The Earth is littered with the ruins of empires that once believed they were eternal. We shall also pass and fade into the ripples of time. Here is a parable: power never lasts.
Empires are temporary. Humanity is forever! Even as we are facing the downfall of our civilization, it's not like the sky is falling down. It's just that we are royally f*cked.
So true. Everyone is (and should) live for the day but the US is a relatively young country/"civilization" compared to other countries/fallen civilizations
I’d love to hear more of Indian and South Asian history from you guys. There’s thousands of years of rich history that I feel your channel hasn’t properly explored.
I agree but as someone who lives in America it's hard to get ahold of proper history that is accurate 🤔 most of America's history is very mean to any and all of other cultures and skin tones 😅 even British history is wonky , so I would love to get more Gobal history myself without having to look further 💝 I've found a few , but none as entertaining
he didn't mention so many Asian cities (meaning city of east Asia) because they are not as important as you think; in fact, the history of the past was built mainly by Europe, a little Africa and a little Western Asia; stop giving importance to empires like China or India. And before someone answers me with “InDIans, KOreAn AnD CHinEsE hAvE DoNe So MUch....” or something like that, I was talking about civilizations that have completely revolutionized the foundations of our way of life: the Sumerians created writing, mathematics, the wheel,....; the Egyptians were specialized in architecture, medicine, daily jobs,.....; and just not to mention the Greeks and Romans, especially the Romans, who practically created almost everything. So, it is clear that every civilization has its own history, but do you really want me to compare the two? Please😂
Feel like you should have went into more detail for Tenochtitlan, there was a lot they did that was insane. The city was built on a swampy island in the middle of the lake, it was the largest city in the new world and one of the largest in general, it was insanely clean, they had aqueducts, had some of the best agriculture because they understood the fragile balance of their crops and makes, they made dams, their island was mostly man made, their land was all clean and white Spaniards mistook their city for silver when they first saw it.
@@jordanpryor4771 hmmm . Okay let’s use logic for a second. What’s the chances your specific god is real when all of human history has had civilizations with countless of named gods and goddesses that most people have now forgotten? Don’t you think it’s a little suspect that with more information, technology and critical thinking we’ve been moving away as a species from fairytales and boogeyman in the dark ? Religion and spirituality are just coping mechanisms for us so we aren’t consumed by panic when the entropic, uncaring universe works against us. Now that we have a proven method like science we can test our theories and ideas, prove things right or wrong, or unsure But your magic sky daddy? Sorry, I’m not 8 years old and have enough mental capacity to understand the world for how it is, however I won’t judge you for believing in whatever gets you through life. I’d just recommend therapy, being genuine with your loved ones, medication if you need it and some good old fashioned Satan worshipping self care (not to excess of course)
Given a time machine, Ur and other ancient Mesopotamian cities like Uruk, Eridu, Nineveh, and Girsu would 100% be my first stops. I've always been super fascinated by that region and it's history and would love to be able to simply witness daily life in humanity's first cities.
I'd bring back in time and drop a shipping container full of iphones, gasoline and Honda generators, and instructions on how to find and refine oil and it's byproducts, and I'd say "you guys should think about separating church from state and say fuck feudalism" effectively Kickstarting our scientific enlightenment
@@xXAlexbXx-hl9nf That's skipping way too many steps. Even if they could reverse engineer the generators, they wouldn't be able to machine any parts themselves. If you wanted to kickstart a scientific revolution in ancient Mesopotamia, the best way would probably be to give them diagrams of simple machines and gears, and picture instructions on how to make a battery, copper wires, and how to charge the battery through a water wheel. Still, the most advanced tech in the world is pointless if a society has no practice use for it. Science has only advanced so much because we've innovated alongside our changing needs as a civilization. Also, their gods were foundational to their cities and ruling structures. Separating church and state is meaningless when they are one and the same.
The Sumerians invented irrigation farming. The downfall of Eridu was due to the soil becoming more and more salicylic, reducing crop viability until the soil was pretty much unusable.
Nebuchadnezzar II: *Goes completely crazy, behaving literally like a animal* Babylonians: "What could have happened to him?! Yesterday, he was fine!" Jews: "God's wrath punished him for destroying Jerusalem. That is the only reason why..." *The previous night* Nebuchadnezzar II: "Those Jews think that their supposedly omnipotent God scares me. How deluded. HAHAHAHA. Well, let's see what's on TV tonight. The Kardashians? I've never heard of that show. Maybe it's entertaining... "
Actually, the modern day City of Mexico was built OVER the ruins of Tenochtitlan, and all its five lakes. That's why everytime there is an earthquake in Mexico City, a lot of buildings collapse, due to the softness of the soil.
