Our researcher for this epoisode is Josho Brouwers who maintains an excellent website with additional content on the ancient world. He actually wrote a follow up article to this episode with some important corrections and notes. Check it out: www.ancientworldmagazine.com/articles/hittite-warriors/
I am Turkish and the city I live in is approximately 80 km away from Hattusa, the capital of the Hittites. It is very enjoyable to watch a civilization whose ruins I live so close to.I appreciate your work.
Selam! Nasilsin? I've got a few friends. Friendly, welcoming, generous, and hospitable are the key words. Love the culture and history. Hope you're well after that earthquake.
@@avet4521 To be honest, I haven't been to where the ruins are yet.I have been to the city where the ruins are many times, but the real ruins are in a rural area far from the center.I'm thinking of going there after my exams.My curiosity increased after watching a Turkish documentary about the Hittites.
@@sleepyviking1723 İyiyim.Teşekkür ederim.Your sentences are so kind.The earthquake occurred in cities on the Syrian border. As I mentioned, I live in the north, close to the ancient city of Hattusa.
The story of the Hittites is a fascinating one. I used to nerd out watching old documentaries about them. One of the oldest peace treaties was written during the reign of Hatusilli III and Ramses on a clay tablet dating back to 1269 BC. Another interesting thing about them was their religion. As they conqured land they would assimilate the local gods of the conqured territory into their pantheon. This gave the Hittites the name as "The People of a Thousand Gods".
@@twentyfive953 The Hittites existed before the invention of money, so it was basically a barter system. It could either be trade-in-kind with values given in weights of silver, or exchanges using actual weights of silver. The Laws give many prices, but the laws seem to have served as a repository of reference to past decisions rather than binding laws.
It's one of the reasons God judgment fell on them and the fact many of those false Gods required adult and Child sacrifices. Not including the fact the were at constant war with Israel. God warned them through many to turn from these false gods and have peace with Israel. So God cursed them to be nothing as an example to the lands. You are like most so called middle eastern history students and so called teachers..?? You neglect the biblical place 90% of these cultures had in Jewish history. Hate to face that fact what Israel said was true.?? They do serve a living God That is God of all gods a creator The Alpha and Omega.
@@zjeee Bruh this game literally has fueled my new interest and knowledge of the bronze age and the Egyptian 19th dynasty. Yeah, it should not be the most expensive Total War. But its amazing how many bot brains claim it is a Troy clone or reskin when it literally plays in an entirely different way. Or how real time weather, the varying amounts of legacies, and different court systems could kill in future Total wars. Local unit recruitment makes sense and adds so much flair to adding units from different lands across your territory. This game wasn't given a chance since it was announced. I get if its not someones time period of interest but its pretty sad seeing baseless claims made against it and the toxic level of backlash.
Total-ly true. So sad what they did to the series, though, especially as now it was revealed that Pharaoh was nothing else but a DLC to Troy, which is the reason it feels so extremely restricted. There is a Steam sh!%$torm going on right now in their comments section with bans and fumbled apologies and more apologies and potential firings at CA going on. The entire thing has become way more entertaining than the game itself (popcorn sounds).
Always been fascinated by Bronze Age civilizations like the Hittites. The Empires of Bronze book series was a well researched look at what the life of their leaders in their waning days might've been like. Looking forward to trying Pharaoh TW sometime.
Here's a fun fact did you know the only record of them for over 3,000 years is in the Book of Genesis they were forgotten about for 3 millennia the Bible was the only source of evidence of the existence tell the late 1800s
Here's a fun fact did you know the only record of them for over 3,000 years is in the Book of Genesis they were forgotten about for 3 millennia the Bible was the only source of evidence of the existence tell the late 1800s
Yeah I always found them interesting too as a kid. I never got to know enough about them in school probably because there wasn't enough information on the subject like there is today.
Great mini-documentary, very succinct and easy to follow. Good work on the graphics too. The Hittites tend to be overlooked historically so it's always welcome to have them covered.
Suppiluiluma was on par with Thutmoses III as one of the greatest late bronze age rulers. As his father general he saved the kingdom from the brink of the collapse ,defeated the mighty Mittani and created an empire. All the intrigue related to the Egyptian queen and his son,the plague that hit his country ,all was fascinating.
im 31 and a history buff all my life. I learned of the hittites from Age of Empires 1 ages ago. hooked ever since. checked out any books I could find on the subject in the library. I wonder how the 13 year old me would have reacted if I had these documentaries available way back then. that kid would have had his mind blown and gone to heaven. thanks bro.
I remember back in the days before the internet was widespread how hard, and in many cases next to impossible, it was to get any information about these civilisations. I remember reading and re-reading the short articles included on the 'Encyclopedia' that came with the Age of Empires disk. I also had to look through Encarta articles, or get hold of cheap second hand pop history books from charity stores or from bargain bookshops. I still have copies of books on Ancient Egypt that were written in the late 1800's/ early 1900's and as such were completely outdated. Finding out about niche subjects like the Hittite military would've been extremely difficult, especially as there was no local libraries with information on this stuff around my area. So I agree, getting a fully animated documentary on this subject would've blown my mind back then.
I'm 23 and it's basically the same story for me: Read about the Hittites first in Age of Empires 1 and was immediately hooked! Just the name in itself feels ancient and mighty already (am German, so I first knew about them as "Hethither", which I kinda love even more) I was so super happy when Pharao was announced to feature them and my very first campaign was an ultimate campaign victory with Suppiluliuma, don't regret a thing! ❤️
I'll admit I'm much more of a casual total war player than in the past (generally less time for games) and have found the game enjoyable in the short spurt campaigns I've been able to play. However I am aware that the setting and game does not offer as much to chew on as past tent pole titles. It is clear that CA Sophia has been doing a good job with making the most of what they were tasked with for this release.
8:25 My understanding is that the horses were too small for a true cavalry force. You need considerable horse size to carry a fully armed and armored rider - nevermind horse armor - with any endurance. And you need a lot of them, accounting for spare horses. Horses for that hadn't been bred yet, in large quanitites. Meanwhile a chariot? Way easier to source 2-4 horses for those.
@@jon7684 Never said they didn't put small people on horses as pony express. It just will not transport anything heavier then messages. Cavalry needs weapons and armor. Even light cavalry. Otherwise they are just slinger target practice.
