I find it amazing that for thousands of years this great city was entirely lost to history, yet people would mention its name all the time when they read the bible as the city in which Abraham was born in. I am not a religious person, but the Bible has preserved a great wealth of knowledge and clues about the ancient world.
I agree. I’m atheist but I like learning about the bible and Torah. Fascinating compilations of ancient lore all mashed up and heavily edited. There’s a bunch of color in the Bible and now we know a little bit of context to be able to understand it better. Beyond morality tales misapplied to our modern frame of reference. I’m still having a hard time envisioning a Sumerian life. I am glad to exist now.
@@flamingoqueen281 Incorrect. The site was not randomly named after a biblical site. It was Henry Rawlinson, who in 1849, deciphered some cuneiform inscriptions on some bricks from that location and was able to identify the site as Ur. The good thing about the Sumerians is that they left their presence known in stone writing. I am an atheist too, I'm not trying to bible thump, just stating archaeological facts and the usefulness of the bible as a record, however imprecise, of certain parts of human history.
@@Emcee_Squared totally agree with you in your reply.. they say the half educated are the most dangerous in society.. its better not to state something unless 100% sure and even though there is always new discoveries to change the course of history but for now they are facts.
History covered up the the morally corrupt winners of WWII. th-cam.com/video/DJyrpFZwH9A/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/4DS-ngVWge4/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/GSBgE2-EoZM/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/JRqvhn1q9K4/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/Ivl2CBwbwVo/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/t-99Py871Ls/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/wp7ZN1AREjw/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/jHf4pOjuRyQ/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/WhM5lvLa11c/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/eOM2fT6tBFE/w-d-xo.html
Definitely the most beautiful photographic collection of Sumerian art in this podcast, compared with others. This really shows off the colors and details of this sophisticated artistic culture.
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I’ve seen numerous presentations on Ur and I have to say, this is one of the best. It was refreshing to see artifacts hitherto unseen and learn some new information. I am a fan HWP & I look forward to and am really enjoying the visual presentations! Keep ‘em coming pa-lease!! Thanks for posting!
Hi often go back to my favorite videos and when I do watch them again I gave you emoji I’m not sure if it increases circulation. I’m not that good with social media. I just enjoy learning.
The name of "UR" is immortalised by hundreds or even thousands of place names ending with UR or Uru in South India and Maharashtra. The word "Ur" it self means town in all of the Dravidian languages.some examples from five Indian states. Bengaluru Mysuru Rayachuru Laaturu Guntur Chitturu Nelluru Tiruppuru Tanjur Guruvayuru Kannuru Chemburu.
Totally in love with this channel 💓 and so great that the visuals pertain to what the story is talking about 👍 what a disappointment in other channels that talk about story and show visuals from nothing to do with it 😖
This channel is insanely good. I can't believe I used to have to scrounge around in Google Videos looking for ANY documentary on ancient history. THANK YOU!!!!
In the Bible, Abraham instructs his slave to go to Harran to find a wife from his people. Unsurprisingly, the locals of what became known as Urfa and then Sanliurfa have long held the belief that Urfa is actually Ur. More locations there have association with Abraham than at 'Ur', and the journey his slave would have been required to take beggars belief compared to the one needed to traverse the geography northward to modern day south Turkey.
If anyone who reads chapter 11 of the Book of Genesis will realize that the Sumerians were migrants from the Indus Valley. They brought the culture of making bricks and building cities to Mesopotamia. They also brought the science of education. C.J. Gadd and Sydney Smith showed that the Indus and the Sumerian pictographic writing were identical. Hundreds of Indus seals have been found in Mesopotamia and in Iran. The most amazing thing is that nobody knows the language of the Sumerian or their identity. Yet there are clues. The Sumeriians called themselves, the ''Black Faced ones'' or dark complexioned. Yet words like ''Ur'', ''Aar'' and Ziggurat are of Archaic Tamil origin. The words mean city, river and Tower. These words are not found in any other language in the world. The language of the Indus Valley was also Archaic Tamil. What is strange is that 2000 years later , a people who are the descendants of the Aryans (Dravidians) appear in southern India and they speak in Vedic Tamil. Where did the original Tamils go? Nobody knows.
