I Thank you for caring and making video about the greek history
@VladTevez5 жыл бұрын
@@SwordEncarmine Pontus rulers, the Mithridatic dynasty, were hellenized Persians
@rmz93095 жыл бұрын
Ottaman Wars ?
@VladTevez5 жыл бұрын
@@SwordEncarmine Yes
@SIGSAUER_P3205 жыл бұрын
you say Hellenic not greek.ooook???
@user-hn5bi3nw9y5 жыл бұрын
Heracles - protector of Budda. History never stops to fascinate me.
@VladiSSius5 жыл бұрын
@Chao Li watch the video.
@luckiller0195 жыл бұрын
>top ten most ambitious crossover
@cv48095 жыл бұрын
I lost it at Greek Buddhist monks,I really didn't expected that
@SeymoreSparda5 жыл бұрын
Don't just stop there..Greaco-Buddhist..think of the potential! Muthaphukkin' Shaolin Greeks, man! Remember how hard the Ikko-Ikki, the Shaolin warrior monks of Japan, had been as a pain in the arse for Nobunaga before he subdued them (watch Extra History Sengoku Jidai part #3,you'd get it)? Imagine Shaolin kung fu infused with ancient Greek wrestling (pálē), boxing (pygmachia), and no-holds-barred mma (pankration)? Imagine Shaolin monks doing the hoplite and phalanx formations, with their hybrid pole-arms designs and tactics..brah...
@ReviveHF5 жыл бұрын
@@SeymoreSparda Actually, the Chinese had developed their own system of martial arts and hoplite/phalanx style tactics during the Xia and Shang Dynasty period, that's way before the arrival of Buddhism. However, there is a possiblity that Shaolin Kungfu was a hybrid Chinese and Greek martial arts, I also think that Damo(達摩)was likely a Greek buddhist priest.
@JCO20025 жыл бұрын
I visited Balkh in 1977. That was before Afghanistan descended into decades of conflict. I still remember sitting high on the wall looking across at a horse rider with a flowing turban riding through rich, green fields in the distance. It was magical.
@JCO20025 жыл бұрын
@@myth1234xd I was born in 1952.
@mortezamiri98615 жыл бұрын
I am from Afghanistan, born in 1997. I have never seen a peaceful Afghanistan from the day I was born your words made me emotional
@satarjahish5 жыл бұрын
Despite the war, people still get high in Balkh, sit on the wall (which is pretty ancient) and enjoy the view.
@nicholaspo57435 жыл бұрын
@@panosp.k9063 There are a lot of white people in northern Afghanistan with red/blonde hair as well as different eye colours so id say theyre related to the bactrian greeks.
@nicholaspo57435 жыл бұрын
@Guy Who's not gay Modern Greeks dont look white but when you look at ancient greek paintings/statues they all look pale white. Its just like how modern Turks of Turkey look more Southern European/Middle Eastern rather than Asian Turkic.
@wythore4 жыл бұрын
Man, imagine being part of Alexander's army, traveling literally to the end of what was the known world to them, and still find people speaking your languange in such a far away place.
@tomlxyz4 жыл бұрын
But they probably had a very different dialect due to isolation. In the past dialects could been so different because of isolation that some couldn't understand others despite having the same language
@yoshikagekira36154 жыл бұрын
@Salt & Pepper No at least the Macedonian people and the Greeks had no idea about China. I remember reading that Alexander wanted to see what was beyond as his tutor when he was younger (Aristotle) had no knowledge about the land beyond India. Also the silk road was not as prominent at Alexander's time
@archaeaoris9004 жыл бұрын
@@tomlxyz this is correct, but also the Greek cities and kingdoms around the known world had their own Greek dialect, so unless the dialect has changed a lot, they would understand that they were also Greeks.
@refiyukilhu6724 жыл бұрын
@Salt & Pepper noo -_- ... The term silk road was spread in 700AD
@jekesan42214 жыл бұрын
@Salt & Pepper Silkroads doesn't exist yet at the time until Han dynasty came to be and conquered Tarim Basin
@iminformedbecauseisawabunc94025 жыл бұрын
"many greek cities were founded in his wake" Such as Alexandria, Alexandria, and Alexandria Oh and Alexandria
@MrRenegadeshinobi5 жыл бұрын
I think you forgot Alexandria.
@redlighter87675 жыл бұрын
@@MrRenegadeshinobi But what about Alexandria. Or Alexandria, or even Alexandria.
@MrRenegadeshinobi5 жыл бұрын
@@redlighter8767 And then there's Alexandria.
@giannisv.44725 жыл бұрын
And last but not least Alexandria eschate
@giannisv.44725 жыл бұрын
@@kevray Alexandria eschate means exactly Alexandria the furthest
@StefanMilo5 жыл бұрын
I had no idea Greeks were in that part of the world before Alexander as part of some Persian gulag system. Great video!
@KingsandGenerals5 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't call it that, but yeah :D
@RedbadofFrisia5 жыл бұрын
Lol i love the internet
@bobmiller36275 жыл бұрын
Joseph Stalin, "Stalin! Baby! Your mustache is looking PARTICULARLY nice this week! Plz don't send me to the gulag :("
@enoughrope16385 жыл бұрын
Quite often I hear people say "Afghanistan can never be conquered by the west" or some variation. I always reply "The Greeks held it for a hundred years...." Typically they are confused and ignore me from that point on as Bactria is obscure and doesn't fit the popular narrative.
@byshopwilliams82565 жыл бұрын
@@enoughrope1638 you hit them with intelligence and in return they hit you with ignorance.
@JodenPaoloPeroy5 жыл бұрын
That CK2 "Ambitious" modifier though.
@AtticusAmericanus5 жыл бұрын
Ha, noticed that too.
@connorgolden45 жыл бұрын
I hate that trait with a passion...when it isn’t me who has it.
@leonzoful5 жыл бұрын
@@connorgolden4 you can always make that character general of a tiny army, and send him to its certain death xD
@vinicius2uiciniv5 жыл бұрын
Well, just hoping Imperator Rome to play a Hellenic in India/Afghanistan
@nikolak42255 жыл бұрын
made me smile lol
@LeviathanSpeaks14695 жыл бұрын
Hercules and the Buddha... History's first Avengers team...
@abberss5 жыл бұрын
I believe they are known as the Super Best Friends
@rajsekharkarajada98305 жыл бұрын
Hercules ( hulk) & buddha(dr strange) 🤣
@muhammadbinyaqub164 жыл бұрын
I wonder when the Vikings along with Thor will join it
@seiamaknoor4904 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@arthurlecomte89504 жыл бұрын
Herakles*
@johnx41334 жыл бұрын
*Alexander arriving in bactria and meeting Greeks* "Yo, what the fuck"
@pierren___3 жыл бұрын
Are you dumb? Its after Alexander passed that they stayed
@mibikchellaimibikchellous22383 жыл бұрын
@@pierren___ Have you seen the video?
@pierren___3 жыл бұрын
@@mibikchellaimibikchellous2238 yes
@pierren___3 жыл бұрын
@@mibikchellaimibikchellous2238 oups sorry
@AK-dd9od3 жыл бұрын
So is this video-maker now going to claim that Greeks built the Bamiyan Buddha statue too? Its seems the claims about Greek contributions warrant some questioning.
@boogeymann66865 жыл бұрын
Greek guy talking: dude, I just went to Alexandria last week. It was pretty cool. Other guy: which Alexandria??
@twojacksandanace38475 жыл бұрын
actually it's Alexandria the furthest no the farthest.
@twojacksandanace38475 жыл бұрын
@Jigov wtf did you get that bs? Greece is a country with Greeks the people who live in it, Alexander was Greek, im not Greek and even i know that, people like to say he was Macedonian, but if thats true than were Athenians and Cretans not Greek as well?
@twojacksandanace38475 жыл бұрын
@Jigov Dude, Greeks have lived in Greece a very long time, since back to the Minoan Empire, there is solid evidence of a great deal of contact and trade between Greeks and ancient Egyptians. The Bulgarians are actually the new comers, the Bulgar tribes and the first Bulgarian Empire came during the Byzantine Period, after the fall of the western roman empire. Don't know where you have gotten all this ridiculous bs, honestly you sound insane spouting out all this crazy stuff that is completely made up. Bulgarians first arrived in the Balkans and near Greece in 681 AD, Proto-Greeks arrived in the Balkans at the end of the third millennium BC, thousands of years before the Bulgars. I assume that you are Bulgarian and are a but hurt nationalist all for a "Greater Bulgaria" and see the Balkans and especially Greece as rightful Bulgarian clay, unfortunately you are wrong and blinded by the lies that have been told to you for a very long time. History, Science and the majority of Europe and the world are against you, your opinion is just that, yours and maybe a few others, everyone else knows the truth and that your wrong, whether you like it or not.
