You probably didn’t know about this Ancient Kingdom that lasted for more than 363 years!(Characene) 141BC - 222 AD (The last Hellenistic state)
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@pumaconcolor28553 жыл бұрын
"kerosene went up in flames"
@Void_Dweller73 жыл бұрын
It was a pleasure to burn
@johnmanno20523 жыл бұрын
Ikr?
@TY-km8hj3 жыл бұрын
As it should
@tlaiful3 жыл бұрын
I think a series on obscure kingdoms would be a good idea. Do one on Champa
@shanbhagrohan3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Another one i suggest is Khotan, a Scythian Buddhist kingdom in modern day xinjiang that survived till 1066
@tzufbb3 жыл бұрын
Even better is to lecture on New Qing Historical narrative on the Jurchin Jin Kingdom The Xia Tanguts and also the Yuan Mongols
@minera75953 жыл бұрын
South East Asain got many interesting history, but it was overlooked a lot too
@pompacitokmakci3 жыл бұрын
Another suggestion:Zengid Kingdom,which started a serious struggle against the Crusades for the first time(see Siege of Edessa)
@Ake-TL3 жыл бұрын
Champa is obscure? I thought it was one of big players in SE Asia
@thomasrinschler67833 жыл бұрын
Apparently when Trajan reached Charax in 116 (which is the furthest any Roman Emperor ever reached in this direction) and saw the ships heading to and from India, he wept, since unlike Alexander he was likely to old to ever conquer that far east.
@Sealdeam3 жыл бұрын
@@kesorangutan6170 Might had been more harmful for the romans had they choosen to stay, I think Hadrian wisely withdrew at the right time, conquer a land is very different to actually hold it and a good deal of their success was due the Parthians being in the middle of a civil war but there were revolts in roman territory at the time the war was happening which in part did not allowed them to defeat Parthia in a decisive manner, under those circumstances it was better not to try to hold those conquests so far into hostile territory .
@Sealdeam3 жыл бұрын
@Basileus Belisarius I do not quite get the meaning of what you said, could you clarify please?
@Sealdeam3 жыл бұрын
@Basileus Belisarius Yes I agree, that's why I think Hadrian was wise to take that decision, Trajan had just conquered Dacia a some years before and during the war against Parthia a huge bloody revolt called the Kitos War happened, the romans still had some work to do within their own borders before trying to pursue vain dreams to imitate Alexander.
@Sealdeam3 жыл бұрын
@@kesorangutan6170 I think the thing with Dacia had to be done, they were a powerful kingdom right there in their border and had already achieved some measure of success in a previous war agains the romans so they had to go, dealing with them was something the romans had in their things to do even since the times of Caesar, once Trajan conquered the kingdom he did not completely annexed it, part of it was added to the empire and the rest was abandoned which to me means that even someone as ambitious Trajan was not solely focused in mindless expansion but at least in this case it was a way to strengthening what they already had. To me in a similar manner had they choosen to abandon Britannia to pursue expansion in the East they would had debilitated their border in Gaul which already limited with Germania. As I see things further expansion to the East, either abandoning these provinces or not, would had meant spreading themselves too thinly maybe inviting a war similar to the one Marcus Aurelius had to fight decades later.
@scintillam_dei3 жыл бұрын
You can play as the Romans and conquer Parthia in my realistic map of the Near East and Mediterranean. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l7-pa5Ogz9nSmmQ.html
@memofromessex3 жыл бұрын
Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosphorus, arguably the longest surviving Hellenised kingdom (c. 438 BC - c. 370 AD)
@HVLLOWS19993 жыл бұрын
Did Rome annex them or were they a client kingdom/vassal?
@haraldus4023 жыл бұрын
@@HVLLOWS1999 It is united with the Kingdom of Pount of Mithridates VI, before the Roman annexion This is a protectorate in the Roman era
@Sealdeam3 жыл бұрын
I do not remember if this one was one of them but some of the kingdoms of the region were ruled by descendants of Marcus Antonius and Cleopatra, one of them well into the Late Empire when Augustus' bloodline had long fallen into obscurity, but to be fair to Augustus with only one daughter his own actually actually lasted a decent amount of time.
