The Mitanni…The Greatest Ancient Empire you have never heard of

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The Greatest Ancient Empire you have never heard of…The Mitanni
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@joechill9747 5 жыл бұрын

Wow how fragile civilization is, even the greatest of their time can be forgotten the next day

@EpimetheusHistory 5 жыл бұрын

So true

@jitsur5012 5 жыл бұрын

I feel like the Assyrians had a similar downfall as well. Rapid expansion to the "peak" of their territory and then internal fighting leads to a surprisingly quick defeat out of nowhere.

@sagendobi446 5 жыл бұрын

.unless you are china

@joechill9747 5 жыл бұрын

@@theatlantean39 cool experience you got there m8

@DarkLordOfSweden 5 жыл бұрын

@@sagendobi446 eh, China have collapsed multiple times and come back in a new form

@Fricasso79 4 жыл бұрын

The lost kingdom that always interested me is the Urartian civilization that preceded Armenia, but there are so many others - Dilmun, Yamhad, Elam... Millions of people lived out their lives in those societies, and today we know hardly anything of them.

@vadergamerboss6660 3 жыл бұрын

And that's all thanks to the Assyrians completely and utterly decimating them! Seriously, Elam was squished by Assyria (but tbh, as an Iraqi, idc since Elam was responsible for the destruction of the III dynasty of Ur and constantly fought Babylonia and sumer, so they had it coming) and Urartu was Assyria's arch nemesis and sadly it was a matter of time before the neo-assyrian empire would wipe them off the face of the earth.

@xpena7420 3 жыл бұрын

So crazy to think about!!!

@Calyrekt 3 жыл бұрын

@@vadergamerboss6660 “they had it coming” Lmfao, don’t we all?

@ajaxtelamonian5134 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah Urartu has some crazy good Bronzework I saw at the British museum.

@thenewcaliph766 2 жыл бұрын

@@ajaxtelamonian5134 'British' Museum

@yungmalaria 5 жыл бұрын

Of course I know who the Mitanni are, I saw a video by a guy named Epimetheus about them.

@LorisTheUntethered 5 жыл бұрын

I rate this joke I N C R E D I B L I S

@Nechirvankocherneko 4 жыл бұрын

yung malaria Mitanni = kurds

@anthonyfox585 4 жыл бұрын

@@Nechirvankocherneko yeah okay but what does that have to do with her comment? 😕

@avtaras 4 жыл бұрын

@@Nechirvankocherneko What the fuck this is factually incorrect No, Kurds are known to be the descendants of Median immigrants

@deljeenomar789 4 жыл бұрын

mitani are kurds ancestors

@EpimetheusHistory 5 жыл бұрын

The Mitanni capital city of Washukanni has never been identified although there are a few locations “mounds” where the city is most likely located. It will be one of the most exciting and illuminating discoveries when this ancient capital is unearthed-(I hope it happens in my lifetime)-if there are tablets there (maybe even a library!) that could very much rewrite the history of the middle east and civilization. -I have been fascinated by the Mitanni for quite some time and I am very happy to share this video with you all 😊 I hope you enjoy, and it stirs your curiosity!

@gameboyhotline3712 5 жыл бұрын

Epimetheus when referring to Egypt why don’t you say kemet ?

@barraganimperator4420 5 жыл бұрын

What was the name of the film in black-white colors you took some scenes from Also exelent video

@nathanaelsallhageriksson1719 5 жыл бұрын

Well. That setles it. I now know what my favorite bronze age empire is....... The mitanni are so cool. Is it possible that you do more videos on them?

@covjekapsurda2673 5 жыл бұрын

In university im studying history. But we basically just mentioned them.

@joban8177 5 жыл бұрын

Make a video on "Sikh empire..."

@lLIBER4TORl 5 жыл бұрын

They need a Total War game set in this era!

@Bufoferrata 5 жыл бұрын

Bronze Age or Iron Age Total war. Egyptians, Akkadians Babylonians, Elamites, Assyrians, Hurrians, Judah, Samaria, Canaan, Hittites, Scythians, Urartu, Myceneans, Cretans, Dorians, .... FANTASTIC!

@avtaras 4 жыл бұрын

IKR

@mithridatesvi1650 4 жыл бұрын

There is a mod for rtw called "Bronze Age"

@Voron_Aggrav 3 жыл бұрын

Just by a Different company than CA at this point I wouldn't trust them to make it work or interesting especially seeing how Troy is being treated But yes I would love Bronze Age focused games because it's such an underrepresented Era of human history

@lLIBER4TORl 3 жыл бұрын

@@Voron_Aggrav A troy gane? I havent heard?!?

