Great Zimbabwe & The First Cities of Southern Africa // History Documentary

[@HistoryTime]

Watch my latest full length history documentary:- kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWSrommLlquEp80 Alright guys please keep the vitriol, lies and wild claims to a minimum. Thanks. This is a history channel and believe it or not history exists outside of Europe. Cheers and see you on the next one. Back to Early Medieval Britain next time.

[@ObjectiveMedia]

Well said. Apparently being a regressive racialist bigot makes you "far left" now. These people don’t even know what left and right means ffs 😅

[@raprice79]

Thanks for going into so much detail in this video! Very interesting subject!

[@terratremuit4757]

@@noneofyourbusiness5803 How is covering African history a far left thing to do? It's history...

[@dannymain8993]

I like history and find the human story fascinating. So thanks for a good video on a part of it that doesn't get a large amount of quality coverage.

[@racialconsciousness6996]

I'm not a "White supremacist" just because I understand that race is a reality, and this era is governed by anti-White hatred. I still love your videos. You're a great video artist, narrator, and historian. What you do here is very much an art form.

[@mike-waynedjangoii6971]

Proudly Zimbabwean. I've been patiently waiting for a modern documentary about great Zimbabwe

[@superbruh2371]

@Mike-Wayne Django II Theres a couple of more documentaries on KZbin.Sadly in America and Europe they basically teach people that nothing was build in the continent let alone Zimbabwe.Which is a remnant of the old racism that has served as a way to keep the people divided since the end of Bacons Rebellion.

[@katiecoollady]

Now that is a great and well-deserved compliment!

[@deelite19]

@Deborah Meltrozo hurt people hurt people. i hope you stop hurting some day.

[@MrCarl2020]

It's a wonderful story and history. I can understand why you are proud. Much love from Denmark.

[@incognito6625]

I am Swedish and this is the first time I am really introduced to this amazing history. I absolutely love it and I am a bit mad we don't get to learn this in school, but then, time is limited I guess. I am floored by this highly sophisticated society but at the same time I really shouldn't be! People have traded for thousands of years, of course people will do trade in Africa too! I am very sorry about the racist Europeans ravaging this beautiful continent, denying the Zimbabwe people their history. So glad that this docu was made.

[@latrodectusmactans7592]

The crazy thing about Great Zimbabwe’s walls is that it was built with no mortar. Just friction and gravity. And yet it still stands incredibly strong.

[@TheStarBlack]

Yeah dry stone wall - they're everywhere!

[@JosephKulik2016]

These stone structures in Great Zimbabwe have lasted almost a millennium, yet the American Interstate Freeway System was built in the early 1960's with a planned life expectancy of just 50 years. Think about it. ... [e-mail]

[@77936fief]

yeah, just a pity it doesn't help the country from falling apart

[@croisaor2308]

Joe Kulik I love boomer comments like these.

[@garyhost1830]

@@JosephKulik2016 stacking rocks or bricks on top of each other is one of the simplest form of building and the concept grasped by toddlers..... think about it.. Angkor wat, the great pyramids and this wall, not much comparison. I am amazed they could stop fighting long enough to build them

[@tatepasi9519]

As a Zimbabwean who loved history, the more I learned textbook history about my own country and the more I looked around my own country, the quickly I realized I was being lied to. It is appalling that so called scholars argued that my fore fathers could not be smart enough to build Dzimba dzemabwe the Shona name for Great Zimbabwe. Pretty much they are too black , broad nosed to be smart enough to build such amazing architecture. What a shame that supremacy makes human beings so crooked & corrupt. I respect and admire whatever different cultures have build historically and have no need to see if their ethnicity and skin colors justifies what they did.

[@beaudaniel1370]

It's not like difference in skin color matters either, Hutus and tutsi. Hate is Hate and it's ugly.

[@Heuwelman]

As a white South African born 1996, I am shocked that I was never thought any of this in school, But at the same time I am glad to discover a deeper history behind the land and people who inhabit it, And it makes me wonder what else I am unaware/ignorant of, There is probably an endless supply of history that is still waiting to be uncovered.

[@ubuntuguy8274]

Bayeyisa - but the truth will prevail. This was built by the native people of Southern Africa

[@galoglaich3281]

Talenda To me it looks like a cashel .Cashels were structures built in ireland,before the norman conquest who began construction of castles and later native irish began building them.Cashels were fine constructions for there time,but they weren't cities or examples of high civilisation .Irish society pre norman invasion would be considered sophisticated primative even though they were literate and as far as i can see the culture of great zimbabwe is no different. Its not in the class of the Incas ,aztecs or mayans or romans and greeks.

[@willycagibulakamenio8861]

Same here my friend on our written history in Fiji in the South Pacific. Our history and curriculum written by the white men contradicts our oral history.

[@UsefulCharts]

Haven't watched all of this yet but I'll be coming back to it. So glad you selected Great Zimbabwe for this collab. Such an interesting topic.

[@willmosse3684]

Useful Charts in da house!

[@ericthegreat7805]

Hey!!!!

[@admirekashiri9879]

You gonna try to do a Mwene Mutapa family tree?