@liteyagami64803 жыл бұрын
@Victor Mace absolute bullshit. Look at the statues and the language and the culture of the Greeks. They are not Egyptians. Although of course they have been influenced by the Egyptian culture. But stop saying such a nonsense there is no proof to your claim lol.
@saguntum-iberian-greekkons70143 жыл бұрын
Yeah i was thinking the same about this Kingdom
@TheIraqiforce3 жыл бұрын
I’m Iraqi from the south who has a deep interest in my region. I never heard of this before! Thank you for sharing
@scintillam_dei3 жыл бұрын
Prove you're deeply interested by checking out your region in my realistic map of the ancient world for the original Age of Empires. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l7-pa5Ogz9nSmmQ.html
@smitprmr3 жыл бұрын
Is Bassra at the same place is this ceresene?
@TheIraqiforce3 жыл бұрын
@@smitprmr coast lines have been changing arround what used to be Basra so Around the Sumerians time it was the deep sea part of the gulf. So I guess depending on the coast lines at the time you would be right in saying Basra :) (I’m from there btw)
@smitprmr3 жыл бұрын
@@TheIraqiforce must be a prosporous city since its the only port city in modern day Iraq. I am from India btw
@TheIraqiforce3 жыл бұрын
@@smitprmr You have no idea. In the 60s and 70s it was the richest city in Iraq. Many Indians and south Asians were working and they had nice houses, my mum’s neighbours when she was little were all Indians it was good times but Iraq unfortunately is now a failed state since 2003 and ruled by Iran who have caused nothing but destruction and interference with our country.
@Smartacus983 жыл бұрын
I was literally just reading about Charax Spasinou when I got the notification for this video. Weird.
@94SwedishGuy3 жыл бұрын
Must be Illuminati, can't be anything else
@maaz3223 жыл бұрын
perhaps your ancestor was a merchant king
@silentslayergaming84693 жыл бұрын
Google is always spying.
@saguntum-iberian-greekkons70143 жыл бұрын
*Suspense music*
@haitham15533 жыл бұрын
as an iraqi I'm absolutely sad to see that what was the "Netherlands" of the ancient world is now having 45% of it population under poverty😓.
@scintillam_dei3 жыл бұрын
Hey. I'm Honduran, a Spaniard, and I plan to learn Akkadian and Aramaic. I love Assyria, Babylon and Sumeria. Check out my map of the ancient world for Age of Empires. I made sure to fit Sumeria. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l7-pa5Ogz9nSmmQ.html
@omgyeaXD3 жыл бұрын
Probably something to do with the start of Islam.
@Amar903 жыл бұрын
@@omgyeaXD lol Islam had nothing to do with it. Iraq has been Muslim for 1400 years!!! And Baghdad was the centre of the world for 500 years! Please do your homework before spreading hate
@omgyeaXD3 жыл бұрын
@@Amar90 I know islam was founded in 7th century ce. At least 400 years after Characene. I also know their religion holds them back economically. Anti-intellectualism and anti-science being the main factors. Excluding women from education also has economic concequences.
@smitprmr3 жыл бұрын
@@omgyeaXD Also they live on borrowed technology from the west.
@kevanlannister36723 жыл бұрын
Epimetheus: You probably didn't know about this kingdom Me who has played almost 2000 hours with the extended timeline mod: Are you sure about that?
@infinitememegod3 жыл бұрын
Is that mod THAT replayable?
@kevanlannister36723 жыл бұрын
@@infinitememegod definitly
@bahaigpt3 жыл бұрын
Well played, eu4
@scintillam_dei3 жыл бұрын
@@bahaigpt Is that the game where you imagine fights and don't actually fight?
@user-te9vx8bx8y3 жыл бұрын
@@scintillam_dei What, unlike the game where you either sit and go pew pew with canister for 30 minutes or slam the back of the brain dead AI with cav for 30 minutes?
@arianrezaie47293 жыл бұрын
My favourite obscure kingdom are the Shirvanshahs who were a group of Persianised Arabs descendants of the Sassanians who ruled in the Caucasus in the modern country of Azarbijan until the late 16th century Maybe you would like to do a video of the different Sassanian and Parthian descendants of the middle east after the Islamic conquests?
