The Early Amorites of Mesopotamia (2600-1800 BC) | Supplemental Podcast #8

Some of you wanted to know a bit more about the Amorites and they're arrival into Mesopotamia, so I thought I'd do a quick podcast on it. This program will take a look at early references to Amorites in Sumerian, Elbaite and Akkadian documents.
Contents:
00:00 Introduction
01:30 Who were the Amorites?
05:20 Earliest mention of Amorites in Sumerian texts
06:26 Amorites in texts from Ebla and other cities
12:25 Amorites and the fall of Ur
16:52 Letter of Ushashum the Amorite to Bilalama of Eshnunna
20:16 Thank you and patrons
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[@JamesGaehring]

Sumerian (shaking head): "Amorites, am I right?"

[@HistorywithCy]

Haha I love the pun... I'm laughing right now. Thanks so much for stopping by, really appreciate it! Stay safe!

[@michaelhowze8198]

People don't change that much so there gery well may have been something like that lol

[@sleeeepp111]

Fi😊

[@jacobwiley9873]

I love how you call these "supplemental podcasts" when they're full-ass videos on their own! Your stuff is great

[@belstar1128]

Some youtubers are just better than others.

[@berniemaopolski4870]

He's on fire

[@HistorywithCy]

Haha thanks, appreciate it! The info is the same, they're just not as visually stimulating and I usually keep them informal. Glad you enjoy them though! More to come, stay safe!

[@HistorywithCy]

@@belstar1128 Thank you, appreciate the kind words!

[@HistorywithCy]

@@berniemaopolski4870 Haha thanks my friend, appreciate the words of encouragement...stay safe!

[@darrach1953]

One of my go to channels for all things Mesopotamian. Love the animations and maps. So many other channels don't do that, so all that work is worth it. Would be nice to have some sources used in the description in case we want to do our own research.

[@HistorywithCy]

Hi, thanks so much for stopping by, really appreciate it! Glad you like the maps, they're a lot of fun to make. As for source, got you covered my friend! In the video description there's a link, "Sources and Suggested Reading" that will take you to the channel's web page where you can see the sources I used. Any questions, please don't hesitate to let me know. Thanks again and stay safe!

[@blakops000007]

Being an Arab, lots of the Amorite words and names are recognizable, even the Maru word in Akkadian has a cognates in Arabic which is Mur (Muru if it's genitive) meaning bitter.

[@HistorywithCy]

Yeah, it's super interesting how in some was, I feel it's possible to get the gist of or understand a lot of Akkadian and Amorite words if you already know modern Semitic languages such as Arabic or Hebrew...so many linkages! Thanks so much for stopping by, really appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

Similar do to Semitic roots

[@HT-rq6om]

As well as in Tigrinya which is one of the main spoken languages in Eritrea and a semitic language.

[@user-ht1pt1ug3s]

Of course arabic is simitic language who comes from sumerian assyrian babylonian and other nations who lived in middle east.assyrians still live in iraq syria libanon iran

[@artkoenig9434]

Your fascination with the languages of these ancient peoples adds authority to your presentations. Thank you!

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks, I don't know about authority but languages, yes, I love piecing them apart. As always, thanks so much for stopping by, really appreciate it! Stay safe!

[@harrietlyall1991]

I love History with Cy, especially when you talk about all the peoples of Mesopotamia. There were so many different cultures! A veritable smorgasbord of ethnicities and linguistic groups, endlessly fascinating 🥰

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks and you're in luck, the next video will deal with Mesopotamia - it's about the interesting history behind the Great Library of Nineveh and how/why it was established. Thanks for watching these, thrilled that you continue to enjoy them. Stay safe!

[@lotwizzard1748]

Bro your voice and wording structure is so clear and pleasant. 🙏

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks, glad you noticed! The last couple of episodes I've been really trying to work on that... found a way to lessen some of the background noise and am trying to temper my voice as I speak into the mic... glad it seems to be working! More come, thanks again for stopping by and stay safe!

[@robbabcock_]

Great stuff, Cy! I always click instantly when a new one shows up in my notifications!💪🙏

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks my friend, really, REALLY appreciate all the support. I'll have more of these coming soon, stay tuned!

[@sobriost60]

Great video. Thank you Cy!

[@Maynard0504]

Cy out here working hard! Keep it going man hope you get plenty of sponsors coming your way.

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks for the good wishes my friend, appreciate it! I've gotten a few so far but the best reward for me is getting comments like this and knowing that many of you dig the content... really appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!

[@shawnokutani3874]

Hey Cy, any possibility of a video on Bronze Age civilizations of the Iberian Peninsula? Great video as always 👍

[@hailgiratinathetruegod7564]

About the bronze age Mexicans, or the bronte age Brasiliens ?