[@safuwanfauzi5014]

@@admirekashiri9879 Wakanda foeva

[@admirekashiri9879]

@@safuwanfauzi5014 Get over yourself troll. You need to get a life instead of trolling every video associated with black people.

[@lindomthembu4017]

As a South African, I must say I appreciate this collaboration you guys are doing. Really learning a lot here. I'm also particularly amused by the comments here expressing bewilderment over the achievements of Africans. Good job.

[@greg_4201]

As a South African, I must say I'm embarrassed by your lack of discernment.

[@scionofafrica]

@@greg_4201 You are not South African my friend, you are European

[@lindomthembu4017]

@Danny M "Achievements of Danny M. Mystery Man" -There I fixed it.

[@lindomthembu4017]

@@greg_4201 Sure thing Thor.

[@greg_4201]

@@lindomthembu4017 why are you calling me Thor?

[@officeoutlaws467]

Love this documentary. Always known that Southern Africa has a great history, but was puzzled as to what made it so supposedly unclear and overlooked. Thank you from South Africa.

[@GrumpyTinashe]

From the Zambezi right down to the Cape we were dojng great things mfo

[@jeffreypierce1440]

Africans are lazy and don't record their history. White men have to do it for them.

[@Nabium]

I've heard about the Great Zimbabwe site several times, but because some believed it to be of foreign origin, and since I never heard anything about any other sites(in fact, all the wild documentaries about it praise it for being so bloody unique) - I assumed it existed in a state of vacuum, where it just appeared mysteriously without any similar sites anywhere close. But obviously that was wrong, and I'm glad you chose to focus a lot on all these other sites, they are the testimony of a great African civilisation, the wast complex of sites - and not just one site alone. We're talking about a wide-spread culture linked with other cultures in the region, forming an organic African society with a healthy trade with other continents. They lived in a society.

[@marciabryce8451]

European distorted the African history with false narrative.

[@Nabium]

@@marciabryce8451 They sure did. But to be fair, that's exactly what everyone else have been doing too. India, China, Arabs. You'll find distorted history where-ever you go in this world, it's not unique to Europeans.

[@cuanmccarogher180]

Nabium lol

[@vtecnegro85]

Some whites went as far as saying the dravidians built Zimbabwe smh.

[@vtecnegro85]

@@bluebird5173 I don't doubt the dravidians of their excellence but to say they built Zimbabwe is wrong and insulting. As African descendants and such we are entitled to be proud of our contributions to world history. You should check out Bamum architecture of Cameroon in Africa. Similar to some Asian pagodas.

[@guillaumerusengo9371]

Thimlich Ohinga in Kenya bears a striking resemblance. There are other fascinating sites like Adam's Calendar, Engaruka, Marrakwet and Pokot irrigation, konso stone enclosures and terraces, Sukur ruins, Loropeni, Bouar megaliths, Dhar Tichitt,...

[@essr4580]

I had never heard of any of these, thanks

[@chrismadubi7083]

Never heard and Im Kenyan,thanks,lemne look into it.

[@vtecnegro85]

Marrakwet sounds like marrakech or marrakesh, Morocco.

[@marielaveau6362]

Also the Bakoni ruins all over South Africa.

[@rang3688]

Here it is....kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZWudWdjm7uhr6c

[@jaredjohnson7960]

The fact that this kind of unheard history is basically free online is astounding. Love learning this so much. As a black American who loves ancient/medieval history, its so cool to have a grand heritage of my own, yknow?

[@charlesspeaksthetruth4334]

Facts

[@MrMiguelForster]

Heritage of your own? Because your skin color is similar to people in zimbabwe? So mongolian history is my heritage too since I got brown skin

[@jaredjohnson7960]

Miguel Forster I don’t know my heritage, exactly. Most African-Americans don’t because of how jumbled up slavery leaves one’s lineage. But if Europeans who have the barest trace of Italian in them can be proud of Rome (I frickin love Rome), I see no issue with me, being descended from Africans, being excited about an African kingdom even if it weren’t where my ancestors are from.

[@MrMiguelForster]

@@jaredjohnson7960 I would also be confused at some random european being proud of Rome..

[@jaredjohnson7960]

Miguel Forster These are confusing times

[@viracocha6093]

Great Zimbabwe reminds me a lot of the Mississippian culture, especially cities of those civilizations like Cahokia and Aztalan.

[@ahumpierrogue137]

It also reminds me of the Europeans who sadly came across these areas. Classic tale of "Europeans come across area where civilization has collapsed and assume there was never any civilization".

[@TheLaughingDove]

@@kesorangutan6170 same! It seems fascinating

[@jumpinglizards69]

@Sənnız sakitləşməlisəniz certain events should be blamed on ancestral Europeans though. They traveled out and plunder when and where they saw fit. Countless histories lost because of them

[@str.77]

​@@jumpinglizards69As if only they did that....

[@midwes8192]

I just wanted to say that I really appreciate the interesting topics you guys cover and the impressive amount of research and dedication that goes into each video. As interesting as Eurasian history is, this is a really nice and enlightening change of pace. It worries me to see all the argument over the “politics” of this video and I think that is just ridiculous, this is history that is far removed from from today’s world and it is disgusting to see people trying to support claims made by those imperialists you mentioned in the beginning of the video, especially when it has been so thoroughly disproven by modern scholars. History is history, no matter where it is from. But enough of that, I just wanted to show my appreciation and support for you guys. Great job as always!

