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Hey, may I ask what living in Egypt is like cuz I’ve never heard what it’s like from someone living there and I’ve only ever heard about oppression of LGBT and I’d like to get a more rounded perspective. Thanks if you respond
L C Hey there, well I do not live in Egypt anymore now but I grew up there and lived the first 27 years of my life there. Honestly it greatly depends on what “social class” you are coming from, your family background, level of income and education is crucial to how you see things (liberal/conservative) and how comfortable your life is. Majority of Egyptians are in general not that religious or they are but sometimes in a superficial way that fortunately doesn’t stick to every idiotic detail that makes life unbearable (eg: Afghanistan-style). Gays, as every society, are not that uncommon but they still don’t dare to publicly state it unless it happens within closed circles of like-minded people as it is still considered an “affront” to manhood.
I didn't realize there were so many Muslim Empires/Sultanates/Caliphates, the Rashidun, Ummayads, Abbasids, Tulunids, Ikhshashid, Fatmids, Ayyubids, Mamluks, then the Ottomans. Then Napoleon... I forgot about him. To round it out, the Pashas, then the UK, then modern day kingdom, then republic, then something.... I hadn't heard of the Tulunids and Ikhshashid
The Ikhsid's were famous for one of their regents. A Nubian former slave turned eunuch named Kafur who held enough power that even the Abbasid Caliph paid him tribute. after his death, the dynasty declined until the Fatimids came in
Believe me even us Muslims find it hard to keep up with all the Dynasties in the Muslim world. Since I’m average these dynasties on last a century. Though everyone remembers the Ayyubid and Mamluk Sultanate.
Roman Emperors were not children but either Julio-Claudian dynasty member that thought only on luxury or later Generals (Magister Militum) rising to the Imperial Purple
@@uhno5989 To be fair in this case, Orestes became the defacto ruler when he deposed Julius Nepos. He placed his young child Romulus Augustus on the throne while he focused on consolidating power. When Odoacer defeated and killed Orestes in baffle and then captured Rome he spared his kid
Wow. I am Egyptian and I think this has been the best and most unbiased video about Egypt's history. Great work. I know you do videos about other countries and other periods but I hope that you can do more about Egypt and go into depth about some of these periods. Especially Nasser's and Mohammed Ali's. And maybe also the Mamluk and the Fatimids. Btw the Fatimid is much more famous than the Tulunids and the Ikhshidis, the things you mentioned about the Tulunids btw I didn't hear about before. Great work again.
@@abloodorange5233 He wouldn't have become an Ottoman sultan he wasn't from the house of Othman, he was merely a statesman and a military commander, but yes he was about to invade Constantinople
@@bakr6405 it was his goal to have a puppet of the house of osman on the throne but to rule behind the scenes. He could have modernised the ottomans, and stopped the rapid decline.
@@abloodorange5233 He valued Egyptian soldiers more, although they didn't have a taste for fighting, they were obedient so they could have been a non corrupt, non greedy Mamluk slaves. In the end he was very smart and had a great vision and regardless of his atrocities we thank him for the free Egypt we have today.
@@Zeerich-yx9po the Romans' greatest trait is not their innovation in tech but rather the willingness to incorporate others' skills for their own, and abandon anything hindering their progress. that and their superior management and logistic skills
@@Baccanaso pretty sure the Romans weren't ahead of their time, but more like their skills have been lost in time, so it's like the ones that followed had to start from a level below and learn their way to roman level and beyond
Holy Roman Empire: Basically Germany and other smaller states and Kingdoms stronger than the Emperor, but still recognize him as overlord in name. Abbasid Caliphate: Basically Iraq and other smaller states and Kingdoms stronger than the Emperor, but still recognize him as overlord in name.
@@minimilchshaker8219 they mean the area that became modern germany. Also there was infact a Kingdom of Germany, which was a secondary title of the Holy Roman Emperors
Summary to my country's History:- High, fortunate, prestigious and wealthy status, then an unexpected, sharp downfall Also you forgot Mohammed Ali's quick but influential Conquest of Syria, which made the downfall of the ottoman empire clear. Again, I said this in a previous video, but thank you very, very much for your great coverage of my great Nation. Peace, and tahya masr!
@@mohammedsalem403 ما الفيديو كله بيوضح كم الانقلابات الحصلت في مصر، آخرهم إنقلاب ناصر الحول البلد لجمهورية و دي حاجة إيجابية و إنقلاب السيسي اللسة منعرفش هيطلع سلبي ولا إيجابي.
Epimetheus Great video as usual 👍🏾, although, I would really love a video on Nubians from you. Also, I guess I'll finally check out Curiosity Stream using your code, since every youtube and their cat wants me to.
RamManNo1 I did say ALMOST tho. Besides, despite their superior tech, the invading Italians could never establish anything beyond nominal control. The Ethiopians made life VERY hard for them. It was hardly worth it.
11:23 the mamluks were all killed in the famous historical event known as "the massacre of the citadel" where Muhammed Ali invited all the mamluks to cairo citadel to make peace with them then killed them all only two managed to escape and the mamluks were never been heard of in history ever again
@Mogaaj Fghgf Unfortunately our economy isn't the best at the moment and this virus didn't help at all, but it seems like it's getting better compared to what it used to be, so in a few years not too long our economy will be normal again 👌
Awesome video - I remember taking a bus on major highway in Cairo and looking out the window to see a statue of Ramsey II that had been there since antiquity. Impressive history!