False. The Spanish didn't actually beat the Aztec empire. They knew they didn't have the power so they convinced surrounding enemy factions to join them to over throw the Aztec, promising a seat of power with them (which they didn't really do). So basically they played a part but not all and took the credit
"Climate change made the Persian Gulf to recede"... What? We're talking about the mouth of one or two large rivers, which built enough silt to do the job.
Carthage wasn't attacked for its plunder, Carthage was attacked because Carthage was helping Sicilians in a civil war, and Rome got temperamental about it. Eventually leading to what historians refer to as "The First Recorded Genocide".
Why always these youtuber always refer to biblical or greco-roman history . How myopic you can be when india china and south East Asia still contains more that 50 percent of world population. None of countries except Cambodia in these regions ever faced genocidal level war . Yes there were bad very bad war . But never genocidal. As if these eurocentric youtubers has put blinders around their eyes
The Library of Alexandria's fires and neglect and dereliction, the destruction of Baghdad's Bayt al-Hikma, or House of Wisdom by the Mongols, the destruction of the Nalanda University library by Bakhityar Khilji... I could go on. It deeply saddens me how much literature, knowledge, verse and prose has been lost to the ages, through both violence and the steady march of time.
@@semaj_5022 oh no kidding! I mean, I don't know all the story's of past distruction but I know enough to find that disheartening as well. I knew this couple from Belgium from Louvain. They have since passed but I heard stories from them about distruction during their parents time in world war 1 and their time in world war 2. This though I only found out after their passing. So the Germans did a lot of distruction in that area (that's a given but I won't go into detail here) but one including setting their massive library with priceless items lost. Worst part is they did rebuild and replace what they could (obviously not ancient irreplaceable items though). And yeah, WW2 happened and that got destroy as well 😔🥺
@@kimnotkimberly1 Yeah, the World Wars were one of the worst periods in history for the preservation of art and literature. The Nazi's were the most notable group when it came to destruction and theft of books and art, but they were far from the only party in those conflicts to target artifacts of history and cultural heritage. My heart aches for the people like that couple who not only likely lost their homes and many of their loved ones, but important pieces of their people's history and culture. Even outside of wars like those, so much has been lost. Most egregiously in my mind were the many book burnings and other destructive acts that took place during the many Crusades in not only the Middle East, but much of Europe and parts of North Africa and Anatolia too, as well as the book burnings that occured in Central and South America during the Spanish conquest of the "New World," which cost us all but 3(maybe 4) of the Mayan Codices and more. The Christianization of Europe also led to the loss of many texts, especially those detailing local mythologies and religious beliefs. Many more texts have been lost in the midst of the conflicts between Christians and Muslims, Muslims and Hindus, and even between Buddhists and other religious groups. Honestly, it's almost a miracle we have as many ancient and classical texts as we do.
For those of you interested in the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians, there is a movie from the late 90's called "Jeremiah", which tells the desperate attempts of the prophet (played by Patrick Dempsey) to prevent the destruction of the city. The special appearance in the film by Klaus Maria Brandauer as Nebuchadnezzar II (by far the best depiction of the king) and Oliver Reed really make it enjoyable
1. Jericho (Present day Palestine) 2. Babylon (present day Iraq) 3. Ur (Present day middle east) 4. Eridu (present day Iraq) 5. Carthage (present day Tunisia) 6. Alexandria (modern day Egypt) 7. Timbuktu (modern day Mali) 8. Tenochtitlan (Modern day Mexico) Why are these not part of your list? 👇 Persepolis Ecbatana Ctesiphon Susa Sparta Machu Pichhu Patliputra Pompeii
Add Ye (present day Handan, China), (Edit:) Shangdu (Mongol & Yuan Imperial capital somewhere in east Mongolia/northeast China), and the Polynesian Venice-like Nan Magol in this incomplete list of lost cities.
All of these mighty cities (and many not mentioned) fell at the hand of God. They all tried to become more powerful than the One True God, but failed. Everything that has happened and will happen is a part of His plan. God is good!
"Which city would YOU have liked to visit?" All of them. I'd liked to have visited all of them. If I had to pick just one, it'd probably be Carthage, with Tenochtitlan a close second. Carthage for it's historical and cultural significance and Tenochtitlan for it's fabled beauty.
I don't get one thing. Why the Umayyad Caliphate did not continue to use Carthage like how the Romans used it? Why did they demolish it and built a new city like Kairouan nearby instead?
The Exarchate of Africa became the biggest thorn in the caliphate’s side and ultimately the eastern romans landed a massive invasion there to reconquer Africa, which was almost successful. They demolished Carthage to quell rebellion and to deny the Romans a naval base to land their fleet. The early caliphate was very wary of navies and preferred to rule by land
Alexandria and Babylon (yeah the song is in my head and didn't they have those awesome hanging gardens) but all of them are like catnip to a geeky history lover like me.
