Why We Once Hated Ancient Egypt (Until We Loved Them)

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The relationship between the West and Egypt has been complicated, and as interesting as anything else relating to Egypt.
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[@ossi_2429]

So the Romans viewed Egypt like everyone views Japan? A weird culture that likes cats.

[@averyabbott4162]

Am I kawie Ra-san?

[@mateusz73]

you'd be wrong yoshifan, lol. Some dude built a pyramid in Rome for his tomb, Pyramid of Cestius, and why do you think there are so many obelisks in Rome today? Most if not all (im not 100% certain) came from Egypt

[@darken2417]

I think most people view it regarding Samurai and such. Not cats. Greece is far more characterized by cats. As there being many many many stray cats and them being considered a national treasure.

[@darken2417]

+Yoshifan9511 A weaboo describes someone who considers Japanese culture/civilization superior to their own. Not simply a fan of certain aspects of it and such.

[@Skeloperch]

I don't associate Greece with cats, at all. If I had to choose any non-human living being to represent Greece, it'd be the olive, first and foremost, and a fish, secondarily. Egypt and Japan have an obvious relation to cats, like the Canadians have to the moose and maple leaf, or Aussies to the kangaroo and koalas.

[@eyuin5716]

You forgot to mention how ancient Egyptians used to play duel monsters with ancient aliens.

[@SpoonGaming11]

IT'S TIME TO DUEL

[@eyuin5716]

Mr Mezo The joke ---> You: d(o_o)b

[@Wintersoap123]

Mr Mezo ever hear the joke that aliens built the pyramids?

[@iller3]

they basically worshiped Furries... it's no wonder we had to label them Deviants

[@whenyou5155]

I use my blue eyes white dragon

[@Elsenoromniano]

A very big correction, Cleopatra did learn Egyptian and left Alexandria, she is in fact famous for being the ONLY ONE of her dinasy who did it and for being multilingual (Plutarch said she spoke Siriac, Ethipoian, Median, Parthian Aramaic, Hebrew and South Arabian, basically the most important language of her region) and for saying he was the reincarnation of Isis. She was a pretty intelligent woman, and a political mastermind, who chose a bad ally in Marc Anthony. Marc Anthony was a very good bet, but Octavius was also a political mastermind and played the Roman populus association of Orient with kings very well (and Romans hated kings, that why emperors even they were the fact kings wouldn't called themselves that, specially in the early Imperial period).

[@mortyjames5897]

2:11 and I'm done. I could let that mistake pass, but saying that no other country gave their opinion of Egypt until it ceased to exist? WTF is this idiot talking about?

[@Elsenoromniano]

Well, it may be referring that when Greeks started to write about Egyptian history (with Herodotus), Egypt had long fallen from its glory day. Before Herodotus, there were not real historians, but that was valid for all civilizations. Historiography did not exist before Herodotus, People compiled lists of Kings and sometimes their most important deeds, but usually it was for official reasons. So it is not weird that Egypt existed before other cultures wrote about them, because no other culture was writing about other cultures, such matters were deemed too trivial to put on paper, unlike lists of kings, treaties or religious texts.

[@FalseProphet501]

Thank you for this. I was about to flip-shit!

[@mackycabangon8945]

Elsenoromniano Reincarnation of ISIS? I think someone could misinterpret that

[@Elsenoromniano]

When talkinUg about Ptolomeic Egypt, I doubt it, unless they want to make a very bad joke.

[@AnExcellentChef]

1:57 Cleopatra VII was famously the only Ptolemaic ruler who actually learned the local language. She even travelled around the kingdom, taking part in official ceremonies and festivities and whatnot, something previous Ptolemies often failed to do.

[@samwatson-tayler2805]

An excellent correction.

[@andymadden8183]

Didn't expect to see you here. "An excellent chef".

[@Mattipedersen]

@@homelessjackie I would say she was tag teamed by Julius Caesar and Mark Antony!

[@homelessjackie]

@@Mattipedersen Id have to say youre false because Mark Antony never visited Egypt while she was alive

[@Mattipedersen]

@@homelessjackie I imagine your comment pertains to word-play (or better yet, name-play). If we're going to get technical, I suppose that would also depend on which Cleopatra you're referring to, since there were technically 8 of them, including a child (Cleopatra VIII) that Cleopatra VII had w/ Mark Antony or Marc Antony, if you prefer (Marcus Antonius).

[@coolpatrickandryan]

We hated Egypt because they rushed all of the wonders

[@_Muzolf]

Well, nobody knew who that was, so all the players just assumed it was Egypt again and were like "Wtf hax, ban nub!" While the persian player decided to invade and put an end to it.

[@cs0345]

Not all of them, but their 15% or something boost to wonders production is op.

[@norielsylvire4097]

coolpatrickandryan lol

[@norielsylvire4097]

coolpatrickandryan is this a strategy game joke? I now want to play civilization

[@zainalabdly2457]

Dem Rottensoul exactly its from civilization 5

[@Zeithri]

When I was 17 ( _some 15 years ago_ ), I made a 4 page work about every god in Egyptian Mythology, and I took up the whole lecture that class by talking about them to the point that my class mates wanted to die. I never studied things I didn't like, so when I studied something I was passionate about, I rocked everyone's boxxors.

[@moustafakhattab8142]

cool!

[@merchantofmogadishu3579]

Can u send please

[@robsmith9989]

Do you still have the list of gods? And does it truly contain every single one like you claim?

