Who were the Philistines? (History of the Philistines explained)

[@mohammadodeh391]

I met a guy in college in the U.S. one time who looked almost like my little brother. His last name was Ode my last name is Odeh. I came to find out his great grand parent came from southern Greece to South America. I did a little digging and found that my last name Odeh comes from the Greek name Ode. Both my Father and Mother are native Palestinians. It is quite a shock to me now that seeing your video that two peoples who might share the same ancestry. Would meet on another continent in America in class thousands of years later is amazing. Great Video, don’t stop the work. PS I was in U.S. Marines the other guy in college was in the U.S. Navy. “ I guess the sea people’s were strong in us”

[@seanodwyer8691]

Odeh- our family come from the middle off the north island of n.z. deep in the south pacific. My sis was in france and someone there spotted her as a member off the long lost French Royal family. Then I was in Aucklad City and this Gypsy lady from France spoted me and told me my moms ancestors were the French Royal family. I did some investigations and found out that it was true.

[@Nderitu.G]

But aren't you Arab?

[@Nderitu.G]

The Philistines were assimilated into the Assyrians and Babylonian empire.

[@Nderitu.G]

Modern day Palestinians are just Arabs from Egypt and Syria. The family names are similar.

[@mohammadodeh391]

@@Nderitu.G the modern day Palestinians are the decedents of all the people who have conquered that land or immigrated throughout its history. My Mothers father is who I was named after, had blonde hair and blue eyes. His wife my grandmother brown skin brown eyes was named STAR and her original village before marrying her husband and moving to his village was originally hundreds of year back populated by Hebrews. My ancestors were originally these ancient peoples who populated the land. In time through conquest and assimilation their languages, religions and culture changed. Not to mention all the peoples that fled their lands and came to Palestine for refuge like the Arabian Christians who left Arabia 800 years ago, the Armenian Christian from the Ottoman Turks and other Christian denominations and different religious just to name a few. The myth that the Arab Muslims stormed out of Arabia and killed everything in their path and repopulated all the land with Arabs is pure fantasy. Arab is not a race Arab in the modern context people in the region describe themselves as Arab meaning either either Arab culture or the Arabic language. I hope that helps you better understand. Feel free to ask me anything else and I’ll try my best to respond with what I know. Have a pleasant day.

[@Ironblood4564]

Thanks once again for the in-depth break down of another important and (mostly) successful bronze/iron age Civilizations of the region. This period is often glossed over due to the heavy focus on the following Classical Era Empires.

[@rohayeha]

The Philistine the correct name as per the Biblical Hebrew being Felesheteyem are Ethiopians who migrated to Israel and got mixed with Eroupean

[@J-IFWBR]

@@rohayeha i think an ethiopian origin can not realy be backed with a lot of evidence from what i have heared their pottery mostly resembles aegean styles.

[@rohayeha]

@@J-IFWBR what can be used as evidence is the written materials from which you can follow the languages study which really comes first Amharic/Ethiopic or Hebrew and Aramaic

[@J-IFWBR]

@@rohayeha can you recomend me a paper or monography on the topic?

[@absalomdraconis]

@@rohayeha : Genetic testing of graves doesn't support an Ethiopian origin, but instead an origin from modern France.

[@aforrosaline4141]

This ancient history documentary really takes you back in time. Incredible work!

[@Vionna-q4x]

It's not an ancient story, it's a made-up story with disgusting interests.

[@samuelowoeye4848]

The storytelling in this ancient history documentary is top-notch. It really keeps you hooked from start to finish.

[@shanemize3775]

This is an absolutely OUTSTANDING explanation of the history of the Philistines and of the Levant in general. Extremely balanced, detailed, easy to understand, and enjoyable to follow. Very, very well done!!!

[@marciabryce1379]

And the white-washing continues..all BLACK BECAME WHITE..ham still live in Africa and they are black.

[@goprojoe7449]

@@marciabryce1379 pathetic

[@atheodorasurname6936]

This video is one of the best of its kind I've ever seen, detailed yet clear and easy to follow, really interesting, a good learning experience.

[@louisbarrow4671]

I got bit by ants

[@herbertagard7435]

Nothing at all

[@Awibrahor]

This is actually a well-informed and nuanced summary of a complex subject. Bravo.

[@fadyal-qaisy5213]

Palestine was named after the Arab deity Baal, hence Pali-Stan. Phelastin is just the semitic pronunciation of the name. Syria was named after his wife Ashyra/Assyra. The whole region Syria-Palestina.

[@Bilbs97]

@@fadyal-qaisy5213funny Baal was worshipped by the Jews. Why do you make up your own history?

[@earltaylor1893]

Simply epic. Thank you for this in depth history. Certainly not something you’d get in a classroom. Also, it would take months for me to read all of this in books. You made it possible for me to learn more about the Philistines than I would ever have time to learn on my own.

[@X47_p]

Learning about the current Palestinians is very difficult because of the political problems

[@fadyal-qaisy5213]

Palestine was named after the Arab deity Baal, hence Pali-Stan. Phelastin is just the semitic pronunciation of the name. Syria was named after his wife Ashyra/Assyra. The whole region Syria-Palestina.

[@JeninJen1n]

​@@fadyal-qaisy5213lol

[@chantalnash5615]

Marvellous, simple and clear explanation of a time of history unknown today by the majority. Thank you !

[@corey1time897]

Just left out that they came from Hamm in the Bible

[@VladM-mc6kk]

​@@corey1time897explain that please. Bc I'm a pagan who's gone back and tried to make sense of all this. Reading the Bible...again. and i didn't see where this group of people were created or by who or what the issue was. Kinda seems like most tribes the Bible had issues with...were against the things these so called "chosen ones" were doing.

