Between 2000BCE and say the first century AD there are so many interesting cultures countries and kings in that small area between the Mediterranean and Caspian. It’s a fascinating epoch which is sometimes only really fleshed out in the Old Testament. Keep up the good work
Thanks so much for the feedback, I really appreciate it! Yeah this is actually one of my favorite periods in all of his, the other being a few centuries later during the Greco-Persian wars. More on this to come for sure, stay tuned and safe!
Thanks so much for stopping by and glad that you found the video useful...I definitely want to into more detail with some of them, like the Moabites who I feel are quite underrated. Thanks again and stay safe!
@@jb0433628 a lot of words are not used anymore. Old hebrew sounds very "poetic" to modern speakers. The biggest difference is in pronounciation. Some letters are not pronounced the same way, like ayin, qof, sadi, tet. But arabic retains all of these ancient semitic sounds.
14:00, Not only did Judah not provoke Assyria, Israel was attacking Judah for not joining in an anti-assyria alliance with them and so Judah sought relief from the Assyrians.
Yeah, that's the story... sad, I really think they would have been able to hold off the Assyrians (like at the Battle of Qarqar) had they steadfastly maintained their alliances with their neighbors. Anyway, thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it... stay safe!
Hi, great to hear from you! Thanks for the kind words, I really appreciate it! I'll actually be doing a separate video on the Phoenicians this summer so hopefully that'll help even more. As always, thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it...stay safe!
According to the Torrah Ham and his wife were the parents of Cush, Mizraim, Phut and Cannan. Cush was the progenitor of the Cushites which was ancient Ethiopia and Sudan. Mizraim was the progenitor of the original Eygptians. Cannan was the progenitor of the land of the original Cannanites which is the modern day countries of Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Jordan. The phoencians who were really the Sidioians was also from the line of Ham also. According to the Torrah Ham has the most familiy tribes documented with 30 afro asiatic tribes. Shem has 26 documented tribes. Japeth the progenitor of the Europeans has 14 documented tribes. But out of the 14 tribes according to the Torrah some were mellinated tribes.
@@henrikg1388The Bible definitely is a collection of ancient oral history of the Jews, but like most oral history it was written to make them the heroes, exaggerate their victories and downplay their losses. Plus it needed to downplay their polytheistic origins and how their God El was just one of the gods of the ancient Canaanite pantheon. The problem that we have with the Bible and other texts considered sacred like the Koran is that people consider them the divine word of God and not a collection of oral histories and theology made by human beings
My pleasure, glad you found it useful... it is a super interesting time indeed! As always, thanks for stopping by, always great to hear from you and thanks for the support! Stay safe!
Love biblical studies they are very applicable to scripture! I POST YOURS ON FACEBOOK! thanks alot bro! May the peace of yahushua hamachiyach be upon you!
Thanks so much my friend, I'm honored that you share these and really glad that you've been stopping by and appreciate your questions... keeps me sharp! May you also have peace, happiness and knowledge... really the things that I suppose we all ultimately desire to attain. Stay safe my friend!
@@jrt818 For Hebrew, writing left to right is backwards. All languages were 1st written right to left, because when clicking the letters to a stone table, or printing them in clay, a right handed person moves more naturally right to left. But with a brush on papyrus, it's more natural to move left to right - or became more practical, not to wipe out what you just had written. This is also the reason why left handed people write with their hand in a more awkward position, because they have to take care not to wipe their writing. The change is visible in Phoenician, old Greek and Etruscan scripts, when in the transition period they moved the text first right to left, but next row left to right, then again right to left... I'm just glad they settled for one direction in the end :)
Haha actually I think about that quite a bit as I do my best to pronounce some of the more unfamiliar words. Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it...stay safe!
And if you know any Hebrew, you know that house is beyt/bet there, and in Arabic bayt( somewhere said as beit/beyt) - then yiu'll notice the Aramaic bit for house is pretty much the same.
@@simko8665 Did something in my comment hint that I didn't know that? It was based on the practical approach that Hebrew and Arabic are modern languages still in use, so something relevant we can study. Well, there's some Aramaic speakers still left too, maybe that can be studied too, but study material is not that readily available. Then we can study these dead languages.
As I kid I learned about King David's conquests in school but somehow it never occurred to me that Gilead was a whole kingdom to the north-east. Because the name is also a Hebrew word (and a boy name in Modern Hebrew), I always thought it was a place somewhere in Israel...
Hey Cy, this Canaanite/Punic series has been brilliant. I'm using it to research new Levantine civilization mods for Civ VI. They are all great resources.
Edom means 'red' named after their ancestor Esau as some commentors have already accurately stated, however in the spiritual realm it means the 'desires of the flesh' but in order to understand this from a spiritual perspective one must go into OT. Thanks for the upload.
For those interested, about 2-3 weeks ago, a new DNA paper (Agranat-Tamir et al) was released where they analysed 79 Canaanite samples (including 2 early Israelite samples).
@@kevinhayes6933 Here's the paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867420304876 Basically confirms that both Jews and Arabs (i.e. Arabised Levantines) are the descendants of the Canaanites. The individual from Abel Beth Macaah is likely Israelite. The Iron Age Megiddo individual is likely early Israelite. This study also released on the same day: www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(20)30509-2.pdf?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867420305092%3Fshowall%3Dtrue So we basically have a DNA profile for Biblical Amorites. We can also see a difference between Bronze Age Syria and Bronze Age Israel (when comparing the samples of both studies).
So great to see another of your well researched videos! The music in the background was a nice touch and didn't drown out your voice like most that attempt to do the mix! Why weren't classes in school like your teaching? I would've listened! Lol! Loved the references to the old testament too! Hope you and yours are well Cy! Thanks for the video! Hugs from Seattle! 🌲⛅💕
Hi Blue, long time no hear... hope you and your loved ones are all doing well! Glad that you liked the video, was fun to make. Thanks for the feedback, interesting about the music... I had a couple people say that it was it was off, not sure if it's something on my end or theirs. I know that Washington state and Seattle in particular were hit hard with this thing but I hope all is getting better during these unconventional times. All's well here in SoCal, weather getting better and now able to get some air and go outside. Stay safe my friend and as always, thanks for the support!
@@HistorywithCy I see you've been a busy guy with more great history vids! You're one talented individual. I think that your love of history shows through and makes your videos better than any others. Things in Seattle are weird. You may have heard that one of the neighborhoods in Seattle have taken it over, allowing no police to enter. It's weird, reminds me of the 1960's (even though I was a babe, I remember all the violence). Things otherwise are great. Supposed to be finalizing a contract with FEMA this next week (we sell hand sanitizer and bombs you set off to release a binding agent that covers everything and disinfects everything). Needless to say, I'm pretty excited! Cy, I truly hope all is great with you! I'm glad to hear the weather is beckoning to you! Nothing like getting out after we've been cooped up for so long! Always great to hear from you! Keep up your wonderful work! Take good care Cy! Cheers!
Hi, thanks so much for stopping by and the feedback, I really appreciate it! I have a link to the sources I used in the video description. I've been reading about this region for years but don't know it as well as my forte, which is ancient Persian (Achaemenid and Sasanian) history, which I'll also get into eventually on this channel. Any questions, please don't hesitate to ask... thanks again and stay safe!
Haha thanks so much I really appreciate it but actually there is one flaw in the video that I didn't catch while reviewing... see if you can find it.... Ok, I wrote Hezekiah in Hebrew backwards. My mistake, but other that we're good. Anyway, thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it... stay safe!
Wonderful of you to put so much work into your channel. I love the visuals of archaeologies discoveries that you show that make this interesting, and give the viewer ways to research even further. 🔆
I am impressed that you relied on archeology rather than mythology and legends when making this video. By the way, archeologist Israel Finklestein reports first evidence of Israel at ~1206 BCE, and first evidence of Judah in the 9th century BCE. When Israel was conquered, Israeli fugitives flocked to Judah and their traditions began to merge. Israel was older and polytheistic (like most of Canaan), while Judah was younger with a powerful sky god named YHWH.
According to archeologists at the Oriental Institute (Chicago), Penn Muséum (Philadelphia), Finklestein, and Devers, the Iron Age Israelites, Phoenicians, and Jews were the direct descendants of Bronze Age Canaanites based on similarities of written language, religion (pantheon of gods), and culture. El, Baal, Asheroth were shared by all of them. The difference was the slow rise of the sky god YHWH above all other gods in Judah’s national religion. Oh, and there is no corroborating archeological evidence of a Hebrew Exodus from Egypt and Conquest of Canaan, as reported in the merged mythology of Judah and Israel (Bible). Hebrews appear to be a specific group of late Bronze/early Iron Age Hapiru/Habiru living in Canaan who eventually form the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah.