[@aehkzin7160]

Most likely included just the major ones. There are thousands of minor ones, and it is a very broad subject in general. I can say this as someone who did the exact same thing.

[@Stryfe52]

@@aehkzin7160 is that a… common thing high schoolers do ?

[@matthewsmith1779]

I thought it was pretty common knowledge that Cleopatra was pretty much the only Ptolemaic rulers to learn the native tounge.

[@mandymagnolia1966]

gillecroisd 92 - The Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt was founded by Ptolemy, a general of Alexander the Great. Following Alexander’s death, his generals broke the empire amongst themselves. The Ptolemaic dynasty is known for being an ethnically Greek dynasty. It’s really a rollercoaster of a history! 😊

[@niccolorichter1488]

@gillecroisd 92 In fact she was pure blood Greek !!

[@16thdemon]

@@guccifer764 In Cleopatra's case, both are true.

[@alexanderofrhodes9622]

None of history is common knowledge

[@brettknoss486]

@Cedric Peery It's complicated. Greece had more civilization, and that was adopted by the Roman's. The kingdom.s Alexander created did not put much in their Greek origin, until rebellions against Rome near the end of the republic.

[@ImpecuniousMax]

Not trying to be picky, but you stated that Cleopatra never left Alexandria. That's simply incorrect.

[@tomchch]

Yes, she visited my bedroom last night. jk, im a vergin.

[@Treaxvour]

Yeah she definitely went to Rome. But none of my business

[@homelessjackie]

She did a few times, when she was out on the town with Julius ceaser ;)

[@ls200076]

@@tomchch Oh god, you necrophile. Gotta love those bones tho.

[@homelessjackie]

@AmishRiot this video was made before that discovery, he was correct for the time this video was made

[@Alpha1200]

Egypt has been one of my three favourite civilizations ever since I was a small child. In the present one of the things that captivates me most about it is how enduring it was and how it stands at the edge of recorded history.

[@pnessi570]

Actually, cleopatra did learn the language. She did that 100% so that she could gain favor with the common people and it worked for the most part.

[@Trandul]

Funny thing, medieval society didn't have a great opinion of "god's chosen people" either.

[@Jake23897]

How strange, is it not? They hated the jews for killing Jesus (and some still do), but they also hated the Pharao for capturing and enslaving the Killers of their Lord.

[@svd7656]

No one likes jews

[@rickykrahn4959]

Yeah it's funny that Jesus is believed to have said, "forgive them for they know not what they do" and, that the bible tells Christians to "love thy neighbor" yet self proclaimed Christians do the opposite

[@svd7656]

Ricky Krahn Good fences make good neighbors

[@AeneasGemini]

@@rickykrahn4959 don't bundle self-proclaimed christians into the same box. The vast majority just quietly live their lives and aren't the West-Borough baptists

[@ReMockz]

Who wouldn't love egypt? It's one of the classic old countries I love Egypt it's my country 🇪🇬 🇪🇬 🇪🇬

[@hlg5097]

ReMockz we love egypt!!! Saludos from Spain

[@khaledashor824]

@@Reichsritter not all people friend

[@Hadahuda]

ReMockz ANCIENT EGYPT keyword:ancient

[@ReMockz]

retsaM innavoiG i Can agree on that

[@heartkevin9181]

retsaM innavoiG no u wouldn’t you don’t like black ppl

[@remingtonbianchi9866]

Cleopatra was closer to the moon landings, with 1000 years to spare, than the beginnings of ancient egypt

[@pphyjynx8217]

mammoths still existed when the pyramids were built.

[@retf8977]

PP Hyjynx but they never met any humans

[@pphyjynx8217]

but they still existed

[@maggieent3215]

@@pphyjynx8217 but did anyone know they existed then? or did the egyptians know the mammoths existed?

[@pphyjynx8217]

Maggie Ent no, there was only a small population left on an island in siberia

[@AhmadAbdallah0395]

I'm Egyptian, and I pass every day by the pyramids of Giza to go to my college and every time I see them I can't keep my eyes away, the feeling you get seeing them can never go away. For me, this is the only good thing about being an Egyptian nowadays.

[@AhmadAbdallah0395]

believe me they don't go to tourists only :'D, I can't go anywhere without getting approached by them, just keep an Egyptian beside you and he/she would know what to do.

[@AhmadAbdallah0395]

Hoàng Nguyên I think you should wait, as there is an upcoming presidential election "maybe fake one", you should consider coming after the election is over and everything settles down. everything besides that is the same, the government is protecting anything that is related to tourism, they made a big campaign to promote tourism as it means a lot to them, what I want to say that they are making sure that it's safe for tourists, but wait until after the elections just to be on the safe side.

[@treninjector2245]

Hoàng Nguyên i realize you are not, the statement was in agreement with you.

[@meltedicecreamsandwich]

Farghali I said the same thing about the twin towers in NYC until they got fucked up.

[@WilliamGarrow]

Farghali I was there a few years ago. My hotel room view was the Giza Pyramids. It was amazing to see. Plus the sheer size of them is ridiculous. I can understand why you feel like this.

[@mansamusa9915]

Cleopatra definitely spoke Egyptian and was famed for knowing like 9 languages in total

[@dafuzz2405]

My great grandfather was almost on the team that discovered king tuts tomb! He left the expedition two week before they uncovered the entrance!

[@senorbaste7207]

I just love how Cody adds memes from time to time On a serious note, didn't the Egyptians move their capital...like physically?

[@yourfriendlyneighbourhoodh4700]

Papi Shekel physically? This is either some really high level bait or some Trump level stupid

[@BeaverThingify]

Let's take the capital, and push it somewhere else!

