Forgotten Wars - The Nubian Invasion of Egypt (720 BC)

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In this history documentary we explore the tale of King Piye as recorded by his victory stela around the year 720 BC. He hailed from the Nubian civilization which had long been entwined with the history of Egypt. In fact its lands had recently been ruled by the northern power during the New Kingdom of Egypt. Upon its collapse though, the people of Nubia were in a prime position to take up the mantle of rulership.
We begin by setting the stage with an explanation for why the New Kingdom of Egypt fell into decline and what factions rose up from its ashes during the Third Intermediate Period. Around 730 BC, the status quo in the region would be upset by Tefnakht, the prince of Sais, who formed a coalition that would begin to devour his neighbors. Frantic reports were sent to Nubia saying that the princes of the Nile Delta were as dogs to his heels whilst the whole North had opened its doors to him. Hearing this, King Piye of Nubia was not frightened, instead he laughed with a joyous heart. Now was the moment he had been waiting for. An opportunity to lead a glorious campaigns with the Army of Nubia.
We follow the saga of his adventures featuring numerous battle and sieges that would ultimately culminate with his dominion over all of Egypt. King Piye now became the first black pharaoh of both Upper and Lower Egypt, founding the official 25th dynasty in the process that would reign for almost a century.
For more Nubian history documentaries you can check out our other episodes on:
Units of History - The Nubian Archers
Forgotten Wars - The Roman Invasion of Nubia
Sources and Suggested Reading:
“The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt” by Toby Wilkinson.
“Victory Stele of Piankhy (Piye)” by Piye
“The Black Pharaohs” by Robert G.Morkot
“The Kingdom of Kush: Handbook of the Napatan-Meroitic Civilization” by László Török
“Aksum and Nubia: Warfare, Commerce, and Political Fictions in Ancient Northeast Africa” by George Hatke
“Ancient Nubia” by Shinnie
Credits:
Research = Invicta
Script = Invicta
Narration = Invicta
Artwork = Gabriel Cassata
Music = Dreamnote
#History
#Africa
#Documentary

[@InvictaHistory]

This episode was actually the product of a recommendation we got from a viewer that I read the Victory Stela of Piye. I was blown away by the story and couldn't pass up the opportunity to bring it to life! Definitely keep the suggestions coming. What other Forgotten Wars should we cover?

[@Alamyst2011]

Great works. Keep it up. Learning ancient history is awesome.

[@christaylor7709]

Hey Invicta, I have to say I love this video bro. As a person who reads up on Ancient Nubian/Kushite history, you did a great job. The only correction I have is when you stated in the beginning that Piye was the first black pharaoh of lower & upper Egypt. No, Piye was the first Nubian king of lower and upper Egypt. There was African Egyptian pharaohs before him. Besides that bro, y'all are doing amazing job with these videos. Keep up the awesome work.

[@deonetapper705]

He wasn’t the first or last “Black” Pharaoh

[@knighthunter1791]

These videos about Nubia are the reason why I started playing the Kush in Total War: Rome 2 more often. Highly overshadowed by its neighbor, Egypt.

[@lilipuceman]

maybe an episode about the albigensian crusade ?

[@sg_hokkien_opera]

We’ve got to give it to the ancient scribes, they sure knew how to market their bosses and put forth the best versions of their bosses In writings.

[@antonioboss298]

True but even to scribes out side of the Kushite Kingdom, like the Greeks for example. They spoke highly of the Kushite Kings and even stated they were the favorites of the gods. When the gods gather for dinner, they eat with the Ethiopians. Ethiopia being the Greek name for Kush in ancient times.

[@ryanjones7681]

It was either that or be executed!

[@greensoplenty6809]

pharaoh is the greatest eva, many many priests and gods are saying

[@Bosscheesemo]

This guy sounds like every black rapper

[@The_Bobby_Jay]

It’s impressive what you will say when someone will kill you if you speak ill of them.

[@georgemacdonald1959]

Piye is the epitome of the saying- 'don't make me come up there!'

[@antonioboss298]

Lol facts.

[@JoshuaBenitezNewOrleans]

He probably invented it 🤣

[@co-bruh1423]

Technically he was on the upper Nile, so its more like “don’t make me come down there”

[@denniseggert211]

Egypt maps have to be turned around the egyptians had south at the top and north at the bottom when reading a map then you understand why it´s upper and lower egypt for them.

[@co-bruh1423]

@@denniseggert211 it was based off the flow of the Nile. Upper Nile is south. Lower Nile is north.

[@miketacos9034]

“There was no such thing as a contested amphibious landing in the ancient world!” Piye, an intellectual: 11:45

[@zaen_vg]

The Nubian king casually walks to the north: "So anyway I conquered Egypt"

[@NubiansNapata]

@@PROVOCATEURSK Only people piye killed were the ones who resisted him... Most of the upper Egyptian rulers we're his allies..he did not harm the upper Egyptians...it was Libyans he killed...

[@saf4433]

@Rhizosphere even the Greeks believed in democracy and freedom just for themselves, everyone else was fair game to enslave, kill or pillage if they wanted

[@cpp3221]

@@PROVOCATEURSK judging history through your modern value make no sense. They didn't exist at the time.