3:50: 💼 히타이트 사회 입헌군주, 후계자, 정부 관리인, 왕족, 귀족으로 구성. 군주가 가장 많은 토지 소유, 귀족에게 보상, 나머지 대부분 농부로 구성 4:33: 히타이트 군대 전문 상비군으로 구성. 보통때에 농사도 겸업. 죄수들이 동원되기도함 6:25: 🛡 군대동원 전문군인 1만명 유지. 인력 부족으로 징집군도 동원. 보병과 전차로 구성 8:52: 짧은 청동검, 2.1~2.4m의 창 원거리 무기는 슬링과 활 13:01: 왕이 매년 최고사령관으로 복무. 왕이나 후계자가 없을 시, 왕족이 지휘. 군 편제 1000명, 100명, 10명 단위. 동원 규모 5000~1만명. 카데시 전투에서 징집병 포함 47500명 동원. 15:33: 🏹 훈련(추정) 전문군인 : 일반적 훈련 예비군 : 정기적 훈련 전차 : 엘리트 훈련 20:34: 🔥 주변 왕국을 점령하고 대제국이됨. 이집트, 아시리아, 바다 사람들의 서부 침략으로 다방면에서 공격당함. 히타이제국은 기원전 1180년에 수도 하투샤가 약탈당함으로써 완전히 무너졌다. 21:25: 🏰 야전군과 방어군으로 나뉘어 전쟁했을 것이다. 전쟁의 규모에 따라 징집병, 예비군 소집.
That's not accurate, though. They completely left Mycenaean Greece out of a bronze age game 🤦🏼♂️. And Babylonia, and Sumeria. Troy is by nearly every account, culturally Mycenaean Greek and fought Mycenaean Greece.
It's not a theory, it's a fact. Troy WAS a vassal of the Hittites. We even have a "vassal" treaty preserved between Muwattalli II (of the Battle of Kadesh fame) and Alaksandu of Wilusa. Wilusa = Ilios = Troy.
@Bramble451 unless you have evidence that it was a Mycenaean Greek vs Hittite war as opposed to a Mycenaean Greek vs Mycenaean Greek war...please present the evidence!
@@johnirby8847 I've translated the evidence. But we might be talking about different things. Believe me, there were DECADES of debate among scholars about whether Wilusa was Troy or not. EVERY scholar now accepts that it is. But if you are talking about Hittites at Troy, then that is a hypothesis that has nothing to justify it, considering that we can't date the Trojan War or even confirm that it happened.
@@jasonmuniz-contreras6630 No, Hattic people lived there in Copper Age. They were not Indo-European and spoke Hattic language. The Hittites came from over the Caucasus and conquered the area during the Bronze Age. Though, they kept the name of the region the same, and the capital's name Hattusa
Here's a fun fact the Bible was the only historical record that kept the Hittites alive in history they were forgotten about for over 3000 years but in the Book of Genesis was the only record of them for over three millennia till the late 1800s
@@jedeye76 the treaty of kadesh wasn't (re)discovered until 1906 AD. The bible mentioned the hittites in about 1700 BC (genesis) and 700bc (book of Judges)
I've been looking for Bronze Age related history for about 2 years now, I finally get an imformative one on the Hittite Empire (instead of what previously on TH-cam was just not enough content for it, the 3D Version of its capital city, the way is burned before its demise supposedly by the Sea People, and some Hittite Wars with Egypt and Assyria with limited information). So I'm glad this got released, and I can completely understand how Archeologists, took their fascination unto the Romans and Greeks first, before finally finding out and realizing that the Bronze Age was just as developed and spectacular.
Apparently, the capitol had been largely abandoned by the time it was finally destroyed at the end of the Late Bronze Age. An even more mysterious ending for it than the more easily understood idea of a dramatic destruction at the time of the Sea Peoples. (Although it probably would have been destroyed by the Hittites' long-standing enemies to their north, the Kasgans, rather than by any of the Sea Peoples.)
Since the Age of Empires Demo back in 97, the hittites have been my favorite 'ancient civilization' i'm super happy they are slowly becoming as famous as they deserve
By all means, the battle of Battle of Kadesh should be seen as a Hittite favored victory. Not only did the Egyptians not capture Kadesh, Ramses II had to retreat which gave Muwatalli II the chance to retake Amurru, the city he was planning to capture in this war. So if Muwatalli II achieved his goal and Ramses II did not, then how come we still call it an Egyptian victory or a draw? No, do not use the losses of manpower here, because that is only used as an outline when we talk about offenses where the foremost goal of the battle has not been achieved by either party. Mind you, Ramses II later went on an expedition again in Northern Syria, but this fight shouldn't be seen as a draw at all.
Also, Egyptians bragged a lot in their narrative for this war, and boasted their "victory" to their gods in their hyeroglyphs. While the Hitties were afraid of their gods, and told their side of the story as it was. The Egyptians did lose, just didn't write about it.
Unfortunately the victor or survivor writes the history and there is little to no written records of the Hittites at least anything surviving which is tragic. 😔 @@precursors
At least we can thank CA, for this series of bronze age documentaries on our beloved channel. Just wish you would look up on this topics more in the future
While most focus on Rome, you make videos about Carthage. While most focus on William of Normandy, you make videos about Harald Hadrada. While most focus on Egypt or Assyria, you make videos on the Hittites. You shed light on the important but underated powers in history, and I really appreciate you for that.
Thanks for this great video! Visited Hattusa (look at your spelling) in 1990's and it was a huge city. There is an ongoing controversy about why the last Hittite monarch left the capital. Some say a reduced court and small amount of soldiers left the city before it was burned and retreated to Tarhuntassa, a city that has never been conclusively found. Interesting that only the royal palaces and temples were burned by the invading enemy, whoever that was). But in the Hittite 'foreign office' appox. 25,000 cuneiform tablets have been found and only partially deciphered. Several weeks ago, researchers came across a new tablet in them with a new unknown language in cuneiform.
We cannot conclude that it was the enemy who burned the city down, Ḫattuša was not looted based on the availability of grain in the city vaults. It was also not the only city who got abandoned around this time, so I do have to believe that the Hittites did it.