[@VladM-mc6kk]

​@@corey1time897I feel like I'm on a Dan Brown adventure with the Abrahamic religions and the quest is leading to the truth about all of this. I have learned one thing I'm absolutely sure about..this has fck all to do with a lot of humans here. This seems to between a few people on this planet. The Christian religion was invented to keep a infinite slave race to whoever this prison realm belongs to. Ain't my God's. I'm going the fck home after I leave here. I came. I watched. I learned. And I'm leaving. My body will NEVER be laid in this world. My instructions are clear....send me out like my ancestors. Do not trap my body on this land.

[@corey1time897]

@VladM-mc6kk The original philistine people were from hamm, that's who fought with King David.... Arabs are from Ishmael....

[@VladM-mc6kk]

@@corey1time897 aaand according to yalls book, that's the same family. Basically cousins fighting cousins? They weren't bad guys.

[@Eduardo_Ventura]

Whoever makes this art is VERY GOOD. The script is awesome as well.

[@EpimetheusHistory]

:D I make the art and the script, so thank you very much!

[@harolddburke4726]

I agree the art makes it more interesting to watch.

[@subhamomm5930]

@@EpimetheusHistory This video is awesome and so much knowledge ful I get various knowledge from this not only from this your all videos are full of the glory of history and wisdom . Your videos are heart touching and it is quite normal that those are win the heart of any one . So according to me your KZbin channel is best channel on you tube . I subscribed you from 5k because of your that type of great videos and admiring work so I requested you to make a video on Skanderbeg please.

[@nugentjohn]

*a lot

[@ErikNilsen1337]

Another reason some scholars think the Philistines may be Aegean in origin is because of their tradition of settling battles by pitting opposing champions against each other in a duel. Goliath challenging Israel's army to single combat is pretty similar to the one-on-one duels in the Iliad.

[@rohayeha]

The Philistine the correct name as per the Biblical Hebrew being Felesheteyem are Ethiopians who migrated to Israel and got mixed with Eroupean kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5qmh2WZbtFqsNk

[@TheAlmightyAss]

This is compelling but maybe that was common ancient practice?

[@lookoutforchris]

@@rohayeha how could they migrate to Israel if they were there before Israel existed? Your comments are crap.

[@ErikNilsen1337]

@@TheAlmightyAss Apparently, it wasn't. A lot of biblical commentaries mention that duels between champions were very uncommon in Hebrew and other Near Eastern stories, which makes David and Goliath unusual. I'm no biblical scholar -- I just took biblical studies in college and remember reading about this topic, so take it with a grain of salt. However, it was evidently remarkable enough for the experts to take notice.

[@ai97Nord]

@@rohayeha its not logic philistine and canaanites already exist alongside judea

[@paulstephensia1412]

Epimetheus never fails and always surpasses my expectations, I love the way he makes history amazingly interesting to most people I am a history lover myself but the way he does things are beyond mine always glad to watch his videos.

[@dominicfelixgbordoe3657]

I was hooked from start to finish. This ancient history documentary makes learning about the past so exciting

[@zackamor8043]

It would be interestig to have a history of that region all the way till now. You have done such a great job

[@grahamrankin4725]

You may want to watch Pathos History of the Bible series which looks at the archeological evidence.

[@RingxWorld]

from where the video left off, roman/parthians, then arabs, then crusaders, then turks, then british, then jews

[@Peteristrate]

@@RingxWorld Yeah, this part is pretty straight forward. And Jews came last but they came as rightful owners and descendants of Canaanites.

[@rohayeha]

The Philistine the correct name as per the Biblical Hebrew is Felesheteyem and they were Ethiopians who migrated to Israel and got mixed with Eroupean

[@joshuapilling3641]

It would be an unfortunately turbulent comments section

[@FerasLab]

Grate video and description of events as usual. Love how you mention different narrative or documentation of the history and weight them and see which makes more sense to be more accurate. Thanks again

[@valerielyda6414]

Fascinating presentation that clarified a long held mystery about Philistines interconnection with Phoenicians and it is just use of alternate language. Understanding the Levant and proliferation of amalgamating city states helps understanding the eventual separation of Israel and Judah. You are a very illuminating instructor and also enjoyed your illustrations!

[@aamirk345]

This is a good video on history and the reasons are: 1) It is not very long but very comprehensive and well-researched 2) It has the most maps I have seen. Other videos are good but lack maps. Maps are key here. Folks need maps to visualize 3) Good narration i.e good voice, tone, pace etc. A pleasure to watch, again and again. Well done.

[@rhubenthera3p]

Just chanced upon this video. Such a difficult subject, explained so thoroughly. Simply amazing indeed! The presentation, the art too is incredible! Thank u !🙏

[@kingmalcolm9605]

I wasnt even 5 seconds into this video and hit the like button. That's how much I dig your channel.

[@RodrigoMera]

I love the maps with colored regions and the illustrations... Outstanding the amount of work you put into these. Instant follow.

[@apostolicinthishour]

These are great videos! Thank you for doing them. And your voice is perfect for it. Great job!

[@mercianthane2503]

By the way, from one artist to another... HOW THE HELL YOU DETAIL YOUR MAPS SO BEAUTIFUL? Teach me, sensei.

[@ThxGod_ItsOver]

