or she didn’t get home before you.

[@simperrepmis3090]

The Zeus

[@probableflaws3597]

It’s interesting that Romans looked back at the Minoans like we look back at the Romans.

[@zerptwerp6445]

And one day, Superintelligent Biorobotic Holobionts will look back at us like we look back at the Romans!

[@sizanogreen9900]

Just with less written sources. And more mythical.

[@DatPiffy]

The creatures that watch our sun explode will look back at humans like we look back at the first cellular life 4 BYA!

[@joey199412]

And the Minoans looked back at the Egyptians like Romans looked back at the Minoans. And the Egyptians looked back at the Sumerians like the Minoans looked back at the Egyptians. And the Sumerians looked back at the antolian Gobekli tepe civilization like the Egyptians looked back at the Sumerians. And the Gobekli tepe civilization looked back at the Jericho culture like the Sumerians looked back at the Gobekli tepe civilization. Humanity and civilization is extremely old. All these people had their own cultures, heros villains entire large metropolitan cities with statues and large temples and buildings thinking they were eternal but for most of them we barely have anything left to show that they once existed. It's important to realize that even our current global civilization will once be as good as forgotten by the civilization that replaces the vacuum we have left. All the digital data recorded will eventually degrade and the surpassing more advanced civilization will look back at us like we do at the romans. Maybe they will see English as a sort of latin-like language that were the basics for all software and hardware so people still know English. Or maybe we won't even be worth knowing more about. Who knows.

[@EMMmaximino]

@@joey199412 imagine our old data rediscovered like hieroglyphs, except it will be a lot of name calling, and bickering on a comment section.

[@agrymakismanolis7925]

As a Cretan, I genuenly thank you for presenting the complete story of our ancient people in a far more better way than I remember being tought back in school. Thank you!

[@bigguy7353]

Not the same people.

[@parmor125]

​@@bigguy7353Dr Iosif Lazaridis has a different opinion about that. His latest research on the DNA of Minoans and Mycenaeans found that they share 86% of their DNA structure with today's people!

[@fliksn]

​@@bigguy7353 who are you? A historyan? No just a random opinon

[@ianschmitt4991]

​@@bigguy7353no shit Sherlock, they're not 6000 year old elder God's like Raiden in mortal Kombat.... They're descendants

[@TheRealSpartanWarrior]

@@bigguy7353you’re a little guy 😂😂😂😂😂 fuking hilarious how small you are

[@GeorgePerakis]

As a modern native of this historic island I'm very glad you made this video. I love the history of this place. I've been to Knossos dozens of times. Here in my hometown, Herakleion, we even have a street named after Sir Evans. We would go on school trips as kids to Knossos to see the ruins and play with the peacocks. Yes, that entire area still has peacocks for some reason, you'll see them hanging around the ruins and escorting the guided tours.

[@gregoryvigneault1824]

Cool!

[@Gruxxan]

the island of Crete has the highest density of history of civilisations and empires anywhere on earth. the whole island is an open air museum from ancient prehistory to WW2 and present day.

[@Frankyc1953]

Agreed!

[@AFCA-vn9bl]

@Μην Πατήσεις I don't think that is true at all

[@Bayard1503]

That's a gross exaggeration...

[@tmcdowell7977]

Nah

[@Wasserkaktus]

I don't know if this is 100% true, especially when places like the Nile Delta or Yellow River Valley exist.

[@mythosandlogos]

This one is going to be fascinating. What the Greeks are to us, the Minoans were to the Greeks.

[@shorewall]

The minoans are just the tip of my restlessness with history. We trace back, but the further we go, the more the mists of time obscure our vision. We know enough about the Minoans to know that they exist, and some of the stuff they made, but not what it meant, or where they came from, or what happened to them. And further beyond them, we have little to nothing comprehensible to myself.

[@ppaaccoojrf]

I'd argue that what the Minoans were to the Greeks is what the Greeks were to the Romans, and what the Romans were to us.

[@bigfel3240]

ppaaccoojrf The Greeks and Romans were the same time period though?

[@ajaxtelamonian5134]

Kreeshan Arshers

[@bigfel3240]

Δημήτρης Ντάβος Yes obviously Greek culture came first and The Battle Of Troy, Homer and The Iliad all came before Rome, but they did exist for a while at the same time and then The Romans overthrew Greece and The Macedonians.

[@kosmas173]

I am so happy that you brought up the Minoan civilization because I happen to live in Crete just a couple of killometeres away from Knossos.

[@d5434]

That is so amazing!

[@spirodoukas]

The art of Crete, Minoans, was/is so playful. They were a very happy people according to their art and remnants.

[@Spongebrain97]

Yeah i like sea life drawings

[@ddpp1420]

Spiro Doukas They were

[@Brandon-a-writer]

that you have to censor art is a god damn sacrilege, from one teacher to another. great video, sir.

[@Vaultzero]

We have to censor art but bitches in rap videos have free reign. Isn’t that sickening?

[@Lemsch]

Is that really mandatory?

[@bird2034]

How DARE we acknowledge context. obviously humans are incapable of being decent people and not sexualizing a part of the body in a non sexual context. the HORROR

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

KZbin is re-tarded

[@germansurdey6525]

@@Vaultzero well said ! I agree 100%

[@caes8308]

Literally watching this in Crete right now and we just had a small earthquake... Broooooo

[@ionxonaonton3624]

Lol which side of Crete?

[@reggie69.]

I went to Google to check that out and it seems you're not lying

[@caes8308]

@@ionxonaonton3624Center. In Heraklion

[@ionxonaonton3624]

@@caes8308 I'm from the east end but in Melbourne

[@MrsAvatarNoob]

Hey that's really cool! I'm moving to Crete in august. Such a historical and interesting place :)

[@davetarone6690]

You should do history of an idea like civil engineering,science,warfare or music

[@Rocinante2300]

Dave Tarone Maybe economics!