Adds a special dimension to the history of Mesopotamia, the Sumerians and Indus valley...as I read the history of the part of present day State of Goa in India
Excellent as usual -- Learned a few factiods about the culture of which I was unaware... The museum pics helped frame the narration tremendously. Kudos and Thanks
In south Indian Dravidian languages (Kannada Tamil Telugu malayalam tulu) Ur (ಊರ್) means town, city , village , dwelling land , inhabitation , living space , planting the seed , support
@@mihalykocsis2013 From Ur to north people get and meet under mounton that gıve name Ural ... some get to east Urdu ... Hungarıan s language and Çuvaş language root very old ... UR in Turkısh is town.Tamil is son of Turkısh famılıa.Wıth 4 brother.In the way ... UrumİYE ... Ur and Uruk come mıx Uygur ... tıme to tıme Yoğur ... unıted word ın Turkısh yoğunlaşmak ... Y ıs go ... Oğur ... Hungarıan s from thıs ... Hazar come ... some work wıth them and Oğuz born ... some get to east Yuğur ... some of them talk today Mongolıa.Fın Estoya wrong ... ural language in Hungarıa and Romanıa ... from Ur to Ural ... Ur is in word ... from Ur to Urdu ... Modu ... Ordu ... bla bla ... ur people that word mean Urdu ... stıll lıfe.tamil and brothers not same ... Sanskrıt is much ... ... Nepal ... Malezya sıde much than Tamil ... and thıs people from Tamil ... Ha in Turkısh TAM ... TAM il ... Habil ... Kabil s and Habil ... Kabil atack to Habil and people get down ... Guti Turk Tamil ... 6 brother ...
In depth? Evidence that a large flood happened once near the confluence of two large rivers is evidence for the historicity of the Bible? Is that what you mean?
Very good presentation and very clear. Well done you for giving us excellent maps which suit the narrative very well and are beautifully CLEAR and look as though you know what you are talking about....which you most assuredly do. Thanks once again for a beautifully prepared and presented PODCAST.
Like always Chris, you always produce good informative material on such fascinating topics. Love and admiration from an Aussie fan from Down Under. BTW, my husband loves your stuff as well.
Ur is at a location which very well may have been once settled, then flooded, then settled again when the floods subsided. During the Ice Age the entire "gulf" was exposed dry land with the single combined river running through it. When the ice melted the "gulf waters" rose and flooded inland to well above Ur. Subsequent silting from the combined river would have then put Ur back as dry land with a flood level under it.
The flood theory was a common phenomenon. Around the world nearly every early civilization has a flood myth. Most religions begin with the same narrative
Although I was originally aware of the noteworthiness of the Sumerian civilization, particularly in connection with the remote city of UR, I was not fully informed about the long-lasting impact of this culture, notably in relation to the venerable city of UR. Thank you very much for this meticulously researched documentary in this video. /////////////////////////////////// Embora eu estivesse originalmente ciente da importância da civilização suméria, particularmente em conexão com a remota cidade de UR, não estava totalmente informado a respeito do impacto duradouro desta cultura, notavelmente em relação à venerável cidade de UR . Muito obrigado por este documentário meticulosamente pesquisado neste vídeo.
@@daleblue22 Obrigado, amigo, mas já assisti quase todos os maravilhosos vídeos de Paul Couper, especialmente “8. The Sumerians - Fall of the First Cities”
@@Amadeu.Macedo awesome!!!!! Eu também já vi todos. Realmente os videos dele são de belissima qualidade. O último dele sobre Petra ma Jordania foi de arrasar. Já estou juntando uns cascalhos pra conhecer esse lugar. Anyway. Boa sorte. Abração.