[@NubiansNapata]

@ايجون تارجاريين توجد أقدم المقابر من النوع الفرعوني في النوبة (مملكة كوستول)، وتظهر هذه المقابر الثلاثة والثلاثين للمجموعة في النوبة قبل فترة الأسرة الحاكمة. المقبرة L في Qustul، وهي مقبرة صغيرة تحتوي على مقابر كبيرة وغنية بشكل غير عادي من A-Group

[@cpp3221]

@Hernando Malinche It doesn't make any sense because your moderns values just didn't existed in the mind of anyone at the time. Even if they're human, they didn't lived in the same world as you. Ideas and value are the result of a long processus.

[@icantthinkofaname940b2]

Tefnakht did not submit to Piye in person, but by a letter instead. Piye didn't push the matter any further and returned to his homeland, never to come north again. Tefnakht continued to rule parts of the delta until his death. He was succeed by Bakenranef who ruled for about 5 years. He may have tried what Tefnakht did (rally the princes of the delta and march south), but the Kushites now under Piye's successor, Shebitqo put a stop to it by have Bakenranef set on fire while he was alive. Egypt was once again under the control of a single man.

[@shikahookah8836]

can u recommend some videos to better describe this period in more details? great info

[@antonioboss298]

Yeah! He sent a letter because he was scared to death what Piye was going to do to him Lol. Also! He didn't just send a letter. He sent tons of treasure and his wives but Piye didn't want his wives but he did take his horses 🐎 lol. Piye loved his horses, like how people love their dogs and cats now. He was even buried with a few of them.

[@antonioboss298]

@@shikahookah8836 Unfortunately, there's not a lot of videos on this but there's tons of reading materials online.

[@johnmanole4779]

@@antonioboss298 cool thx

[@shikahookah8836]

@@antonioboss298 can you please point me to them. are you a historian? these r great details

[@BaseDeltaZero1972]

I remember when this guy played Total War games, then he started using the game to portray historical events...and now we are here. Somebody has found his true calling. :)

[@ricktaylor3810]

The ancient Nubians/Kushites were awesome warriors and bowmen. It's about time they are finally being recognized. They deserve it.

[@ryufight7987]

Don't forget their female warriors kandakes they defeated Alexander the great

[@haffuzy1067]

@@ryufight7987 it wasn’t the female warriors lol only the queen was the female

[@boronto5715]

Thank you

[@nubiasfinest7910]

Kandaka was the Queen. Now we use kandaka to refer to our women as queens in Sudan

[@nubiasfinest7910]

@@shinrapresident7010 Lol what can we say. Every great empire fades away..just like you were a baby will grow to be strong and then fade away…

[@menamilad3199]

Your channel and content about Nubia does great justice for the heritage of us Sudanese people. I highly appreciate these videos. Keep it up!

[@user-zw4xr5wc3i]

🇸🇩💪💪

[@lakshmipraveen8734]

Upper Egypt (Nubia)= Sudan and south Sudan, as per Ancient area!!!

[@lakshmipraveen8734]

@Rhizosphere yes! i know.

[@zombieat]

@@lakshmipraveen8734 upper nubia = (khartoum) where the blue and white niles converge to the 3rd cataract. lower nubia = 3rd cataract to 2nd then 1st cataract. upper egypt = 2nd then 1st cataract to memphis. lower egypt = memphis to the sea. nubian is a nilo-saharan language similar to taman. egyptian is an afroasiatic language similar to chado-berber.

[@lakshmipraveen8734]

@@zombieat Thank you! nice information.

[@NigwardTheSquid]

The Nubian army conquered the world then colonized Mars. They sent word to His majesty, but his heart was not satisfied

[@garbageday587]

Are you on drugs?

[@miliba]

Ahh a fellow Civ player

[@ruskyalmond1977]

If aliens land on Earth, black nationalists will be like “The supreme alien overlord was once a Blackman, we are inheritors of their empire”.

[@yourhandsomestep-dad2669]

@@ruskyalmond1977 that wasn’t funny…

[@TrollogyExpert]

@@ruskyalmond1977 we wuz alien spas kings and shit

[@JoshuaBenitezNewOrleans]

I feel like “but his heart was not satisfied” is going to make it into my vernacular

[@stephenkenney8290]

So shall it be written, so shall it be done!

[@christaylor7709]

Mines as well.

[@zacmarulo8721]

It should be noted that the Egyptians never fully conquered Nubia. There was always large portions of Nubia outside of their control.

[@zacmarulo8721]

@ايجون تارجاريين huh?

[@zacmarulo8721]

What your saying doesn't contradict the fact that the Egyptians capture much of the Nubia but never ALL of it. They captured strategically useful areas but left the rest alone.

[@zacmarulo8721]

@ايجون تارجاريين Let me rephrase. The Egyptians never DIRECTLY conquered all of Nubia. It is feasible that the vassalized the areas that they didnt conquer directly but I .don't know one way or the other

[@zacmarulo8721]

@ايجون تارجاريين That sounds about right. Its not economically feasible to conquer everywhere directly. What it does mean is that cosmopolitan Nubian culture was heavily Egyptianized but not rural Nubian culture. So once Nubia back into their mainstream politics became politically independent they rather quickly reasserted elements of their native culture.