[@solonsolon9496]

@@Rocinante2300 History of Economic Thought by Rothbard is good for that.

[@laughingatmybrokenheart]

Dave Tarone I was with you up until I read music.......🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 you’re a radical dude. And people like you need to put on the moon. 🤣🤣🤣

[@firstconsul7286]

Especially warfare and music

[@firstconsul7286]

@@laughingatmybrokenheart How did you get that he's a radical from being interested in the history of music?

[@bluelithium9808]

We do know what they called themselves. " Let's talk about the Minoan name for ''Minoa'' (ie. Crete and the surrounding region controlled by Minoans in the 2nd millenium BCE). Although we continue to use Sir Evan's label for Minoans, there's little mystery anymore what we probably should be calling them: Kaptarians. Alas, even so, I don't think the name will catch on any more than Nessite for the technically incorrect term Hittite. We have Kaptara in Mari texts, the Akkadian rendering Kabturi, Egyptian *Kaftiu (kftiw) and Biblical Kapthor. All of these names point to Crete and Minoan civilization. Yet if we know this much, we must ask: What exactly was the Minoan form of the name then and what did the name mean?"

[@asriellian3058]

Interesting, didn't know that we know what their name was

[@antoniobrooks1113]

Minoans are what the Greeks called them. Just like the original people of Egypt called themselves “Kemet” yet the Greeks called it “Egypt”

[@Hecatonicosachoron]

Yes, probably. Although the situation with biblical Capthor is sufficiently complex that it's not impossible that they denoted several similar-sounding locations or peoples. About the Egyptian kftiw, it could be so many things... using "a" as the vowel then kaftayawa is consistent but so are so many different vowelisations. It's a constant frustration for foreign words written in an abjad. Interestingly, at least using Lin B values into similar Lin A symbols, there isn't really a word similar to kaptara, or kaptyawa anywhere in the existing corpus... which is not necessarily saying much, the corpus is small and the reading is tenuous after all, but it's interesting to take note of that

[@Kenshiroit]

@@antoniobrooks1113 Evans called them Minoans, because of the Mycenean war lord Minosse, famous for the war on Troy.

[@Xagelas]

Minoans were an ancient Greek Pelasgian tribe like the Arcadians Thessalians etc they were all Greek.

[@aadarshbalireddy2939]

The Minoan and Mycenean civilizations are absolutely fascinating

[@mkelkar1]

Greek is an Indo European language. Linguistic, textual, genetic and archaeological evidence for the Out of India Theory of Indo European Languages Baghpat Chariots, Weapons and the Horse in the Harappan Civilization - Dr. BK Manjul kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIvZfKOgn7mjnck Findings from the latest genetic study conducted by ASI in collaboration withe Reich Lab at Harvard using the ancient DNA from Rakhigarhi slides at 29:00 mark kzbin.info/www/bejne/eprSZHimZdOfrJY kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGW6d55mnqp-a80 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGGvmGSYlJ2Ba5Y kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6ispmaaitigqrs Here are the tribes that spread the Indo European languages from South Asia to West Asia, Central Asia and to Europe Avestan) Afghanistan: Proto-Iranian: Sairima (Śimyu), Dahi (Dāsa). NE Afghanistan: Proto-Iranian: Nuristani/Piśācin (Viṣāṇin). Pakhtoonistan (NW Pakistan), South Afghanistan: Iranian: Pakhtoon/Pashtu (Paktha). Baluchistan (SW Pakistan), SE Iran: Iranian: Bolan/Baluchi (Bhalāna). NE Iran: Iranian: Parthian/Parthava (Pṛthu/Pārthava). SW Iran: Iranian: Parsua/Persian (Parśu/Parśava). NW Iran: Iranian: Madai/Mede (Madra). Uzbekistan: Iranian: Khiva/Khwarezmian (Śiva). W. Turkmenistan: Iranian: Dahae (Dāsa). Ukraine, S, Russia: Iranian: Alan (Alina), Sarmatian (Śimyu). Turkey: Thraco-Phrygian/Armenian: Phryge/Phrygian (Bhṛgu). Romania, Bulgaria: Thraco-Phrygian/Armenian: Dacian (Dāsa). Greece: Greek: Hellene (Alina). Albania: Albanian: Sirmio (Śimyu). Shrikant Gangadhar Talageri talageri.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-rigveda-and-aryan-theory-rational_27.html Five waves of Indo-European expansion: a preliminary model (2018) Igor A Tonoyan-Belyayev I. Tonoyan-Belyayev www.academia.edu/36998766/Five_waves_of_Indo-European_expansion_a_preliminary_model_2018_

[@arip172]

@Deshone Robinson you're probably American.

[@cristhianramirez6939]

@Deshone Robinson No,the best proof is that they had complex structures nota mud hut in the middle of the dessert

[@serenemountain6769]

@Deshone Robinson Wakkanda is in Africa according to marvel.

[@ddpp1420]

Mayuresh Kelkar The first Indians were Greco/Atlanteans from Greece The word Indian is Greco/Atlantean Today’s Indians are a completely different race Get your facts straight

[@AlkalineAjay]

Very interesting. You can see by their art, they were definitely influenced by the ancient Egyptians and the near east. However they obviously made a culture that was uniquely their own. And laid the roots for Greek/ Hellenic civilization

[@musiccreationstv2732]

Were can you see that art in egypt?

[@AlkalineAjay]

@@musiccreationstv2732 No one is saying that particular piece of art. But the style is definitely Egyptian influenced. Just like Renaissance arts all may not produce the same art work, but may paint in a similar style

[@blackmcbain3145]

@@AlkalineAjay agreed. Serpents, ankh, art style and forms of construction

[@AaronS-ko8tn]

Plot twist- The Minoans WERE the sea people. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan

[@rsync9490]

What a twist!