Israel was already a people by 1206 BCE, according to a stele by the Egyptian pharaoh Merenptah. By contrast, there is no archaeological evidence of a Judah until the mid 9th century BCE, according to Finklestein. Saul appears to have been an early local chief within Israel. David and Solomon appear to have been early local chiefs within Judah. There is no archeological evidence of a unified Israeli/Judah kingdom under Saul, David, and Solomon as described in the shared legends of Judah and Israel (Bible).
Hi Ray, thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it! Yes, I believe you're correct, I think I had read that in the one book of his I have, Forgotten Kingdom: Archaeology and History of Northern Israel. As far as I know, the 1206 BCE date is the from the reign of pharaoh Merneptah, that stele mentioned in the video where "Israel" is mentioned as a people. One translation of part of the stele is "Canaan is captive with all woe. Ashkelon is conquered, Gezer seized, Yanoam made nonexistent; Israel is wasted, bare of seed… All who roamed have been subdued." I definitely need to read his and other books again as I want expand on this subject a bit more in future. Thanks again for stopping by, I really appreciate it! Stay safe!
12:40 2 Kings 17:23 Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria to this day. 2 Kings 17:24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelled in the cities thereof. 2 Kings 17:25 And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them. 2 Kings 17:26 Why they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which you have removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he has sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land. 2 Kings 17:27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom you brought from there; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land. 2 Kings 17:28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelled in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.
@@bradnantt5518 incorrect. Kings and Chronicles are very well attested from inscriptions, texts and artifacts, the Exodus period under Rameses II with his store cities along with Joseph under the Hyksos have precedence. You don't know about the 500 flood myths from around the world, and the 300+ creation myths, not to mention the several artefacts containing a tree and snake?
I love the Moabite stone. It's by default one of the more insightfull archeological testimony of the canaanite culture, and a first hand account of how the canaanites viewed their Baalim, their city gods. What is written in the stone about Kemosh is a perfect parallel to what the hebrews wrote about their God Yahweh Wich shows how the jewish religion evolved from the previous and contemporary canaanite polytheism. Because of these uncanny similarities, we can assume that all the canaanite kingdoms had a covenant with their baalim that was identical to the covenant the Hebrews had with Yahweh. The way Kemosh punished Moab by allowing the Israelites to conquer them, is exactly the same reason Israel was continuosly conquered by outsiders according to the Old testament. The only thing that changed with the Hebrews was the demonisation of the other common deities of the pantheon. And the abolition of human sacrifices. Obviously. But for the rest, it might have definitively been identical to the other religions of the levant This change might have happened because of Zoroastrian influence. Since many attributes of The wise Lord were eventualy given to Yahweh too. As well as the creation of a evil entity, enemy of God. Something that originaly did not exist. Yahweh was the source of both good and evil, since he's a perfect being. So yes. I am loving this series. Soon you'll have to talk about the canaanite religion, and the birth of the Cartaginian empire. And I can't wait for that
I wouldn't be too quick to lump the Hebrews in with every other polytheistic pagan religion of the Canaanites at the time. For example, what about the Ten Commandments and other Levitical Laws of the Hebrews? "Thou shalt not make a graven image," and all of that: something which seems common in other Levantine / Canaanitic / Polytheistic religions, but was explicitly outlawed by the Hebrews. That distinction alone is pretty unique, not only in comparison with Canaanites, but also with Egyptians, Assyrians, Akkadians, and Babylonians, all of whom had no difficulty making and worshiping idols.
@@Anthony-bl5rm The Israelites emerged out of Ancient Canaan, and the Bible reached its final monotheistic form after the exile when the Jews were exposed to (and influnced by) the Persian religion of Zoroastrianism. YHWH (Yahweh) was a god among many gods, and the Jews changed the biblical scriptures to the fit a monotheistic theology.
@@kaiadams3636 You are presenting a very fundamentalistic approach to the Hebrews'/Israelites' origins. The Ten Commandments and the Torah were revised during the reign of Josiah, King of Judah. Before the Jews were exposed to the religion of the Persians (Zoroastrianism), they were most likely henotheistic, and they had similar practices as their fellow Canaanites during the early Iron Age. Most of the modern archeological evidence disproves the events of the Exodus and Joshua, and the idea of YHWH (Yahweh) being the ultimate creator of the universe (and the only god to exist) was a rather late theological concept after the Jews were influenced by Zoroastrian concepts.
1. Solomon was around 900BC. Zoroastrianism existed 300 years later. Turns out they must have gotten influence from Israel's God. 2. And the Adversary (Satan) was mentioned in the oldest book of the Old Testament (Job). 3. Not smart to assume the caananites had a covenant with their god like Israel did with theirs. They are hardly similar, not even close. 4. If you want to know where The Abrahamic religion came from, read the bible.. no assuming there.
hello how are you i really love history especially related to religious holy texts and religious figures and ancient world. in my view early Israelites were monotheist and they did worship Elohim, but they also worshipped other deities. I'm a broad-minded researcher who loves studying academic fields and different narratives.
Well done my only complaint is not finding this channel sooner. As soon as you wrapped the proper video and started self promotion, done quickly and concisely thanks for not rambling with the instawhosits and the LegBooks, I was subbed. EDIT: I understand the social media need and I actually don't mind it at all as long as it isn't intrusive or holding the video hostage Good stuff
Hi, glad you stopped by and thanks so much for the feedback! Also happy that you like the video format. Yeah I usually get straight into the material after a short recap if related to a previous episode. This format seems to be working for me so I'll continue it for the foreseeable future. Thanks again and hope you also find future videos to be interesting...stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy I'm especially fond of how quick your personal shill is at the end of the video. Gets to the point and gives just enough info to getcha through
Hi, thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it! Yes, you're correct... a couple of others also pointed that out and I was like "man, how did I miss that when editing?" Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate it! Stay safe!
About the Persian satrapy Eber-Nari! According to medieval Jewish scholars the word “Hebrew” is a geographical term and comes from the word Ever which means “Across” or “Beyond”. In Hebrew language it is עבר and in Arabic it is عبر Eber-Nari means “Beyond the River (Euphrates)” and was the Persian name for greater Syria, which we call today the Levant. It means Trans-river Province. In the Book of Ezra it has the Hebrew name “Ever-Nahara”. In the early chapters of Genesis, Abraham is called a Hebrew when he’s introduced, or Ivri It means he’s a man from Eber-Nari, the Trans-river Province. This is just passages before he travels to see his family in Haran, which is usually identified as northern Syria. So the word “Hebrew” can be translated as a term for any ancient Syrian or Levantine people
I don't know how you managed to stay neutral LOL.. its a very controversial history but you still walked the tight rope successfully .. gr8 video and gr8 summary.
Good to hear from you my friend! Haha it's my job to stay neutral and unbiased with these things... glad you liked it though. I wasn't sure what the reaction was going to be from some (and I did get a lot of hateful comments) but overall it's been encouraging and I'll put out more of these. Thanks again and hope all is well with you and your family... keep safe!
what do you mean controversial? theres history and theres the lies some people might paint it as. israel existed way before any arabs in the levant whether you like it or not.
Am afraid you're confusing religion with ethnicity, 1st nowadays countries didn't exist back then and speaking about lies you better check how many stories the Torah pinched from Mesopotamian myths. 2nd not all Arabs are muslims 3rd the proof of Israel existing as a state in Ancient times is so frail. btw i am not an arab nor a Muslim.
Hi Cy, In the bible there are 3 different Darius' mentioned (i.e. Darius the Mede (62 at the time Babylon was conquered) , Darius the son of Ahasuerus (seed of the Medes), Darius the Persian (successor to Cyrus). Please can you delve into the Medians a little (I do know that Darius and Cyrus were blood relations and Medo-Persia was ruled by two kings up until the time of Alexander the Great)
Thanks so much for the compliment... I'm sure they'll come as I create more videos and spread out to new peoples. Thanks for your support, I really appreciate it...stay safe!
Thank you for the interesting lectures. Would you please explain for me the issue if the Canaanite script: As in the lecture about the Arameans, I heard that they introduced the alphabetic script to the Phoenicians, who modified it. Where's in the episode about the Canaanites the letters introduces it in the Middle Bronze age, as I knew..?
The bible also mentions talking snakes and people that lived to a thousand. Its not a good source for history research. At best it helps corroborate real archeological finds and data.
Great video as always, keep up the good work! Because most of the people use the biblical narrative. Also have you seen the latest DNA studies about the philistines? They appeared to be native to canaan “middle east in general” so they’re not from greece/southern Europe, in addition to DNA they worshipped the cannanite god, keep up the goos work bro.