@@Linduine Considering Hittites completely disappeared after the Bronze Age Collapse, they were definitely conquered by the Phrygians, though, Hattusa was already an abandoned town after many plagues.
@@MpuwpuwMinoans conquered/subsumed by Mycenaeans at this point (even a comeback fight your way out from under the Greeks campaign would be a stretch by 1200 bc)
Do this upload again, use Unreal 5 minimum, -or I''ll never watch your uploads ever again, bigly- I've really enjoyed watching this and I know this won't be the last time I watch it this week. Thanks
Wow this is really interesting and we’ll done….I love history …love military history in particular I’ve always heard of the Hittites but never knew anything about them… nice job on the research!!
Ramses II: I still kicked your butts Hettites: What?! We almost captured your pharo ass! Ramses II: the wall here says otherwise Hettites: You made it yourself! Ramses II: *THE WALL SAYS I WON*
Nope. What you're thinking of is the three man chariot, which was still drawn by two horses. Even among the Hittites, the three man chariot doesn't appear until Egyptian depictions at the Battle of Kadesh, and even in those depictions many are drawn as two men chariots. The Hittites never depicted three men chariots in their own art. Further, the Hittite army consisted of the core Hittite forces plus the many vassal armies that joined them, and the vassal armies were responsible for their own chariots. Come to think of it, outside Rameses depictions of the Battle of Kadesh, I don't know if a three man crew for the Hittites is ever mentioned, although I'd have to dig around to confirm that. Beal's "The Organization of the Hittite Military" doesn't mention anything outside of the Egyptian Kadesh inscriptions.
@@Jason_living_in_hell these people migrated into Greece than into Italy and became the Etruscans . These are the celts . They were kicked out by the Turks . White flight . Like in American cities .
Hittites were not Turkish however some central Anatolian Turks may have Hittite ancestors. My girlfriend’s ancestors come from former Hittite lands! Anatolia has one of the most interesting histories, with so many different people leaving their trace here.
@@tararaisgreetings from America, my girlfriend has Turkish/Pontic Greek ancestry and we were looking to visit her family in Istanbul and Trabzon someday, would you say now is a good time to visit? God bless
I love TW Pharaoh, but, for the asking price, it should have included Mesopotamia (Assyria/Babylon/Elam) at launch. Here’s to hoping CA continue to expand the game with quality DLC.
Not gonna happen. Pharaoh is the lowest player count (on Steam) out of the entire series and the TW community has made it quite clear they didn't want this game. CA blew almost all of their money on the now canceled Hyenas and TW is in desperate need of an engine update, so they are in trouble and their customers know it.
@@NathanCassidy721 Parroting what your fav influencer has said about it lol. TW Pharaoh has some serious killer features and new mechnics, it's neither a DLC for Troy or an ill-fit engine imo. Battle feels smooth and fast, infantry clashing and maneuvering has great effect when you use the right troop type for their purpose. Applying different skins to leaders and troops is a great addition - having native troops to each cultural region gives you access to variety army compositions like a true multicultural empire, etc. I'm 90% sure what influencer you're parroting, and that idiot hasnt even tried the game - and his complaints on the engine were based on a few hours of Alpha testing in Troy. Are you kidding me right now? 😂😂😂 How much have you played TW:P?
@@zarahandrahilde9554 Having some buyer's remorse there? Pharaoh bombed and CA is out of money. Also the TW community has largely regretted the game and a lot of them have gone back to older titles like Medieval 2 and Warhammer 2/3. Hell, more people are playing Troy than Pharaoh.
@@NathanCassidy721 none at all, just started a campaign as Tausret this morning. I dont know why so few people play Pharaoh compared to older titles, i assume a vast spread of reasons from price to setting and scope - but i genuinly struggle to understand why i should hold the TW community as a guiding light for what i personally like or not. So asking again: how about you, how much have you played TW:P? What campaign did you pick, what ancestry, what legend? How many turns did you go? What did you spend your Shemsu-Hor turns doing? What position in the Pharaoh's court did you go for? Did you fight in any civil wars? What units did you get from the cultures you conquered, and what deities did you discover and worship? Did you devote any armies to a god? -Or are you just parroting the shit you heard, calling it a Troy reskin lul? Is your opinion based on your experience with the game, or the lack of it?
lmao People still playing Med2 & using it as an argument when there's Troy & Pharaoh, which are both fantastically better games, even though very different. @@NathanCassidy721 People just don't recognize a good game, they're doomed.
06:35 I actually think large armies in the past could have been in the hundreds of thousand. Though not constantly deployed as such or all professional soldiers. In the past food was plenteous and of superior quality. Also Assyria, who had a large and powerful army did not move into power until after the Hittite's were on the decline
But there's no evidence of armies that big at all. Kadesh is the largest one we know of. If you look at Hittite records, while the number of troops is rarely preserved, conflicts where the "army" might consist of only around 100 troops on either side are known.
@@Bramble451 While not always explicitly evident, we can gain and idea from contextual clues. For example, if the Assyrian army, which there is more evidence for in regard to numbers, were not willing to cross the Hitites until they began to collapse, how large and powerful were they?
@@combatsports7515What is your evidence for the size of Assyrian armies during the Late Bronze Age? Not the Neo-Assyrian empire - that post-dates the fall of the Hittites.
@@Bramble451 I was referencing to around the fall of the Hitites. I will find my source to give citation, as it has been a while, and get back to you. Much appreciated.
If TW Pharoa contributes to this channel by Sponsoring and hence giving us such excellent coverage of a topic otherwise mostly overlooked, Im totally fine with it!
@@veidt3764 true. There isnt amy other game in which you can experiance this period with such a high quality (its still a great game, just not the best total war)
All what is really missing is Expansion. If there were several celtic triebes, minos in Greece and maybe the etruscan from italy it would feel more worldlike
I actually recognise some of those names from TW Pharaoh, from their place in history - Suppiluliuma. If I recall correctly, he was the reigning monarch of some part of the Hittite empire when the Sea People came calling. He sent urgent messages to his father (The Emperor?) for aid, but no help came. Later, there are messages from his father (sent to someone I no longer remember) asking for help, in his own turn, but again, no help comes. In the end, the Hittite empire was utterly smashed by the Sea People...
I am hoping to see the Assyrian cavalry in the future and learn how they may have been armed and deployed. There are so many theories, including the use of a horse team with one controlling both horses while one rider fired a bow.