@twojacksandanace38475 жыл бұрын
@Jigov We must be on different pages because your making no sense to me, yes the modern Greece was formed in 1830, and i am quit sure i would have heard about a massive invasion of Greece by a tribal people and almost total assimilation of the native peoples, your essentially saying that an invading people wiped out or mostly wiped out actual Greeks and has been pretending that they are the real Greeks. Dude your delusional, that's like saying that British aren't actually the real British and are actually not British people that have been disguised as Brits for the last hundred and fifty years, wtf is this man?
@twojacksandanace38475 жыл бұрын
@Jigov I'm done with this, your fucking insane man. Actually look some shit up, not everything on the internet is false. Your saying that Bulgarians taught all of Europe the idea of sharp metal weapons and how to refine precious metals, make wine, ride horses and make objects with their hands? Your smoking something man, i will say it again, Bulgarians first arrived in Europe during the time of the Byzantine Empire, and i am pretty sure people knew how to make weapons out of metal, make refined gold, make wine, ride horses and make shit with their bare hands during the time of the Eastern Roman Empire, or are you insinuating that the Roman empire didn't have horses, wine, gold and swords? Perhaps Alexander the Great didn't have any cavalry and Caesar was killed with wooden daggers because they didn't know what the fuck metal was. Stop pestering me with this crazy shit, i think you need a brain scan and some therapy clearly you going through some issues.
@ThisisBarris5 жыл бұрын
Let me guess, the cities were named Alexandria?
@farhanhyder73045 жыл бұрын
It is a region of long and rich history
@darthbricksempire36065 жыл бұрын
This is Barris! - French History Hmm, why would you think that?
@madshagen58495 жыл бұрын
Kandahar, the Afghan city which was a stronghold of the Taliban, and capital of the province of the same name where American and British have been fighting for the last 16 years derives its name from "Iskandar" -Alexander. It is one of the Alexandrias... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandahar#Alexandria
@justanothershitlord1995 жыл бұрын
It's a good name for a city.
@elhombredeoro9555 жыл бұрын
In India suffix to a city name is 'pur' and 'bad' and there are many places named Sikanderpur and Secunderabad and even Sikandra.
@thejordanianphilosopher66664 жыл бұрын
Respect Greece from the Levant .
@jonnymak10793 жыл бұрын
1 LOVE
@selfcare11083 жыл бұрын
Love from Greece
@starman11443 жыл бұрын
@jorgan Kharn No, Greece was created by the Greek revolution agenst the Ottomans. King Otto was appointed King by the Greeks because the monarchies of Europe didn't want an independent Republic to exist in Europe. Also because the country Greece was created in 1823 that doesn't mean that Greeks didn't exist before that. And you are from North Macedonia right??? And your people cleam Ancient Macedonian ancestry. So by your logic, how a Albano-Slavic country created in 1992 is related to an ancient Hellenic country???
@selfcare11083 жыл бұрын
@Kadir Garip 100% agree, respect from Greece
@AK-dd9od3 жыл бұрын
Bactria is part of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, as well the northern borderlands of Afghanistan. The Afghans had conquered a portion of what was formerly southern Bactria and annexed it to the Afghan state. If there were any Greeks left in southern Bactria, they came under Afghan control.
@DrFroyd1235 жыл бұрын
As a Greek, I thank you for this video. These are not taught in Greek schools
@mountainbreeze41765 жыл бұрын
Why not I would have thought Alexander the great’s Legacy would be one of the most important
@jayeshpatel37045 жыл бұрын
Sorry because it is a lie from this video that's why guy is making money from this lies
@jayeshpatel37045 жыл бұрын
Alexander went for revenge against persia, he lost to porus ran and left his soldiers, west is glorifying him with lies
@gurpartapsingh23695 жыл бұрын
@@BasileusAlexandrosGRAIKOS Alexander retreated from the River Beas of Punjab. He was disturbed by Mallian compaign, he never entered deep into now Indian Punjab and further into India. I live in Punjab. He never came here, he retreated from borders of Punjab. That truth.
@allensnea93354 жыл бұрын
@Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας, I wouldn’t really call a Greek conquering of India. The conquering was mainly west and some of central India. Sure the rule was very bad, but it wasn’t as bad as the British. Remember that the south was untouched by the Greeks and the north absorbed very little Greek culture (maybe a few borrowed words at most). I respect Greek people but remember that Indian people are very diverse and don’t call an invasion.
@connorgolden45 жыл бұрын
I love how you guys cover the lesser known parts of history, the stuff you don’t see on the history channel or in classrooms. Never change Kings and Generals!
@KingsandGenerals5 жыл бұрын
Thank you, we won't :-)
@theexplorer71395 жыл бұрын
@@KingsandGenerals Have you done the kingdom of Aragon? I have only seen small YT vids on it.
@KingsandGenerals5 жыл бұрын
@@theexplorer7139 only Las Navas de Tolosa
@beagle88635 жыл бұрын
That's exactly why i love this channel
@connorgolden45 жыл бұрын
A S What are you even saying? Learn how to write a proper sentence before commenting.
@MrShadowtruth5 жыл бұрын
'Oh, Afghanistan. How you have fallen so! What has happened to cities of Balkh and Kunduz? The gardens of Ghazni and Qandahar? The great palaces of Kabul? You are like a mistress who has lost her lover and weeps for her children.' - Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir, part 3, pg 98 It's a shame what happened to some regions of the world. Actions from the past are still vividly felt in the present.
@Adi-mw9bz5 жыл бұрын
Yes Friend but dont forgent many of people say its because of islam No it is not islam sence 1000 years in afghanistan in 1970s 1960s look the pictures of old afghanistan its like another country Its not because of islam that afghanistan was destroyed its because of people who used islam for their own profit its really shame for us a Afghan poet says If I made you like hell, ,i also will make you like paradise.
@MrShadowtruth5 жыл бұрын
._. what the fuck are you talking about? @@Adi-mw9bz
@Adi-mw9bz5 жыл бұрын
@@slugakristov8343 You are dumb as fuck bro
@Adi-mw9bz5 жыл бұрын
@ShinRaPresident I'm sure that in life you have never really met Islam. you just learned everything from media and stuff. I give you an example A thief who stolen his hand must be cut as punishment. That's right, but that has special cases. 1The thief must be grown (no child). 2 Someone who did not know that theft has such a penalty. 3 What is not under protection and if someone takes this (steals). 4 What is stolen must have a certain value. 5 Someone had to steal because he had no money for food. if someone has these special cases his hand does not have to be cut. That's the problem, there's still a special case or many cases for almost everything you've told me. Please read the book "Tafsir English" if you want to read the Koran. Koran can not be explained alone without prophet. That's why you have to have a "tesfir book" next to koran and read the Quran.
@Adi-mw9bz5 жыл бұрын
@ShinRaPresident First of all, islam has nothing to do with ethnic things. Even a white American may understand Islam better than your wife. Even if she understood Islam, she would not marry you, but that's another topic. Islam is a religion for one person and a condition for several people. No matter what we are with this condition and we can not change the rules as the Christian have made it in time. I'll give you another example. When America waged war with Japan, its military issued a US order ARMY throw atom bombs in Japan. And the soldiers did it. They had to because it was a command. An command of people. Koran is the command of God of Allah and we will follow that to the end.
@prof.cecilycogsworth32045 жыл бұрын
The Greek influences in the Mahayana never fail to fascinate me. Thanks for setting them out so clearly.
@katskoul5 жыл бұрын
As a Greek and as a historian, I congratulate you on the great account you give on the video. You shed light on a part of history that hasn't been dealt with to the extent it should have. Thank you!
@greatpower81473 жыл бұрын
As a historian u should know that Alexander the great and his macedonians were not greeks.
@@niksato5210 Lol Read Demosthenes and Thucidides, they Both say clearly that they are BARBARIANS, With"Barbarians" they mean Non-Greek🤫
@johnnycash70203 жыл бұрын
Barbarians means non Speaking Greek. Learn history Slavodonian 1991 MD
@xeno89583 жыл бұрын
@@greatpower8147 really and how did he spread the greek culture in Asia ?as you saw in the video if you understand history about Bactrian Kinghorn was greek explain that if you can noob
@YiannissB.5 жыл бұрын
The last surviving independent greek realm was 10.000 miles away from Greece. Dope
@nasmcmasters80565 жыл бұрын
yia sou maga, o papous mou einai baltoumas
@cartographerofarda62535 жыл бұрын
@@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 He said that his grandfather had the same surname with the guy above
@YiannissB.5 жыл бұрын
@@gilbertkasnija7085 nah, we was just "20 good men",
@YiannissB.5 жыл бұрын
@@gilbertkasnija7085 k
@CptAngelKGaming5 жыл бұрын
@@gilbertkasnija7085"Everyone knows that". Except for people that have actually done research on the topic, unlike you ;) Get educated..