[@richardwainina4314]

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[@richardwainina4314]

Jcb FCC

[@jonathanlewis867]

Been looking for a good video on southern African history for ages, thanks for the great work you done here

[@roubinnick]

History Time always delivers amazing documentaries, no matter the topic

[@dann_mrtins]

For those saying that Great Zimbabwe was inspired by foreign influence, this is not possible because we all know that the closest foreign influence they could get is from Swahili Coast. And Swahili architecture is totally different from Great Zimbabwe (Giant circular non-roofed strucures, conical towers built in hills using dry-stone techniques and well-cut blocks, while swahili used corals, built pillars only in tombs, mosques rectilinear buildings and they used mortar - not dry stone techniques - and the mosques were built using irregular-shaped blocks). They were totally different.

[@g-rexsaurus794]

Not a concnlusive argument, Celtic Oppida were also pretty different building styles and urbanization patterns to the mediterranean but one still can make the argument that it was affected by contact and trade with the Greeks, Phoenicians and Italians.

[@GreaterThanGodLike]

@@g-rexsaurus794 And yet Great Zimbabwe had no true contact with the Greeks, Phoenicians and Romans at least not directly. The overwhelming evidence points to complete indigenous design. Are you willing to argue against a mountain of evidence?

[@fighterck6241]

@@g-rexsaurus794 You have basically ignore Occam's Razor at this point to came to those conclusions, which is something one does not usually do unless fueled by internal biases.

[@g-rexsaurus794]

@@fighterck6241 Not really, using occam's razor leads to wrong conclusion when applied so precisely to single historical phenomenon.

[@chuckybonty4191]

Africans built Europe and America

[@unfazed_fc]

Proudly Zimbabwean. Proud as proud gets! 🇿🇼

[@qus.9617]

This is the most comprehensive and entertaining video thus far regarding Great Zimbabwe. I am in awe, definitely going to share this video online.

[@lizeggar2421]

There is a wealth of videos on Africa. Start with Adam Tellinger. Keep in mind that the Portugese were on the east coast and the Arabs were also trading for slaves all over Africa.

[@radhiaAndromida]

This is amazing i love this whole series. Im both Zimbabwean and Tanzanian this is probably my fave . thank you for making this its pretty cool.

[@lisajackson1476]

With all due respect, why don't you learn the history from your people so that you can teach on the beutiful structure.....It's time to cut out other nations from teaching African History; remember "Until the lion learns to write the hunter will always tell the story"....

[@donovangumbo388]

@@lisajackson1476 I am Zimbabwean and I completely agree with you. I was inspired by this video and making it a mandate to find people who know my history and tell it ourselves!

[@jumpinglizards69]

Thats so silly to think history should not be a shared, multicultural system. That is how entire sections of history are lost to the ages

[@Leo-uq8ch]

@@donovangumbo388 The largest African language in terms of its native speakers is Shona of Zimbabwe probably the only country with one native language for more than 90% of its population We the shona originally came from Mpungubwe and settled in Great Zimbabwe

[@johnsynnott1981]

Unfortunately, a large segment of Great Zimbabwe has been destroyed by trophy hunters and greedy explorers. What a crime.

[@michaelrowsell1160]

No it was the whites who created the Wildlife Parks and Reserves .Mugabe destroyed it all.. In the 1860s this was the most prosperous country in Africa including any Arab state.

[@johnsynnott1981]

Michael Rowsell Mugabe was responsible for the partial destruction of Great Zimbabwe?

[@Innsidelyfe]

@@michaelrowsell1160 yeah the great Mugabe took the land back from the children of the colonizers.😀

[@Byronic19134]

Oh yeah Great Zimbabwe was a thriving metropolis before them 😂. It's full of tribes that trophy hunt each other

[@sandrabecht4489]

Zimbabwe wurde von schwarzen Kommunisten zerstört. Die Menschen verhungern dort, während die korrupten Kommunisten Millionen auf dem Konto haben

[@jamesbrennand3181]

Every place on earth has a human history a lot of it in non written form but handed down by oral history by untold generations

[@ladybluelotus]

Exactly! Most of human history wasn't written down. I guess no one every asks themselves why people wouldn't write down history. The obvious answer being it wasn't history, it was just their lives. Hearing my mother tell me a story about my grandparents was always way more fun and interactive than reading one would ever be.

[@oluwadamilola6233]

Yeah..only like 5000 years worth of human history was written

[@smoothcriminal4038]

@@oluwadamilola6233 And that’s not even long, we been here that long and have only written down 5,000 years of it.

[@Byronic19134]

@@ladybluelotus the obvious answer is they had no written language

[@lif3andthings763]

@@Byronic19134 Even then it can be lost. We learned of Mesopotamia from ruins, and Roman emperors from coins even.