@Marshal_Rock 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this episode, I didn't have any idea about this civilization. One can just wonder how many of these are still forgotten and whether we'll be able to uncover them someday.

@flavourlessjosephus2910 5 жыл бұрын

So Marshal, are you an actual hammerscum or just someone who missed the entire point of the Pink Floyd movie? 161

@Marshal_Rock 5 жыл бұрын

Flavourless Josephus ¿?

@shzarmai 5 ай бұрын

Indeed, it's a shame that we don't know much about so many ancient civilizations and prehistoric copper age, stone age and bronze age cultures.

@Freawulf 5 жыл бұрын

What I always found fascinating, intriguing and puzzling about them was that their royalty titles and names, as well as their pantheon were decidedly Indo-Aryan while their ethnic ancestry was apparently of mixed Semitic and Hurrian/Urartian origin...

@Amen-Magi 8 ай бұрын

They are iranic people

@IndoAryan 8 ай бұрын

@@Amen-Magino

@manh9105 3 ай бұрын

Indian

@mtarkes 23 күн бұрын

@@manh9105 Before Zorastrian became popular, Iranian people worshipped Vedic Gods. I believed Iranians were once all Indo-Aryans and evolved into Iranic people after contact with people of middle east.

@Rajj854 5 жыл бұрын

The treaty between the Mitanni and the Egyptians is a significant milestone because the Gods invoked by the Mitanni to witness the treaty would later be known as Vedic gods ie Indra , Varuna and Agni. These gods would be worshipped by Indians for centuries. The treaty is the earliest mention of these gods in history.

@AceofCoins7 2 жыл бұрын

its nowhere near the earliest mention of these Gods why are you making stuff up lol, The Rig Veda mentions all of these Gods and is the oldest text mentioning any vedic Gods

@d1p70 2 жыл бұрын

@@AceofCoins7 false. the rig veda was written later.

@samratchatterjee3240 2 жыл бұрын

@@d1p70 rigveda was not written down till 1st century ce rigveda passed through by oral tradition plus oldest part of rigveda were more than 2000 bc old which are much older tha so called treaty in 1600 bc!Their counting system words,their kings name resembles to sanskrit!!

@memorydrain7806 Жыл бұрын

@@samratchatterjee3240 Hey, all you have to do is prove it. Prove that it's from 2000 BCE. Not just "He said, She said.". Or "The book says this.". Because it doesn't work like that. You need actual proof. You get 1500 BCE until otherwise with Sanskrit.

@dynamitebsb4520 Жыл бұрын

@@memorydrain7806 no. It's formulated in 1500 bce, the sounds existed since 2500 bce according to western historians. FYI before Vedic Aryans, Aryans existed in Indian subcontinent

@davidrosner6267 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting video! I’ve heard about the Mitanni but never really understood how they fit in to the geopolitics of the ancient Near East and the rise and fall of empires. Thank you for shedding light on this forgotten piece of the ancient Near Eastern chessboard!

@pij6277 5 жыл бұрын

Actually they were bands of Indo Aryan "kshatriya" and "vaishya" expanding towards west. There were many of them doing this since the beginning of "kaliyuga". Google search these terms

@Hsywb Жыл бұрын

@@pij6277 exactly ancients Indians traveled towards middle east and west but not the other way around. Evidence suggest that Indians sculptures worked for building pyramids in Egypt

@EpimetheusHistory 5 жыл бұрын

Well…I know some of you have heard of this empire, but not many have…if you have heard of the Mitanni before, where did you hear or read about it first from?

@davidking6242 5 жыл бұрын

From history time the KZfaq channel I believe. Briefly though

@EpimetheusHistory 5 жыл бұрын

kwadwo baidoo history time is a great channel

@Artur_M. 5 жыл бұрын

I'm getting traumatic flashbacks of my first college exam...

@crustymcgee6580 5 жыл бұрын

From the TimeLife history series of books

@jefverstraete8574 5 жыл бұрын

Back when I was at university we learned about the history of the Middle East from the first city states to the Persian empire.

@heminh157 3 жыл бұрын

The name of capital (Washukani) in Kurdish means (nice spring) wash = nice ,good kani = spring of water there are more places in Kurdistan like this name like: sarekani = head or source of spring rashakani = black spring kanisard = cold spring kanigoma = spring of the lake kanimaran = spring of snakes kanishaitan = spring of satan

@Quetsalcoatvl 2 жыл бұрын

@Balochi boy Aryans aren't white nor European.

@sarthak1109 2 жыл бұрын

Isn't they were indo aryan people i thought kurds are median .