[@shooter5503]

Pharoh Akhenaten started moving buildings from Thebes to his newly built city of Amarna in order to be rid of all the gods and have everybody only worship Aten.

[@MrMarinus18]

Yeah egypt had multiple capitals. For a long time it was Thebes (Now named Luxor) and later it was Alexandria. During the Arab rule it became Giza which was later renamed Cairo.

[@hihellohallo2241]

+marinus18 You have a mistake, during the Arabs it was Fustat, which was later abandoned by the Fatimids and Cairo was built near it. Giza is an entirely different city.

[@rdawg802]

I gotta say, pretty big glaring error here regarding Cleopatra VII. While many of the Ptolemaic line didn't bother to learn Egyptian, she was notable in that she did. I also find it a little disturbing seeing as Cleopatra VII's fascination with the Egyptian culture and willingness to practice it was the focus of one of the videos in the series that you claimed to have watched.

[@michalpieter3926]

This. Having watched all the lectures myself some time ago, I was quite surprised by what he said and had to rewind just to make sure I didn't mishear. But mistakes do happen, he probably watched some lectures and then extropolated. Perhaps a correction annotation would be in order.

[@AlexIncarnate911]

And another thing! She left Alexandria from time to time!! She went on a bloody tour with Caesar through the Nile; that's an example.

[@ogunbalogun3933]

Ryan Collins Nah that was romans and jews.

[@B-K-Bass]

Regarding Jimmy's warning of the cursed tomb: "Tomb cursed, be weary. - Jimmy" Weary = tired Wary = cautious 😉👍

[@crazgamr6295]

How is this the 2nd top comment? It has 2 likes after 2 days!

[@marccolten9801]

Before sneering at warnings about tombs, remember everyone who opened Tut's cursed tomb DIED!

[@Akuryoutaisan21]

Cleopatra DID speak the native language. Other contemporary nations most definitely did voice and record opinions about Ancient Egypt . The cult of isis, a cult from egypt was one of the largest minority religions in the Roman Empire even having followers among the elite. This video is filled with misinformation.

[@StarboyXL9]

"Africans colonized the world using MATRIARCHY" No DUMBASS. Matriarchy DOESN'T FUCKING WORK! Never has, never WILL. What can work is GYNOCENTRIC PATRIARCHY, which is what we're currently in right now in the West. It works, but not for long, because inevitably a gynocracy becomes a matriarchy and matriarchies cannot exist in any form more complex than a primitive, backwards, mud-squatting civilization.

[@crazybruno3850]

Romano Coombs there is so much more to know about Egypt. Especially before the Greek invaders. I wish to know their mysteries and what they strives for in life before they were erased by evil racism and materialistic demons

[@levmyshkin8366]

Crazy how everyone these days is against Isis when it’s such an old religion. To be fair there were no guns and bombs so they weren’t as dangerous back then I guess.

[@EmperorNero]

@Romano Coombs Black Greeks kek.

[@fabianhale845]

+Romano Greeks weren’t black nor did Africans colonize anything. The Parthenon was built in Greece’s classical age.

[@johnpijano4786]

I thought this would be sponsored by Ubisoft, with the all-new Assasins Creed game and all.

[@eddiekoranyi3755]

yeah, same

[@pansagi]

Pretty sure this is somehow

[@ahmh8411]

Oh, that explains why this is the 3rd ancient egypt video i saw get uploaded today from my subscriptions.

[@xSuperSS]

I thought that too xD

[@addisonalbert9078]

Many others such as Half as Interesting have been doing them... gcp probably gave a better offer or something idk

[@cia5791]

I did not have a sexual relation with that woman.

[@dubsy1026]

CIA well I'm sure the CIA didn't

[@Fanatic808]

CIA don't lie to us boi we both know she gave u da fuk

[@GannicusMisteriosdeHonduras]

CIA I did have

[@insert-name-here4121]

lol

[@tinderbox4690]

But you DID do the JFK assassination

[@malakamir9824]

Hello from Egypt!❤️

[@bingbongjoel6581]

Hello from the future! :) (But I’m guessing you’re here, too)

[@threebrick8125]

ازيك D:

[@RomanOf-lo7zn]

Malak Amir Hello from Italy!

[@eca3101]

@Matthew Tenorio_3200654 That is a dumb question! Copts are not an ethnic group, Egyptians are not "ethnic" Arabs but linguistic Arabs! Egypt is Egyptian no matter religion, stop with the ignorance

[@ahmad.marouf]

@@eca3101 Do not try to persuade He is inspired by envy that never ends and he will never be persuaded even by thousand evidences

[@wordart_guian]

I've been looking at a medieval occitan-language history book, and they knew a bit about Egypt (especially Ptolemaic Egypt and mamluk Egypt)

[@phieriksen]

Several points made are very inaccurate. - Alexandria was admired by the Romans. The architecture is said to have inspired Augustus to modernize Rome, making it a "City of Marble". It was a city of such importance that senators needed special permission to enter the city. - As pointed out by others, Cleopatra spoke Egyptian and spent much time outside of Alexandria. - I highly doubt that average medieval Europeans had many opinions of Egypt at all. You can't compare their understanding and knowledge of biblical stories to what we know today. - The French invasion of Egypt did not go horribly at all. Napoleon crushed the Ottoman forces to such a degree that the whole Middle eastern region underwent major social changes to adapt to the modernized west. It is true that the French had to pull out and eventually lost to the British, but Napoleon got away with increased reputation and military prestige. For him the Egyptian campaigns were a big success. This is as far as I got before I stopped watching. Historical accuracy is important, even in a fun and well made medium.