As a Turkish person, thank you so much for releasing this in the 100th year anniversary of Turkish republic. The bulk of Turkish historical discussions are revolving around Ottoman Empire. Seljuk history also got popular in the last decade. There was an attempt to revive the glorious years of ancient Turkic empires like Gokturk and so on. It caught up some attention too. But nobody ever looks into the rich history of Anatolia long before even the Christianity. I see the ancient civilizations of Hittites and Lydians and others like them as our own history, - and rightfully so - this was backed up by Ataturk, who upon the victory in Gallipoli by saying "(the events of) Troy has been avenged". That's a perspective, that should be held up higher in the discussions.
Not only those... Egypt, Greece, Balkans, Armenia... ALL are YOURS, why not? And as ataturk did, you "preserve" them... Once you were trying to correlate the Hitites to you as "bronze age turks", even the stones were laughing and thank god, for your own face, you stopped...
@@Aphelia. Why is it important if it's not related to you? I don't care about celts and romans living in Pannonia, or Pannonia itself until our ancestors came here. What a weird stuff to be wewuzin about
@@surobyk We are not related by blood but we lived on the same lands, drank the wine made from the same grapes, and we still have their ruins next to our buildings. I think it is fascinating to think about, but you are free to not understand it.
Having the high members of the royal family on the same battlefield. That one arrow: “Alright Chumps, let’s do this. LLLLLLEEEEEERRRRRRROOOOOYYYYY JJJJJJJJEEEEENNNNNKKKKKIIIIINNNNSSSS! “
Hoping we can do the period justice with our videos but do have to give huge props to the artists and environmental designers for making such fantastic characters and sets for our documentaries
Anybody out there really sunk some hours into TW Pharaoh? What do you think of it? I'm pretty familiar with the TW series but on the fence about buying. Seems like a cool concept at least.
Pretty solid game by far, unfortunately got bash by enraged fans. The campaign mechanics are solid and seems low on bug and crash. The battle are faster than rome 2 but not as fast as attila. Some people might feels 60 dollars might be too expensive for this game which I can understand them. People should try them maybe at the discount price
It's bad. Don't listen to the fanboy. If you want a decent bronze age experience there is a pretty good mod for Rome 2. The campaign mechanics are shallow and tacked on. It does nothing to improve on existing issues. But worst are the tactical battles. Without cavalry an entire dimension of it is just gone. And chariots are so bad in Warscape it hardly makes up for it. They kinda try with light infantry but that does not work well due to the large unit size of those. And the armour system sucks. Just makes units take forever to kill even when completely surrounded. And the fact there is no Egypt in the game and no Hittite Kingdom is just absurd.
It is interesting the similarities in structure and success the Romans had with the Hittites military structure. Even down to mostly using the short stabbing sword and large rectangular shield combo
You should definitely give it a chance! Most of the "criticism" isn't even aimed at the game directly, it's people being angry at CA (unjustifiably in my opinion, but I'm not about to change any opinions. Just here to enjoy some good games). Pharao is a really good and perfectly enjoyable game, especially if you are interested in the history of the factions (I'm just now taking a course at University about the influence of ancient Egypt in Kanaan)
Pharaoh was bland, uninspired, and lacking depth. I’ve found that imperator: Rome was a far better game. There are several Bronze Age mods that make for a better Bronze Age strategy experience than TW: pharaoh. Imperator: Rome is cheap and the mods are completely free on steam. Plus these mods are a passion project by people who actually love and play the game. Mechanically I:R has more depth and historical flavor to it. Sad to see creative assembly go down the route of sloth and greed considering they’ve made some great games, but TW pharaoh just isn’t one of them.
Pharaoh was bland, uninspired, and lacking depth. I’ve found that imperator: Rome was a far better game. There are several Bronze Age mods that make for a better Bronze Age strategy experience than TW: pharaoh. Imperator: Rome is cheap and the mods are completely free on steam. Plus these mods are a passion project by people who actually love and play the game. Mechanically I:R has more depth and historical flavor to it. Sad to see creative assembly go down the route of sloth and greed considering they’ve made some great games, but TW pharaoh just isn’t one of them.
Exactly my tought, but probably more like depicted at 27:17. ''must have developed through times, like many things. I also read the Hittite chariots were heavier and more manouverable than the Egyptian, and could carry three soldiers, which gave them an advatage in battle. Still, little is known about actual warfare, but fascinating to know more about....
@@Lassisvulgaris I would hope so. Placing the wheels on the end would make the Chariot less maneuverable and be more taxing on the horses. Reducing their range and overall speed.
Basically, yes. The Egyptian chariots had their wheels in the back like that. We've never found an actual Hittite chariot, but in artistic representations, the wheel is actually centrally mounted rather than at the back. This apparently made them more maneuverable than their Egyptian counterparts. These chariots were extremely light weight. In fact, except in battle, your regular charioteer probably carried the chariot himself. The Assyrians certainly depicted this in the Iron Age. As for the three man chariot, I think those were mentioned/depicted only in the Rameses II Kadesh reliefs. Your typical Hittite chariot would have been your standard two man chariot.
It’s ok invicta I know you were sponsored by TW Pharoh so your obligated to do a promo for them. Your content is still amazing even though Creative assembly suits don’t listen to and actively hate their community
Hi, I have a question, if rhe army was forbidden to loot the farmers for food, and in a world before currency, how did the king pay for the food, in kind?
Our researcher for this epoisode is Josho Brouwers who maintains an excellent website with additional content on the ancient world. He actually wrote a follow up article to this episode with some important corrections and notes. Check it out: www.ancientworldmagazine.com/articles/hittite-warriors/
Thank you for this video. That was awesome
I am Turkish and the city I live in is approximately 80 km away from Hattusa, the capital of the Hittites. It is very enjoyable to watch a civilization whose ruins I live so close to.I appreciate your work.
I'm jealous! Hattusa is 1 of the Ancient cities I've wanted to see. How cool is the Lion gate in person?
Selam! Nasilsin? I've got a few friends. Friendly, welcoming, generous, and hospitable are the key words. Love the culture and history. Hope you're well after that earthquake.
