The Akkadian Empire and the Sargonic Dynasty (Excellent Presentation)

2300 - 2083 BCE - Sargon the Great conquered Sumer and extended what some refer to as the first Empire. This is the story of the earliest known civilized Semitic speakers. From the first poet to the vicious battlefields of Ancient Mesopotamia we see the rise and fall of a variety of peoples and civilizations.
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[@anonemoose9130]

What a time we live in. A seemingly inaccessible period of history, made accessible, on KZbin. Free of charge (and aliens). Thank you.

[@jackjones9460]

So glads aliens aren’t discussed!

[@tobiasortega6606]

This makes me appreciate the intelligence and passion for history that made this awesome piece of work possible. Thank you.

[@ppena4128]

I own an old book (published 1927) by Mrs. Sydney Bristowe, "Sargon the Magnificent." To quote part of the Amazon description: "...A fascinating book which goes into detail about her identifying the Biblical Cain with Sargon, King of Agade. Her entire theory rests on the cylinder(s) of Nabonidus..." I find this book "fascinating" indeed.

[@scottadkins7322]

No one cares.

[@ppena4128]

@@scottadkins7322 Apparently someone cares, even if you don't.

[@pattonjeffrey6]

@@scottadkins7322 nobody cares about you. Not even your own mother.

[@Calvuslamp]

Great book indeed.

[@Randelissimo]

The cockney voice over is what makes this even better

[@CadaverSplatter]

Kish was in fact a Sumerian city, with rulers and populous with many Sumerian Names. There are Akkadian names as well, and there was no doubt a great deal of bilingualism. So, it is a good possibility he was bilingual. Many of his royal inscriptions are written in both Sumerian (good Sumerian too) as well as Old-Akkadian.

[@juusohamalainen7507]

And Sargon was a nice guy. He spoke olde English and some ancient French. His favourite wine was well aged mature Bordeaux red. We have good reasons to believe so.

[@TheSouxsielomas]

Cush

[@17amreyes]

i would love to see a show about how they manufactured their weapons for all these battles.

[@tezzingtonsir28]

The narrator is bang on. Very well delivered. Thank you sir.

[@nonamehere-y2t]

Knowing the shofar sound is Semetic was a unique touch at the introduction..I have a feeling this will be a good watch. Thank you.

[@mikepietrowski8642]

Awesome podcast man!!!

[@dcchillin4687]

Would you consider putting these on Google podcasts as well? This is the best source for these early histories ive found!

[@lukasdiaz2817]

Agreed! I would love if they did that!

[@historyoftheworldpodcast5234]

The History of the World podcast specifically is already on Google Podcasts. podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hdWRpb2Jvb20uY29tL2NoYW5uZWxzLzQ5NjM4NjAucnNz

[@dcchillin4687]

@@historyoftheworldpodcast5234 awesome, thanks! I did a search and couldn't find it!

[@MerriBrownwing]

Thank you very much impressive study! I'll be listening again! You have a very fine voice and important history to share🌟🌟🌟

[@crhu319]

The map starting at 2:00 is so great

[@Amadeu.Macedo]

While I love your podcast, this one - about the Akkadian Empire - has an error. It is correct that Enheduanna was a daughter of Sargon of Akkad, and that he placed her at the temple in Ur as High Priestess... HOWEVER, Enheduanna became the High Priestess of the God Nanna (Sin in Akkadian), who represented the Moon. When she was temporarily expelled from the temple by a Sumerian powerful man called Lugalanne, she first prayed to Nanna for help, but he "was deaf to her wishes." So, she decided to seek help from her "family goddess" - Ishtar/Innana. According to other tablets, she was restored to her role at the Temple of Ur, and wrote several lovely poems, praising Innana. Moreover, Innana's temple was in Uruk, as follows: "E-anna (Sumerian: 𒂍𒀭𒈾 É-AN.NA, house of heavens) was an ancient Sumerian temple in Uruk. Considered "the residence of Inanna" and Anu. In case you question my modest "adjustment" to your view, I suggest you check the works of Amanda H. Podany, who is a Professor of History at California State Polytechnic University at Pomona and the author of "Brotherhood of Kings: How International Relations Shaped the Ancient Near East," and "The Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction." This fascinating drama involving Enheduanna and the goddess Innana, I learned by watching her lecture at WONDRIUM (formerly "The Great Courses) - "History of Ancient Mesopotamia."

[@onesec8005]

Brilliant insights. Great work. Thank you.

[@audacity5911]

Love your work mate :P

[@studyofantiquityandthemidd4449]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@censorduck]

when's the part when he makes a youtube channel?

[@historyoftheworldpodcast5234]

It's taken me five whole days to understand this comment!!! Very good! Very slow on my part!

[@historyoftheworldpodcast5234]

@Jason Reyes Don't mention it. If you were kind enough to do something nice for me, it's the least I could do.

[@historyoftheworldpodcast5234]

It's still an interesting discussion point.

[@censorduck]

@@historyoftheworldpodcast5234 to think an interesting discussion is happening all because of a silly joke I made.

[@NEGAN_310]

At least Sargon The Not-So-Great knew something about History!

[@ancient_Iraqi_Mesopotamian]

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[@MasterMalrubius]

Haha. Sorry. I just listened to this podcast over the weekend. Happy that others are being exposed to Chris's podcasts.

[@big1dog23]

Well done. thanks for speaking slowly and clearly. Really enjoy these. I do wish certain world leaders had an appreciation of history!

[@cacogenicist]

Not so sure about _clearly_ :-) ... very strong London accent there.

[@vandoughsminiartisandonuts2037]

Where do all of your maps come from? I love how they are laid out and really tell a story.

[@mariaperrymanvasquez5655]

I do not have face book, but i watch this history program on you tube. So very interesting. Loved history. Thanks for putting all of this on video and sharing With your staff. Will be watching. Take care, stay safe, and God Bless. Nice voice Chris

[@datomekoshvili]

Amazing presentation. Can you provide me with name of the intro?