[@StrickenWithFear]

Philip Høeg Eriksen He was talking a out the other Cleopatra, but he didn't specify which one for some reason.

[@phieriksen]

No, he specifies Cleopatra VII, which is the one I also referred to.

[@bigmofo1122]

KnowledgeHub is fake news. Channels like this use silly characters and imagery to distract from the lies. They think the peoples will hear him while suspending their critical thinking because of goofy characters. It's propaganda for children.

[@awesometello9966]

Big Mofo The only propaganda I see is your comment dumb one...

[@yarpen26]

I'm not claiming to be an expert but I did get an impression that Cody's account of the ancient attitudes toward Egypt and its culture are somewhat self-contradictory. So was it admired or was it mocked after all? You really can't have both at the same time. Both the Greeks and the Romans loved all that was older than them, even if they were mortal enemies with that civilization. The first act of the Roman senate after the Third Punic War was to send a tema of scholars to the burning Carthage to salvage as many Phoenician manuscripts as possible so these could be translated into Latin. Alexander was amazed with both Egypt and Persia. Many accuracies are there, to be sure. It does feel like he pushed out the video before researching it properly, just to cash in on the AC: Origins craze.

[@adamthornton7880]

Egypt, China, and the Olmecs were the only literate civilizations to survive the Bronze Age Collapse, and were the seeds around which later civilizations would develop. So this certainly gives them a great deal of historical significance.

[@melonlord4055]

Well, considering the Chinese Empire didn't even exist yet, and the Olmecs were on a completely different landmass, it's kind of arbitrary then.

[@lerongfederacion2364]

You should put a disclaimer in the text where you fix the glaring Cleopatra error, people are ripping you to shreds for it.

[@valentine8109]

Cleopatra absolutely learned Egyptian, that's a well recorded fact, cmon guys.

[@boss180888]

cleopatra did speak egyptian, just not as a mother tongue.

[@kasianvh]

GripTape first language

[@andreascovano7742]

she also left alexandria on multiple occasions

[@GarypatrickGarypatrick]

He said Cleopatra the 7th 🤣😂🤣😂

[@offbeat4772]

dread pirate it doesn't sound like an opinion to me. It sounds more like a statement of fact, whether true or false.

[@80aj21]

the person we think of as Cleopatra (banged Ceaser, etc etc) was Cleopatra X (the 10th) he referred to Cleopatra the 7th. it gets confusing since pretty much everyone for like 300 years had the same name

[@AlkalineAjay]

Hmm putting the “reopening” of Egypt to 1798 isn’t wrong, however Shakespeare wrote many plays on the matter, Julius ceaser, Antony and cleopatra. Wonder what Elizabethan England would have thought of it. How did they build the sets and design costumes in Shakespeare’s time?

[@jaojao1768]

AlkalineAjay yeah i wonder that too!

[@MrDUneven]

Poe wrote about living mummies before the movie craze.

[@chrislong9823]

Actually, Shakespeare's plays didn't have props or good sets.

[@AlkalineAjay]

chris long really? Interesting! any sources or contemporary accounts?

[@digitalbrentable]

Both the Egyptians and Romans were portrayed like normal European royalty in Shakespeare's globe theatre, not in period accurate costumes.

[@luluehayes]

Finding this video from your newer stuff is like discovering a new channel. Wild.

[@SimuLord]

Cool fact: The 5th Earl of Carnarvon, who was laid low by "Tut's Curse", was the son of the 4th Earl of Carnarvon, who presided over the British conquest of Zululand in what is today South Africa. Father and son made one hell of a mark on history.

[@kaiserwilhelm3933]

Oh, and just saying, Romans were those busy businessmen who didn't have the time to think about the past, and instead they wrote stories about a Germanic commander who lived in two different worlds. (Y'know, old Germania and Rome)

[@athertawfik6942]

I'm an Egyptian from Alexandria, and I can't really but help how Egypt was instrumental in history every educational video has to bring Egypt and Alexandria in specific, it's a great source of pride being from a country that has survived so long and had such a continued relatively uninterrupted millenniums and now I just feel sorry for it's current state, how so many people are illiterate and ignorant due to skimped on education and then easily manipulated from the militaristic government, it's just unfortunate how much of ourselves was lost to history and how all that faded out of the public consciousness, just living day to day with these insane inflation rates sorry for the rant but Im just really sad at whats going on currently in the country

[@Marylandbrony]

Ather Tawfik It's a shame people are using this video as an exuse to peddle a meme about an obscure movement of historic revisonism that was meant to uplift African-Americans.

[@poisonsquid37]

Marylandbrony It's not our job to uplift Africans by lying to ourselves and everyone else. You don't get to steal someone's culture to make yourself feel good.

[@Marylandbrony]

There wouldn't be as a bad Afrocentrism as being suggested in the comment sections if we taught that West Africa did have important and great civilizations instead of saying that all Africans lived in mud huts and lived like cave people. Also is it hypocritical for the alt-right/lite to say "We Wuz Kangz" yet complain when social justice warriors talk about cultural apportion by westerners?