@ShaheenJc3 жыл бұрын
That’s why Azerbaijanis are turkified Persians.
@Ake-TL3 жыл бұрын
@@ShaheenJc not the other way around?
@pompacitokmakci3 жыл бұрын
@@ShaheenJc Shirvanshahids were Persian Speaking Arabs and they ruled small part of azerbaijan not whole azerbaijan
@arianrezaie47293 жыл бұрын
@@pompacitokmakci they ruled almost all of Northern Azarbijan up to darband in daghestan
@arianrezaie47293 жыл бұрын
@@ShaheenJc well not all of them but close enough
@SithLord20663 жыл бұрын
lol 3:43 so basically they were the masters of strategically surrendering to a greater military power on favorable terms
@EpimetheusHistory3 жыл бұрын
Haha yup...they mastered the Art of the Strategic surrender. They seemed to think when not too weak and not too powerful is the perfect time to negotiate giving up.
@respublica43733 жыл бұрын
@@EpimetheusHistory To be fair, it clearly worked for them. 363 is above average for survival.
@underarock94473 жыл бұрын
Proto France
@ehsan_iq Жыл бұрын
@@EpimetheusHistory the population of this kingdom was mainly arab, and Pliny the elder called the ruler/founder of the kingdom, as the king of arabs. Something which you haven’t mentioned in this video…
@Amar903 жыл бұрын
Wow I’m Mesopotamian and I have never heard of this Kingdom. Thank you so much for covering Iraq’s history to the world. 🇮🇶♥️
@benyaminderakhshanzadeh1949 Жыл бұрын
Akkads were not arabs
@benyaminderakhshanzadeh1949 Жыл бұрын
Akkad empire
@shimonaskehaz95052 ай бұрын
@@benyaminderakhshanzadeh1949this empire was an Arab empire , has nothing to do with the aakkadians
@futureshock3823 жыл бұрын
imagine youre a king of a prosperous kingdom strategically using diplomacy and trade to survive in one of the most hotly contested areas of the world and people in 2020 are just like haha cute little obscure footnote kingdom lol
@jasonmartin47753 жыл бұрын
Think of it like the netherlands. In several centuries people may say the same thing about it.
@hussienbintalal913 жыл бұрын
The Arabic name of that kingdom is ميسان (maysen),know in Iraq we have a governorate called by that name its located south east near the Iranian borders.
@henrykkeszenowicz46643 жыл бұрын
Last time I was this early, Assyria wasn't formed yet.
@LuisAldamiz3 жыл бұрын
You mean the island, right? Enjoy your ferns, dinosaur...
@scintillam_dei3 жыл бұрын
@@LuisAldamiz Dinosaurs never existed as I prove in my series on the politically-incorrect history of atheism. :-)
@LuisAldamiz3 жыл бұрын
@@scintillam_dei - Oh, really? Then it must be dragons, yay! Much better! LOL
@LuisAldamiz3 жыл бұрын
Oh, you edited your comment and now I don't recall to what I was replying. Last time I was so late the USA had already collapsed, I guess.
@scintillam_dei3 жыл бұрын
@@LuisAldamiz Snakes when they had legs AKA the dragons are not a contradiction of reality, but my series proves that the Barney myth you promote contradicts reality and itself.
@renuduner23 жыл бұрын
"scholarly speculation" what a nice phrase for angry nerd yelling XD
@HistorywithCy3 жыл бұрын
Nice, thanks for exposing us to this little gem of a place. Great stuff!
@Darth_Enigma3 жыл бұрын
As of today I've lasted 23 years, awesome you uploaded this on my birthday 🎂🎉
@EpimetheusHistory3 жыл бұрын
Happy Birthday! :)
@Darth_Enigma3 жыл бұрын
@@EpimetheusHistory Thank you! I enjoyed the video 👍
@garabic86883 жыл бұрын
My Favorite obscure kingdom is Sealand. The one that existed south of Babylon
@EpimetheusHistory3 жыл бұрын
+ Sealand is a really cool name
@LuisAldamiz3 жыл бұрын
It's so obscure that it doesn't even exist.