[@caiawlodarski5339]

Dun dun dun

[@user-ii1uf7tx8l]

Ha y'all are funny. I like y'all.

[@Jobe-13]

😂

[@yourdadsotherfamily3530]

I love this KZbin comment section so much more than many others xD

[@michael_crow]

Minos build the first SCP containing site. Interesting.

[@minelliabrissiaud2321]

Glad I'm not the only one that realized that. The Athenian "sacrifices" were also their first D class personnel.

[@beanbag8449]

Perseus is actually Able

[@LucianCorrvinus]

No, they were NOT the basis for the Davites.....

[@charjl96]

Am I the only one that got the "mines of Al Kharid" joke? 10/10 for subtlety

[@firstconsul7286]

Tbh I thought he said Anatolia or something, then the scorpion comment threw me off. More subtlety points for not tipping everyone off by saying goblins or orcs

[@vasownz]

when I heard that I had to go back to make sure I didn't imagine it

[@cocofashosho]

Same, I had to pause for a second just to see if anyone else picked up on it.

[@charjl96]

@dechiridas Very casual

[@wesesheskhnemtuhit]

Several piles of bones have also been found on site referred to as 'dead noobs' which could mean Nubians having had sent expeditions or scouts there as well. As of yet this is only speculation, but an interesting connection.

[@kenarbes]

I lived on the isle of Crete from around 1976-1978 because my dad was in the Air Force and we were stationed at Iraklion. Beautiful land and nice people. The school on base taught the Greek myths and as much as was known of the Minoans at that time. I count the 2 years 9 months I lived there as part of the best times of my childhood. When there's a sandstorm in the Sahara, it may rain mud on Crete.

[@olbiomoiros]

Santorini is still called Thera by the Greeks.

[@iaswnath]

true, on Greek maps the island is officially called Thira, which i much prefer than Santorini, but ok, I guess Santorini is a beautiful name too...

[@Wasserkaktus]

No, it's still mostly Santorini in modern Greek. There is a push to start calling it mostly Thera again, but.... Santorini is much better for tourism, because it is what the rest of the World is more acquainted with.

[@macarthur2863]

As a Greek i have to say that when we try to be more professional we say Thera but normall we call it Santorini

[@olbiomoiros]

cq33xx calm down people. I never said it’s not Santorini. I’m suggesting that the name Thera is still in use. Jeez

[@lewstone5430]

There's actually a push to name it after me: Lewstonelandia

[@emperorscoubs2405]

I love ancient History!

[@HVLLOWS1999]

Same!

[@sup494]

@Deshone Robinson its not about white or black problem with history is that only winner has right to write it.

[@davidmark225]

Bad Luck They’re mainly theories, even DNA tests can’t reveal too much honest answers.

[@timpyne2319]

Who knew...that the ancient Minoans invented the KZbin play button!

[@firstconsul7286]

They reached the peak of technology and civilization before their - Collapse. Oh shit.

[@XenoRaptor-98765]

Those KZbin play button on there just to cover up the women’s breasts other words censored bars

[@tobiashagstrom4168]

That explains the collapse, they all demonitized each other and their society crumbled.

[@guarini800]

@@XenoRaptor-98765 No way

[@HBKnowItAll]

@@XenoRaptor-98765 r/woooosh

[@davidvonkettering204]

Mary Renault wrote two amazing books based on the Theseus myth and "The King Must Die" and "The Bull From The Sea" are works of amazing complexity that should be experienced at least once in a lifetime. I read them first when I was really too young, but after decades and scores of years I find them just as wonderful to this day. The works explain the mosaics of the bull-jumpers in the arena and the sacrifice required by Crete. Anyway, should find them and read them. Love, David

[@arip172]

Thank you for the recommendation

[@chiefpurrfect8389]