@devil443715 жыл бұрын
This was a wonderful episode guys
@KingsandGenerals5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for supporting us. :-)
@devil443715 жыл бұрын
@@FirstLast_Nba yes indeed your right my friend :)
@devil443715 жыл бұрын
@@KingsandGenerals you guys are welcome and thank you for making these kind of episodes :-)
@lordwolfgangjosephuskaiser67783 жыл бұрын
Oh my God! The Greeks were so great and amazing.
@lordwolfgangjosephuskaiser67783 жыл бұрын
@Sacred Squadron SAS Yes
@FF-ch9nr3 жыл бұрын
@Sacred Squadron SAS ehh, by the time ottomans arrived, byzantine was already on its deathbed due to corruption within the state, rebellions and rivalry with Sassanian empire. Ottomans just delivered the final blow
@zhaw48213 жыл бұрын
Still are
@abdulkadirmahiroglu11315 жыл бұрын
Greece has a great history. Respects from Turkey.
@Blacknightgr15 жыл бұрын
respect to you too. from greece
@leukocyte92605 жыл бұрын
Good just peace
@antonis17405 жыл бұрын
Thats very nice
@mertkilic97115 жыл бұрын
Yeh I'm a Turk, respect to our Greek homies 👊
@icspawn5 жыл бұрын
There were neither greeks nor greece. All of these two names were created for the politics in 19th century. In macedonia the biggest god was Hephaistos. This god depicted as forging while iron. And there were found coins containing "IYI" stamps. There were Kurgans contains "ISKIT" figured helmets. So we should rethink History thesis again over these new foundings. As an addition there were different kind of civilisations in Agean and Mediterranian who shares in same region. But that does not make them Greeks.
@navidahmed79225 жыл бұрын
As afghan i am extremely happy that our history is taught internationally.
@AfghanHearts4 жыл бұрын
It's not our history in this video. This video is full of false claims. Seriously, it isn't based on facts. In reality greek influence almost completely vanished from bactria about 20 years after alexander left. And only greek / Phoenician alphabet and the production of greek-style royal coins, as a cultural impact, remained in Afghanistan. The bactrians were local iranic people (Afghans) . the claim that the greeks had a century long state in Afghanistan is completely bogus. I don't know from which historian this guy got his "information" on. He basically attributes the bactrian kingdom to the greeks, only because they used phoenician alphabet. It's a shame who many people believe random claims on a KZbin video. Seriously though.
@freedomhop4 жыл бұрын
Navid Ahmed don’t forget your history
@tediousone32704 жыл бұрын
@@AfghanHearts he has literally written his sources in the description
@AfghanHearts4 жыл бұрын
@@tediousone3270 his sources don't even claim that the bactrian kingdom was "greek". the maximum they say is that they "might be" connected to the seleucids.
@CoronelRadec4 жыл бұрын
@@AfghanHearts at least the video claims have sources, yours are only: tRusT mE i Am fRoM tHis pLaCe
@sayakchakraborty42065 жыл бұрын
The Indo-Greeks are perhaps the least studied elements of Indian history, but personally they're my favourite of all time.
@bloodfiredrake72595 жыл бұрын
That's because they are barely Indian and more Pakistani.
@jayasuryangoral-maanyan39015 жыл бұрын
@@rottingdog6798 that's like saying that Austrian history has nothing to do with German history
@rottingdog67985 жыл бұрын
@@jayasuryangoral-maanyan3901 No, it's more like Germans claiming Roman history.
@jayasuryangoral-maanyan39015 жыл бұрын
@@rottingdog6798 yoy can't say Indians steal pakistani history if the pakistani identity hasn't existed for longer than 100 years and the things that have happened in the Indian subcontinent have mostly happened before the partitioning of India by Great Britain. India will obviously then talk about the history of the Indian subcontinent which includes the Indian Republic and Pakistan. Similarly, for much of Austrian history, the Austrian dukes/archdukes were emporers of the holy roman empire which was made up of other German sovereigns, so of course Austrians would talk about the history of other German lands, that doesn't mean that they're trying to steal the history or claim Germany or anything like that.
@rottingdog67985 жыл бұрын
@@jayasuryangoral-maanyan3901 I can tell you're an Indian. First of all, the things that took place in the region of Pakistan is the history of Pakistan, simple as. I don't see how it is Indian. Secondly, the idea of a separate Muslim state has always existed, just read the poetry of early Urdu poets in the 13th century. Thirdly, the British Raj only lasted for 90 years, not enough for a unified identity to form. The Ghaznavid empire lasted longer than that. Fourthly, the name 'India' is also stolen, Indian means the 'land of the indus'- the Indus being a river that is only present in what is now modern-day Pakistan.
@h965735 жыл бұрын
And I believed Ptolemaic Egypt was the last region in the world that the Greeks were ruling... Seems Greek India has a longer story to tell.
@giannastavros46535 жыл бұрын
no! you are wrong mate. The Greek kingdom of alexandria of egipt destroed at 30 b.c. The last greek kingdom have been destroed at 10 a.c. It was the greek kingdom of Alexandria Bukefalia and it was at the south eat borders of India.
@THEGAME-ko3mg5 жыл бұрын
What about Pontus?
@niccolorichter14885 жыл бұрын
@@THEGAME-ko3mg Pontus was maybe in fact the last independent greek state , they were Annexed by the Roman Empire in 62 AD. But there is a problem , they were very mixed Greeks ( with Persians , Lazi,...)
@eliaspapanikolaou35635 жыл бұрын
@@THEGAME-ko3mg Very Good Point ..[Pontus was the most ANcient HELLENIC Place the Hellenazation of the Place was BEFOR E TRojan War [Argnonaytes time ]and After Alexander Time Remaine with Hellenic kings until Rome Conqer the Place ..Later remaine Byzantine until 1463 ]was THE LAST Byzantine area Falls to the Ottoman ]And since 66.B,c [Roman Conqer ]unti 1463 A.d NEVER face an invation from Barbarians or ANY other
@dylan24784 жыл бұрын
Niccolo Richter I thought they where predominately Persian
@adamvanek58685 жыл бұрын
I have to say that I am impressed that you actually have made a video about Greco-Bactrians/Indo-Greeks. It's not so known chapter of the Greek history. Thumbs up ;-)
@AK-dd9od3 жыл бұрын
Greece was largely based on plagiarism and borrowing from the older, more established civilizations of the East, be it mathematics, engineering, etc. It's also doubtful these civilizations needed Greek help to build statues of the Buddha; they had already been doing that long before the Greeks showed up.
@marklang49403 жыл бұрын
@@AK-dd9od Plagiarism!!! borrowing???????? the Greek culture always will be in your blood stream!! it is inevitable in your everyday life..... Envy is a bad thing for your soul and hygeia !!!(health)
@AK-dd9od3 жыл бұрын
@@marklang4940 Greek culture might be in your blood stream, but it plagiarized heavily from the civilizations of the east, including the much older and far superior Aryan Hittite civilization. And the R1a gene haplotype indicates you have more of the eastern civilizations in your bloodstream.
@marklang49403 жыл бұрын
@@AK-dd9od Aryan Hittite civilizations Great! but the democracy and human dignity you're enjoying guess who invented it! and if i have R1a gene of Hittite and Mesopotamian or Aryan is very OK with me they were great like Greeks too!!!! no complex here!!!!
@lonsrjoy742 жыл бұрын
Right I'm here because I'm a Genetic match to the Greco-Bactrian just blow my mind
@jmenonejake93745 жыл бұрын
Basically, it is greek Australia.
@zerosuitsamus23405 жыл бұрын
XKripton 12 but there is still no boxing cangaroos and giant spider. But hey at least they have mountain snake
@jmenonejake93745 жыл бұрын
@@zerosuitsamus2340 no problem, greek Australia dont need to have these things!
@hasnan75 жыл бұрын
@@zerosuitsamus2340 Afghanistan and Pakistan northern areas have one of the most impressive animal in the world, Snow leopard. But you will be lucky to see one in your life. The damn thing is champion in hide and seek, complete ghost with minimal interaction with humans
@MarfSantangelo5 жыл бұрын
Did you just call the nomadic tribes emus?
@jmenonejake93745 жыл бұрын
@Authentic Person #987123 XD
@nikowoods57945 жыл бұрын
Now I get it why Mahayana Buddhist statues,even modern ones do have a lot of distinctly Greek influence. Incredible Thank you for the video. Very interesting and informative
@KingsandGenerals5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching :-)
@Shibestrike5 жыл бұрын
Mahayana = Mazdayazna (Zoroastrianism) The Greeks stumbled into their teacher’s land. They knew it at the time. They had influence in civilizing the region, but the philosophical tradition from there had been brought to the Greeks via Persian empire hundreds of years earlier.
@alberteinstein49354 жыл бұрын
@@Shibestrike mahayana comes from Sanskrit, Maha=great, yana=wheel. "The Great Wheel"
@Ghaztoir Жыл бұрын
@@Shibestrike You don't know that.
@UPHENOS5 жыл бұрын
Greek, Iranian, Indian and Chinese civilizations through their variour stages from the beginning of recorded history (and even farther back in time) are the greatest and most influential the world has ever witnessed!