[@BeatMonkeyV5]

@@hailgiratinathetruegod7564 Mexico and Brazil aren’t on the Iberian peninsula

[@hailgiratinathetruegod7564]

@@BeatMonkeyV5 Iam sorry, the only thing I know about Iberia is that is next to Albania.

[@horationelson9408]

@@hailgiratinathetruegod7564 I find it very interesting that there were two Iberian people's maybe they were somehow related to the Spanish Iberians

[@hailgiratinathetruegod7564]

@@horationelson9408 defentifly not. The "spanish" iberans were named by the phoenicians after the rabbits they confuse with hyraxes.

[@taycam]

Thank you very much for these videos. They are fantastic!!!

[@HistorywithCy]

My pleasure, thank YOU for stopping by and glad you enjoy them. More to come, stay safe!

[@germanaaccorsi3119]

Thank you, I have studied a little this subject and is a pleasure to look at the immagini!

[@HistorywithCy]

My pleasure, glad that you enjoyed this and wish there were more images that could have been used. Unfortunately, most of what we have are texts and not statues or reliefs of Amorites until after they had already been established in Mesopotamia for a few generations. Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!

[@dovahkiin2259]

Great video! Learning a lot with you.

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks, glad to hear it! More to come, stay safe!

[@oriffel]

love the new animations. nice touch

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks, glad you liked them... haha it's not PIXAR but I guess it works for these videos. Thanks again and stay safe!

[@fgtrhwu2]

Thanks for this. I was always very interested in the history in this region of the world. Stay safe brother.

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks man, appreciate and you too! More to come, stay tuned and safe!

[@husambotros3958]

Makes you wonder, how many things we think we know about Mesopotamian history and it is only speculations. our interpretations of the ancient past does need re doing in my opinion.

[@elliegotfredson3712]

Its a muddle! Like Z. Sitchin saying he cracked the Sumerian/Akkadian language by studying ancient Hebrew (think about that!). Also, the "scholar" who cracked Hittite language did it by recognizing a "word" that he knew meant "bread". Where do the "Amorites" come from? Take a wild guess and get yourself on the Oprah show. I say descendants of Cain, sent east of Eden!

[@HistorywithCy]

Agreed!

[@enrixosjjdjd187]

@@elliegotfredson3712 this is your brain on christc*ckery

[@str.77]

@@elliegotfredson3712 Sitchin was not a scholar at all and hasn't cracked anything. Even his Hebrew expertise is pretty much fiction.

[@PoliticalFuturism]

Exciting stuff! I've been wondering about exactly how the Amorites took power in Sumer and Akkad in more detail, which you have now provided in another most interesting video!

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks so much and glad you found the program useful! I'll do another video in future specifically about Amorite dynasties in Mesopotamia. Thanks again and stay safe!

[@GTKJNow]

Would you please tell me your source which claims in 1894 BC Amorite chieftain named Sumo-abum established a small kingdom among Euphrates River in a city called Babalu (Akkadian language)?

[@bulletclub3320]

Another great video CY!

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks my friend, really appreciate the kind words. More to come, stay safe!

[@antoniod.campos2015]

Very good and with a lot of quality

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks, really appreciate the kind words...more to come, stay safe!

[@EnmerkarUnugKi]

keep on banging em out 💯❤️

[@HistorywithCy]

Will do my friend, no plans of stopping! Always more to come, thanks for the support and stay safe!

[@Prudenthermit]

Really grateful for your content

[@paulshealthfitness7922]

I love how you pull out the old English accent when you are narrating

[@stephenrioux6821]

Love them Amorites. Thank you, Cy.

[@HistorywithCy]

Thank you for stopping by, really appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!

[@terrywallace5181]

Enjoyed this program.

[@HistorywithCy]

Thank you!

[@drewsample9610]

You make writing my stories so easy.

[@alissa6]

The best channel on YT period.

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks my friend, really appreciate the kind words of encourage and really appreciate your constant support! More to come, stay safe!

[@WanaxTV]

Interesting how the great Babylon started off with a pastoral tribe coming to the area and settling there permanently. Thanks for this very good and educational video! Looking forward for more videos on the Amorites!

[@HistorywithCy]

Thank you my friend, glad you enjoyed this and no worries, there will be more! Hope all is well on your end and stay safe!

[@fingerimpopo3]

I love seems two of my favourite KZbinrs interact :D

[@fingerimpopo3]

I love seems two of my favourite KZbinrs interact :D

[@GTKJNow]

Would you please tell me your source which claims in 1894 BC Amorite chieftain named Sumo-abum established a small kingdom among Euphrates River in a city called Babalu (Akkadian language)?