I find it amazing that people don’t recognize the common threads in pretty much the majority of religions; mysterious birth, death in an unjust manner, then miraculous rebirth. Not all that long ago, you could lose your station in life, if not your life, should you think outside the ruler’s religious dictates. Interesting time we’re in.
Good description of the Sumerian city states. What lacks is the internal organization thou we here about the justice system and prisons. Wooley suggests the Sumerians had a sort of possibly elected counsil which ran society and thus was a forerunner of elected parliaments etc.
I´ve been reading Will Durant´s History of Civilization series, and this came in a good time since im reading the chapter on Sumeria. Very interesting.
I guess the editors totally forgot about the Invasion of Sargon and how the war between Akkadian & Sumerian was full on when the Gutians attacked them both when they were already decimated by the city-state wars.
The Akkadians who suddenly appeared with a strange language in 2334 BC were actually Turkic Mongolian raiders with Hurrian merceneries and slaves. The Turkic Mongolian raiders came from Altii Mountains via south of Caspian sea and south Caucasus. The Akkadians were foreign small bandits of Invaders and colonizers. The Akkadians were expelled from Sumer and worked with the nomadic Amorites in Levant deserts for 500 years then sneaked and invaded. Kmt and the Kmtians called them heka shasut Hyksos foreign rulers of nomads. The rulers were Turkic Mongolian Akkadians and the nomads were the Amorites. The Hyksos amalgamation were driven out of Kmt. Most of the hyksos fled to Levant desert. The wandering Hyksos were called Aperu Hebrew. They invaded Sumer, Subar and Ugarit. They formed the colonies of Kassites and Arameans.
"Long since gone from silting"...yes, and also tectonic uplift. The Persian gulf becomes shallower each year, and the Red Sea opens up as the Arabian Plate drifts toward the Eurasian Plate, at about 15 mm per year.
Great episode. Onager is more like a wild donkey than horse btw. Dilmun is mentioned in some creation literature of Sumerians, as well as a location in the Epic of Gilgamesh. "The land where living is easy".
Ur is the city where Jewish people originally from. Georgian people from Caucasus, 2600 years ago, call them "ურიანნი"/Urianni, literally means "people from Ur".
Many believe the attendants accompanied Queen (or high priestess) Puabi did so willingly in order to share her goddess like life in the afterlife, something commoners could not have. Touchingly, one of the young ladies had run late and her golden ribbon headress was in her pocket rather than on her head, as if she would finish placing it after death.
Sumerians are Kurds ancient ancestors, they came from Zagros mountains which is still kurdish people living there (Iran invaded that area). The gutties are kurdish people their language is pure kurdish thier religion is still stays in some kurdish area & thier clothes and cultures still stay in whole Kurdistan area. No one wants to say that because of political reasons. Because whole Middle East countries built on lies and invaded kurdish lands… Kurdish people are suffering & been killing every single day because of that mistakes British & French did it 100 years ago when they divided Othman empire and built Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria.
As to that ancient game ... I can imagine the same object being made of less costly material ... even scratched on a flat surface. Gambling must have been popular as you say, as it represented holy luck more or less. Romans thought of it that way too. But I could see the average Joe Sumerian experiencing time on his hands for games and frittering away time ... after all, it's a hierarchy so 'hurry up and wait' could have left anybody looking for something to do overcome boredom.
The name Ur is mentioned in one of the hymns of the Rig Veda, which recorded the most romantic love story of Pururavas (sun of the Puru) and his lovely wife Urvashi ( resident of UR) according to Max Muller the first European translator of Rig Veda.