Hi, thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it and your comments. I've heard about a couple of DNA studies, mostly by reading about them in the comments of videos on the Sea Peoples and related topics, but I haven't really looked much into them. It's be interesting though for sure. For some reason though I always thought that most of the Philistines were actually native to region and not from other areas of Mediterranean as many have suggested. I definitely should look more into that. Thanks again for stopping by and stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy I have visited the Philistine Archaeological Museum in Ashdod (one of the actual Philistine cities) and there they said it wasn't very clear where they came from, but that their artifacts suggest they were related to the Greeks. Or perhaps there was EXTENSIVE trade with the early Greeks! Another piece of evidence is that their name seems to stem from the Hebrew/Canaanite root for "invader", so at least the Ancient Hebrews did seem to believe the Philistines were foreigners.
@@talknight2 You know what's funny, I came across that museum in my reading last night (I'm preparing a short video on the Philistines) and thought I'd check out the web site but it seems that the server was down. I wanted to see what artifacts they had because it's hard to find good photos of them. This was the site www.phcm.co.il/en I tried. I'll keep trying...thanks for the info, I really appreciate it! Stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy Well, you can go ahead and message them directly for help. That's the email on their Facebook page mirart9 @ gmail.com And photos of some of their items dispersed in the gallery facebook.com/plishtim/photos/?ref=page_internal
Why won't you at least mention that a lot of modern scholars are sceptical about the existence of united kingdom of Israel and Judah, and claim that Judah developed much later? Similarly a lot of scholars are sceptical about Herodotus's claims about Medes which you cite etc. Even if you don't agree with them you should mention them
You had "Hezekiah" written backwards in hebrew. It's a common problem when you copy-paste Hebrew. It's written from right to left in the original, but when you paste it in it gets shifted around to left-to-right and the letters are in reverse order.
Hi, thanks for stopping by. Yes, you're correct and it's something that I should have caught while editing. My mistake, thanks for pointing it out. Stay safe!
In the Bible, the reason why Sennacherib wasn't able to take the city of Jerusalem is because an angel went through his camp during the night and killed all his army.
Hey just fyi you say this is the fourth instalment in the series but i can only find 2 other videos. I recommend you link the other vids in your description in future as i think that will help people navigate your videos and get you more subscriber's. Also are you going to do a Phoenicia specific video? I was kinda waiting for that one, but this is all Judah peeps
Hi, thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it! Here's the link for the Canaan-related playlist: th-cam.com/video/GE3gd4M4XJk/w-d-xo.html If that doesn't work you can go under "PLAYLISTS" on the channel page and you should be able to find it there. Yes, I have a special video for Phoenicia and the Phoenicians coming up, stay tuned! Thanks again for stopping by, I really appreciate it... stay safe!
Oh yeah, Assyrian names of kings are pretty cool and fun to say - Esarhaddon, Sennacherib, Ashurbanipal, Ashurubalit... some take a while to learn but once you got 'em, they make you sound cool and sophisticated 😂. Thanks so much for stopping by, really appreciate it! More on the way, stay tuned!
That's so interesting, us the people of Israel (also known as Jews) have as well a month called "Tevet" I didn't realize the Assyrians shared similar month names as us. The Jews are actually the only remaining closest related People to the Canaanites, Hebrew is the only yet remaining cnaanite language. 🔯 עם ישראל חי! 🇮🇱
Yeah, it's pretty amazing how these Semitic languages are all related, even to this day. I'll be honest I wish I had studied them more but what I read in some papers about them in a university course I once took was really fascinating. I wonder if such words and names came into Hebrew from Akkadian during the the time of Babylonian captivity, something I've always wondered, since the Jews who went back to Israel had lived in Babylonia for decades or were perhaps even born there, meaning that they were raised hearing it. Anyway, thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it... stay safe!
At about the 4:00 minute mark, you said "Contemporary Historical vs Biblical Tradition and I take offense to this as though the Bible is not a Historical document.
Hi, thanks for stopping by. It's not meant to offend, it's just that using the Bible itself as a historical source can problematic for archaeologists because in its current form, it was compiled and written several centuries after the events it narrates took place. It's Herodotus saying that the Persian army invading Greece contained over 400,000 men. How does he know this? He wasn't there and simply heard the tale from others. The archaeologist's job would be to look for evidence from other sources closer to the time to either confirm or deny this. That's why even with analyzing the history of Canaan and the Levant during Biblical times, texts or inscriptions from the time period (or at least closer to) in question are generally seen as being more reliable. It is for this reason that the Bible is not used as a historical document. It doesn't mean that some of the historical events in the Bible may not be true, they just haven't been verified scientifically. In many cases, archaeology has confirmed certain things in the Bible, in others more info needs to be uncovered. Anyway, I hope that this explanation helps and please know, it's not meant to offend, its just the approach that any trained archaeologist would take. If you have further questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Thanks and stay safe!
Hey Cy. I didn't seem to get a notification ... Sorry I missed this ! Great as usual. Did TH-cam just add that timestamp note title? ...that seems like useful feature Yehu was quite the usurper, sheesh may have been one of the original "Red Wedding" style set up massacres in history to eliminate his political opponents
Hey, great to hear from you! Oh when you put time stamps in the video description, they now show up under the video as well which is super cool. Yeah Jehu's story is interesting... might be fun to look further into. Thanks again for stopping by, always appreciate your comments and insight into these things. Have a great weekend and stay safe!
That was very interesting Cy, esp. the diff. between the state or kingdom of Israel and the earlier people that were called Israel and what is and is not known about them. This was a very fact filled and in formative vid. with what is so far known I enjoyed your info.
Thanks, glad you found it useful... I also hope that more is found about early Israelite history. As always, thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!
There is a Midrash from the Roman period that claims even most of the "Sons of Israel" in Egypt did not leave and that "4/5 were left behind"...perhaps a reference to the multitude of Semitic peoples there and that what became "Israel" was just a small fraction.
If some think that there was no united kingdom before the separation into two kingdoms, does not mean that this kingdom did not exist. After Assyria destroyed the kingdom of Israel, most Israelis were fled into Judea, and Judah grew tenfold in terms of population. That is, from this period in Judea there is an Israeli majority. So even if you are from those who think that there was no united kingdom, then after the destruction of the kingdom of Israel, there are Jews and Israelis united to one nation under the kingdom of Judah.
@@M4th3u54ndr4d3 I see. Where dose the Aramaric People come in to al this, (the tribe Jesus came from) and why dose so many people think Jesus was a jew?
@@1bakteriesnuben there is no aramaric tribe. I think you are talking about aramaic. The jews spoke aramaic after the babylonian and assyrian invasions. Before that, they spoke hebrew. In times of Jesus, they spoke aramaic. Jesus was a jew. 100% jewish from Bethlehem. Descendant of the Royal house of King David. Hebrew and aramaic are very similar. Today, the jews still have many prayers in aramaic, like the Qaddish
I love all ancient history, just imagine how much real history we've missed out on cos of those less than 1 percent of the population that has lied to us and I can't help thinking of all the artifacts n archeological sites where they've found important relics and proof of the bible stories, then people wouldn't need to wonder how the pyramids & other great structures were built!
O the irony! Those who lie and disagree with the bible, :D. Get a clue, not only is there no evidence for any of the stories in the bible, especially the O.T. We can disprove most of them. There was no Adam and Eve, no Noah's flood, no Moses' exodus, etc, etc, etc. The existence of Egypt and of Israel, doesn't prove any of the stories the bible claims. If several millennia from now, archaeologists would find the grave of a Peter Parker in New York, would that prove Spiderman exists? BTW, we do know how the pyramids, Stonehenge and "other great buildings" were built. Peace
most of archeology was done in the late 1800's through the mid 1900's.....during the Christian dominated belief system. It is because of what they found by Christian archeologist that today we have most our knowledge. So no one is hiding any proofs of the bible....in fact they were more prone to hide proofs that contradicted the bible until the last 20 years.
@@XarXXon not so fast,it's not only that there is (every culture on earth having a flood acount),about Exodus go to Pattern of Evidnece YT channel. Btw this is as short as I could keep it
Yeah, happens with many of these videos even though I do my best to avoid politics. I guess it comes with the territory. Thanks for stopping by, stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy I think you did very well to also avoid the religious pitfalls here, by describing the Old Testament accounts as a tradition rather than pointing out the legendary aspects. I watched a good video on biblical genealogy from UsefulCharts yesterday, which made a great distinction between the mythological, legendary and historical parts and the latter two tie in nicely with what you just presented.
Ammon was also related to Abraham (see Genesis 19). The historical record tells us who the founders of these nations are but History with Cy doesn't mention these men. What's the agenda, Cy?
Langauge is another factor for these comments in genosis 10 and 11 pelag is who divided the langauge so the georney of Abraham to promise land has a connection to history. Also the meeds empire were before persian empire it is important to know.
Hi, thanks for stopping by. Yeah I know, it was pointed out by a few other viewers too. An error on my part. Thanks for pointing it, stay safe and all the best for 2021!
14:29 you made a common mistake people make when copying Hebrew words. Hebrew is written right-to-left, not left-to-right. When copying it to a word processor not arranged properly, the order of the letters gets reversed.