21:41 Bulls *were* of religious significance in ancient Crete, but not limited to it. One of the most prominent deities worshiped in Crete (that we know of) was Zagreus, who is considered to be one of the many older iteration of Dionysus as we most commonly think of him today. Zagreus was the son of Zeus and Persephone (or Persephone and Hades in different versions of the myth) and was destined to inherit Zeus' throne as King of the Gods, a development which surprisingly Hera- and not Zeus- found particularly enraging, so she sent a bunch of Titans to murder young Zagreus under the guise of bringing him gifts. He evaded the Titans for a while by constantly shape-shifting, however he was eventually caught while he had assumed the form of a bull and he was dismembered and killed. His dismembered pieces were cooked and eaten by them, but Athena managed to salvage his heart and brought it to Zeus who resurrected Zagreus. There are also versions in which Apollo, Rhea or Demeter are the ones to collect his remains and reassemble them. It's also worth noting that this myth predates the most commonly known ones of Dionysus as the son of Zeus and Semele and has a lot in common with older iterations of the god tied way back to the Mycenaeans, while some treat Dionysus as we know him as the direct reincarnation of Zagreus, thus a continuation of him and not a separate entity. Another piece of cultural context that needs to be addressed is that Zagreus (often also referred to as "Orphic Dionysus") was a prominent deity in Orphism, a religion that focused exclusively on the worship of chthonic deities. The dismemberment of one's body (known as "sparagmos") is a reoccurring theme in Orphism- after all, that was also ultimately the fate of Orpheus after whom the religion is named. Anyway, what's important to note is that Zagreus abides by a cycle of death and rebirth, while there is also an overarching theme of madness to him which will be important later; there are myths in which young Dionysus "played" with children by dismembering them, then reassembling and bringing them back to life, an echo of his violent death in his previous life as Zagreus. At least in Crete, Zagreus was referred to as "the dying God that is reborn" and according to tradition his lifespan was tied to the land; the first flowers that spring brought were signs of his rebirth, then he grew into a playful teen in the summer, matured into an adult during autumn and finally grew old and died in winter, and so on and so forth each year. He was used to explain the seasons among other things. Anyway, that's about all the context you need to understand the bull part. A common ritual among those who worshiped Zagreus, Dionysus and/or took part in the Orphic Mysteries all across the board was to perform a sparagmos. The person would take to nature (usually mountains), often with an entourage playing loud, ceremonial music in a state of intoxication and religious ecstasy, then they were to dismember and eat an animal, which was typically a bull because this is the form that Zagreus was killed and eaten in. The purpose of reenacting the myth of Zagreus was symbolic; Zagreus/Dionysus' lifespan as a whole can be symbolically seen as the process of harvesting living grapes, crushing them and producing wine- which was an important component in the ritual as it induced a state of mind that believers thought was directly caused by Dionysus/Zagreus himself and it- along with feasting on his flesh by symbolically feasting on a bull's flesh- was a way to for a mortal to host the god's divine element in their mind and body. There are accounts of people performing this ritual in the mountains of Crete up until at least the 4th century A.C. To be clear though, while Zagreus held a special place in Crete he wasn't exclusive to us, e.g. it's said by some that the Kouros of Naxos is actually a depiction of Zagreus/Dionysus instead of Apollo. As for the bull leaping- and while this is just a theory as nothing has been factually confirmed- I'm guessing there was a similar symbolic aspect to it. To me, it seems like anyone who "bests" the bull that represents Zagreus rises above the divine element itself, an idea which may also be the meaning of the Meander as a symbol according to some- but that's a whole different can of worms to open. All that being said, I'm no historian and some of the information I've given may not be as credible. The lore of Dionysus as a whole (and so Zagreus) is extremely vast and convoluted with many different versions often conflicting with each other and requires historical, cultural and social context to make sense and appear coherent. A detailed yet comprehensive rundown was done a couple of years ago by the lovely Overly Sarcastic Productions, which I highly recommend to anyone interested in Dionysus or mythology in general: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5PVcqVrZs6jlc0

[@tigergaminggr8079]

Hey, I'm from Crete!!!!

[@serenemountain6769]

that's where the word Cretin come from ...

[@drswag0076]

Justin: talks about history KZbin's Demonetization system: this is illegal you know

[@gorge2786]

You can’t inform people about their history, that’s racist

[@drswag0076]

@@gorge2786 good luck telling that to KZbin's A.I

[@caiawlodarski5339]

@@drswag0076 It's not an Ai to this people, they literally think there is a conspiracy to censor history and that there is a person with a big nose in youtube looking for history videos with the sole purpose of demonetizing them.

[@drswag0076]

@@caiawlodarski5339 if there is a unknown NPC, they have no right to do this. if we don't learn from history, it will repeat itself, it's just stupid as it is petty and against the constitutional right of free speech, freedom of the press, and the fact that these videos are educational and are in no means offensive. in short, the freak needs to use common sense and less P.C

[@caiawlodarski5339]

@@drswag0076 Uh, AI's don't work that way, and "NPC" is a video game term lol, the youtube algorithm isn't a video game character.

[@FaithRox]

I've had the pleasure of visiting Crete and seeing places like Knossos and other important sites. You can still see the paint on the walls in certain places, and you really feel the feet of thousands of years walk the land. Even the stepped hills they built to sustain their millions of people with agriculture is amazing. They truly changed their world to fit them.

[@Siegfried5846]

Question: what do you think/know about the ancient Germanic folk? Also, do you know your family lore or have you taken a DNA test?

[@xianghouzinjianghu5001]

Your documentaries help ease my depression and anxiety. The work you do is glorious. Thank you.

[@anotherstar748]

Christ is the only one who will truly and fully satisfy you. God sent his only begotten son (Christ) to take our place on the cross ( taking the punishment we deserved because of our sin). With the crucifixion of Christ our sin has been payed for, reconnecting us with God. Three days later he rose from the grave conquering death ( giving us eternal life, only through him). We have the opportunity to be reborn this time to live freely and truly as a servant to Christ instead of being born a slave to sin. Accept Jesus into you heart, ask for forgiveness of your sins, repent (turn away from) your sins, confess your sins to God (he will forgive you) Micah 7:19 “Once again you will have compassion on us. You will trample our sins under your feet and throw them into the depths of the ocean!” Romans 8:1-2 “So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. 2 And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death.” Live wholly and lovingly for God. Put ever once of your faith in Christ and Christ alone. Peace be with you. Lord please be with this person, thank you God!

[@Numba003]

24:42 Dude I appreciate that Runescape reference! I had to skip it back to make sure I heard you right! 😂 Stay well out there everybody, and Jesus Christ be with you friends.😊

[@TheVoltaro]

Same here! Thought I didn´t hear right! :D

[@nitishsontakke7432]

lol

[@djbootymeatlive1484]

24:40 this was absolutely a runescape joke i must be one of the few to realize it

[@jadenephrite]

Regarding 4:58, Queen Pasiphae was so enamored by the Cretan Bull that she enlisted the aid of Daedalus who built for her the semblance of a wooden cow with its exterior wrapped in bovine-skin. Hidden inside this contraption in her prone position, Pasiphae coupled with the bull in what is known as coitus more ferarum.

[@Jason-fm4my]

I hope a big new discovery is made on the Minoans. They are so fascinating.

[@javierporrata356]

6:51 ah yes, Minoans famous contemporaries: the Youtubians

[@bradmarchand8646]

A history of Spain two part series would be much appreciated. From Reconquista to Conquistadores...