[@darktyrannosaurus22]

1. At 10:45, could "Binu Yamina" have a similar linguistical origin to "Benjamin"? 2. At 12:03, "Abdashtart" means Servant (or Slave) of the Spouse (here referring to the Queen of Heaven, goddess of the sky and companion of El in the Levantine polytheism) 3. At 16:43, Rabbian Amurrûm means "Master / Guide / Chief of the Amorites?" It is very reminiscent of Hebrew. 4. At 17:09, the name of the patriarch is Abda-El, Servant of The God. Many Amorite theophoric names to El, the greatest Levantine deity, first among the gods, Oldest One, he created the Cosmos, the animals and Humanity.

[@dani3078]

Ancient Israelite mixed with canaanite Cannanite were amorite

[@SolracCAP]

We still use many names that refer to El like Daniel, Michael, Elijah, Elliott, etc. It's so cool this many centuries later we still use these names.

[@Angayasse]

Aw yiss!!! The guy at the beginnng looks like a DJ lol. I am listening to this right now!

[@nancyscott9582]

Thank you for history ed.

[@pedrito01100]

Hey cy, how are you? Hope you're fine my friend. First of all, no, I haven't seen your full sumerian video, but I have a great reason: the C-word disease. I'm a health care worker, and as you may know, we're having a rough time here in Brazil, and so I simply haven't got the time, much less the energy to watch that beast of a video. On regard of this video or podcast (can a podcast have so many images?), awesome job, you never disapoint. It's great to unwind sometimes and though my playlist of podcasts and videos is totally late, I found the time to watch this and write you this text, because I knew it would be worthwhile. De qualquer jeito, abs e sucesso mano

[@HistorywithCy]

Oi cara, espero que vc esteja muito bem! Yeah, I've heard, Brazil is pretty bad. I hope though that it's getting better and that you and your family, friends and all are doing well. The C-thing is still raging here, though (as we say, "knock on wood") it's getting a bit better and older people are starting to get vaccinated and the number of patients in the ICU is getting less - higher than normal but not like after Christmas/New Years when they were making tents in parking lots and had to be selective as to who they could admit for treatment. Yeah, technically I release it as a podcast but I add visuals to it for the KZbin version, though not as many as a normal video. I podcasts because they take less time to produce. No worries, watch it whenever you want... haha the Sumerian video is not going anywhere. Anyway, stay safe my friend...seriously, be careful! I have so much respect ... muito respeito for all of you health care workers on the front lines putting yourselves at risk for all of us. THANK YOU! Also, I don't know if you all celebrated Carnaval this year, but Happy (belated) Carnaval! Falaremos em breve, valeu amigo, abs!

[@Golshanim]

Excellent as always

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks my friend, glad you liked it... more to come, Scythians and all, stay safe!

[@donaldbarry5074]

Cy mentioned the Tjeker who are thought to be associated with or even developed,the Phoenician port of DOR. Likewise the well documented presence of Mycenaean pottery and even burials in the later Philistine areas struck me as a strange coincidence (though maybe only that) given the name Dor. Could this possibly suggest the elusive Dorians?

[@usa3218]

Great Video!

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks!

[@mithridatesvi1650]

Amazing video Cy!! As a sugestion. Why don't you make a video about the Sealand? It's a really misteryous land, which 2 dynasties make a lot of historians confused

[@HistorywithCy]

Hi, thanks for the suggestion! Yeah I've thought about doing a podcast on it. I've mentioned the dynasty in some other videos on Babylonia but maybe will do a podcast like this one solely focused on it. Thanks again for the suggestion, appreciate it...stay safe!

[@margaretlasota2582]

Who were the sealand?

[@someone-wi4xl]

thank you for the video genetically speaking Amorites remains (bronze age) from 'Ain Ghazal and Alalakh show similar Y-DNA and Autosomal DNA of Amorites and Arabs (especially nomadic)

[@anitapollard1627]

Great "sublimental" (sublime mental delicacy) 🤗 looking forward to Amorites 1800bc on...?

[@msb8792]

Great video as usual. It is heavily theorised that the Amorites who remained in the Levant have eventually evolved into the “Arameans”... or that they are basically the same people, and that their name simply shifted in Akkadian/Assyrian records from Amurru (Amorites) to Arammu (Arameans), sometimes it’s thought that the name may have shifted through scribal-typos rather than an actual shift.

[@il967]

Its likely that they had a comment origin. The probably were descendants of North West Semites, which Arameans are too.

[@msb8792]

@@il967 yes definitely both the Arameans and Amorites are from the North West Semitic group, along with Canaanites and their subgroups... the general understanding is that there were 3 Semitic mother-groups that came out of the Syrian Desert and spread into the rest of the Middle East; these groups being the Akkadians, the Amorites/Canaanites, and the Arabs. The Akkadians settled in Mesopotamia and eventually split into Assyrians and Babylonians; the Amorites and Canaanites settled in the Levant, with other subgroups springing from them later like the Arameans, Ammonites, Moabites, and the other various Canaanite states; and the Arabs settled in various locations of the Arabian Peninsula.