@Doberdobax3 жыл бұрын
@S E most likely not
@LuisAldamiz3 жыл бұрын
@S E - A modern one I know, although it's still quite imaginary, a childish game on an abandoned oil platform. But that's not what Garabic is talking about: he's making it up.
@archdukerichard71003 жыл бұрын
@@LuisAldamiz I think he meant the Sealand Dynasty of Babylon?
@yoloswaggins15793 жыл бұрын
New strategy unlocked: Surrender on favorable terms.
@user-zz8ll5ry7r3 жыл бұрын
Could Phrygia be considered an obscure kingdom?
@1perspective2863 жыл бұрын
Maybe not obscure, but certainly underappreciated.
@user-zz8ll5ry7r3 жыл бұрын
@@1perspective286 It deserves a video, though...
@1perspective2863 жыл бұрын
@@user-zz8ll5ry7r 100% agreed. The Greeks mention Phrygia a lot, but usually as a footnote.
@45calibermedic3 жыл бұрын
It would be a great topic. An ancient Europe-Anatolia connection that existed before the age of Greek colonization...
@aguy67713 жыл бұрын
Lydia aswell
@ninokaah15913 жыл бұрын
6 views, 8 likes. That's how good this is
@EpimetheusHistory3 жыл бұрын
:D I like that ratio
@rinnest3 жыл бұрын
Last time I was this early, Troy was only a legend
@underarock94473 жыл бұрын
Characene: "we are masters of surrendering" France: "hold my Champagne"
@scintillam_dei3 жыл бұрын
It's a tactical postponing of control, not a surrender, you noobite.
@underarock94473 жыл бұрын
@@scintillam_dei tactical getting scurred
@olumluhayatbugunvarsinyari13263 жыл бұрын
Pls continue this serie(unknown or underrated empires,kingdoms,dynasties etc.)
@Armorius21993 жыл бұрын
Great content as always, never heard of that kingdom even as I am a Greek. Could you do perhaps a documentary on the Empire of Trebizond or the Principality of Theodoro (Gothia), the last vestiges of the Roman Empire.
@scintillam_dei3 жыл бұрын
Check out Hellas in my realistic map of the ancient world for the original Age of Empires. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l7-pa5Ogz9nSmmQ.html I plan to learn classical and biblical Greek. I'm Spanish, and glad that Spanish sounds like Greek to a great degree. Mediterranean glory is extreme.
@ali-haider57886 ай бұрын
Im an iraqi and i never heared about it my self 😂 Iraq have a good realations with greeks since the beggining of time 🇮🇶❤🇬🇷
@johnfricker62923 жыл бұрын
Me and the boys out here strategically surrendering in KeRoSeNe, sorry don't know how to spell but like the kingdom not the oil.
@lazardiwongjogja3 жыл бұрын
I just know about the existence of this kingdom only a month ago, when I'm studying the history of Kuwait for my coursework on West Asian History class. An interesting kingdom indeed. As for my favorite obscure kingdom, I'd say Tambralinga. It's a Buddhist Malay kingdom centered around today's Nakhon si Thammarat in Southern Thailand, and was a former member of the Srivijayan mandala. For a brief time in the 13th century, Tambralinga under King Chandrabhanu (1230-1263) was one of the most powerful states in Southeast Asia. According to an inscription left by Chandrabhanu, Tambralinga's rule extended to all of the Malay Peninsular kingdoms. But the most interesting is, Tambralinga once launched a naval invasion to Ceylon. Yes, that Ceylon, Sri Lanka. And it's quite successful. A Tambralingan colony led by Chandrabhanu himself thrived for more than 10 years in the northern part of the island, before finally subjugated by the Kingdom of Pandya in a series of invasions in late 13th century. I recommend you to read more about this fascinating, underrated kingdom.
@scintillam_dei3 жыл бұрын
So it's like the Asian version of Normandy, settled by outsiders and then went off to conquer a famous people who influenced the realm prior?
