Thanks, reading and telling stories is what I love doing...glad they're people like you out there who like to hear me ramble on about them! Many thanks for your continued support, I sincerely appreciate it!

Thanks! I have a longer one coming out soon that will put the history of the entire region together all in one program. It'll cover this as well. Thanks for watching!

Wow, this might be my favorite comment so far! I mean, I really appreciate the kind words but more than that, the details that you wrote about what you feel is important and makes a good video is super, SUPER helpful. Such comments help me to put these in a format that's better accessible to all of you, and for that I'm really thankful. I'll do my best to keep this same format going and if there's ever anything that I can do to make them even better for you, please don't hesitate to let me know. Once again, many thanks! I hope you're enjoying the holidays and ready to have an amazing New Year! Thanks again!

@@HistorywithCy Awwwh, what a kind thank you! It just goes to show, someone that cares so much about their work, is also a very modest and kind person! It's been a real pleasure 'meeting you'! I have no suggestions friend, you're the maestro! Happy holidays to you and yours and thank you for your kind comment! Cheers! 😁👇👏👍😊

You're in luck, more on Babylon coming up for the foreseeable future, stay tuned!

Thanks so much, glad you're liking it! Can't wait to show you the Assyrian one!

Thank you for stopping by again and again, really appreciate it! More to come soon!

Thank you and same to you...my pleasure, glad you like the videos! All the best for 2020!

History with Cy thank you You are my best historian Happy new year

Thanks so much, I really appreciate the feedback. More on Babylonia to come, stay tuned!

Thanks so much, glad you like it! More on Babylon and Babylonian to come for the foreseeable future, stay tuned!

My pleasure, thanks for stopping by!

Glad you like it! More of these series coming out soon! As always, thanks so much for stopping by!

Thank you, an even bigger one coming up, stay tuned!

God bless you. I'm so sorry we have a President who betrayed you. Most of us were appalled by this.

Bellissimo, grazie tante!

Hi, thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it, so glad you're here! You're in, I'll be covering your region a lot in the next few months, from the time of Hammurabi to the Medes and beyond. Again, thanks your kind words and stopping by the channel... all the best!

@Curious World Agreed!

Iraqi Kurd ? I'm Basri

Thanks for always stopping by... I was expecting your comment to be the first one though! Haha... more to come soon!

Nevermind..learning and sharing experiences is far more important than being first 🙂.. so much information to take in and very little time we have to cover all history thats why videos like yours are much appreciated. This is a fact not an exaggeration.

@@husambotros3958 Thank you, that means a lot... motivates me to keep this up and put out more for you all. I'd actually put in more info but time is the issue. Not for the research, I've been studying this all for years and can relatively easily put the script together but visuals and animations. I think I'll come up with a vodcast type format with more info but less visuals so that I can get the info to you all out faster. Let's see... thanks again!

@@HistorywithCy absolutely fine by me but not sure if others will like that tbh. Hopefully in future you can do a live video from one of these sites in Iraq but it would a dilemma choosing one 😂😂 there is thousands of them.

Oh, visiting these sites is my dream... archaeological sites are amazing places to visit... I've been to several in other countries but on the top of my list are Nineveh, Dur-Shurrukin, Ur and of course, Babylon. One day Godwilling...

Thank you!

Hi, thanks for stopping by and your comment. Definitely, I'll prepare a separate video on that soon. Any other suggestions, please don't hesitate to let me know!

Hi, thanks for your comment. I just used the modern map in the first video of the series... since the last two videos are continuations of those, I didn't think putting it in again was necessary because now we're more just telling the history. In the beginning I put them so that the viewer has a better idea of the place that we're talking about, where all of this history happened. When I start a new series or topic, I"ll start showing the modern maps there. That at least is the plan. Thanks again for stopping by, I really appreciate it! Any other suggestions, please let me know...thanks again!

History with Cy thanks for explanation keep the good work 👍🏽

Haha thanks, glad someone is actually watching this, let alone the who series! Makes it all worth it for me... More to come for sure, stay safe!

Thakn you, I appreciate it! More on Babylon and Babylonia to come!

Hi, thanks for stopping by and hour comment. Yes, you are correct that the coast of the gulf was much further inland, but as far as we know, not as far north as Kish or later Babylon, at least not while those cities were in existence. However, Ur and some of the southernmost cities, yes, I think there's evidence to validate that. Thanks again, I appreciate you stopping by and taking an interest in all this...more to come soon!

That's coming in mid 2020! Stay tuned and thanks for stopping by!

@@HistorywithCy I think of Phoenicians and Carthaginians as true heirs of Summer because of their highly developed culture mathematics and trade. Perhaps they really are because i dobt know the origins of the Punics.