@jennyjames2673 2 жыл бұрын

@@PK-se2jh sanskrit is whole indian language not north or south

@dariusrezai8319 2 жыл бұрын

@@sarthak1109 Kurds are the descendants of many different peoples. To name just a few of them were the Mittani, Medes, Hurrians, Hittites, Maneans, urartians, Assyrians, Babylonian etc etc. All these peoples along with dozens more came and settled in the Kurdish lands and therefore mixed and became the Kurds today. This is the same with all nations but it’s more complicated when it comes to the Kurds because Kurdistan is the cradle of civilisation and the cross roads of the ancient world. I can elaborate more but I think this is enough to understand why.

@bar_yama 2 жыл бұрын

@@dariusrezai8319 Kurds are north western Iranian nomads who are indigenous to that area, and the Zagros. They are not indigenous to Mesopotamia

@TropicOfCancer1998 11 ай бұрын

Mittani also had peacock motifs and zebu cattle , both from India

@pseudo.account 5 жыл бұрын

I loved the drama that the intro brought to this video! Kudos, Epimetheus. And I really appreciated how you added more personality to the Mitanni kings through facial expressions. They appeared fierce, as though staring down the viewer. I had commented on the Chhatrapati video that a biographical style video needed more of a personality and storyline, and I think you've made huge strides with this video. The facial expression for personality and the intro for more drama and building anticipation.

@EpimetheusHistory 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks man I do appreciate the feedback-I think did help. Maybe not in the next(drew most figures already-but not all) But I do want to start drawing more realistic facial expressions (maybe just for kings key figures) less detail for soldiers(but maybe will be worth the time)

@DarkLordOfSweden 5 жыл бұрын

I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said: "two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert ... near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lips, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings, Look on my Works ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away."

@grantorino2325 5 жыл бұрын

"This thing all things devours, birds, beasts, trees, and flowers. Gnaws iron, bites steel, grinds hard stones into meal. Slays king, ruins town, and makes the mountains come crumbling down." --J.R.R. Tolkien

@jackdaws7125 5 жыл бұрын

DarkLordOfSweden that’s about an egyptian pharaoh though, not a Mitanni king

@DarkLordOfSweden 5 жыл бұрын

@@jackdaws7125 yea I know, but the message still apply

@eyritracustard5767 4 жыл бұрын

@@grantorino2325 what is it talking about?

@grantorino2325 4 жыл бұрын

@@eyritracustard5767 Time.

@peasantswithgunpowder3855 5 жыл бұрын

I'd like to suggest a video on the Kushanas. I think their society was unique and fascinating, and that it was amazing for their ragtag warriors with a nomadic core to have enabled such significant expansion.

@harshnaik6989 2 жыл бұрын

Mitanni names of kings are very simmilar to Sanskrit ( Indian names ). While the Mitanni kings and other members of royalty bore names resembling indo Aryan phonology and invoked Indo-Aryan deities attested in the Rigveda. their deities also show Indo-Aryan roots (Mitra, Varuna, Indra, Nasatya).

@emmaavelar2325 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, I really like your art in this video!

@thehindumuse 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting how this video skips parting with the fact that the Mitannis spoke Rig Vedic Sanskrit/Old Indic. Also that they most likely migrated from near the BMAC, the same region from where Indo-Aryan intrusions into India took place. They weren't Hurrian, they were Indo-Aryans who came to rule a Hurrian speaking populace.

@nikeshg4817 5 жыл бұрын

Bhai ANGREz chutmarike hote hai ye sirf ye proove karne ko karte hai ki sab inka hi hai GORE LOG MADRCHOD , INKI MAA KA BHOSDA

@AKumar528 2 жыл бұрын

There's no reason to believe Aryan invasion theories.. Mitanni kings had names like Tasaratha 2. The change of consonant D to T shows those kings were after Mahabharata period. Indian history is much older. Watch the Sarigarhi documentary

@shreyaskumarrath721 Жыл бұрын

@@AKumar528 Aryan Migration theory is true. More evidences than you can imagine. Our ancestors would be ashamed of denying our heritage

@princerathor8712 Жыл бұрын

That's the just inherent bias of this channel owner. He like to portray everything good with European. 😂 hypocrite.

@gerardmichaelburnsjr. 2 ай бұрын

Thank you, I had been wondering about what language is they spoke and what people they were descended from or ancestral to.

@FlashPointHx 5 жыл бұрын

Wow - you're videos are getting so much better. I love the video clips from old school Hollywood

@EpimetheusHistory 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! yeah, love how dramatic those old silent movies were

@FlashPointHx 5 жыл бұрын

Plus they must be nearly a hundred years old so public domain at this point

@nathanpangilinan4397 Жыл бұрын

@@EpimetheusHistory, what movie did you use for the intro for this, anyways?