That story about the founding of tenochtitlan is wrong. Actually huitchilopostli told his people to build the ciry where they find an eagle poarched on a cactus eating a snake. It is symbolized in the mexican flag. Thats literally what that eagle in the mexican flag is representing.
“Hey what should we name our city?” “Urrr… let me think” “Perfect let’s call it Ur.” “Wait hold up…!” “Should we call it ‘Waitholdup?’l “Urr… let’s not.”
To be honest I’d loved to visit all of these ancient cities in the time of their heights just to see Jericho 10,000bc, Ur In 5000bc would be interesting to see what people lived like 12,000yrs ago and to see how people’s lives had evolved in 5000yr when visiting Ur. But Alexandria, Babylon, Athens & Rome (I know Athens & Rome weren’t on here but what historian wouldn’t want to see these cities at their height)would all be amazing to see not to mention Egypt when the Great Pyramid was being built to see just how it was done also when it was done to put to rest those crazy rumours of how & who built everything on the Giza plateau 👽. I just love history and if I had one wish from a genie it would be a time machine that moved through space as well as time (meaning I could be at home in England and put the time I want to go to say 4000 bc and place Giza plateau rather than taking my time machine to Giza)
3:00 respectfully, that is not Hammurabi. In fact, it's not even a statue of a Babylonian. That's Ashurbanipal of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, reigning 669-631 BC. Hammurabi, ruling the Old Babylonian Empire, 1792-1750 BC. Thank you.
Good Sunday morning from Middle Tennessee!!! I absolutely love ancient cities fascinating!!! My favorite Sunday morning obsession coffee and weird History nothing more relaxing ❤ Have a great week yall
Jew after being deported to Babylon: "Oh, man. Only Gods know what pagan horrors the babylonians have reserved for us....OH, MY GOD. WHAT THE F*CK IS THAT?!" *Points at a man working on saturday*
It’s interesting how people love discrediting the greatest history book of all, commonly known as the Bible….but will give credit to anything “non-biblical”.
@@Elena-er7zp Describe how people took liberties with the bible? The Bible is the word of God given to men, who then wrote it down. Can't say the same for many science and history books out there.
@@jordanpryor4771 "Describe how people took liberties with the bible" Quite simple, really : when people have specific needs (may they be selfish or with good intentions), having a book made by a god to justify said needs greatly helps. Hebrews and Christians weren't even close to the first doing it : Sumerians, Egyptians and Akkadians were already doing it centuries before.
@@Harakengard Just because someone uses the Bible in the wrong way doesn’t make the Bible untrue. It just means that people have evil intentions. Truth still remains that you are a sinner, and need Jesus Christ unless you want to go to hell.
1:22: 🏛 Jericho, one of the oldest cities in the world, had a significant history but was destroyed multiple times. 2:49: 🏛 Babylon and Ur were ancient cities in present-day Iraq that were important centers for commerce, culture, and trade. 5:40: 🏛 Ancient cities and their significance: Ur, Eridu, and Carthage. 8:43: 🌍 The X text discusses the historical significance of three ancient cities: Carthage, Alexandria, and Timbuktu. 11:34: 🌍 The history of Timbuktu and Tenochtitlan, two ancient cities. Recap by Tammy AI
The bible not being accurate?! But how? It's rooted in oral tradition, has little to no substantial physical historical relation, that isn't counter pointed by actual history, how could it be incorrect? God wrote it. 🤔
Hannibal loving I when a plan comes together might be getting a little old and few of us left that know where that comes from. Drugging B.A.'s milk to get him on a helicopter would be heavy frowned upon these days......
First, there are probably people out there that sprinkle gold on their fries......sad. And second, the memory trick I use to remember the name of that great Mexican city is 'techno chitlin'. You will now never un-hear that.
@@AbsyntheAndTears I looked up the song and while I did recognize it, it wasn't a song I would have been listening to other than on the radio. So, I stand by my original statement.
I'd love to see the cities before the Younger Dryas cataclysm too. Especially since there were no cities before the Younger Dryas and it wasn't a cataclysm.
Great vid as always, but one nitpicky observation: @ 4:12 as the narrator says "... rights of women...", shows picture of a slave market, with women as the slaves.
The history of Carthage didn't end it in 146 BCE, but Julius Caesar started to build the new city of Carthage in 49-44 BCE. During the Roman Empire it grew to be the second-largest city in the western half of the Roman Empire, and it was the center of the province of Africa. A Roman Emperor Septimius Severus (ruled in 193-211 CE) even had both Punic and ltalic ancestry.