[@studyofantiquityandthemidd4449]

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[@LuisAldamiz]

Great: this is the kind of stuff I love. It was popping in my suggestions for several days and I was reluctant because I'm more or less know the subject and I was recently at some {Sargon + Gutians + Ur Nammu} history videos. But still worth listening with attention. I actually liked a lot that he wondered about the relation between the Hebrew calendar anc creation ideas and Naram Sin's self-deification, because I was also wondering about the Hebrew (real or mythological) roots being somehow relate to these Mesopotamian episodes, spefically the Lagash-Umma-Ur conflicts and the Gu-Edena disputed area (Eden and expulsion of paradise?) Great!

[@lynnmitzy1643]

The cupbearer..was the one who first tasted the kings food , to avoid the king being poisoned, it would poison the cupbearer.

[@historyoftheworldpodcast5234]

I'm not sure that someone of Sargon's standing would have been expected to take on the task of trying consumables before the king. That would have surely have been someone else's job, and possibly it would have been the cupbearer's responsibility to find someone, likely quite unimportant, to take on this task. Modern scholarly concensus is that the cupbearer was a very important and high standing role in the court. It would be no good having someone unknown or untrustworthy so closely linked to the royal court. That's just my opinion.

[@LuisAldamiz]

IMO both are right: it seems attested that through history cupbearers (i.e. chief of the Royal butlers) also acted as food-tasters, this does not diminish them from being of the highest rank: the monarch entrusted such top-ranking officer with his own safety and whatever the worth of that officer it was always under the worth of the monarch, so it makes all sense that the cupbearer would act as food-taster as part of his most important responsibility of keeping the monarch safe from poisoning. Of course, I'd presume the cupbearer would have a lesser-ranking food taster to ensure his own safety but that was part of his job: to make sure no poisoned foods nor drinks made it to the Royal lips. Of course cupbearers were not all the time at the beck and call of the monarch, they had duties to attend, they only acted as drink-servers and tasters in ceremonial occasions, else a lesser rank trusted officer would be the one tasting the king's food and drink. This tradition of top ranking officers ceremonially assisting the monarch at banquets and other formal occasions exsisted all the way to the Middle Ages. We still see similar offices in the Charolingian court such as the Major Domus (again a most trusted position enjoyed for example by Charles Martel before taking the kingship for himself).

[@prof.dr.4224]

HR Hall, curator of the British Museum wrote (Hall, 1939), “The ethnic type of the Sumerians so strongly marked in their statues and relief was as different from those of the races which surround them as was their language from those of the Semites; they were decidedly Indian in type. The face type of the average Indian of today is no doubt much the same as that of his race ancestors thousands of years ago. And it is by no means improbable that the Sumerians were an Indian race. It was in the Indian home, perhaps the Indus valley; we suppose for them, that their culture developed. There their writings may have invented and progressed from a purely pictorial to a simplified and abbreviated from which afterwards in Babylonia took on its peculiar cuneiform appearance owing to its being written with a square ended stylus on soft-clay. There is little doubt that India must have been one of earliest centres of human civilization and it seems natural to suppose that the strange un-Semitic people who came from the East to civilise the West were of Indian origin, especially when we see with our eyes how very Indian the Sumerians were in type”. Reference: Hall, H. R., 1939, A Season’s Work at Ur, Al-Ubaid, Abu Shahrain (Eridu) and Elsewhere: Being an Unofficial Account of the British Museum Archaeological Mission to Babylonia, London: Methuen Hall, H.R., 1928, The Discoveries at Ur and seniority of Sumerian Civilization, Antiquity, 2, 5, pp 56- 98;

[@jayalakshmigurusamy647]

I am from India thanks for your information I am surprise because I note two tamil words ur means city and mari means rain

[@prof.dr.4224]

@@jayalakshmigurusamy647 Dravidians were related to the civilizations of the Middle East in ancient times. This is well known.

[@jayalakshmigurusamy647]

I have no idea, honestly. But I see similarties sumer people and Todas is one of the isolated tribes living in the Niligiri hills of TamilNadu. The Todas seems to use a word called Ninhursag in their prayers. They honestly have no idea what that means though. But, it seems that Ninhurshag is the mother goddess of Sumerians. They also look similar to ancient Sumerians. And I know this as a fun fact: Ellu and Ellu in Dravidian and Sumerian is same, Sesame seeds I want to share link

[@jayalakshmigurusamy647]

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[@timothykimemia5681]

The reason why these mespotamian tales sound vague as hell is because many of their stories included their gods..Telling the stories without including their deities only makes it sound un-informed.The sumerians viewed religion very differently from us today..Religion seeped through everyday life and trying to separate the two only seems foolhardy.Sargon's very reasons for conquest were purely religious..*the sargon legend anyone* or *the curse of Aggade* which talkes about the Gutian invasion.Barely even mentioning the high priestess of Innana En-hedu-anna.Not talking about these texts isn't only ignorance but arrogance since thats where almost all knowledge of aggade comes from..

[@ThePsychicMindofHart]

doesnt he mention the Gods - Im only here to find out about Hadad.

[@timothykimemia5681]

@@ThePsychicMindofHart A.K.A Zeus.

[@derrickbonsell]

It's a weakness of this sort of narrative history.

[@SAGE0FTHEEAST]

Because It's all based off of oral history. The biggest lie that they try to tell us is that these things happened to them, they didn't. They claim they don't know wherever these people came from but it's not hard to tell. The ancient Mesopotamians came from Nubia and it's written all over there culture. They were most likely from Kush and the clues can be found in the Hebrew bible. Just think about like this it's easier for people to believe that it was aliens than it is for them to accept the obvious answer. The question then becomes why keep hiding a truth that's becoming more and more obvious...

[@sheedmm2174]

King Sargon 🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶💪

[@renma5029]

you have no connection to him so stop pretending like you are a akkadian descendant

[@sheedmm2174]

Everything Arena I’m celebrating a king from ancient Iraq, I don’t know why you are triggered and angry???

[@sheedmm2174]

Everything Arena loooool you got issues bro. Have a nice day

[@renma5029]

@@sheedmm2174 That's right.

[@pattonjeffrey6]

Nothing better than smoking to this

[@sebastiaan805]

Very, very true

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

Thank the heavens I was born after the discovery of cigars.