@philRminiatures 5 жыл бұрын

Always glad to learn something about not very well-known empires...another great and informative vid!

@Artorias1234 5 жыл бұрын

Your artstyle improved alot over the last months! Looks preeeety nice right now.

@EpimetheusHistory 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :)

@sean2163 3 жыл бұрын

@@EpimetheusHistory Hi! speaking of your artstyle, I'm wondering how accurate it is (studying fashion history) I've found it difficult to trace clothing from this era, are your stylings educated guesses or are they based off of glyptics? (particularly of note the King and the daughter's portrayal)

@wishiwascooler 5 жыл бұрын

It's amazing to see that you have almost 2/3 of your subscriber numbers in views only 2 days after posting this video! Love your content, glad to see that you're doing well view-wise!

@flatearthfatboy9589 5 жыл бұрын

Most informative history channel. I'm a history buff but I learn something new every time

@jamesunderwood9100 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video!!! I’ve never heard of this culture, love hearing about info from the past!!!

@unpopularopinion6200 5 жыл бұрын

Now I have heard about it thanks to Epimetheus :-)

@rhomaioscomrade 5 жыл бұрын

One of my favourite forgotten historical entities is ironically one that is neglected in this video; the kingdom of Alashiya in Cyprus. It was also mentioned extensively in the correspondence among the Bronze age kings, one of them being directly between the king of Alashiya and the Egyptian Pharaoh, calling each other "brother" as you mentioned in the video. Alashiya was most famous for being the primary exporter of copper in the entire region, which in turn is reflected in name of the metal ("copper" comes from Latin "cuprus", itself a corruption of the term "aes Cyprium" meaning "Cypriot metal"). Its borders are unknown (it might have covered the entire island or just a portion) and the inhabitants spoke a very poorly attested language that preceded Greek (itself arriving after the establishment of Mycenaean cities at various parts of the island).

@ZGGuesswho 5 жыл бұрын

Your work is so excellent. Your artwork becomes more beautiful and insightful over time.

@sunnybeaches1331 5 жыл бұрын

I really hadn't heard of this! Thank you. Good video.

@AwesomeSauce696969 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. Epimetheus is one of my favorite channels. It blows my mind to think that this empire was forgotten until 19th century - how do we know that at this very moment there is not some massive empire that is hidden from us, and the discovery of which would change our understanding of history?

@Adrian-fz7kg 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! I've always found the pre-Achaemenid empire Middle East fascinating. It would be interesting if you did a video of the Assyrian empire.

@gnrvintagediecastracing7978 3 жыл бұрын

i enjoyed watching this. I had never heard of the Mitanni. All of the others are easy to find and cover. Thank you .

@noelter 5 жыл бұрын

You Sir make some of the best history lessons I have ever heard. More power to your elbow.

@LionKing-ew9rm 5 жыл бұрын

Minoans, Elam, and the Third dynasty of UR are my favorite forgotten Empires :)

@LuisAldamiz 5 жыл бұрын

Curious preferences. You definitely like rather obscure subjects. I approve.

@the_number_one 5 жыл бұрын

Best answer. He has made videos on these. Ur is a different story

@manuelquiloboy2956 4 жыл бұрын

Really! My favourites are the Mycenaeans, Akkadians and the Hittites. I know they’re not that forgotten but still they are very different(except the Akkads) unlike the other civilizations.

@dominikfraaanjuan 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite Forgotten Empire are the Neo-Assyrian Empire(although not *that* forgotten, Mali Empire and the Kassite Babylonian

@dariusrezai8319 2 жыл бұрын

My favourite is the Jewish empire that is yet to come into existence. They’ve been trying for 5000 years so I think we should let them have a go. What you think?

@patrickleslie4897 5 жыл бұрын

Not only are the illustrations advanced & beautiful, These avatars chosen to represent each empire is astoundingly ethnically accurate! Keep it up bro!

@Foggy_Mustard 5 жыл бұрын

cite the Chester bailey hermatic papyrus

@darkmatter4132 3 жыл бұрын

@Jason Strom I am sorry to burst your bubble too Egyptians isn't black nor white this rediculous American affair doesn't belong to the culture of Egypt and please don't impose your own sociological problems that belong only to the American society and takes a lot of the capacity of thinking in the brain of the standard American citizen and impose it to other societies and other regions like colour discrimination. This makes you seem like illiterate and at the same time disrespecting other cultures

@gracegg5485 3 жыл бұрын

@@darkmatter4132 one word Thebes

@gotian6649 3 жыл бұрын

One of the great docoumntry 😍🤗 Thank you . We want more about mitanni❤

@soleb542 5 жыл бұрын

Great video your growing the art the voice and history is amazing Epimithius

@dutcheastindies8354 4 жыл бұрын

Regardless of whether they were specifically Indo-Aryan or some other Indo-Iranians, I am proud of our peoples having started and ruled a great empire like Mitanni. All hail the Mitanni emperors! Thanks for the video, Epimetheus!