I love the running gag of not being able to pronounce Nebu--?--zzar's name. Alternatively, you could do what my Bible class teacher did and just summarily remove any extra syllables you don't like: "Neh-buh-nezzar"
Why do we have to lose these ancient cities. Only to have a desire to discover them again I can understand the work of archaeology to confirm the authenticity of biblical records.
Um, in the imagery accompanying the fall of Jericho to the Israelites, you mention assistance from "The Big Guy Upstairs," you show hands reaching toward the sun on which a Christian cross is superimposed. HIstorically anachronistic, culturally inappropriate. Please think these details through.
The Earth is littered with the ruins of empires that once believed they were eternal. We shall also pass and fade into the ripples of time. Here is a parable: power never lasts.
Empires are temporary. Humanity is forever! Even as we are facing the downfall of our civilization, it's not like the sky is falling down. It's just that we are royally f*cked.
But thay will remember us for sure. Thay will find trash for eons
So true. Everyone is (and should) live for the day but the US is a relatively young country/"civilization" compared to other countries/fallen civilizations
USA has already fallen.. 🤣
@@coling3957lmao 🤡
I’d kill to go to the library of Alexandria. I’m so sad we lost what knowledge and stories where there
Would love to go there too! Great profile pic too btw
Most of the knowledge lost was artistic and/or historical. Not a lot of science.
Kaz Rowe has an interesting video about the Library.
@@Marinanor which is still a shame
You wouldn't be able to read any of the books though but I agree, would be a sight to behold.
I’d love to hear more of Indian and South Asian history from you guys. There’s thousands of years of rich history that I feel your channel hasn’t properly explored.
Harappa , Mahenjo Daro
I agree but as someone who lives in America it's hard to get ahold of proper history that is accurate 🤔 most of America's history is very mean to any and all of other cultures and skin tones 😅 even British history is wonky , so I would love to get more Gobal history myself without having to look further 💝 I've found a few , but none as entertaining
Like Hastinapur!!
he didn't mention so many Asian cities (meaning city of east Asia) because they are not as important as you think; in fact, the history of the past was built mainly by Europe, a little Africa and a little Western Asia; stop giving importance to empires like China or India. And before someone answers me with “InDIans, KOreAn AnD CHinEsE hAvE DoNe So MUch....” or something like that, I was talking about civilizations that have completely revolutionized the foundations of our way of life: the Sumerians created writing, mathematics, the wheel,....; the Egyptians were specialized in architecture, medicine, daily jobs,.....; and just not to mention the Greeks and Romans, especially the Romans, who practically created almost everything.
So, it is clear that every civilization has its own history, but do you really want me to compare the two? Please😂
@@laytip lmao if you're going to post ragebait, at least do it right. This is sad
Feel like you should have went into more detail for Tenochtitlan, there was a lot they did that was insane. The city was built on a swampy island in the middle of the lake, it was the largest city in the new world and one of the largest in general, it was insanely clean, they had aqueducts, had some of the best agriculture because they understood the fragile balance of their crops and makes, they made dams, their island was mostly man made, their land was all clean and white Spaniards mistook their city for silver when they first saw it.
These jokes are so corny...
Outside from the ancient cities, I think that an episode about Mansa Musa would also be very interesting.
Those timbuktu pics were real, you can visit the place.
It's on my list.
I’m convinced that this narrator is actually Stephen Colbert
10:14 Be careful how you portray Christ. He isn’t a joke. It’s better to portray him more seriously. Thank you.
Sorry if he offended your magic sky god, but remember not everyone believes in fairytales
@@jessebullard7880 How do you know it's a fairytale? Just because you don't believe, doesn't make it not true!
@@jordanpryor4771 hmmm . Okay let’s use logic for a second.
What’s the chances your specific god is real when all of human history has had civilizations with countless of named gods and goddesses that most people have now forgotten?
Don’t you think it’s a little suspect that with more information, technology and critical thinking we’ve been moving away as a species from fairytales and boogeyman in the dark ?
Religion and spirituality are just coping mechanisms for us so we aren’t consumed by panic when the entropic, uncaring universe works against us. Now that we have a proven method like science we can test our theories and ideas, prove things right or wrong, or unsure
But your magic sky daddy? Sorry, I’m not 8 years old and have enough mental capacity to understand the world for how it is, however I won’t judge you for believing in whatever gets you through life. I’d just recommend therapy, being genuine with your loved ones, medication if you need it and some good old fashioned Satan worshipping self care (not to excess of course)
Send your complaints to Kevin Smith circa 1999.
@@jessebullard7880 Do you have the same hostility towards Hindus, Buddhists, or people of other faiths?