GENESIS CH. ONE VS. TWENTY-SIX - TWENTY-SEVEN KJV = OUR IMAGE, GENESIS CH. TWO VS. SEVEN KJV = MAN BECAME A LIVING SOUL, GENESIS CH.TWO VS. ELEVEN - FIFTEEN KJV = AFRICAN NATION; GENESIS CH. ELEVEN VS. ONEKJV = ONE LANGUAGE; GENESIS CH. NINE VS. ONE KJV = NOAH, GENESIS CH. NINE VS.EIGHTEEN KJV = SHEM, HAM JAPHETH = NOAHS SONS. HAM IS THE FATHER OF CANAAN, GENESIS CH. TEN VS.ONE, SIX, FIFETEEN, EIGHTEEN, NINETEEN, THIRTY-TWO KJV = NATIONS DIVIDED. GENESIS CH. ELEVEN VS.ONE KJV = ONE LANGUAGE AND ONE SPEECH; GENESIS CH. ELEVEN VS.EIGHT, NINE KJV = SCATTER AMONG THE EARTH, GENESIS CH. ELEVEN VS.TWENTY-TWO -, NAHOR BEGET TERAH VS. TWENTY FOUR; TERAH BEGET ABRAM, NAHOR, HARAN VS TWENTY -SIX; THIRTY-ONE = LAND OF HARAN; GENESIS CH. TWELVE VS. ONE THROUGH FOUR KJV = PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO VS THREE; ABRAM DEPART FROM HARAN; VS FIVE = IN CANAAN; VS. SEVEN = THY SEED; VS. EIGHT = BETHEL; VS. TEN = EGYPT; GENESIS CH.THIRTEEN VS.FOURTEEN THROUGH SEVENTEEN KJV = N/E/S/W = AFRICAN NATION!!!! SO WHY ARE THESE CHARACTERS LOOKING LIKE THEY ARE NOT IN AFRICAN NATIONS??

[@customsongmaker]

@@ThxGod_ItsOver - is it important for you to believe that all ancient slave owners were black?

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

you go to any elementary school and ask the grade 6ers art class to draw them.

[@randymccracken2722]

Excellent presentation. Well researched! I'll recommend this video to my students. Thank you!

[@dialloabdoulalay3190]

Fascinating to learn about the Philistines! They were so much more than just the rivals of ancient Israel - their influence on the history of the Levant and Mediterranean is incredible. From their origins to their cultural impact and complex interactions with surrounding civilizations, it’s clear that the Philistines played a critical role in shaping the region's history. This history documentary does a fantastic job shedding light on the unique culture, advanced craftsmanship, and strategic importance of the Philistine cities. It’s amazing to see how archaeology continues to unravel the mysteries of these ancient people!

[@joshuapilling3641]

I love how much care you take in explaining context, great video!

[@Kazuhiroaka]

"Mysterious maritime piratical band of apocalyptic marauders" holy shit that writing is FIRE

[@absalomdraconis]

Some of the Sea Peoples (as far as the Rameses record goes, only two out of twelve) are actually identified, but notably _only_ some of them. Those, in turn, seem to have come from fairly far away (I recall that one group was from the north coast of modern Turkey).

[@markberryhill2715]

And I thought I could get crazy with the writing! Dang!

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

The Philistines of Kaphtor: Traders turned Raiders.

[@tomsbasement4884]

Or as we call them today US Marines

[@batmansdad4978]

@@absalomdraconis I've always found it interesting that theres 12 tribes of Israel and 12 Sea People's tribes.

[@demeterruinedmylife3199]

I’ve been longing for someone to explain the Aegean connection of Philistines comprehensively, and this video did really well on that.

[@mariorodrigues3276]

The philistines were proto greeks, from Create.

[@ahmadbenhachem2750]

Just finished watching this ancient history documentary of Philistines, and it’s a masterpiece. Highly recommend it!

[@daniell1483]

I never realized that the Philistines from my Sunday school days had such a storied history. It is interesting to wonder how different history would look if fate was just a little kinder to them. Great video.

[@nightrunner3701]

😐😐😐...

[@billdehappy1]

yeah..cause fate been kinder to jews right? pfft sunday school...

[@daniell1483]

@@billdehappy1 It was never my intention to imply Jewish people haven't been dealt a heavy hand in life. For such an ancient and storied people, they have endured more than they should have had to bear. My prior post is just wondering how different the history may have been.

[@billdehappy1]

@@daniell1483 fair enough..in such case i might have mistaken you and spoke in haste my apologizes

[@ai97Nord]

😔😔😔😔 tragic

[@diegoversus1]

I'm gonna be honest. I just love your channel! Keep up with the great videos and thank you for the massive amount of effort you it obviously takes you.

[@bohemianwriter1]

A historical background history lesson cleansed for biases, myths or political agendas in these volatile times is a breath of fresh air in these interesting times, And needed. One of the best so far,.

[@OrochiCr]

It is not that hard when you talk about people who lived 3000 years ago. Talking history of XVIII, XIX and XX century without biases... that is impossible. Maybe in 1000 years, an Ephitemus descendant can talk to people about the history of these centuries without bias.

[@yucol5661]

@@OrochiCr i mean. Take the movie 300. That was biased towards painting the Spartans as good guys and the Persians as a country of debauchery and blood lust. Even the telling of the oldest stories can be affected by modern politics or religion. But this video was great

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

Agreed. It's quite a good breakdown.

[@zombieat]

@@yucol5661 the persians were the inviders. there is no argument against that.

[@ecurewitz]

agreed

[@MARPSTE]

Great job with the video! I never knew about the origins of the Philistines until this video

[@HarJBeRw]

Honestly, I think this was one of the (if not *the* ) best-made videos you've produced. And on a topic that is not inherently more interesting than others you've covered previously at that! It's a sign you continue improving in your writing, your structure, and your story-telling - very impressed and looking forward to whatever comes next :D

[@annnaj7181]

Absolutely false information lol, other lies from jews. It is written in the Bible and ancient mosaic maps clearly indicate that the Philistines lived beside the Jordan River, from the east and parts of the west, even extending to the southern region of the river in what is now called Petra. which means all the region from the far north of the river Jordan to the south, Please stop lying it's pathetic.

[@DrinkingStar]

Excellent overview. Thanks for this historical coverage very often ignored or just mentioned as a footnote of that time.

[@burgundian-peanuts]

I really like your detailed geographic maps. It's nice to see which rivers flow into the Dead Sea, etc.

[@adinacohen3675]

Fantastic history video! Thank you for putting it out there

[@senatorjosephmccarthy2720]

I notice histories are a continual series of wars and more wars. Mankind is medically insane. The heart of man is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked.. Jeremiah 17: 9.

