I love how the Kassite names have a very alien sound to them, but in a totally different way than the Assyrian names, or Babylonian names.

Whats funny is that if you did a short vid about where that statue of Marduk traveled, it would be amazing. Marduk definitely got to know the 4 winds, and the many waters of Mesopotamia, and its neighbors.

From Mesopotamia they moved to Caspian and from Caspian they moved to kashmir(now conflicts land of India and Pakistan). In kasmir they have a great discovery a rice nowadays called marcy rice in Nepal which grows in cold and high altitude and extremely nutrients then normal rice. When population start to grow the land is not enough for food so they started to move Eastern parts of himalayas and went karnali (western part of nepal) and established a very powerful civilization and empire. The empire was from Afghanistan to central nepal. The empire was exist around 1100 ad. The big population of khas(kaaaites) lived in Nepal. You can search khas culture of karnali nepal in KZfaq. Khas are warriors community who were first people to play war with horse. They invade babylonia in around 1800 bc. I am also from khas community.

It’s been theorized that these guys were early Indo Europeans like the Hittites (the Mitanni are also theorized to be early Indo European rulers over a majority foreign language speaking people)

Great topic - I especially like learning about the Kassites, because I've been to the crumbling ziggurat at Agar Quf (Dur-Kurigalzu)... in fact I was involved in a firefight in the shadow of the structure.

Thanks, I love this series. I wish I had been taught more about Bronze Age Civilizations in high school.

idk if anyone else does this but when im studying about ancient history i sometimes root for specific factions, sorta making them the 'protagonists' in the story of history

I really like your channel and share your interest in ancient history. Thank you.

From being a people almost noone heard of you give them their right place in our (very simplified) history books. Really interesting and well presented video! Thanks a lot!

Those damn Elamites. Always at it! Can't get a rest these days!

Perfect and thank you for great illustration.

Keep up the great work dude and please do more on ancient Greece

If you watch Olie bye's video on ancient Mesopotamia you will see how long the Kassites ruled Babylon. I was suprised at how long they did.

Great episode, Kassites are really an enigma i think they were early indo european peoples simillar to Hittites and Mittani.

Your videos are addictive!

Thank you and I have profoundly connected . . .

Very enjoyable and educational episode. I would love if that statue of Marduk still existed.

Good job👍🏼

Excellent job on the period. I would like to have some comments on the museum findings of this Era. I am not referring to the tablets, which were explicitly covered

The Kassie’s and the Elamites were both from the Zagros mountains in modern Iran and possibly spoke related languages, that by itself never prevented armed conflict though.

Can you do videos on the Amorites in all their shapes and forms?

Very well

My ears equate the sound of Kassite king names to Hittite king names ... looking at the time and general place of origin you noted, some possible connection occurred to me, and wouldn't surprise me.

Kara-Indash using ancient (to him) Sumerian for this official proclamation reminds me of Medieval Western Europe's adapting/adopting Latin for official formalities of all sorts.

What would say were the top 5 most important or most powerful Mesopotamian dynasties ?

I'm really surprised that a nomadic mountain people were able to so successfully administer the large urban centers of Mesopotamia. Wouldn't their political/organizational systems have been vastly different from pre-Kassite-Babylon's? Or did they just more so focus on "international" matters like relations, war, and trade, while leaving the management of urban affairs to the locals?

Hmm... Good video

Good as always. Forgive me if i'm wrong, but as far as i remember "dark ages" indicates a period that we don't have many written records. That's why it's called dark ages, if i'm not wrong.

We still have those Kasside and Mitannies name in KURDISH LANGUAGE. By the way KUREGALZU Means “son of GALZU “ in Kurdish KARDU is KURDI NOW . Even those cities are own by Kurdish people still . And Kurdish Language is about 4000 years old . So please study in Kurdish you will see . Even now by Persian Arabic and Assyrian language they still Call KURDISH people KARDU - KARDA - KORDA so it’s real just study on please . S.Miran Mardini

Kassites, Gutians, Cyrtians, Hurrians and Medes are the ancestors of modern Kurdish people. This explains why the much of the Kurdish dna is traced back to the Zagros mountains or what do you think?