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

Thank the heavens I was born after the discovery of cigars.

[@scottadkins7322]

Loser.....

[@pattonjeffrey6]

@@scottadkins7322 coward

[@jesussaves1875]

As per the inscription by king Ashurbanipal, who boasted that he was able to unravel (decipher) the inscriptions on stone from before the flood (stone obviously being the only medium on which they wrote that survived) therefor any writing before 2400BC was from before the flood of Noah (the mountains of Ararat being just a stones throw from northern Mesopotamia)

[@timkbirchico8542]

Sounds like "my name is Michael Caine" I love the combination of cockney accent and erudition. The man can't be expected to cover all aspects, never mind in detail, in 46 minutes. If you want more detail you should search Google for scholarly articles on this subject.

[@michaelfrank5239]

Agggg awful accent.

[@brendawilliams8062]

Thx.

[@harrietlyall1991]

Love the saying from the Epic of Gilgamesh at the start! It’s strongly reminiscent of the Tower of Babel story in the Bible. I’ve often thought that God must get sick and tired of listening to us humans and our hubristic jabber (especially politicians and economists, but others as well) so he sends the death angel to put an end to our nonsense.

[@kazklay2210]

@Thoth Al Khem I'm confused you're a scholar, minister and seem to do nothing but attack the most high? (The WHOLE bible is the history of the world...) you have to understand that we live in a fallen world and HIS judgement will come

[@daschundloverable]

@@kazklay2210 You're not confused; he is. His name is that of an ancient egyptian god..........into majik of all things. Sargon was Cain who YHWH banished to the land of Nod; outer Mongolia, where he married a 6th day creation some call Lillith...........she was never Adam's first wife as these confused new age people try to shove down our throats. Cain and Able were Heteropaternal superfecundation twins. Twins born of different fathers. CAin was the son of s8n. He "beguiled", seduced Eve. I looked at Thoth's channel/uploads and he has the egyptian one-eye tattooed on his arm and his own videos seem to be about hiking and titles them "old guy in heart failure". He's right about the number of missing children, which I first read about in reader's digest in 1979!!! Just a very short article - 1/4 of a page. I am so thankful to Our Father and His Son that I was shown that article. I taught my son STRANGER DANGER and when he was 4 y.o. while I was standing at the front door of our home checking on him and his friend, (who was 6 and did not know STRANGER DANGER); I checked on them every 3-5 minutes and to my horror, there was a white windowless van in front of her house 3 doors down. He knew what to do, because for some very, very odd reason, I was FROZEN and could not move. He saw me and ran toward me and they were still trying to get his friend as her head was looking at the passenger and then my son and her head kept going back and forth until she finally ran after him. They took off like a bat out of hell and only then could I move and meet my son on our lawn. Speaking of missing children (that's my passion in prayer at least once a day and everything else that is going on in the world today); I came across a horrible, horrible video a couple of weeks ago. I was connecting dots as usual and came across a comment. The vid. was about the 2 missing boys from California City, CA. Someone had just left a link to the following vid. and then more dots got connected about Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell, who were musicians, (I had known about their deaths and who their father could be, since the swamp was supposedly going to be drained.......... yeah, right. I've been on this since before the '16 election. The 6th trumpet had blown then. Look up Chester and you'll recognize his face, look carefully and you'll understand who his father is. Assange exposed all of this in his wiki dumps...........poor man, I wonder if he is still alive? {(People were begging for trump - the 6th one) to pardon him; I knew it wouldn't happen)}. Anthony Bourdain, the chef and Avicci, who I guess was a music producer/musician/DJ/songwriter & singer are all dead now, murdered of course, because they were looking into doing a documentary of all of the missing children, along with Chester and Chris. There was one comment that was just an attachment to a music video by avicci. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqKQnKF-jbh-j7s I hope that attaches. YT has been messing with me for a couple of yrs. now (because I was always commenting on all of the things going on in this world). In case it doesn't attach, the title is: FOR A BETTER DAY by avicii. Yes, pizza gate is real. There is a good vid. out there that has been mirrored and it's called PIZZA GATE: THE PRIMER. It's an hour long and it explains a lot. Only the 2nd time I voted in my life and really believed the T-man. It's a very sick and evil world in which we live. Cain's lineage is alive and very, very wealthy, well living to ripe old ages by living off the blood (of our children), sweat and tears of us commoners and soo many children die of hunger everyday, as well as adults and so many go to bed hungry and thirsty. I'll give Thoth credit for that. And he is correct about the people who rule us, but little does he realize that they are s8n's children. They are the ones that Jesus said were "YOU'RE NOT OF MY FATHER, BUT OF YOUR FATHER, THE DEVIL". He called them thieves, liars and murderers. They infiltrated the true Israelites during Solomon's reign, building the palaces and homes for Solomon's 300 pagan wives and 3,000 pagan concubines with their masonry. You are correct. The Bible is the history of the world, past, present and near future and we are the generation of the fig tree. Our world is fallen and judgment is right around the corner; actually has been here since 9/23/17. Revelation 12 happened that day. I don't know how long the war lasted in heaven, but s8n and his minions were cast to the earth and they can no longer go "to and fro" as before. Think of Job. Come March, we will be at the 3.5 years mark of the tribulation. No one will be "raptured". I hope you don't believe that falsehood. You know, there is a very good book called SARGON THE MAGNIFICENT which you can, (if you can afford it), buy on Amazon. If not, read the reviews; they are excellent. I hope I didn't overwhelm you. If you have any questions, feel free to write me back. I remember when you could actually be friends with people on YT comments. Those days are long gone and so many of our rights are being taken away. What can't people see? hear? All they have to do is pray for discernment and God will give it to us as well as the other free gifts He is handing out these days. So I will stop here and I will keep you and yours in my prayers in these perilous times. Hope to hear back from you. God bless you and yours and take care.