[@michielvoetberg4634]

A history I knew absolutely nothing of. Still incredibly interesting and fascinating. I would love the hear more of such unknown histories

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[@michielvoetberg4634]

@@prophetpassionjava5933 I shall pray to Poseidon that he might wash you away. May the old Gods curse your corrupt ways

[@africariseup1890]

There's the Khami Ruins, Thimlich Ohinga, Dar Tichitt, Lalibela Church, Tomb of Askia, Benin Bronzes and Ife statues, all worth checking out

[@cuanmccarogher180]

😳

[@johnsimonkamhara4121]

Good research and width and depth. I would urge looking at the religious/ spiritual dimension which is much talked about in Shona oral tradition. It may be difficult though, to get much as it is often protected and treated with mysticism. But, I see it as a great contributor because you hardly find a Shona group without those mystics, of at all there is any. A good number of tribes in southern Africa Zambezi to Limpopo and a bit south had Matobo (Njelele) as a spiritual centre, I believe.

[@amphionification]

Thank you for your hard work. I knew a bit about iron age Africa, but this is truly an eye opener.

[@amphionification]

@U Toob you're a troll with a slow roll. Stfu moron

[@willmosse3684]

Great documentary - thanks! African history is a real blind spot for mainstream history presentations, so great to see this!

[@hendrikstrauss3717]

What a fascinated assett of historical developement. Thank you for starting my interest in african history! Greetings from one happy german student :)

[@sakogekchyan7366]

Hendrik Strauss I highly recommend checking out the history of Sudan and the horn of Africa.

[@jaywilliams9294]

@SA Citizen Its only fake when I don't agree with it or like it

[@jonjameson2629]

@@jaywilliams9294 You're either trolling or the most arrogant person who's ever lived.

[@jaywilliams9294]

@Tracy Sharp Why are you telling me this?

[@kairuannewambui8456]

Jay Williams you dont know whole world history nor is everybody..some of world history and early civilization have not been know yet..we africa love to see not only africa but curious what other poeple were up to..its history.ok.no need to call fake. my tribe kikuyu immigrated from egypt settled in axum kingdom ethiopia with knowledge they had of stone building and working iron and other metal from egypt phyramid building and contributed to geting building jobs of kindoms along the way moving to kenya some remained other kept moving south.. poeple moved in africa exchanging not or trade but knowledge. these are were told to my poeple while coloniel distroyed or hid and stole artifacts to this day they are in western museum sold in christie for million dollars..we are not stupid we know it all who did that are dead to tell the truth but our history was paste to us. saying its fake show how tamahu sydrom has not been breeded out yet..google tamahu.

[@selloledwaba4796]

For the first time a documentary is made on an African topic without mentioning the country's poor economic condition. Kudos.

[@AOKONE]

Which country?

[@ttp436]

Lets hope the oral History will be recorded so It is never lost again

[@Jellygamer0]

@The Truth about Africa hurts proof?

[@Thatguyy100]

@The Truth about Africa hurts dude chill

[@pqt112]

This is what I am doing my Masters in at the moment in Europe. Hope to use my skills in back home when I'm done

[@admirekashiri9879]

It has been recorded I know a guy who teaches it he has alot of written sources on it.

[@sicelo9033]

African history is rich, from Egypt in the north all the way to the south.

[@jarrodcosler9226]

Found this extremely interesting. An area rarely touched upon. Hope to see more.

[@metafuel]

Born In Zim 1970, Living in lock down South Africa 2020. I learnt more history in this 61 minutes than I was ever allowed in the last 50 years of my life. Really impressive work. I have the strong urge to visit my homeland again. I lament for all that lost history though. Excellent research and detail.

[@apextroll]

I always get a chuckle when racists refer to Zimbabweans living in mud huts, not realizing Zimbabwe means stone house. :-)

[@blackerpanther3329]

apextroll wow, stone houses...

[@clanksshekels]

It certainly doesn't mean "high crop yields" 😂

[@apextroll]

LOL..It amazes me that these people tend to claim they are not racist but they certainly know that I am referring to them.

[@AVOIDAVOIDVOID]

@apextroll I always get a chuckle out of how insecure people can be over Africa. You can’t even make statements such as how much of the subsahara didn’t have the wheel until the 18th century AD without being called a racist. Everything is someone else’s fault isn’t it?

[@apextroll]

@@AVOIDAVOIDVOID On a wider note, those who claim the past, tend not to have a future.

[@Alex_Plante]

I'm fascinated by the African civilizations of West Africa (Benin, Ghana, etc.) and also by the great Bantu migration into Central and Southern Africa. The culture of the Zimbabwe plateau was probably at or near the southern limit of the Bantu expansion as well as being at the furthest limits of Indian ocean trade networks, so it was truly a frontier civilization. I'm intrigued that genetic testing shows that the aristocrats were of Koi-San ancestry. I suspect that the Bantu migrations occurred in waves, and that probably the earliest waves were by small bands of Bantu men who married local Koi-San women, and their descendants became the local aristocracy ruling over later waves of Bantu immigrants, that were perhaps larger and came with Bantu women. So you may have ended up with a ruling class that was culturally Bantu but of mixed Koi-San / Bantu ancestry ruling over a largely Bantu population.

[@長谷川恒男]

@Javier Kútulas This comment is incredibly stupid.

[@muellerruski9708]

Taj adil why? Because it’s true? Africans never invited the wheel....