I was wondering, what is the significance of the identity of Abraham with Ur? or whatever Ur if it isn't the one we mean. From what I understand, the Hebrews are supposed to have been native Canaanites rather than invaders, yet the Bible says they originated outside of the land. There are also other things, such as tropes taken from other Mesopotamian stories. Sargon of Akkad for instance was said to have been of low birth, and taken in by a priestess after his mother sent him down a stream in a basket. This seems like what happened to Moses. Then, Sargon would rise up the ranks becoming the royal cup bearer, gaining the favor of the city's God, with the King being killed and Sargon becoming King. This sounds just like David's ascension to the throne of the Kingdom of Israel. The story of the transition of rule by Judges in the Bible to rule by Kings sounds like the transition of rule by High Priests in Mesopotamia to military leaders. There's also the Great Flood stories from Gilgamesh and the Bible which sound borderline identical to the detail. Is this due to the Babylonian Exile? Why does it seem like the Hebrews have so many Mesopotamian Tropes?
Maybe copying did start from China. Its older than we think.am going to start my traditional I don't live in my native country but I will copy culture where I live now. Who will know after 5000 years 🤔?
I would appreciate learning why exactly Wooley decided to ignore all of the real archaeologists under his command and name this city state 'Ur'. He was the one who held the reins and his elite status led him to think he was the only one among them who had the right to make final decisions no matter how much the academics beneath him protested.
Both Lapis lazuli and Lapis Armenus are from the Caucasus NOT from India. Get the facts right. 🧐 Also, Nana was the Goddess of wisdom which is why grandmothers were called Nene, as in the elder wise one.
Very sure the flood plain at Ur has anything to do with the original flood story. The original flood story was already ancient history to the Sumer when they joined the Akkadians at Ur. When those final glaciers were melting, that lasted from 10 thousand BC to 5 thousand BC. Long before that flood at Ur.
I find it amazing that for thousands of years this great city was entirely lost to history, yet people would mention its name all the time when they read the bible as the city in which Abraham was born in. I am not a religious person, but the Bible has preserved a great wealth of knowledge and clues about the ancient world.
I agree. I’m atheist but I like learning about the bible and Torah. Fascinating compilations of ancient lore all mashed up and heavily edited. There’s a bunch of color in the Bible and now we know a little bit of context to be able to understand it better. Beyond morality tales misapplied to our modern frame of reference. I’m still having a hard time envisioning a Sumerian life. I am glad to exist now.
Emcee Squared the guy who discovered the ruins NAMED them after the place mentioned in the Bible. There probably wasn’t a real life link.
@@flamingoqueen281 Incorrect. The site was not randomly named after a biblical site. It was Henry Rawlinson, who in 1849, deciphered some cuneiform inscriptions on some bricks from that location and was able to identify the site as Ur. The good thing about the Sumerians is that they left their presence known in stone writing. I am an atheist too, I'm not trying to bible thump, just stating archaeological facts and the usefulness of the bible as a record, however imprecise, of certain parts of human history.
@@Emcee_Squared totally agree with you in your reply.. they say the half educated are the most dangerous in society.. its better not to state something unless 100% sure and even though there is always new discoveries to change the course of history but for now they are facts.
History covered up the the morally corrupt winners of WWII. th-cam.com/video/DJyrpFZwH9A/w-d-xo.html
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Definitely the most beautiful photographic collection of Sumerian art in this podcast, compared with others. This really shows off the colors and details of this sophisticated artistic culture.
Listened to this 2 years ago and now TH-cam recommended it again
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I’ve seen numerous presentations on Ur and I have to say, this is one of the best. It was refreshing to see artifacts hitherto unseen and learn some new information. I am a fan HWP & I look forward to and am really enjoying the visual presentations! Keep ‘em coming pa-lease!! Thanks for posting!
I’ve been listening to him on Spotify on my commutes, does not disappoint:)
Totally excellent. Clearly and cogently explained and superbly illustrated. This is a first class channel.
"Those who slept on the roof, died on the roof;
Those who slept in the house, had no burial"
-the lament for Ur
So poignant that the experience of the everyday people was recorded with such realism and pathos.
Hi often go back to my favorite videos and when I do watch them again I gave you emoji I’m not sure if it increases circulation. I’m not that good with social media. I just enjoy learning.