''Dark age'' does not mean ''stagnation/lack of innovation''. ''Dark Age'' refers to ''Lack of information about that time period. As stated by yourself, during the Mesopotamian ''Dark age'' the regions still flourished under the Kassites. The exact same applies to the Medieval ''Dark Age''.

Molto, molto i teressante, grazie tante!

Kassites introduced horse and chariot to the area, and their leaders and gods had Indo-European names. They were likely a ruling elite who ruled over people with a different language groups. For sure they were Indo-Iranian.

Saddam Hussein dreamed of making Babylon a bustling seaport and the book of Revelation (future history) references the sea. Perhaps in the future the Euphrates is dredged out right up to the city. It says she will have economic relations with merchant-kings worldwide. Fascinating history-- where do you find this stuff?

I really enjoy this series. You do a great job. (Just one minor criticism: Could you refrain from uttering "Uh" so often?)

shoutout to the Kassites ❤

Love the linguistic background. If you can't figure out what language family they came from, you will never understand their wars.

I believe the city of kashan in the zagros mountain in iran is a place they might have originated from.

Are these people the same as Khas or Khasiyas of Himalayas ?

Thank you for ur great content . The hypothetical origin of kassites in zagros mountains , is western Iran , not north west . Lorestan province , has many ancient cave which unfortunately due to lack authorities had been looted by smugglers . Examples are kalmakareh Cave , most famous . Doshe cave , kogan cave , so goes on .

The Cassians lived around the Caspian Sea. Mostly in the land that is located in Qazvin and Gilan today. Many people in this area consider themselves Kasis. Also, traces of them have been found. The name of the ancient city of Kashan in Iran is from these people.

oh the places Marduk has been and the things he's seen. too bad he didn't bring back souvenirs though.

Where would the City of UR be on a modern day map?

It’s quite interesting that 40M Kurds that live in that exact area and have done so for millennia never get mentioned. Some of it caused by the politics of WW1 and a bit after. Sadly, if you don’t have your own country you don’t have ownership of your history. I suggest a more scientific approach going forward. Kurds are a huge part of the Neolithic revolution and its aftermath that re-shaped the world forever.

Nazi-Bugash... Thank you History with Cy!