@peterleonard493 жыл бұрын
Ny favorite little kingdom, not many have heard of it, is "Rome". Yeah, I know. Look it up it's pretty cool
@zeriyx3 жыл бұрын
i don't know her
@Alorand3 жыл бұрын
I hear it really went downhill once they stopped being a Kingdom.
@synkkamaan13313 жыл бұрын
Poor buggers! They never stood a chance against the Samnites, and the Greeks, and the Gauls.
@gorgon66803 жыл бұрын
Do a video on the kingdoms of Commagene, Sophene, Osroene, Atropatene, Gordiene and Araba next please.
@diegoidepersia3 жыл бұрын
All the ene kingdoms
@diegoidepersia3 жыл бұрын
ye forgot Adiabene though
@sahhaf12343 жыл бұрын
All the little hellenistic kingdoms after Alexander would be very interesting. Corduene, Sophene, Commagene, Adiabene, Osrohene, Atropatene, Cappadocia, Bithynia and what not..
@sahhaf12342 жыл бұрын
@Muslim terrisost Well, I mean kingdoms of the hellenistic period... Commagene was very hellenistic, though, as I can say from their art.. Many of these kingdoms were either armenian or aramean..
@JonWintersGold3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for bringing awareness to the Kingdom of Kerosene.
@Number1Irishlad3 жыл бұрын
This is really interesting, thank you for bringing attention to this lesser known kingdom. I have a video request (or maybe a response if a its not enough for a video): history of Rhodes? I cant find much on any prominent Rhodian figures aside from a few admirals and Memnon, and would love to know more
@Doberdobax3 жыл бұрын
That’d be cool^^
@Number1Irishlad3 жыл бұрын
@@Doberdobax ey im glad its not just me, i was worried id be like the only one who wants this 😅
@scintillam_dei3 жыл бұрын
I plan to learn Irish. You better learn it or be ashamed that a Spaniard will know your language, if you don't already know it, which most don't.
@Number1Irishlad3 жыл бұрын
@@scintillam_dei what on earth are you on about? That doesnt relate to my comment at all
@scintillam_dei3 жыл бұрын
@@Number1Irishlad I'm just trying to encourage you to learn Gaelic since I want the Irish to speak Irish. Your username is "Number1Irishlad." That's relevant, and you act like it's not.
@arcanumviator3 жыл бұрын
You should make a video on Lakhmids and Tanukhids, I think it will be interesting to hear how desert dwellers shaped a kingdom in between of the superpowers.
@barrymoore4470 Жыл бұрын
The Ghassanids, long rivals to the Lakhmids, would also be an interesting subject for investigation.
@minera75953 жыл бұрын
Some lesser-known history idea : Himalayan Region (Tibet, Phutan) Sri Lanka Caucasian (Georgia, Armenia) West African (Malian, Songhai, Ghana) Post-Genghis Khan Mongolian Empire
@dkm43383 жыл бұрын
I like the idea of Tibet and Caucasia
@wellplayed60613 жыл бұрын
his armenia video might be titled urartu, but it already exists
@tommy-er6hh3 жыл бұрын
West African (Malian, Songhai, Ghana) - have you seen this video? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h7WVq7igtcmaiYk.html it is by "From Nothing" who specialized in African History.
@scintillam_dei3 жыл бұрын
The SAGVNTVM city-state thing of the ancient Iberians (my ancestors) is worth investigating.
@scintillam_dei3 жыл бұрын
@@tommy-er6hh Thanks for the suggestion. I am interested in Africa a lot. I want to learn Swahili, Zulu and Amharic, and I want to make a realistic map of Africa for Age of Empires 2.
@MickeyMouse-ef4ez3 жыл бұрын
Do a video on the obscure khwarezm kingdom the one that Genghis Khan destroyed.
@ChevyChase3013 жыл бұрын
They are a very funny dynasty. After they beat the Seljuks they literally lost against all their neighbors but somehow beat them all (ghurids, kara khanids) but the mongols put them in the dirt however remnants of their army travelled from Iran to Gugurat and Punjab and later to Mesopotamia and later Egypt where they took Jerusalem from the crusaders
@BoqPrecision3 жыл бұрын
Khwarezm was not obscure...it was a big relevant kingdom but bad diplomacy vs the Mongols.