Hi, thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it! Yeah, that was a goof up on my part... it was pointed out by others in the comments as well. Appreciate it the feedback... more to come, stay safe!
These tribal nations where likely all hebrew speakers. Evidence: mesha stele was written in archaic hebrew. And the bible suggests that all these peoples where related with the same ancestors. (Example: Lot, ishmael, Essau/Edom, Jacob/Israel. All hebrew speakers decended from immigrants from South mesopotamia.). The phillistines may have spoken a minoan language from crete...or from some other type of sea people decended from a legendary cretan empire.
Good point. Edom was literally the secondary name of Esau which does mean red but even that was a reference to his having sold his right as firstborn for red stew to his twin brother. He would later claim the mountainous region known at the time as Seir until the land began to be known by his secondary name
Great job! By the way, DNA of the modern day Samaritans show they are just as much ancient Hebrew Israelites as the Judaen people of post Babylon captivity. Judah created the propaganda that Samaritans were a mixed or non Hebrew Israelite people. We know the Assyrians tried to replace the Samaritans with "Gentiles" but it appears, for the most part, they were unsuccessful. They apparently had some mixing but only about the same as Judah did while in Babylon. We know a small portion of the 10 tribes (27k of them) were carried away but we don't have the story of their return. The DNA shows they are still of quite pure, ancient Hebrew Israelite blood.
then why did the assyrian king himself wrote in his own annals that he did that very thing? it's even shown in this very video 13:15 ! was he brain washed by zionist propoganda?
@@Alexandroslav "We know the Assyrians tried to replace the Samaritans with "Gentiles" but it appears, for the most part, they were unsuccessful. They apparently had some mixing but only about the same as Judah did while in Babylon. We know a small portion of the 10 tribes (27k of them) were carried away." The point is that the Assyrian strategy of replacing populations didn't seem to work. They would conquer nations and swap out portions of the population but they weren't strong enough to guard all of them from eventually making their way back to be with their people in their homeland. Twenty seven thousand is estimated to be a small percent of the population of Israel at that time so even if they didn't make it back it wouldn't have much effect.
Canaan stretched from Turkey to Algeria including EGYPT , ISRAEL JORDAN AND SYRIA...BEFORE THE RISE OF ROME AND GREECE ,ASSYRIA AND PERSIA...JUST SAYING
Persia was later conquered by Alexander III of Macedon with Judah as part of the Macedonian and later Seleucid empire however the Seleucids attempted to convert the Jews to Hellenism and even erected a statue of Zeus in the temple of Jerusalem all that sparked the Maccabean revolt which led to Judah becoming an independent state with the Hasmoneans and later the house of Herod to rule as kings until it was conquered by Rome where it was ruled as a province of Rome and later Constantinople until it was taken by the Islamic Caliphate and then ruled by many Muslim dynasty and made a crusader state and later the Ottomans until the end of WW1 where it was a made a British Mandate and gaining independence as a republic in 1948 as Israel. the nation is known for it's military prowess which it needs in case of war with Iran.
@@ophirwesley4424 agreed, not complicated and it means red. Esau was born “red all over and covered with hair” and he wanted some of the red stew in exchanged for his birthright and “That is why his name was Eʹdom” . And the hills were red in Edom, so red seems correct.
Edom or what in Israel now called Ha'Arava is literally all covered in Red stone mountains and copper mines lol but the reason for Edom name in the bible is indeed from Esav,I don't know maybe the Red heads are attracted to the red mountains...
I wonder if the Jews and Palestinians would agree to return to the original map, the philistines and Gaza section becomes Palestine, the area north of Jerusalem becomes Israel, and the land south of Israel with Jerusalem becomes New Judah, a section neither Israel, nor Palestine have control over, make it a neutral zone and then demolish the cities and redevelop so everyone sacrifices and everyone’s happy.
Judah and Israel are both Jewish states, so I don't know what makes you think Judah is somehow neutral here. In fact, judeans are historically and culturally much more similar to modern day Israelites than iron age Israel.
Please explain the Hebrew Bible origin stories of the Moabites and the Ammonites. And explain this pattern of exalting the Israelites, the slandering of its neighbors, justifying the wholesale slaughter of their "enemies."
Kingdom in 8th century Levant: *exists*
Assyria: is for me?
Still going on today and never really stopped for all that long
The assyrian church of the east atleast exists, i think it has an important existence
Between 2000BCE and say the first century AD there are so many interesting cultures countries and kings in that small area between the Mediterranean and Caspian. It’s a fascinating epoch which is sometimes only really fleshed out in the Old Testament. Keep up the good work
Thanks so much for the feedback, I really appreciate it! Yeah this is actually one of my favorite periods in all of his, the other being a few centuries later during the Greco-Persian wars. More on this to come for sure, stay tuned and safe!
@@HistorywithCy do you make videos for religion? I would very much like to see Canaanite religion and how it transitioned into Judaism
@@yahiawaleed828 Hi! I did a podcast on it some time back, here it is: th-cam.com/video/KncTpP7Nrq0/w-d-xo.html
Enjoy and thanks for stopping by!
@History with Cy about the cannanians is Palestinians today
@@تيكشبيلاتوليولا the Israeli and Palestinians literally both have about the same SW Asian + admixture % the Jews are canaanites also.
This is the best summary of the Canaanite tribes from the biblical age, now I can finally truly tell the difference between them! Thanks!
Thanks so much for stopping by and glad that you found the video useful...I definitely want to into more detail with some of them, like the Moabites who I feel are quite underrated. Thanks again and stay safe!
I managed to read the old Hebrew scripts including the Mesha's one and I understood almost all of it as it was written today. Amazing.
That's pretty awesome! Thanks for stopping by, stay safe!
Is it similar to modern hebrew ?
@@jb0433628 yes, almost the same
@@jb0433628 a lot of words are not used anymore. Old hebrew sounds very "poetic" to modern speakers.
The biggest difference is in pronounciation. Some letters are not pronounced the same way, like ayin, qof, sadi, tet. But arabic retains all of these ancient semitic sounds.
@@jb0433628 Biblical Hebrew. Even almost every child in Israel can understand it. They are studying the Bible all their 12 years at school.
14:00, Not only did Judah not provoke Assyria, Israel was attacking Judah for not joining in an anti-assyria alliance with them and so Judah sought relief from the Assyrians.
Yeah, that's the story... sad, I really think they would have been able to hold off the Assyrians (like at the Battle of Qarqar) had they steadfastly maintained their alliances with their neighbors. Anyway, thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it... stay safe!
I’ve just binge watched this whole series in the middle of the night when I should be sleeping. Imma be so tired at work 🥺But it was worth it 💕💕💕
Thanks, glad you are enjoying all of these! More on the way, stay tuned and safe!
Thank you for making such an enlightening ancient history documentary. I've learned a lot!
This was an amazing video on Canaan during biblical times thank you Cy
I absolutely love your videos and greatly appreciate you for making them.
Rock on. ✊
Thanks so much, I really appreciate it. You too! Keep the world safe for rock 'n roll during these strange days...
I really enjoyed this Canaan series, I was doing my own researh of Phoenicia and its cool to know what happened in the Levant.
Hi, great to hear from you! Thanks for the kind words, I really appreciate it! I'll actually be doing a separate video on the Phoenicians this summer so hopefully that'll help even more. As always, thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it...stay safe!
Can't wait for one on the Philistines !!
@@fdadachanji4635 for sure, coming soon! Thanks for your interest!
What I wanna know is, where the Jews really slaves in Egypt? And why is there no mention of David, Solomon and the other famous Kong’s
According to the Torrah Ham and his wife were the parents of Cush, Mizraim, Phut and Cannan. Cush was the progenitor of the Cushites which was ancient Ethiopia and Sudan. Mizraim was the progenitor of the original Eygptians. Cannan was the progenitor of the land of the original Cannanites which is the modern day countries of Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Jordan. The phoencians who were really the Sidioians was also from the line of Ham also. According to the Torrah Ham has the most familiy tribes documented with 30 afro asiatic tribes. Shem has 26 documented tribes. Japeth the progenitor of the Europeans has 14 documented tribes. But out of the 14 tribes according to the Torrah some were mellinated tribes.
Dude this is awesome. Great supplemental history to what's in the Bible and other historical sources
Thanks bud, I really appreciate the kind words and glad you found it useful... stay safe!
I wouldn't say that the Bible is a historical source though, until the Babylonian captivity and later.
@@henrikg1388The Bible definitely is a collection of ancient oral history of the Jews, but like most oral history it was written to make them the heroes, exaggerate their victories and downplay their losses. Plus it needed to downplay their polytheistic origins and how their God El was just one of the gods of the ancient Canaanite pantheon. The problem that we have with the Bible and other texts considered sacred like the Koran is that people consider them the divine word of God and not a collection of oral histories and theology made by human beings
What an incredibly insightful video. Very well made.