Drachma Generalali moved to town and ran out all the local mom and caesar businesses
Mark!
Given a time machine, Ur and other ancient Mesopotamian cities like Uruk, Eridu, Nineveh, and Girsu would 100% be my first stops. I've always been super fascinated by that region and it's history and would love to be able to simply witness daily life in humanity's first cities.
I'd bring back in time and drop a shipping container full of iphones, gasoline and Honda generators, and instructions on how to find and refine oil and it's byproducts, and I'd say "you guys should think about separating church from state and say fuck feudalism" effectively Kickstarting our scientific enlightenment
The I phones only to blow their tiny fucking minds
Gobleki Tepe would be my first stop
@@xXAlexbXx-hl9nf That's skipping way too many steps. Even if they could reverse engineer the generators, they wouldn't be able to machine any parts themselves.
If you wanted to kickstart a scientific revolution in ancient Mesopotamia, the best way would probably be to give them diagrams of simple machines and gears, and picture instructions on how to make a battery, copper wires, and how to charge the battery through a water wheel.
Still, the most advanced tech in the world is pointless if a society has no practice use for it. Science has only advanced so much because we've innovated alongside our changing needs as a civilization.
Also, their gods were foundational to their cities and ruling structures. Separating church and state is meaningless when they are one and the same.
Think of the smell 🤢
The Sumerians invented irrigation farming. The downfall of Eridu was due to the soil becoming more and more salicylic, reducing crop viability until the soil was pretty much unusable.
Crazy how overlooked agricultural practices are in history when they quite literally cause population booms and/or sites where civilizations rise
Don’t forget the random volcanic explosions ruining crops
Nebuchadnezzar II: *Goes completely crazy, behaving literally like a animal*
Babylonians: "What could have happened to him?! Yesterday, he was fine!"
Jews: "God's wrath punished him for destroying Jerusalem. That is the only reason why..."
*The previous night*
Nebuchadnezzar II: "Those Jews think that their supposedly omnipotent God scares me. How deluded. HAHAHAHA. Well, let's see what's on TV tonight. The Kardashians? I've never heard of that show. Maybe it's entertaining... "
Actually, the modern day City of Mexico was built OVER the ruins of Tenochtitlan, and all its five lakes. That's why everytime there is an earthquake in Mexico City, a lot of buildings collapse, due to the softness of the soil.
False. The Spanish didn't actually beat the Aztec empire.
They knew they didn't have the power so they convinced surrounding enemy factions to join them to over throw the Aztec, promising a seat of power with them (which they didn't really do).
So basically they played a part but not all and took the credit
You name your city "Ur", you're just asking for it to fail.
Ur mom
Would love to see Angkor Wat and surrounding cities
Are we still doing this "BCE" nonsense?
"Climate change made the Persian Gulf to recede"... What? We're talking about the mouth of one or two large rivers, which built enough silt to do the job.
Ahh, yes, the editor's famous v3 edit. (They fixed the title)
I'd have liked to seen Babylon. Great video, thank you 👍😎😁
it's still in some dollar theaters...
Run, run, as fast as you can...
Then you need to come to Iraq.
You can visit it! Some palaces still there, unfortunately Saddam Hussein also built a huge palace near the city
@@mohammedkh4321
he had to spend that CIA money on something, didn't he?
Carthage wasn't attacked for its plunder, Carthage was attacked because Carthage was helping Sicilians in a civil war, and Rome got temperamental about it. Eventually leading to what historians refer to as "The First Recorded Genocide".
Assyrians would like a word with those “historians “
Why always these youtuber always refer to biblical or greco-roman history . How myopic you can be when india china and south East Asia still contains more that 50 percent of world population.
None of countries except Cambodia in these regions ever faced genocidal level war . Yes there were bad very bad war . But never genocidal.
As if these eurocentric youtubers has put blinders around their eyes
Timbuktu? I only bucked one🙁
Heck, Timbukthree if you want. I didn't pay for them!
Please tell me I'm not the only book lover to react when they mentioned the library in Alexandria. Freaking sucks such a major library was destroyed 😢
The Library of Alexandria's fires and neglect and dereliction, the destruction of Baghdad's Bayt al-Hikma, or House of Wisdom by the Mongols, the destruction of the Nalanda University library by Bakhityar Khilji... I could go on. It deeply saddens me how much literature, knowledge, verse and prose has been lost to the ages, through both violence and the steady march of time.
@@semaj_5022 oh no kidding! I mean, I don't know all the story's of past distruction but I know enough to find that disheartening as well. I knew this couple from Belgium from Louvain. They have since passed but I heard stories from them about distruction during their parents time in world war 1 and their time in world war 2.