[@poisonsquid37]

No one is hiding African history from anyone. The history we teach in school is supposed to be very broad and basic, only focusing on the most influential points of history. If anyone wants to read up on African history there is plenty of information only a click away for anyone with a computer. The Kushites for example were an influential kingdom that had control of Egypt at one point yet afrocentrists are so eager to claim Egypt. And completely revising the culture and history of a country to fit with your worldview is completely different than borrowing certain aspects of another culture that you like. By the logic of cultural appropriation it would be seen as inappropriate to use the inventions of another culture as well.

[@Marylandbrony]

I know that point of Afrocentric is incorrect. Ancient Egypt was mostly not African in the modern sense they were natives to the Nile region with Egyptians like modern Egyptians with those lower Egypt being closer to the middle east and Europe and those in Upper Egypt being closer to Africans. Yet the thinking of of Sub-Saharan being both a product of observations of Egypt by classical scholars who referred to all of the people who lived South of the Mediterranean as "Africans" and later co-oped by 20th century African-American scholars in response to the general lack of knowledge by both the African-American and general population of the US about African history as a form of "Shock value". Today we do talk about African civilizations in school. So targeting the long discredited Black Egyptian theory today by some feel ridiculous. For cultural appropriation it was really more of an comparison of rhetoric about it and the actions by those who generally overlap. (I.e Talking about how one should not care about cultural appropriation when the criticism comes from currently active social movements by westerners yet complain about it when done by inactive Africans)

[@caseygrothe3791]

I love this channel. I've learned so much, in just a couple months. I feel sharper already!

[@cptkilgore]

This video was great! Subscribed!

[@OJNixon]

Rosetta stone was a royal decree written in the languages of the day, not the translation tool it was eventually used as.

[@troodon1096]

He simplified the statement because it's only about a 10 minute video, and you could make an hour long video just on the Rosetta Stone, but while it's pretty obvious that wasn't it's original purpose, its discovery was the key necessary for being able to understand Egyptian hieroglyphs and the Egyptian language.

[@colleennewholy9026]

Its like how we use modern English and German, to sorta make out what Old English was like. As in, written. China still has some difficulty translating more ancient Chinese writing, because they didn't have another written language to offer similarities

[@shaharoztahir6669]

Is it just a coincidence that this video came out just when AC origins comes out

[@brianfong5711]

0:27 You used the word "literally" correctly. So rare to see these days. So nice to see on KZbin. I am proud of you.

[@oreste8570]

What I've learned from this is that just as Renaissance was a Greco-Roman revivalism inspiring Secularism, following 1797, there was an Egyptian Revivalism inspiring European imperialism. I also learned that we see Egypt not as it truly is but reflecting the European ideals of its time. I could say the same about Ancient Greece or Rome

[@Asterra2]

Had to stop watching when it was claimed that Cleopatra never learned Egyptian and never left the capital. These were two things she, as a Ptolemy, famously and uniquely DID do.

[@StrickenWithFear]

Asterra2 He was talking about the other Cleopatra. The one that came before the one everyone knows.

[@LeSingeAffame]

Nope. He explicitely talked about Cleopatra VII

[@Asterra2]

Dude. Egyptology is my hobby. He went out of his way to say "Cleopatra VII", which is incontrovertibly the last Pharaoh of Egypt and the Cleopatra the world knows well.

[@KimiHayashi]

Did do ? Wtf does that mean LOL

[@Asterra2]

You have my pity. On the one hand, grammar is hard. And yet, on the other, answers to grammar questions are literally just a Google away. Try it.

[@hakim7945]

Could you do a history of the Berbers of North Africa? There isn’t much information on them on KZbin and they must be interesting being at the crossroads of Europe, Arabia, and Sub Saharan Africa.

[@yarpen26]

I guess it's better to direct that question to Masaman. Check out his channel if you haven't already by the way: he covers all of the stuff that self-proclaimed history buffs tend to overlook with a strong emphasis on the genetic aspect. Really awesome content with new videos coming out every three days or so.

[@ogunbalogun3933]

Rhaegar Targaryen No they're not cross road people they are middle eastern invaders.

[@ogunbalogun3933]

Classymaru Nara That's incorrect. They actually traded with a Black West African "negroid" group and admired their beauty and riches.This negroid group I'm talking of is the Sarakole/Soninke.

[@ogunbalogun3933]

Classymaru Nara Do some research.

[@krisschaefer876]

Atlantean survivors.

[@ModernHamite]

Great Video, very informative.

[@Chimailai]

Correction: Cleopatra did learn Egyptian and she left for Rome with Caesar

[@voytek5550]

no, actually, the Greek ruling class in Egypt was culturally and socially *isolated from the native Egyptian peasants and so by the time of the Roman conquest the Greek class spoke exclusively Greek, lived mostly in Alexandria and didn't much like the Egyptians. Cleopatra herself was the exception rather than the rule; she actively tried to portray herself as an Egyptian, within reason, and as a Pharaoh. this was one of the reasons why a lot of the Greek ruling class, including her brother, didn't like her. edit: *Greek had signficant influence on Egyptian society, just not the other way around.

[@goldenfoxa1810]

Voytek that's exactly what Cody said

[@voytek5550]

it's not though, you're just misinterpreting.

[@SeverMetal]

The Greek language was used in all Egypt, from Alexandria all the way to the Elephantine. Sure, Greek was an "elite language", but it wasn't isolated either from the native population. Coptic, the final step in the evolution of the Egyptian language, was written in the Greek alphabet (with some additions) and with heavy borrowing from Greek. You cannot say Greek didn't leave its influence on the country.

[@scumf6862]

Voytek Silence weeaboo, men are speaking.