Wow another great and super interesting video about a time period that has greatly impacted the world! Thanks
My pleasure, glad you found it useful... it is a super interesting time indeed! As always, thanks for stopping by, always great to hear from you and thanks for the support! Stay safe!
Very good info, thank you Cy, Jesus bless you🌿🕊
Thanks so much, I really appreciate it. God bless you too and stay safe!
Love biblical studies they are very applicable to scripture! I POST YOURS ON FACEBOOK!
thanks alot bro!
May the peace of yahushua hamachiyach be upon you!
Thanks so much my friend, I'm honored that you share these and really glad that you've been stopping by and appreciate your questions... keeps me sharp! May you also have peace, happiness and knowledge... really the things that I suppose we all ultimately desire to attain. Stay safe my friend!
What's your opinion about the rabbis who say that "goyim are soulless subhuman cattle created only to serve the Jews"??? 👀
Sorry but i gotta point this out ... when you wrote out Hezekiah (חזקיהו) you accidentally wrote it backwards
Yes, you're right. Dang it... I don't know how I didn't catch that when I was reviewing it. Thanks for pointing that out, I appreciate it!
So is backwards left to right or right to left?
@@jrt818
Most Semitic scripts are written right to left & being that its CENTURIES older that Latin & Greek i would say the latter 2 are backwards
@@jrt818 For Hebrew, writing left to right is backwards. All languages were 1st written right to left, because when clicking the letters to a stone table, or printing them in clay, a right handed person moves more naturally right to left. But with a brush on papyrus, it's more natural to move left to right - or became more practical, not to wipe out what you just had written. This is also the reason why left handed people write with their hand in a more awkward position, because they have to take care not to wipe their writing.
The change is visible in Phoenician, old Greek and Etruscan scripts, when in the transition period they moved the text first right to left, but next row left to right, then again right to left... I'm just glad they settled for one direction in the end :)
He wrote something like "Wahiqazach". Hebrew, arabic aramaic, are from right to left
Thank You CY for your impartial and objective relation of the spinous and troubled history of the kingdoms of Israel and Juda.
i wonder how exotic the names of the places sound to most people
it would be interesting to hear those names from an outsiders perspective
Haha actually I think about that quite a bit as I do my best to pronounce some of the more unfamiliar words. Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it...stay safe!
And if you know any Hebrew, you know that house is beyt/bet there, and in Arabic bayt( somewhere said as beit/beyt) - then yiu'll notice the Aramaic bit for house is pretty much the same.
@@timomastosalo All these languages arrive from the same source.
@@simko8665 Did something in my comment hint that I didn't know that? It was based on the practical approach that Hebrew and Arabic are modern languages still in use, so something relevant we can study. Well, there's some Aramaic speakers still left too, maybe that can be studied too, but study material is not that readily available. Then we can study these dead languages.
I love hearing 'B.C.E.' instead of 'B.C.' It's how I know I'm listening to a legit history channel and I am really enjoying this one so far.
How is (before Christ's era) different from( before Christ)??
@@vanmanrick1 Before Common Era
@@crontemisto8994uses the same man as a reference point lol
I learn something from Cy no matter how many times I play the same video. 🙂
Glad to hear it and thrilled you enjoy it enough to view it multiple times. Thank you!
As I kid I learned about King David's conquests in school but somehow it never occurred to me that Gilead was a whole kingdom to the north-east. Because the name is also a Hebrew word (and a boy name in Modern Hebrew), I always thought it was a place somewhere in Israel...
Haha and it's also a big biopharmaceutical company here in the US (Gilead Sciences)!
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So did I,I though it was a city built on a hill,or a region,by no mean a kingdom
Hey Cy, this Canaanite/Punic series has been brilliant. I'm using it to research new Levantine civilization mods for Civ VI. They are all great resources.
Beautiful presentation! Thanks!
Edom means 'red' named after their ancestor Esau as some commentors have already accurately stated, however in the spiritual realm it means the 'desires of the flesh' but in order to understand this from a spiritual perspective one must go into OT. Thanks for the upload.
spiritual ?
The descendants of Esau were the Phoenician and syriacs
@@trillmoney263 esau is myth
@@lufasumafalu5069 kingdom of Israel United monarchy ended in 930 bce. Carthage was founded by Tyre in 814 bce only 116 years difference
@@lufasumafalu5069 Esau descendants is the Phoenician and syriacs. Trust me
For those interested, about 2-3 weeks ago, a new DNA paper (Agranat-Tamir et al) was released where they analysed 79 Canaanite samples (including 2 early Israelite samples).
IamDeathwatch what were the results then. When you find out, let me know please, thanks
If it's wht I think it is, I read that article
Thanks for the info, appreciate it..stay safe!
@@kevinhayes6933 Here's the paper:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867420304876
Basically confirms that both Jews and Arabs (i.e. Arabised Levantines) are the descendants of the Canaanites.
The individual from Abel Beth Macaah is likely Israelite. The Iron Age Megiddo individual is likely early Israelite.
This study also released on the same day:
www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(20)30509-2.pdf?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867420305092%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
So we basically have a DNA profile for Biblical Amorites. We can also see a difference between Bronze Age Syria and Bronze Age Israel (when comparing the samples of both studies).
So great to see another of your well researched videos! The music in the background was a nice touch and didn't drown out your voice like most that attempt to do the mix! Why weren't classes in school like your teaching? I would've listened! Lol! Loved the references to the old testament too! Hope you and yours are well Cy! Thanks for the video! Hugs from Seattle! 🌲⛅💕
Hi Blue, long time no hear... hope you and your loved ones are all doing well! Glad that you liked the video, was fun to make. Thanks for the feedback, interesting about the music... I had a couple people say that it was it was off, not sure if it's something on my end or theirs. I know that Washington state and Seattle in particular were hit hard with this thing but I hope all is getting better during these unconventional times. All's well here in SoCal, weather getting better and now able to get some air and go outside. Stay safe my friend and as always, thanks for the support!
@@HistorywithCy I see you've been a busy guy with more great history vids! You're one talented individual. I think that your love of history shows through and makes your videos better than any others.
Things in Seattle are weird. You may have heard that one of the neighborhoods in Seattle have taken it over, allowing no police to enter. It's weird, reminds me of the 1960's (even though I was a babe, I remember all the violence). Things otherwise are great. Supposed to be finalizing a contract with FEMA this next week (we sell hand sanitizer and bombs you set off to release a binding agent that covers everything and disinfects everything). Needless to say, I'm pretty excited!
Cy, I truly hope all is great with you! I'm glad to hear the weather is beckoning to you! Nothing like getting out after we've been cooped up for so long!
Always great to hear from you! Keep up your wonderful work! Take good care Cy! Cheers!
Ditto about the music 🎶.
Cy I have subscribed to the Great courses! May the bless you for sharing this in depth blessing!
This is getting better and better. Where do you get your sources from, did you eventually studied this?
Hi, thanks so much for stopping by and the feedback, I really appreciate it! I have a link to the sources I used in the video description. I've been reading about this region for years but don't know it as well as my forte, which is ancient Persian (Achaemenid and Sasanian) history, which I'll also get into eventually on this channel. Any questions, please don't hesitate to ask... thanks again and stay safe!
Good series! Loved the medieval 2 total w a r music that started in the israel and judah section
Yeah, Mazel Tov on the video. Your presentation was flawless.
Haha thanks so much I really appreciate it but actually there is one flaw in the video that I didn't catch while reviewing... see if you can find it....
Ok, I wrote Hezekiah in Hebrew backwards. My mistake, but other that we're good. Anyway, thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it... stay safe!
Wonderful of you to put so much work into your channel. I love the visuals of archaeologies discoveries that you show that make this interesting, and give the viewer ways to research even further. 🔆
Thanks and glad you liked the visuals... I'm constantly trying to improve those so hopefully they'll be better in the future!
I am impressed that you relied on archeology rather than mythology and legends when making this video. By the way, archeologist Israel Finklestein reports first evidence of Israel at ~1206 BCE, and first evidence of Judah in the 9th century BCE. When Israel was conquered, Israeli fugitives flocked to Judah and their traditions began to merge. Israel was older and polytheistic (like most of Canaan), while Judah was younger with a powerful sky god named YHWH.
Israel is 1000 bce later same with later edom and moab and ammon the second oldest.
800 bce to 1100 bce it's still heavily heavily Canaan.
Not jew/hebrew(israel/edom/moab/ammon)
According to archeologists at the Oriental Institute (Chicago), Penn Muséum (Philadelphia), Finklestein, and Devers, the Iron Age Israelites, Phoenicians, and Jews were the direct descendants of Bronze Age Canaanites based on similarities of written language, religion (pantheon of gods), and culture. El, Baal, Asheroth were shared by all of them. The difference was the slow rise of the sky god YHWH above all other gods in Judah’s national religion. Oh, and there is no corroborating archeological evidence of a Hebrew Exodus from Egypt and Conquest of Canaan, as reported in the merged mythology of Judah and Israel (Bible).