This though I only found out after their passing. So the Germans did a lot of distruction in that area (that's a given but I won't go into detail here) but one including setting their massive library with priceless items lost. Worst part is they did rebuild and replace what they could (obviously not ancient irreplaceable items though). And yeah, WW2 happened and that got destroy as well 😔🥺
@@kimnotkimberly1 Yeah, the World Wars were one of the worst periods in history for the preservation of art and literature. The Nazi's were the most notable group when it came to destruction and theft of books and art, but they were far from the only party in those conflicts to target artifacts of history and cultural heritage.
My heart aches for the people like that couple who not only likely lost their homes and many of their loved ones, but important pieces of their people's history and culture.
Even outside of wars like those, so much has been lost. Most egregiously in my mind were the many book burnings and other destructive acts that took place during the many Crusades in not only the Middle East, but much of Europe and parts of North Africa and Anatolia too, as well as the book burnings that occured in Central and South America during the Spanish conquest of the "New World," which cost us all but 3(maybe 4) of the Mayan Codices and more.
The Christianization of Europe also led to the loss of many texts, especially those detailing local mythologies and religious beliefs.
Many more texts have been lost in the midst of the conflicts between Christians and Muslims, Muslims and Hindus, and even between Buddhists and other religious groups.
Honestly, it's almost a miracle we have as many ancient and classical texts as we do.
Still makes me angry
People tend to forget that bombs are dropped even today which don't differentiate between structures, libraries, museums or otherwise
Indus civilization would've also made the list
I agree lets see one on the Indus Valley.
For those of you interested in the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians, there is a movie from the late 90's called "Jeremiah", which tells the desperate attempts of the prophet (played by Patrick Dempsey) to prevent the destruction of the city. The special appearance in the film by Klaus Maria Brandauer as Nebuchadnezzar II (by far the best depiction of the king) and Oliver Reed really make it enjoyable
Sounds like a great watch, thank you for the recommendation!
Clarification on the 90's movie, and not the TV series "Jeremiah" in the early 2000's with Luke Perry. Lol
@@stephenhancock1578 Your last name reminded me of that scene in the film Tommy Boy lol.
1. Jericho (Present day Palestine)
2. Babylon (present day Iraq)
3. Ur (Present day middle east)
4. Eridu (present day Iraq)
5. Carthage (present day Tunisia)
6. Alexandria (modern day Egypt)
7. Timbuktu (modern day Mali)
8. Tenochtitlan (Modern day Mexico)
Why are these not part of your list? 👇
Persepolis
Ecbatana
Ctesiphon
Susa
Sparta
Machu Pichhu
Patliputra
Pompeii
Persepolis
Ecbatana
Ctesiphon
Susa
Sparta
Machu Pichhu
Patliputra
Pompeii
they are not important
Too long of a list. Would need a part 2-3
Add Ye (present day Handan, China), (Edit:) Shangdu (Mongol & Yuan Imperial capital somewhere in east Mongolia/northeast China), and the Polynesian Venice-like Nan Magol in this incomplete list of lost cities.
Susa
machu pichhu
Possible but the other are less important
I think Babylon and Alexandria would be the two most interesting cities to visit.
Why do you site an age as BCE rather than BC. ?
Why do you think? Its because the screaming crybaby atheists will have a tantrum. Heaven forbid.
What the hell is BCE? Oh, you mean BC.
Remember, switching to your pistol is always faster than reloading.
All of these mighty cities (and many not mentioned) fell at the hand of God. They all tried to become more powerful than the One True God, but failed. Everything that has happened and will happen is a part of His plan. God is good!
"Which city would YOU have liked to visit?"
All of them. I'd liked to have visited all of them.
If I had to pick just one, it'd probably be Carthage, with Tenochtitlan a close second. Carthage for it's historical and cultural significance and Tenochtitlan for it's fabled beauty.
Carthage and Babylon
I'd visit London in 1858 during the great stink.
I don't get one thing. Why the Umayyad Caliphate did not continue to use Carthage like how the Romans used it? Why did they demolish it and built a new city like Kairouan nearby instead?
the romans wanting to make sure cathage never rose again salted the earth made it baren
@@beckywright2733 I was talking about the Umayyad Caliphate, not the Roman Empire.
The Exarchate of Africa became the biggest thorn in the caliphate’s side and ultimately the eastern romans landed a massive invasion there to reconquer Africa, which was almost successful. They demolished Carthage to quell rebellion and to deny the Romans a naval base to land their fleet. The early caliphate was very wary of navies and preferred to rule by land
Can we get videos on ancient African civilizations and empires? Please!!!!
Great video but how is it possible to make a list of the most important cities in history without mentioning Rome or Athens ??
agree, where is Rome?