@RasheedKhan-he6xx3 жыл бұрын
You forget Ethiopean and Malian not to mention Mayan, Aztec and a little one on the side - Egyptian.
@camino3413 жыл бұрын
I say more Greek and Persians than Indian and Chinese shaped the world religion , language and arts.
@daddyofabrhamaiccults99193 жыл бұрын
khosro mehrban Nah Indian religions are the second largest base on earth Indian philosophy is unmatched and even influenced greeks Phyrro states his philosophy was taken from buddhism
@ehsankhorasani_2 жыл бұрын
No Iraninan, it's actaully Persian. because about 45 percent of Afghanistan are also Persians.
@91minno2 жыл бұрын
Nah mate, we the romans are ont of the most influential
@davidletasi33223 жыл бұрын
Greek ancient coins from the post Alexander the Great were still in use in Afganistan up until the 1970s.
@Oxtocoatl135 жыл бұрын
It's interesting how Afganistan was a central crossroads for a very long time, sort of in between everything. I just read from a history of Afganistan that the rulers of the Kushan Empire that replaced the Greco-Bactrians were themselves Central Asian Nomads, but had converted to Buddhism, wrote about it with the Greek Alphabet and used the titles of Shahanshah, (Persian) maharajadhiraja, (Indian) Son of Heaven (Chinese) and Caesar, all at once. Talk about a cultural melting pot.
@florintanase93485 жыл бұрын
Why do you think AMERICA coveted Afghanistan so much
@ShadowSumac5 жыл бұрын
Surprise when ancient times were more of a cultural "melting pot" than nowadays.
@Oxtocoatl135 жыл бұрын
@@DustOnCloud9 Not really, similar strong Muslim states emerged in their place. The Ghaznavids and Ghurids come to mind. I would argue that the decline of wealth in Afganistan has more to do with the decline of the silk road and the emergence of global naval trade, of which the landlocked area cannot take part. Islam is an umbrella, under which many cultures could still flourish. Persian, Arabic, Indian and Chinese Muslims were all still culturally different and members of all these groups continued to live in Afganistan. It's also worth noting that the remote parts of the Hindu Kush mountains were only converted to Islam in the 1880s by military conquest, so actually Islam has existed alongside other faiths for most of its history there.
@Oxtocoatl135 жыл бұрын
@@ShadowSumac Well I would say the melting pots are just elsewhere now. Also with globalization and internet, the world has pretty much come a melting pot of sorts. We're most likely not from the same country and yet we're discussing the history of a place neither of us has (probably, sorry if I'm wrong) visited.
@taled83205 жыл бұрын
You could make similar points about India or Persia as well being a cultural mixing pot. Your skewed perception is due to the way historians study Afghanistan and the wider Central Asian region. They’re not seen as a civilisation or a centre of empires in their own right but nomadic barbarians who are the far regions of Greek, Roman, Chinese, Persian or Indian civilisation. Just to clarify: the Kushans didn’t convert to Buddhism. Ruling over a land with different religious adherents, they minted their coins with deities of all religions and used their titles, to appeal to their subjects and cement their rule - like the Parthians ruling around the same time did.
@Nicholas-kn9eb5 жыл бұрын
Kings and Generals your work will never cease to amaze me! I love how you have been bringing the Greek history to light. You're like if Dan Carlin could talk for less than 4 hours, but just as informative!
@KingsandGenerals5 жыл бұрын
That is a high praise, thank you! :-)
@Tommykey074 жыл бұрын
MAGA: Make Afghanistan Greek Again!
@glennross853 жыл бұрын
YES!
@KeyhaneBishomar3 жыл бұрын
We are greek in some degree. But you should make anatolia greek again ,afghanistan never was greek in origin anyways, but we can remain close friends with greek :)
@user-gn8bz6tt1b3 жыл бұрын
Things that make a nation are language religions ways and blood... Well bloodlines may be long lost for almost all nations but we can still find the rest, we can still find universal ideas in greek thinking and philosophy and learn more about one another. My regards, from Athens.
@KeyhaneBishomar3 жыл бұрын
@@user-gn8bz6tt1b good point, its no longer those days to seperate your nation from others, we all know when we separate and dont care for other nations arround our own, there always be some morons to try to destroy your nation with using all kind of natural and military disaster. We all know human can be vengeful and dumb, so we better come together faster than before. One day Earth will have one flag.
@guritarasi87323 жыл бұрын
Alexander was no Greek but Illyrian!! All the world is Illyrian!!
@snowmoon73855 жыл бұрын
That explains some greek like buildings in our plain areas hmm...beautiful architectural designs of greece always..
@arpan68275 жыл бұрын
As an indian, i didnt knew about the 200 year greek rule. Very good content .
@sachlangjamatia71415 жыл бұрын
Some says Punjabi/surrounding people have some Greek genes also
@monsterchopper16135 жыл бұрын
Because They were highly indianised They became buddhist... They were ousted by Guptas
@mxxmauuhan35975 жыл бұрын
The Great King of Kalinga Kharvel beat one Demetrius in Central India.
@abcd92835 жыл бұрын
Because in india textbooks say about myths not history.
@susmitamohapatra92935 жыл бұрын
Yes, the Greek rule over northern part of the Indian subcontinent happened between the Mauryan and the Gupta empires, which many people don't know about (A direct consequence of the fact that it is not taught in school).
@erebos39905 жыл бұрын
On behalf of all Greeks, thank you for this video. Ancient Greek legacy endured through time and made us all pneumatical descendants of Plato, Thucydides, Pythagoras, Alexander... Proud to be a direct heir of those men!! Ευχαριστούμε!!!
@surajitdas37644 жыл бұрын
But didn't able to continue your culture Olympians .
@vasohatzipetrou26804 жыл бұрын
@chachi mogo well science has proven them wrong.. there are plenty of studies to read to ... and i mean real science.. not youtube science..
@vasohatzipetrou26803 жыл бұрын
@Alkis Steas Actually ... dumb persons are the ones who ignore science... like you.
@100samanthamarie Жыл бұрын
Wasn’t Alexander a murdering maniac? I’m not proud that some of my ancestors might have scalped people.
@tedcurtis9323 жыл бұрын
Poor ethnic Slavadonians believing in Slavic Bulgarian speaking origins of Makedon, when Alexander spread Hellenism
@WoodsLesnik3 жыл бұрын
It's a shame they don't cherish their Thracian origins
@nestororiginal23443 жыл бұрын
@@WoodsLesnik Thraki has nothing to do with Bulhgaria but Greece
@krasimirparvanov81393 жыл бұрын
@@nestororiginal2344 на😄
@krasimirparvanov81393 жыл бұрын
I wish it were so simple. How much do you think the Thracians, Illyrians etc. were? in the army? A lots of. If you see photos of Baktrian people in traditional clothing, it is identical to that of Bulgaria, Macedonia.🤔
@nestororiginal23443 жыл бұрын
@@krasimirparvanov8139 😂😂😂 So you bulgarians claim Makedonia as well 😂😂😂 not only Thraki haha. Let me teach you something. Bulgarians came to the Balkans from Asia around 600 years after Jesus and thus after being in war against the Khazars. Thrakians were alongside with the Makedonians, Epeirotes Athenians...And all other Greeks since 3000 BC living in the balkans. So the shit you say is good propaganda, but somebody can easily understand that it is shit and not true
@sayakchoudhury97115 жыл бұрын
The king Menander supposedly converted to Buddhism after a question answer session with the Buddhist monk Nagasena, this whole session has been written down in Pali and is known as the Milinda Panha ( Milinda is the Indian pronunciation of Minander, it literally means Milinda questions)
@Stathube5 жыл бұрын
Gives a new meaning to the term 'Magna Graecia'!
@nikolaostouloumis15733 жыл бұрын
Yes! That is right.
@avinashankamreddi91135 жыл бұрын
" the gandhara school of arts was developed by Greeks. It represents "the Greek statue with Indian soul." It means they were influenced by Indian philosophy . There was a famous book on the conversation between Menander and Buddhist monk , known as " the questions of Menander" .
@vsvrp19955 жыл бұрын
Its called melindapanho.. meaning the questions of menander
@p.mrtynjy5 жыл бұрын
It is called the milinda panha
@MyPunksta5 жыл бұрын
In ancient times people would convert to the other philosophy/religion if they lost the debate.
@albertrexhepaj83305 жыл бұрын
avinash ankamreddi, GANDHARA MEANINGS, ALBANIA DIALECT GJAND HARA, GJAD HARA, GREECE LOGO KATA MIKOS, INGLES TERRITORY ALONG, ITALI TERRITORIO LUNGISIMO, GANDHARA FIRST NAME ALBANIAN.
@albertrexhepaj83305 жыл бұрын
ALEZANDROY TITLE MEANINGS, ALBANIA ALE ZAN TROY, GREECE MEGALO KATARTITI, INGLES GREAT CONQUEROR, ALEZANDROY HERO OF ALBANIA.