[@mezene99]

As if the history of Spain begins with the Reconquista

[@TheMugenVideos]

Yess would love to know more about the Spanish and Moors civilization and how they interact

[@TheMagicJIZZ]

@@TheMugenVideos they killed each other.

[@TylerSolvestri]

As a Spaniard I agree 😎😎😎🤙

[@Fireoflearning]

Doing it next

[@samhamsord7942]

I absolutely like and respect the way you present information, making clear what is common knowledge and what is just a theory. Most educational institutions present those theories like pure truth, without even pointing out how little basement beneath them and how things could, and most times for sure was, different. I understand having sometimes multiple versions of story and sometimes nothing but guesses is quite confusing for mass educational system, but if we talking real history - that's the way it must be.

[@MeatballYaro2]

Is there a Harambe joke that I keep missing in these videos? Also, if the people of Ancient Crete were seafaring people, would that make them...secretions?

[@Fireoflearning]

That is Hank, he has appeared in all my HNP documetaries since Germany part 2

[@MeatballYaro2]

@@Fireoflearning I noticed! I've been watching all of the history of nations and peoples videos and realized a trend...

[@davidvonkettering204]

Too silly. You must be stopped. Love, David

[@justintorrex6676]

Aww men! That deamed gorilla!

[@no8592]

You should do one on Ancient Finns. It's very forgotten history.

[@FireurchinProductionsByzantium]

People often forget about the hyperwar they fought against the Hwan empire

[@avigdonable]

Ancient wot?

[@TheMilward]

Beautiful. Thank you for making this video!

[@adamlawrence8125]

Great video, your work is really appreciated. Would love to hear more about other civilisations that came after the Minoans, and perhaps an in depth-deep-dive into ancient Greece.

[@MrAnonymous3333]

Nice to learn about ancient history of Europe Very interesting Video

[@kortwalsh1724]

Awesome! Great details and such an epic story. The art, technology and epic storytelling is epic, though imagine the countless stories unknown! Great video, so happy when people take to study Knossos, Crete, and the Minoans.

[@victorstroganov8135]

Kort Walsh hmm

[@historyrhymes1701]

21:16 - Harambus- a famous minoian king.

[@dakotaravenwood7755]

I was wondering if anyone else caught that lol

[@Channel7331]

Scrolled so far looking for this. Now I have to rewind the video because I haven't been listening properly

[@Safersephiroth777]

As a Greek I am happy to see this kind of video. And I am sad that I still haven't visited any Minoan site.

[@sirholycow]

Thanks for making this vid. I've been curious about the Minoans for a while.

[@laikenf]

Amazing documentary, keep up the good work.

[@Veriox22]

We need a video of the ancient greeks as a whole :)

[@ginatz75]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXe1qaCfadp2fdE

[@_Channel-ce4vq]

I went to school in Greece. In 3rd grade our class was divided in groups of 4-6 students each. We were asked to name our group after a historic Greek city. My group's name was Knossos.

[@RodrigoGarcia-ly5cy]

Great content! This is one of the best channels of history on youtube, congrats!!

[@PPYTAO]

This was a super well made and super interesting documentary, thank you!

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

Taking for granted that Minos was a real person, perhaps the "Minotaur" was real also -- not a literal half man-half bull abomination of supernatural origin as the myth claims, mind you, but merely a child born with a grotesque facial birth defect that made him seem bull-like in appearance.

[@MustardSkaven]

I'm interested in reading up on this. Do you have any links?

[@AlexBermann]

If you consider that the sources for the story are Greek, you could be unto something. The story does sound like the sort of thing you'd write to denounce another monarch. Like "looking at your firstborn, one of your bulls obviously cuckolded you".

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

Mustard Skaven: I just formulated this hypothesis upon viewing this video. Perhaps others have speculated similarly, but I know not of any links to provide as requested.

[@AppleManiagaming]

The minotaur was probably just a really big bull, would have been some fine entertainment to watch people get chased through a maze by a fuming bull back then lmao.

[@zarni000]

No evidence minoans had kings or anything resembling that even.

[@devonmoore16]

Why isnt this channel more popular!?! I LOVE how he is constantly making an effort all through the video to say phrases like "there is conflicting data, or not enough to confirm, or due to some evidence that can support" its showing hed doing his homework and making sure that stuff hes looking into is being defined as factual vs theory and I absolutely love it

[@missatrebor]

Wonderful documentary, here the Minoans get the attention they deserve. It's a pity their script has not been deciphered yet, we might learn a lot more. Furthermore, I wonder if the palace at Knossos might be a settlement for many people, families and many professions? To Think that, what the Romans were so proud of like plumming systems, sewerage, cisterns, aqueducts, etc. The Minoans had built it already about 2000 years before.

[@javee6605]

very informative and entertaining with revealing visuals.

[@jondoe9581]

OUTSTANDING, PLEASE MAKE A FOLLOW UP VIDEO. THIS WAS VERY ENGAGING!

[@Literarydilettante]

Was just about to sleep!!! Damn it Justin.