That is so cool, to see all those Ancient structures in real life. Unfortunately I won’t be able to do that in the near future what with the paranoia of Covid and all. Also love your content Flash Point 😊
ofcourse it was.In the Hellenistic period you have the great library of alexandria they have invented the first steam machine,meassured the cicrumference of the earth and many more up until accidentally burned by Julius Caesar during his civil war.Then the the Christians deliver the final blow on the library that never recovered.During the muslim reign ,they havent done anything for Egypt to restore the country to its former glory(the center of the knowlegde had move to Bagdhad=House of wisdom)
@@chriskoukakis2285 After Baghdad was destroyed by Mongols Kairo became center of the caliphate and the center of science, education and culture . It was also one of the richest parts of the world until Napolen's conquest.
One minor addition, Octavian kept Egypt as a personal province and a hereditary province not subject to the Senate. He personally inherited all the country's wealth.
One of the most intereting ,historically ,countries in the world,in my opinion! From the beggining of history till modern times simething important is happening in Egypt!
These videos are amazing, thankyou. My knowledge of Europe/Asia only extends until late antiquity, with a beginner understanding of mediaeval times. It is SUCH a big help having these videos to help bridge the gap from then until modern timers and give context to this post-WW2 world
Marcelo Henrique The word “pharaoh” which means “great house” comes from two Somali words “Fir-oun” with the same exact meaning and “Firoun” is in the Quran aswell it’s not Arabic or any other language but Somali. Watch this video and start at 12:30 th-cam.com/video/QKyosu_iu64/w-d-xo.html
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@@puntitegeneral2117 Please shut up and stop embarrassing us. We have nothing to do with Egypt
Muhammed Ali also charged towards Istanbul and reached as far as Kutahya in Anatolia untill he was stopped by the British. And ALSO Muhammed Ali's son was nearly defeating the Greek uprising untill again British and other major powers destroyed his navy.
@@matthewraphael We consider Egyptians allies in the Greek world and i hope we ll never fight each other again. There are many things in history that bonds us!
Under Nasser, the Aswan High Dam was approved and construction began in 1960. The waters of the lake behind it, Lake Nasser, threatened to inundate many ancient and historic sites. Many of the most important sites were offered to countries which could house them in a proper manner. One of these is the Temple of Dendur in New York; the large room that houses the temple was built specifically to house it, with other Egyptian artifacts sharing the large space. To this day it is one of the most striking of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Egyptian collection.
a little funny fact about the monks in egypt, some of them became like super dedicated and sat atop giant pillars and never went down and had local people bring them food and water
My God! Fantastic summary of a great historical and important African country, its influences ti modern day culture . Fascinating to view the various epoch to the modern day Egyptian history. Great work
Sicily should have been included in the map as part of the Fatimid Caliphate. Their most famous military commander was even a Sicilian, Jawhar al-Siqili. He was the one who led the army into Egypt
Such a shame that scholars translate Mamluk to "slaves", its so wrong on so many levels that its misleading.. they were more like servants.. and had nothing to do with being slaves... they had free will.. free thinking and education..some of them even reached high ranking in military or even became kings.. The mongolians wrecked havoc every where they went (especially central and mid west of Asia, thats where the Mamluks are from) the result of destruction left so many families dead those who survived became orphans. The Sultans at the time had a hard time with loyalty from local tribesmen. so they took those orphans trained them hard both militarily and spiritually.. since they are not affiliated with any local tribesmen, their only loyalty was to the Sultan.
@@krisrakow6663 more like Janissaries. To be honest, taking foreign orphans and making them the elite royal guard is a classic move. See: Varingians, Mamlukes, Janissaries.
Fun fact about Napoleon's campaign. Not all of his troops returned to France. Many of them settled in Egypt especially in the Nile Delta. If you ever visit a city called Damanhur you will notice many of the inhabitants still having European features like colored hair and eyes
@@Billythetoaster2004 Folklore? Buddy I'm Egyptian and have been to Damanhur. Granted its not like everyone is blonde or a redhead but if you walk the streets and see the rare colored head then now you know the reason
You forgot Ahmed urabi, he defeated the British a few times until he got betrayed by the person who dug the canal which said it's to shallow for British ships to cross so he didn't prepare
So many teachers treat post Pharonic/New-Kingdom like "Rome Total War 1" does. Namely assuming their still stuck with Bronze age chariots and Khopesh swords lol
1. Egyptian Eyalet was not a vassal to Ottomans but it was organized as a province of the empire. Sultans frequently changed governors so they could not accumulate great power to the point of declaring independence. 2. Mehmet Ali Pasha's origins is disputed, and his son İbrahim Pasha stated his family was originally from Konya, Anatolia but migrated to Albania. Another great video though, I am great fan of your content.
Nothing to dispute Muhammad Ali Pashas origins, he was Albanian. His family was from Korce not Konya. I know you Truks have hard time accepting the truth but in reality alot of the Ottoman government was managed by people from the Balkans.
KSAB Christians never destroyed Egyptian civilisation/culture. The Arabs did destroyed and enslave Egypt during the (639-646). 1. The Egyptian doesnt even know their ancient egyptian past/true identity under Muslim rule. 2. Why the Muslims doesn’t wanna let the Egyptian know about their ancient past? (Sultan afraid the Egyptian would start a revolt if they know their past/true identity)
@@KJ-is5ug The truth is neither Christianity nor Islam were forced on Egyptians, rather Egyptians adopted them mostly willing. And yes there are violence and persecutions, but it only happened after the majority of the society is already converted----as internal religious and civil conflict between Egyptians.