@melodicnostalgic3823 5 жыл бұрын

OMG I find so many similarities between Ancient Indian Kingdoms and Mitanni, very weird. I can even understand Mitanni language since it is same as in Indian Language ! :O Here are some similarities between Mitanni and Ancient Indian : 1> The Mitanni word - "Nakhushshu" (For a Professional Army) is similar to Ancient Indian - '"Akshshohuni" (Which also meant a Army Division). 2> Mittani name for Armor - > Sharyani Ancient Indian Language -> Asharya means Protect, Ani is probably a vowel 3> Mitanni name of King -> Tushratta Ancient Indian name of a Legendary King -> Dashratta 3> Tushratta's sons -> Shuttama II and Shattiwasa In Indian Language, Name like PuruShuttama is very common. Su -> Son, Uttama -> Ideal. Shuttama means "Ideal Son" Shattiwasa is probably Shakti (Power), Washa (To wield), Shattiwasa -> "One who wields Power" Funny how Im Indian and have no clue regarding Mitanni Empire or their language, till I watched this video but i can still translate their language easily since its very similar to Indian Languages :D Maybe Ancient Indians were actually Mitanni ? I don't know..

@namean1087 5 жыл бұрын

No, mitanni come from central Asia like us the people from central Asia (so called aryans) are actually inciate the vedic culture P.s all the mitanni kings names were in sanskrit(proto)

@aryanchakraborty5175 2 жыл бұрын

Mittani elites were Indo Aryans

@preeto5826 Жыл бұрын

@@namean1087 Aryan invasion theory is completely false ..it didn't happened in India but of course Europe.

@namean1087 Жыл бұрын

@@preeto5826 yeah a dark skin mallu from kerala and milky white kashmiri or Rajasthani came from Same ancestors, and in shockingly Limited time they both evolved into two races tho there's absolutely no difference in climate....yea great! I assume you're one of the world's leading anthropologist. And I'll take your word

@shreyaskumarrath721 Жыл бұрын

@@preeto5826 it is absolute truth. Undeniable

@xCWExSniperWolf 5 жыл бұрын

awesome video, would love more of content of this era of history, love the stories and culture of this era too like the battle of the eclipse from the Lydian and Median war

@thebigchimpanski4783 5 жыл бұрын

First video I've seen by you. Instant sub. Nice work 👍🏻

@EpimetheusHistory 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome man, glad you found my channel

@user-yh7nn2do9d 3 жыл бұрын

Many people here mixes up ancient timings*.. The Meds established in 823BC who fought and liberated the occupied Mittanis by the ruthless assurain previously in 1400BC.. Biji KURDS ❤️💛💚

@kecakurda9903 2 жыл бұрын

❤️☀️💚💪💪kurdistan

@user-yh7nn2do9d 2 жыл бұрын

@dahaka kingi what makes historical determine of ancestry, isn't dna, culture, languistic, geography and specific events or celebrations.. Kurds not only have all these certain aspects to be Meds descendant but also the only nation that still names thier children names as proud pro Meds names, such as Dyarko, Xasro, ako, zmnako, aso, and so on... A butt hurt like is only here to negative comment

@user-yh7nn2do9d 2 жыл бұрын

@dahaka kingi there are 60 Million Kurds cross the globe and they all have it in thier heart which will stay alive for infinite

@dannyboy9848 5 жыл бұрын

well I knew that Egypt had strong relations with a buffer state to their northeast, but I was unsure of the period and nomenclature. great stuff

@Oscuros 5 жыл бұрын

These are really good and have filled out a lot of gaps in a timeline for reference I'm trying to establish, thanks.

@MDW1101 5 жыл бұрын

Great art, great voice, informative video. First rate stuff. Thanks.

@HoundofOdin 5 жыл бұрын

I've always liked the Empire of Hatti. Such power and influence, only to be forgotten.

@venkateshu8715 7 ай бұрын

Mitanni the Great Hindu Empire

@creepofreek4853 5 жыл бұрын

Love the documentary. Great video

@giannakisXAXAXA 5 жыл бұрын

great videos man love them

@garfieldwithissuez 5 жыл бұрын

I just want you to know that I love your channel's name.