[@SeverMetal]

Voytek yeah but you're still saying that Greeks mostly lived in Alexandria. Alexandria was a big city - huge for that time, second only to Rome - so of course a large part of the Greek population lived there - but also Egyptians and Jews did. As for the rest of the country: a few cities like Naucratis had the status of Greek poleis, and Greeks were spread all along the Nile: soldiers, magistrates, merchants. Not the lower class peasants though, I'll give you that, but I think you have a bit too rigid understanding of "Greek social elite". I think you could argue that the middle class of Greco-Roman Egypt was quite mixed, but that, as you indeed argued, the upper class wasn't that much influenced by the native Egyptian culture.

[@Adam-ru9vl]

Should have asked ubisoft for a sponsorship to promote assassins creed origins (It is set in ancient Egypt)

[@Cybermat47]

Hooked on Gaming isn't it the Greek Egypt though?

[@RabidAbid1]

It's probably why he posted it so soon because Assassin Creed Origins is coming out in a couple of days and he wants to get into the algorithm. He's hoping to leech views off of ACO by tagging his videos Ancient Egypt etc.

[@quickster93]

Abid M good.

[@fgvm3855]

well, half as interesting was smarter than Cody, he did exactly that

[@Menno_3]

Well, who's not to say he didn't? He could have asked 'em but got denied/

[@Konezful]

Very well done, one of the best if not theee best one yet!!!

[@Evildragonfirez]

The Great Courses Plus is awesome, I'm glad that so much of your content comes from there. Maybe if you get a chance can you do some videos on Phillip Daileader's course, the High Middle Ages? The episode on Chivalry is very interesting and you could probably do a lot with it.

[@HelveticaStandard]

People used "Pharaoh" as a catchall term for dictator/evil up until Hitler came along

[@VintageLJ]

Uhh not really. Caesar, Kaiser and Tsar were terms used for leaders throughout history, and would continue being used by certain rulers up until 1918. Pharoah was a term used to describe an evil human character in relation to the biblical nature of the Pharoah.

[@TheBespectacledN00b]

John Larry In Britain for a while Napoleon was slow used for that. Though there is a cartoon criticizing the Russian pogroms by drawing the Tsar as Pharoh.

[@andreatomassini202]

Really? In which culture/language? Never heard that

[@norielsylvire4097]

John Larry wtf

[@Kafaldsbylur]

Saying the Rosetta Stone had translation of words from Hieroglyphics to Greek is like saying that Canadian laws are a collection of translations from English to French. It was a record of a proclamation in Hieroglyphics, Greek and Demotic from which linguists were able to work out translations of Demotic and Hieroglyphics, not a Hieroglyphics to Greek dictionary

[@StarWarsomania]

Alexandre Brault 😂😂😂😂 You win the Internet.

[@fonkengsaliki3015]

*claps* give this man a cookie. I swear everyone is a linguist these days

[@andreatomassini202]

Linguist? I learnt it at school when I was like 9yo

[@katiekat4457]

Alexandre Brault This video is way off. This is the only video I have seen from this channel but it will be my last. He totally misrepresented what the Rosetta Stone is. Along with the rest of the material horribly presented.

[@skillful101]

no where did he say that it was a dictionary, you charlatan!

[@ninten90z70]

One of my favorite history teachers (forgot his name) dedicated his life and career to the learning and teaching of human history from the known origins of humanity to pre-modern culture. I remember his first lecture in which he stated, as much as it'd be nice for people to get along and accept each other, it just isn't in our nature. People simply do not get along.

[@Holland1994D]

I contradict that, because people are coming along way more than we ever did. We always lived in smaller groups until we had some form of society where we had to work together to achieve things and make specialization possible.

[@christopherdieudonne]

Really informative video!

[@thedreadedsaltpacket6210]

*i m a g e n o t f o u n d*

[@ColdNorth0628]

Harry Obser *s e a r c h i n g*

[@Dougy]

*Gravity falls*

[@cookietongs]

Should I just quit school and go on *The Great Courses Plus*

[@joeking3181]

Cheesoos Kryst You should definitely just quit school and go to *The Great Courses Plus* where you can learn many course *The Great Courses Plus* offers. *The Great Courses Plus* teaches all 🤤

[@williamsledge3151]

Cheesoos Kryst yes yes you should

[@oz8853]

Also rick and morty

[@Coolhand24_]

Fucking Malfurion oh no, I’m not smart enough for rick and Morty.

[@fristnamelastname5549]

Cheesoos Kryst Yes, because Great Courses Plus good, School bad

[@warehog3000]

The first thing i came across that got interested in Ancient Egypt was the first Yu-gi-oh manga. And now when i think of Ancient Egypt i remember the smell of the pages , the cold nipping at my nose and sending chills down my spine as i read late at night the shadows would some times move do to the cars driving by my house so it quite hard to forget. Mind you i was 12 at the time.

[@Semiserioussocialscience]

I watch a lot of your videos, this is probably the best edited one

[@TheOsamaBahama]

This is why I love the KnowledgeHub ! Always exploring a topic you never thought about.

[@MrAlexkyra]

Cleoparta VII did learn how to write and speak Egyptian. But she was the first ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty to do so, so your point stands about the disconnect against the Greek rulers and the Egyptian common peoplle

[@mig5l]

Cleopatra learned Egyptian. That one was the major difference between her and her ancestors-

[@tjofcarolina1776]

cool video you have there!

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

0:18 Oh, Cody... Don't tell me you're playing music from Joseph: King of Dreams, are you?