Awesome video and very detailed overall, i would just like to say that the first egyptian president wasn't Gamal Abdel Nasser, it was mohamed Naguib, apart from that, amazing content,keep up with the good work epimetheus !!
Man, for thousands of years those borders looked organic, natural - a reflection of the people inhabiting Egypt. Then the British took their geometry set and slapped a bloody 90-degree angle border like its some random plot of farmland in Cumberland.
I have never seen anything like this in TH-cam.....now I have more understanding of the reasons of why that zone is always in constant geopoltical stress
A lot of “history buffs” online make it seem as if the Middle East was United before the British. Apparently that wasn’t the case. This was informative.
Egypt is african country not middle east dumbass, it was united ummayad, then abbasid, later annexed by fatimid, then taken by ayubid after they collapse, finally the mamluks.
MILK ULTRA VIOLENCE I have had some ups and downs recently...It has been a little crazy and stressful, but things are getting better. Right now I just want to be super productive again, happy to have a new video out :) Time for some milk plus!...or milk +vodka will do...
Gamal AbdElNasser wasn't our first president though, it was Mohamed Naguib, Mubarak was a very unpopular military dictator, and it's actually pretty misleading to say that the coup of 1952 was a coup (most Egyptians deem it as a revolution) but say that in 2013 the ruler was "replaced" and not overthrown in a military coup. Also Morsi was way more unpopular than Mubarak, sure but he was the first democratically elected president of the country
@Noah Pritchett what is hurting u is ISALM and u want to induce a racial differential tell me what's the objective,universal,intrinsic criterion of being Egyptian ?
Thank you for acknowledging the Nubians, Africans and being unbiased. It’s such an atrocity that they seek to eradicate African heritage from the Egyptian timeline.
6:45 - *Here the actual Trouble Begins!* Its ironic that the last crusaders as well as the mongol horde effectively nullified by a Turko-Circassian elite warrior merchantile state :)
they were highly arabized plz no turkish nationalism here. people back then didn't think this way they were fighting for islam not for turkish blood lol
@@alchemist7525 I understand; however am not sure how you get to that message but I meant the Mamluks in their origins and administration, as well as soldiers; which were Turks; Circassians and some Caucasians :D
@@ahmad.marouf it's called immigration, invasion, refugees and demographic replacement. That's like saying the original inhabitants of America were Scottish. That's not correct but the Scotts did immigrate there and build many things. History is full of such matters.
@@Nashmi-JO what's your proof?! This is the genetic analysis of Now days Egyptians by National geographic. That proves that we are from our ancient ancestors. genographic.nationalgeographic.com/reference-populations-next-gen/
@@amrkhaledbelal8892 stop with your nonsense. There is no evidence of Arab or Muslim presence in Misri before caliphate invasions and eventual conquests. Modern "Egyptians" did not write in hieroglyphics nor worship the old gods of Egypt.
So modern-egypt gets its independence in 1922, and the British leave Egypt in June 1956. Which makes modern-egypt independence 100th year anniversary in 2022.
I would like to learn more about the Tulanid's as in how did that work with their merc's and slaves ordering them around? Seems odd but from what I have learned about history, nothing is out of the question.
The problem is the translation of the word slave from arabic to english. It was more like servant, free will and free thinking. Slave was how europeans treated africans
@@Xindet really i was freaked out, cuz westerns in any channel about history and battles say muslim won over the 2 empires cuz they were weakened and even if they are weakened their power comparing the muslim at least 4-1 in manpower and reasources..and sorry for the caps.
@@timokimo61 you should watch Kings & General's video on the early muslim conquests... he goes into detail on how the muslims won their battles despite being heavily outnumbered
@@gtpower3 he said that it was about valour and morals of the muslims and i agree, but he didn't say that both of the empires were no compare to the muslims in numbers and resources
yeah it's kind absurd Arabs battles against Byzantines and Persians took years it's funny to repeat both were tired by somehow Arabs managed not to all those years .
Saladin only lost some battles because of his good will, for example he did not kill alot of crusader prisoners, after capturing crusader king gee, Saladin told him that he would let him go but in one condition that he would not fight against muslims again.. later on after king gee release he did everything he promised not to do.. gathered army and fought saladin again..
I read a story once that although he demanded the jizya from non-Muslims, in one case when he was going off to war and realised that he could not protect them, he actually refunded it.
Nice summary of the history of Egypt after the Pharaohs. I like the story of the story of the Mamluk slave soldiers who deposed their Fatimid master and ruled Egypt.
Les premiers à déchiffrer étaient les arabes, et notamment Ayyoub Bin Salma, à peu près 1000 ans avant. Champoleon s'est appuyé sur leurs écritures pour traduire vue qu'il savait très bien l'arabe et les règles grammaticales. Je suis Égyptien.
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Continue Country history videos,very good
ÖLÜMSÜZ HAYAT BUGÜN YOKSUN YARIN VARSIN
It sounds really good
Thanks 😁
Gamal wasn't the first president Mohammed Nageb was and then he was forced down by Gamal, check your facts bro.