@tzufbb3 жыл бұрын
What about all the forgotten kingdoms in the Gobi desert before it became Xinjiang 新疆
@GilangRabbani3 жыл бұрын
The Gobi was in northern China and Mongolia; I think you meant the oasis city-state kingdoms of the Tarim Basin in the Taklamakan desert.
@scintillam_dei3 жыл бұрын
@@GilangRabbani Realistic Far East Map with the Gobi and Taklamakan for the Mongols, Chinese, Turks and others to fight for. Age of Empires 2. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/edOdqaeJ2amXiok.html
@ravindarkambient71833 жыл бұрын
Content like this stimulates my curiosity. I can't get enough history to begin with, but hearing about overlooked places and events has me digging further left and right. You can never tell a nation's story in 6 minutes, but those short minutes are enough to give context and make people want to learn and do some exploration and reading of their own, and that is usually beneficial to anyone for a lifetime. Lots of thanks to you Epimetheus for your work and sharing your passion with all.
@1perspective2863 жыл бұрын
The very first video I started watching on this channel was the one on the Mitanni, who I had heard almost nothing about. I could see this being a very long lasting series, there are so many obscure countries and cultures that deserve to be studied, particularly in the Bronze and Iron ages.
@alexmag3423 жыл бұрын
Would love to see you cover the iranian oasis kingdom of Khadgar/Shule and its several other neighbouring Iranian oasis kingdoms, in where now is Xinjiang
@tommy-er6hh3 жыл бұрын
I suggest Adiabene for a video, another Parthian vassal state in north Mesopotamia about the same time as Characene. It was where some of the Lost Tribes of Isreal had been settled by the Assyrians centuries before - and where the ruler converted to Judiaism, crossed border to go to roman Jerusalem for a feast - just in time to die in the roman seige of Jerusalem in the great Jewish revolt of 70 AD.
@emmanuelc.y.s52723 жыл бұрын
Another interesting video! Would be glad and waiting for the next one!
@mooeminou3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for more uploads!!❤❤
@g3th_3 жыл бұрын
I love it when you explore obscure or less known pieces of history. I would love it if this became a mainstream series on this channel. Great work anyway!
@VictorianTimeTraveler3 жыл бұрын
You're right until now I had never heard of Charosene Thank You.
@Duckopotomus3 жыл бұрын
This is actually very interesting to know about as I am working on an alternate history with friends involving an early Roman collapse. Definitely would enjoy more short videos like this about obscure kingdoms, maybe one about Tamil Nadu?
@LuisAldamiz3 жыл бұрын
Do you mean the Chola Empire?
@Duckopotomus3 жыл бұрын
@@LuisAldamiz Yes I do, thanks for the correction.
@alangervasis3 жыл бұрын
Can you pls do a video on the Ghassanids? Not much informative videos on them exist.
@BenSHammonds11 ай бұрын
as always I have enjoyed your program and all of your efforts are appreciated
@ChevyChase3013 жыл бұрын
Kings of Persis are also interesting. Ancient sources show a revolt in the Seleucid empire by Greeks and Thracian settled in Persia and the Seleucid kings used Persians to put it down
@timurthelamest56303 жыл бұрын
Under which King did this take place? Lol
@ChevyChase3013 жыл бұрын
@@timurthelamest5630 I believe Seleukos 1 or Antiochus 1 Polyaenus describes122 the Seleucid military settlement in Persia as inclusive of Thracians, an assertion corroborated by Polybius’ description of the Persian archers at Raphia as serving under the same commander as a Thracian contingent, as discussed above.
@lllLoko3 жыл бұрын
The Pre-Mongol and Pre-Arab Middle Eastern and Central Asian histories are some of the most fascinating.
@hirvielain90133 жыл бұрын
0:16 I had to check if the kerosene name came from Characene but no, it's from Greek κηρός (keros) meaning "wax".
@DATA-qt3nb3 жыл бұрын
Hmmm, If it interests you maybe a video on the Odrysians of Thrace or possibly even something about the Pre Carthaginian/Roman ruled iberian peoples? Love the channel man!