Hebrews appear to be a specific group of late Bronze/early Iron Age Hapiru/Habiru living in Canaan who eventually form the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah.
Israel was already a people by 1206 BCE, according to a stele by the Egyptian pharaoh Merenptah. By contrast, there is no archaeological evidence of a Judah until the mid 9th century BCE, according to Finklestein.
Saul appears to have been an early local chief within Israel. David and Solomon appear to have been early local chiefs within Judah. There is no archeological evidence of a unified Israeli/Judah kingdom under Saul, David, and Solomon as described in the shared legends of Judah and Israel (Bible).
Hi Ray, thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it! Yes, I believe you're correct, I think I had read that in the one book of his I have, Forgotten Kingdom: Archaeology and History of Northern Israel. As far as I know, the 1206 BCE date is the from the reign of pharaoh Merneptah, that stele mentioned in the video where "Israel" is mentioned as a people. One translation of part of the stele is
"Canaan is captive with all woe.
Ashkelon is conquered, Gezer seized,
Yanoam made nonexistent;
Israel is wasted, bare of seed…
All who roamed have been subdued."
I definitely need to read his and other books again as I want expand on this subject a bit more in future. Thanks again for stopping by, I really appreciate it! Stay safe!
12:40
2 Kings 17:23 Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria to this day.
2 Kings 17:24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelled in the cities thereof.
2 Kings 17:25 And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them.
2 Kings 17:26 Why they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which you have removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he has sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.
2 Kings 17:27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom you brought from there; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.
2 Kings 17:28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelled in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.
Question: how well does Biblical Jewish history compare with archaeology?
Not well at all. The major events in the pentateuch (creation, slavery in Egypt, the flood, the Exodus) have no support in evidence.
It depends which parts you focus on. There are some parts that agree well and others that don’t.
@@bradnantt5518 incorrect. Kings and Chronicles are very well attested from inscriptions, texts and artifacts, the Exodus period under Rameses II with his store cities along with Joseph under the Hyksos have precedence. You don't know about the 500 flood myths from around the world, and the 300+ creation myths, not to mention the several artefacts containing a tree and snake?
@@daricolesliejr9616 an accurate summation
@@bradnantt5518 says you
I love the Moabite stone.
It's by default one of the more insightfull archeological testimony of the canaanite culture, and a first hand account of how the canaanites viewed their Baalim, their city gods.
What is written in the stone about Kemosh is a perfect parallel to what the hebrews wrote about their God Yahweh
Wich shows how the jewish religion evolved from the previous and contemporary canaanite polytheism.
Because of these uncanny similarities, we can assume that all the canaanite kingdoms had a covenant with their baalim that was identical to the covenant the Hebrews had with Yahweh.
The way Kemosh punished Moab by allowing the Israelites to conquer them, is exactly the same reason Israel was continuosly conquered by outsiders according to the Old testament.
The only thing that changed with the Hebrews was the demonisation of the other common deities of the pantheon.
And the abolition of human sacrifices.
Obviously.
But for the rest, it might have definitively been identical to the other religions of the levant
This change might have happened because of Zoroastrian influence.
Since many attributes of The wise Lord were eventualy given to Yahweh too.
As well as the creation of a evil entity, enemy of God.
Something that originaly did not exist.
Yahweh was the source of both good and evil, since he's a perfect being.
So yes.
I am loving this series.
Soon you'll have to talk about the canaanite religion, and the birth of the Cartaginian empire.
And I can't wait for that
I wouldn't be too quick to lump the Hebrews in with every other polytheistic pagan religion of the Canaanites at the time. For example, what about the Ten Commandments and other Levitical Laws of the Hebrews? "Thou shalt not make a graven image," and all of that: something which seems common in other Levantine / Canaanitic / Polytheistic religions, but was explicitly outlawed by the Hebrews. That distinction alone is pretty unique, not only in comparison with Canaanites, but also with Egyptians, Assyrians, Akkadians, and Babylonians, all of whom had no difficulty making and worshiping idols.
It didn't evolve; God just simply chosen them over the rest , and they became Israel.
@@Anthony-bl5rm
The Israelites emerged out of Ancient Canaan, and the Bible reached its final monotheistic form after the exile when the Jews were exposed to (and influnced by) the Persian religion of Zoroastrianism. YHWH (Yahweh) was a god among many gods, and the Jews changed the biblical scriptures to the fit a monotheistic theology.
@@kaiadams3636
You are presenting a very fundamentalistic approach to the Hebrews'/Israelites' origins. The Ten Commandments and the Torah were revised during the reign of Josiah, King of Judah. Before the Jews were exposed to the religion of the Persians (Zoroastrianism), they were most likely henotheistic, and they had similar practices as their fellow Canaanites during the early Iron Age. Most of the modern archeological evidence disproves the events of the Exodus and Joshua, and the idea of YHWH (Yahweh) being the ultimate creator of the universe (and the only god to exist) was a rather late theological concept after the Jews were influenced by Zoroastrian concepts.
1. Solomon was around 900BC. Zoroastrianism existed 300 years later. Turns out they must have gotten influence from Israel's God. 2. And the Adversary (Satan) was mentioned in the oldest book of the Old Testament (Job). 3. Not smart to assume the caananites had a covenant with their god like Israel did with theirs. They are hardly similar, not even close. 4. If you want to know where The Abrahamic religion came from, read the bible.. no assuming there.
This is my new favorite channel.
Thanks for the kind words and glad that you like this stuff and the channel, really appreciate it!
Thank you for all your hard work! This is very informative.
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Listen, this was an awesome video and it's accurate. You keep up the good work.
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hello how are you i really love history especially related to religious holy texts and religious figures and ancient world. in my view early Israelites were monotheist and they did worship Elohim, but they also worshipped other deities. I'm a broad-minded researcher who loves studying academic fields and different narratives.
Wow I love the Bible and your content bro bro 🙏🏾‼️
Well done my only complaint is not finding this channel sooner. As soon as you wrapped the proper video and started self promotion, done quickly and concisely thanks for not rambling with the instawhosits and the LegBooks, I was subbed. EDIT: I understand the social media need and I actually don't mind it at all as long as it isn't intrusive or holding the video hostage
Good stuff
Hi, glad you stopped by and thanks so much for the feedback! Also happy that you like the video format. Yeah I usually get straight into the material after a short recap if related to a previous episode. This format seems to be working for me so I'll continue it for the foreseeable future.
Thanks again and hope you also find future videos to be interesting...stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy I'm especially fond of how quick your personal shill is at the end of the video. Gets to the point and gives just enough info to getcha through
Big like! one small correction: 14:45 the Hebrew script is backwards. It is חזקיהו
Hi, thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it! Yes, you're correct... a couple of others also pointed that out and I was like "man, how did I miss that when editing?"
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Loved this video.
About the Persian satrapy Eber-Nari! According to medieval Jewish scholars the word “Hebrew” is a geographical term and comes from the word Ever which means “Across” or “Beyond”. In Hebrew language it is עבר and in Arabic it is عبر
Eber-Nari means “Beyond the River (Euphrates)” and was the Persian name for greater Syria, which we call today the Levant. It means Trans-river Province. In the Book of Ezra it has the Hebrew name “Ever-Nahara”. In the early chapters of Genesis, Abraham is called a Hebrew when he’s introduced, or Ivri
It means he’s a man from Eber-Nari, the Trans-river Province. This is just passages before he travels to see his family in Haran, which is usually identified as northern Syria. So the word “Hebrew” can be translated as a term for any ancient Syrian or Levantine people
Thanks for your research, that was so informative & enjoyable at the same time👍
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I don't know how you managed to stay neutral LOL.. its a very controversial history but you still walked the tight rope successfully .. gr8 video and gr8 summary.
Good to hear from you my friend! Haha it's my job to stay neutral and unbiased with these things... glad you liked it though. I wasn't sure what the reaction was going to be from some (and I did get a lot of hateful comments) but overall it's been encouraging and I'll put out more of these. Thanks again and hope all is well with you and your family... keep safe!
what do you mean controversial? theres history and theres the lies some people might paint it as. israel existed way before any arabs in the levant whether you like it or not.
Am afraid you're confusing religion with ethnicity, 1st nowadays countries didn't exist back then and speaking about lies you better check how many stories the Torah pinched from Mesopotamian myths.
2nd not all Arabs are muslims
3rd the proof of Israel existing as a state in Ancient times is so frail.
btw i am not an arab nor a Muslim.
Hi Cy, In the bible there are 3 different Darius' mentioned (i.e. Darius the Mede (62 at the time Babylon was conquered)
, Darius the son of Ahasuerus (seed of the Medes), Darius the Persian (successor to Cyrus). Please can you delve into the Medians a little (I do know that Darius and Cyrus were blood relations and Medo-Persia was ruled by two kings up until the time of Alexander the Great)
BRILLIANT!!! Absolutely BRILLIANT
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Very interesting and informative - thanks!