[@mkelkar1]

Greek is an Indo European language. Linguistic, textual, genetic and archaeological evidence for the Out of India Theory of Indo European Languages Baghpat Chariots, Weapons and the Horse in the Harappan Civilization - Dr. BK Manjul kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIvZfKOgn7mjnck Findings from the latest genetic study conducted by ASI in collaboration withe Reich Lab at Harvard using the ancient DNA from Rakhigarhi slides at 29:00 mark kzbin.info/www/bejne/eprSZHimZdOfrJY kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGW6d55mnqp-a80 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGGvmGSYlJ2Ba5Y kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6ispmaaitigqrs Here are the tribes that spread the Indo European languages from South Asia to West Asia, Central Asia and to Europe Avestan) Afghanistan: Proto-Iranian: Sairima (Śimyu), Dahi (Dāsa). NE Afghanistan: Proto-Iranian: Nuristani/Piśācin (Viṣāṇin). Pakhtoonistan (NW Pakistan), South Afghanistan: Iranian: Pakhtoon/Pashtu (Paktha). Baluchistan (SW Pakistan), SE Iran: Iranian: Bolan/Baluchi (Bhalāna). NE Iran: Iranian: Parthian/Parthava (Pṛthu/Pārthava). SW Iran: Iranian: Parsua/Persian (Parśu/Parśava). NW Iran: Iranian: Madai/Mede (Madra). Uzbekistan: Iranian: Khiva/Khwarezmian (Śiva). W. Turkmenistan: Iranian: Dahae (Dāsa). Ukraine, S, Russia: Iranian: Alan (Alina), Sarmatian (Śimyu). Turkey: Thraco-Phrygian/Armenian: Phryge/Phrygian (Bhṛgu). Romania, Bulgaria: Thraco-Phrygian/Armenian: Dacian (Dāsa). Greece: Greek: Hellene (Alina). Albania: Albanian: Sirmio (Śimyu). Shrikant Gangadhar Talageri talageri.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-rigveda-and-aryan-theory-rational_27.html Five waves of Indo-European expansion: a preliminary model (2018) Igor A Tonoyan-Belyayev I. Tonoyan-Belyayev www.academia.edu/36998766/Five_waves_of_Indo-European_expansion_a_preliminary_model_2018_

[@TheNSAisWatching]

Congrats on 300k subs. Keep up the hard work. Also looking forward to more content on Lucinox.👍👍✌

[@johnnyboyvan]

It's all Greek to me...lol. I have been to Knossos and it was beautiful. The Minoans loved bulls and were quite religious. I bought a stunning replica of a beautiful bull head in bronze.

[@Karkafs-Desiderium]

They where not Greek, greeks are indo-european, they come form indo-europeans not Native people of crete (Minoans)

[@Guy-cb1oh]

I'd like to see a "history of" documentary on your channel on Wales, Greece, Israel, Japan, China and Korea.

[@vitriolicAmaranth]

Israel is a tricky one because of ongoing modern propaganda campaigns and deliberate obfuscation both making it extremely difficult to determine facts, and extremely offensive to someone who believes they are right no matter what you say. Others all sound pretty cool though.

[@jacobarmour6325]

*W A L E S* 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@devvv4616]

israel basically reclaimed by hebrews after thousands of years of being away from it

[@nikosx6905]

That's Greece, bruh.

[@lfteri]

Did he just flash us harambe at around 21:19?

[@adampassman]

good spot!

[@minelliabrissiaud2321]

3 seconds late but yes that is indeed Harambus, the famous Minoan king which we've tried to erase from history books.

[@anne5surf]

I thoroughly enjoyed this and it even features one of my favourite paintings - The Reading Of Homer. Thanks for the great upload. I am Scottish so I’m glad to see you have uploaded a few documentaries about Scotland. I will check them out.

[@henriklarsen8193]

Amazing work. Worthy of old school Discovery/History Channel!

[@inmancole]

I saw in a doc that crete lies on a tectonic line so whenever an earthquake happened people would say it's the minotaur very interesting theory

[@alecsmith3448]

I know the minoan symbol is supposed to represent a bowl but it really looks like someone shrugging as if to say we have no idea Who these people were

[@alecsmith3448]

Bull, not bowl

[@neonunderground5972]

Very informative. Thank you.

[@stephenchavura8456]

Really good summary of what we know about ancient Crete

[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

Genetics testing shows that the Mycenaens & Minoans were practically the same people genetically.

[@RaykwonDaKilluminati]

Links please?

[@vivecacat2777]

@@RaykwonDaKilluminati Type it and you will find it!! www.google.com/amp/s/phys.org/news/2017-08-civilizations-greece-revealing-stories-science.amp

[@davidmark225]

What genetic study? How can you prove that the Dna samples are from the Minoans? They can belong to Mycanaens and therefore the study is irrelevant. Minoans didn’t seem too close to the greeks in terms of their language, wear and culture. And also, mycaneans were really different compared to the greeks of the 5th century BC. And we don’t even know for sure if the Mycanaens were greeks. They could’ve just been the famous Sea People who the greek historians tell us that they were there before the hellenic arrival.

[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

David Mark www.sci-news.com/genetics/minoans-mycenaeans-anatolian-migrants-05100.html Minoans, in any case, are an essential Part of the Core Hellenic Ethnogenesis There are dozens of studies. A simple search would have told you that 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@davidmark225]

HELLAS59 The study is totally irrelevant for our subject. They got some DNA samples from some people in the Caucasus Mountains and compared them to the ones from Aegean Sea. Guess what, the same study will reveal that the same DNA feature is similar to the one found in a Celtic bone. Ethnogenesis stands for the whole gene package of a certain group of people. So how can you know what was before that? Who was the original? Who mixed who and eventually assimilated them or destroyed them? We do not know for sure. They’re an enigma, just like the Sea People. Some egyptian sources state that the Minoans were black people.

[@user-bj6ox8sg8i]

Video on sea people, hitties and Anatolia languages will be also very interesting like this one.

[@staceykelley1202]

Best history docs on KZbin. Thank you!!!!

[@Sharnoy1]

Amazing! I love this series!

[@john-pz4wr]

Yup, Greeks(Cycladic,Minoans,Myceneans,Classic and goes on) were indeed Europe's first civilization and even worlds first civilization. Been in Knossos palace, amazing!!

[@fhfdgcxz9220]

I admire you Greeks, you really have the richest an best history!