[@PSIRockOmega]

Thanks for covering the Philistines. I've never heard a full account of their history before now!

[@markberryhill2715]

Keep searching. They're all over the internet now. Trending topic.

[@cecil123]

@@markberryhill2715 He means actual Philistines. Not Arabs larping as Philistines.

[@royssche]

@@cecil123 the "actual philistines" adopt new identity as an Arab, just like mesopotamian and Egyptian.

[@cecil123]

@@royssche No, the Philistines died off long before the Arab colonial invasion of Jerusalem. About 1200 years before.

[@aap9167]

@@cecil123 how convenient !

[@mjwells100]

Thank you for this wonderfully researched and presented information on how and where the Philistines originated-especially learning how many changes occurred (and convoluted it seems to have gone through) before it evolved! I enjoyed it very much.

[@tomaskadlicek5926]

Great video. This really linked many things together. Please continue in good work!

[@Numba003]

Thank you for the excellent video! I only learned about the interesting potential origins of the Philistines a few years ago, but I've enjoyed learning more about them ever since. God be with you out there, everybody. ✝️ :)

[@santanGIO]

"bae wake up, epimetheus just dropped a new video"

[@Yellow.1844]

Based

[@Phowok]

@@Yellow.1844 based on what?

[@spoffy_9243]

@@Phowok based

[@ajax54]

@@Phowok yes

[@monk9948]

Based af

[@GaryDeeks]

Fantastic work, as usual. Hope you'll cover the history of the Celts, when you'll get the chance to.

[@rohayeha]

The Philistine the correct name as per the Biblical Hebrew being Felesheteyem are Ethiopians who migrated to Israel and got mixed with Eroupean

[@joshuapilling3641]

Kings and generals is doing a series on them if you're interested

[@joshuapilling3641]

@@ThxGod_ItsOver get a life

[@joshuapilling3641]

@@ThxGod_ItsOver wow, still can't find your life can you, want any help?

[@ThxGod_ItsOver]

@@joshuapilling3641 wow, still can't find your life can you, want any help? SATANIST YOU HAVE KNOW LIFE WITH YOUR LYING BEHIND! JOHN 8:44KJV! ISAIAH 11:11-12KJV = ISRAELITES KEEP LYING THOUGH WHY?? HELL IS REAL LUKE 16:19-31KJV!

[@mjfleming319]

Wow, this was impressive in so many ways. I am subscribing immediately.

[@aztecgoldmontizuma]

This is so cool, I hadn’t heard of this connection to the sea peoples. Good show 👍

[@Verdandeify]

Informative, entertaining, and well presented. Damn, I love this channel. Keep up the good work, brother!

[@TheMarco1530]

Super informative, explanatory and entertaining. Thank you very much.

[@benjaminom8045]

Missing tons of important information like Ahahab from Bitomri and Yerovam. Also missing is the fact the right name is Plishtim and it means intruders in the biblical language. Another mistake is the Hebrew Stele Amarnaphtach said Israel people and not foreigners. I think he made a lot of historical and archeological mistakes. Better to read archeological books

[@rutothechaser6146]

Your content is always fascinating. I rarely see content on this kind of thing.

[@ashrafali-sb5zr]

This is more than just a video-it’s an entire historical experience!

[@andreipop9587]

The patterns the philistines follow sound eerily similar to what the Normans experienced. A sea faring group of warrior pirates that were defeated by the local leadership and then offered land in a buffer zone, where they mingled with the locals. The Normans, within one generation or so, switched from their Viking traditions to Christianity and from speaking their native Norse tongue to speaking the French dialect of the time. So, it's not that far-fetched to claim that the Philistines underwent a similar process of cultural integration.

[@SonoftheAllfather]

That's an interesting thought, but in reality, the Peleset were likely indigenous to Southern Canaan. The Egyptians defeated them (and several other allied groups) at the Battle of the Delta, but also fought a major land battle against them three years earlier in Djahy, which is essentially the homeland of the Philistines. Djahy is the Egyptian word for southern Retjenu, the latter being the Egyptian word for Canaan.

[@michaelsalmon9832]

The Normans, and the Swedish Rus becoming the Slavic Rus

[@toniaelkhayyat1507]

Yes

[@DarkRockslizer]

@@SonoftheAllfather We don't have to guess anymore because Smithsonian institute did a huge DNA analysis of the Philistine burials. They arrived at Canaan around 1100 BC and were initially Greek and Italian and not of local Middle Eastern descent at all - but after a few centuries intermarried with locals and disappeared as a separate culture.

[@SonoftheAllfather]

@@DarkRockslizer Have you actually read that study or looked into who funded it? I'm asking because after I did, I couldn't believe how the researchers made the conclusions they did from the evidence they obtained. The study revealed an influx of southern European genetics that loosely corresponds with the Phoenician Rennasaince period (1200-800 BCE). At its peak, the admixture was 14%, and then it dissipated into the local population. So, at no time were the Philistines any less than ~86% indigenous Levantine, and by the end of the Late Iron Age, the admixture was

[@RockinDbop1]

Epimetheus, thanks for another great video...maybe its just me but i think itd be super helpful to incorporate some kind of timeline in these videos

[@TitanV]

Only channel besides Epimetheus that puts this level of effort is Historia Civilis. I thank you, Sir.

[@intuitmusicgroup]

Thanks!

[@peacesports123]

Awesome explanation. Thanks for sharing. God bless you 👏👍

[@freelow3266]

I love your documentary. You give such good vibes.

[@GabrielEddy]

Outstanding mini-documentary! Thank you!