The name of "UR" is immortalised by hundreds or even thousands of place names ending with UR or Uru in South India and Maharashtra.
The word "Ur" it self means town in all of the Dravidian languages.some examples from five Indian states.
Bengaluru
Mysuru
Rayachuru
Laaturu
Guntur
Chitturu
Nelluru
Tiruppuru
Tanjur
Guruvayuru
Kannuru
Chemburu.
Totally in love with this channel 💓 and so great that the visuals pertain to what the story is talking about 👍 what a disappointment in other channels that talk about story and show visuals from nothing to do with it 😖
This channel is insanely good. I can't believe I used to have to scrounge around in Google Videos looking for ANY documentary on ancient history. THANK YOU!!!!
In the Bible, Abraham instructs his slave to go to Harran to find a wife from his people.
Unsurprisingly, the locals of what became known as Urfa and then Sanliurfa have long held the belief that Urfa is actually Ur.
More locations there have association with Abraham than at 'Ur', and the journey his slave would have been required to take beggars belief compared to the one needed to traverse the geography northward to modern day south Turkey.
Chris, you did NOT get carried away, it was awesome. Love ya work. Hi from Oz.
If anyone who reads chapter 11 of the Book of Genesis will realize that the Sumerians were migrants from the Indus Valley. They brought the culture of making bricks and building cities to Mesopotamia. They also brought the science of education. C.J. Gadd and Sydney Smith showed that the Indus and the Sumerian pictographic writing were identical. Hundreds of Indus seals have been found in Mesopotamia and in Iran.
The most amazing thing is that nobody knows the language of the Sumerian or their identity. Yet there are clues. The Sumeriians called themselves, the ''Black Faced ones'' or dark complexioned. Yet words like ''Ur'', ''Aar'' and Ziggurat are of Archaic Tamil origin. The words mean city, river and Tower. These words are not found in any other language in the world. The language of the Indus Valley was also Archaic Tamil. What is strange is that 2000 years later , a people who are the descendants of the Aryans (Dravidians) appear in southern India and they speak in Vedic Tamil. Where did the original Tamils go? Nobody knows.
That chart that illustrates the changes in power over time was fascinating! Brings history to life!
Adds a special dimension to the history of Mesopotamia, the Sumerians and Indus valley...as I read the history of the part of present day State of Goa in India
I have seen Finkel play on the board he made as a youth. No apology necessary for your content. Thoroughly done and appreciated.
That music at the end is wicked. This is a good video, I'm going to have see it a couple more times to really haul it all in.
Totally agree!
New subscriber here 🙂 you do a great job!! Not too long AT ALL!! Thank you 💕
Such a good documentary for free ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Really good episode, very insightful!
I really appreciate the manner in which you presented your information.... straightforward and honest. Thank you.👍🥰
Excellent as usual -- Learned a few factiods about the culture of which I was unaware... The museum pics helped frame the narration tremendously. Kudos and Thanks
This is another compelling presentation, as I've found consistent with your others.
Glad to hear that! Thanks for watching!
In south Indian Dravidian languages (Kannada Tamil Telugu malayalam tulu) Ur (ಊರ್) means town, city , village , dwelling land , inhabitation , living space , planting the seed , support
We Hungarian have 2000 similar words whit Sumerian….Ur means in Hungarian…Lord or Mr or even Universe
@@mihalykocsis2013 From Ur to north people get and meet under mounton that gıve name Ural ... some get to east Urdu ... Hungarıan s language and Çuvaş language root very old ... UR in Turkısh is town.Tamil is son of Turkısh famılıa.Wıth 4 brother.In the way ... UrumİYE ... Ur and Uruk come mıx Uygur ... tıme to tıme Yoğur ... unıted word ın Turkısh yoğunlaşmak ... Y ıs go ... Oğur ... Hungarıan s from thıs ... Hazar come ... some work wıth them and Oğuz born ... some get to east Yuğur ... some of them talk today Mongolıa.Fın Estoya wrong ... ural language in Hungarıa and Romanıa ... from Ur to Ural ... Ur is in word ... from Ur to Urdu ... Modu ... Ordu ... bla bla ... ur people that word mean Urdu ... stıll lıfe.tamil and brothers not same ... Sanskrıt is much ... ... Nepal ... Malezya sıde much than Tamil ... and thıs people from Tamil ... Ha in Turkısh TAM ... TAM il ... Habil ... Kabil s and Habil ... Kabil atack to Habil and people get down ... Guti Turk Tamil ... 6 brother ...