[@mns8732]

This was great . How did they travel from place to place?

[@HistorywithCy]

Hi, thanks so much for stopping by, really appreciate it! Mostly by foot though some used donkeys. They didn't use horses or camels back then so those were pretty much the main means of travel for nomads. More to come, stay safe!

[@magako_v.3]

More podcasts? I would'nt say no! But a question: Will do more episodes on the early kingdom of egypt? Or do you think there is already enough made about it?

[@mehmetkurtkaya3106]

Early Egyptian culture is connected to Sumerian migrations not necessarily Sumerian but related

[@HistorywithCy]

Hi, thanks for stopping by, appreciate it! Yes, I have plans to - Early Dynastic and Old Kingdom, just have to a few other programs scheduled ahead of it, but its coming for sure. Thanks again, stay tuned and safe!

[@ourpetsheadsarefallingoff6654]

I am Assyrian and just found your channel thank you for the great content 👍

[@Anardilya]

Could you make a video about Egypt next?

[@HistorywithCy]

Yes! I'll hopefully be making many later on this year. Thanks so much for stopping by, really appreciate it! Stay safe!

[@Dragons_Armory]

Do you have much on Gutians and maybe Cimmerians?

[@HistorywithCy]

Gutians yes... I might put out something short on them soon, stay tuned! thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it! Stay safe!

[@michaelhowze8198]

Cimmerans? Just watch Conan obviously...😂😂/s

[@markbendig555]

Very interesting.

[@Ksennie]

I'm very, very curious about where 'Mashkan-Sharrum" is, and why having a servant from there would be so prestigious...

[@user-fl7by8in5o]

👍 good video

[@HistorywithCy]

Thank you, stay safe!

[@bircruz555]

1:13 "The Amorite who digs up truffles" - what does it mean. Did they dig up roots for food? And what roots?

[@HistorywithCy]

Yes... basically it was an insult. It was to show how supposedly uncivilized they were because they lived a nomadic existence devoid of farming. Hope this helps, thanks for stopping by, appreciate it...stay safe!

[@someone-wi4xl]

Arabs dig up truffles today :) and genetically speaking Amorites remains from 'Ain Ghazal and Alalakh show similar Y-DNA and Autosomal DNA of Amorites and Arabs (especially nomadic)

[@-elmofatsh649]

Very good ❤️

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks, appreciate it!

[@manichaean1888]

I have just one question. Where this guy in the title picture got his ushanka hat from?

[@GLeibniz1716]

Excellent, doesn't the amorite infiltration and takeover of Mesopotamia look suspiciously like the Hyksos/Canaanite takeover of Egypt toward the end of their middle kingdom?

[@michaelhowze8198]

Fall of Rome,Manchu, Mongol,NSF Arab invasions. Were all pastoral people rolling agricultural peoples. Its extremely common across history and cultures until gunpowder.

[@jecoliasjems2529]

It’s the same. They are The Hyksos as well as The Hammurabi branch. Eastern and Western like today.

[@madridmadrid6978]

The Amorites are an ancient Semitic Syrian people, and they are said to be from the Arab Amalekites. They are the ancestors of the Arab Amalekites from Jedis, Tasm, and Jasim. The Amorites inhabited the Badia of Al-Sham, their capital and their original home. The Bishri Mountain was in the Syrian desert in Palmyra, Syria. They also existed in the Syrian mountains...The Amorites established kingdoms in Syria before the millennium The third AD, including the kingdoms of Mari in eastern Syria and the kingdom of Ebla in western Syria, and then the expansion of the Amorites throughout the Levant. Ruling dynasties in Babylon..also a dynasty of the Amorites called the Hyksos lived in southern Syria and then the Amorites expanded in the Sinai and were able to enter Egypt and the Hyksos occupied Egypt for two hundred years.

[@aikidik251]

Go to ~1000 BC) Canaanite and Biblical Hebrew , and analyse 2 letter roots or 3 letter verbs/nouns and you find also lots of equivalents with Akkadian etc.

[@anshulbhardwaj4038]

There is a new archeological site in India around about 3800 years old they had anteena swards charriots etc kindly have a look and make a video

[@Christoforos1948]

Do you have any sources for Rabian Amuram? I couldn’t find anything. Thanks

[@HistorywithCy]

Hi! The source for that is the book History of Babylon by Paul-Alain Beaulieu. Thanks!

[@nothingatall8689]

Hi Cy are the martu the same as guti

[@johnbreckbuhl4849]

Looks like the conflict between East and West started back on day one.

[@HistorywithCy]

Haha yeah, it goes waaaaay back. Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!