[@kairuannewambui8456]

@@kazklay2210 what judgement? Have you thought for minutes..its up to us to make earth better place for us.use our G-d given intelligence and humanity to make heaven on earth by reaching full potential where no war,sins ,fatalities,poverty,hunger and humanity etc .sound vague but G-d finished his work of creation and his no in rush to interpret mankind before they reach full potential. Judgement and sins and hell!G-d has no time to waste with freeloader time waster!!..waiting for peace to be brought to them from heaven earth! Its up to us to creat peace and happiness on earth period!

[@SAGE0FTHEEAST]

It's the same story. It's all based off of the ancient egyptian flood myth.

[@kyi7373]

@@kazklay2210 bible is false

[@finnguy9096]

I'm glad to learn about the ancestor of R. Kelly, Shar Kelly Sherry

[@marc.b.weed.extream9480]

lol .. from a acadien in acadie good luck

[@tracierendell4422]

Seriously. I'm so interested in this. You say this is vol 2. Where is Vol 1? Why isn't it linked? I'm 1.5 hours into trying to find the first one. Help please? I don't understand why I can't find videos in order from the first one onwards

[@henrybartlett1986]

Brilliant.

[@johncurrie2949]

enjoyed this,

[@connorrothbard9689]

Hopefully you cover how he became king of Kekistan in a follow up video.

[@tariganter6238]

The Semites are only a clan in Punt Lands and they never went anywhere not on foot or swimming or flying. There are no Semites out of Punt Lands; and Arabia south of Latitude 30 N is part of Punt Lands.

[@DEMcouver]

34:49 Were not the Elamites from the South-East, where Susa was?

[@historyoftheworldpodcast5234]

Amazing spot! This is a genuine error well spotted. The Elamites approached from the east, not the west, which would have traditionally have been the Amorites. Well corrected.

[@DEMcouver]

History of the World podcast glad to be of help. Excellent podcast btw. Looking forward to the Amorite period in a couple of episodes.

[@LuisAldamiz]

Well, West just seems to mean "the other East", so whatever. ;)

[@DEMcouver]

Luis Aldamiz I suppose if a nomadic people are widely dispersed enough, they can come from all kinds of different directions. The Elamites were a similar city-state culture to Mesopotamia proper, however. There seems to be a school of thought that ‘Amorite’ might have been a bit of a catch-all term.

[@LuisAldamiz]

@@DEMcouver - I was just making a joke, based on at least some etymologies of the word "west". Of course you are right and it's an error.

[@tariganter6238]

The Akkadians, who appeared suddenly in 2334 BC with a foreign language different from Sumerians, were Turkic Mongolian raiders with Hurrian mercenaries from south Caucasus. The Sumerians expelled the Akkadians in 2154 BC who fled west to work with the Amorites to attack neighboring nations.

[@crhu319]

Source?

[@tariganter6238]

@@crhu319 i am the source

[@daschundloverable]

@@tariganter6238 Didn't they also finally cross the Caucasus in about 1100 A.D. Poland kept them at bay for years.

[@tariganter6238]

@@daschundloverable Turkic Mongolian bandits invaded Northern Caucasus and East Europe since 2400 BC. They were already there in 1100 AD in the forms of Huns, Bulgars and Romans. The latter waves of raids were not as significate as the early ones

[@ferahsudenazulusoy4553]

@@tariganter6238 do you have a you tube channel?

[@radzewicz]

These are great videos and Ive listened to them several times over. However I wish that you would print out the difficult names so I can get them right.Maybe just flash a printed version of the names that are not so obvious. Is it Shah Karry Sharry, for instance or something else? Its difficult to read up on these people when you dont know the names.

[@radzewicz]

Lugal-zage-si, Rimush, Manishtushu, Naram-Sin, Shar-kali-sharri.

[@19BenZ57]

from PERSIA ArmeniA Israel with Passion

[@harwn999]

There is no earliest forms of writing in Uruk. If so show the specific artifact…. The earliest date of true writing in Sumer is 3200-3100 BCE. Even the kish tablets aren’t true writing, yet prior writing and or accounting system. The 3500 BCE date is dates to items that aren’t true writing and/or charcoal that couldn’t be properly tested in the site. So let’s be more accurate and specific when addressing history.

[@ezzovonachalm9815]

rardzewic... You are perfectly right, particularly when the onomastic is far from immediately understandable. Not so the AIntelligence used for the transcription. Here some hilarious AS achievements : correct name: transcription zigurat : cigarettes Akkad: a CAD Elam : a lamb En Hedu Ana: in head of Anna Naram Sin :Nelson sin/ neurone sin ???: shock alley sherry Gutians : Goethe Hurrians:Koreans Amorides : emirates ??? : oh Mr Bertoni ??? : I did not identify the original word

[@JungleJargon]

Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man. He was a mighty hunter before the LORD. Therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD.” The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, *Accad,* and Calneh, in the land of Shinar (East Mesopotamia). From that land he went into Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.

[@stephenmichalski2643]

While I truly love ancient history dearly and be very inclined to respect and admire anyone else that does.....and particularly someone who'd put the effort and work/artistry into making video's and podcast's for our entertainment and education.......I must say there are a lot of assumptions here.....many of which stated with the conjunction "could" and "may have been".......which is good. The statement that the Sumerians fought in phalanx's .......made so definitively.......well......that's a bit of a stretch. Just because it looks to us .....knowing what we know now of ancient warfare.....that their in a phalanx formation and fought in such doesn't necessarily mean its so.Much of ancient art ......indeed of any period.....is figurative. It's like saying that the Sumerians fought in chariots pulled by winged lions (or whatever that's supposed to represent).....depicted on another section of the said stele. Just saying.Unless there's other collaborative evidence to qualify such a statement....it's a bit of a jump to teach it as fact.Having said that.......I still love the vid and will listen to the podcast....history and the study of such is AWESOME!!!....and so are all of you.

[@historyoftheworldpodcast5234]

I don't think that it's incorrect to question this on the basis of opinion. Most of our history is reported on probabilities, but of course we only ever have limited evidence in any case. Britannica references Sumerian phalanxes quite well. Well worth the discussion!