@@mihalykocsis2013 in Kannada "keri/geri" means inhabitation of people.
I love Chris, his presentation is accessible but in depth.
In depth? Evidence that a large flood happened once near the confluence of two large rivers is evidence for the historicity of the Bible? Is that what you mean?
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And it proves that the world is 6000 years old and flat. Correct idiot.
Excellent work. Thank you very much.
Fascinating. Well done, yeah. Gorgeous photos too..
Very good presentation and very clear. Well done you for giving us excellent maps which suit the narrative very well and are beautifully CLEAR and look as though you know what you are talking about....which you most assuredly do. Thanks once again for a beautifully prepared and presented PODCAST.
Good to see the stuff that is in museum halfway around the world in multiple countries
Thanks so much! Excellent story and music. Loved it.
Too bad you can't get another Like for every time I come back for a refresher! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Like always Chris, you always produce good informative material on such fascinating topics.
Love and admiration from an Aussie fan from Down Under.
BTW, my husband loves your stuff as well.
Thank you so much!
Fine presentation, nice to pay attention to details
Ur is at a location which very well may have been once settled, then flooded, then settled again when the floods subsided. During the Ice Age the entire "gulf" was exposed dry land with the single combined river running through it. When the ice melted the "gulf waters" rose and flooded inland to well above Ur. Subsequent silting from the combined river would have then put Ur back as dry land with a flood level under it.
Very interesting!
THANK YOU! what music did you use in the end and the beginning?
It’s called Tribal War!
@@studyofantiquityandthemidd4449 thank you!!! is it the name of the band?
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The flood theory was a common phenomenon. Around the world nearly every early civilization has a flood myth. Most religions begin with the same narrative
"*most* religions" !? Over half of all religions, ever, begin with a flood story??? You really think so? No. Not even close.
Mary C no it’s not history it’s just the fact that this literally is a flood plain 😂 no worldwide flood ever happened
@Mary C Then you are ignorant of a vast majority of the world's religions to put it mildly.
Paul Beduhn your dead wrong I can’t tell you how many times people like your story has been proven wrong by actual science.
@Paul Beduhn OK, Paul, show us your data.
Get carried away anytime! hehe LOVE IT... Thank you!
it wasn't a long pod cast :) i liked it.
Don’t apologize! It went by too fast. More please.👍
Although I was originally aware of the noteworthiness of the Sumerian civilization, particularly in connection with the remote city of UR, I was not fully informed about the long-lasting impact of this culture, notably in relation to the venerable city of UR. Thank you very much for this meticulously researched documentary in this video.
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Embora eu estivesse originalmente ciente da importância da civilização suméria, particularmente em conexão com a remota cidade de UR, não estava totalmente informado a respeito do impacto duradouro desta cultura, notavelmente em relação à venerável cidade de UR . Muito obrigado por este documentário meticulosamente pesquisado neste vídeo.
Irmão. Dá uma passada no canal : Fall of Civilizations. Paulo Cooper. Ele tem um video de 2 horas. Eu recomendo. Abração
@@daleblue22 Obrigado, amigo, mas já assisti quase todos os maravilhosos vídeos de Paul Couper, especialmente “8. The Sumerians - Fall of the First Cities”
@@Amadeu.Macedo awesome!!!!! Eu também já vi todos. Realmente os videos dele são de belissima qualidade. O último dele sobre Petra ma Jordania foi de arrasar. Já estou juntando uns cascalhos pra conhecer esse lugar. Anyway. Boa sorte. Abração.