[@katamarranollper3574]

There are even ancient Greek artifact finds in American continent according to archeologists,Mycenean and Minoan

[@polasandon9867]

I learned that ancient Greeks built a pyramid in Argos which is older than Egypt pyramids.Cool

[@webourloreett4041]

I did my service in Creta base in the 90s.What a gorgeous island

[@Caesar88888]

No. World first civilization is vedic civilization on territory of what is now called India.

[@PankajKatariaGuitar]

They clearly knew of KZbin as evidenced by the presence of the logo almost everywhere! Amazing! :P

[@bleachguy64]

You are probably the best history KZbin channel out there keep up the amazing content

[@masterneo96]

Another amazing video. I love it!

[@suprcrzy]

21:58 The Minoans had KZbin? Pretty cool!

[@TiaguinhouGFX]

Yes, the Minetube.

[@amiithevampirequeen2828]

i love the minoans i really wish we can learn more about them one day

[@thetruthshallsetyoufree2040]

I love this channel! Thank you Justin!

[@nerduchadu]

I enjoyed that Thank you for making this❤

[@ejokurirulezz]

Some parts mentioned are mixed with Mycenae if I got it correctly, who lived in Crete after the Minoans whose civilization got pretty much destroyed by the erruption of the volcano of ancient Thera (which is now called Santorini)

[@dm7626]

i think that may be because the remaining Minoans intermixed with the Mycenaeans on the mainland and were also invaded by them but I haven't reached the end of the video yet so I'm not sure tbh.

[@yanstein8464]

i hope when i'm alive linear a will be deciphered it will tell us so much about the first european civilization, i'm so excited

[@Farmer_El]

Justin, great job. I learned a whole lot today. I only knew of the maze and the minotaur from school, but I'm old so they might not have known all that much back then.

[@ninas992]

Fabulous job! Thank you 😊

[@randallsmith3986]

The Danube Valley civilization was much earlier. In fact, it could be the first civilization to use writing.

[@PabloHoney19]

In europe?

[@firstconsul7286]

@@PabloHoney19 Yeah, the Danube is the river that starts in/near the Swiss Alps and goes all the way to the Black Sea. Longest river in Europe if I'm not mistaken.

[@dinuciora2633]

cucuteni culture have on pottery,you find drawings that you find on popular actual costumes that’s continuity ,romanian continuity,than check tārtāria writings older than from Summer at least 1,000 years older7,000-8,000years ago,that’s Danube Valley civilization (matriarhat culture)

[@109x3]

Yes, I really wish people knew about the Vinča culture

[@Degarth]

The Danube Valley Culture is not an older civilization if it isn't a civilization. And it's debated if they had the key hallmarks of a civilization such as writing. IF it's a true civilization then, yes. But it appears many archeologists consider it a culture. I don't know enough to offer an opinion but I have read that some don't consider it a civilization.

[@mathewvanostin7118]

Talk about ancient persia. Ancient china. Ancient babylone. Ancient sumerian. They are very mysterious. We often talk about roman greeks germanics. Scandinavian. Egyptian. But not them while they a had big impact on history

[@lordflashheart3706]

I suggest you check out the "Fall of Civilizations" channel.

[@gorge2786]

star wars fan number 1902 didn’t really make much sense but the Jericho culture is the earliest found human city, the true start of civilisation as far as humanity knows, China and the Indus Valley civilisations almost certainly developed agriculture independently, however, did so (again AFAIK) a number of millennia later

[@mathewvanostin7118]

star wars fan number 1902 that could be another interesting reasearch. Is 100% of the native amerikan came from asia/pacific? If you think about it any group of humans that head west none stop in the atlantic. Either by mistake. Accident. Religious belief or whatever. Will eventualy find the amerikas Something interesting, the spanish and portuguese when in contact with native they notice that some of them look like the moors with exact same facial features. And had also the same body built (very curvy women just like moors women) So who knows maybe a boat containing 200 morrocan berbers headed west to brazil 3000 years ago. To flee a danger or by foolish religious motivation

[@isaacshultz8128]

Yes ancient Persia!

[@bigfel3240]

Those you mentioned get covered as much as the rest except Persia I guess but it had a few different empires over it’s time.

[@colewebb1425]

hi fire of learning thank you for turning on the caption and for letting me know you have the caption working and thank you for doing it so quickly have a good day yes I'm back to watch :-)

[@johnnyhunter4345]

Very professional....thank you

[@Wasserkaktus]

Women's fashion from Minoan Crete needs to make a comeback.

[@Spongebrain97]

Its just showing off boobs. The togas are more interesting

[@dm7626]

and early minoan male fashion

[@Wasserkaktus]

@@Spongebrain97 It's interesting because the Bronze Age Greeks/Pelasgians didn't appear to put any stigma on showing women's breasts at all, and instead appeared to believe they needed to be aired out in the open. Instead, they put far more focus on the skirt, which was very colorful and complex with a very low hemline.

[@blackadder6897]

@Hoàng Nguyên Don't worry, it is revived by the british "ladies" who go there for holidays.

[@chizpa305]

Would this be considered retro fashion? or more like ancient fashion?

[@chickennugget6654]

I'm surprised there's not a load of Albanians claiming that minoans are actually Albanians

[@freckleheckler6311]

Why would that surprise you? Are they supposed to? They don’t even have to be. They’re Caucasians. They are Europeans.

[@cipher8400]

@@freckleheckler6311 he just saying random Albanian people trying to use history for their agenda

[@Pollicina_db]

Wow, this is the first bull that I heard about Albania. Why are they saying that they are Minoans?