@@avet4521 To be honest, I haven't been to where the ruins are yet.I have been to the city where the ruins are many times, but the real ruins are in a rural area far from the center.I'm thinking of going there after my exams.My curiosity increased after watching a Turkish documentary about the Hittites.
@@sleepyviking1723 İyiyim.Teşekkür ederim.Your sentences are so kind.The earthquake occurred in cities on the Syrian border. As I mentioned, I live in the north, close to the ancient city of Hattusa.
hi ugly
Say what you want about TW Pharaoh, it did inspire a lot of Bronze Age history content.
And I’m all for it.
It's end result caused the developers own meltdown and I'm here for all of it.
I love bronze age history
@@RoKBottomStudios Yeah that been just as entertaining as the content they sponsored.
nah, this was gonna happen sooner or later. better the dumpster fire burns out on a troy dlc than a mainline game. It was time to let the dream die.
By "inspire" you mean paid for ads.
The story of the Hittites is a fascinating one. I used to nerd out watching old documentaries about them. One of the oldest peace treaties was written during the reign of Hatusilli III and Ramses on a clay tablet dating back to 1269 BC. Another interesting thing about them was their religion. As they conqured land they would assimilate the local gods of the conqured territory into their pantheon. This gave the Hittites the name as "The People of a Thousand Gods".
that's awesome, thx for saying.
That is very interesting, do you know any of the Hittite's methods of business i.e. the sale of cattle?
@@twentyfive953 The Hittites existed before the invention of money, so it was basically a barter system. It could either be trade-in-kind with values given in weights of silver, or exchanges using actual weights of silver. The Laws give many prices, but the laws seem to have served as a repository of reference to past decisions rather than binding laws.
It's one of the reasons God judgment fell on them and the fact many of those false Gods required adult and Child sacrifices. Not including the fact the were at constant war with Israel. God warned them through many to turn from these false gods and have peace with Israel. So God cursed them to be nothing as an example to the lands. You are like most so called middle eastern history students and so called teachers..?? You neglect the biblical place 90% of these cultures had in Jewish history. Hate to face that fact what Israel said was true.?? They do serve a living God That is God of all gods a creator The Alpha and Omega.
you sound like a dork
Total war is 100% the reason I’m so fascinated with history over the years. Absolutely thankful to have grown up craving history
@@zjeee Bruh this game literally has fueled my new interest and knowledge of the bronze age and the Egyptian 19th dynasty. Yeah, it should not be the most expensive Total War. But its amazing how many bot brains claim it is a Troy clone or reskin when it literally plays in an entirely different way. Or how real time weather, the varying amounts of legacies, and different court systems could kill in future Total wars. Local unit recruitment makes sense and adds so much flair to adding units from different lands across your territory. This game wasn't given a chance since it was announced. I get if its not someones time period of interest but its pretty sad seeing baseless claims made against it and the toxic level of backlash.
Well over ten thousand hours sunk because of that crappy gold mask. Screw you Carter and your cheating!
Total-ly true. So sad what they did to the series, though, especially as now it was revealed that Pharaoh was nothing else but a DLC to Troy, which is the reason it feels so extremely restricted. There is a Steam sh!%$torm going on right now in their comments section with bans and fumbled apologies and more apologies and potential firings at CA going on. The entire thing has become way more entertaining than the game itself (popcorn sounds).
@@zjeeeManor lords is a promising medieval game coming out next year and is somewhat historic
My fascination with history was 100% the reason I played Total War.
Always been fascinated by Bronze Age civilizations like the Hittites. The Empires of Bronze book series was a well researched look at what the life of their leaders in their waning days might've been like. Looking forward to trying Pharaoh TW sometime.
Hittites are so overlooked. One of my favorite Indo-European Civilisations of the Bronze Age.
Here's a fun fact did you know the only record of them for over 3,000 years is in the Book of Genesis they were forgotten about for 3 millennia the Bible was the only source of evidence of the existence tell the late 1800s
Yeah, I agree. But I do wish that they included Mesopotamia, as well as western Iranian and Aramaic factions in total war pharaoh.
A lot of ancient civilizations is overlooked due of Western influenced, undermining the rich history and culture altogether.
what's your favorite modern european civilization?
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Even as a kid the Hittites fascinated me for some reason.
Here's a fun fact did you know the only record of them for over 3,000 years is in the Book of Genesis they were forgotten about for 3 millennia the Bible was the only source of evidence of the existence tell the late 1800s
Me too. I find obscure kingdoms mysterious, yet that's the very thing that made the old kingdoms of bronze incredibly fascinating
Yeah I always found them interesting too as a kid. I never got to know enough about them in school probably because there wasn't enough information on the subject like there is today.
Great mini-documentary, very succinct and easy to follow. Good work on the graphics too.
The Hittites tend to be overlooked historically so it's always welcome to have them covered.
Suppiluiluma was on par with Thutmoses III as one of the greatest late bronze age rulers.
As his father general he saved the kingdom from the brink of the collapse ,defeated the mighty Mittani and created an empire.
All the intrigue related to the Egyptian queen and his son,the plague that hit his country ,all was fascinating.
Great video! An area that doesn't get covered enough by other history channels. Great job as always Invicta!
-What’s the capital of the Hittite empire?
-Hattusa!
-Bless you!
this is enough of internet for me today
This is worse than a dad joke.
Boghazkoi is the capital of Hittites.
im 31 and a history buff all my life. I learned of the hittites from Age of Empires 1 ages ago. hooked ever since. checked out any books I could find on the subject in the library. I wonder how the 13 year old me would have reacted if I had these documentaries available way back then. that kid would have had his mind blown and gone to heaven. thanks bro.
I remember back in the days before the internet was widespread how hard, and in many cases next to impossible, it was to get any information about these civilisations.
I remember reading and re-reading the short articles included on the 'Encyclopedia' that came with the Age of Empires disk. I also had to look through Encarta articles, or get hold of cheap second hand pop history books from charity stores or from bargain bookshops. I still have copies of books on Ancient Egypt that were written in the late 1800's/ early 1900's and as such were completely outdated. Finding out about niche subjects like the Hittite military would've been extremely difficult, especially as there was no local libraries with information on this stuff around my area.
So I agree, getting a fully animated documentary on this subject would've blown my mind back then.