[@kathyn8780]

I loved the art work along with explanations, intense but so interesting thank you

[@timebank1949]

Thank you for your great work and all the information summarized in 24 minutes EDIT: you got a new subscriber today 👍

[@mohamedhoosain6266]

Hi , I like your videos on the Philistines and other peoples as well as the other historical stuff . I'd like some more videos on the Ottomans, Seljuks , Khwarezmids , Mongols , Abbasids , Romans , a little bit info on the origin of the modern Palestinian people , on the Israelites , Arabian history like Himyarites , Sabeans , Nabateans e.t.c. and on the Mali Empire , Songhai Empire and maybe a bit more on African history. Also maybe a bit more on Indian history ,the Indo Aryans , Native Americans and Vikings

[@Brandazzo22]

Great video. It was well organized and put together. I liked how you displayed multiple options that could have happened. There is a been a lot of dna testing the past 5-10 years in that area that would make a great addition to future videos like these. All in All an excellent, educated performance my friend. Keep doing what you do

[@fadyal-qaisy5213]

Palestine was named after the Arab deity Baal, hence Pali-Stan. Phelastin is just the semitic pronunciation of the name. Syria was named after his wife Ashyra/Assyra. The whole region Syria-Palestina.

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

Judging from the thumbnail, people with funny hats

[@robertstone9988]

They wear those so they can sweep the ceiling

[@nothingtoseeheremovealong598]

People of the past were pretty fond of fancy hats

[@robertstone9988]

@@nothingtoseeheremovealong598 you judge a man by the fanciness of his hat

[@rohayeha]

The Philistine the correct name as per the Biblical Hebrew being Felesheteyem are Ethiopians who migrated to Israel and got mixed with Eroupean kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5qmh2WZbtFqsNk

[@lookoutforchris]

Culture is hats.

[@FelipeGarcia-ch3iw]

Awesome video! I also enjoyed your Parthian empire video, can you do a cover of Mauryan empire?

[@comradekenobi6908]

No

[@pablolongobardi7240]

For everything that i understand, iron weapons would not give you so much of an edge against bronze weapons, at least not in small quantities. Although iron is slightly better in terms of durability, the main advantage is ease of access.

[@pablolongobardi7240]

Btw... great video as usual!

[@SvenElven]

Early iron was very hit or miss. An inferior piece could be very brittle and rust overnight. Once the smelting technology matured, huge amounts could be produced cheaply because of the availabilty of iron ore compared to copper and tin. This made it possible to equip armies on a much larger scale with metal weapons. So it’s not so much that a soldier with iron weapons and armor would have a huge advantage against a soldier equipped with bronze. More that once iron could be produced reliably on a large scale, there was really no need to keep producing the more expensive bronze war equipment.

[@pablolongobardi7240]

@@SvenElven exactly, that's why, although I think it's interesting the philistines had iron tipped spears, I believe the advantage that would have provided is probably minimal... However, a tiny bit of extra hardness, specially in a piercing weapon, might have been an edege in armour penetration

[@FerasLab]

@@pablolongobardi7240 I believe the whole collapse of bronze age was because of iron weapons. Sea people were able to defeat all major powers in the old world blundering and bankrupting them which lead after some time and domino effect to the collapse.

[@pablolongobardi7240]

@@FerasLab the way I see it, iron "popularized" weaponry, and made it available for the masses, without the need of a functioning central government to ensure the supply of the super scarce tin. I don't think iron is such a great advantage by itself, like @Sven-Arne Skarvik said. In a battle between 2 equal armies, the fact that one has iron weapons and the other bronze, would be a rather minor point, specially, like @Sven-Arne Skarvik said, iron of this time was probably of very bad quality.

[@eyesgotit8657]

Extremely insightful! Fascinating! I consider myself a Protestant but am not concerned about what divides Christians but more on what unites us. ✝️✨️

[@rivkaruthgolan]

The only long video on history I've watched until the end in one sitting.

[@johnlloydaleta206]

Me not reading the title: Well, we are an island-nation in Southeast Asia and we--

[@reneabrea4123]

dont mention ophir...that a crazy fanatics marcos fanatics believers imposible dream.

[@theaterofsouls]

hahahha

[@LickyTee]

😂 Philippines

[@KTChamberlain]

I would like to see Epimetheus cover Sulla's Civil Wars because they don't get nearly as much attention as Caesar's Civil Wars, which in many respects was like the rematch to Sulla's Civil War.

[@HighPriestFuneral]

Ah yeah, Sulla's time is a mess of moving pieces. I would love to have more of that broken down as well.

[@aussiemilitant4486]

kzbin.info/door/v_vLHiWVBh_FR9vbeuiY-A Historia Civilis is great for Roman content.

[@KTChamberlain]

@@aussiemilitant4486 I know, but he has yet to cover Sulla's Civil Wars. Right now, he's nearing the end of Octavian's Civil Wars.

[@johnbagwell842]

This is really good and I commend you. I do have some questions, but I'd like to maybe send those to you privately. Ultimately, the conflict timelines you leaned on was a lot less biblical than I would have liked. Great job though for the most part.

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

Aristotle once stated: "History describes what has happened, poetry what might. Hence poetry is something more philosophic and serious than history; for poetry speaks of what is universal, history of what is particular"

[@khaledhussain123]

Quran is in perfect poetry

[@Stephen-vq1wc]

@@khaledhussain123 I agree but I think being arab islamist not good thing. Brother don't forget messopotami might and your involvement in creating great civilization. Islam is not only important part of your history.

[@yaqo6577]

@@Stephen-vq1wc Mesopotamian history doesn't belong to Arab Muslims. Even the Mandeans in the South cluster genetically with northern assyrians. You don't get to claim a heritage that Muslims kill us for protecting

[@Stephen-vq1wc]

@@yaqo6577 Iraqi aren't arabs. They are arabized descendants of messopotamians.

[@Stephen-vq1wc]

@@yaqo6577 like levant arabized population syrians.

[@freelow3266]

Can you make a part two explaining what happened past BC era. Everyone would love to see it.

[@mumbullz3480]

Basically (Romans - Arabs - Crusaders - Arabs - Huns - Arabs - Brits -Modern situation) this particular spit of land and the peoples who inhabit it was and still is unfortunate

[@Chronos4088]

@@mumbullz3480 Turks aren't arabs. They belong to a different group.