The following names of cities were translated to English from Hebrew; not all will be the same but there are many that are similar (also note that after their languages changed their names and the names of their gods changed - as noted also in the oracles of ancient Greece - also quoted below) Theophilus to Autolycus - Theophilus of Antioch wrote: "The first city was Babylon, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar (Mesopotamia - which means "land between the rivers" i.e. the Tigris and Euphrates). And their king was called Nebroth [Nimrod]. From these came Asshur (Asshur built Nineveh) , from whom also the Assyrians receive their name. And Nimrod built the cities Nineveh and Rehoboth, and Calah, and Resen, between Nineveh and Calah; and Nineveh became a very great city. And another son of Shem, the son of Noah, by name Mizraim, begat Ludim, and those called Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, and Pathrusim, and Casluhim, out of whom came Philistin. Of the three sons of Noah, however, and of their death and genealogy, we have given a compendious register in the above-mentioned book. But now we will mention the remaining facts both concerning cities and kings, and the things that happened when there was one speech and one language. Before the dividing of the languages these fore-mentioned cities existed. But when men were about to be dispersed, they took counsel of their own judgment, and not at the instigation of God, to build a city, a tower whose top might reach into heaven, that they might make a glorious name to themselves. Since, therefore, they had dared, contrary to the will of God, to attempt a grand work, God destroyed their city, and overthrew their tower. From that time He confounded the languages of men, giving to each a different dialect. And similarly did the Sibyl (oracle of ancient Greece) speak, when she declared that wrath would come on the world. She says: -- "When are fulfilled the threats of the great God, With which He threatened men, when formerly In the Assyrian land they built a tower, And all were of one speech, and wished to rise Even till they climbed unto the starry heaven, Then the Immortal raised a mighty wind And laid upon them strong necessity; For when the wind threw down the mighty tower, Then rose among mankind fierce strife and hate. One speech was changed to many dialects, And earth was filled with divers tribes and kings." And so on. These things, then, happened in the land of the Chaldæans. And in the land of Canaan there was a city, by name Haran. And in these days, Pharaoh, who by the Egyptians (also known as the land of Mizraim by the ancient Hebrews) was also called Nechaoth, was first king of Egypt, and thus the kings followed in succession. And in the land of Shinar, among those called Chaldæans, the first king was Arioch, and next after him Ellasar, and after him Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and after him Tidal, king of the nations called Assyrians. And there were five other cities in the territory of Ham, the son of Noah; the first called Sodom, then Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and Balah, which was also called Zoar. And the names of their kings are these: Bera, king of Sodom; Birsha, king of Gomorrah; Shinab, king of Admah; Shemeber, king of Zeboiim; Bela, king of Zoar, which is also called Kephalac. These served Chedorlaomer, the king of the Assyrians, for twelve years, and in the thirteenth year they revolted from Chedorlaomer; and thus it came to pass at that time that the four Assyrian kings waged war upon the five kings. This was the first commencement of making war on the earth; and they destroyed the giants Karnaim, and the strong nations that were with them in their city, and the Horites of the mountains called Seir, as far as the plain of Paran, which is by the wilderness. And at that time there was a righteous king called Melchisedek, in the city of Salem, which now is Jerusalem. This was the first priest of all priests of the Most High God; and from him the above-named city Hierosolyma was called Jerusalem. And from his time priests were found in all the earth. And after him reigned Abimelech in Gerar; and after him another Abimelech. Then reigned Ephron, surnamed the Hittite. Such are the names of the kings that were in former times. And the rest of the kings of the Assyrians, during an interval of many years, have been passed over in silence unrecorded, all writers narrating the events of our recent days. There were these kings of Assyria: Tiglath-Pileser, and after him Shalmaneser, then Sennacherib; and Adrammelech the Ethiopian, who also reigned over Egypt, was his triarch; -- though these things, in comparison with our books, are quite recent." Taken from ~ biblehub(dot)com/library/theophilus/theophilus_to_autolycus

I think the term dark ages, in this case at least, refers to the paucity of written material. Much of the written material by the Kassites is inaccessible in that they are in very fragile conditions and difficult to recover without destroying the tablets.

Great video. I personally see the Kassite - Babylonian relationship as similar as that of the Romans and the Greeks, and as the Turks and the Arabs, and even the Arabs of the 7-th century and Sassanian Persians. A less civilized but militarily far more competent people conquers the territory of a far more civilized people but militarily way past its golden age. But then, instead of destroying the civilization, it co-opts it and makes it its own, thereby saving it for the future. P.S: What happened to tie History of Assyria series? Will there be a new video, covering the last century of the empire and its demise?

The Kassites may be a branch of semi nomadic Kas tribe that wandered from Kosovo (or even west) to Nepal . There are many places like Kashi (India) , Kasi (China) , Khasan(Nepal), Kashmir , HinduKush , Kazakhastan , Caspian Sea , Caucasus Mountain , Khazaria and Upto Kosovo . And remember that Kashmir was part of Dardistan or Balkh region and Kosovo was part of Dardania or Balkan region . The names are pre Islamic . I am a Nepalese Khas .The name Nepal(Kathmandu City) and Napoli don't only sound similar but have same meaning too (New City) . Kathmandu , although getting destroyed by major earthquake once every 70-80 years still has far higher density of heritage structures that can easily surpass most of European cities which is very uncommon in South Asia. Nepalese Khukuri and Greek Kopis are similar . We say Tuppo to Tip ,Poko to Packet , Falam for Iron( Ferrum in Latin) , Jamara to Germinated seedling , Aran to working place of metalsmiths(Iron came from same word) , Joon to Moon ( Junius and Lunius both are same) , Khola to tiny river (Qala in Maltese) , Damaha to Drum and so many words that are not found in Sanskrit or Indic languages (except Himalayan) . Many of our festivals are similar to Iranian festivals of Navroz and even Halloween that is not found in Gangetic planes of India . This video made me more proud of our history . Kassites are not but Khas people that are semi nomadic that live from SouthEastern Europe to Nepal .