@_.belladonna_ Жыл бұрын
This makes me so happy, I'm Pakistani and whenever I tell people that the greeks conquered south and central asia no one believes it. And when I went back there you can still see the imprints that the greeks had left are still present.
@dalegribble43085 жыл бұрын
This is literally the best existing KZbin channel . Im a trained historian and I’ve never seen something so engaging!!! Keep going!!
@KingsandGenerals5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@peniseusgiganticus95585 жыл бұрын
This is such a cool video about a very cool subject that sadly isn’t talked about that much. Watching this video for the first time made me feel like as if a whole new chapter of Greek history that was forgotten had been like revived from the dead
@KingsandGenerals5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching, more on the way!
@SirDerpofCamelot5 жыл бұрын
Nice cuneiform username
@MichaelCasey19885 жыл бұрын
Dude how did you get Cuneiform for your username? First time I've seen this
@peniseusgiganticus95585 жыл бұрын
Mr.Paddle thanks :)
@peniseusgiganticus95585 жыл бұрын
Michael Casey I don't actually remember it was like a website were you could write something in English and it would translate it into ancient Babylonian and I just copy pasted my name
@nydabeats5 жыл бұрын
never have I learned so much in a short documentary.... this answers so many questions I had
@KingsandGenerals5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@macedoniaisgreece62139 ай бұрын
The Greeks are everywhere.
@l.p.80415 жыл бұрын
Greeks are simply... The Best.
@alechamid2354 жыл бұрын
I love to eat "Gyros"
@moonlightbunny75904 жыл бұрын
Nope
@digenhsakritas13373 жыл бұрын
💓♥️♥️♥️🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
@lst1413 жыл бұрын
Were the.... it’s called the fall of civilizations...
@Thomas-ty5ol3 жыл бұрын
@@moonlightbunny7590 Your jealousy is in an another fucking level.
@erichusayn5 жыл бұрын
Never thought about the Greek influence on Buddhism. Very interesting. Thank you.
@KingsandGenerals5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@justgamesaaron79685 жыл бұрын
@@KingsandGenerals shame on you
@justgamesaaron79685 жыл бұрын
Eric the truth is greeks were more influenced by persian mythology but yet old garbage lies come out
@Shibestrike5 жыл бұрын
They didn’t really influence it. What was popular Greek philosophy was influenced by the Iranic peoples, which had already began in the Bactrian area 1300+ years earlier with the Zoroastrian and Vedic religions. It’s kind of them having learned from the Persians over hundreds of years in their empire, and then coming to their primary location of philosophy and telling them about it. Mahayana = Mazdayasna (Zoroastrian) It went from ascetic and world-denying to world-accepting. When all is said and done, the Iranic peoples created basically every religion in Asia. Even the Mongols had Qormusta Tengri from Ahura Mazda, Zoroastrian god and claimed one of their three mothers was a Scythian (also Zoroastrian mostly).
@justgamesaaron79685 жыл бұрын
@@Shibestrike you know this bactrian greeks have came to india not the greeks from Europe this greco bactrians are greeks!
@VladTevez5 жыл бұрын
Well done! Kudos!
@MakisHMMY5 жыл бұрын
Γεια σου ευεργέτη
@VladTevez5 жыл бұрын
@@MakisHMMY Χαίρε!
@KingsandGenerals5 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@liposify4 жыл бұрын
Fascinating! That's a part of our history that we've never learnt at school here in Greece. It's almost hard to believe that ancient Greek culture had reached so far in the east, even influencing to some extent the art and culture of the people of those lands!
@dylan24784 жыл бұрын
Even I, as a Flemish person who lives in Belgium, am 3% Greek
@dylan24783 жыл бұрын
@V C haha danku! En ik vind u profielfoto mooi (:
@theodorospadelidis65373 жыл бұрын
@@dylan2478 I have a grecoturkish friendship discord server name is Πόντος karadeniz union search it on google you will find many results
@pauladam28675 жыл бұрын
Marvel: Avengers Infinity War is the most ambitious cross-over ever made . Me: Watch this video and say sorry
@KingsandGenerals5 жыл бұрын
Next episode in this mini-series will blow your mind. :-)
@AnonymousAnonymous-yq5ox5 жыл бұрын
wait until you learn about that one century where Algeria/Tunisia was ruled by Germans en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandal_Kingdom
@georgehatzo97555 жыл бұрын
"γεια σας Έλληνες" translated to hello greeks Damn it i love this channel if it is a hello to greek viewers i love you more!!
@KingsandGenerals5 жыл бұрын
Hey! :-)
@apollohellen90185 жыл бұрын
What annoys me is that a bulgarian speaking country is called Macedonian since 1991 appropriating ancient greek history and symbols. Ancient macedonians and modern macedonians spoke and still speak greek (inhabiting in nothern Greece which is the location of ancient Macedonia) shouldn't be confused with Fyrom so called Macedonians who actually are ethnically and linguistically Bulgarians.
@guerguistoyanov1374 жыл бұрын
We know that....and your "slavianoglosa elinas" are Bulgarians too.
@suel25844 жыл бұрын
@zerpashmal I agree the classical greeks were actually from farther north in europe
@Scott898784 жыл бұрын
I don't think you understand how genealogy works. If you are European, then, in the year 800, everyone who had descendants, is your ancestor in Europe. This includes Germanic peoples. This ends up meaning that everyone who had descendants in ancient Greek, Rome, and even ancient Egypt, are ancestral to the peoples of Northern Europe too. It's just that their DNA is a smaller percentage, but the fact still remains, if you went back in time to ancient Greece and killed someone, you wouldn't exist in the present.
@factorygirl20104 жыл бұрын
zerpashmal so who then are the descendants of the Ancient Greeks?
@igorspasov21474 жыл бұрын
@@imperator9767 hehehe you are very funny guy... please can you show any single evidence where word Greek can be seen in any ancient artefact?
@andres68683 жыл бұрын
"the last independent greek state in the world was in India"...well, for most intents and purposes the Byzantine empire was a greek state
@vanmars57183 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but he means the last independent Greek state about that time, that period. The Roman Empire was a new chapter for the Greek history to enter
@nicmagtaan11323 жыл бұрын
i love how people say that roman empire was roman till constantinopole fall and greek whenever it suits the conversation
@MZX645 жыл бұрын
We have a city/province in Northern Afghanistan called Balkh (Bactria)
@snowmoon73855 жыл бұрын
And bakhto..
@AfghanHearts4 жыл бұрын
And bactrians were Afghans and had nothing to do with greeks. (they only used phoenician alphabet and copied greek style royal coins.)
@metaxist4 жыл бұрын
@@AfghanHearts the Hellenic soldiers that lived there assimilated , married local people etc
@AfghanHearts4 жыл бұрын
@@metaxist nah, greeks were expelled or killed during the revolt in 323 bc. even Alexander left and gave up on Afghanistan. and you think his successors could stay there? plus, many of the greeks had Afghan ancestry. because during the persian achaemenid rule, many bactrians (Afghans) served in the persian army and had been stationed in greek states like thrace, athen and macedonia. during the greek rebellion, many of these Afghans joined the greeks and helped them against the persians. after the successful rebellion, the Afghan soldiers stayed in greece and married local greek women. their decendants got fully assimilated to greek culture. (maybe that's one reason why many greeks look like Afghans)
@dehechenka4 жыл бұрын
AfghanHearts bactrians have nothing to Do with afghans, afghans aka Pashtuns r nomadic group while we know bactrians were not nomadic but settled, today’s tajiks are persianised bactrians
@turnerh.72915 жыл бұрын
So Buddhism was influenced by Greek culture? Did I interpret that correctly? I learn so much from this channel!
@KingsandGenerals5 жыл бұрын
Yep! Thank you!
@davyroger37735 жыл бұрын
Stocism is similar to Buddhism when you think about it
@skyworm80065 жыл бұрын
Not really. Outside of a tradition of statues, which never had any Greek-style influence. The only ones that did were by that Greek culture. That's about it. Humanoid statues in Buddhism would depict many different figures in many cultures, so the artstyle, techniques, and sensibilities are all dependent on those contexts. None were influenced by Greek-style, however. There are many gods and other deities in various forms of Buddhism. Most likely those Greek Buddhists also remained polytheistic.
@TathD5 жыл бұрын
More like the Greeks in the area were influenced by Buddhism. Menander himself was a famous convert. What's concerning is that this is one step away from claiming Buddhism owes its global influence to ancient Greeks.
@DarkArtistKaiser5 жыл бұрын
@@TathD Almost. The only shame is that it didn't last too long at least in the western parts. Though who knows, perhaps the Buddhas name simply changed to something more local, his story retold in a different way, and it becoming one of the most influential religions in the world.
@SquidProQuo805 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this very entertaining and informative video. For whatever reason my college Ancient History courses always skipped over Bactria, Parthia, Urartu, Hatti, Scythia, etc... it's refreshing to hear the missing pieces of the puzzle. Please do a video on Ancient Lydia - another civilization I'm fascinated by but can find almost no resources for them on KZbin.