[@timothykimemia5681]

@@historyoftheworldpodcast5234 See what I'm talking about.Too many incorrect assumptions People spotted the sumerian phalanx thing and if you're here copying & pasting Brittanica instead of carrying out extensive personal research then I'm afraid you cant be a credible source of information. The mere fact that you're arguing a Pro- sumerian phalanx point makes me question your knowledge about Philip II's & Alexander's legendary infantry.

[@timothykimemia5681]

Well said..He's claiming History's made up of probabilities yet he's definitively asserting and downright ommitting many of these said probabilities🤷‍♂️

[@stephenmichalski2643]

@@timothykimemia5681 I can't agree with you more......personally I was shocked he sited Britannica.They started publishing that in 1768.Now I'm not saying the info within is definitely wrong.....but it depends on who and when this stuff was written.....and as you say.....their depth of research.......I mean for the longest time so called scholars based their history from the bible and their working out of its genealogies.......which doesn't put the dawn of man anywhere close to when we now know our beginnings lie.Admittedly....I don't read cuneiform.....yet....and I don't know all the texts deciphered and their contents....but as yet I haven't heard of any that described Sumerian, Akkadian , Babylonian or even Assyrian battle tactics concisely as we have of Greek/Macedonian works.I'm afraid I can't take this podcast.....or at least this segment of it to seriously.I mean its a bit like citing Wikipedia as a trusted and verified resource for information.You might as well trust everything politicians tell us.

[@LuisAldamiz]

Onagers and "phalanx" are real. Sumerians were a no-nonsese people when drawing their reality, except of course in religious matters. Phalanx-like spear based military has been invented and reinvented over and over, as the spear is one of the most formidable weapons and one of the easiest to operate (check any martial channel). It seems like you're knee-jerking abou the Greek "invention" of the phalanx, when this one was just another such re-invention, as would be the Scottish and Swiss spear formations of the 14th century. Of course, the Sumerians would not call it "phalanx"... nor "shiltron" either but the general concept was surely the same. It's not just art, it's also archaeology and even written history.

[@saminabu9027]

Why there is no movie about Sargon yet ?? First emperor in the history is not interesting enough for Hollywood ???

[@kylebarton778]

the playlist is backward. i like to lay down in bed and wake up 3 hours later in the future, not the past.

[@beeztrapp1612]

She was the first poet, this is a small section of the hymn written on that clay tablet: Discover the freshness of Febreze!!!

[@likeicare300]

People on these videos are usually smart. Its actuallt very rare to be smart nowadays

[@mizoto6550]

At what point did Sargon start owning the feminists?

[@edwardmgamboajr9479]

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[@jesussaves1875]

Sargon at 15:41? If so they forgot his monobrow :))

[@kronos-7628]

The survivors of the atlantean cataclysms 👌

[@MistyMarie1970]

It is good to see a timeline that can be followed. Its ashame we cant learn more about the everyday lives of people, the population of the world seems to be huge numbers. I dont agree with hebrew calander, it was changed and they admit it but claim they dont know why. Im trying to understand the Ancient history and cant help think the region of harran was the shanir as older history seems to be in that area, there is also alot of people thinking UR may have been in that area also, and then moved to mespotamia? Where younger rulers reigned. Even Islam history is becoming uncovered that Muhammad was from Mespotamia area and in writings of bishop of Edessa he is mentioned as being from that area Arabs of that area, which explains why Islam as a political entity also started in that area. Main areas mentioned Edessa, al hira and persia. His real name maybe Iyas ibn Qabisah al-Ta'i a govener and leader of Taytaye. Hopefully when full research is completed we will have a better understanding the origin and culture influences that lead to them uniting.

[@Ardonbb]

Capital citi of akkad was nineveh und ashur arbil . The first akkadian assyrisn empire. und akkadian empire lockeidet in kurdistan

[@Naturalook]

Your mic has a back feed that is VERY annoying!!! …You need to re-record this otherwise excellent video.

[@edwardmgamboajr9479]

The son of god. The don

[@umbra9628]

Excellent presentation???

[@studyofantiquityandthemidd4449]

It is indeed! I love his podcast!

[@JukeBoxDestroyer]

GLR was a Larping Nerd

[@umbra9628]

@@JukeBoxDestroyer judging by your lame ass name I am sure I can trust your opinion

[@Albukhshi]

@ 0:05 That sounds like something you'd write if your gods were angry people from New Jersey: *Gods hearing too much noise* Gods: "HEY! SHUT THE FUCK UP STUPID!!!" *more noise* Gods: "IF YOU MOTHERFUCKERS DON'T SHUT THE FUCK UP, WE'RE GONNA FUCK YOU UP, YOU MOTHERFUCKERS!" *still more noise* *Gods drown humanity* Basically, like this Jersey fellow down there: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p56UmaCuecR8bLc @ 16:42 That was a real blessing, because Akkadian, being a Semitic langauge, has plenty of living relatives. Once people realized they were dealing with a Semitic language, the Assyriologists were quickly able to decipher the Akkadian texts. Once that happened, it wasn't long before Sumerian was then translated--it helps that the Akkadian speakers created lexicons, which showed Sumerian words, and their meaning in Akkadian.

[@baardhelmen8408]

Lugal is not a name, it's a title smilar to king

[@edwardmgamboajr9479]

International law. Federal reserve islands

[@edwardmgamboajr9479]

Holy place of Jesus. Buro Indiana

[@MrRalphRosa]

The narrators voice is not pleasant to listen to more than a few minutes !

[@augustsonseventy42]

'...because of the uproar and babel.' Reminds me of in Genesis when the antedeluvians "began to call upon the name of the LORD" (presumably for help). The Sumerian/pagan version actually has the people being punished by "the gods" for doing this and presents those who call upon God as an annoying nuisance.

[@LuisAldamiz]

Slave indoctrination: thou shall not have other Lord than the Lord, thou shall not call the name of the Lord in vain. In other words: shitty slave, obey and shut up.

[@estebansteverincon7117]

Pagan version? All the religions of the Levant were pagan: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHamlq2DjtqabsU

[@timothykimemia5681]

@@LuisAldamiz A poet.Well said!

[@gen.jews7daytheory296]

@@LuisAldamiz has man done this as of yet? I mean do it seem like man has heard of his commandments? You right who wants someone telling you don't kill... I'm no indoctrinated slave I'm a wild animal...i need filth...