[@kadenvanciel9335]

I've seen that film, and know how true it is to not only the Egyptian cultures, but the Biblical morals. Plus, I don;t think the story of Joseph in Egypt is brought up in this video.

[@IzaakCha7]

I am not Christian anymore but I must be honest and admit that that was a great movie,

[@shenandoah7032]

WE

[@floridaman348]

That movies sound track was the bomb.

[@rokivulovic7598]

WUZ

[@maxwasson2000]

Maybe we should start celebrating Ancient Mesopotamian culture, that barely ever gets brought up.

[@addisonalbert9078]

Max Wasson YESOPOTAMIA

[@maxwasson2000]

There's also the Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians

[@MrMarinus18]

The big reason is that they have left behind far fewer remains than the Egyptians did.

[@raspberrypie1706]

WE WUZ GILGAMESHES N SHIT

[@gurtegbedi1172]

Their civilization wasn’t as grandiose and stable as Egypt, mostly because of geography. Unlike the Nile which was dependable and consistent in its flooding, the Tigris and Euphrates were downright a bitch to plan for as they were always drying up and flash flooding settlements without warning. Coincidently, the Mesopotamians gods were more bipolar and harsh, as they callously killed their worshippers while the Egyptian gods were considerably nicer and more caring of their people.

[@jeffodabear]

Man you make some great videos

[@Skythikon]

I love what you're doing with the idea of watching lectures and summarizing them in animation! If it's not too personal, how long did it take you to make it a career (if it's gone that far already)?

[@randomizer1666]

That description of the rosetta stone, my oh my... The Rosetta stone was a stone found to have three copies of the same decree published on it. It was erected by Egyptian priests to thank one of the Ptolemaic pharaohs for something or other, can't recall what. The reason it had the same thing written on it three times was not so it could be used as a dictionary for future historians, it was written in Hieroglyphics, as was traditional for this type of decree, then Demotic, so the local peasants could read the decree, and Greek, so the Ptolemaic pharaoh could read it. It also turns out to not be unique as we've found at least two other plinths like it that were erected for the same reason.

[@SeverMetal]

"and Greek, so the Ptolemaic pharaoh could read it" It was not just the Ptolemaic kings who could read Greek. Greek was a widely used language in Ptolemaic Egypt, a bit elite perhaps, but certainly used in many different towns all throughout the land.

[@yarpen26]

_so the local peasants could read the decree_ This phrase wouldn't cease to be a natural oxymoron until the 19th century.

[@Elsenoromniano]

Local middle class of merchants and large land owners (they probably couldn't write but literacy in Ptolomaic Egypt was fairly good for the time) is probably more accurate.

[@rivenoak]

the "rosetta stone" pharaoh was en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy_V_Epiphanes

[@troodon1096]

It's simplification because the video is only 10 minutes long; you're not saying anything about the Rosetta Stone than everyone who has ever heard of it doesn't know. Don't be pedantic; you know very well what he meant.

[@linushermansson9911]

Cleopatra spoke ancient Egyptian including many other languages.

[@Lucas-jm1cq]

An Interesting Video would be the Indonesian withdrawal from the U.N

[@jamescarmody4713]

It happened in 1965, but didn't last more than a year. President Soekamo of Indonesia _did_ make his own version of the UN, CONEFO, but again, didn't last past 1966.

[@muiscnight]

I think the Pyramids of Giza when they were new (limestone/gold) was the most beautiful man made structure ever.

[@flaviushonorius526]

what are your sources about cleopatra? according to plutarch cleopatra was very educated and she was one of the few ptolemaic monarchs who really cared about the egyptian culture and spoke many languages including egyptian fluently. "There was sweetness also in the tones of her voice; and her tongue, like an instrument of many strings, she could readily turn to whatever language she pleased, so that in her interviews with Barbarians she very seldom had need of an interpreter, but made her replies to most of them herself and unassisted, whether they were Ethiopians, Troglodytes, Hebrews, Arabians, Syrians, Medes or Parthians. Nay, it is said that she knew the speech of many other peoples also, although the kings of Egypt before her had not even made an effort to learn the native language, and some actually gave up their Macedonian dialect." Plutarch Life of Anthony chapter XXVII and why do you claim she never left alexandra? she visited caesar in rome, antony in tarsus, was kicked by her brother out of alexandria for a time and she was present at the battle of actium and these are just a few examples.

[@StrickenWithFear]

Flavius Honorius He was talking about the other Cleopatra.

[@Jesseloves]

StrickenWithFear umm he is not sweetie,“ Cleopatra Vll “ is THE Cleopatra that we had known

[@fabianhale845]

No he is not talking about another Kleopatra.

[@HCUhardcoreUnited]

The release of this video is infulenced by AC origins not a debate.

[@cadence70]

Cleopatra learned the language and left the Capital city ...this is ignorant .

[@penzotoko6619]

Thank you! I was about to say something to this effect but you got it.

[@michaellimpert5178]

+Victoria Elizabeth If you are going to use the word ignorant, then at least use the word correctly. It was a mistake, or he was misinformed, or read something wrong. That doesn't make him ignorant.

[@JD-ey9gw]

And she was very famously the first of her dynasty to learn the language.

[@gorkaaustin5306]

Victoria Elizabeth Use ignorant correctly.

[@MyShuffleBOT]

Samuel Davidson lmao i like how being condescending towards americans makes such little people feel smart.