[@Alex_Plante]

@@muellerruski9708 So what? They learned how to smelt high-quality iron. Can you do that?

[@長谷川恒男]

@@muellerruski9708 neither did Europe you dimwit. The wheel was invented in the near-east, most likely central Asia, the only reason you western europeans are civilised in the first place is because rome slapped some sense into your empty skulls, it took Germans a while too. Have you read the roman accounts of what the Germans and the Gauls and the Britons would do to their hostages? ABSOLUTELY BARBARIC!!!

[@pimpnameslickbag]

@@muellerruski9708 but they had pottery, I'm sure you need a wheel to do that, no?

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

This is a really interesting and intriguing series on the history of the African peoples and places! I've already got them all queued up to watch, one after the other, and am looking forward to them all! I love learning about the deep, rich history of places I will never get to visit, so this has been, is, and I expect will be such a perfect series of videos on just that thing! ❤ Thank all of you for coming together and doing this!

[@ironhand9096]

Thank you, I was drawn to this by your recent upload about the abhorrent comments. I’ve got to say I’m almost glad you got those comments so I could be recommended this, how sad though people want to dismiss a clearly important part of world history and culture. Thank you 🙏

[@alanle1471]

Zimbabwe ruins are so beautiful and impressive. Thanks so much for posting. I have so much to learn about Sub Saharan African history.

[@dopeyfx1783]

Remarkable! I had no idea urban development in Southern Africa was so extensive during the medieval era, nor that they were smelting iron. Thank you for such a wonderfully presented informative video

[@ganjagriffin4426]

Thank you, this documentary was uploaded just in time for my history project on Zimbabwe. It's very interesting!

[@foxbat473]

All the best on your assignment. From Zimbabwe

[@jaythompson5102]

Love it! Only partways in and am super interested in learning about Kilwa. Any chance we can get Voices of the Past to find some of Ibn Battuta's words about this land?

[@jaythompson5102]

@Derek Adjei thanks I will absolutely be checking this out. This is part of Africa I am super interested in.

[@HistoryTime]

We will definitely cover Ibn Battuta. He’s one of the greatest historical sources of all time fo sho.

[@koketsomokone2975]

Check out PBS' African Civilizations with Henry Louis Gates Jnr. Great source of info, with commentry from contributors

[@dainahchikwizo5130]

Proudly 🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼

[@sjappiyah4071]

Great to see some more Sub-Saharan African history on this channel! I was so impressed with your impartiality in the Mansa Musa video I was excited to see you cover more ! Despite what the “nathionalists” and “euro-centrics” are saying in the comments, this is a fascinating civilization. If their ancestors had to lie and claim Zimbabwe was made by Europeans or Middle Easterners, that’s how you know that it was a sophisticated place! Can’t wait to see more on Sub-Saharan Africa in the future, great work

[@HistoryTime]

Great! Thanks for watching.. more African history on the way for sure.

[@shaunpatrick8345]

It's not a lie to claim [Rhodesia] was created by Europeans. They bought the land, they created a civilization greater than anything the Africans created, and then it was stolen from them and destroyed. Why do people feel a need to undermine the achievements of any group of people?

[@sunnya2203]

@@shaunpatrick8345 They 'bought the land'

[@shaunpatrick8345]

@@sunnya2203 if you've got a problem with that, take it up with the descendants of king Lobengula.

[@NoName-be8vp]

Shaun Patrick O'Jameson it’s not like Rhodesia was gonna last 😒 the natives hated them from the start they were eventually gonna forcefully take it back.

[@miamidolphinsfan]

Just fascinating !!! THANK ALL YOU GUYS FOR THIS SERIES !!! It's about time the Story of Africa is told to the whole world.

[@myeyeswentdeaf6213]

I’m an Irish American from Brooklyn NY. There’s something about Africa, idk what it is, but I have always wanted to travel there. Hopefully I can get there one day.

[@BP-dn9nv]

I've always wondered if there were great undiscovered ancient civilizations in more tropical areas. The main reason we know so much about Egypt and Mesopotamia is because they're in an environment that preserves things better than most parts of the world

[@theelaavar]

Thank you for all the work you do! My husband and I are loving your channel! On weekends, we are watching together in order, starting from your first video. While I'm at work, I'm watching whatever KZbin suggests from your channel! We are learning so much!!🥰🖖

[@guillervz]

Amazing! Finally something clear and well explained about African history. Lots of excellent work! Thanks!!! I would love to see one about Shaka's time!

[@cthornton0706]

I absolutely love learning about Africa, it’s history, cultures, tribes, and archaeology. It’s so fascinating

[@hugorefachinho]

Congratulations . Great documentary. Thank You!

[@Brandazzo22]

I've seen a lot of great History Time videos but this one is my favorite.

[@Irishhamsterman]

Great video. You've annoyed the racists Pete, keep up the good work!

[@히틀러하일]

I don’t think he annoyed any Zimbabweans at all actually

[@히틀러하일]

Nobility Is A Must agree... with your username

[@히틀러하일]

Nobility Is Indeed A Must

[@zigzag1able]

@@히틀러하일 yeah sure buddy... :/

[@sonofsudan8611]

Can you make video about Sudan history (Kerma)

[@tatendamotsi5093]

I'm 13 yes old during lockdown I learnt history

[@Tsumami__]

You do an amazing job on these documentaries. Not just the editing but you put so much work into researching your subjects. Better than most history channels on television, that’s for sure.