[@pauldinardo1900]

Yes i see that. Wow

[@gamerk1625]

this channel just mindfucks me about where i came from

[@billfoster6479]

Thanks you rock.

[@HistorywithCy]

No my friend, thank you, YOU rock - it's viewers like you that make this channel a success. Really appreciate you stopping by, thanks and stay safe!

[@budscroggins2632]

excellent

[@HistorywithCy]

Thank you!

[@user-cm9ft5bg7i]

It's crazy how Sumerian and Akkadian vocabulary are still used in the Arabic language mur means bitter and lugal means tribal chief al3qal

[@il967]

Idk about lugal

[@user-cm9ft5bg7i]

It's used in northern Arabia it means the head of a tribe or the chief and its also the name of the head dress the two black donuts that Arabs wear

[@il967]

@@user-cm9ft5bg7i I'm not sure if the 2 words are related

[@user-cm9ft5bg7i]

Danny J it also means wise and brain 3aqil I'm usually pretty accurate

[@dani3078]

@@user-cm9ft5bg7i arab are decsnt from amorite amorite were called westerns west of Euphrates river Arab mean west west if Euphrates غرب and عرب First word is west second is arab

[@dann_mrtins]

12:21 and when will you talk about Ugarit?

[@fordprefect5304]

Question to anyone. it "appears" the Amorites disappear from history around the 15th Century BCE. That they were absorbed by the Neo Hittites and the Aramean's. Any ideas?

[@iadnaji8536]

Great content but why not make a video about the amorites of Syria where they originally came from with their great cities of Ebla Mari and Qatna?

[@crustymcgee6580]

What was the everyday language of the Amorites? Was it Akadian or was that solely the language of government and the elite?

[@StefanScripca]

Amorites had their own language but they quickly adopted the Sumerian language and customs. During the Akkadian empire's days, Akkadian and Sumerian have been both made state languages of the empire. They remained in use in various forms throughout the centuries up until "recently", so around 100 BD - 100 AD. Whilst Sumerian was used mostly in official / legal / state related situation, the Akkadian was the every day language for many (including the Amorites themselves). Bilingualism was widespread, of course

[@HistorywithCy]

Pretty much what Stefan said... it was a Semitic language (western) similar to Akkadian. Akkadian more or less became the common tongue after 1800 BC and was also adopted by the Amorite-speaking peoples who had recently arrived. Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it! Stay safe!

[@crustymcgee6580]

@@HistorywithCy Thank you for replying. Love your channel!

[@medalaeeladlani5683]

nice good job

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks, appreciate it! Stay safe!

[@ramibakkar]

Amorites originally from north of Syria like all Semites ppl .. which is now Cappadocia in Anatolia .. the Greeks named Cappadocia (Syra) and called its ppl (white Syrians)

[@bencopeland3560]

Apparently it’s time to update the comments on lack of Amorite inscriptions

[@samirhachad643]

In the Arabic language, and possibly in other Semitic languages too, with different pronunciation, we still have the word (almur المر), which has the same meaning until now: the bitter.

[@YawehthedragondogofEL]

I watch these late at night when I can't sleep and am visited by ancient spirits. For real.

[@HistorywithCy]

Haha thanks for stopping by and sleep well!

[@kaarlimakela3413]

Like 396! 🙂 I was listening, maybe I missed it, the Amorites had a Semitic language? How mysterious can it be then? I mean we still don't know their language, but we know that much? I must have heard wrong 😐

[@il967]

Verly likely they were semitic, because they had semitic names.

[@HistorywithCy]

Hi! Yes, they had a Semitic language, though it wasn't written down. We know of it because it's mentioned specifically as a separate language in both Sumerian and Akkadian texts of the time. Many of it's words, which are not Akkadian and foreign to the region but distinctly Semitic, also appear in Akkadian-language texts of the time. So it's from such sources that we know of it's existence. I'm hoping that one day they'll find an Akkadian-Amorite dictionary...that would be cool! As always, thanks so much for stopping by, really appreciate it! Stay safe!

[@HistorywithCy]

@Danny J yes, very true!

[@TheRealTomahawk]

You got help from WanaxTV? I love that channel

[@HistorywithCy]

Yeah, probably the most underrated channel on KZbin. Thanks for watching!

[@tamerlane3931]

abda_el = abdullah.....slave to El or Allah it's just amazing to me how these ancient civilizations relate to the present i thought the language connection comes from Aramaic in the late bronze age or early iron age . the amorites are a millenium earlier ... just mind blowing

[@someone-wi4xl]

Amorites dig up for truffles ... Arabs also dig up truffles today :) and genetically speaking Amorites remains from 'Ain Ghazal and Alalakh show similar Y-DNA and Autosomal DNA of Amorites and Arabs (especially nomadic) for example i'm under J1-L858 .. this Y-DNA was found among Amorite in Alalakh .. and i'm Arabian from central Arabia of a nomadic tribe all of the ancient "Semites" didn't go anywhere they are the Arabs of today

[@joeshmoe8345]

Thanks

[@HistorywithCy]

No, thank you! Stay safe!

[@davidbarber3821]

Is there evidence showing what the Amorites called themselves?

[@HistorywithCy]

Hi! Yes, they called themselves "amurru" in later Akkadian texts. For example, many of the later kings, along with claiming to be "King of Sumer and Akkad," also added "Chief of the Amorites" (rabium amurrum) to their many titles. Though they pretty assimilated into the fabric of life in their new land, even generations later, they still acknowledged the fact that they were of Amorite origin. My personal opinion is that they were from a region called Amurru, and that name was eventually adopted to mean the general direction west in the languages of central and southern Mesopotamia. Anyway, thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it! Stay safe!

[@thevisitor7436]

I am a chaldean, we still speak read and write Aramian language of Babylon, today we are catholics of Iraq! Since we are semetics and belong to the same linguistic family of semetics of syria, lebanon, and Iraq( Beth Nahrim) Listening to the word(Mar.tu) that summerians used to describe the Amorites in the text make me think and try to explaine or bring the word closer to our efforts to understand what( Mart. tu) means! We call the lord or the owner of any property or thing... (Mar). And ownership= Marutha. Or Maru.ta as. Our Assyrian cousins say it. So in the same token or context. Martu or Marutu Could mean the owners Of lands or cattles or lords ,bosses, of tribes or nomads, especially if you inject the letter (h), or add a letter to the word Mar.tu And becomes Marthu.also we use the word Martha, or Marta which means saint woman, which is used in English as a name MARTHA. Just like adding a umber to an quation to find value of anumber what do you think!?

[@horationelson9408]

Thanks for another great video cy I think the amorite migrations were because of them being forced out of Canaan and the Levant by israel and their descendants which I find interesting as I've just finished reading Deuteronomy in the Bible what's your opinion on this? Maybe the reason the amorites were able to rise to power so fast and were of great influence is because they were of great stature being the descendants of giants. Also how is the Scythian video coming along will it be coming out soon Im looking forward to it anyhow

[@megamanx466]

First it needs to be proven that the Bible can be interpreted as being literal instead of metaphorical, then it can be used more in debates of ancient peoples. I'm glad you like history too though! 😁

[@horationelson9408]

@@megamanx466 it has been proven many times thanks by scientists and historians alike

[@megamanx466]

Sometimes yes and sometimes no. The Bible can sometimes be used to figure out where an ancient city is, but I've never heard about them finding any peoples "descended from giants". So yeah... not usually literal.

[@horationelson9408]

@@megamanx466 I pray you one day understand for example the gods of the amorites and the Sumerians and the Greeks were nothing more than fallen angels and inferior to the greatness of the one true God the holy father his son the lord and saviour Jesus Christ and the holy spirit and it is written in genesis and Enoch the fallen angels had sex with human women and their children were the nephilim it is written in Enoch that God would kill all the fallen angels children and he did but they(the nephilims children) reproduced while they were on earth and the results of their reproduction was the remnants of them still on the earth for example the anakim and sihon and og of the amorites in the old testament they were the giants of old of which I speak about which is why they were all killed sooner or later

[@horationelson9408]

@@megamanx466 but I welcome debate on such matters like whether only the amorites leaders( and their descendants) were giants or the entirety of the amorite tribes were giants as I myself am far from an expert and am still learning but how great it is to learn such things

[@donnie27brasco]

Many thanks. When we just see the Amorities names: (Binu Yamina-Abda El) we clearly and unambiguously notice pure Arabic names that are still in use today among the Arabs: “Binu or “Bano” means “sons of ..” in Arabic, and therefore “Binu Yamina” means “sons of Yamina” or more precisely “the Yamina tribe,” even "Yamina" means in Arabic "the right", meaning the right side, but it also means, and this is most likely, "the pact" or "the oath" because if the Arabs before Islam wanted to conclude an alliance, each one would shake the right hand of the other, which is a logical interpretation in light of this tribal, coalitional environment. As for "Abda-El", it is of course "Abdu Allah", the well-known Arabic name used until today. By the way, this name is not only an Islamic name, but it existed before Islam, so much so that the name of the father of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon, was “Abdu Allah”.

[@marombadorefineiro1453]

I hate to be the "what if?" guy, but I would love to know the point of view of the amorites on the sumerias who hated them that much lol they must have had something to say about them

[@HistorywithCy]

Yeah so would I but unfortunately, the Amorites didn't have a written language... they only adopted the Akkadian script later on so we don't know what they thought of the Sumerians, but in my opinion they must have admired their civilization and technology because ultimately, they adopted a lot of it. Good question though. Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it... more on the way, stay tuned and safe!