Hi,
Can you do a video about the Assyrians after the fall of their empire
It’s a decent summary for 2000 years of very complex history, hello from an Egyptian follower of your beautiful channel 👋
Hello Ibrahim, thanks!
Hey, may I ask what living in Egypt is like cuz I’ve never heard what it’s like from someone living there and I’ve only ever heard about oppression of LGBT and I’d like to get a more rounded perspective. Thanks if you respond
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L C Hey there, well I do not live in Egypt anymore now but I grew up there and lived the first 27 years of my life there.
Honestly it greatly depends on what “social class” you are coming from, your family background, level of income and education is crucial to how you see things (liberal/conservative) and how comfortable your life is.
Majority of Egyptians are in general not that religious or they are but sometimes in a superficial way that fortunately doesn’t stick to every idiotic detail that makes life unbearable (eg: Afghanistan-style).
Gays, as every society, are not that uncommon but they still don’t dare to publicly state it unless it happens within closed circles of like-minded people as it is still considered an “affront” to manhood.
Ibrahim at last someone’s not salty, looks like your people don’t have insecurities
I didn't realize there were so many Muslim Empires/Sultanates/Caliphates, the Rashidun, Ummayads, Abbasids, Tulunids, Ikhshashid, Fatmids, Ayyubids, Mamluks, then the Ottomans. Then Napoleon... I forgot about him. To round it out, the Pashas, then the UK, then modern day kingdom, then republic, then something....
I hadn't heard of the Tulunids and Ikhshashid
40k universe.....
The Ikhsid's were famous for one of their regents. A Nubian former slave turned eunuch named Kafur who held enough power that even the Abbasid Caliph paid him tribute. after his death, the dynasty declined until the Fatimids came in
Egypt was THE cultural and demographic centre of Arab world, it's no wonder everybody wanted to conquer it.
@@Vitalis94 Just being geographically important in general. Trade routes both old and modern.
Believe me even us Muslims find it hard to keep up with all the Dynasties in the Muslim world. Since I’m average these dynasties on last a century. Though everyone remembers the Ayyubid and Mamluk Sultanate.
4:54 After three decades of effective management, the Tulunids were ruled by ineffectual children
Late Western Roman Empire: "First time?"
Every single dynasty in China ever, seemed to end that way. The last emperor of China was 3 years old.
Hahahaha that actually got me laughing out loud
Roman Emperors were not children but either Julio-Claudian dynasty member that thought only on luxury or later Generals (Magister Militum) rising to the Imperial Purple
@@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 the last western Roman emperor was literally a child
@@uhno5989 To be fair in this case, Orestes became the defacto ruler when he deposed Julius Nepos. He placed his young child Romulus Augustus on the throne while he focused on consolidating power. When Odoacer defeated and killed Orestes in baffle and then captured Rome he spared his kid
Wow. I am Egyptian and I think this has been the best and most unbiased video about Egypt's history. Great work.
I know you do videos about other countries and other periods but I hope that you can do more about Egypt and go into depth about some of these periods. Especially Nasser's and Mohammed Ali's. And maybe also the Mamluk and the Fatimids.
Btw the Fatimid is much more famous than the Tulunids and the Ikhshidis, the things you mentioned about the Tulunids btw I didn't hear about before.
Great work again.
Truly is. And its fascinating that Mohammed ali nearly became the ottoman emperor!
@@abloodorange5233 He wouldn't have become an Ottoman sultan he wasn't from the house of Othman, he was merely a statesman and a military commander, but yes he was about to invade Constantinople
@@bakr6405 it was his goal to have a puppet of the house of osman on the throne but to rule behind the scenes. He could have modernised the ottomans, and stopped the rapid decline.
I am egyptian as well and i agree with you
@@abloodorange5233 He valued Egyptian soldiers more, although they didn't have a taste for fighting, they were obedient so they could have been a non corrupt, non greedy Mamluk slaves.
In the end he was very smart and had a great vision and regardless of his atrocities we thank him for the free Egypt we have today.
Egypt is one of the most important countries in the history of humanity, greetings from Italy, nice video!
واللهي شكلك هارب من مصر وبتحور انت
You look Egyptian my guy(the guy above said the same thing if you don't speak Arabic)
@@IDK-ue1gy thank you, i don't speak arabic
@@giangargo669 no problem PS I am Somali and I learned Arabic from Arabic version of cartoon network lol
@@IDK-ue1gy ahah what a nice way to learn
Those funerary portraits are disturbingly modern
Makes you think where we would be now if the dark ages never happened
Roman art was really ahead of it's time
@@Chiinkayy As they're starting to say now, dark ages weren't that dark
@@Zeerich-yx9po the Romans' greatest trait is not their innovation in tech
but rather the willingness to incorporate others' skills for their own, and abandon anything hindering their progress.
that and their superior management and logistic skills
@@Baccanaso pretty sure the Romans weren't ahead of their time, but more like their skills have been lost in time, so it's like the ones that followed had to start from a level below and learn their way to roman level and beyond
When you said "Mohammed Ali", the 1st thing that came to my mind was the boxer LOL.
10:58 look at the bottom righthand corner
@@wizard680 LOL
Holy Roman Empire: Basically Germany and other smaller states and Kingdoms stronger than the Emperor, but still recognize him as overlord in name.
Abbasid Caliphate: Basically Iraq and other smaller states and Kingdoms stronger than the Emperor, but still recognize him as overlord in name.