I'm 23 and it's basically the same story for me: Read about the Hittites first in Age of Empires 1 and was immediately hooked! Just the name in itself feels ancient and mighty already (am German, so I first knew about them as "Hethither", which I kinda love even more)
I was so super happy when Pharao was announced to feature them and my very first campaign was an ultimate campaign victory with Suppiluliuma, don't regret a thing! ❤️
Did you ever see Michael Wood's coverage of the Hittites in the context of the Trojan War, called "Empire of the Hittites"?
Same here and I am 38.
Same here!@@bc7138
Been with this channel since he was making halo forge tutorials. Really hope and wish y’all can achieve your goals.
It's okay, Invicta. You don’t have to pretend to like TW Pharaoh.
🤣🤣🤣
I am not paying 60 bucks for basically a troy mod and troy was already shit.
@@maxomat4319 what are you on about everyone “loves” total war troy
I'll admit I'm much more of a casual total war player than in the past (generally less time for games) and have found the game enjoyable in the short spurt campaigns I've been able to play. However I am aware that the setting and game does not offer as much to chew on as past tent pole titles. It is clear that CA Sophia has been doing a good job with making the most of what they were tasked with for this release.
@@InvictaHistory Play Bannerlord 🔥
Really excellent. Superior to many of the other sites I have seen!!! Thank You!!!
8:25 My understanding is that the horses were too small for a true cavalry force.
You need considerable horse size to carry a fully armed and armored rider - nevermind horse armor - with any endurance. And you need a lot of them, accounting for spare horses.
Horses for that hadn't been bred yet, in large quanitites.
Meanwhile a chariot? Way easier to source 2-4 horses for those.
Ehh idk. They easily could have had a small light cavalry unit if they really wanted to
@@jon7684 Never said they didn't put small people on horses as pony express.
It just will not transport anything heavier then messages.
Cavalry needs weapons and armor. Even light cavalry. Otherwise they are just slinger target practice.
3:50: 💼 히타이트 사회
입헌군주, 후계자, 정부 관리인, 왕족, 귀족으로 구성.
군주가 가장 많은 토지 소유, 귀족에게 보상, 나머지 대부분 농부로 구성
4:33: 히타이트 군대
전문 상비군으로 구성. 보통때에 농사도 겸업.
죄수들이 동원되기도함
6:25: 🛡 군대동원
전문군인 1만명 유지.
인력 부족으로 징집군도 동원.
보병과 전차로 구성
8:52:
짧은 청동검, 2.1~2.4m의 창
원거리 무기는 슬링과 활
13:01: 왕이 매년 최고사령관으로 복무.
왕이나 후계자가 없을 시, 왕족이 지휘.
군 편제 1000명, 100명, 10명 단위.
동원 규모 5000~1만명.
카데시 전투에서 징집병 포함 47500명 동원.
15:33: 🏹 훈련(추정)
전문군인 : 일반적 훈련
예비군 : 정기적 훈련
전차 : 엘리트 훈련
20:34: 🔥 주변 왕국을 점령하고 대제국이됨. 이집트, 아시리아, 바다 사람들의 서부 침략으로 다방면에서 공격당함.
히타이제국은 기원전 1180년에 수도 하투샤가 약탈당함으로써 완전히 무너졌다.
21:25: 🏰 야전군과 방어군으로 나뉘어 전쟁했을 것이다. 전쟁의 규모에 따라 징집병, 예비군 소집.
I like the theory that Troy was a vassal of the Hittites. Adds perspective to the conflict.
That's not accurate, though. They completely left Mycenaean Greece out of a bronze age game 🤦🏼♂️. And Babylonia, and Sumeria. Troy is by nearly every account, culturally Mycenaean Greek and fought Mycenaean Greece.
It's not a theory, it's a fact. Troy WAS a vassal of the Hittites. We even have a "vassal" treaty preserved between Muwattalli II (of the Battle of Kadesh fame) and Alaksandu of Wilusa. Wilusa = Ilios = Troy.
@Bramble451 not accurate! Even the researchers admit that. Look at the evidence
@Bramble451 unless you have evidence that it was a Mycenaean Greek vs Hittite war as opposed to a Mycenaean Greek vs Mycenaean Greek war...please present the evidence!
@@johnirby8847 I've translated the evidence. But we might be talking about different things. Believe me, there were DECADES of debate among scholars about whether Wilusa was Troy or not. EVERY scholar now accepts that it is. But if you are talking about Hittites at Troy, then that is a hypothesis that has nothing to justify it, considering that we can't date the Trojan War or even confirm that it happened.
Anything non mainstream history is a win
Hittites were Rome before Rome, such organization, power, glory. Would be awesome to have videos about Elam, Mittani, Assyria, Akkad. Cheers! 👌👌
E mesmo assim eram derrotados e humilhados por egípcios 😂
The Rome of the Bronze Age. But I think that the Proto-Indo-Europeans were the Hittites of the Copper Age.
A glorious Aryan civilization. Wish it was taught about more
@@generalbenjaminarrola340 nos seus sonhos 😂😂
@@jasonmuniz-contreras6630 No, Hattic people lived there in Copper Age. They were not Indo-European and spoke Hattic language. The Hittites came from over the Caucasus and conquered the area during the Bronze Age. Though, they kept the name of the region the same, and the capital's name Hattusa
Here's a fun fact the Bible was the only historical record that kept the Hittites alive in history they were forgotten about for over 3000 years but in the Book of Genesis was the only record of them for over three millennia till the late 1800s
The Bible is not only a religious text, but is also a large portion of the written history of the Hebrews
The treaty of Kadesh between the Hittites and Egypt would suggest otherwise
@@jedeye76 the treaty of kadesh wasn't (re)discovered until 1906 AD. The bible mentioned the hittites in about 1700 BC (genesis) and 700bc (book of Judges)
@@jedeye76 isn’t that a recent discovery though
The Illiad mentions the Hittites as allies of the Trojans.
I've been looking for Bronze Age related history for about 2 years now, I finally get an imformative one on the Hittite Empire (instead of what previously on TH-cam was just not enough content for it, the 3D Version of its capital city, the way is burned before its demise supposedly by the Sea People, and some Hittite Wars with Egypt and Assyria with limited information). So I'm glad this got released, and I can completely understand how Archeologists, took their fascination unto the Romans and Greeks first, before finally finding out and realizing that the Bronze Age was just as developed and spectacular.