Thank you!
How come you don't have many Subscribers ?? You deserve more subs.
Thanks so much for the compliment... I'm sure they'll come as I create more videos and spread out to new peoples. Thanks for your support, I really appreciate it...stay safe!
Kings in the ancient middle east were more verbally toxic with each other than Dota II chatlogs
Ali- Words, names, and writing had a almost magical power back then.
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Canaanites creating writing just so they could sh*tpost and troll each other is one of the most plausible explanations for creating writing I can see.
Awesome work. Stay safe! Love your videos ^__^
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Edom means red named after their ancestor Esau, twin brother of Jacob, because of his skin.
Thank you for the interesting lectures. Would you please explain for me the issue if the Canaanite script: As in the lecture about the Arameans, I heard that they introduced the alphabetic script to the Phoenicians, who modified it. Where's in the episode about the Canaanites the letters introduces
it in the Middle Bronze age, as I knew..?
The bible also mentions talking snakes and people that lived to a thousand. Its not a good source for history research. At best it helps corroborate real archeological finds and data.
Not true that's just what black people say to try and prove their ill bises
So interesting ! Thanks!!
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Great video Thankyou and god bless !
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Great video as always, keep up the good work! Because most of the people use the biblical narrative. Also have you seen the latest DNA studies about the philistines? They appeared to be native to canaan “middle east in general” so they’re not from greece/southern Europe, in addition to DNA they worshipped the cannanite god, keep up the goos work bro.
Hi, thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it and your comments. I've heard about a couple of DNA studies, mostly by reading about them in the comments of videos on the Sea Peoples and related topics, but I haven't really looked much into them. It's be interesting though for sure. For some reason though I always thought that most of the Philistines were actually native to region and not from other areas of Mediterranean as many have suggested. I definitely should look more into that.
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@@HistorywithCy I have visited the Philistine Archaeological Museum in Ashdod (one of the actual Philistine cities) and there they said it wasn't very clear where they came from, but that their artifacts suggest they were related to the Greeks. Or perhaps there was EXTENSIVE trade with the early Greeks!
Another piece of evidence is that their name seems to stem from the Hebrew/Canaanite root for "invader", so at least the Ancient Hebrews did seem to believe the Philistines were foreigners.
@@talknight2 You know what's funny, I came across that museum in my reading last night (I'm preparing a short video on the Philistines) and thought I'd check out the web site but it seems that the server was down. I wanted to see what artifacts they had because it's hard to find good photos of them. This was the site www.phcm.co.il/en I tried.
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@@HistorywithCy Well, you can go ahead and message them directly for help. That's the email on their Facebook page mirart9 @ gmail.com
And photos of some of their items dispersed in the gallery facebook.com/plishtim/photos/?ref=page_internal
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Good content bro
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Why won't you at least mention that a lot of modern scholars are sceptical about the existence of united kingdom of Israel and Judah, and claim that Judah developed much later? Similarly a lot of scholars are sceptical about Herodotus's claims about Medes which you cite etc. Even if you don't agree with them you should mention them
Thanks a lot for the great video! Love it so much!
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You had "Hezekiah" written backwards in hebrew. It's a common problem when you copy-paste Hebrew. It's written from right to left in the original, but when you paste it in it gets shifted around to left-to-right and the letters are in reverse order.
Hi, thanks for stopping by. Yes, you're correct and it's something that I should have caught while editing. My mistake, thanks for pointing it out. Stay safe!
In the Bible, the reason why Sennacherib wasn't able to take the city of Jerusalem is because an angel went through his camp during the night and killed all his army.
There was s plague
@@AhJauBut This is not a reliable account, it was some greek historian trying to make sense of the defeat but with no first hand information.
@@jb0433628 but angels hahaha
@@skkhammuansangngaihte4989 When was the last time an army of over a hundred thousands against a city with a few thousands got defeated by "plague" ?
@@jb0433628 many where having seige a city at one spot for too long can cause a disease outbreak
Hey just fyi you say this is the fourth instalment in the series but i can only find 2 other videos. I recommend you link the other vids in your description in future as i think that will help people navigate your videos and get you more subscriber's.
Also are you going to do a Phoenicia specific video? I was kinda waiting for that one, but this is all Judah peeps
Hi, thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it! Here's the link for the Canaan-related playlist:
th-cam.com/video/GE3gd4M4XJk/w-d-xo.html
If that doesn't work you can go under "PLAYLISTS" on the channel page and you should be able to find it there.
Yes, I have a special video for Phoenicia and the Phoenicians coming up, stay tuned! Thanks again for stopping by, I really appreciate it... stay safe!
Hi Cy!
Yo! Thanks for stopping by, stay safe!
Mount Seir is Esau ,Petra Was his Stronghold its Architecture predates Rome wherever you find this Architecture you will find Esau/ Edom .
Love the research and history but not the Annoying music, I wonder why always the Loud music.
I dont know why but Tiglath-Pileser sounds cool
Oh yeah, Assyrian names of kings are pretty cool and fun to say - Esarhaddon, Sennacherib, Ashurbanipal, Ashurubalit... some take a while to learn but once you got 'em, they make you sound cool and sophisticated 😂. Thanks so much for stopping by, really appreciate it! More on the way, stay tuned!
That's so interesting, us the people of Israel (also known as Jews) have as well a month called "Tevet" I didn't realize the Assyrians shared similar month names as us.
The Jews are actually the only remaining closest related People to the Canaanites, Hebrew is the only yet remaining cnaanite language.
🔯 עם ישראל חי! 🇮🇱
Yeah, it's pretty amazing how these Semitic languages are all related, even to this day. I'll be honest I wish I had studied them more but what I read in some papers about them in a university course I once took was really fascinating. I wonder if such words and names came into Hebrew from Akkadian during the the time of Babylonian captivity, something I've always wondered, since the Jews who went back to Israel had lived in Babylonia for decades or were perhaps even born there, meaning that they were raised hearing it.
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2k Years later, my ancestors used to live in that land, I don't know who my 4th grandfather is, but that land belongs to me.
At about the 4:00 minute mark, you said "Contemporary Historical vs Biblical Tradition and I take offense to this as though the Bible is not a Historical document.
Hi, thanks for stopping by. It's not meant to offend, it's just that using the Bible itself as a historical source can problematic for archaeologists because in its current form, it was compiled and written several centuries after the events it narrates took place. It's Herodotus saying that the Persian army invading Greece contained over 400,000 men. How does he know this? He wasn't there and simply heard the tale from others. The archaeologist's job would be to look for evidence from other sources closer to the time to either confirm or deny this. That's why even with analyzing the history of Canaan and the Levant during Biblical times, texts or inscriptions from the time period (or at least closer to) in question are generally seen as being more reliable. It is for this reason that the Bible is not used as a historical document. It doesn't mean that some of the historical events in the Bible may not be true, they just haven't been verified scientifically. In many cases, archaeology has confirmed certain things in the Bible, in others more info needs to be uncovered. Anyway, I hope that this explanation helps and please know, it's not meant to offend, its just the approach that any trained archaeologist would take.
If you have further questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Thanks and stay safe!
Israel (Jacob), Judah, Ammon (Ben-Ammi), Moab and Edom (Esau) are all named after the tribes those people spawned who settled there.
Hey Cy. I didn't seem to get a notification ... Sorry I missed this !
Great as usual. Did TH-cam just add that timestamp note title?
...that seems like useful feature
Yehu was quite the usurper, sheesh
may have been one of the original "Red Wedding" style set up massacres in history to eliminate his political opponents
Hey, great to hear from you! Oh when you put time stamps in the video description, they now show up under the video as well which is super cool.
Yeah Jehu's story is interesting... might be fun to look further into. Thanks again for stopping by, always appreciate your comments and insight into these things. Have a great weekend and stay safe!
That was very interesting Cy, esp. the diff. between the state or kingdom of Israel and the earlier people that were called Israel and what is and is not known about them. This was a very fact filled and in formative vid. with what is so far known I enjoyed your info.
Thanks, glad you found it useful... I also hope that more is found about early Israelite history. As always, thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!
Interesting how Israel to day is the home of the jews when they were historically two different kingdoms.🤔🤨🧐😕
There is a Midrash from the Roman period that claims even most of the "Sons of Israel" in Egypt did not leave and that "4/5 were left behind"...perhaps a reference to the multitude of Semitic peoples there and that what became "Israel" was just a small fraction.
If some think that there was no united kingdom before the separation into two kingdoms, does not mean that this kingdom did not exist. After Assyria destroyed the kingdom of Israel, most Israelis were fled into Judea, and Judah grew tenfold in terms of population. That is, from this period in Judea there is an Israeli majority. So even if you are from those who think that there was no united kingdom, then after the destruction of the kingdom of Israel, there are Jews and Israelis united to one nation under the kingdom of Judah.