There was no Germany during the Holy Roman Empire
@@minimilchshaker8219 they mean the area that became modern germany. Also there was infact a Kingdom of Germany, which was a secondary title of the Holy Roman Emperors
Japan in a certain period too
Oh the irony
@Tim Schmidt Yes, there was a German kingdom within the empire, whose king was a kurfurst.
*Egypt trying not to be ruled by the military class for 1 second (impossible)*
10:58, didn't know Ali was fighting that far back.
hahahaha xD
🤣
Fly like a butterfly take over a whole country
Summary to my country's History:- High, fortunate, prestigious and wealthy status, then an unexpected, sharp downfall
Also you forgot Mohammed Ali's quick but influential Conquest of Syria, which made the downfall of the ottoman empire clear.
Again, I said this in a previous video, but thank you very, very much for your great coverage of my great Nation. Peace, and tahya masr!
tahya masr 3 marat we yomak 3asal
..دا بيقولك السيسي وناصر عملوا انقلاب!
يلاهوي ازاي يقول كده
@@mohammedsalem403
ما الفيديو كله بيوضح كم الانقلابات الحصلت في مصر، آخرهم إنقلاب ناصر الحول البلد لجمهورية و دي حاجة إيجابية و إنقلاب السيسي اللسة منعرفش هيطلع سلبي ولا إيجابي.
@@mohammedsalem403 Actually, they're coups yes
I don't know why it took me so long to subscribe to Epimetheus. He really is the Go To historian on TH-cam. Superior work, really good story choices.
Literally almost anyone against Ethiopia: Can we defeat you and add you to our growing empire?
Ethiopia: No
Very True :)
Mussolini and the fascists finally did around ww2. Kinda of an empty victory considering the lopsided tech
Epimetheus Great video as usual 👍🏾, although, I would really love a video on Nubians from you.
Also, I guess I'll finally check out Curiosity Stream using your code, since every youtube and their cat wants me to.
RamManNo1 I did say ALMOST tho. Besides, despite their superior tech, the invading Italians could never establish anything beyond nominal control.
The Ethiopians made life VERY hard for them. It was hardly worth it.
Game_ Boyd No doubt!! It was just the Fascists attempt at chest thumping along with the Nazis
11:23 the mamluks were all killed in the famous historical event known as "the massacre of the citadel" where Muhammed Ali invited all the mamluks to cairo citadel to make peace with them then killed them all only two managed to escape and the mamluks were never been heard of in history ever again
I can't believe that he killed All of them in one place. Mohammed ali what were you doing before rising to power, man
concise yet very informative you are probably the only youtuber to talk about post-pharoanic egypt so thank you
تحياتى من مصر
omg ur so cute. what bread are u, chihuahua?
Love Egypt from Greece 🇬🇷❤🇪🇬
@Mogaaj Fghgf Unfortunately our economy isn't the best at the moment and this virus didn't help at all, but it seems like it's getting better compared to what it used to be, so in a few years not too long our economy will be normal again 👌
The ultimate plot twist: greece comes out of 2020 as the dominant European power
2024 now wish you were right.
Awesome video - I remember taking a bus on major highway in Cairo and looking out the window to see a statue of Ramsey II that had been there since antiquity. Impressive history!
That is so cool, to see all those Ancient structures in real life. Unfortunately I won’t be able to do that in the near future what with the paranoia of Covid and all. Also love your content Flash Point 😊
Love Egypt from Turkey
🇹🇷❤️🇪🇬
We love you too man, no one wants war
Noah Pritchett old man erdogan seem to want one
Love back from Egypt
Another fantastic and beautiful video from one of my favorite history channels! You're a huge inspiration to me! Thank you!
I wish that your channel grow
These videos are getting so good, the distinctive graphics, the lean exposition with a sprinkle of humour
Egypt was still a great civilisation after pharàohs
The problem with Egypt is its usually corrupt military, take that away and you'll have a great province/sultanate.
ofcourse it was.In the Hellenistic period you have the great library of alexandria they have invented the first steam machine,meassured the cicrumference of the earth and many more up until accidentally burned by Julius Caesar during his civil war.Then the the Christians deliver the final blow on the library that never recovered.During the muslim reign ,they havent done anything for Egypt to restore the country to its former glory(the center of the knowlegde had move to Bagdhad=House of wisdom)
@@chriskoukakis2285 After Baghdad was destroyed by Mongols Kairo became center of the caliphate and the center of science, education and culture . It was also one of the richest parts of the world until Napolen's conquest.
@@chriskoukakis2285 Egypt was a major learning and commerce center throughout Muslim rule dude
I am egyptian and this is very accurate
I like the Egyptian national anthem and their history . Greetings and respect from Turkey 🇹🇷👍🏼🇪🇬
Love back from Egypt don't listen to the haters
sadly erdogan makes Turks look bad..
Love you too from egypt i pray that things get better between egypt and turkey 🇪🇬❤️🇹🇷
Dear Epimetheus... I need the long version of Egyptian history. I am trying to learn about my own past lives.
Please recommend another video
One minor addition, Octavian kept Egypt as a personal province and a hereditary province not subject to the Senate. He personally inherited all the country's wealth.
One of the most intereting ,historically ,countries in the world,in my opinion!
From the beggining of history till modern times simething important is happening in Egypt!