@heiskanbuscadordelaverdad8709 3 жыл бұрын

I imagine the meeting of the mitani king and the Pharaoh at thebes as two brothers meeting after being decades apart

@asherbeal8357 5 жыл бұрын

Great episode! Loving the Art! You should do an episode on the Alans and Khazars.

@thomasmccullough7233 5 жыл бұрын

Love your history videos!

@hamahawramani7173 5 жыл бұрын

Love all the work you do! I’d like to see one about the Median empire I can never get much accurate information about them

@kecakurda9903 2 жыл бұрын

The Mitanni or Medea are the ancestors of the Kurds.

@adil9332 5 жыл бұрын

Hey man, thanks for sharing! Funny thing is, I might have "Mitanni ancestry" and I have never ever heard about Mitanni! I think it is because of its relatively short existence compared to other ancient empires. Also, their population consisted of different groups, like Hurrians, Amorrians and Assyrians, so I guess it is hard to find hard evidence of the Mitanni empire. Nonetheless very insightful! I will keep an eye on them in the future.

@andybrinks3784 5 жыл бұрын

Why do you believe you may have Mitanni ancestry?

@vladof_putler Жыл бұрын

@@andybrinks3784 He might be upoercaste Hindu

@KhemistryIBMOR 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the history lesson. I never heard of the Mitanni before now.

@alexstrebel1829 5 жыл бұрын

Succinct and informative!! Love it!

@soleb542 5 жыл бұрын

I would love it if you talked about nubia like queen Amanarinas very underrated culture

@LordofBabylon 5 жыл бұрын

I love the art that you make. The lesser known empire and honestly civilization that I love very much is Nubia/Kush

@restoretheempire3866 5 жыл бұрын

What a great video! I knew nothing of this empire until i saw this video.

@wright534 5 жыл бұрын

Fascinating, never heard of this culture before now. Appreciate the education; some details I might use for fantasy roleplaying sometime.

@Goodroosters 5 жыл бұрын

I'm a pretty big fan of ancient history and I haven't heard of the Mitanni at all, I actually had to double check to see if they were real because it just seemed so crazy that they'd be forgotten.

@Coldbrew365 2 жыл бұрын

Anything has to do with Kurds and their history is suppressed by design. After the partition of their land my the British, everything Kurdish became Arabic, Turkish or Persian. And that’s because the Kurds resisted the British occupation, Churchill even ordered the RAF to use chemical weapons against them.

@hobog 5 жыл бұрын

6:13 that is a dank helmet. I first heard Mitanni as family of spacecraft in Eve online

@onuscronus984 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent video.👍

@MootingInsanity 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! The Hurrians and their IE nobility are massively underappreciated.

@zagroszardashty7283 2 ай бұрын

Because they are Kurds, nobody talk about anything with Kurds related because of political reasons.. which is very disrespectful to humanity & disappointed for real science… Mitanni were Kurds tribes (fathers of kurmanji Kurds)… even KZfaqr never say (Kurds) word… all that empires ( sobarto+ Mitanni + kassite + gutties + Medes + lullabies + hurries + ……etc..,) were Kurds in Kurdistan region and still people who livings around that area are Kurds.. but no one say anything about kurds…

@jeevanbakale3320 11 ай бұрын

Mittani are Indo Aryans they workshipped Vedic god's Indra, Mitra, Varuna there language is probably late Vedic Sanskrit. They are not Kurd or Iranic.

@pushkarnalawade3039 5 жыл бұрын

Please do an episode on Kirat/Kiranti Empire. It was from eastern part of Indian subcontinent and quite underrated. Most Indians haven't ever heard of it.

@mrwersa1 3 жыл бұрын

Far cry 4. Kirat is Nepali right?

@aryanchakraborty5175 2 жыл бұрын

Mittani itself was ruled by Indians , Indians don't know about that too

@Amen-Magi 8 ай бұрын

They iranic people

@Shiva-nx1tn 2 ай бұрын

@@Amen-Maginope they have hindu na.es and gods

@lorijohnson9230 5 жыл бұрын

awesome job.. thank you

@TheKravixon 3 жыл бұрын

True. I'm interested in ancient history and I've never heard of them before your bronze age collapse video.

@williamkartatar4759 5 жыл бұрын

I think hittites(Hattuşa) and ancient egypt(akheneta,tutankhamen period) is the best.