[@LuisAldamiz]

@@gen.jews7daytheory296 - Man and woman, who uses generic "man" in the 21st century? Surely a reactiona fanatic, a taliban, and the rest of your words confirm that. There are no "commandments" (that's mythology) but there are social instincts such as solidarity and altruism, which guided us through all the Paleolithic, most of the Neolithic and largely even today (because we have not lost them, mostly not). You don't need commandments you just need not to be a psychopath, a purely selfish "demon" (sick mind) who looks like a human on shallow inspection. Altruism is good, selfishness is evil. The right is evil, capitalism is evil and your buffoon priests and pastors are demons.

[@lazyk8262]

Aloha

[@siblinganon66]

7:38 onagers are wild donkeys, not wild horses. More closely related to zebras than to horses.

[@historyoftheworldpodcast5234]

What is a horse?

[@siblinganon66]

@@historyoftheworldpodcast5234 a member of the subgenus equus equus as opposed to members of equus asinus or equus hippotigris. The same way yaks aren't cattle.

[@historyoftheworldpodcast5234]

@@siblinganon66 Exactly. It's not more closely related to the zebra in your own words, and it is a wild relative of the horse as I said. Nobody said they were wild horses.

[@siblinganon66]

@@historyoftheworldpodcast5234 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3577844/ "Assuming only the more recent calibration, we find that caballine and non-caballine equids most likely diverged ∼4 Mya." Caballine are the horses, the non-caballine are donkeys and zebras. In other words, the zebras and donkeys diverged later and are thus more closely related. "Onagers are wild relatives of horses."Sure, let's pick any random relative instead of the closest. Why not 'Onagers are relatives of rhinoceros'?

[@historyoftheworldpodcast5234]

@@siblinganon66 OK, you win. It was moronic for me to suggest that an onager is a wild relative of the horse.

[@fattylumpkin9209]

(excellent comment)

[@S....]

Did you just called your own presentation excellent? xD

[@edwardmgamboajr9479]

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[@jayalakshmigurusamy647]

ur means city , mari means rain in tamil

[@IosifStalin2]

Yes, yes....Tamil first in everything....

[@boogoddi187]

How do you spell these names...I'm calling Sharkelly Sherry...R.Kelly🤣

[@crhu319]

When the Akkadian Empire collapsed, it's reasonable to assume that there must have been elite refugees. "The God of Akkad" presided over great cohesion and success. It would not be surprising if scraps of tales from this time were passed on to become Genesis. Abraham was from Ur, remember...

[@ferahsudenazulusoy4553]

Hz İbrahim wasborn şn Ur butspend good time oghis life in Mezapotamia- Urfa

[@onuscronus984]

Onager is from the species called the Ass not the Horse. ...

[@historyoftheworldpodcast5234]

It is an equid, therefore I believe that it is accurate to say that it is a wild relative of the horse.

[@gda295]

more like 200,000 yrs ago Out of Africa 2 reached Levant ...than 150,000

[@edwardmgamboajr9479]

I’m the prophet. Babolon beware

[@اسامهالعبيدي-ج8غ]

There are robberies, birds, soil, amputation, soil, god, string, looting, clothing, stupidity, pain, arabs, brides, horses, horse, shows, camels, and camels.

[@tariganter6238]

The fake allegations of Hyksos branches inserted in books and perceptions are really ridiculous. There are no nations other than Sumer, Ebla and Ugarit in the north Arabs of Dilmun, Magan and Melluhha in the south And Kmt, Kerma and Punt in the west. Punt has western and eastern parts. And Punt is the where Adam was created and fathered Punt peoples only. Other nations had their own Adams

[@marleenneil7542]

Difficult to understand narrator😩

[@thadmeboy1129]

AAAAAAAA-Kadians long ago

[@edwardmgamboajr9479]

Lost ark. In pennsylavina

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

No no no. NIMROD is the founder of Akkad. Sargon was a Sumerian descendant of his.

[@C.Noble13]

Great works Mr ☆ Chris . Who are the offspring of Gilgamesh...? He got first night sox with all the virgin's / brides. Arcadia meaning paradise 🤔 Thanks 💚

[@historyoftheworldpodcast5234]

I really don't know the answer to that one. Maybe a qualified Assyriologist would be able to make a viable suggestion?

[@thaliart]

Arcadia is in Greece. 😉

[@C.Noble13]

@@thaliart Arcadia is a elementary school in Utah also.

[@thaliart]

@@C.Noble13 do you have any proof?

[@jeanp5395]

I would venture to say that perhaps the breakdown in society was caused by God confusing their language✝️

[@اسامهالعبيدي-ج8غ]