Apparently, the capitol had been largely abandoned by the time it was finally destroyed at the end of the Late Bronze Age. An even more mysterious ending for it than the more easily understood idea of a dramatic destruction at the time of the Sea Peoples. (Although it probably would have been destroyed by the Hittites' long-standing enemies to their north, the Kasgans, rather than by any of the Sea Peoples.)
Check the channel History with Cy.
Thank you for this video Invicta!
Since the Age of Empires Demo back in 97, the hittites have been my favorite 'ancient civilization' i'm super happy they are slowly becoming as famous as they deserve
It was also my first time I stumbled upon them. I couldn't believe that I hadn't heard of such a fascinating culture before.
By all means, the battle of Battle of Kadesh should be seen as a Hittite favored victory. Not only did the Egyptians not capture Kadesh, Ramses II had to retreat which gave Muwatalli II the chance to retake Amurru, the city he was planning to capture in this war. So if Muwatalli II achieved his goal and Ramses II did not, then how come we still call it an Egyptian victory or a draw?
No, do not use the losses of manpower here, because that is only used as an outline when we talk about offenses where the foremost goal of the battle has not been achieved by either party.
Mind you, Ramses II later went on an expedition again in Northern Syria, but this fight shouldn't be seen as a draw at all.
Thank you! I have been preaching this for years! It's been like shouting into the void, unfortunately.
Also, Egyptians bragged a lot in their narrative for this war, and boasted their "victory" to their gods in their hyeroglyphs. While the Hitties were afraid of their gods, and told their side of the story as it was. The Egyptians did lose, just didn't write about it.
Unfortunately the victor or survivor writes the history and there is little to no written records of the Hittites at least anything surviving which is tragic. 😔 @@precursors
Now I get to live on the same fertile lands and breathe the same air these incredible people lived thousands of years ago. What a privilege 💜
History is all around us we just have to look!
Any housing for rent 😮?
Copium for modern economy
@@gregorynixonAUTHOR He's A Turkish Person!
Not here in the US at least not much.@@ryan.1990
I hope you guys are planning on continuing the hoplite series, the first video was fascinating!
Episode 2 is being edited this week
@@InvictaHistorywill you be making an episode on the social war in rome
Absolutely fantastic. I love these videos most when they dive into the mysterious Bronze Age.
(What I really want is Total War: Hyborian Kingdoms)
At least we can thank CA, for this series of bronze age documentaries on our beloved channel. Just wish you would look up on this topics more in the future
6:08 man those chariot wheels have some fine tunning. Look at them go.
While most focus on Rome, you make videos about Carthage. While most focus on William of Normandy, you make videos about Harald Hadrada. While most focus on Egypt or Assyria, you make videos on the Hittites. You shed light on the important but underated powers in history, and I really appreciate you for that.
Thanks for this great video! Visited Hattusa (look at your spelling) in 1990's and it was a huge city. There is an ongoing controversy about why the last Hittite monarch left the capital. Some say a reduced court and small amount of soldiers left the city before it was burned and retreated to Tarhuntassa, a city that has never been conclusively found.
Interesting that only the royal palaces and temples were burned by the invading enemy, whoever that was). But in the Hittite 'foreign office' appox. 25,000 cuneiform tablets have been found and only partially deciphered. Several weeks ago, researchers came across a new tablet in them with a new unknown language in cuneiform.
We cannot conclude that it was the enemy who burned the city down, Ḫattuša was not looted based on the availability of grain in the city vaults. It was also not the only city who got abandoned around this time, so I do have to believe that the Hittites did it.
@@Linduine Considering Hittites completely disappeared after the Bronze Age Collapse, they were definitely conquered by the Phrygians, though, Hattusa was already an abandoned town after many plagues.
More Bronze Age videos please, I need them for more historicity in my Grand Strategy game \o/
It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage video about hittite...thank you Invicta channel
No Assyria, Babylon and Mycenea, Total Pharaoh feels incomplete.
Minoan too
@@MpuwpuwMinoans conquered/subsumed by Mycenaeans at this point (even a comeback fight your way out from under the Greeks campaign would be a stretch by 1200 bc)
Assyria and Babylon maybe on a DLC
Sea people campiang
@@FrostyGerardo-kr7xsgreece
Congratulations for this wonderful video!
These videos are so fun to watch!
I love total war footage illustrating your videos!
Invicta we love your videos no need to pretend you love Pharaoh
The only good thing with TW Pharaoh are these sponsored videos from my favorite history youtubers. Nothing more.
Excellent work as always !
Do this upload again, use Unreal 5 minimum, -or I''ll never watch your uploads ever again, bigly- I've really enjoyed watching this and I know this won't be the last time I watch it this week. Thanks
There's a video Schwerpunkt just made about the Neo-Hittite military organization that I strongly recommend
Best video you guys have made so far
How do you make these AMAZING maps? I’ve been looking for a way to make one similar to this one for my first fantasy novel (Hellenic Age style)
Wow this is really interesting and we’ll done….I love history …love military history in particular I’ve always heard of the Hittites but never knew anything about them… nice job on the research!!
Suppiluliuma is literally my favorite name from all of the Bronze Age.
For the zillionth time. Thank you for the great work. Seriously!!
AWESOME video
I've always loved this period in history
I find it strange. Unusual even. That a playable Mesopotamian faction isn't added in a wider middle east Bronze age setting. Within Total War Pharaoh
This was a nicely informative video on a group of people most people don't talk about.
Ramses II: I still kicked your butts
Hettites: What?! We almost captured your pharo ass!
Ramses II: the wall here says otherwise
Hettites: You made it yourself!
Ramses II: *THE WALL SAYS I WON*
My brain read the thumbnail as “RISE OF THE TITTIES”
One of the defining features of Hittite chariots is that they used four horses.
I believe that's actually the case for all bronze age chariots
Nope. What you're thinking of is the three man chariot, which was still drawn by two horses. Even among the Hittites, the three man chariot doesn't appear until Egyptian depictions at the Battle of Kadesh, and even in those depictions many are drawn as two men chariots. The Hittites never depicted three men chariots in their own art. Further, the Hittite army consisted of the core Hittite forces plus the many vassal armies that joined them, and the vassal armies were responsible for their own chariots. Come to think of it, outside Rameses depictions of the Battle of Kadesh, I don't know if a three man crew for the Hittites is ever mentioned, although I'd have to dig around to confirm that. Beal's "The Organization of the Hittite Military" doesn't mention anything outside of the Egyptian Kadesh inscriptions.