[@ez784]

This was wonderful. As a History grad student, I know shamefully little about African history. Thank you to you and everyone else who contributed to this collaboration! I was fascinated by these cities-I can imagine the history that we don't know in terms of their relationships to each other and their culture.

[@Jordan84172]

Great Documentary! I am an archaeologist specializing in the Leopard's Kopje and Great Zimbabwe periods. I'm impressed with your research and can see images and information originating from my colleges' and mentors' work. Well Done!

[@Leo-uq8ch]

The largest African language in terms of its native speakers is Shona of Zimbabwe probably the only country with one native language for more than 90% of its population We the shona originally came from Mpungubwe and settled in Great Zimbabwe

[@RyanSmith-ye4vj]

At the risk of sounding repetative.. kudos! Fantastic documentary like normal 👍👍

[@philanidladla3406]

Africa is a beauty😍

[@dezheathen]

I love how he’s not only bringing up Great Zimbabwe but also nearby city states and trading post.

[@neildahlgaard-sigsworth3819]

By diminishing the works of other cultures we diminish our own.

[@jaxongray6115]

Q U who is diminishing „white culture“? No one here as far as I know has discredited anything Europeans have done. Europeans did many great things and have incredible cultures. Why not give other cultures a spot light as well and learn what they have done alongside Europeans?

[@willmosse3684]

Q U - White culture is in no way being diminished by making a video about a black culture. That makes no sense.

[@jacobkeiser1289]

Q U stfu

[@trevorkane7414]

How so?

[@coolbule1238]

@Q U stop breathing bull shit. White cultrue is fine.

[@Angayasse]

This broadened my horizon so much! And I am happy that this was so extently shown.

[@bernardheathaway9146]

This is professional quality! Thank you!

[@peterhamlinhamlin8908]

Proudly Matabele and Shona Iwill always be proud of Zimbabwe history.... Though temporarily setback. Muchi.

[@matthewmann8969]

Much of Africa North of the Sahara and South of the Sahara were both highly developed before Judaism, Christianity, Islam, And so on

[@tompossessed1729]

Like the Ghana empire

[@lif3andthings763]

@subliminal juggernaut North Africans are Europeans now what the fuck are you talking about? Where did they settle?

[@celiajames600]

Amazing! Thank you for doing justice to our history of Southern Africa. I can tell a lot of research went into this. You were spot on. As a descendant of the Rozvi...Thank you ❤

[@lightbeingform]

This is fascinating! Donmt mind the haters, please do more of this type of thing, I am here for it🙌🙌🙌

[@redlaserfox3988]

LPT Life Pro Tip: Never read comment section of History vids

[@NoName-be8vp]

Especially if they’re about Africa 😖

[@Ledabot]

Taking this advice would mean missing this advice lol 😂

[@Rynewulf]

Oddly enough the comments all seem quite nice on this one. Either the channel has fostered a positive following, or I've just missed the drama xD

[@NoName-be8vp]

26CLT quite nice? 😳 yeah you definitely missed a hell lot of drama

[@bluebird5173]

More like, never read the comments section of any KZbin video. I have to agree though. Videos about Africa, whether good or bad, almost ALWAYS attract racism.

[@susancottman9686]

Thank you for another fantastic video. I sent the link to a friend who is Black. We often discuss how amazing sub-Saharan cultures have been ignored in the past. They seem to be finally in the spotlight.

[@dann_mrtins]

There is a city called Walata. Ibn Battuta visited and said most of the people were berbers but some of the people, soldiers, the local judge and the prince were a West african-related culture as he quoted, so the city can be included (Thou 17th century chronicles point the origin as malinke, it's not enough, so Ibn Battuta helped to confirm). You could talk about this when talking about Mali Empire. Or suggesting to your friends.

[@avollant]

I hope you'll make more video about Africa... I recently realized how little we know of the civilization that grew there.When I look at Europe, Asia and The Americas, I can not believe that Africa only saw the rise of but a handful of civilization.

[@catherinearias2221]

Can you do more non main stream history? I want to know more about other places besides China, Rome,Greece, Egypt, and the America's.

[@kalebmcrae5219]

Yeah. Like is there something he could talk about from Australia for instance. Or the pacific islands

[@ericthegreat7805]

Check out Lost Civilizations podcast on KZbin they do similar stuff

[@Swede_4_DJT]

Greetings from Sweden. This is one of the top 3 of channels on KZbin! Feels like Xmass everytime a new upload shows up on my notifications.

[@zuvarashetapiwa7742]

The God worshiped by the people of Great Zimbabwe was named Musika Vanhu (creator of man), the single God of the Shona people.

[@admirekashiri9879]

Its Mwari actually the Musika Vanhu is likely a title.