[@fabriciorosso9807]

@@Pollicina_db If you go to any Alexander the Great videos you'll find three types of nationalist: Greeks claiming him (rightly so, but a bit annoying, we know he was greek), Indians claiming he lost to Porus (lmao) and Albanians saying he was Albanian (what?). Apparently they do this with a lot of historical figures and a lot of ancient peoples.

[@SousukeAizen421]

@@fabriciorosso9807 dont forget the FYROM (north macedonia)

[@gewoonwegnoor]

Yes please make part 2!

[@jonnykhatru]

Best series on KZbin!

[@coolchannel44]

never forget the minoans guys

[@c273]

Justin, would you do a video on Japanese history? Particularly the transition from feudalism to nation state would be most interesting to see.

[@fredbeach2085]

I`ve been to Crete three times I love the place but I`ve been to the other Greek islands a lot more, Knossos wasn`t on my bucket list but after being there in 2012 I recommend putting it on yours it`s truly jaw droppingly awesome, love from England xxx

[@kapekape9160]

I really love your channel man

[@mrcastillo4240]

I love this video. And I haven't heard Justin's voice for a long while

[@GarfieldRex]

Will there be a documentary about the Etruscans? 😁 Aztecs, Incas, Summerians, Elamites, Assyrians, and very old cultures.

[@patriciaflynn3095]

Those places are harder bcuz they left very little behind, the Egyptians wrote down everything, thats y sooo much to tell

[@d.c.8828]

@Christian Ketterl "Culture" can't really exist without "civilization". It sounds like you are using colonialist language implying that these cultures were not "civilized" prior to conquest by western powers.

[@stipe3124]

Indus Valley Civilization would be interesting topic

[@stipe3124]

@Star Star Akkadians left most of the information since their language was International trade language at the time, also they had first ever empire which was Sargon's Empire

[@gorge2786]

D.C. not at all what he’s saying, you’re seeing this world through the colonialist lense through which you have forced yourself to believe and now believe everyone is in the wrong. The reason you might call it pre/proto is because he is asking about the earliest transition period from a semi nomadic and/or tribal civilisation into the flourishing Bronze Age and later civilisations. This misconception that the period was “proto” for most of its existence is due to the lack of (easily understood and accesible) information we have, leading to us to condense the period

[@AriaIsara]

I just discovered your channel with this video, can't wait to see more!! 👍 I hope you plan on doing one on Indus Valley Civilization 🙂

[@someguy6651]

I love your videos!

[@creepinwhileyousleepin]

Well they had a good run. Living a relatively peaceful life on a nice mediterranean island. Its like the first few days after a rust wipe where you don't have to worry about people coming to raid your base every 5 seconds.

[@___meletis___]

Ok, some GREEK LIGHT : - What people find difficult to understand in Greek history is the term "evolution". - Minoans, Mycenaeans, Dorians, Pelasgians, Graecians (Greeks), Hellenes etc were the same race, evolved through the ages. - The fact that the Myceneans had conflict with the Minoans is the same story as Athens had with Sparta and later Macedonia had with Athens. - They had different dialect and were jealous and hostile to each other, but they were the same race (Same figure, culture, Gods, writing etc.). - In my country we call ourselves "Έλληνες" (Hellenes). It was the last name we gave ourselves 2500 years ago. - That name came from the father of the kings Achaeus, Aeolus, Ion and Dorus (the founders of the four tribes Dorians, Ionians, Aeolians, Aechaeans. Alexander the great was the one who united all Tribes, all city states (Athens, Sparta, Macedonia, Argos, Korinth, Megara) in one Hellenic nation for the first time in millenia. - But we are commonly known as "Γραικοί" (Graecians or GREEKS) because of the name the Latins came to know us before we call ourselves Hellenes. - Before that we were known as "Πελασγοί" (Pelasgians). The people who lived in all the Aegean and the mainland. - Before that, and at the same time, we were known as "Δαναοί" (Danaans), "Αργείοι" (Argives) etc according to the city we were living. Cities in between the Mycenaean territory, Asia Minor, Aegean islands, the Black Sea, Crete etc. - Before that, and at the same time, we were also called "Μινωίτες" (Minoans). -Before that... We just don't know. Were we natives?, Did we come from other places? Are we Aliens? (Just kidding...) That's something we don't know. But there are certain things We know. - The "Linear A" writing system (Minoans were using) evolved to the "Linear B" (Myceaneans were using) and later we borrowed from another foreign civilazation (the Phynicians), their alphabet, we adjusted that into our needs and we created the Classic Greek alphabet from wich the Latin and the Cyrillic alphabets came from. - BUT if you heard an Athenian, a Spartan, a Macedonian and a Pontian speaking you would thing it's different languages because of the different dialects. - Just have in mind that in Greece we have the EXACT same language and writing system as we had before 2500 years ago and we STILL have some Minoan cultures habits after 4000 and 5000 years ago. - So, if YOU don't know Greek, doesn't mean all the Greek tribes were not ... Greek! - I am not a historian, I am a merchant Navy Officer. But this is my history and I know it. I don't know all countries history, but I Hope I gave some light into my civilization's history.

[@ddpp1420]

Excellent interpretation off Greco/(Atlantean,Minoan) History of course the Phoenicians were also of this culture There are many more from the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern areas as well which have been lost to time

[@gearlord8506]

Well, with the arrival of the Phoenicians in Crete, the divisiveness and flourishing of the Minoan civilization, the flourishing of monumental construction - palaces - begins to increase. Minos, son of the Phoenician princess of Europe and nephew of the legendary Cadmus, was of particular importance to the Phoenician elite on the island of Crete. This is why Greek blood has such a high degree of DNA from the east. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minos en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadmus en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_(consort_of_Zeus) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeks#Genetics

[@ToastyOs]

I would love to see more from you on early civilizations, right from the beginnings.

[@miggu]

Great Documentary, thank you