These videos are amazing, thankyou. My knowledge of Europe/Asia only extends until late antiquity, with a beginner understanding of mediaeval times. It is SUCH a big help having these videos to help bridge the gap from then until modern timers and give context to this post-WW2 world
i think you could argue the the Ptolemies were not true pharaohs and the date of the last pharaoh would be before the Greeks and Persians.
They are officially recognised as pharaohs by egyptians, so they are, and the title is used by various dinasties, even augustus are.
In that case the last pharaoh would be Psamtik III, died 525 BC.
No, Pharohic Egypt did briefly gain independence from the Persians in 404 BC
Marcelo Henrique The word “pharaoh” which means “great house” comes from two Somali words “Fir-oun” with the same exact meaning and “Firoun” is in the Quran aswell it’s not Arabic or any other language but Somali. Watch this video and start at 12:30 th-cam.com/video/QKyosu_iu64/w-d-xo.html
@@puntitegeneral2117 Please shut up and stop embarrassing us. We have nothing to do with Egypt
Muhammed Ali also charged towards Istanbul and reached as far as Kutahya in Anatolia untill he was stopped by the British. And ALSO Muhammed Ali's son was nearly defeating the Greek uprising untill again British and other major powers destroyed his navy.
And why the hell are you proud of defeating the Greek uprising? I wonder if Egyptians are proud of this.
@@GrimbleSkulksnare As an Egyptian I am not, arabs suffered under ottomans, imagine Greeks.
@@matthewraphael We consider Egyptians allies in the Greek world and i hope we ll never fight each other again. There are many things in history that bonds us!
@İnsan when we have a common oppressor that doesn't make us allies but now it's all history
@@matthewraphael
Not really,mate.
From another arab.
Such a perfect morning. A coffee and a perfect history video
Under Nasser, the Aswan High Dam was approved and construction began in 1960. The waters of the lake behind it, Lake Nasser, threatened to inundate many ancient and historic sites. Many of the most important sites were offered to countries which could house them in a proper manner. One of these is the Temple of Dendur in New York; the large room that houses the temple was built specifically to house it, with other Egyptian artifacts sharing the large space. To this day it is one of the most striking of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Egyptian collection.
a little funny fact about the monks in egypt, some of them became like super dedicated and sat atop giant pillars and never went down and had local people bring them food and water
Lol
Yep, known as stylites.
Some monks were so hardcore they were literally referred to as (spiritual) athletes.
wtf that's shaoling level monks! :O
They were called 'monk on a stick' : )
My God! Fantastic summary of a great historical and important African country, its influences ti modern day culture . Fascinating to view the various epoch to the modern day Egyptian history. Great work
Small correction, you missed out lybia as included in the late ottoman empire. Love your videos!
Sicily should have been included in the map as part of the Fatimid Caliphate. Their most famous military commander was even a Sicilian, Jawhar al-Siqili. He was the one who led the army into Egypt
Great video though
And he built Cairo
Always nice to learn something new.
Simply and factually explained so that anyone could follow and understand.
Great vid. Thanx for posting it.
Such a shame that scholars translate Mamluk to "slaves", its so wrong on so many levels that its misleading.. they were more like servants.. and had nothing to do with being slaves... they had free will.. free thinking and education..some of them even reached high ranking in military or even became kings..
The mongolians wrecked havoc every where they went (especially central and mid west of Asia, thats where the Mamluks are from) the result of destruction left so many families dead those who survived became orphans. The Sultans at the time had a hard time with loyalty from local tribesmen. so they took those orphans trained them hard both militarily and spiritually.. since they are not affiliated with any local tribesmen, their only loyalty was to the Sultan.
That makes them sound a bit more like orphan samurai no?
@@krisrakow6663 more like Janissaries. To be honest, taking foreign orphans and making them the elite royal guard is a classic move. See: Varingians, Mamlukes, Janissaries.
Fun fact about Napoleon's campaign. Not all of his troops returned to France. Many of them settled in Egypt especially in the Nile Delta. If you ever visit a city called Damanhur you will notice many of the inhabitants still having European features like colored hair and eyes
I think that is just folklore, man.
@@Billythetoaster2004 Folklore? Buddy I'm Egyptian and have been to Damanhur. Granted its not like everyone is blonde or a redhead but if you walk the streets and see the rare colored head then now you know the reason
@@NTLuckالفرنسيون لم يمتزجوا مع المصريين لكن الملامح الاوروبيه كانت بسبب إمتزاج وتزوج المصريين من النساء المملوكيات القوفازين
Such a broad scope, yet concise enough to stay below 15 min.
U missed the Mohammed Ali wars against the Ottoman empire, but it's a great summery overall.. GREAT WORK, keep it up
Lmao African Americans think Egyptians were black, hardest cope I've ever seen
Epimetheus; always delivering that sweet, sweet historical context. Thanks for the great work!
You forgot Ahmed urabi, he defeated the British a few times until he got betrayed by the person who dug the canal which said it's to shallow for British ships to cross so he didn't prepare
Egypt shall never die it was the entity that will live long .Long live Egypt and all its great dynasties.
Your channel is beyond awesome! Thank you so much for this awesome content!
So glad you enjoy it! :D
Been waiting for someone to do this content and glad it’s you. Every vid is really good.