[@stephencampe6401]

pretty sick vids bro :P

[@verdatum]

the thing that continues to blow me away is that in the Victorian era, "Egyptology" was a perfectly accepted word. And yet, find me another word, referring to another power in this format that was in the common parlance...Romanology? Greekology? Syrianology? German/Deutch/Alemanology?

[@2ddon469]

verdatum There's Sinology, which is the study of Chinese culture. The "sin" part is derived from the Greek word for China, if I recall correctly. That's the only one I can think of at the moment.

[@yarpen26]

Indology bids you welcome, fellas.

[@maerythegreek9008]

2dDon The greek word for China is kina. ALso thers is Byzantinology,that studies the Byzantine culture.[alos known as easter roman empire]

[@caesarves]

That was because by that time, the Greeks and Romans and Judea was already well catalogued, but Egyptian archaeology was a new thing.

[@cv4809]

verdatum There's also albanology lol

[@Diebulfrog79]

Be careful, Kid. KZbin is on a witchhunt.

[@martinsriber7760]

You mean witch pursuit thingy?

[@Fanatic808]

Yea witch pursuit thingy.

[@mcgeufer]

Don´t you worry. Halloween is over now.

[@DarkPsy]

UNITE THE WHITE

[@sarttee]

what witch hunt

[@i0like0trains0kid]

I’m listening to that lecture right now!

[@baron_von_brunk]

Away out in Egypt in the Valley of Kings, where the mummified Pharaohs pretend dead in their sleep: don't touch, never ever steal. . . Unless you're in for the kill! Or you'll be hit by the curse of the Pharaohs!

[@penzotoko6619]

Ah I can hear Hank Sherman's wonderful guitar as I read this...classic.

[@GentTX]

I listened to that course, I enjoyed it immensely. Although Cody if you listened more carefully you would know that it states that Cleopatra was the first pharaoh (and in a way, the last) to learn ancient Egyptian, something her predecessors shunned. That being said, not a bad video. EDIT: first Ptolemaic pharaoh to learn ancient Egyptian

[@fabianhale845]

She was not. She was the first Ptolemaic ruler to learn the language.

[@GentTX]

Fabian Hale I meant the first Ptolemaic pharaoh to learn ancient Egyptian. My fault for not clarifying though.

[@RBHTv]

8:35 JUST

[@arugula2787]

what is the joke i didn't get it

[@WWLinkMasterX]

MY

[@sarahowen2292]

It's always so exciting when someone in a KZbin video mentions my hometown.

[@onetwothreefour3957]

great rediscovery for me. great content, defo holds up

[@archibaldc.1833]

When I was a young child, Ancient Egypt always fascinated me, the architecture, the gods, the clothing, the grandeur that hollywood always gave it. I grew up watching "The Prince of Egypt", "The Mummy Returns", "Joseph King of Dreams", and playing games like Serious Sam. It always held this mystique to me, and always will.

[@kristiannicholson5893]

Pretty sure Cleopatra was originally exiled by her brother before she used the Romans to usurp him and take control. Was also pretty sure Cleopatra was among the few Ptolemaic Pharoahs to actually learn the Egyptian language.

[@DICE42FRAG]

Damn your subs have blown up good job man!

[@neweden1241]

i love your cartoon people!!!! srsly is the reason i subbed now

[@RWMoortgat]

Love your videos Cody, but there's something we need to correct on this one! Cleopatra VII did speak the native language of Egypt (along with some 8 others according to Plutarch) and we have at least 2 documented cases of her visiting the rest of the country. Once in the early part of her reign, to take part in the Apis bull ceremony and to organize famine relief in upper Egypt, and another time with Caesar, on a propaganda cruise up the Nile. It's also very likely (though not documented) that she would have been present at the dedication ceremony of the large scale relief of herself and her son at the Dendera temple, in the later years of her reign.

[@spiderjockey9]

Pyramids were landing pads for the Goa'uld

[@sirmount2636]

Thank you for using BC & AD.

[@isnitjustkit]

You’re thanking someone for that?

[@crankycat5222]

As soon as you started speaking about the curse my nose started bleeding fast

[@TamagoSenshi]

You got some kinda problem with Brendan Fraser, Cody? I'll fucking fight you, ya know!

[@troodon1096]

He sucks; deal with it.

[@nicosmind3]

I learned all i know about Egypt from Stargate :P

[@caiuswickersham]

Egypt was not "just another conquest" for Greece and Rome. Back in antiquity, Egypt was a breadbasket nation and both Alexander and Rome were in need of the huge wheat surpluses Egypt could provide. The access to the Silk Road was a nice bonus as well.

[@leftybaritone3567]

Yay! Refreshing graphics! I like it!

[@davidnewman8231]

Cleopatra never left Alexandria? She actively followed Marc Antony during the Civil war after Caesar died

[@dapenguin4637]

I'm pretty sure the great courses plus opening is pre-recorded

[@Jacob-sb3su]

Never heard a more accurate use of the term "long story short"

[@MagisterKyer]

Hold on, according to Plutarch, Cleopatra both learned Coptic (along with some seven other languages) and left Alexandria quite often. She also seemed to be in touch with the people well enough early in her life. Granted, Plutarch may be biased, but I see no reason to doubt him here.

[@thegenericnerd3189]

1:39 "Built temples for the old gods" Alright kids, and this temple appears to have been dedicated to Yogg'Saron.

[@greatbritain6639]

Egypt: The stuff that wasn't boring.

[@nicknmm09]

Fun fact Ptolemy may have been Alexanders half brother

[@Redjoekido]

I never saw the ancient Egyptians to be hated. I found ancient Egyptian history fascinating.