Was very good... thanks for the post sir
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*I really enjoyed this!* - *What is the track of music used in the beginning and end of video?* 🖤🖤🖤
would be happy to hear the answer
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This is just excellent! Thank you.
I find it amazing that people don’t recognize the common threads in pretty much the majority of religions; mysterious birth, death in an unjust manner, then miraculous rebirth. Not all that long ago, you could lose your station in life, if not your life, should you think outside the ruler’s religious dictates.
Interesting time we’re in.
Good description of the Sumerian city states. What lacks is the internal organization thou we here about the justice system and prisons. Wooley suggests the Sumerians had a sort of possibly elected counsil which ran society and thus was a forerunner of elected parliaments etc.
I am from INDIA and I love your podcasts related to history
Love these videos, thank you!
Does anyone know who does the drum music at the beginning. It's wonderful
I´ve been reading Will Durant´s History of Civilization series, and this came in a good time since im reading the chapter on Sumeria. Very interesting.
Love the information
Well done Chris
I guess the editors totally forgot about the Invasion of Sargon and how the war between Akkadian & Sumerian was full on when the Gutians attacked them both when they were already decimated by the city-state wars.
The Akkadians who suddenly appeared with a strange language in 2334 BC were actually Turkic Mongolian raiders with Hurrian merceneries and slaves. The Turkic Mongolian raiders came from Altii Mountains via south of Caspian sea and south Caucasus.
The Akkadians were foreign small bandits of Invaders and colonizers.
The Akkadians were expelled from Sumer and worked with the nomadic Amorites in Levant deserts for 500 years then sneaked and invaded. Kmt and the Kmtians called them heka shasut Hyksos foreign rulers of nomads. The rulers were Turkic Mongolian Akkadians and the nomads were the Amorites.
The Hyksos amalgamation were driven out of Kmt. Most of the hyksos fled to Levant desert. The wandering Hyksos were called Aperu Hebrew. They invaded Sumer, Subar and Ugarit. They formed the colonies of Kassites and Arameans.
Put it on 1.25 speed trust me
Thank you
I like their laws better then what goes on today... at least most of them...
Thank you for putting this together, would love one on Urartu and ancient Armenia
Fascinating! Thank you!
Very interesting. Thank you!
Great video! I love hearing about Bronze Age cities.
Amazing podcast.
Brilliant and fascinating, thank you very much!
Subscribed. Thanks for not talking about ancient aliens.
Hi, very impressive..could you tell the name of the animated software around 25 min? is it homemade or university owned?
Dammit i love this channel !!!!!
Good job, well done, artissteel
"Long since gone from silting"...yes, and also tectonic uplift. The Persian gulf becomes shallower each year, and the Red Sea opens up as the Arabian Plate drifts toward the Eurasian Plate, at about 15 mm per year.
Need one of those Super-Tsunami shifts hopefully within our lifetime, so we can accelerate that maybe can open up a "WHOLE NEW WORLD"
Great documentary, but it needs more ads. I almost remembered what it was about!
Can we get dvd on these shows with subtitles
Very interesting thank you very much
It must have been wild living back in the days of UR
I feel like I am living in UR right now, haha! People in OK, USA are losing their minds. It's like the Amorites are on their way!
YEAH lets party like its the 25th year in the reign of Sargon
Awesome show
A VERY VERY VERY GOOD JOB, I DO BACK UP WHAT YOU SAY.
The intro music sold it for me
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Great episode. Onager is more like a wild donkey than horse btw.
Dilmun is mentioned in some creation literature of Sumerians, as well as a location in the Epic of Gilgamesh. "The land where living is easy".
Ur is the city where Jewish people originally from. Georgian people from Caucasus, 2600 years ago, call them "ურიანნი"/Urianni, literally means "people from Ur".
Love those Celtic drums...!