[@Leo-uq8ch]

The largest African language in terms of its native speakers is Shona of Zimbabwe probably the only country with one native language for more than 90% of its population We the shona originally came from Mpungubwe and settled in Great Zimbabwe We (shona) built these kingdoms and those that followed

[@fiachra4266]

Thanks for making this film. My friend's father was Peter Garlake and I had gone out there to hopefully work for him, but it didn't happen unfortunately. Got to Masvingo, Nalatale and Matopos caves and many other places. I heard the hum of the earth for the first time in Domboshava. I absolutely love Zimbabwe. My heart is still there I believe.

[@jonathanjhoey2685]

Motherland Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 Dzimba dzamahwe 🇿🇼 House of stones 💎 💍👑

[@bantuvoicemuchaik.k.7715]

Sounds so Swahili.... Mawe =stone DZimba.. Sounds like nyumba =house Nyumba za mawe.. In swahili

[@felixmakinda7689]

A similar place exists in Kenya. Your ancestors either came from Kenya or some of your people moved to Kenya. Perhaps my tribesmen, Abagusii, came from Zimbabwe. We live not far from Thimlich Ohinga which is built the same way as Old Zimbabwe. The current inhabitants know that it was built by a Bantu group that moved.

[@jasongriffin7966]

I just found this. I love the unassuming style. This is by far the best documentary on medieval southern and eastern Africa I've ever watched. More please!

[@matthewwolverton9742]

It was a great video, what's with the dislikes?

[@Peristerygr]

"Not white supremancists" having a third reich model as profile pick, dixies that miss slavery and spoiled white brats.

[@crumbum2]

@@Peristerygr Probably from the historical errors in the episode, for instance including Madagascar in a video about African cultural history.

[@crumbum2]

@Admire Kashiri Exactly my point, most people don't know Madagascar was originally peopled by Indonesians. They should do an episode just on that island and leave it out of the story of Southern African history.

[@Peristerygr]

@FacePuncher for hire, right?

[@Peristerygr]

@spider879 But do not assume it has anything to do with racism.

[@jamalbloodkilla5037]

Thank you for doing this. This is my homeland. I am a Zezuru from Masvingo

[@Artur_M.]

I'm just here to hit a like, sadly I don't have time left to watch the whole documentary today but I'll certainly finish it tomorrow together with the rest of the playlist.

[@g-rexsaurus794]

Reminds me kinda of the Celtic Oppida with the hilltop style settlements. Fits with the Germanic comparison too.

[@Sinsteel]

Because they're obvious, simple answer to a small fortress overlooking the terrain so you can see people coming. Africans went through the same cattle economy, metalworking, build some big stone fortress and become feudal kingdoms lifestyle, same as Europeans had gone through thousands of years earlier. Why? Because you put humans in the same situation and they come up with the same results.

[@ManScoutsofAmerica]

I’m currently in college and from what I’ve observed, in the few history classes I’ve taken, is that if it wasn’t written down, it’s not history. Not just in Africa but also in Europe.

[@tylerb9877]

History doesn't have to be written down. It just has to be recorded. There are a variety of ways history has been recorded, such as through monuments, artifacts, buildings, etc.

[@petrosE75]

You might want to reconsider your college, or question your lecturer on his/her training background. As a joke, ask him/her if he/she thinks archeologists are wasting their time. 😉😁 Maybe attend a few days in an archaeology class, if your college offers one, and if you like it take a semester or two together with your history classes, even if not for credits. You might find this interesting: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eH_FeJ1_YrJ4jqc

[@ManScoutsofAmerica]

Peter E the professor I have this semester, is into “Big History”. He’s into questioning things. He’s ok. He just has to run the curriculum that is required. I’m an art student, my school does fine in that department.

[@markthomson1816]

Your told the pen is mightier than the sword because history is written by the victors making the swords and the truth obsolete lol

[@kievanrus9434]

It's hard to teach things you dont know anything about. Unfortunately much written culture survives and less oral culture does. Written culture can be studied by people all over the world at once. Some places, the rich oral culture that survives, particularly in Africa and Australia, survives fragmented amongst various elders. All I can say is the stuff that's buried will be there in a few more years, the elders that have kept the old stories may not. Perhaps people should be set to the task of listening and recording other than digging and hypothesizing. Barring that, your classes will be mostly the written and archaeological record. Its not an 'agenda' in so much as it is negligence to see value for what it is.

[@madsdahlc]

Hallo from Denmark mister Kelly . Great video about great Zimbabwe and African cities. Yes arab traders were indeed active in africa. It because of the arab traders that the shape of our modern is as it is. I mentioned earlier how knowlegede was preserved by arab schlorls and reached Europe through trade . And now modern Numbers spread from india to middle east and Europe through trade ... But these arab traders also sailed all the Indonesia and traded there .... And bacsuse of those trade links . They also brought islam with them . Many South east Asian muslim nation orginally addopted islam through trade contacs ... Ideas also travelled through trade routes. And Its the same things with muslim countries in sub saharan Africa . As arab traders settled down in African trade ports . They traded with locals. And ideas like religion also travelled travelled with goods there to . So islam did not only spread through arab conquests ... But also through peacefull trading contact......

[@michaelrowsell1160]

If you didn't covert to Islam ,you were carted off as slaves.