Alexandria and Babylon (yeah the song is in my head and didn't they have those awesome hanging gardens) but all of them are like catnip to a geeky history lover like me.
That story about the founding of tenochtitlan is wrong. Actually huitchilopostli told his people to build the ciry where they find an eagle poarched on a cactus eating a snake. It is symbolized in the mexican flag. Thats literally what that eagle in the mexican flag is representing.
“Hey what should we name our city?”
“Urrr… let me think”
“Perfect let’s call it Ur.”
“Wait hold up…!”
“Should we call it ‘Waitholdup?’l
“Urr… let’s not.”
Great Video! 😊
Literally no eastern asian civilizations like india and China?
If you don’t like it make your own video
To be honest I’d loved to visit all of these ancient cities in the time of their heights just to see Jericho 10,000bc, Ur In 5000bc would be interesting to see what people lived like 12,000yrs ago and to see how people’s lives had evolved in 5000yr when visiting Ur. But Alexandria, Babylon, Athens & Rome (I know Athens & Rome weren’t on here but what historian wouldn’t want to see these cities at their height)would all be amazing to see not to mention Egypt when the Great Pyramid was being built to see just how it was done also when it was done to put to rest those crazy rumours of how & who built everything on the Giza plateau 👽. I just love history and if I had one wish from a genie it would be a time machine that moved through space as well as time (meaning I could be at home in England and put the time I want to go to say 4000 bc and place Giza plateau rather than taking my time machine to Giza)
3:00 respectfully, that is not Hammurabi. In fact, it's not even a statue of a Babylonian. That's Ashurbanipal of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, reigning 669-631 BC. Hammurabi, ruling the Old Babylonian Empire, 1792-1750 BC.
Thank you.
Lord knows, l prefer where and when I am at the moment better than any other aforementioned civilizations.
Good Sunday morning from Middle Tennessee!!! I absolutely love ancient cities fascinating!!! My favorite Sunday morning obsession coffee and weird History nothing more relaxing ❤ Have a great week yall
Same!!!
Please do a video on the history of fire fighting
Jew after being deported to Babylon: "Oh, man. Only Gods know what pagan horrors the babylonians have reserved for us....OH, MY GOD. WHAT THE F*CK IS THAT?!" *Points at a man working on saturday*
So I guess Frank Gorshin's boxer character Mushi Neubachdenezzener on Batman must have been a distant descendant! Hahaha!
It’s interesting how people love discrediting the greatest history book of all, commonly known as the Bible….but will give credit to anything “non-biblical”.
well because we know people took liberties with it
@@Elena-er7zp Describe how people took liberties with the bible? The Bible is the word of God given to men, who then wrote it down. Can't say the same for many science and history books out there.
@@jordanpryor4771 "Describe how people took liberties with the bible" Quite simple, really : when people have specific needs (may they be selfish or with good intentions), having a book made by a god to justify said needs greatly helps.
Hebrews and Christians weren't even close to the first doing it : Sumerians, Egyptians and Akkadians were already doing it centuries before.
@@Harakengard Just because someone uses the Bible in the wrong way doesn’t make the Bible untrue. It just means that people have evil intentions. Truth still remains that you are a sinner, and need Jesus Christ unless you want to go to hell.
Why are we treating the bible like a historical text? 🤣
That song didn’t even come to mind 😂 try the Rivers of Babylon instead
BCE?
What defines common era?
Not sure if it’s the delivery but the humour is not on point. Solid historical video otherwise.
Video suggestion: Antikythera mechanism
Whichever guarantees me a safe trip there and back and while I'm there.
1:22: 🏛 Jericho, one of the oldest cities in the world, had a significant history but was destroyed multiple times.
2:49: 🏛 Babylon and Ur were ancient cities in present-day Iraq that were important centers for commerce, culture, and trade.
5:40: 🏛 Ancient cities and their significance: Ur, Eridu, and Carthage.
8:43: 🌍 The X text discusses the historical significance of three ancient cities: Carthage, Alexandria, and Timbuktu.
11:34: 🌍 The history of Timbuktu and Tenochtitlan, two ancient cities.
Recap by Tammy AI
Middle East and Arab world. The most important place on earth
Might want to tell your editor to maybe not use the cross in a segment on ancient Israeli Jews.
The Phil collins joke was warranted and absolutely necessary.
Less well known than Timbuktu was the fabled city of Timbukthree, which had a future so bright all the residents had to wear shades.
How about Toobucktim? It’s across the road from Timbuktu.
Ur. Ur. Ur. Is what people say when they have constipation and are trying to make a bowel movement.
Eridu is not the same as Eridunot
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez?
Where are Persepolis and Susa?!!