Hi, thanks for stopping by! That's a great question. It was described once to me as a big puzzle. Archaeologists and historians basically take what they do know based on various stylistic differences that appear over the years in art and various texts, archaeological findings, in some cases radio-carbon dating, etc and compare them with other different types of sources to arrive at their conclusions. It doesn't mean they're always right and dates are being revised all the time, but this is in general how they come to their conclusions. That's a very simple explanation ... Thanks again for stopping by, I really appreciate it!

@@HistorywithCy thanks for taking time to reply. You rock!

@@otanix No problem, my pleasure!

It's funny that you should ask that very question in reference to this particular video because its during the reign of Hammurabi and then the later Fall of Babylon whose dates that historians disagree upon. For example the Long Chronology which some historians use, the reign of Hammurabi was between the years 1848-1806 BC whereas others (like in this video) use the Middle Chronology which dates this as being 1792-1750 BC and then again others use the Short Chronology which dates this as being 1728-1686 BC. Because I listen to other podcasts that use a different Chronology I now find it easier not to concentrate on dates but rather to focus on order of event instead.

Here is an example of how thing can get really confusing if you use dates rather than the order of events. If you look on the World History Encyclopedia website it dates The Third Dynasty of Ur as being between 2047-1750 BCE. But on the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art website it dates The Old Babylonian Period as being between 2000 - 1600 BCE so using those two sets of dates it appears both periods were running concurrently with each other which just isn't true. The Old Babylonian Period came after The Third Dynasty of Ur. Both websites are correct but they are using different Chronology.

No different from any other country's history.

@@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164 This statement of yours tells me you don't know much about other countries history. Very very wrong statement my friend.

@@roronoazorohun Sorry but YOU don't have a clear picture: All nations are founded on theft, lies and blood.

@@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164 Yes, but not all did it the same way.

Yup, that's probably true along with so much still being buried under desert sands... thanks for stopping by the channel, I appreciate it!

The world then was different to now, many practices has changed overtime. One consolation for Iraq's antiquities is that they remained out of the destruction that reached the other artefacts during the many conflicts that took place in the past decades. Many thousands of historic sites in Iraq are facing terrible fate due to authorities negligence and lack of public awareness. As an Iraqi and for the time being i would rather see our heritage and everyone else see it too in western museum than watch it disappeared completely.

@@husambotros3958 That's one way to see, describe and paint the picture, neglecting the real and valuable part of the story. Thanks

Hi and thanks for stopping by! That's a good question. I think part of the reason why many of these artifacts/tablets/stelae are in museums in the west is because in the 1880s, Europeans were becoming increasingly interested in all of these antiquities because many of these sites are featured in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. Several Europeans with good government connections were able to secure or buy permission from the Ottoman (or Qajar in the case of Susa/Elam) governors of several of these areas for the rights to excavate and take many of these objects with them to Europe for further study at various universities and institutes. Others were sold to private collectors. This no doubt increased when the British and French ruled the area in the form of mandates and it was easier to sponsor digs in these areas. Though some were repatriated, many of them remained in Europe and later America where they can be seen at various museums all over both continents.

@@HistorywithCy Thanks and also some are stollen from them just like some of the art work and valuable items during the ww2.

Thank you!

Haha I'm sure he at times had a beard but that temple foundation peg is the image that we have of him thus far. I'm sure there were plenty of others, they've just been lost to the sands of time. Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it! More Rim-Sin and company to come in the next vid, stay tuned!

Spot on haha ! 👌🙏

Thanks for commenting and stopping by, I really appreciate it!

@@HistorywithCy just wanted to know...is this accurate info? or does the biblical text count as well to this history?

@@tribeofyasharal5986 Hi... so what these most recent videos cover are events about 1000 years before the Babylon found in the old Testament This information mostly comes from archaeological findings and translating ancient Akkadian-language texts.

History with Cy So basically it’s the events leading up to the tower of babel, right?

I don't think its fair to compare in details the history of Mesopotamia to the old Testament tales... yes, Jews lived in Iraq for over two millennia (( its a shame they no longer there)) and the culture of Mesopotamia played a role in shaping the old Testament but still the stories where used as a religious lessons rather than historic one in my opinion. In other words the spirit and purpose what matters not the exact details.

Not Arabs 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@@user-um5bt1hi3s You can deny it as much as you can but linguistic, religious, and personal names factors says that they were Arabs.

@@ibnismail3386 not Arabs hahhaa hahha,🤣😂🤣😂

@@user-um5bt1hi3s keep living in denial.

@@ibnismail3386 Arabs wish it was them these people spoke Aramaic not ar*b. Kurds/Chaldeans and assyrians are true native of Mesopotamia. Arabs from Iraq are Persian/khaliji mix