[@darkzi1431]

We Nubians appreciate the great work you do on portraying our history and bringing to life these historical events best channel on KZbin

[@mortache]

Do you still call yourself Nubians? I have no idea, just that the Arab name of the country is Sudan

[@tatqtagagag7556]

@@mortache nubians are mostly sudanese and orignated from sudan but nubians live in nort sudan and south egypt (orignating from sudan though)

[@darkzi1431]

@@mortache Nubians are still present in their ancestral homeland of northern Sudan and southern Egypt we speak our own language and roughly number under 7million. Not as powerful as we was most live humble lives on the bank of the Nile

[@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl]

@@darkzi1431 you guys are well known in aswan

[@NubiansNapata]

@@mortache Nubians are still Nubians... Nubians lived from dongola in Sudan to Aswan in Egypt...

[@jobhuntcoach]

I just learned that I am from the same town as King Piye. His hometown Napata is now called Kerma in the very north of Sudan. We are all known to be tall. My father is 6’3 and he’s the shortest in his family, including his sisters. Very proud to know this history. Thank you!!

[@ThePrinceofPlots]

Amazing: Funny how they try to make Kemetians and Kushites different people

[@afrinaut3094]

Nubian rulers & priestesses didn’t simply preserve Egyptian religion when starting the initial take over. What is talked of less, is Nubian religion which pre-dates Egyptian influence on Nubia. Religious Influence between Nubia & Egypt was a two way street. When Nubians did use Egyptian religion, they integrated their own Kushite goddesses & gods into it. The Nubians even when using Egyptian deities, often contextualized & saw said Egyptian deities differently than Egypt proper.

[@benavidezvscharlo1013]

Egypt the country didnt exist back then but a teacher named something like Egypt was in KMT. KMT comes out of Nubia. Namer comes to where Isareal is today and defeat the greeks then Established KMT. Namer is the first king of KMT. Namer is Ethiopian.

[@Wolf-jg9nb]

No it is the opposite the Egyptians conquered Nubia and have instilled see their culture spread to the Nubians who moreover accepted the Egyptian religion in the same period of this war he made culturally Egyptians

[@afrinaut3094]

@@Wolf-jg9nb I didn’t deny that Egypt conquered Nubia. And then Nubia conquered Egypt. That did happen. What I was saying, is that both had contact & influence with one another before such back & forth conquests occurred. Nubian didn’t simply absorb Egyptian religion or culture, Nubians had religion & culture before being influenced by Egypt & the influence that Egypt had on Nubia wasn’t a one-way-street. Nubia also religiously & culturally influenced Egypt as well, & contextualized certain Egyptian deities differently than Egypt proper. Amesemi & Apedemak we’re unique to Nubia (they had allot of lion goddesses & gods, more than Egypt it seems). Some Egyptian deities were in fact of Nubian origin, one of them perhaps being Menhit.

[@PAGoldenglovechamp06]

@@Wolf-jg9nb pretty sure Nubia had their own gods

[@uncharted7againblackking256]

This is true....

[@LaPtaVerdad]

It baffles me to watch this obscure battles come to live through narration and concept art

[@antonioboss298]

I know right. It looks amazing.

[@romfrolov]

15 minutes went like a second. Incredible. Such a well made video and a great story telling.

[@ricksanchez7192]

Не пизди

[@laabitres]

Im glad this channel is finally tackling african history, thank you s o much

[@landsknecht8654]

He's been talking about African history for a while now, he talked about all kinds of History that he csn find in writing records on. I think the other week he talked about Germanic Warriors, and just the week before that he talked about Nubian archers.

[@laabitres]

@@landsknecht8654 yes he has but there are ver very few

[@MohamedSalahYouTube]

I'm a Nubian and it's always a worry how Nubian culture is always neglected

[@hiroshima19]

then stop worrying, make some videos and do something about it

[@admirekashiri9879]

Well more research is being conducted on your ancestors and it's exciting. I'm not Nubian myself I'm Shona/Karanga from Zimbabwe, I love your history, it's what got me to start researching more African history a few years back and ai know I've bearly scratch the surface.

[@stephenkenney8290]

African history in general is almost criminally underrepresented.

[@curiousmonster8221]

@@stephenkenney8290 No written records makes it difficult. That doesn't make everybody else a criminal

[@stephenkenney8290]

@@curiousmonster8221 So...exaggeration isn't a thing where you come from?

[@redgrim7708]

I actually learned this in my 7th grade class. What I realized was that most of the children didn’t care for or even were interested by the subject of social studies. I loved it. Many say that our education doesn’t teach African history but I think it matters how much interest and attention children give to the subject.

[@rhogerian2295]

I recently completed a campaign as kush in Rome 2, the nubian and kushite archers were vital

[@christaylor7709]

Yeah! They were Awesome.

[@thomasjordan8898]

Shit im about to do that

[@TonyisToking]

OG Kush?

[@thomasjordan8898]

@@TonyisToking homie playing as Marijuana

[@Robert399]

I remember some titanic desert battles against them in my Egypt campaign. Unfortunately the AI wasn't up to it and suicide charged its elephants onto my pikes before doing the usual thing of collapsing its own flanks for no reason.

[@adamrodaway9116]

Whenever I hear about a victory stele or panegyric, I can’t help but think: “My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!' Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away."

[@InDadequate]

ashamedly I had to look this up, very good poem

[@colink563]

This just makes me want a true bronze age focused game lol. Such a cool and lesser known story of history!

[@temptemp4174]

Bronze age paradox game with a Victoria 2 economy

[@Marinealver]

Half your people due to famine, also a scorpion 🦂 claims the life of another heir.

[@mattikul]

Try the Crusader Kings 3 Bronze Age mod

[@GabrielEddy]

This would be the Iron Age, sir.

[@JohnDoe-sw1rs]

It didn’t rain this season, time for revolution! Also your copper mines are depleted and your heir died in a hunting accident

[@HittokiriBatosai]

African history is too often summed up as Egypt (Ptolemaic specifically), ???, transatlantic slave trade. I love this, good on you for continuing to explore African history and sharing it with the people

[@taylorleeforcongress8470]

Because Rome and China tend to be more rich in things to study. Not to mention the in betweens like Islam, Greece etc.

[@HittokiriBatosai]

@@taylorleeforcongress8470 Can't make the comparison without knowledge of both though

[@menamilad3199]

You mainly see things only about Egypt and zulus. However as time has passed by African history knowledge amongst people is expanding. Now a lot of people know about the empires of the Sudan such as Ghana, Mali, Songhai. However there is still much more to learn about the beautiful african continent

[@MichaelClayton64]

@@menamilad3199 And Kilwa, the Kingdom of my ancestors, and there is still some more archeology needs to be done to find the city of Rhapta which is located in present day Tanzania which had contact with other civilizations as far as India and China according to the Greek book Periplus Erythraean Sea written in the 1st century, but thankfully, a lot of more people are learning about these African Kingsoms and its popularity is becoming high.

[@menamilad3199]

@@MichaelClayton64 yeah I heard about Raphta. Raphta must have been significant considering the fact after the 1st millennium AD it was still mentioned and described as a “metropolis” by Stephanus of Byzantium, Claudius Ptolemy and Cosmas indicopleustus. I believe Raphta was also mentioned by a Chinese writer that the name of escapes me. It’s interesting because prior to the 200-300 AD time period Raphta wasn’t described as a Metropolis.

[@charlesspeaksthetruth4334]

Hey great job invicta. The Aksumite Empire is another great ancient African civilization you could do a video on. It was the Askumites who defeated the Nubians, when thr Nubians became weak and thus became the new super power in that region. At the height of their power, they was considered one of the greatest Empires of that time period and they also have a written language. Here's just a small quote about the history of the Askumites: "Aksum also enlarged its territory through warfare. Led by King Ezana I, Aksumites conquered the city-state of Meroe/Nubia (part of present-day Sudan/) in the early fourth century C.E. In the sixth century, the Aksumite King Kaleb sent a force across the Red Sea to subdue the Yemenites, subjugating them as vassals for several decades. The Roman emperor at Byzantium supported Aksum in this venture, largely in retaliation for Yemen’s persecution of Christians."

[@MichaelClayton64]

Ezana was like Constantine of Aksum, and Kaleb was like Julius Caesar of Aksum.

[@victorconway444]

I wouldn't mind also seeing some videos on notable west african empires in the medieval/early modern periods like Mali and Songhai.

[@woozyz2769]

They weren't necessarily defeated, The Kushite empire phased out, by the time the Aksumites came the kingdoms of Makuria, Fur and Alwa were already in the making, many tribes fled which made it easier for Aksum to invade and takeover

[@uniformityofnature1488]

Nubians were ancient kemetians, those pyramids built in Sudan were not only built for the “Nubian elite” they were built by the native population that remained to honour their ancestors that lived and ruled in kemet for thousands of years. These guys were still practicing the ancient religion till 300AD whilst “Egypt” was occupied by foreigners. The last indigenous ancient kemet pharaoh nectanebo ii returned to upper Egypt and then Nubia . When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt he created a narrative that he was a descendant of nectanebo. the Nubia of the ancient times was not an ethnic marker, but a region bounded by the first and sixth cataracts of the river Iteru (Nile). The name of a non-Egyptian kingdom south of Nubia is “Kush". 5 out of the forty-two traditional administrative divisions of ancient kemet were located in ancient Nubia, and that part of Nubia was not considered as part of Kush. Kush conquered lower Egypt at the end of the old kingdom however the ancient Kemetians recaptured it from kush during the new kingdom ( after 700 years)The oldest state in the Nile valley is ta-seti which lies on the borders of lower Nubia and upper Egypt.. and the oldest most dominant cultures in kemet were the naqada and Badarians. Located in upper Egypt lower Nubia. The heart land of ancient kemet was upper Egypt and now these people are called “Nubians” due to modern racial standards ridiculous.

[@brokenbridge6316]

This Nubian King was certainly a uniquely fearsome individual. But it was good that he tried to show he was more than some brute. He deserved to take control of Egypt and rule it. Great video.

[@paulstephensia1412]

Thanks for giving us more insight on plenty of the events that were forgotten or lost through time it really helps us in further understanding the history of certain countries, and how they developed their cultures and civilization.

[@siechamontillado]

This is awesome and want to see more history videos about Sub-Saharan African history (and North Africa too, but parts of it seemed well covered). Thank you!

[@BilalMarcus]

Nubia isnt sub saharan

[@MichaelClayton64]

@@BilalMarcus It technically is, below the 2nd cataract with the latitude being the same with Chad. And they certainly do not look like Berbers or Copts, that is why his using the term to easy to distinguish.

[@SonKunSama]

How much history do you think there is? There were only very modest kingdoms in sub-Saharan Africa when the Europeans arrived, and none were literate. The only thing we have is oral tradition which makes any serious analysis very difficult. Of course there are a few exceptions but it would be like covering specific events from the Stone Age in Europe.

[@MichaelClayton64]

@@SonKunSama Here are some architecture monuments from Africa. Fasil Ghebbi Castles Obelisk of Axum Temple of Dungur Yeha Temple Defuffas Temple Walls of Benin Kilwa Kisiswani Great Mosque of Kilwa Great Zimbabwe Khami Ruins Dhar Tichitt Kushite Pyramids (Meroe, Nuri Jebel Barkal, Sedinga, El Kurru). Lalibela Churches Ife Sculptures Benin Bronzes University of Sankore Tomb of Askia Muhammad El Kurru tombs. Great Mosque of Djenne Cathedrals at old Dongola Library of Timbuktu

[@Johnny_McClintock]

@@SonKunSama no incorrect

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

Nubian kingdom was cool.

[@doglockstudios2326]

So much content about Nubia coming out, I wonder why. I love it.

[@christaylor7709]

I love it as well. It's finally getting the recognition it deserves as a civilization. Finally!

[@ramenbomberdeluxe4958]

Because its like the forgotten southern underdog to Egypt. Egypt is WORTHY of praise by all means, but seeing more African civilizations be covered by relatively big history channels, especially since African history seems to be among the most overlooked by those outside the continent (minus Egypt), really warms my own non-African heart. Nubia is badass, they simply are.

[@innitbruv-lascocomics9910]

@@aristomenes3033 "We waz kangz" comment #45. Love the originality guys

[@innitbruv-lascocomics9910]

@@ramenbomberdeluxe4958 Agreed! Nubian civilization has so many interesting faces to read and research about!

[@James-lu4hb]

The Kingdom of Kush was one of the most important civilizations in African History.

[@vincentvassallo5727]

This is why I love this channel and channels like it. Putting a microscope on the most obscure times and places of history and giving us a gripping nuanced story. This is the apex of history content.

[@finn4012]

Already knew of this invasion, man the Nubians were interesting

[@corngreaterthanwheat]

"We'll come war or whatever, but first we gotta go bathe in Thebes." "What are you? Spartans?!?!"

[@vazak11]

This was epic, I want a whole multi season series about this guy!

[@ger128]

It sounds like king Piye was something of a perfectionist

[@maometto6812]

A Sudanese stopped by... Thank you.

[@antonioboss298]

Egypt was in a state of ruin, until King Piye and his Kushite/Nubians conquered Egypt and created a cultural Renaissance, which we now know as the 25th dynasty of Egypt. Kemet being it's indigenous name.

[@eodyn7]

lmao... WE

[@MichaelClayton64]

@@eodyn7 THINK WE'RE FUNNY BUT AREN'T. Dead meme mate, especially on a video that is not pseudo.

[@antonioboss298]

@xNAJAFx We Wuz Trolls? Not very smart ones at that Lol.

[@antonioboss298]

@@MichaelClayton64 They're too dumb not to know it's not pseudo Lol. They don't even know what the word means. Use smaller words next time.

[@MichaelClayton64]

@@antonioboss298 Yep, pretty much, and will do.

[@colinmunro3158]

I'm glad to see some content about the Nubian civilization. I among many others first learned of their existence in Sied Meier's Civilization 6, but I found it difficult to find good content about their history. Hopefully, many people find this video as interesting as I did.

[@PAGoldenglovechamp06]

There’s a ton of stuff out there. Where are you looking exactly ?

[@FACM.]

Dude, Nubian history is amazing. I started to get interest about them when played with nubian kingdoms in CK2 lol

[@antonioboss298]

Facts. I love Nubian history.

[@blakelowrey9620]

Making a Nubian sit on the English throne is one of the funniest challenges in the game

[@jamesteach5711]

Tank you so much. Long live the decendened of Nubia✊🏿

[@frankharr9466]

That was really quite exciting. Well-written.

[@TheAnc1entOne3509]

This was honestly extremely uplifting to hear. Africa and its Empires don't really get talked about at all and I love what you guys are doing. I can't wait to hear more about such a wonderful and Rich culture of our ancestors. You guys are truly phenomenal and everything that you do

[@kevinsmith9013]

Quite the accomplishments, always good to learn more of Nubian might.

[@evil5423]

Sounds nationalist

[@innitbruv-lascocomics9910]

@@evil5423 What?

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

@Rhizosphere As an African... I can confidently assert myself in the belief that communism is the Greatest failure of my people.

[@zombieat]

@@mwanikimwaniki6801 of all people.

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

@@zombieat ???

[@petrov3411]

From halo 4 Mario kart to the most interesting historical videos on KZbin. The duality of man

[@collintrytsman3353]

fascinating and so rarely revealed look forward to seeing more on these lesser known kingdoms of the ancient world

[@mattrenner9215]

The nubians have a interesting bow style is their archeological evidence to back up its depiction?

[@Sakattack2023]

Nope. Ain’t it funny, almost nothing new discovered but yet, theirs soooooo much “new” information being “produced”.

[@admirekashiri9879]

@@Sakattack2023 almost nothing discovered are you sure about that? 😂 so the later Nubian Cathedral discovered in May this year is nothing huh?

[@RealOriginalGamers]

@@Sakattack2023 salty dalty

[@sorgad]

I am from sudan thank you for information.

[@erikthered7876]

Love the video content you put out, got my fingers crossed for some topic on the mighty Thracians, once said to be the most warlike people in the world, and that if they could only stop fighting each other long enough to unite, the whole world would tremble at their march. There is even a legend that they had a hand in the culture of the Germanics/Nordics.- "The Legend of Diyes is the story of the northward migration of the Thracian tribe Dii to the country of Odin. The Dii initially lived among the foothills of the Rhodope Mountains in Thrace."

[@WiseSilverWolf]

The art was pretty cool too, Piye reminds me of Stargate.

[@princekalender2154]

Damn, that Piye was metal.

[@cegesh1459]

I love this. Your Videos have such a great quality. I want to see more from Africa and all cultures over the world.

[@jimjohnson1305]

I'd argue that Narmer was the first black pharaoh of Upper and Lower Egypt. Nubia was always the source of Egypt's wealth, including gold, especially gold. Why would anyone believe that the old kingdom would unite Nile civilizations and not include Nubia. It was Nubian resources that financed the Old Kingdom. Why would anyone believe that that people from all over the ancient world came to Egypt prior to the 25th dynasty but Nubians, who only had to travel downstream to get there, never made the journey?

[@snowcrow599]

3:44 Kind of odd that you used the much later Hellenic/Greek versions of the names of the cities, that is if the names in Egyptian are available. Thebes is the Hellenic name, while the Egyptians called it Waset. I know that the Hellenic versions are those that will probably show up first when you reasearch about them, but it would be nice if the original Egyptian names are used since the time period is 720 BC, before the Hellenic influence in the area. And I also noticed "Arabia Felix" in Arabia, again maybe that is the only known name of the region in antiquity but, you get it

[@reginaldinoenchillada3513]

Thank you! I read about this in National Geographic.

[@andrewhnatiuk1575]

I was wondering if you can put out another how they did episode. This time on how Ancient Romans and Greeks did their laundry.

[@lucasgaudio3720]

I know its a worthless trinket but on my trip to egipt i made a point of buying a camel figurine made of bone to a legit nubian. I have allways thought these dudes are supremely underrated

[@tubarao1143]

What is a legit nubian?lol its like going to italy and be sold stuff by a "legitimate roman"...

[@sean668]

@@tubarao1143 Not exactly. Nubian people still exist and speak Nubian

[@JcoleMc]

@@tubarao1143 By a legit slavic

[@ktheterkuceder6825]

Next:Ghana,Kanem bornu,Kingdom of Makuria,kingdom of Benin and Ashanti empire.

[@MichaelClayton64]

Don't forget Kilwa, and other Swahili City States like Rhapta. And of course, the Kingdom of Aksum and Great Zimbabwe.

[@reeyees50]

Axum

[@hassanabdikarimmohamed2505]

@@MichaelClayton64 according to ancient greek 2000 year old books like the periplus of the erythrean sea, an eyewitness first hand source composed by a seafaring trader, Rhapta was settled by red skinned men who were of the same tribe as the natives of Nikon (Kismayo in South Somalia) hence why the lands between Nikon and Rhapta was known as Azania (who the greeks said were related to the other Somalis of Barbaria whose land stretched from zeila near Djibouti to ras hafun to Nikon), Azania which rhapta was the southernmost port city, is a historical territory all historians agree was settled by coastal Eastern and Southern CUSHITES ...I mean even the name Azania (Asaan) in Cushitic Afroasiatic languages means Red (skin) land I'd expect someone with your name to know basic african history

[@MichaelClayton64]

@@hassanabdikarimmohamed2505 link of the Source? Because as far as I know, no one has described what the people of Rhapta looked like, all we know that it is located in present Tanzania, inhabited by Swahili people's during that time.

[@hassanabdikarimmohamed2505]

@@MichaelClayton64 go read the periplus of the erythrean sea, rhapta is described as being settled by the same ethnic group who controlled nikon (kismayo), and both nikon and rhapta was known as Azania, its people in azania were described as being the same as the people of Barbaria (Djibouti and Somalia) One thing is for sure, scholars have all agreed, from Indian historians to african and European historians, all agree that Azania (which is the civilisation which rhapta was first mentioned as being part of) was a Cushite civilisation settled by South cushites in rhapta (last remaining ones are groups like Iraqw who pre date bantu migration into Tanzania) and East cushites in North Azania in places like Nikon I don't need to give sources, go google azania, which is the coastal Cushite civilisation which rhapta was first documented to be part of, mentioned by ancient greeks and romans and modern historians all agree, using these aforementioned ancient sources, that rhapta nikon these cities of Azania were Cushite lands (they didn't randomly arrive at this, they've used greek roman sources which clesrly say thd people of azania are the same in appearance and ethnicity as the people of the horn of Africa coastline)

[@3rdworldbig733]

What? First black pharaoh in 700bc?! What was khufu? What was pre dynastic Egypt? White? Spare me bro

[@WoodsLesnik]

Brown

[@TRUTHTEACHER2007]

Egyptian history IS African history. Egyptians were Africans. Egyptians ARE STILL AFRICANS. He was the 1st NUBIAN pharaoh. Africans ARE NOT BLACK. Nio Africans identified as such. There are Africans with tropically adapted skin tones. Therefore, there were MANY pharaohs who had dark skin. So talking about black pharaohs..... black in what sense and as opposed to what?

[@astahfirula]

I think is about time you start thinking on writing a book. that introduction was epic. and by now you are really good on the storytelling part.

[@AM-fy5du]

Its ingredible to hear about this gem of history! Also great how far you have come. Commented on your first documentary some years ago!

[@christaylor6654]

I wish there was more info on the history of South and Central America, history is being rewritten by new discoveries every year. How were temples being built there around the same time as in Egypt

[@ryufight7987]

My friend there is a lot about central and south america you just have to look for it lots of documentary's . That being said lots of central America is still being uncovered they only found like 20 procent of the Mayan empire and that alone tops Rome . City's have been found all over the amazone from gautamala to Belize to Mexico . The Mayans really where the architects of the jungle Same goes for the Inca in south America more and more is being discovered look at the city in the sky ..what a beautyfull work that was .

[@sivartb7273]

Europeans destroyed the codices/ libraries.

[@TaxTaxes]

@@sivartb7273 a lot of people don't know about this

[@Powerofhelp]

The introduction as first black pharaoh is misleading because Mena, Menes or Narmer was first Pharaoh of Kmt or Egypt he was black.

[@thomascrownrg]

Outstanding! Thank you

[@blockmasterscott]

What's a trip is some of those pyramids were almost 2,000 years old when this invasion happened.

[@sjw4life546]

Thanos: My heart is not satisfied. I'll do it myself!

[@genowill7081]

Much respect for your videos even more exploring the great kingdoms of Africa too many untold stories

[@joeclay9683]

if the media wants to diversify movies, why not make films based on stuff like this, instead of making Achilles and Anne Boleyn black.

[@sammydasilva6152]

The liberals are not about showing African history but writing off and erasing Europeans from their own history.

[@NubiansNapata]

Well that's not historical correct to cast people from west African to play north east Africans... And don't Hollywood cast white people to play ancient Egyptians... Anglo Saxon have absolutely nothing to do with the Nile...nor did they look like northern Europeans... it's Afro Asiatic history

[@SeanMichael-yt4ps]

😂 you should probably look up migrations into the Nile Delta and figure out which people settled where first before you make that statement

[@joeclay9683]

@@SeanMichael-yt4ps what you on about? Achilles and Anne Boleyn weren't black. Your response makes no sense. They should be making films that actually have blacks in. E.g. instead of the Cleopatra documentary on netflix, they should have made something on this instead.

[@byaran1]

His heart was not satisfied because the invaders that was running Egypt must go.

[@billy9534]

This needs to be a total war game!

[@jasongunningham9545]

Very interesting history that I didn’t know about

[@laabitres]

NOBODY wanted smoke with Nubia, greatest archers in the world probably

[@Arander92]

Wanna geet hiiiii???

[@dw3299]

The Mongols might have something to say about that

[@laabitres]

@@dw3299 greatest horse archers, not archers

[@dw3299]

@@laabitres Yeah, they were even better on foot without the complexity of riding a horse… The Nubians were great archers, the best in that area, but considering they never extended beyond the upper Nile, they weren’t good enough to create a large empire. They did well in fighting off the Assyrians and even served with the Persians in the first millennium. Great, but not the best. Most historians would probably argue it was either One of the Turkic peoples or East Asia.

[@NubiansNapata]

@@dw3299 I'm Nubian and I agree.. Nubian archers were some of the best in the ancient world.... Nubians fought off Rome, Assyria,... But the Greatest victory was against Arabs who conquer Egypt... Arabs at that point had crushed the Romans in the middle East , crush Persia too... They could not defeat Nubian Archers... But the Mongols are probably the Greatest fighting army of the ancient world... If u conquer Russia, China and Persia... That's insane...

[@thelittleal1212]

The story of a Great Legend

[@caiooca5793]

Beautiful and well told.

[@JuliandroGron]

Thank you.

[@IfbbProRolandcHazard]

Wow a video I could have listen to for an hour.

[@jabbatheslut7406]

A big channel covering african history that isn't egypt? Props to you sir

[@Sakattack2023]

Jesus. You didn’t watch it.

[@Willy_Tepes]

Forgotten battle: The Narvik Campaign, when British and French forces launched a counter attack against the German invasion of Norway and vital vital port of Narvik that shipped Swedish iron ore.

[@MoisesMartinez381]

This was really good.

[@zakadams762]

Thrilled from just the thumbnail, that is a complicated and fantastic plan. Moving across that many bodies of water is just bizarre

[@General_Rubenski]

Careful with some of these comments. We got people crying, pissing, and shitting themselves over the fact that some Egyptian pharaohs were of darker complexion. Don't want to step in that shit.

[@jasoncolleran2178]

funny yours was the first comment i saw about race :) i imagine you refreshing the comment section every 10 seconds looking for something to white knight about hahahaha good job mate you are the woke king for today

[@General_Rubenski]

@@jasoncolleran2178 that’s pretty unfortunate. One scroll and I kept seeing people arguing about it. Must have gotten lucky to see mine first. Just scroll down a bit and you’ll see them. Carful though, some comments will make you burst a blood vessel with the sheer stupidity

[@hectorosbert]

Literally no one cares or is in the least surprised.

[@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl]

@@General_Rubenski what I am seeing is people saying that my ancestors were black

[@Threezi04]

@@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl I am not seeing that, what video were you watching? As a Libyan myself we can both agree that North Africans have never been black outside of the Sahara desert, but it is ridiculous to say that the black Nubians never once ruled over Egypt, we know this is a historical fact, just like how we know that the Egyptian people never being black was a historical fact.

[@davidr1037]

Meshwesh... that’s a good name:) no joke I fckn love that name:)

[@ronaldbessard7061]

He was not the first black king. They were black kings before Py.

[@SeanMichael-yt4ps]

Shemai ...... But I imagine they were plenty more realistically speaking these people have a shared history that supersedes one conquering the other there was intermarriage all kinds of interaction to be honest it is even noted that some populations from Nubia actually did indeed migrate into the Delta region as well as other groups from the Horn of Africa. As well as the remnants of the ancient green Sahara so it's safe to say that it was a melting pot of various African people's long before it was a melting pot 🍲...... Of asiatics Greeks and Romans not to mention the asyrians, just thought I should throw that out there 🤙🏽. Western perspective of history is very interesting and not the actual version however this guy did get many things right in the video so kudos to him

[@GTduzIt]

Anachronism. There was no Herakleopolis at the time.... That is Hellenic/Greek for "City of Hercules". Yet Hercules is Romanized Herakles ... The Land was known as Hwt NN Nswt - House of Nun Nuset - House of the Kings Child

[@shawnbeckett1370]

Awesome as always

[@VictoryForThePeople17]

Do some Native American history. People don’t ever go into that

[@christopherhanton6611]

not bad for king Nubia , he keep the movement and took all of egypt in how many or weeks

[@levia9349]

There was also another invasion that happened between 1600 BCE and 1500 BCE during late Kerma period.

[@krankarvolund7771]

Yes, with an alliance with the Hyksos people. But it did not last and Djehutymes I invaded them back, and Egypt annexed the kingdom of Kerma with the New Kingdom.

[@levia9349]

@@krankarvolund7771 I know

[@admirekashiri9879]

Is this just before the Kerma kingdom was colonized?

[@levia9349]

@@admirekashiri9879 Yes

[@levia9349]

@ايجون تارجاريين I don't know they are strong but not strong enough to overwhelm ancient Egypt without Kerma kingdom help.

[@FreeFallingAir]

Hey... This satisfies my heart ❤️

[@viniciusbueno2160]

The sentence "history is a Pack of lies agreed upon" makes a lot more sense now

[@finlaysharpe844]

Thank you for showing us all this, I would never have discovered it myself. Love the channel

[@SomasAcademy]

I'd hesitate to call Piye the "first Black Pharaoh of Upper and Lower Egypt" like in the introduction of this video. He had no concept of being "Black," that's a completely modern concept; he was just a Kushite, and probably would have found it strange to learn that people thousands of years after his death would be grouping him with completely distinct peoples based on a handful of features. And, on the flip side of that, the borders between Egypt and its neighbors weren't solid, and there were probably plenty of people with more distant Nubian or other Sub Saharan ancestry in Egypt, who would be considered "Black" today, but wouldn't have been distinguished in their own time since our understanding of race was so far away. We can't say for certain that no previous Pharaoh would be classified as "Black" if we saw him today, because unlike a Nubian-born Pharaoh like Piye, a thoroughly Egyptianized person of more distant Sub Saharan descent most likely wouldn't have been distinguished from other Egyptians.

[@DavidSaintloth]

THIS. That "black" was anachronism and redundant and had no place in that statement.

[@jonathanwilliams1065]

He was still the first pharaoh to have black skin Egyptians were North Africans, and their art makes it clear they were not black while Nubians were

[@antonioboss298]

@Soma's Academy.. Some people (and we know who they are) are going to get triggered by your comment but you're absolutely correct.

[@accountretired9479]

@@jonathanwilliams1065 Then you are blind as a bat

[@antonioboss298]

@@jonathanwilliams1065 Lol there's plenty of north Africans with black skin. Travel more.

[@RealOriginalGamers]

First black ruler... Where they not all black then ??

[@gogodaal7273]

No

[@nurudeen2881]

Thanks

[@Luna-rj1bb]

Great topic to focus on which most ppl don’t look at much

[@TheEmpireStrikes74]

He is not the first Black Pharoah..He was the First Nubian Pharaoh..Big difference.

[@antonioboss298]

Facts.

[@MsCwebb]

No

[@TheEmpireStrikes74]

@@MsCwebb No Facts.The Old Kingdom, New Kingdom, and Intermediate kingdoms were African Pharoahs..These were not Asiatic people, nor Europeans..There no European powers at that time..Stop the nonesense...Ti- Seti or Nubia is the mother of Kemet ( Egypt)...These were people from all along the Nile River Valley that created the Empire of Eygpt..Ta Seti is older that Eygpt and was the first Civilization in Africa..This before the Arab / Muslim Jihads /invasions of the 7 AD, 8th, 9th and 10th century of North Africa and the European invasion in the 300-100 BC with the Greeks ( Alexander the Great ) and later the Romans...Period..These were black people..Check the Heirogliyfics. Stop Whitewashing and Europeanizing Ancient Africa..

[@MsCwebb]

@@TheEmpireStrikes74 Nope. You are confused my boy. You probably think Cleopatra was a black to lol

[@matthewmann8969]

Yeah sometimes Nubians arrived in squads, packs, pods, prides, groups, herds, swarms, clans, regiments, calvalries, armies, troops, scoops, scouts, and armadas

[@GetPaid2WatchVideos]

Nice Video

[@htak2010]

Great to hear your narration again :)

[@bumbaclot813]

This might be a night where I play total war while listening to Invicta in the background.