Mopsus: Myth to Man (Z15D) by Seth Fleishman / World History by a Jew™

Synopsis: This lecture is the eleventh part of our "Bronze Age Collapse" series and fourth part of our "Samson Mysteries" mini-series. Mopsus / Mopsos is the first Greek mythological figure to become reality! Who is he? Legend has it that at the end of the Trojan War, he led a group of Greeks from the Aegean world into southeastern Anatolia (Turkey) and founded cities along the way. His people settled and mixed with the Denyen / Danunim in Adana, which is part of Cilicia. This was all legend until archaeology proved it reality. This lecture brings together all our Samson episodes thus far and shows how the Bible, Greeks, Hittites, Luwians, and Assyrians can come together to give us one coherent message.
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[@KevinArdala01]

I keep coming back to these lectures the more I learn about the period...excellent stuff! 👍

[@OldieBugger]

Very interesting, these lectures where you dig deep in the history. I'm one who eagerly waits for your next one.

[@WorldHistorybyaJewTheChannel]

Thank you! That means even more coming from one of my earliest subscribers!

[@alanguy58]

You’re absolutely right, Seth. Your ‘wrap-up’, “What Have We Learned?", and the bit more after THAT, was truly AWESOME! You beat all young man. You just never cease to amaze me. 👍👌😁✌️

[@WorldHistorybyaJewTheChannel]

Thank you so much, Alan! I'm working on a special ending for you on my next video as well. Hope you have it Sunday or thereabouts ...

[@lesliesylvan]

No doubt "Mopsus" would appreciate your bringing him from myth to reality . . . Not unlike channeling him momentarily extant ~

[@WorldHistorybyaJewTheChannel]

Thanks for watching. I'm fairly sure this is the most extensive Mopsus lecture ever recorded, so hopefully I did him proud.

[@shardanette1]

Finally! Seems like I've been waiting for this one forever! LOL. And it was well worth the wait. Well done. Been fascinated with this guy/myth for a while. Wish I could know what his real story was, especially within the scope of the Collapse. Hoping for more discoveries in the future to add more info.

[@WorldHistorybyaJewTheChannel]

Thanks for your patience ... I'm glad you enjoyed! I think you were the very first one who watched it :)

[@barbojohnsung7113]

You are writing pages of history on your own. I am so glad I found your channel, you deal with the precise questions I was asking youtube for lol The one thing I still can't make sense after all your work is: if the bronze age collapse was lead by greeks, why was greece wrecked in the first place and why do we have the greek dark age right after it?

[@Dick_Interritus]

Perhaps because Greek area was in the west? Seems like there was a movement of peoples from west to east. Environmental?

[@barbojohnsung7113]

@@Dick_Interritus Actually, I have heard cities were burned.

[@Dick_Interritus]

@@barbojohnsung7113 Very interesting topic. Seth does most comprehensive job I have seen for videos.

[@WorldHistorybyaJewTheChannel]

Hi Barbo. Thanks for your kind words. I answered you the other day, but I see it didn't make it through the KZbin filter. I was speaking of examples in history of religious strife, and it probably got censored. Let's see if this version gets to you ... Being similar but different has its own problems. Think Sunni/Shia or Catholic/Protestant. What seems to be a minor difference to an outsider can be HUGE to those within the culture. In addition and perhaps more importantly, famine was almost certainly part of the equation, and people will do anything to provide food for their families. (This version is much more vanilla, so I hope it makes it to you.)

[@barbojohnsung7113]

@@WorldHistorybyaJewTheChannel Oh! Thanks for your double answer, then! Alright, the picture gets clear. Looking forward to hear what else you've got in the next uploads. Well done!

[@grahamminter3081]

Excellent presentation Seth, keep up the good work!

[@WorldHistorybyaJewTheChannel]

Thanks!

[@BrianelSuperMacho]

Loved this one! Keep up the great work!

[@WorldHistorybyaJewTheChannel]

Thanks!

[@FrogInPot]

Yeh, awesome turnaround Seth, thanks for the gr8 vid mate

[@WorldHistorybyaJewTheChannel]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed. I'm trying to get another one done by this weekend.

[@NovaSeven]

Excellent synthesis of all the Mopsus/Muksu data out there. One small correction though: the historian Xanthus of Lydia is actually from the 5th century BEFORE the common era.

[@Newsvinesynth]

Another home run, and some great independent research results!

[@WorldHistorybyaJewTheChannel]

Thanks, Clifton! I'm honored you noted the research

[@Newsvinesynth]

@@WorldHistorybyaJewTheChannel you’re totally doing the work. I appreciate that it’s not rewarmed

[@Newsvinesynth]

Rewarmed work done by others, and I enjoy how much volume and context you deliver!

[@WorldHistorybyaJewTheChannel]

Thanks. It's a labor of love

[@erdoganozturk8438]

Ben Adana lıyım kral mapsus hakkında hiçbir video bulamadım yaptığınız paylaşım için teşekkür ederim 🤗

[@Kytheus_Errant_2106]

Wow. Amazing job man.

[@kimberlyperrotis8962]

Thanks for another great lecture, Seth. Note that Klaros isn’t marked on the maps used, I eventually figured out it’s one of the red stars, I think?

[@donnasprague767]

Love your videos thank you

[@WorldHistorybyaJewTheChannel]

Thanks!

[@rice_myhyundai816]

I've been watching these lectures. very interesting. could it at all be possible the tribe of Dan never even went to Egypt? is there any possibility king Danaus could be known to us as dan?

[@mver191]

It's kinda like that with the fall of Troy the whole Anatolian coast fell. And instead of going home, the Greek kings were trying to secure as much territory as possible for themselves right after the war. Many never getting back home or after 20 years or so. Which possibly could be an inspiration for the Odyssey. The problem is that with the kings and armies gone, the kingdoms were open to invasions from the north. And whenever they came back there was a chance somebody else was sitting on the throne. To give legimacy to their claim on the throne, the invaders/pretenders had to marry the former queen. Which is also reflected in the Odyssey. If Penelope would have said she would not marry any of them, then she was useless to them. And they would simply kill her and claim the throne in other ways. So we end up with Mycanean Greek kings that lose their kingdom at home, but gain another to rule in Anatolia.

[@WorldHistorybyaJewTheChannel]

Thanks for your input, @Wild Woody! Haven't heard from you in a while ...

[@diegoragot655]

Greetings, would you remark as interesting if you have the likelihood of reading/Making a video about the proto-Semitic Mythology??? Like going into detail in the Joktan and Dilmun Politheism for example.

[@WorldHistorybyaJewTheChannel]

It's not exactly what you're asking for, but ... Joktan is going to make an appearance in a future lecture. It's a surprise lecture I've been plugging away on the side. I will be using the genealogy of Genesis, which I know interests you

[@rag0t2010]

Hello there, was the Mediterranean more important to the Assyrian Empire than The Great Khorasan Road or was it the other way around??

[@WorldHistorybyaJewTheChannel]

Read my previous response to you just now. This same special lecture is going to get into Assyrian trading patterns. Crazy that both your requests are going to sort of end up in the same lecture. It will be released after I finish the Samson mini-series, so probably about three weeks-ish. As for your question about the Great Khorasan Road, see my response to Scout Gamer that I just posted.

[@rag0t2010]

@@WorldHistorybyaJewTheChannel an were these people that accompained Mopsus in his raid and journeys/settlements Indo-europeans or Not IndoEur (just other ethnicities that are not them)

[@WorldHistorybyaJewTheChannel]

Ask me that again when we finish the Samson mini-series. I think I will have answered your question by then.

[@scoutgamer9448]

Hi there, if you were an Assyrian Emperor (yeah, very hipothetical; ALL HAIL EMPEROR ܫܝܬ (Set') ‎ Fleishgaḇrā!) which of these options do you think would have been better for your empire? taken the East Coast of the Mediterranean and approach a Meditterranian policy, focus and approach or take over the Great Khorasan Road and occupy the Land Trade that goes East of your Empire?? PD: Fleishgabra is the Aramaic of your Last name, I guess

[@WorldHistorybyaJewTheChannel]

Thanks for the honor. I see Assyria as being more focused on the Mediterranean, and you can see that just by viewing a good map. Clearly they put more emphasis in capturing territory to their West (Mediterranean). That being said, they most definitely cared about trade to the East, especially later in the Empire with India and that part of the world, but the Med was more for conquering (including Egypt), whereas the East seemed more for trading (only possessed their next-door neighbor Elam). See map: www.deviantart.com/undevicesimus/art/The-Assyrian-Empire-934-612-BCE-851881159

[@alexthothful]

I see a lot of parallels between Mopsus and Moses.

[@thumbstruck]

"Islands" can also refer to "coasts".

[@WorldHistorybyaJewTheChannel]

Yes, this point in covered in depth in this lecture: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWWxeWyLZ7eAY80

[@diegoalbertoragotpadra9139]

How did these Hellenic people even get there??

[@WorldHistorybyaJewTheChannel]

Both by land and sea. Just depending on from whence they came.