[@mumbullz3480]

@@Chronos4088 true in fairness all the ''Arabs'' I listed should be replaced with Islamic Caliphates since they always consisted of a mix of different peoples

[@alexcompierchio6269]

@@mumbullz3480 "huns"? How lol

[@ai97Nord]

@@mumbullz3480 caliphate also bring with them Arabic language and Arab culture that why Land around levants and palestine speak Arabic

[@VladTevez]

Α video about Cyprus would be interesting, from the unified realm of Alashiya to the Mycenean and Phoenician city-states

[@jasonandniko164]

This was very good history. It matched all the books and articles ive read pretty well. 👍

[@galaxysmp8163]

16:40 or they could have just syncretized their gods with the local ones. Dagon seems pretty similar to Mycenaean Poseidon who seems to have been more important than Zeus in the Bronze Age.

[@MrRabiddogg]

A Sea people would have considered the God of the Sea as most important for obvious reasons. You are correct in that folks in that era tended to merge their Pantheons and tried to identify which god was the same as their god. Many of them, in my understanding believed, that the Gods were all the same but different cultures called them different things. Most of the PIE for example have an etymological variation of Zeus as their chief God.

[@donaldseigel4101]

Very true, good examples are the Greek city states in Asia Minor, and in Ptolemaic Egypt the Greeks often adopted local Gods.

[@shafqatishan437]

Dagon is demon. It has a similar symbol to eye of Hourus.

[@patriciayarber3356]

Didn't Sampson destroyed the temple of Dagon a false god?

[@galaxysmp8163]

@@patriciayarber3356 true. But wasn’t Yahweh’s temple looted by the champions of Ashur and then destroyed by the champions of Marduk, rebuilt on orders of the champion of Ahura Mazda and destroyed again by champions of idk which god particularly but I guess it would be Jupiter, Mars or the previous emperor who was deified. So if wrecked temples indicate a false god Sampson’s god hasn’t a leg to stand on.

[@bassem9545]

Awesome and really accurate based on what we have of evidence. Just missing the the Ebro (Hebrews) invasion to Canaan which was mentioned in the Amaranth letters to Akhenaten and happened 200 years prior to the sea people invasion to the costal Canaan region

[@Abilliph]

Archaeologists don't agree that the hapiru were Hebrews, it's just a name for different peoples living on the margins of society, like bandits. Currently the prevailing opinion is that the Judeans and Israelites were just remnants of the Canaanite hill people.

[@littlesushi7503]

There wasnt a hebrew invasion. The Judean people are the last remaining canaanites. There was only a phillistine invasion.

[@igbounitedforum3386]

@@Abilliph Does it mean non of the original Canaanites tribe kept any record of the Hebrew invasion after they crossed the Red sea into Canaan? The Bible was very detailed about the various tribes the Hebrews had to fight and overcome before settling the land. Recall also that the scouts sent out by Moses into Canaan prior to their invasion reported to have met huge people (giants) and we know that the Hebrews invaded from the south which incidentally lies on the same latitude as the Philistine lands. My point is that the Philistines are most likely descendants of a mixture of the rest of the southern cannaanite tribes and the sea warriors just like the author of this video stated. I'm yet to identify who arrived first between the Hebrews and the sea warriors into the area but I know that the Philistines only appeared to be at war with the Israelites only after the Hebrews had decided to have kings just like all other surrounding tribes of the area. The few hundreds of years they were led by judges had many cannaanite tribes mentioned except the Philistines.

[@Abilliph]

@@igbounitedforum3386 yes.. there is no record of a Hebrew invasion to Canaan anywhere else. I'm talking from the scientific standpoint of course. The Philistines left behind material culture that suggests their origin was Greek.. I'm sure they also mixed with the Canaanites to some degree. Judeans and Israelites material culture is equivalent to the Canaanite one.. No part of their culture suggests that they originated in other places. Also, we have evidence suggesting that the Philistine language was a type of Greek... While the Hebrew language is a Canaanite language to its core. There is nothing on the ground to suggest, the Hebrews weren't just a group of Canaanites.

[@igbounitedforum3386]

@@Abilliph Hmmm... Does it mean the whole biblical chronology about Abraham's journey from Mesopotamia through Canaan land down to Egypt through to the formation of the nation of Hebrew in Egypt and their Exodus was all untrue? Does it mean that the series of wars they fought with different tribes of Canaan before supplanting those tribes to occupy majority of the land weren't true? Was canaanland uninhabited when Israel was still in it's formative stage i.e when Jacob was still a family man in Canaan?

[@kevincastillomorales4858]

Will you ever do videos about meso-American civizliations? Or Chinese empires and Asian civilizations in general?

[@Memento-_-Mori-_-982]

I really enjoyed this video and hopefully looking forward on a vídeo about Illyria, modern day Albania.

[@jafferh9322]

Neutral and factual information. Thanks

[@joshuaedelman3861]

I love the Bronze Age series of videos man, keep it up please

[@scratchyass2369]

thanks its been difficult to find accounts on this that are not completely biblically based

[@fureraibrahim7926]

Your ancient history documentaries are consistently amazing. This one was phenomenal!

[@sarausage]

This is wrong information the word philistine isn’t a person it was a name the Roman’s used to mock Greeks. And Arabs r not indigenous there were ppl before they And they took land

[@marvfj6451]

Thank you very much for this review! I was delighted to learn so much about the Philistines, who had previously just been sort of rule breaking, pleasure seekers in my book.

[@priortokaraew7569]

It doesn't change those facts.

[@WildTraderAppeared]

good job ! well told :D i did always assume that the philistinians were basically "Greek" as there well loads of these colonies around the Mediterranean and mostly because the greeks were very active mechants back then (well were forced by their own city states to colonies other areas because of the issue with limited agricultural areas in mother land :D )

[@Israel85324]

Assume? It clearly shows in scripture they come from NOAH SON HAM… Ham was the father of the dark races. Greeks come from Noah son Japeth

[@willo7734]

Really detailed and interesting history. Glad I found your channel.