They were 2 kingdoms, but just one people and one ancestry
@@M4th3u54ndr4d3 I see. Where dose the Aramaric People come in to al this, (the tribe Jesus came from) and why dose so many people think Jesus was a jew?
@@1bakteriesnuben there is no aramaric tribe.
I think you are talking about aramaic.
The jews spoke aramaic after the babylonian and assyrian invasions. Before that, they spoke hebrew.
In times of Jesus, they spoke aramaic.
Jesus was a jew. 100% jewish from Bethlehem. Descendant of the Royal house of King David.
Hebrew and aramaic are very similar. Today, the jews still have many prayers in aramaic, like the Qaddish
I love all ancient history, just imagine how much real history we've missed out on cos of those less than 1 percent of the population that has lied to us and I can't help thinking of all the artifacts n archeological sites where they've found important relics and proof of the bible stories, then people wouldn't need to wonder how the pyramids & other great structures were built!
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O the irony! Those who lie and disagree with the bible, :D.
Get a clue, not only is there no evidence for any of the stories in the bible, especially the O.T. We can disprove most of them. There was no Adam and Eve, no Noah's flood, no Moses' exodus, etc, etc, etc.
The existence of Egypt and of Israel, doesn't prove any of the stories the bible claims.
If several millennia from now, archaeologists would find the grave of a Peter Parker in New York, would that prove Spiderman exists?
BTW, we do know how the pyramids, Stonehenge and "other great buildings" were built.
Peace
most of archeology was done in the late 1800's through the mid 1900's.....during the Christian dominated belief system. It is because of what they found by Christian archeologist that today we have most our knowledge. So no one is hiding any proofs of the bible....in fact they were more prone to hide proofs that contradicted the bible until the last 20 years.
@@XarXXon not so fast,it's not only that there is (every culture on earth having a flood acount),about Exodus go to Pattern of Evidnece YT channel. Btw this is as short as I could keep it
Ah still no comments arguing about modern Israel existence!
I most be to early...
Yeah, happens with many of these videos even though I do my best to avoid politics. I guess it comes with the territory. Thanks for stopping by, stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy Thanks, stay safe also and thanks for the great content.
@@HistorywithCy I think you did very well to also avoid the religious pitfalls here, by describing the Old Testament accounts as a tradition rather than pointing out the legendary aspects. I watched a good video on biblical genealogy from UsefulCharts yesterday, which made a great distinction between the mythological, legendary and historical parts and the latter two tie in nicely with what you just presented.
@@HistorywithCy
"Comes with the territory." Quite literally😁
So are your Israel or religious??
There’s two theories of first man . Africa vs Mesopotamia .
Which is correct ?
"Yes Israel has gone into ruin forever!" 😂
You thought, dude
Ammon was also related to Abraham (see Genesis 19). The historical record tells us who the founders of these nations are but History with Cy doesn't mention these men. What's the agenda, Cy?
Langauge is another factor for these comments in genosis 10 and 11 pelag is who divided the langauge so the georney of Abraham to promise land has a connection to history. Also the meeds empire were before persian empire it is important to know.
14:40 Hezekiah in Hebrew spelled backwards
Hi, thanks for stopping by. Yeah I know, it was pointed out by a few other viewers too. An error on my part. Thanks for pointing it, stay safe and all the best for 2021!
14:29 you made a common mistake people make when copying Hebrew words. Hebrew is written right-to-left, not left-to-right. When copying it to a word processor not arranged properly, the order of the letters gets reversed.
Hi! Yes, you're correct, others have also pointed that out and that's an error on my part. Thanks for pointing it out, appreciate it!
14:33 - the name of Hezekiah in late Hebrew letters is mirrored!
It should be written from right to left - חזקיה.
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These tribal nations where likely all hebrew speakers. Evidence: mesha stele was written in archaic hebrew. And the bible suggests that all these peoples where related with the same ancestors. (Example: Lot, ishmael, Essau/Edom, Jacob/Israel. All hebrew speakers decended from immigrants from South mesopotamia.). The phillistines may have spoken a minoan language from crete...or from some other type of sea people decended from a legendary cretan empire.
All Israelites were black (Jacob )not white( Red)
White is not red, neither are Israelites black.
@@Hananiah70bro these people ( afrocentrists) really make me sick! They believe that all original people were/ are black ,racists
Music too loud. But good video. Edom is from Esau
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Good point. Edom was literally the secondary name of Esau which does mean red but even that was a reference to his having sold his right as firstborn for red stew to his twin brother. He would later claim the mountainous region known at the time as Seir until the land began to be known by his secondary name
Great job! By the way, DNA of the modern day Samaritans show they are just as much ancient Hebrew Israelites as the Judaen people of post Babylon captivity. Judah created the propaganda that Samaritans were a mixed or non Hebrew Israelite people. We know the Assyrians tried to replace the Samaritans with "Gentiles" but it appears, for the most part, they were unsuccessful. They apparently had some mixing but only about the same as Judah did while in Babylon. We know a small portion of the 10 tribes (27k of them) were carried away but we don't have the story of their return. The DNA shows they are still of quite pure, ancient Hebrew Israelite blood.
then why did the assyrian king himself wrote in his own annals that he did that very thing? it's even shown in this very video 13:15 ! was he brain washed by zionist propoganda?
@@Alexandroslav "We know the Assyrians tried to replace the Samaritans with "Gentiles" but it appears, for the most part, they were unsuccessful. They apparently had some mixing but only about the same as Judah did while in Babylon. We know a small portion of the 10 tribes (27k of them) were carried away."
The point is that the Assyrian strategy of replacing populations didn't seem to work. They would conquer nations and swap out portions of the population but they weren't strong enough to guard all of them from eventually making their way back to be with their people in their homeland. Twenty seven thousand is estimated to be a small percent of the population of Israel at that time so even if they didn't make it back it wouldn't have much effect.
I like the Turkish music
Nice
Thank you!
I am following your video from the Ntherlands. Verry Informative...PERRY TALLEDO.
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Canaan stretched from Turkey to Algeria including EGYPT , ISRAEL JORDAN AND SYRIA...BEFORE THE RISE OF ROME AND GREECE ,ASSYRIA AND PERSIA...JUST SAYING
CANAAN THE SERPENT SEED
@Hakuna ulol
I would love to see a history of Europe in 3000 bc.
Persia was later conquered by Alexander III of Macedon with Judah as part of the Macedonian and later Seleucid empire however the Seleucids attempted to convert the Jews to Hellenism and even erected a statue of Zeus in the temple of Jerusalem all that sparked the Maccabean revolt which led to Judah becoming an independent state with the Hasmoneans and later the house of Herod to rule as kings until it was conquered by Rome where it was ruled as a province of Rome and later Constantinople until it was taken by the Islamic Caliphate and then ruled by many Muslim dynasty and made a crusader state and later the Ottomans until the end of WW1 where it was a made a British Mandate and gaining independence as a republic in 1948 as Israel. the nation is known for it's military prowess which it needs in case of war with Iran.
Britain: What did the Khazar immigrants do? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
If you read Genesis 25:30 you will see why Edom meant "red", it is not because of the sandstone mountains.
Edom does mean red...and the land is called Edom because the mountains are red-colored. It's not that complicated.
@@ophirwesley4424 agreed, not complicated and it means red. Esau was born “red all over and covered with hair” and he wanted some of the red stew in exchanged for his birthright and “That is why his name was Eʹdom” . And the hills were red in Edom, so red seems correct.
That's why I dont trust redheads.
Edom or what in Israel now called Ha'Arava is literally all covered in Red stone mountains and copper mines lol but the reason for Edom name in the bible is indeed from Esav,I don't know maybe the Red heads are attracted to the red mountains...
I wonder if the Jews and Palestinians would agree to return to the original map, the philistines and Gaza section becomes Palestine, the area north of Jerusalem becomes Israel, and the land south of Israel with Jerusalem becomes New Judah, a section neither Israel, nor Palestine have control over, make it a neutral zone and then demolish the cities and redevelop so everyone sacrifices and everyone’s happy.
Judah and Israel are both Jewish states, so I don't know what makes you think Judah is somehow neutral here. In fact, judeans are historically and culturally much more similar to modern day Israelites than iron age Israel.
Super!
Please explain the Hebrew Bible origin stories of the Moabites and the Ammonites.
And explain this pattern of exalting the Israelites, the slandering of its neighbors, justifying the wholesale slaughter of their "enemies."
Bro you mic is peaking turn down the input a little it’s hitting the red
It’s a good show
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Ancient Semitic Arabic peoples . much love from Lebanon and Jordan habibi
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SHALAWAM EVERY ONE I am from the land of EAST OPHIR bloodline of Shem