@norgepalm7315 5 жыл бұрын

Are

@Corteggy 5 жыл бұрын

Bronze age

@sanjak689 4 жыл бұрын

I like Phoenicia and Assyria

@dominikfraaanjuan 3 жыл бұрын

Akhenaten wasn't that good tho, due to the fact he's simp to his own god "Aten", he carried a decline to his dynasty(although the dynasty still survive for a long time)

@th3on3fr33m4n 5 жыл бұрын

Regarding this video - amazing job with the history of the Mitanni as it occurred after they established their state, and amazing artwork as always - but I am a tad bit disappointed that you did not bring up their origins as an Indo-Aryan charioteering elite who probably arrived as mercenaries in response to the destabilization brought about the Hittite rampage through Mesopotamia that culminated in the sacking of Babylon.

@JohnnySins-tx9hi 5 жыл бұрын

So they were not Semitic. Interesting.

@fick2637 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for bringing this up, I was also disappointed it was never mentioned that they were a Indo-Aryan people ruling over Hurrians.

@ZeeZee9 2 жыл бұрын

I believe it is indo-Iranian. Not indo-aryan.

@AKumar528 2 жыл бұрын

@@ZeeZee9 not Indo Iranian. Indo Aryan. They worshipped Vedic gods and had knowledge of Mahabharata and Ramayana. Their place names and kings names prove so

@donalddude7568 2 жыл бұрын

@@AKumar528 Iranians are also Indo Aryans. The old Persian language is almost identical to Vedic Sanskrit.

@janineharrison5186 5 жыл бұрын

So glad we have this information. I had never heard about them before this video.

@davuluribenhar4538 4 жыл бұрын

Very good analysis

@irvenman 5 жыл бұрын

Never heard of Mittani before despite having an Egyptian history phase a few years back.

@piperar2014 5 жыл бұрын

When I was an active Dungeons & Dragons player, I toyed with the idea of setting the game in the Bronze Age Near East. But I knew little about the history of the region (real or mythical) and my friends knew less.

@toofastforyall8590 4 жыл бұрын

I love your videos!

@nyctiphaes 5 жыл бұрын

Love your videos, really do. I think you d boost your production value tremendously if you would invest in 2 things, 1st better mic/input device and 2nd constant volume in the way you speak. Your voice drops in volume/register while you narrate halfways through a sentence and that makes it difficult to understand without cranking the volume up. Keep up the awesome work!

@RC15O5 5 жыл бұрын

Never heard of the Mittani, though it is only in the past two weeks that I have been exploring the pre-Achaemenid Empire world. Not nearly as obscure for hobby historians as other things listed here, but I find the history of the Roman Empire exiled in Greece (later called the Byzantine Empire) to be fascinating and completely obscure when brought up in everyday conversations, though I am glad that in recent years the subject has been getting more light. Another interest of mine would have to be the ancient peoples of the USA and the variant Eurasian Steppe folk.

@pashewtaimur3929 2 жыл бұрын

Kurdish empire

@blueworld9706 2 жыл бұрын

@@pashewtaimur3929 sanskrit vedic empire not iranic

@Hsywb Жыл бұрын

@@pashewtaimur3929 vedic hinduism ancient indian empire, they are invoking ancient hindu vedic Gods like Indra, Agni etc, so obviously they are not Kurdish

@salem353 Жыл бұрын

who is sanskrit vedic empire ?

@salem353 Жыл бұрын

who is vedic hinduism ancient indian empire ?

@kanhaibhatt913 Жыл бұрын

Indo Aryan not Indo-iranian.

@AuthorOMWills 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing vid!

@princet1492 5 жыл бұрын

This video is awesome!!!

@redoberon 5 жыл бұрын

we know relatively a lot of stuff about greece, egypt, the phoenicians... but most of the civilizations they drank from are mostly uncharted to us and probably will be forever. There is something mysterious and fascinating yet tragic about that...

@jokesterthemighty227 5 жыл бұрын

You wrote EGPYT instead of Egypt at the map

@EpimetheusHistory 5 жыл бұрын

!...That is semi-Embarrassing...and I was starring at that map for hours and it is giant letters

@worsethanjoerogan8061 5 жыл бұрын

You mean there was no egg pit empire? :O

@ReasonAboveEverything 5 жыл бұрын

Epimetheus Shit happens

@paul5899 5 жыл бұрын

Easy mistake! Content still amazing

@Tethloach1 5 жыл бұрын

lol" EGG PYT" lol

@6526256 5 жыл бұрын

thanks for you efforts

@Marcusjnmc 5 жыл бұрын

thanks for sharing

@CountlessPWNZ 5 жыл бұрын

age of empires 1 demo campaign, they were the antagonists against the protagonist Hittites.