هاي قصص معانات منادات ومظاهرات إيران وعراق وعالم واعتصامات وكما ولدتها امها وابوها والله ثلاثي و ملخصات وازن وازمنتها وه وعصور وأيام ولحظات وعب وات وفلسطين وتوقيع ابن جوزي وأمام على وفجر عرب وانفال وبدر كبرى وفلاح وتكرانيا وكندا وكويت وسعوديه وافغانستان وتل أبيب وخماسي وافلاك ومجرات و تلسكوبات ولوث دماء عائله وحلله تواقيع وموقع بغداد ونجوم واكوان وخماسي وثوره وثوره وشعله وكاظمي وكاظمين وكا ظم يه وقاطع فاو ومنصور وعلاوي وذراع دجله وصيگر واسلحه وبلد وسجون ابو غريب وسجون حي صدام وتسسيرات كرخ ورصافه ووحارثيه ومرسلات وقاهره وكسره وغزاليه وغزه وغزو وقادسي ومثني ومثنى وتوقيع فلاح وأفراح وجبور وأم زيد وحسام وصفاء وهيام وضياء وجنسيه وسواعد وسعد وحوزات وازهر وفات كان وحطين وبسكلاته وبياع وبلد وجوازات وسدوم وتبع وامم وحضارات ومابين نهرين وياجوج عراق سلفي جعفري وجنوب عراق ودجال اعور جنوب عراق مدعش وبعثيه شروگيه جهنم اتحاد وعمليات رد سريع وزبونات ومراحب وأم قحطان وابو زيد وضرغام وأم كرار ونجف ومراقد وتوقيع ومواقع ألمانيا وخلد عذاب وبرازخ وبوستين وبو تين وحريه وبياع وحي جهاد وزعفرانيه و معسكرات رشيد وكاظمين وحسين وحسن وزينب وعباس وأم سلمان والياتهن ومولداتها وأطفال عراق وسنجار وسجون عراق وعرب وغرب وعجم وكواكب وأفلام وافلاك وعراق وعرات وجزر اكوان وبغداد وكفاح وفضل وميدان ومربعه وثوره ومدينه صدر سعيد وعباس وأم زياد وأم أركان وعبير وحمزه وناصر وابو أحمد وجعفر وسرمد يه وأسماء ورويدا ورواد ومامون وأمين وسبع دجيل وزنازن أبدى اتها وجحيم ربهم هنا وهناك وعربي غربي عجمي عراقي وسلفي وجعفريه وبلداوي وبصمات مجالس بلدي ورعايته ورعا يه وقاطع منصور وفاو وعلاوي ودجيل ورقم ٥٠ م قبل تطبيق واذم وانباط وأفلام وافلاك وحور عين مسموطات وسبطات وسما طات وسم وأسماء حسنى وقصص جو بايدن وتعطيل وكسوف وخسوف وصحابته في افلاك وهيفوف ورقيع وعروس ونجوم وبرازخ وبومبي وامم وزنازن ذرياتها وأطفال ها وعصاباتهم ونسوان هم وصحابيات نشالات وياجوج سجون هن ورابط مباشر الان وزنازن الان في كل مكان ولحظه وسنه وجعفريه وأسماء كل شخص وواحد والمرأه وبنات وأطفال وغابات وبلي وتنزيل وتحميل وساعه وحضر وكورونا ومظاه رأت كلها من معانات شعوب وبنات وبنين موتى وميتات ومعذبين ومعذبات ومنوع وملغي وملغيات وَتعاسات ملغيات وممحيات ومكنوز ومكنو ن ومساجين ومسجونات في ضلمات غزاليه وتوقيع ومنصور وزراعي وياجوج عراق وعرب وعجز وخوارق واضرحه كاظمين وقصر ماتشين جتون ماتش وفي شيرين وايزيديه ونينوي وعراق وحله ومحاويل ونجف وسد مرا أولى قبل ميلاد وبدايه وسدود عراق وعرب وغرب عل مزاج وعل رام وعل مرام ومقصد وقضايا وخماسي وهيفوف و

[@fadelamptey9341]

Are the Akan descendants of AKKADIAN?

[@historyoftheworldpodcast5234]

Certainly not directly I wouldn't have thought.

[@xavier9480]

We are all descendants of AKKADIAN

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

Akkadians are part of the whole Sumerian race, they were all descendants of Nimrod. Akkad, Nippur, Uruk, were all in the land of Sumer (Shinar). Get education, and stop ignoring the Bible.

[@اسامهالعبيدي-ج8غ]

وهاي قصص وسيله افضل تنقل بغداد وناصر شبلاوي وال وباسم وباسل وحمزه َرقيخ ومروه ومقتدي ومنوعات وكسوف وعطل وعاطلات واتحاد ام زيد وزينب وأم جلال وخديجه وسبع دجيل وأم جعفر وأم امين وأم ايمن وأم م وأم مأمون وأم قحطان ودريد وأم عباس وي وأم سحر وصلاح وأفراح وضياء وعامر وي وأم بتول جهنم وأولى جلغ وخجل وحل وحلله وحلل وكلل وصدر وم وأم فاروق وسهيله وخماسي ونجوم وأم صديقه ونوران ومرضيه وفطم واحلام وسعاد وجعفر وباقر وصادق وحيدر وعاليه ونزيهة وأم فلاح وفادي ومواهب وأحمد وفضل وميدان وديم وميه ومصطفى وعدنان وأم حسام وأم ابراهيم وأم وسام وأم ضرغام وأم هيام وأم اسماعيل وأم خميس وأم أفراح ومروه وشفاء ونجوان وأم بأن وأم شيماء وأم رشى وأم وأم سمير وغاده ورسلها في كل مكان يأجوج وأجزاء وأم عبد كريم وعبد إله وغازي وفاروق وشيماء ومريم ويسوع وسيد محمد ورياض وكريم وابو جمانه وفاطمه وعلاوي واسباطها وأطفال وضباط يأجوج وسجون وجهنم وسلب مباشر وراي ورباطات وزنازن وسحر من رأى وسحق شهق من رأى وسامرا وسلمى وكشافات وسلاسل غرب وأمريكا وكندا والمانيا ولندن وتركيا وعثمان وصحابته وعثمان وعبد قادر ومرحب وابن ود عامري وأحمد جاسب وزيداوي جهنم وزيد وجهنم وايزيديه سلب ودعارات واختطاف وجدد وجنوب خ ع وجنوب عراق جدد وج واجيال وجنس وجميلات وسج ن وياجوج ومرجع ورجعه جدد وعرج ورجع جدد ومنوعات جدد كلها من معانات جماهير وشعوب وعجايب وغرايب وأرقام وَتعاسات نسوان ومهطوفات وم ومسروقين ومخطو فات جدد ومخ وكثير لا ينتهي و

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

No no no! The Jewish calendar is correct, and the dating of Naram Sin is false. Stop teaching people false history and try to contradict the Bible! Akkadians were NOT Semitic, they were Cushite descendants of Nimrod and only had a Semitic language as a geographical closeness to Semites in Mesopotamia, as the Chaldeans. They are not linked to Israelites!

[@tariganter6238]

The Hyksos were a mix of Turkic Mongolian Akkadians who invaded Subar and Sumer in 2334 BC with Amorite nomads from the deserts of Levant. The Akkadians were expelled from Sumerr in 2154 BC. They partnered the Amorites in their wicked ways. In 1630 BC the sneaked and then invaded Kmt using horses and chariots which they copied from Sumerian wheel. The Hyksos were expelled from Kmt in 1523 BC. The main bulk of them went to Levant but some were already in Libya but were cut off from the main group in Levant. The wandering expelled hyksos were called Aperu Hebrew.