[@AloisWeimar]

Martu Martu Man, I want to be a Martu man

[@HistorywithCy]

Lol love it, I'd love to hear an altered cover of that song. Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it... stay safe!

[@ramih7528]

I am a Martu man from the city of tartous syria just near the ancient city of amritt the real amorits kingdom.

[@theespjames4114]

The Samaritan Pentateuch calls the Amorites (Ehmarree) son of Canaan son of Ham son of Noah. Also the king Nimrod ( Gilgamesh) descended from Ham.

[@ramadadiver59]

We have now found the Amorite language

[@skobywankenobi]

So the amorites were basically knackers. Makes sense.

[@ViktorEngelmann]

"Binu Yamina" sounds a lot like "Benjamin", which is one of the 12 tribes of Israel. In particular, the Benjamin tribe comes from Rachel - an Aramean woman. This might strengthen the conjecture that Arameans are descendants of the Amorites. The name of their chiefs "Rabbian Amurru" also sounds like the origin of the word "Rabbi".

[@budscroggins2632]

"Yamina" is also now a political party in Israel

[@DrCorvid]

Mary Magdalene, the Benjaminite heiress of a vast fortune, bankrolled the Amorite Jesus clan of Mt. Seir's pushback against Rome, which had just slaughtered her dad. All of it was political. They were all Amorites with the biblical admonition to not marry outside their clans. In fact king Og was dismayed that the Chosen Ones with Babylon's help were killing people against the ten commandments.

[@DrCorvid]

The Amur River Kingdom Amurru was half of Asia. They left their Ket Gaelic of the YTarim Basin language as the root of the Na-Dene/Athapaska, the Navajo and the Apache languages. The story is they brought their own Mongols when they built Muscovy Tartaria in North America. All the noble families have Amorite in them if you check the genealogy and rightly so since they all claim to be of Jesus' clan.

[@Stauroforos12]

@@DrCorvid 😂😂🤣

[@maryblessing2205]

Please do a study on “ Edomites”. The Bible mentions then more than any other people. ♥️♥️♥️

[@NotCCP]

Sounds like a hill people vs plains people dichotomy

[@darktyrannosaurus22]

Was El of the Amorites the same El that the Israelites adopted as an ethnic God? When you look at academic sources, they describe how the commonly names of people of Amorite origin were theophorics in honor to El. They refered to their El Amurrû as "Our Holy God, God of Our People, God of My Father and of His Father". For me, it is too similar to what we see in the Tanakh / Old Testament, when the Israelites refer to their God.

[@alissa6]

El, Il, Illu, Elohim, Elah, Ellaha, Allah, Ahuramazda. The same God.

[@darktyrannosaurus22]

@@alissa6 Enlil, Anu (Sumerian word whose meaning is Almighty), Enki. Holy Trinity of the Sky Gods of Sumer. In a way, they were all aspects of the same primeval Sky God who was divided into three in the worship practices of the people.

[@darktyrannosaurus22]

@@alissa6 Notice how what I mentioned in the comment appears in the video at 17:09 minutes: Abda-El, servant of God, same as Arabic name Abdullah.

[@alissa6]

@@darktyrannosaurus22 It is the same thing, another guy in the comments also pointed it out. Hence names like Isra-El, Isma-El etc. That is strange but I don't believe in coincidences. Even the Achaemenid(Artaxerxes II) and an Abrahamic faith(Paul) would later introduce a trinity worship to monotheistic religions. Trinity must have always been the special trick of the devil, since partning up God with others, is the greatest sin of all.

[@davidbarber3821]

@@alissa6 Great comment Abram is said to hv came from Amorite descendants

[@sirmajortdchaser8296]

ur voice kinda changed from the catulhyuk vid (teacher told me to watch it)

[@HistorywithCy]

Haha yeah I've tried to speak slower and use better audio. Glad you've been watching since then! Thanks so much, really appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!

[@sirmajortdchaser8296]

@@HistorywithCy i actually got u to speak :) WOW. you sure do have lots of subs, road to 100k :)

[@sirmajortdchaser8296]

@@HistorywithCy just subbed u

[@HistorywithCy]

@@sirmajortdchaser8296 Haha no worries, always love speaking with viewers... you guys are what make this channel successful, so the thanks goes to you!

[@decimusausoniusmagnus5719]

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[@henkstersmacro-world]

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[@HistorywithCy]

Thank you, stay safe!