They didn't fit into the short runtime in this video I suppose
Persepolis was royal Treasury city not for the people and Susa wasn't that big
We’re all patiently waiting for the 2000’s timeline!
Rome wasn't build in a day but you can read about it in a day
At 12:34 you show a picture of the ruins of Teotihuacan which was hundreds of years before Tenochitlan.
Yep....i was like where are all the white buildings and pyramids
The bible not being accurate?! But how? It's rooted in oral tradition, has little to no substantial physical historical relation, that isn't counter pointed by actual history, how could it be incorrect? God wrote it. 🤔
I've been to the ziggurat of Ur, pretty impressive!
Muy bueno para aprender de historia.
i see videos like this and cant help think: "Gawd imagine the smell of that place"
Found 1 from my tribe!!! Seeing a place is just a fraction of what the smell experience is
Never heard that babylon song before so thankfully it's not stuck in my head and yes, I'm a 90's kid so if I heard it I'd remember it.
Hannibal loving I when a plan comes together might be getting a little old and few of us left that know where that comes from. Drugging B.A.'s milk to get him on a helicopter would be heavy frowned upon these days......
So THAT was the A-Team reference everyone was talking about. I never actually watched the show, so good to know.
DO A VIDEO ON CARRIOR PIGEONS WHEN THEY START WHO USED UM?
How do you fail to mention Nineveh.
HOW DO YOU NOT MENTION NINEVEH!!!
I would have liked to see you in Alexandria
Scolarship!
Lmao saw that too
I saw that too. I've definitely never seen it spelled that way. Lol
IRAQ 🇮🇶❤️
Nice A Team reference 😅
Can we have a video on all the ancient wonders of the world please. That's VERY interesting
I love it! I'm wondering if all of these cities have been found & have ruins. I thought you might mention Pompeii...
Petra is where the real Kabba is located
1:19 this man upstairs was not born yet at the time :)
Concepts of God are earlier than Christianity.
@@professorsprout3382 but concepts of Christianity are not earlier than Christianity.
@@professorsprout3382 Different gods.
I'm surprised Istanbul/Constantinople wasn't on this list.
Much later.
too modern
First, there are probably people out there that sprinkle gold on their fries......sad.
And second, the memory trick I use to remember the name of that great Mexican city is 'techno chitlin'. You will now never un-hear that.
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Joke's on you Weird History, I don't know the song "Babylon"!
Me neither and I was around for the 2000s
@@AbsyntheAndTears I looked up the song and while I did recognize it, it wasn't a song I would have been listening to other than on the radio. So, I stand by my original statement.
Just say BC. BCE is pedantic
Would love to have seen the cities before the Younger Dryas cataclysm.
lmao
I'd love to see the cities before the Younger Dryas cataclysm too. Especially since there were no cities before the Younger Dryas and it wasn't a cataclysm.
There weren't any....
Great vid as always, but one nitpicky observation: @ 4:12 as the narrator says "... rights of women...", shows picture of a slave market, with women as the slaves.
BCE ... 🤣🤣
Babylon is an empire, the why is its monarch not considered an emperor?
Here so early that "v3" is still in the video title 😂
i can't believe Persepolis isn't on the list
The history of Carthage didn't end it in 146 BCE, but Julius Caesar started to build the new city of Carthage in 49-44 BCE. During the Roman Empire it grew to be the second-largest city in the western half of the Roman Empire, and it was the center of the province of Africa. A Roman Emperor Septimius Severus (ruled in 193-211 CE) even had both Punic and ltalic ancestry.
WTH? How in the WORLD could you for get the most important, popular and once most populated 'capital' of the old world CONSTANTINOPLE?!?
Using a cross to symbolize god in a story about the pre-christian era is daft.
Very true, and yet the cross is so universal, I didn't even catch that until you brought it up.
Deliberately dismissive of Bible historicity. To much editorial.
The bible isnt a historical text. It’s a bunch of different tales from many different people all based on hearsay and dogmatic opinion
you said most important cities in history but didnt mentioned Athens, Persepolis, Rome, Nineveh, Arbela, Aleppo and Jerusalem
I love the running gag of not being able to pronounce Nebu--?--zzar's name. Alternatively, you could do what my Bible class teacher did and just summarily remove any extra syllables you don't like: "Neh-buh-nezzar"
Why do we have to lose these ancient cities. Only to have a desire to discover them again I can understand the work of archaeology to confirm the authenticity of biblical records.
Um, in the imagery accompanying the fall of Jericho to the Israelites, you mention assistance from "The Big Guy Upstairs," you show hands reaching toward the sun on which a Christian cross is superimposed. HIstorically anachronistic, culturally inappropriate. Please think these details through.