@luizsa83003 жыл бұрын
Your voice has a relaxing, soothing effect. Can you please make a video about the Roman client state of Commagene on the Upper Euphrates?
@PalmettoNDN3 жыл бұрын
I loved the informative video. Thanks!
@richardcharay77883 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed, thanks!
@safeysmith67203 жыл бұрын
That was awesome! Thank you! My favourite obscure kingdom is Brittany!
@3Iraq3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for mentioning the history of the country of Iraq ❤❤❤
@zimmerlicker3 жыл бұрын
awesome video, do one on Cornwall, it was its own kingdom for a while way back:-)
@tulsatrash3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this brief overview of Characene. I didn't know they were a thing before now. Given how long they lasted I imagine their culture changed a lot over time.
@corey84203 жыл бұрын
Liked the video as always! Suggestion, periodically flash and overlay of current map of current country boarders, would have made it more easy to track.. perhaps every time the boarders shifted,..I don't know just a thought 🤔
@HoundofOdin3 жыл бұрын
My favorite obscure kingdom is Tlaxcala, the close to home rival of the Aztec Empire.
@aguy67713 жыл бұрын
love obscure kingdoms, samo's empire and elymais would be good ones next if you make this a series
@royharel21473 жыл бұрын
Awesome video on such an obscure topic!
@historicastafiilyy15883 жыл бұрын
Really appreciate ur channel it's just awesome keep on like that :) Can you make a video about the history of Malta and Maltese people ? We have a very interesting and complex history
@moritztabor78043 жыл бұрын
Nice video as always and very informative. I hope you're doing good, buddy. Keep it up.
@amasulem3 жыл бұрын
Nice poetry in the last Hellenistic kingdom falling to the Persians.
@brucewayne41283 жыл бұрын
Could you do a video on the Saka, Sogdian or Tocharians?
@ifgwelf3 жыл бұрын
Do you have videos on the Greco Bactrian Empire? I think it'd be an interesting topic
@joaogilbertomarques88823 жыл бұрын
So glad to have you. Burma next maybe?
@donaldgetta47073 жыл бұрын
my favorite obscure Kingdom / Empire is Palmyra maybe not so obscure but i love that they were able to rival rome for a time
@alexmag3423 жыл бұрын
They didn't really rival Rome at all, they were absolutely obliterated by Aurelian without even breaking a sweat.
@Squirrel-Hermit3 жыл бұрын
Every time epimethius posts, I always get excited
@ibeam063 жыл бұрын
Love the content man
@EpimetheusHistory3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@saamarfinyan79793 жыл бұрын
the ppl who lived in kingdom of mishan still exist as the mandayan and the city itself still hold the same name as misan , thank you very much for this video
@timothyprzemyski33353 жыл бұрын
Awesome videos there love them good job 👍🏻
@timothyprzemyski33353 жыл бұрын
Also I have question for you I have your heard of the war of the heavenly horses well it’s a battle between Nomadic tribes (possibly the Bactrian Greeks) and the Han dynasty if you don’t know research more in Wikipedia where it has some answers there
@Whobgobblin2 жыл бұрын
Just sending a comment out into the ether but I love this channel I love the maps and the brief histories of societies often overlooked or only passingly mentioned
@bendahara82843 жыл бұрын
It's 11 pm here (in my country) and I'm also about to sleep...but it's okay I can wait to watch your video
@rezak23 жыл бұрын
You should do a video on the Khazars they are criminally underrated and also very interesting
@rezak23 жыл бұрын
@Omry G indeed
@rezak23 жыл бұрын
@@RandyStrader i have watched it but it would be interesting to see a different perspective on it
@shelltowee86293 жыл бұрын
Love these, what I call history shorts, just enough for a break at work!!