@bglrj Жыл бұрын
I especially appreciate your correct pronunciations and historical accuracy. That is rare on KZbin.
@rayanhey24115 жыл бұрын
What I love about this channel that it make learn more about topics that I love in a simple way. And sometimes, like now,topics I never wonder about . GOOD JOB! !
@KingsandGenerals5 жыл бұрын
Thank you :-)
@fnando12815 жыл бұрын
This one of the most informative and surprising historical videos I've seen in my life. Great job.
@KingsandGenerals5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@luxaeterna314 жыл бұрын
Thanks for a comprehensive video on Greco-Bactria in its place in Hellenic history. Well done. It has some pertinent information on its legacy, that I was not aware of.
@Kim_Jong_Un_boom3 жыл бұрын
Macedonia is Greece
@DavideMontingelliOfficial5 жыл бұрын
The legacy of a young man who changed the world...Congrats! ❤
@realpolitics5275 жыл бұрын
@Mr Seboss you need to read more history!
@TheRagingStorm985 жыл бұрын
@Mr Seboss it all starts with a man named Alexander
@leonzoful5 жыл бұрын
@Mr Seboss simple dude. Drive by his ambition, he led an army to the edge of the world founding cities on his way leaving Greek culture everywhere he was. Of course, the successors where the ones who hellenized the most, but without Alexander that would never happened.
@DavideMontingelliOfficial5 жыл бұрын
@Mr Seboss Take a history book. Open it. Read it. More simple than continue to ask stupid questions.
@DavideMontingelliOfficial5 жыл бұрын
@Mr Seboss with this comment you prove that all people up who didnt respond you make the right decision.
@farhanhyder73045 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video. I never knew Greeks and Buddhists lived together and influenced eachother. Amazing work. Yet another great video.
@user-dn6bk1km4r5 жыл бұрын
There were Greek Buddhists kings also
@anthonykatsivalis2243 жыл бұрын
I’m proud of my people 🇬🇷✊
@ancientgreekkingdomofmaced518610 ай бұрын
Alexander the Great created the Great Greek empire.
@culiusjaesar5 жыл бұрын
Hello from Hellas Kings and Generals
@KingsandGenerals5 жыл бұрын
Hey!
@thequantitychannel12995 жыл бұрын
Hello from Bulgaria and Macedonia.Ops meant only Bulgaria!
@nilubensonofnimruzir16375 жыл бұрын
Look it's my boy Eren.
@tr1stan0075 жыл бұрын
A fantastic account and thank you for referencing my work in this! Keep up the great work my friends. T
@Mark-hd5vz4 жыл бұрын
Greeks created a great Greek empire in Asia
@guritarasi87323 жыл бұрын
The ancient people wasn't"Greeks" but Illyrian!!
@weathernewsofthrace17723 жыл бұрын
@@guritarasi8732 nice joke...
@guritarasi87323 жыл бұрын
@@weathernewsofthrace1772 It's the only true in the Earth!!
@weathernewsofthrace17723 жыл бұрын
@@guritarasi8732 the Albanian true 🤣🤣🤣
@guritarasi87323 жыл бұрын
@@weathernewsofthrace1772 What does mean"Greek" in your language?🤣🤣🤣 Albanian true it's the only real true in the Earth which you and slavs stoled it from them!!
@V-man1172 жыл бұрын
As a Greek I love my Indian brothers. We two have been enriching the world with our majestic civilizations for thousands of years
@katakouzinos2 жыл бұрын
Τι πίνεις και δεν μας δίνεις?
@kimjongwin5 жыл бұрын
Many Greek people don't even realise that there are millions of Indians with Greek DNA
@janiskhan18225 жыл бұрын
No I think that would be in present day northern Pakistan and Afghanistan . The Pashtuns do have striking Mediterranean features. compare to the rest subcontinent people.
@rudrapsarkar5 жыл бұрын
nor do idians...vice versa. ignorance is universal
@kimjongwin5 жыл бұрын
Janis Khan I've seen people in the Bengal region who look very european
@thegreekpro5 жыл бұрын
@@kimjongwin I have heard of a tribe somewhere around there who claim to be the descendants of Alexander's Soldiers and they worship the Greek Gods.
@justgamesaaron79685 жыл бұрын
@@kimjongwin well your wrong bro greeks have more influenced and relatioships with persians more than indians its just ppl don't mention about it its stressing
@Daradajee5 жыл бұрын
The only remaining cultural influence of these Hellenistic kingdoms is the Chitral hat or Pakol which is a modern version of the ancient Macedonian Kausia. It is now very popular in Afghanistan and Pakistan and among Jihadists the world over.
@Daradajee5 жыл бұрын
Saguntum-Iberian-Greek Konstantinopoli, The hat is all that remains. Even genetically there is no trace of the Greeks among the local population, it is as if they vanished into thin air leaving only their hats behind.
@Daradajee5 жыл бұрын
Eli Odum The fair skin and light eyes come from the original Indo-European settlers and countless later Steppe peoples like the Scythians and Hephthalites who invaded Northwest India over hundreds of years.
@dieselface15 жыл бұрын
@@jeck988 most Greek people today and in Antiquity according to scholars do not have blue or green eyes. That's not to say that they were uncommon, but the majority still would have had brown eyes. Also I don't know about blue eyes, but I'm pretty sure that green eyes occur naturally among many Western Asian and Central Asian peoples
@Erminestreet5 жыл бұрын
Eli Odum have you visited Greece? Most Greeks are typical Mediterranean people, olive skinned and brown eyed
@Erminestreet5 жыл бұрын
Daradajee fair skin did not originate in nomadic Indo-Europeans lol (in fact linguistics and population genetics are 2 different things). Fair skin appeared first in settled agrarian population in Fertile Crescent in the Middle East because of change of diet (cereals). These ancient people spread their technology and genes as they travelled to different corners of the world. We have no idea what language they spoke and it really doesn’t even matter.
@ataxias73 жыл бұрын
Amazing! This channel truly differentiates itself from the rest of the history youtube channels in terms of quality. I knew about the Seleucids and the legacy of Alexander the Great, but I never imagined that Greek kingdoms persisted for so long, even deep inside India! And the first busts of Buddha were made by Greeks, you say? And Greeks converted to Buddhism?! And there I thought I knew much about history...
@drswag00764 жыл бұрын
Greeks: builds a Hellenic kingdom in Afghanistan the Taliban: hold up
@guritarasi87323 жыл бұрын
Wasn't the"Greeks" but the Illyrian!!
@drswag00763 жыл бұрын
@@guritarasi8732 pardon?
@guritarasi87323 жыл бұрын
@@drswag0076 The name"Greeks" is modern. In the ancient time were Illyrians. Alexander the Great was Epirotan-Illyrian and have not to do with today Greeks!!
@drswag00763 жыл бұрын
@@guritarasi8732 never heard of Epirotan i thought Alexander was from Macedonia whose modern people are different from his time.
@vk35673 жыл бұрын
@@drswag0076 And i forgot to mention that he even burnt the capital of Persia,Persepolis to avenge the persian invasion of greece and the burning of athenian temples of acropolis 150 years earlier.
@Rablewski5 жыл бұрын
This is the kind of subject you treat that i love. Thank you. Thanks you and to everyone actually supporting you through Patreon.
@mariosathens15 жыл бұрын
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΒΑΚΤΡΙΑΝΗΣ Kingdom of Bactria
@krunomrki5 жыл бұрын
And today in Afganistan: no Greeks, no buddhists, no prosperous commerce; only tallibans and opium.
@ilipap36955 жыл бұрын
@shield&sword peace Actually the Grecovactrian kingdom and GrecoIndian kingdom was there for 250 years and maybe more. and of course Afganistan there was not as state at third Century B.C.
@ilipap36955 жыл бұрын
@shield&sword peace dear shield &sword peace of course and greeks are very few when they win Darius and coνquer Persia and Bactria. they have different system of qovermance than Persian Empire and mixed with the local population. But when you said that how quickly happens that . for example that happens after 2 years of the death of Alexander the great , after 10 years or more?
@Rickuo5 жыл бұрын
@chachi mogo @chachi mogo How ignorant can you even be? Taliban are fundamentalist Muslims. They simply follow the teachings of Muhammad and copy the actions of the first Muslim Mujahedin according to Hadith. Yes, they were helped by the USA to fight against the communist regime of Afghanistan (which, surprisingly enough, turned Afghanistan into a prosperous nation), but it is because of Islam that Afghanistan is now, completely unsurprisingly, a backwards hellhole.
@nicholaspo57435 жыл бұрын
@@Rickuo And how ignorant can you be? How are you gonna lie and say they followed the teachings of prophet Muhammad when everything they did was the opposite of the teachings of prophet Muhammad and Islam? They butchered Shias for being Shia, women for being women, different ethnic groups for being from a different ethnic group than them, and destroyed the crops of the people so they all would starve to death. The actions of Taliban are the same as those that were committed by the Mongols during 12th and 13th century.