Was the Sumerian Wheel made with stone or with wood? as this two material were both rare.
Many believe the attendants accompanied Queen (or high priestess) Puabi did so willingly in order to share her goddess like life in the afterlife, something commoners could not have. Touchingly, one of the young ladies had run late and her golden ribbon headress was in her pocket rather than on her head, as if she would finish placing it after death.
Sumerians are Kurds ancient ancestors, they came from Zagros mountains which is still kurdish people living there (Iran invaded that area). The gutties are kurdish people their language is pure kurdish thier religion is still stays in some kurdish area & thier clothes and cultures still stay in whole Kurdistan area. No one wants to say that because of political reasons. Because whole Middle East countries built on lies and invaded kurdish lands…
Kurdish people are suffering & been killing every single day because of that mistakes British & French did it 100 years ago when they divided Othman empire and built Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria.
I like to fall asleep listening to such masterpiece. But the sound is so loud at the end (and the beginning).
I was in Ur in 2011. There's a lot left to do there as far as excavations.
As to that ancient game ... I can imagine the same object being made of less costly material ... even scratched on a flat surface.
Gambling must have been popular as you say, as it represented holy luck more or less. Romans thought of it that way too.
But I could see the average Joe Sumerian experiencing time on his hands for games and frittering away time ... after all, it's a hierarchy so 'hurry up and wait' could have left anybody looking for something to do overcome boredom.
The name Ur is mentioned in one of the hymns of the Rig Veda, which recorded the most romantic love story of Pururavas (sun of the Puru) and his lovely wife Urvashi ( resident of UR) according to Max Muller the first European translator of Rig Veda.
Damn how many channels do you have
I wonder if Ur is Urartru which is ancient Armenia?
Would love to have the name of that song playing over the end credits.
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*_0:30_**_ Anyone else thought their Phone rang in the background_*
Dr K Loganathan explains why Sumerian language is not an 'language isolate' but archaic Tamil.
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I was wondering, what is the significance of the identity of Abraham with Ur? or whatever Ur if it isn't the one we mean. From what I understand, the Hebrews are supposed to have been native Canaanites rather than invaders, yet the Bible says they originated outside of the land.
There are also other things, such as tropes taken from other Mesopotamian stories. Sargon of Akkad for instance was said to have been of low birth, and taken in by a priestess after his mother sent him down a stream in a basket. This seems like what happened to Moses. Then, Sargon would rise up the ranks becoming the royal cup bearer, gaining the favor of the city's God, with the King being killed and Sargon becoming King. This sounds just like David's ascension to the throne of the Kingdom of Israel. The story of the transition of rule by Judges in the Bible to rule by Kings sounds like the transition of rule by High Priests in Mesopotamia to military leaders. There's also the Great Flood stories from Gilgamesh and the Bible which sound borderline identical to the detail.
Is this due to the Babylonian Exile? Why does it seem like the Hebrews have so many Mesopotamian Tropes?
Maybe copying did start from China. Its older than we think.am going to start my traditional I don't live in my native country but I will copy culture where I live now. Who will know after 5000 years 🤔?
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I would appreciate learning why exactly Wooley decided to ignore all of the real archaeologists under his command and name this city state 'Ur'.
He was the one who held the reins and his elite status led him to think he was the only one among them who had the right to make final decisions no matter how much the academics beneath him protested.
Missing Nick! Never forget!
Interesting.
Too many ads
Both Lapis lazuli and Lapis Armenus are from the Caucasus NOT from India. Get the facts right. 🧐
Also, Nana was the Goddess of wisdom which is why grandmothers were called Nene, as in the elder wise one.
Very sure the flood plain at Ur has anything to do with the original flood story. The original flood story was already ancient history to the Sumer when they joined the Akkadians at Ur. When those final glaciers were melting, that lasted from 10 thousand BC to 5 thousand BC. Long before that flood at Ur.
If he was born in London then he’s English! I’m born in Plymouth so I’m English not Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish