Ancient Mesopotamia Part 3: The Babylonian Empire (1200 - 500 BCE)

[@BIayne]

*MR. FARINA!* Write the Sumerian Cuneiform on the clay tablet _NOW NOW NOW!_

[@dpush123]

I almost spit my tea 🤣

[@SapphireScroll]

YOU JUST DON'T DO IT!!!

[@Myhok]

Dude, i could hear your comment XD.

[@bestsnowboarderuknow]

CLUELESS!!!

[@unrecognizedtalent3432]

Dude! Imma choke on my food!!😂😂

[@Bobefe]

Thank you for the great video Dave! Since the first time i was able to lay my eyes on the remains of the front section of the ishtar gate in berlin i have been in total awe as to how impressive these early civilisations actually could be. Just realising that these people had generations of lives, developing one of the first languages, trading systems and these primordial justice systems will always fill my head with wonder as to how daily life would've been in one of these ancient civilisations. I am excited to learn more in part 4!

[@DemeterTelphousia-Erinyes]

The Ishtar Gate is incredible.

[@nomchomsley854]

First hour Prof. Dave comment section is WILD

[@TheDiasporaMedia]

Always 😂

[@dr.nebulanovae8398]

​@@Flat_jay bro what

[@nathon1942]

@@Flat_jay if by “silenced by nasa” you mean shut down by facts then yeah 😂

[@biophilist]

Elegant summary. Thank you.

[@fokeyjo]

Really liking this series.. a great summary, sprinkled with details of finds and interesting things about each period, and on how we know these things. Excellent storytelling pattern. The artists impressions are also quite cool, and I hope to goodness people aren't thinking these are just AI. We were in the Senhouse Roman Museum, just a large collection of altars, but the artist renderings were amazing. I get to the British museum a fair bit, and the items there from this period are astounding and it's always the busiest part of the museum

[@myleshubert3540]

Dave is the man thank you for your effort on the channel!

[@C21H27NO-atj]

People have been fighting over those dusty lands for thousands of years past, still today, and for thousands of years to come. Absolutely crazy!

[@orbatos]

It was less dusty at the time, in fact the desertification started *after* the last ice age happened very slowly. It's just that anthropological evidence back that far is rare due to the relatively short-lived building materials available. Unfortunately humans are making it worse, faster now, as the lands that once were the cedar forests of Mesopotamia are completely starved of water by upstream dams to such an extent that the drainage that kept Kuwaiti farmlands alive and the salty ocean water at bay are gone.

[@C21H27NO-atj]

@@orbatos we are talking of about three thousand years ago. It was most certainly a dust bowl like today. Just look at the images show in the video.

[@Chad-n5i]

Bro mesopotamia was a heaven its soil is so fertile it was filled with trees and the 2 rivers were flooding constantly making the area swampy and there was a biological diversity in that region it had lions leopards and bears too asiatic ones and forests of its native flora it changed Gradually because of humans interventions in fact the last lion was killed like 150 years ago in iraq

[@attractivegd9531]

It might be only dust to you but it's where my ancestors where born and died.

[@C21H27NO-atj]

@@attractivegd9531 good 👍

[@norsesaga1984]

Yeah, Marduk and Tiamat, two great metal bands.

[@kalkat02]

Love you sir you are a beacon of light and hope That is all

[@ObsidianHunter99]

Loved learning about the history here, definitely gives interesting insight into things

[@DemeterTelphousia-Erinyes]

I’ve read quite a bit on the history of this huge geographical area and still get mixed up with the complex ride and fall of Empire, peoples and states. It’s such a long stretch of time I think- that’s my excuse! I thought this series a well presented and clear explanation of it all. Thank you Prof Dave. I also enjoy Dr Irvin Finkle’s lectures on Cuneiform ( a few on KZbin) especially about Ashurbanipal’s library.

[@peterwyetzner5276]

He's the man, though I believe his name is spelled Irving Finkel for those who want to look him up. When you find the beard, that's him.

[@philipbarriesda9239]

Hi dave, been loving your series about DI.

[@Velnio_Išpera]

hey recommend some good movies or documentaries about these times

[@liiiiich3n0nTheM00n]

We should learn about this in school... I did very briefly, but it wasn't even a full chapter /: This empire deserves way more!

[@bassplayersayer]

Great video. Rock on !!!!!!

[@Grimtheorist]

These guys have the best names

[@TheKids422]

Dr. Dave, awesome video as usual, I have a question, around approximately when will you release mathematical prerequisites for Civil Engineering?

[@aaronequinoa77]

Babylon sounds like the Vegas of 1000bce, everybody wanted a piece of it and it's glory

[@pramodsingh7569]

Thanks

[@jackblurry123]

more battles and more cultural differences between nations pls. I could easily listen to this for hours and you cover 700 years in just 14 minutes :(

[@jamiegallier2106]

Thanks Dave! ❤

[@LudosErgoSum]

BRONZE LEAGUE HEROES, BABY!!!

[@UP_63_Dabang_Mirzapur]

Sir please make videos on Indus valley civilization. Love from India 🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@peterwyetzner5276]

It's on the schedule.

[@yesitcanspeak]

Yes! That would be interesting.

[@ForStudies-pk9sx]

Professor Dave this is to inform you, you are my prophet. Prophet Dave you are the one i believe in bro, in the dark when the world left me to rot, you should me light... I love you bro. I am a Daveist.

[@georgelyddane8283]

I love these

[@_xxClaudiaxx_]

preciate it dave

[@Koolstuffdude.]

please after that, remake the science things, i know theres people needing, because i needed it. unfortunately, i did not learn in time. but i'd recommend finding people who can make good 3d animation as it would help a lot, and also speaking a little bit faster (using an editing software) it would help to make the videos faster and a little bit more entertaining. try to find sponsors to keep going because i know theres people needing your work

[@Aengus42]

Why faster? Faster & interesting aren't linked. What if you're taking notes? The act of writing things down aids memory. It stores it in a different part of the brain. It's like saying something out loud instead of just reading it. You hear your voice and that's yet another section of brain. Spreading up a video won't make it more memorable. In fact, although I've done no experiments or read of any, come to that, I'd wager a small amount that it'd have the opposite effect. A statement made, followed by silence so you can think about it, accompanied with an image that pertains would be optimal I'd say. Maybe with the text written on the screen too. But speeding it up would be counterproductive I think.

[@Koolstuffdude.]

@@Aengus42 faster because i cant pay attention

[@Aengus42]

@Koolstuffdude. I have severe AD/HD comorbid with Asperger's & I manage. If a KZbinr does the fashionable sped up speech & video I glaze over and it becomes meaningless. Practice!

[@blagoevski336]

Nice

[@ว่านหางจระเข้-ฦ6ซ]

Wow that hole I've I never this know before

[@youtubestyle293]

Where's Nimrod (Genuine question)

[@Chad-n5i]

Fun fact there is no such thing as nimrod ever mentioned in mesopotamia nor ibrahim nor noah

[@Aengus42]

​@@Chad-n5iDid you know that the Code of Hammurabi has "Slow & painful death" as the punishment for people who write the childish phrase "fun fact"? Nimrud has a long entry in Wikipedia & Dave has mentioned it too. Slightly different spelling but seeing as it came from Cuneiform it's to be expected. Just swap the o for a u, Nimrud.

[@Chad-n5i]

@@Aengus42 could you give me the name of the king who nicknamed nimrud? Was he assyrian or babylonian or other im genuine cause i know most mesopotamian kings and rulers i never noticed someone called or nicknamed nimrod except from bible archeologist

[@Garndi]

So, is this where the 🟩 green tablets came from?.

[@fieryweasel]

Man, everyone was an -ite in those days.

[@creekchub9714]

when do we get to the part where they meet aliens

[@Spax_]

my sixth grade teacher for this subject scarred me

[@waelfadlallah8939]

I waited too long for part3 😢

[@burtpanzer]

Hello Dave, I can't tell if Ken at Theoria Apophasis is actually making any sense or not, but perhaps you might be able to. Example: MAGNETISM'S Darkest SECRET Uncovered I believe he's as brilliant as he appears to be, it's just too far over my head to know for sure. He seems like a pleasant fellow so I wouldn't want anyone to make fun of him in case he's wrong.

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

He’s an idiot

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God dam you’re brutal…that’s why you’re needed.

[@hectoralmonte3629]

⁠@@ProfessorDaveExplains God dam you’re brutal..that’s why you’re needed.

[@jedidiahhenry6020]

​@ProfessorDaveExplains can we get your unfiltered opinion?

[@AshNonokPlays]

Question what if we used the Holocene calendar? would we not need the use of BCE and CE?

[@guyman1570]

Exactly. Get your own calendar instead of stealing the calendar from the Catholic monks then try to whitewash by removing their proof of work.

[@yesitcanspeak]

​@@guyman1570 Cesar! Cesar. Cesar?

[@MikeyZ.z]

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[@MikeyZ.z]

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[@mikotagayuna8494]

You can't spell Nebuchadnezzar without "chad".

[@K4inan]

I can spell it because I used that cheat code in Heroes of Might and Magic 3 all the time 😂😂

[@srenjensen2625]

What did the code do in that game?​@@K4inan

[@DarkAesthetics33]

Nice xD

[@itsmeme1430]

Marduk is zues/Jupiter

[@SurajThakare0]

Artificial voice ??

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

Um, no.

[@SurajThakare0]

@@ProfessorDaveExplains is that your real voice, wow.

[@firsthedgehogchannel]

Tuah

[@LeeGlattis]

What about bologna

[@KINGVONARMPIT]

I love baloney

[@tdsmtdsm]

❤

[@itsmeme1430]

The 1st king hammerun he was Satan & when he made marduk (himself)chief God was the actual time Satan rebelled against God before that enki (me) was the chief not because I'm a God or he is ether but we had to show them a way to rebel so we took them to earth & for them to go w us we had to let them some slack . Now they to can be judged like men

[@itsmeme1430]

The tower of Babel is Islam. God went to the beginning of the world & taught them different languages not imidiatley after the tower

[@AnthologyOfDave]

If it weren't for Terrence Howard and Rogan I never would have found Prof Dave so thats kinda weird. Professor Dave, why don't people like you run for office? With the election 2 weeks away I am deeply disturbed that our choice in leaders are about as intelligent as my dog(he's an idiot). As a lover of history and a student of the world, it looks like America is on the fast track to its downfall. I just wish more intelligent people would help lead us out of this path toward ignorance, death and destruction.

[@tobiaszczarnota7879]

Yeah, I'd really like Professor Dave to try running for President. Maybe it won't actually work out, but it's fun to try.

[@bigwade3303]

Same here! And what a fantastic find Professor Dave is for me. I have been a listener since.

[@AnthologyOfDave]

@@Flat_jay Are you seriously making a statement like that on a channel where intelligent and scientifically proven facts are discussed? Ya know what else they didn't know in 1648? Most things! You're making Professor Dave cry. But maybe your stupid comment is not as stupid as you are because the Earth is not perfectly round due to the gravitational pull at the equator. Or is it centrifugal force? Notice how I didn't say that I banged your mom in the comment? Doesn't make it not true though.

[@CrvrMb]

Wonder if they thought the earth was flat?

[@Chad-n5i]

You bet they did read the sumerian creation myths

[@itsmeme1430]

600k stars means 600k angels not actual stars & the lower & higher waters us talking about matter. It's the same story that's why it's the same dhhhhhh

[@ha5668]

Im from Babylon 🙃

[@jeromegilhooley6782]

Hammurabi code. Tooth for a tooth you bunch of savages!!!!! I paraphrase.

[@yourgodismean4526]

How the HELL did they make a bridge like that back then?? Free divers? Crazy

[@kurtwaldheim4048]

I think there are two ways it could have been done. First is the way the Romans did it, they made a big barrel shaped structure around the pillar to keep water out. The second method is to divert the water around and make a dam.

[@yourgodismean4526]

@ So cool! Now that you say it, it seems so obvious

[@timeformegaman]

The story of Marduk slaying Tiamat was corrupted over the years. It was actually four warriors of light, each holding an orb, who defeated Tiamat.

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