@lst1413 жыл бұрын
It’s called the fall of civilization
@savage78825 жыл бұрын
Notice how all of alexander's cities have greek names.
@elhamhemat5724 жыл бұрын
you mean by literally naming them Alexandria?
@guritarasi87323 жыл бұрын
Αlexander is not Greek name but Illyrian-Albanian name!!
@savage78823 жыл бұрын
@@guritarasi8732 Okay then, what is the etymology of alexander in albanian?
@guritarasi87323 жыл бұрын
@@savage7882 Alexander=A le x ander and A le x a nder Which mean"The man who came as honorable dream"!! XΞ=ksi=k' si (Τάξι or Taxi) A le k' si ander A le k' si a nder
@savage78823 жыл бұрын
@@guritarasi8732 That has no lingual consistency whatsoever and im betting its not even a common albanian name. It has been a common greek name for thousands of years however. The name Alexander is derived from the Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros; 'Defender of the people', 'Defending men', or 'Protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb ἀλέξειν (aléxein; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun ἀνήρ (anḗr, genitive: ἀνδρός, andrós; meaning 'man'). It is derived from mycaenean greek. Much farther down and much more ancient than illyria itself. Nice try tho.
@enethaeros5 жыл бұрын
Kudos for the first posted multimedia source which narrates the history of Greco-Bactria in an enjoyable manner.
@KingsandGenerals5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@AncientHistoryGuy5 жыл бұрын
Ah! Once again you got to this subject before me! Great video! :)
@AncientHistoryGuy5 жыл бұрын
@@funhistory7640 Thanks Fun History! :)
@bootstrap525 жыл бұрын
Please still make the video
@AncientHistoryGuy5 жыл бұрын
@@bootstrap52 will do! :)
@karimavnighobadi47704 жыл бұрын
The Greco-Bactrian Kingdom was, along with the Indo-Greek Kingdom , the easternmost part of the Greek world, covering Bactria and Sogdiana in Central Asia from 250 to 125 BC. It was centered on the north of present-day Afghanistan. The expansion of the Greco-Bactrians into present-day eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan from 180 BC established the Indo-Greek Kingdom, which was to last until around AD 10.
@jayeshpatel37044 жыл бұрын
Small part
@ub3rfr3nzy943 жыл бұрын
@Ganda Bacha Because it lies within Afghanistans borders and the descendants of Bactria are part of the modern afghan population. There is a large Tajik minority in Afghanistan and Bactria sat between those two countries.
@tajik25953 жыл бұрын
@Ganda Bacha Pashtuns Afghans are not even native to the land go look up to history u Jews came from Israel and Pakistan
@afnan93563 жыл бұрын
@@tajik2595 Pashtun and tajiks both are iranic , they both descended from bactrian people ( who were Persians ) , but bactrian language is evolved into pashto this evolution happens because of wide spread of new persian and arabic language after this tajiks adopted persian language fully but pashtun adopted partially and by this the bactrian language changed into pashtun . So tajiks and pashtuns are brother 🇦🇫💥🇹🇯
@TM_JATT2 жыл бұрын
@@tajik2595 pashtuns r not native to Pakistan
@Alex_K77773 жыл бұрын
"Alexander founded Greek cities and spread the Greek culture" FYROM be like:😡😡😭😭
@user-ij7sp6op6q5 жыл бұрын
Great Video!!!!I LOVED IT IMMEDIATELY!!! I just puti in Greek subtitles.
@KingsandGenerals5 жыл бұрын
Appreciate the subtitles- they help a lot!
@user-ij7sp6op6q5 жыл бұрын
@@KingsandGenerals i will continue to help you
@Freawulf5 жыл бұрын
@@user-ij7sp6op6q Ευχαριστούμε πολύ! Δεν πρόλαβα να το δω όλο ακόμα, αλλά αν θες διόρθωσε το "unprecedented" σε "πρωτοφανή", ή "άνευ προηγουμένου" κάπου μετά το 1:05... Αν τύχει να βρω κάτι άλλο, θα το γράψω εδώ. Δυστυχώς το YT έχει καταργήσει τα p.m. πλέον... :-/
@user-ij7sp6op6q5 жыл бұрын
Ευχαριστώ για τα καλά σου λόγια και ότι το διόρθωσα. @@Freawulf
@xnikolasbs22305 жыл бұрын
Να σε καλά ρε φίλε. Τώρα μπορώ να το δείξω στην οικογένεια μου που δεν ξέρει καλά αγγλικά.
@soapmaker22635 жыл бұрын
Learned a lot from this one. Well done. Greek cultural and genetic influence in India and Central Asia is an area I knew very little about.
@KingsandGenerals5 жыл бұрын
More on the way. Similar but different. Dont want to spoil it for you.
@eisarkhan92623 жыл бұрын
I'm a pashtun from but I study in UK so when I meet people from other country majority of them say I'm Eastern Europeon
@MrRahman2203 жыл бұрын
Becterians were not pashtuns. The tajiks of afghanistan are the becterians.
@AK-dd9od3 жыл бұрын
Why would someone claim to be Eastern European when they are not?
@jostnamane39513 ай бұрын
@@AK-dd9od he did not claim to be Eastern European. People claimed that he looks Eastern European.
@hernancortesfranciscopizar79164 жыл бұрын
For all philhellenists , it's was a shame to see the attempt of thief greek history by the former yougoslav republic of "North Macedonia" and to claim Alexander the Great like a slavic conqueror. Greek history is so rich and is the mother of western civilisation. Happy to see that now Hellas and his neighbour of the north are in peace. ☀️🇬🇷
@unleashingpotential-psycho94335 жыл бұрын
The Greeks were great warriors.
@giannisg33875 жыл бұрын
Still are.
@charlesbrooks945 жыл бұрын
@Anand the godtuber ok, to be fair, the ottomans were on top of their shit and didn't really underestimate anyone they fought against, and if they did, they learned from that mistake the next go round, unlike the Achaemenids.
@cv48095 жыл бұрын
@Anand the godtuber They actually do brag about it,Turkish nationalists won't shut up their mouths bragging about how great conquerors they were
@mikeinvader95 жыл бұрын
@Anand the godtuber They did not conquer persia however they conquered an islamic country. Persia was not arabs or followed islam nor were they modern iranians.Modern iranians are indians. The turko mongols just took over arab living space,joined them under the banner of islam and together tried to take over the west
@brazilianman925 жыл бұрын
@@giannisg3387 Not even! Greece is a tiny bankrupt nation and its military hasn't had great victories in recent generations. Its always been subjected by other nations.
@brettd23085 жыл бұрын
Oh wow, I'm so glad you guys are covering Bactria and the Indo-Greek Kingdom and getting them some popular history coverage. I remember having no idea Greek influence spread as far into India as it did until I played Rome 2, which inspired me to research these states.
@liger684510 ай бұрын
Greek kingdom of Bactria.
@user-zo1zo4vo3s3 жыл бұрын
Alexander the Great was Greek
@heastoida89933 жыл бұрын
Nah he was from macedon but believed in the same gods so the culture was nearly the same as the greek culture.. its like if you say austria and germany is the same but actually there is a big difference.. and austrian people hate if someone says that.. me to.. (i'm from austria to ^^ )
@dimitriskouimtsidis28393 жыл бұрын
@@heastoida8993 it's nothing like that. It's like saying Athenians and Greeks are the same, or Spartans and Greeks. Simple really. Macedonians believed in the same Gods, spoke the same language and most importantly of all, took part in the Olympic Games, something only Greeks could do.
@heastoida89933 жыл бұрын
Macedonians didnt actually speak the same language.. it is said that they spoke greek but with an dialect and the greek could often not understand their language.. thats also the reason why the greeks saw macedonians as barbarians.. people were often categoriced as barbarians when they couldnt understand their language and had a different culture.. macedonia also had a different politic systhem, they were ruled by a king, while the greeks had a democracy.. (but not all greeks, sparta also were ruled by a king)
@dimitriskouimtsidis28393 жыл бұрын
@@heastoida8993 Dialects occur due to geography and it happens everywhere, doesn't make someone any less English or any less Greek in this case. And as you said, numerous other Greek states had Kings, democracy wasn't that common (apart from Athens obviously)
@heastoida89933 жыл бұрын
@@apostolosmate3361 i dont really understand whats wrong about what i said? I just said, that macedonians didnt speak normal greek.. It is said that they spoke greek, but with a strong dialect or even a completely different language wich sounded a bit like greek. They actually saw themselves as greeks to.. And from what i heard, the macedonians had a different culture as well.. and i know that they believed in the same gods but that doesnt make them greek at all.. even the greek saw Them as barbarians because of the reason, i just mentioned bevore. I just said the same stuff bevore actually.. And why did you say, austrians are Ignorant? Do you know every austrian citizen personally? And what does that have anything to do with our debate about ancient macedonia? Pls dont forget, if you're debating online in a comment section, never insult Others.. if you do so, its just a proof that you take everything personally and behaive linke a Kid my friend..