[@NaviSim101]

Hi. Thank you for your work on this excellent video! I am studying the Bible book of Samuel and wanted to know more about these peoples who had excercised dominance over Jehovah's people for a while.

[@Grasshopper567]

You forgot to mention that PLS(peleset/philistines) isn't their native group name but a name given to them by the natives that means 'invaders'.

[@ObingNNgpk]

He won't mention it... because he don't want to ..... And you know why ...

[@Batman-jm7np]

@@ObingNNgpk its funny how Moses was never mentioned either. 12 bce lol? Didn't moses crossed the red sea at 15bce. Lol if rameses 3 was around 12 bce that means he was 2000 years old. Moses was rameses 3 adopted brother. All this just to convince that the entire land belongs to the Palestinians. Moses came around 15 bce and that is correct that the philitine people came during 12bce. He said none agean influence but DNA stated of bodies discovered of the philitines people to be exact of cannites, Sarina, Iberian and greek orgins.

[@Grasshopper567]

@@ObingNNgpk But we're talking about history, not politics. We have to be objective in the pursuit of true historical facts. If we want to undersand the history of the philistines then we have to aknowlage this piece of the puzzle. Bending to one's emotions distorts reality and is a one way street to confusion and more unanswered questions.

[@brightwinismylife3952]

Peleset is not equal to Philistines

[@osman7240]

@@Batman-jm7np watch sheikh imran hosein on Jerusalem and jews and muslims

[@fyreborneblu6706]

Wow this kind of storytelling reminds me of an asoiaf worldbuilding....anyone else remind you this of the Bone Mountains or Patrimony of Hyrkoon?

[@x0lopossum]

6:20 First time Israel is mentioned in history, extremely significant. 14:00 The philistines were potentially agean, and the ageans were ancient greeks! 22:15 CANAMITES WERE PHEONECIANS!?!

[@motoross9237]

“A large fellow of gath” is an understatement.

[@jaytrace1006]

He was a big’un...

[@motoross9237]

@@jaytrace1006 I have a poem for y’all that I wrote yesterday: Many rugged warriors march across their burning countryside. Their journey of late wears upon each soldier like a stone below a thunderous waterfall. Grass bends beneath the winds and fire rushes within. The mens’ strong eyes are hosted by exhaustion. Heavy hands are worn to the bone by blisters from battle. Staggering heaving helmets not held high are yet gleaming with a horrid red glare. From foot to brim and cheek to cheek, the blood of their foe and friend they reek. Hoping for an answer to the cost of what’s been lost, they scale the mountains from week to week.

[@grot777]

@@motoross9237 awesome 👌

[@motoross9237]

@@grot777 thank you 😊

[@MRj0hnny5]

Realistically Goliath was around 6'4. There's no physically possible way Goliath was a towering giant, the human body can't do it. Robert Wadlow is the tallest recorded man standing at 8'11, he could barely walk, he was always short of breath, and he had tons of heart issues. Yet people think that Goliath was somehow in the 9+ feet range AND be an incredible warrior. If we base how the human body is when it gets to Robert Wadlow, Goliath wouldn't have been able to fight at all because his body would just give out. What's most likely happened about Goliath's height is that over the thousands of years the story has been embellished, especially since for hundreds of years these stories weren't written down but told verbally. If you've ever played the game telephone, you should know how easy it is for people to muddy details. Your king defeating a guy who's 9 feet tall is a lot more of an exciting story than your king fighting a guy who's just 'pretty tall'. Humans love embellishing height since we think height means power or strength. Even in modern history we do this. George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were both pretty tall guys for the time, George being 6'2 and Lincoln being 6'4. In many depictions of the two Presidents they're made to look taller than most. Reverse all this with Napoleon, he was average height but British propaganda pushed an idea that he was incredibly short. This creating the 'Napoleon Complex'.

[@Dale_The_Space_Wizard]

Can we please see the happy pig in future videos? He's cute.

[@theq6797]

Sorry, I had to when you referenced the happy pig: Blood for the Blood God.

[@ecurewitz]

he was happy until he became bacon

[@crazysilly2914]

The reason pork is forbidden in the Old Testament/Torah is because God didn’t want the Hebrews associating with the philistines, since the philistines introduced pigs, and pigs were *_NOT_* native to the levant before that? Of course, when that rule was made, it was before the Philistines arrived and introduced pigs. That’s why the rule doesn’t _specifically_ mention pigs, only animals in general that meat a certain characteristic, because if pigs had been mentioned by name, nobody would have known what they were at the time(until the philistines introduced them later on…).

[@redcastlefan]

Hey epimetheus, can you do a video about the nabateans and people who lived before and after them in Petra and whatnot ? It's very interesting yet has very little media about it.

[@kamoplasym7199]

The nabateans were interesting indeed, you should visit Petra if you haven't already, beautiful place

[@redcastlefan]

@@kamoplasym7199 I'm from Jordan been there. Find shards of those agean pots in my yard

[@kamoplasym7199]

@@redcastlefan I'm from palestine but my family lives in the uk and jordan, cant wait to go to jordan this summer

[@redcastlefan]

@@kamoplasym7199 Nice. good luck and i hope you have fun. Just dont forget to drink water cuz its hot.

[@kamoplasym7199]

@@redcastlefanI'm used to the heat, its fine lmao

[@gsgidney]

Nice video. Pro Tip: Use contrasting colors and legible fonts to show the names of the cities...as they are hard to read.

[@talknight2]

I have been to the actual museum of Philistine Archaeology in Ashdod and I approve this video :D

[@meyergaelle8108]

So the palistinian pf today are not real palistinian??