I can only learn about history and see modern times. Like take Babylon and replace it with Iraq and the stability Iraq represented in the region being between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Like Saddam was a horrible person, but a strong Iraq helped keep the peace a bit in the region, and all the chaos of various groups trying to get control of the region after the fall of Iraq is like what happened after the sack of Babylon. It’s the old history doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes.

I’m from where this civilization originated in Iran 😍

Kurigalzu, kuri means son "gal" means great "son of great zu"

I believe 4th kassite king was named Abi-Ratta (Abhiratha)

Looks like the stone letters appears to look like ancient Chinese script like the Xia dynasty

Do you know the term "Kassite trash"? I read that this is what the Assyriologists call the tablets of the Kassites, as they are often quite broken/decayed. No idea if that is a coincidence.

in luri laguage from lorestan homeland af kassit pepole both words kur and kar means boy and man. even today we say kurilur , means son of lurs. and this words are indo europian . in norwigian kar means man. i think the kassit people were early scythians.

Iam from eshnunna {Diyala}

I note the value of continuing local tradition after you've successfully invaded a country like Babylonia ... if I may use the word country loosely ... The rootless Latin speakers establishing Rome admired and adopted much from Greek and Etruscan cultures. The Hittites were thought to have been IndoEuro folks who adapted themselves to, as the ruling class, a great deal of local gods, and added more to their pantheon with every conquest ... And also the Kassites in Babylonia? Begs the question ... how easy is it to drop the culture, if any, you rode in on? The mutineers from the Bounty were happy to go Native ... So do some invaders lack whatever they find in these settled places? Or they just admire so much more the uniqueness, or the resources, the weather, the crop yields, the appearance of the local ladiez....😉

I am kasi and we still in quetta pakistan we have long history

Kurds🌞👑. Do please auf Parthian sassanid ayubid thanks 🙏🏼

My ancestors ✊🏻

the makers of civilization, the Kassite or the Hettites or the Khasis or the Kasi or the Khasi; The Khasi are stil living and thriving in the North Eastern Hills of Meghalaya, the people called the Khasi. The only people who still erect monoliths and Megaliths, and the only people who claims to have erected monoliths and megaliths; these people are the starters of civilization and the Sumerians, the Phoenicians are decedents of the Kassites; just to mentioned that the Kassite and the Hettites is just a variation of name however they are one of the same people!

1st kassite king was named Gandaš (Gandha)

Normally, a "dark age" is one where we lack knowledge, which is the case in early Kassite Babylon, in the Greek centuries between 1200 and 400, and the early middle age in Europe. Of course, this term is reguarly mis-interpreted as denoting an age of cultural and civilisatory decline. Which often go together, if you come to think of it, because such a decline leads to less remaining records.

Heard Nazi Bugash wasn't a big fan of Judea

War for statue (that one)

One does not simply walk into Babylon

Why does everyone want Babylon all the time? What is so important there? And more important, Is it Still There?

I think that the Mitanni are likely of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-Europeans. Also, though the Kassites had traits much like Indo-Europeans, their language does not appear to belong to the same family.

No links are found between the Elamites and Kassites? There's something similar there. Also, later Persian names have something similar in them. Though I'm not saying the Kassites were Indo-Europeans. Nor am I excluding the possibility. Yet mountain ranges can contain many different populations, like we see in the Caucasus even today.

Mesopotamia or sumerian dynasties ?

it seams to me that the name kardashian sounds very babylonish... thanks for the video .