@riseofasia76835 жыл бұрын
Greeks r brave n wise ppl. Respect frm Pakistan
@gmayn83805 жыл бұрын
Respect From Greece
@OmArAfGhan5 жыл бұрын
Chingez Khan lol
@lakebaikal55 жыл бұрын
Fuck pakistan. Stinky terrorists.
@alphakbody5 жыл бұрын
Love to all children of Adam from PashtuTurk Pakistani born in new York raised in Florida educated in Arizona 😂😂😂😂❤️❤️❤️❤️
@ridovercascade45515 жыл бұрын
alphakbody married in Amsterdam?
@valorwarrior76285 жыл бұрын
and the Kingdom states were named Baktria and Sogdiana, they were the first Greeks to have established trading relationships with Mauryan India and Qin China through the establishment of the Silk Road until eventually, the Silk trade reached Rome and elsewhere.
@maaaku5 жыл бұрын
@Alek Mitev Whoever knows the Greek language and traditions is Greek so they were.
@maaaku5 жыл бұрын
@Alek Mitev Said the non Greek. My ancient ancestors were saying that so they ment it and i still believe it. There is no pure dna and it was the same back then. Anyone can become Greek and im already honored to be one.
@athanasiosbairlis55635 жыл бұрын
@PaMak: (sorry for intervennting): But, if you can speak Greek, behave as Greek (custums etc). you are "seen" GREEK. The DNA is NOT decisive factor for nationality or citizenship. (that is for the "purists" and nationalist with "identity crisis") Giannis Antetokunmpo is GREEK super star basket-ball plyer (#34 Milwakee Bucks), and very GREEK and black ! waving He's proud Greek, speaks Greek (like mine) and sings the National anthem of Greece. I have myself 2 nationalities, without DNA test, but well language ! Alexander himself, said that: everyone of the conquered folks, if has Greek education (language) will have the same rights with all Greeks. He made schools allover the Empire's centers, teaching Greek culture. The merchats travelled all the way from India-China and from Greece to Africa..the International language (Ligua Franca) was...Greek. The language of the Bible is Greek too!
@maaaku5 жыл бұрын
@@athanasiosbairlis5563 Εμένα τι μου το λες αυτό; Το ξέρω.
@maaaku5 жыл бұрын
@Alek Mitev By my logic you have no logic because i know some japanese words that doesnt mean that i know how to speak Japanese. The ancient Greeks were saying that we dont need an unknown guy from some country to tell us who is Greek or not. I dont care about the DNA because no DNA is clean. An example of what im saying is Yannis Antetokoumpo (as a guy said above) who is black but fully Greek in everything that makes him Greek i dont care about the DNA.
@dimitrisvasileiou70205 жыл бұрын
Γειά σου ρε πατρίδα μου. ..Ιερα Αιωνία Ελλάς
@guritarasi87323 жыл бұрын
Mήν υπερηφανεύεσαι πολύ με ξένα αρχήδια.Ιλλυρίοι ήταν όλοι οι πρόγωνοι σου-Αρβανίτες στην μοντέρνα ιστορία σου!!
@JV-kd7rp3 жыл бұрын
@@guritarasi8732 Βγες από την Αλβανία μπας και μάθεις και τίποτα σωστό. Επίσης, μίλα αγγλικά, αφού ελληνικά ξεκάθαρα δεν ξέρεις.
@guritarasi87323 жыл бұрын
@@JV-kd7rp Nωμίζω πώς εσύ έχεις εγκλωβιστεί λόγο κορονοιού στην Ελλάδα και δέν ξέρεις τί σου γίνεται. Τα Ελληνικά σου είναι τα Ιλλυριακά ονομαζόμενα ώς"Ελληνικά" απο την Αιολική διάλεκτο των Θεσσαλών. Τα Νέα Ελληνικά προέρχονται απο τα Ιλλυριακά-Αλβανικά ώς η μόνη γλώσσα αληθεινή που έχει διασωθεί μέχρι και σήμερα άθηκτη.
@user-hw6gw6yr2s3 жыл бұрын
@@guritarasi8732 lol
@vk35673 жыл бұрын
@@guritarasi8732 Φερε μας λιγο απο αυτο που φουμαρετε εκει πανω...
@thrakiamaria5 жыл бұрын
The famous city in south Afghanistan, Kandahar means Alexandreia
@AfghanHearts4 жыл бұрын
No. It was named after the ancient region "gandhara", which was native bactrian land in modern day north western pakistan. And the. City existed with that name before alexander was evem born
@dineshdevjibishnoi4 жыл бұрын
@@AfghanHearts 1200 years ??? 🤔🤔 Nope. Just 500 years or less until marathas kicked them out. And yeah Sher shah Suri , an Afghan who wanted to rule India was killed brutally by Hindu rajputs of bundelkhand. And don't fucking bring religion into discussion while talking about India because India is a secular country with over 250 million Muslims, 20 million sikhs, 15 million Buddhists, 30 millions jains co-existing. Regarding toilets, India is most(over 90%) is open defecation free as of 2019
@dineshdevjibishnoi4 жыл бұрын
@Draugr no
@dineshdevjibishnoi4 жыл бұрын
@Draugr here in India he is known as Alekshendra
@njm32115 жыл бұрын
Very informative. I was not aware of the extent of Greek influence so far to the east of Persia. Pity that Greek culture didn't endure for a longer period in that region.
@LionKing-ew9rm5 жыл бұрын
That is because of fierce nomadic riders who most of them happened to be Iranic (but non-Persian) or Tokharian. (Peoples such as Scythians, Parthians, Sarmations)
@KingsandGenerals5 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@LionKing-ew9rm5 жыл бұрын
@@KingsandGenerals No problem at all ! Your video was so beautiful this time!
@nermainmerl32845 жыл бұрын
4:30 So, greeks that sought resistance to any foreign ruler were sent to breed with locals that shared the same independent ideal and were also hellenized
@matikhorasani38425 жыл бұрын
Not sure what the Persians were thinking while moving a people who revolted to foreign rule to a land where almost all tribes are ferocious and independent as fuck... they were probably hoping the two would wipe each other out, but instead ended up mixing 😂
@nermainmerl32845 жыл бұрын
@@matikhorasani3842 Well think it that way, if you have 30.000 people that are resistant to your rule, first you move them to a place as far as possible from their own kin in order to lose their ties with their people, so you wont lose it to any sort of independence. Then move them to a place favorable for your forces to subdue them any time. Probably it was best for them to have 1 front of revolt and not 100 different rebellions like those in rome total war game xD. And if they tried to revolt, they would just kill them all.I didn't think it that way tho, killing each other xD, they probably acted as prisoners in a jail
@Icariaball5 жыл бұрын
thank you so mach for this video
@thewitchking8525 жыл бұрын
Holy hell, this is why i love this channel. I knew about Bactria, but my god they were in in India for that long... and influenced Buddhism..? This is why is love history. Always something you don't know
@KingsandGenerals5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! :-)
@sebastianvonnebenan52603 жыл бұрын
And they were influencend by buddhism... cultural exchange isn't a one-way-track
@konstantinoskotsomytis25445 жыл бұрын
Where are the "make Afghanistan great again" comments?
@KingsandGenerals5 жыл бұрын
Some other channel? :-)
@konstantinoskotsomytis25445 жыл бұрын
@@KingsandGenerals King and generals = the best channel... and the best comment section ;)
@persianguy72985 жыл бұрын
There Is Khorasan Afghanistan is Fake Name Khorasan means Land of Eastran Sun
@Sulimanho5 жыл бұрын
@@persianguy7298 shut up.
@ramspabarorr88935 жыл бұрын
Make it great by change it to Greek state ? No . Thanks . Greeks are responsible for destroying other regions ' languages by imposing their Greek language. Afghanistan and Tajikstan have already great culture. God bless Sogodians - Scythians ( Modern Pashtun people) . THIS IS PARTHIA
@cyrusthegreat18935 жыл бұрын
Excellent work! Indeed well done! 👍🏻
@KingsandGenerals5 жыл бұрын
Thank you :-)
@justgamesaaron79685 жыл бұрын
Cyrus the truth is greeks have more relationships with persians than indians, uts old garbage this greek indian mythology has been debunked so many times bro
@AS-xz3zo3 жыл бұрын
Prussian and afghans are one ( aryan race)
@cyrusthegreat18933 жыл бұрын
@@AS-xz3zo maybe.
@AS-xz3zo3 жыл бұрын
@@cyrusthegreat1893 Are u german ? Also I am not racist but if germans in ww2 could arrived to middle east perhaps the result of war change a lot because there ( Afghanistan , iran , Tajikistan ) were million of men who ready to fought for them , because in those time nobody likes Soviet union and great Britain in middle east.