So many teachers treat post Pharonic/New-Kingdom like "Rome Total War 1" does. Namely assuming their still stuck with Bronze age chariots and Khopesh swords lol
Epimetheus introduction to the sponsor, so smooth
Smoothest I have ever seen.
So smooth.............
_its criminal_
1. Egyptian Eyalet was not a vassal to Ottomans but it was organized as a province of the empire. Sultans frequently changed governors so they could not accumulate great power to the point of declaring independence.
2. Mehmet Ali Pasha's origins is disputed, and his son İbrahim Pasha stated his family was originally from Konya, Anatolia but migrated to Albania.
Another great video though, I am great fan of your content.
@@ksab365 yep
Nothing to dispute Muhammad Ali Pashas origins, he was Albanian. His family was from Korce not Konya. I know you Truks have hard time accepting the truth but in reality alot of the Ottoman government was managed by people from the Balkans.
@@MrAggerz i agree, for instance 42 of the ottoman grand viziers (basically prime Ministers) where albanian
Killing it mate! Awesome. Love the fact it's not full of commercials
Arab Republic of Egypt was first used in 1971 not 1953
no actually it was in 1952 by egyptian soldiers read Wikipedia
@@abdallah..yasser No formaly it was announced by Ali Bey al-Kabir and became a sultan in 1770-1771.
The last time I was this early, they still venerated the Old Gods in Egypt
Yeah, egypt was great before the desert cult of the south east destroyed them
@@KJ-is5ug You mean northeast?
Alexlaza South East.
KSAB Christians never destroyed Egyptian civilisation/culture. The Arabs did destroyed and enslave Egypt during the (639-646).
1. The Egyptian doesnt even know their ancient egyptian past/true identity under Muslim rule.
2. Why the Muslims doesn’t wanna let the Egyptian know about their ancient past? (Sultan afraid the Egyptian would start a revolt if they know their past/true identity)
@@KJ-is5ug The truth is neither Christianity nor Islam were forced on Egyptians, rather Egyptians adopted them mostly willing. And yes there are violence and persecutions, but it only happened after the majority of the society is already converted----as internal religious and civil conflict between Egyptians.
This felt a little too short and the end a bit too rushed
Awesome video and very detailed overall, i would just like to say that the first egyptian president wasn't Gamal Abdel Nasser, it was mohamed Naguib, apart from that, amazing content,keep up with the good work epimetheus !!
Hey man keep up the Great Work hope to see more Greek history
as an Egyptian, this was so good to watch!
Man, for thousands of years those borders looked organic, natural - a reflection of the people inhabiting Egypt.
Then the British took their geometry set and slapped a bloody 90-degree angle border like its some random plot of farmland in Cumberland.
I have never seen anything like this in TH-cam.....now I have more understanding of the reasons of why that zone is always in constant geopoltical stress
A lot of “history buffs” online make it seem as if the Middle East was United before the British. Apparently that wasn’t the case. This was informative.
Egypt is african country not middle east dumbass, it was united ummayad, then abbasid, later annexed by fatimid, then taken by ayubid after they collapse, finally the mamluks.
It was united by the Ottomans for centuries before the British, so they aren't wrong.
@@Glitter_H_Hoof more like conquered by the Ottomans
@@MrSofly2010 Who were the 5th Caliphate.
It mostly was
Huge thanks from Armenia for making this video ❤❤❤ and generally thanks for your videos, they’re an interesting and engaging way to learn history ❤
soooo good to see you again
:) So glad to be back!
how have you been these few months
MILK ULTRA VIOLENCE I have had some ups and downs recently...It has been a little crazy and stressful, but things are getting better. Right now I just want to be super productive again, happy to have a new video out :) Time for some milk plus!...or milk +vodka will do...
i'm glad to hear your doing better i love your channel and i'm looking forward to more history
Gamal AbdElNasser wasn't our first president though, it was Mohamed Naguib, Mubarak was a very unpopular military dictator, and it's actually pretty misleading to say that the coup of 1952 was a coup (most Egyptians deem it as a revolution) but say that in 2013 the ruler was "replaced" and not overthrown in a military coup. Also Morsi was way more unpopular than Mubarak, sure but he was the first democratically elected president of the country
morsi was overthrown by a coup. and was and still popular until now. his killing in prison by preventing medical necessities is a big crime and shame.
@@thesaracen3992 hhhhhhh not ture
Hot take: the ptolemaic kingdom was cooler then the ancient egyptian kingdoms
also cleopatra wasnt black
A fascinating account of Egyptian history from Hor-Aha to balaha
مصر أقدم دولة في العالم وأقوى دولة عربية. تحياتي لإخواننا وأخواتنا في النيل من فلسطين
🇵🇸🇪🇬❤️
@Noah Pritchett what is hurting u is ISALM and u want to induce a racial differential tell me what's the objective,universal,intrinsic criterion of being Egyptian ?
النيل الأزرق مش لمصر هبة الله لاثيوبيا
Thank you for acknowledging the Nubians, Africans and being unbiased. It’s such an atrocity that they seek to eradicate African heritage from the Egyptian timeline.
6:45 - *Here the actual Trouble Begins!*
Its ironic that the last crusaders as well as the mongol horde effectively nullified by a Turko-Circassian elite warrior merchantile state :)
*The DORUK* arrived
Aslında çerkeslikle hiç ilgisi yok da :))) havlarlar işte sadece türk yazsan
they were highly arabized plz no turkish nationalism here. people back then didn't think this way they were fighting for islam not for turkish blood lol
@@alchemist7525 I understand; however am not sure how you get to that message but I meant the Mamluks in their origins and administration, as well as soldiers; which were Turks; Circassians and some Caucasians :D
elite ! that's not what their name says
I've learned much more about Egypt from this video than in school.