[@coreylevine8095]

​@@michaelrowsell1160Nobody want to be a Muslim this is about Great Zimbabwe not about migration issues in Europe there already videos about that

[@Coffee_break514]

Im so happy I found your youtube Channel. Great stuff!

[@nyoni_tour6677]

It would be nice if this story could get simulated. They are many simulated stories thesedays like the anciant egypt or greece, even the inka empier.

[@rickobrien4142]

Everytime I wonder what it was like in ancient times in different parts of the world, you blow me away with such diversity. Brilliant work

[@QuotesFromTheMotherland]

Amazing stuff! This was very informative, I'm curious as to know who are the "shroda/K2" people called in modern day Southern Africa, maybe my fellow South Africans/Zimbabweans can enlighten me.

[@Leo-uq8ch]

The largest African language in terms of its native speakers is Shona of Zimbabwe probably the only country with one native language for more than 90% of its population We the shona originally came from Mpungubwe and settled in Great Zimbabwe

[@nicholas5652]

So much salt in this comments section lmfao

[@robmitchel5166]

Such great videos that you've been putting out. I've always loved your channel! I really appreciate your hard work. Thank u for great, informative/educational, and interesting videos. Also from Voices of the Past!

[@lissarodrigues8950]

Thanks for this information. Hearing this makes me so happy to know that african was and still beautiful with resources. What I don't understand is instead of us immigrating to America why not to south africa. I'm an african from Cape Verd Island ❤️ africa to this day and always. God bless us all 🙏✌️🌎😆.

[@mildredmaponga2473]

Proudly Zimbabwean. It is always a great feeling to visit the Great Zimbambwe. The ancestors did leave something. A mark, a symbol, something to show us who we were. Can we do the same with our generations? Something so everlasting? A legacy for another century. I wonder - time is running Africans, we are so far lost. Time to wake up and know thyself, get it together and do something about the lost time. The year of knowledge and doing is upon us.

[@Leo-uq8ch]

The largest African language in terms of its native speakers is Shona of Zimbabwe probably the only country with one native language for more than 90% of its population We the shona originally came from Mpungubwe and settled in Great Zimbabwe We (shona) built these kingdoms and those that followed

[@nobuntunogcantsi143]

this is even better than doccies made in the southern africa(as it's still white washed). A thing you need to know about africans is that every generation has an elder that passes thi knowledge and historians barely ever get our edit of our past. Amazing job

[@236Mars]

Beautiful and rich history

[@amazighberbereculture3179]

why showing images about Mrrakech located in North Africa while talking about the swahili civilisation ?which is clearly not in North Africa ?

[@silviac221]

Wow, you should know, so this is a problem.

[@judybashoro3364]

I really struggle to understand why Europeans try to underplay the influence of Africans in Africa. Like, why?

[@IrishCinnsealach]

Maybe this video will help you understand. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qp-1pXWdZ9yrpdk

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

Gotta wonder if Central Africa and other under explored areas have architectural structures long covered in either greenery or sand where desertification has sheltered over it. I think we need to work diligently to firm up relations with interior Africa to partner with them on projects for digging. After all, the planet is dying, so we better learn all we can before no one is here.

[@specialnewb9821]

There's strong evidence for some type of urban development in the Amazon so it wouldn't surprise me if it developed in the African rainforests too.

[@zigzag1able]

@Admire Kashiri What... Why haven't they farther researched it? What is it firstly, do you know? It's crazy how allot of African history hasn't been unearthed or researched yet...

[@disapearingboi]

@@zigzag1able A lot of recent discoveries in Africa were not made by archaeologists but instead by geologists & paleontologists who are researching different time periods: ie millions of years ago. Occasionally they stumble upon human era settlements by accident. Lack of interest, funding and war are frequent obstacles to research in Africa.

[@g-rexsaurus794]

Honestly this is a weird argument, you could argue the same for Europe, Indian or Chinese histories were centuries of shifting settlements, farming etc. would have hidden a lot of evidence.

[@sunnya2203]

@Admire Kashiri Burkina Faso is West Africa. But Kanem empire in parts of Chad, Nigeria, Niger and Libya was one of the oldest Sahelian state dating back to 700 AD and contains many ruined cities like the capital, Njimi that are undiscovered and buried in the Sahara.

[@cwindhorst83]

It's embarrassing that this wasn't taught in the US school system during my time there. This should have been taught along with all other world history. Damn shame

[@norronlee4945]

If there has been any good during the virus; it has been for me the watching and appreciating the endless supply of free nature documentaries. Thanks to all of you uploaders.

[@michaelrowsell1160]

All this bollocks about nobody knew .I knew about it in 1965 when i visited Rhodesia. I was told about it then.

[@danielslilaty]

Excellent work, as usual!

[@atomic_wait]

Thanks for uploading! Good to learn more about a time and place I've sadly been so ignorant of.

[@dobypilgrim6160]

The best one of this series I have watched this far. Unsurprisingly.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks for watching and for the comment

[@waseemrizvi8531]

AFRICA/ ARABIA___ INDIA THESE lands are mistarious,covered gold belt .❤🎉😊

[@JFB-Haninge]

Great video. Greetz from Northern Europe, Sweden..

[@ryanerickson3063]

This documentary and your whole channel is excellent and exactly what I have been looking for.