[@Indianajones007]

America is Egypt, Jerusalem, Assyria and Babylon among others. UB TV on KZbin for that info. America is Egypt playlist.🔥

[@Sma_krd]

Kurdish Kalhur dialect is going back to akadian i think

[@alexcholagh8330]

Amorites still exist there called chaldeans Assyrians and syriacs today

[@fordprefect5304]

The Chaldeans were a tribe that took control of Babylon around 612BCE and ruled until displaced by Cyrus the Great.

[@alexcholagh8330]

@@fordprefect5304 chaldeans still exist today there mostly Catholic and continue to speak a form of Aramiac called chaldani which is related to syriac. I am chaldean myself.

[@fordprefect5304]

@@alexcholagh8330 Nice to know, What I have been unable to find out is where the Chaldeans came from. They appear in Mesopotamia around the first millennium BCE but from where they came from I see multiple answers. No one has a definitive answer. Your opinion since you are there.

[@alexcholagh8330]

@@fordprefect5304 the Chaldeans came from the sumerians and akkadians from iraq Syria and parts of Anatolia. They Absorbed most of there cousins brothers and sisters the . Babylonians,Assyrians, amorites and many others some time around 612 or 614 B.C.. However. Some groups of other Aramiac groups such as the mandeans (subbah) Phoenician (present day maronites) and others began to appear about a 1,500 to 2,000 years before Christianity. By the 2nd to 7th century A.D. many groups did not want to be called chaldeans/Assyrians but rather by there clan or tribal names Such as mhaso, syryoyo, nochya, maronites,yacobites, Martoma,Jilu among many others but still follow the Catholic and Orthodox faith and passing down Aramiac traditions these groups are called syriacs.

[@fordprefect5304]

@@alexcholagh8330 Thank you, that was one of the theories I heard that they were in the marshlands in Sumeria for thousands of years living amongest the Sumerians. So I can discard the other theories. Just for your info the other theories were: 1 They were a tribe from Arabia 2: They were a tribe from the mountains 3: They were an Aramean tribe

[@supermpaleofan1555]

I’ve read about sutians or not sure how they are written in English. And there was written that they formed Israel Edom Moab and Ammon. So maybe all amoreans were kind of proto West-central semitic

[@dani3078]

Arab and cannite and maybe chaldians decsnt from amorite

[@supermpaleofan1555]

dan i there were old north Arabian languages at the same time. And also some proto Arab stares in Hejaz. So Arabs don’t descent from amorites

[@dani3078]

@@supermpaleofan1555 modern arab come from syrian deasrt and invade arabia read about Adnani arab Adnani arab invade arabia and enslave ancient arabia people these people exist till this day

[@supermpaleofan1555]

@@dani3078 What is the date when it happened. And you are talking about south arabians but old south arabians are different from them

[@dani3078]

@@supermpaleofan1555 old arabian are different 3 of 4 centry bc

[@johnwilliams5570]

if mari said benu yamina, they were talking about the ammonites

[@xHASSUNAx]

I was gonna guess Benjamin since it literally transliterates to Ben Yameen

[@alissa6]

@@xHASSUNAx Banu means children/sons of Yamina. Tribe of Yamina.

[@someone-wi4xl]

@@alissa6 yamin in Semitic languages = (right) children of the right, if it is translated literally (which you shouldn't do really..)

[@alissa6]

@@someone-wi4xl But it's Yamina, not Yamin though.

[@someone-wi4xl]

@@alissa6 there were Banu Yamina , and Banu Samala (excuse my terrible spelling) which means right and left probably a tribal confederations ?

[@kkupsky6321]

I sat down. I crossed my legs. I got comfortably cozy and legs crossed. Like you’re a late night guest telling me a story. Yes sir. Why are my legs crossed like this? ::shifting:: yes sir. Don’t tell my wife. I don’t have my collar on.

[@Bulgarian021]

what about ancient GREECE_

[@ofallmyintention9496]

He has done several videos on ancient Greece...the most recent only a month ago...

[@HistorywithCy]

On the way my friend... next episode will be about Greek colonies... stay tuned and safe!

[@4seedsfarmok978]

The sea people?

[@alissa6]

Sardinians and Sicilians.

[@HistorywithCy]

Hi, thanks so much for stopping by, appreciate it! No, these people were different. The Sea Peoples would come several hundred years later and mostly affected Anatolia, the Levant and Egypt. Thanks for the question, stay safe!

[@theobolt250]

Who the Amorites were and where the came from. Hmm, well besides that they came somewhere from Western regions? No. Not one thing wiser then before concerning the questions that were stated at the beginning of this video. But that they were very clever people for pastorales who in due time took over, yeah, know a thing or two more of that. And yeah, that they were Semitic, like the Akkadians.

[@margaretlasota2582]

So history repeats itself. The Germanic tribes and mercenaries soon took over major military and government positions , (Odoacer first, later Theodoric king of Italy ) and contributed to the fall of the western Roman empire.