[@mr.biscuits2160]

​@@meyergaelle8108 Nope, those are greeks

[@fadyal-qaisy5213]

@@mr.biscuits2160 Not true, g-d called it Palestine in Joel 3:4. Palestine was named after the Arab deity Baal, hence Pali-Stan. Phelastin is just the semitic pronunciation of the name. Syria was named after his wife Ashyra/Assyra. The whole region Syria-Palestina.

[@chronikhiles]

Fadyal, stop spreading your uncited BS.

[@zeyadghanim8271]

​@@mr.biscuits2160have you even watched the video lol

[@seansaidiraiqat2936]

It's nice to hear some unbiased history for a change.

[@lookoutforchris]

Sea peoples sound like mad max but with boats.

[@lmonk9517]

so basically Waterworld?

[@jocktheripper2073]

Kevin Costner had to fund Waterworld somehow.

[@markberryhill2715]

Them damn Carthaginians knew how to use elephants!

[@melelconquistador]

The smokers in waterworld

[@ecurewitz]

well, yeah, they were Bronze Age post apocalyptic warriors

[@george-8043]

Hi after thought, great video!

[@CausticPuffin]

“Dramatic, enigmatic, and emblematic” drop the beat!!!

[@khodotany]

Well, Greek historian Herodotus mentioned in the 5th century BC and area in Syria called Palestine between Phoenicia and egypt. And Palestine is currently between Lebanon (ancient Phoenicia) and Egypt.

[@giladlapid7028]

Paleset is in Gazan coast.

[@mizrahiwithattitude2733]

Palestine is currently not a country and never was one its israel who is between lebanon and egypt

[@khodotany]

@@giladlapid7028 not true

[@BenjaminISmith]

I've only ever heard of the philistines in a biblical context, so to hear someone talk about them like they're actual people, not just evil from whom to take land from is so refreshing

[@fadyal-qaisy5213]

Palestine was named after the Arab deity Baal, hence Pali-Stan. Phelastin is just the semitic pronunciation of the name. Syria was named after his wife Ashyra/Assyra. The whole region Syria-Palestina.

[@tamie2714]

Then go and live in Palestine. See and feel the truth for yourself .

[@Ahmad-oh6ic]

​@@fadyal-qaisy5213Palestine was named by roman empire

[@fadyal-qaisy5213]

@@Ahmad-oh6ic the name preceded the Roman empire. Herodotus called it Palestine before Rome became an empire

[@omarosman7084]

​@@fadyal-qaisy5213and philistine/canaan were actually pheonocians, hence the purple dyed clothes, baal is a pheonocian god son of EL (later named elohim, elah, allah, meaning the one above all). Anyway genetics revealed that lebanese/syrian/ and palestinians have major genetic ancestry related to pheonocians, some scientist even theorized that the Jews were nothing but a pheonocian tribe who got united and advocated the worship of EL (Yahweh, some accounts say Yahweh was son of EL and then the two were basically combined and used interchangeably, ehem ehem jesus and Christianity) anyway long story short, judaism was created to unite multiple pheonocian tribes and waged war against other tribes and controlled the land. Palestinians arabs and jews are still related to these ancient people, while Ashkenazi jews (they should be call AshkeNazis) aren't and are mostly european.

[@Anonymouse166]

Sadly, the history of the East Mediterranean has been greatly politicized and whole groups are labeled as good people or bad people. Thank you for your super interesting way of recounting history. I don’t think I blinked the whole presentation 😆

[@CorgiCorner]

Welcome to earth

[@clonecommanderrex8542]

Well that's human tribalism.

[@unistavanjesquarediagonal2687]

Israel is bad cause they want to expunge or exterminate the Muslims

[@TheFlipshitz]

they were pagans who worshipped all kinds of crazy gods made all kinds of crazy sacrifices and behaved like savages. the hebrews civilized the region

[@saxonhermit]

This is really neat! I learned a little bit of Philistine history in Sunday School, of course, but only insofar as it touched on Hebrew and Judeo-Christian history. I think now that I'm older I appreciate the idea of a more nuanced outlook on ancient civilizations that weren't taught to me as being "the good guys." There's something to be said for complicating the Biblical narrative, I think, and allowing our take on the people in the narrative to become more complex. Obviously, I am coming at this from a Judeo-Christian perspective, but even from that perspective, I find this more complicated relationship presented here much more likely and more compelling than the simple "Israelites good, Philistines bad" narrative.

[@NikoBellaKhouf2]

The ONLY reason why the Filistines were portrayed as the bad guys was because they were polytheists. Where's the crime in that? Those texts were written by ✡️ who were very biased against Filistines. Everyone feared and envied the Filistines. The Brits envied the Filistines so bad that they turned philistine into an insult. If you're looking for good guys and bad guys, the 🇮🇱 were always the bad guys. They caused nothing but trouble everywhere they went.

[@theunbeatable6598]

Only the 🤡 muhrican evangelicals think israel good philistine bad

[@death2abrahamism]

The Biblical narrative is all sorts of Highlander-level of propaganda. The 1st Commandment screams of, "there-can-be-only-one," types of mentality. Jerusalem at the center of world commerce seems to be the end goal of that blueprint called the Bible.

[@ΓιώργοςΑ-ψ7ψ]

the Jewish texts logically present them as enemies of the Jews and since both the Greek and Jewish peoples were settlers in the area and had many disputes between them. the Bible clearly says that the Philistines are descendants of the Cretans, therefore of Greek origin.

[@VoFALT]

I mean a civilization can be very complex but still be bad.

[@Alexandroslav]

Great video! Though i think you have missed the memo of the genetical analysis that was conducted on a philistine cemetery in ashqelon that showed without a shadow of a doubt that the philistines were originally mostly of Aegean ancestry that were slowly assimilating and marrying the local population, the further the skeleton from the 10th century bce the less Aegean DNA they have.

[@doctari1061]

That was very interesting. So much fighting predominantly over trade routes apparently. Thanks.

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Thanks! Global trade routes are still very important today.