Awesome video! Love from Masr
Actually it is Misr😂
Love from a coptic💚
متقولهاش زي الإعلام المصري 😂
@@ahmad.marouf Enta masri?
It's masr in Egyptian arabic, no one says Misr unless you're speaking fus7a...
@@eca3101
الل تشوفه ي برو
خلاص Masr
@@ahmad.marouf تحيا مصر
@@eca3101
لونغ ليف إيجيبت 💛
Wow. Very knowledgeable content. Well done. Subscribed
No dislikes like all Epimetheus videos should be
Great video! So much more history after the Pharos!
Waiting for the comment of "current egyptians are not original egyptians".
This joke never gets old.😂
its not joke its a real
half of egyptians are not real egyptians
there is arabs at least 20 million
and many other groups
@@Nashmi-JO
Read statistics and studies and then talk
I know my country my people more than ur guessing
@@ahmad.marouf it's called immigration, invasion, refugees and demographic replacement. That's like saying the original inhabitants of America were Scottish. That's not correct but the Scotts did immigrate there and build many things. History is full of such matters.
@@Nashmi-JO what's your proof?!
This is the genetic analysis of Now days Egyptians by National geographic.
That proves that we are from our ancient ancestors.
genographic.nationalgeographic.com/reference-populations-next-gen/
@@amrkhaledbelal8892 stop with your nonsense. There is no evidence of Arab or Muslim presence in Misri before caliphate invasions and eventual conquests. Modern "Egyptians" did not write in hieroglyphics nor worship the old gods of Egypt.
So modern-egypt gets its independence in 1922, and the British leave Egypt in June 1956. Which makes modern-egypt independence 100th year anniversary in 2022.
10:59 peep the Cassius Clay reference
@Hugh Jass One and only. Bro been fighting for a long time apparently😂😭
Love this channel! 👌
Greetings from Persia(iran) 🇮🇷
He was put on trial, then died of heart attack. Makes sense
Thank you for this great work
You can make a video about north Africa
Fantastic video again. Thx.
I would like to learn more about the Tulanid's as in how did that work with their merc's and slaves ordering them around? Seems odd but from what I have learned about history, nothing is out of the question.
Excellent! And pleasant voice to listen even at accelerated pace.
Egypt is maybe the only country known to have its slaves became its masters without being freed, kind weird.
The problem is the translation of the word slave from arabic to english. It was more like servant, free will and free thinking. Slave was how europeans treated africans
@@Heo_AshrafenkoAna hageebak men el EUE ya walad
the video i didnt know i wanted but needed
I wondered when this vid would come out when the first one came
Yay! Post hellenistic Greek history next?
THANKS FOR THE NOTE THOSE EMPIRES STILL HAD MORE MANPOWER AND REASOURCES OUTNUMBERED THE ARABS(MUSLIMS)
bro why caps?
@@Xindet really i was freaked out, cuz westerns in any channel about history and battles say muslim won over the 2 empires cuz they were weakened and even if they are weakened their power comparing the muslim at least 4-1 in manpower and reasources..and sorry for the caps.
@@timokimo61 you should watch Kings & General's video on the early muslim conquests... he goes into detail on how the muslims won their battles despite being heavily outnumbered
@@gtpower3 he said that it was about valour and morals of the muslims and i agree, but he didn't say that both of the empires were no compare to the muslims in numbers and resources
yeah it's kind absurd Arabs battles against Byzantines and Persians took years it's funny to repeat both were tired by somehow Arabs managed not to all those years .
very neat! awesome video!
Post-antique Egyptian history is underrated.
It's so much fun too
I've spent the last couple hours watching your videos. Good stuff, mate.
Request: History of Germany.
omg what cat bread are you???
@@charleyandrews4889 Domestic short hair, as far as I know. Goes by Geraldo.
If the Crusaders respected Saladin then he must have given them good reason.
Saladin only lost some battles because of his good will, for example he did not kill alot of crusader prisoners, after capturing crusader king gee, Saladin told him that he would let him go but in one condition that he would not fight against muslims again.. later on after king gee release he did everything he promised not to do.. gathered army and fought saladin again..
I read a story once that although he demanded the jizya from non-Muslims, in one case when he was going off to war and realised that he could not protect them, he actually refunded it.
Awesome video
Egypt: Gold
Scrooge McDuck: I’ll take your entire stock
Thank you for making me learn more about my country
I saw Muhammad Ali picture in the corner I like what you did👍
Nice summary of the history of Egypt after the Pharaohs. I like the story of the story of the Mamluk slave soldiers who deposed their Fatimid master and ruled Egypt.
The French took the time to decypher the Rosetta stone during their time there!
Les premiers à déchiffrer étaient les arabes, et notamment Ayyoub Bin Salma, à peu près 1000 ans avant. Champoleon s'est appuyé sur leurs écritures pour traduire vue qu'il savait très bien l'arabe et les règles grammaticales. Je suis Égyptien.
It wasntt the french that deciphered it.. it was Egyptians who did, French just took credit for it
You really did it in only 13 mins