Kassites kings initially could be language Indo-Aryan speaking since they aren't Iranian Elamite speaking kings. Eventually they assimilated into the local Sumer speaking or Akkad speaking language people.

thanks for this video , Kassites were an Iranian ethnic group and lived in the Zagros Mountains. Although the origin of Kassites is not certain, many scholars, according to archaeological, linguistic studies, and ancient written sources, have tended to target the Zagros Mountains (it is probable Luristan province) as their original homeland. They ruled Babylonia almost continuously from 17/16th to c.1155 BC. The Elamites conquered Babylonia in the 12th BC. Individual Kassites occupied important positions in the kingdom of Babylonia and even Karduniash. In accordance with the history, archaeology, and art of the Kassites, significant studies have been conducted outside Iran and the results have been published in books and articles, but no appropriate research has been done in Iran during this period. The discovery of a Kassite group of seals in Greece probably indicates cultural-political exchanges in that region. This paper studies the Kassite seals reflecting on the so-called Thebes treasure (Greece) and its findings referred to the Kassite group of the Late Bronze Age. The research method is descriptive-analytical (content) which is based on library studies. Many questions are addressed in this research, but the main questions are consisting of 1- Why and how were the Near Eastern Seals imported to Thebes into an Aegean palatial centres? 2 - How were the chronology and the usage of the seals? 3 - Were they also intended to be used as raw material? 4 - Was it because they were considered to be simple jewellery or because of their amuletic character? The seals are coming from various regions (Mesopotamia, Syria, Hittite Anatolia, Cyprus) and perhaps preserved all together in a wooden box. The meaning of this collection is enforced because of the other precious objects found with the seals revealing how this treasure represents the most important finding of Kassite archeology outside the Mesopotamia and its strong impact on the Greek culture. and Kassites and Elamite are the people whom named today LURS OR LURESTAN PEOPLE in east of Iraq and West Of Iran , , our Great Grandfathers are Sumerian (whom moved to south of iraq ) , Kassite and Elamite , Old Persia Cradle of Civilisations .. , in both Iraq and Iran ...

These people were cousins to the Hittites. 😊

Every nation thinks other nations are more savage it’s pride. The native Americans in North America were a lot smarter than we teach.

I find irony between the Kassites foreign invasion and rule/take-over of Babylonia vs that of Hyksos and Egypt (also foreign take over of Egypt at about the same time period). Haneans? That’s new to me. Do you have a video on them? Thanks again!

Urzi"guru"mash - it sounds like Indian crossed with Japanese O.o

Would it be that hard for them to conquer a city already in flames? And control the area? They had horses which are like an ancient superweapon and high speed train if no one else has them!

Kish mins church Dorian not twistin kashat

All the videos you do are about the Giants. See Bible & book of Enoch.

those guys names sound like orc names

You say it is unknown where, or of who they originated from. Actually if you read and understand the Bible, and the book of Enoch our great great great great great great grandfather you would know exactly where and who they originated from.

Ils ne sont mystérieux que parce que nous sommes ignorants de leur histoire.cessez donc d'utiliser le mot mystère en histoire.

Where is the Kurds✊ KARDUnyash

We kassites are still alive, we call ourselves khas aryans , we moved eastwards from babylonia, to iran and move east to kashgad/kashmir area, both named after us, we moved more east inside the himalayas inside nepal. we still call ourselves khas aryans and we are 30% of the population of nepal, i am not sure about other places.

Yes zargos is our history iran iraq border

Geez man. Slow. I’ve gotta look for the links to the other things just to hear you. And to this day we do not know if cy is cy or Cyril or syd… some things are just lost to history. Chris young? We’ll never know.

The Kassaite are one trip of kurds today and the language also the geography where they lived is the same where the kurds live today. Mountain and brave race of indo-Eouropean people.Let the historian ,DNA,specialist must follow the kurds in Middle East where they live in Turkey,Iran,Iraq and Syria so this geography is important for ind European race today.The kurds are still resisting against all who persecuting them today.

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Kassitis was kurd proud

So who or what are the goo tians?

KASSITES came from Kashi, India.. search about it

Kassites hurrians gutians are all the same people

Kassites Kurds

Kardashian....well can they have evolved from here..can be as its an armenian surname

Kurdish

КАДЖ касид предки Армен каджанц тан

Kastrati not casait who you trying to fuel..........id

The Kassites or Kashkas were step nomads from the Caucasus region of Russia. Kazakhstan is even named after them. They were an Aryan people who were drawn to the prosperity of Babylonia. They eventually became dominant.