@dashsocur 5 жыл бұрын

There's not a lot of information known about them even today but I find the Mississippian state centered on Cahokia (near modern St. Louis, MO) to be interesting. During the time of the Crusades, Cahokia was larger than London but by the time European explorers made to the area it had virtually disappeared from memory.

@AKumar528 2 жыл бұрын

There's plenty of information, but only if Western historians take non Greek histories from India Tibet chinna etc seriously. We have plenty of books talking about kings introducing civilisation at that same time in the same region. Including of year specific astronomical signs and cycles.

@dashsocur 2 жыл бұрын

@@AKumar528 Histories from India, Tibet, and China talking about a Native American state in the middle of the North American continent? I'm skeptical of the claim but interested in learning more. :) (Or were you replying to the video about the Mitanni and accidentally replied to my comment about Cahokia?)

@opensourceworldviews 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the very informative video. Glad to know more about them. Had classes on this, but yours gets quick to the heart of all these places. Great channel! Perhaps you could explore the macro-level conflicts, e.g. the semitic empires relationship to the various Indo- European ones. I suppose the IE people might have invented the chariot, but hadn't thought about the spoked versions till now.

@jdog820208 5 жыл бұрын

First I have ever heard of them and I am a historian! Thanks for sharing!

@sidhardhansunilkumar8763 5 жыл бұрын

It's so strange the names of the kings sound so sanskrit. When I first heard the name Tushratta I thought it was some kind of an ancient indian king

@adityanawani8134 4 жыл бұрын

Sidhardhan Sunilkumar What is strange in it? It is an accepted fact that Mittanis were Indo-Aryans.

@alisalman1062 4 жыл бұрын

Sidhardhan Sunilkumar they were indo Aryans . They worshipped same gods Indra varuna mitra Agni etc what Vedic Indians did . When indo Europeans migrated from Eurasian steppes one group of indo Aryans went to Syria and other to India. Other indo Europeans migrated to Europe and Iran

@anthonyfox585 4 жыл бұрын

That makes alot of sense, they are both Indo European and more specifically they are from Indo Aryan sub group of Indo Europeans not to mention it was still relatively early in divergence of the group where part went to India, another to Iran and another to Syria, meanwhile others went to Europe in the west and some as far east as western china, this is why there are still to this day so many similarities between the language's from northern india to western Europe, we are from the same people originally, even the traditional pre christian religions of western Europe have alot of similarities to dharmic religions

@alisalman1062 4 жыл бұрын

Anthony Fox Indo Aryans, though shared similar language, seemed to be multi ethnic and multi cultured .

@anthonyfox585 4 жыл бұрын

@@alisalman1062 true I guess I always just assumed that they must have mixed with people who were already living in the lands they would later settle and that they'd take on some of these peoples characteristics

@scherinmo9569 4 жыл бұрын

Mitanni was Indo-European. It is believed that the Kurdish people are their descendants. A few weeks ago they found a 3,500 year old palace in Iraqi Kurdistan.

@danielcuenco2550 4 жыл бұрын

is why im here hehe sicence alert

@philregaz599 4 жыл бұрын

Nope. They were assimilated by assyria way before kurdish nationalism even came in the minds of kurds. Kurds are not descendants of the mitanni, at least not mostly.

@scherinmo9569 4 жыл бұрын

Phil Bedarius that is not true, both are from 2 complete different ethnicities, if they were assimilated, their language wouldn’t have been known. You are right, there was no Kurdish nationalism but you can’t really say that Mitanni was not Kurdish

@ag7736 4 жыл бұрын

@@philregaz599 Dou you know Nono Gomes ?lol The Mitanniens are Kurds ancestors. Kurds are indoiranien proto indoeuropeans people. While Assyriens are semitic people like Arabs.

@aryanchakraborty5175 2 жыл бұрын

They were Indo Aryans not Indo Europeans

@Stratplayer05 5 жыл бұрын

I don't know if I could pick a single favorite, but it definitely seems like about time that someone in the historical KZfaq community does something on the Zapotecs.

@buddhabillybob 5 жыл бұрын

Good stuff!

@levgar5457 5 жыл бұрын

This is my favorite time period.

@S-Nova0 5 жыл бұрын

Video on Urartu?

@icantthinkofaname940b2 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for doing this video. The Mitanni are a fascinating civilization and deserve their place among the great bronze age empires.

@zagroszardashty7283 2 ай бұрын

@dennisaur66 2 жыл бұрын

I can't get enough of this guy's voice. So soothing.

@BaldPolishBiotechnol 5 жыл бұрын

Urartu was one of the least known, yet so interesting ones. Its descendands still live on in the Caucasus, known as the Armenians. On the other end of the sea there was Tartessos, a city state of a mysterious history, although not an empire.