[@IosifStalin2]

...and then they crossed the Great Ocean and became the forefathers of the Mayans

[@tariganter6238]

@@IosifStalin2 I am talking about small east and west Asian bandits only because tribes and nations don't migrate at all.

[@tariganter6238]

@Kash243 Soldier You Nonsense know that the Semites are a clan in Punt Lands and they never went anywhere not on foot or swimming or flying.

[@tariganter6238]

@Kash243 Soldier hhhhhhh There are no Semites out of Punt Lands; and Arabia south of Latitude 30 N is part of Punt Lands. All Hyksos rubbish are silly and baseless allegations

[@tariganter6238]

@Kash243 Soldier BS

[@tariganter6238]

There are no Semites out of Punt Lands; and Arabia south of Latitude 30 N is part of Punt Lands. All Hyksos rubbish are silly and baseless allegations

[@scottadkins7322]

Oh really? Were you there? I thought not. Shut up and enjoy the podcast.

[@tariganter6238]

@@scottadkins7322 Go away refuse of bandits

[@tariganter6238]

Akkadians are not from Sumer, but bandits from East Asia came in 2334 BC. Jews appeared in Babylon in 580 BC and they are not Israelites. Amorites of Levant are not Arabs at all and had had their own language. Sumer, Ebla and Ugarit are the true indigenous civilized nations of the region and they are not related to Arabs. So, how on Earth the branches of Hyksos, namely Jews, Babylonians, Kurds and Sabaeans, claim they are Semites?

[@ferahsudenazulusoy4553]

@@scottadkins7322 he is revealing some very important information. Patience is appreciated

[@piotrmilewski4705]

Arkadia Armenia yes no?

[@اسامهالعبيدي-ج8غ]

and there are houses before and before and the beginning and end and rapes and shrines and civilizations and distributions and eyes and cabinets and khazali and jabour and khlod and brazkh and worldly coming and sala and

[@tshanyqwuanlon1438]

Just this ...you have only bits and peaces... It doesnt fit at all. Whats true... it has to do with the genes the offspring of the so called fallen Sons of God (or the fallen Angels as you know it you fool). Because they was never fallen. It's just a game and the game is called the right handling tov and rah.

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[@lukasmakarios4998]

Enough with the self-accolades already. Don't say "Excellent Presentation" in the title of every show.

[@wesharetestimonies8221]

Stop reading it. Please understand it is rather pain ful to worry about another person wen u have the ability to control ur self. Stop reading it. Peace ☮️

[@timothykimemia5681]

Also..raising taxes to fight means paying proffessional soldiers.This is not true as the Assyrians had the first professional soldiers almost a millenium later.This goes aganist the uninspired historical norms you seem to be adhering to; that warriors were drawn from from the local population..farmers & potters etc. And a phalanx??? Really?! Even if we're being generous..phalanges in 2200B.C?😂😂

[@historyoftheworldpodcast5234]

Hello Timothy. I must ask what your opinion is of ancient Sumerian artworks which seem to clearly depict a phalanx style of warrior formation and pre-dates the Akkadian period. Thanks for watching the video.

[@timothykimemia5681]

@@historyoftheworldpodcast5234 Yeah I watched it in disbelief.Makes me sick to my stomach that I'm explaining to a history channel that just because you and your warrior retinue carry shields and spears absolutely do not make you phalangites.It makes you *literally every warrior in the ancient world* 🗣A phalanx is much more than art depictions of guys with spears.Thats like calling some random dude with an M16 a Marine.😆 Says alot about this video that the only part you chose to reply & wrongly disagree with is the phalanx. Nothing about the numerous other things I pointed out were ommitted from the Šarru-kīn Legend. Re-do this video to retain this channel's credibility because its quite a few videos I've seen you've been skimming through facts & making false conclusions however small. History channels must have their facts & I'm sure you as a fellow lover of history must agree.

[@LuisAldamiz]

On the contrary: your criticism against professional army actually speaks in favor of phalanxes or phalanx-like formations, as these were in most historical societies popular militias and not professional armies (although in Greece it was the middle classes who manned, them, the lower classes could not afford to pay the equipment, but maybe in Sumer the state paid for it, as would be logical).

[@LuisAldamiz]

@@timothykimemia5681 - Chariots are not phalanxes, Egyptian kopesh-equipped "runners" (infantry) are not phalanxes, Roman gladio equipped legionaires are not phalanxes, you need spears and spear formation in order to describe them as phalanxes or phalanx-like. The Scottish shiltron and the Swiss pike formations have also been often described as reinvention of the phalanx. It's never identical but the core concept is the same. I quote from Wikipedia: "A schiltron (also spelled sheltron, sceld-trome, schiltrom, or shiltron) is a compact body of troops forming a battle array, shield wall or *phalanx* . The term is most often associated with Scottish pike formations during the Wars of Scottish Independence in the late 13th and early 14th centuries". See: "phalanx"! They do not mean the exact Greek version of the phalanx but a similar enough concept.

[@timothykimemia5681]

@@LuisAldamiz Yeah the state maintained a well funded bureaucracy that deliberated causes for war and trained soldiers and paid for their dental. You need to stop.I said sumerians had no professional army..thats not saying the city states had no fighters.Wording is everything. Proffessional means being exclusively raised, paid & kept for that purpose.The reason I mentioned the Assyrians is because they were THE FIRST TO DO SO.Previously..local peope formed militias after a call to arms by their king. And the first rule of Sumer is your logical assumptions do not apply so leave them at the door! And buddy,in history,similar concepts *aren't similar at all*

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I would prefer to say that entire west Asia is much much a better before prophet Mohammad came to power in the 6th Century AD.

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The Prophet Muhammed ruled a small area of the Arabian peninsula during the 7th century before his death.

[@lord2257]

Great presentation! Feedback: It'd be awesome if every time some city is mentioned you can show the map so we can locate it. If not I feel a bit lost.

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