@mshaqed25383 жыл бұрын
My favorite obscure state is the Omani empire. Ot was established when the forces of the Omani imamate (the state that existed in inner Oman of most of it's history) expelled the portuguese from the city of Muscat and united inner and outer oman. The empire went on to build a large fleet, with which they raided and attack the portuguese, and ended up taking all of their african holdings outside of Mozambique, which was one of the reasons that led to the collapse of portuguese naval dominamce in the indian ocean. After that, Oman also captured and seized most of southeren Yemen (including the port city of Aden), most of the arabian side of the persian gulf, the Zanzibar archipelego, and even a stronghold in modern day pakistan. Oman came to dominate east africa and the slave trade in the region, and even participate in the Napoleonic wars on the side of Britain, gaining access to big chuncks of the persian coast of the gulf (Persia stood with Napoleon). In it's height, Oman controlled a territory stretching from the tip of Somalia to the modern day border with Mozambique, with extra territories in most of the gulf, and in most of southern arabia. Oman even tried to establise an alliance with the United States as a check to the growing british influence in east africa and in Omani affairs. After sultan Said bin Sultan died in 1856, the empire collapse in a civil war between his sons, which led to the dissolution of the empire, and to the creation of the sultanates of Zanzibar and Muscat and Oman. Both stated then fell under stronger and stronger British influance, which resulted in both of the states becoming British protectorates, and to the expansion of Britain into the Persian gulf. In 1958, the ruler of Oman ,Said bin Taimur, sold Gwadar (the Omani stronghold in the area to pakistan) to Pakistan in exchange of 1 million dollars, finally ending the Omani empire for good. I really love this empire because it was the only arab colonial empire, and it was an impressive effort compared to the side and population of Oman. Please do a video on them.
@thesnake26203 жыл бұрын
I would love to see a video about Roman crimea
@KeithR20023 жыл бұрын
please do one on ancient sri lanka/sri lankan history. it offers a unique relief from the neighboring indian history
@soso-zz9qf3 жыл бұрын
Would love for you to do one on the Mossi kingdoms :)
@saratmodugu40003 жыл бұрын
Do the Comanche empire. It's a huge native american empire technially. This book oughta help you. The Comanche Empire by Pekka Hämäläinen
@Alfred_Leonhart3 жыл бұрын
Dude that last name has too many umlauts for my liking
@saratmodugu40003 жыл бұрын
@@Alfred_Leonhart tf is an umlaut
@jevinliu46583 жыл бұрын
@@Alfred_Leonhart The guy seems to be a Finn. Läinen is quite a clear Finnish word and suffix.
@noahmiller80423 жыл бұрын
now that would be interesting, many of the native american empires are far too easily overlooked
@johnhull6061 Жыл бұрын
I’ve never heard of them before. Thanks!
@suronjunghosh34453 жыл бұрын
Yeah 2 videoes in a month will be great. Plz make a continuous series.
@Dragons_Armory3 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite factions in Rome 2 Augustus DLC
@srikrishnak1963 жыл бұрын
Can you do a video on the Chola empire, which was India's greatest maritime power. That would be amazing.
@ayaanu-di7hc3 жыл бұрын
you are a legend
@travisscott54223 жыл бұрын
yo what video editing software do you use?
@Aeyekay03 жыл бұрын
Never heard of this kingdom before. Great video
@interestinglife9343 жыл бұрын
I didn't know know about this. Thanks
@melissaberman82442 ай бұрын
Thank you 🙏
@gw71203 жыл бұрын
History nerds unite !!! Love your work always Epimethius
@bosbanon34523 жыл бұрын
I never noticed there is a river. Is that satt al Arab?
@crkcrk7023 жыл бұрын
Could you do one about the republic of St Malo ?
@adhamabulhassan60593 жыл бұрын
Love your work bro can you talk about arab nabatens the people who built petra in modern day jordan
@danielyu80223 жыл бұрын
Maybe do a video on the Tangut and their kingdom Western Xia?
@bleronhakaj3 жыл бұрын
Can you do Albania ( Illyria ) also Skanderbeg
@jeromydoerksen26033 жыл бұрын
Nice one
@jangelbrich70563 жыл бұрын
I like Your maps! Indeed I did not know the Kingdom of Kerosene - what a coincidence in THAT area =)
@SAINTOFTHEMOSTHIGH3 жыл бұрын
Please do a video on the Gullah-Geechee, Seminoles, Seminole Wars and Black Seminoles!