Nice Video and very interesting topic. Thank you
You put more effort into this video than CA does running a business
I believe these people migrated from the Eurasian steps . From the black sea area. These people were haplogroup R1B
They were not indo europeans they're related to canaanites
@@Jason_living_in_hell these people migrated into Greece than into Italy and became the Etruscans . These are the celts . They were kicked out by the Turks . White flight . Like in American cities .
They either were indo-European, had assimilated indo-European nobility (like many cultures), or had very close contact with an indo-European group.
@InvictaHistory could please create a video about the Rise of the Parthians - The Legions of
Ctesiphon DOCUMENTARY
Fantastic video!!!!!!
Now we need a Bronze Age assassins creed set around this time period
Bronze Age history LFG!!!
Love the Bronze Age
What were your primary written sources for this video? I've never seen so much detail on the Hittites.
❤❤️ Turkish culture Hata Hittites..merhaba great warriors you re brave and real men ❤respect. I salute you from the land of the Vikings.
Greetings to Scandinavia from Turkey ❤
Hittites were not Turkish however some central Anatolian Turks may have Hittite ancestors. My girlfriend’s ancestors come from former Hittite lands! Anatolia has one of the most interesting histories, with so many different people leaving their trace here.
@@tararaisgreetings from America, my girlfriend has Turkish/Pontic Greek ancestry and we were looking to visit her family in Istanbul and Trabzon someday, would you say now is a good time to visit? God bless
I love TW Pharaoh, but, for the asking price, it should have included Mesopotamia (Assyria/Babylon/Elam) at launch. Here’s to hoping CA continue to expand the game with quality DLC.
Not gonna happen.
Pharaoh is the lowest player count (on Steam) out of the entire series and the TW community has made it quite clear they didn't want this game.
CA blew almost all of their money on the now canceled Hyenas and TW is in desperate need of an engine update, so they are in trouble and their customers know it.
@@NathanCassidy721 Parroting what your fav influencer has said about it lol.
TW Pharaoh has some serious killer features and new mechnics, it's neither a DLC for Troy or an ill-fit engine imo.
Battle feels smooth and fast, infantry clashing and maneuvering has great effect when you use the right troop type for their purpose.
Applying different skins to leaders and troops is a great addition - having native troops to each cultural region gives you access to variety army compositions like a true multicultural empire, etc.
I'm 90% sure what influencer you're parroting, and that idiot hasnt even tried the game - and his complaints on the engine were based on a few hours of Alpha testing in Troy.
Are you kidding me right now? 😂😂😂
How much have you played TW:P?
@@zarahandrahilde9554 Having some buyer's remorse there?
Pharaoh bombed and CA is out of money.
Also the TW community has largely regretted the game and a lot of them have gone back to older titles like Medieval 2 and Warhammer 2/3. Hell, more people are playing Troy than Pharaoh.
@@NathanCassidy721 none at all, just started a campaign as Tausret this morning. I dont know why so few people play Pharaoh compared to older titles, i assume a vast spread of reasons from price to setting and scope - but i genuinly struggle to understand why i should hold the TW community as a guiding light for what i personally like or not.
So asking again: how about you, how much have you played TW:P? What campaign did you pick, what ancestry, what legend? How many turns did you go? What did you spend your Shemsu-Hor turns doing? What position in the Pharaoh's court did you go for? Did you fight in any civil wars? What units did you get from the cultures you conquered, and what deities did you discover and worship? Did you devote any armies to a god?
-Or are you just parroting the shit you heard, calling it a Troy reskin lul?
Is your opinion based on your experience with the game, or the lack of it?
lmao People still playing Med2 & using it as an argument when there's Troy & Pharaoh, which are both fantastically better games, even though very different. @@NathanCassidy721
People just don't recognize a good game, they're doomed.
Great video as always
How about a follow up on the Mysteries of Greek warfare video?
Working on it
06:35 I actually think large armies in the past could have been in the hundreds of thousand. Though not constantly deployed as such or all professional soldiers. In the past food was plenteous and of superior quality. Also Assyria, who had a large and powerful army did not move into power until after the Hittite's were on the decline
But there's no evidence of armies that big at all. Kadesh is the largest one we know of. If you look at Hittite records, while the number of troops is rarely preserved, conflicts where the "army" might consist of only around 100 troops on either side are known.
@@Bramble451 While not always explicitly evident, we can gain and idea from contextual clues. For example, if the Assyrian army, which there is more evidence for in regard to numbers, were not willing to cross the Hitites until they began to collapse, how large and powerful were they?
@@combatsports7515What is your evidence for the size of Assyrian armies during the Late Bronze Age? Not the Neo-Assyrian empire - that post-dates the fall of the Hittites.
@@Bramble451 I was referencing to around the fall of the Hitites. I will find my source to give citation, as it has been a while, and get back to you. Much appreciated.
food wasn't of superior quality, half the stuff you eat now didn't exist and the rest would be full of worms and parasites.
Excellent presentation - thank you!
Their remain are super cool~
More bronze age stuff is great! :D
Battle of Kadesh. First documented battle resulting in a peace treaty between Egypt and the Hittites. Both sides claimed victory.
10:44 "a long coat of mail" ? You mean scale armour right ? Mail did not exist in the Bronze Age as far as I know...
Yes that should have said scale rather than mail
If TW Pharoa contributes to this channel by Sponsoring and hence giving us such excellent coverage of a topic otherwise mostly overlooked, Im totally fine with it!
sure, obviously it is some sort of advertisment, but it is an advertisment which is very beneficial for lovers of the bronze age.
@@veidt3764 true. There isnt amy other game in which you can experiance this period with such a high quality (its still a great game, just not the best total war)
All what is really missing is Expansion. If there were several celtic triebes, minos in Greece and maybe the etruscan from italy it would feel more worldlike
They may make bad games, but they can still be good sponsors.
@@stonefish1318Dude, the biggest crime they committed was omitting Babylon, Assyria, and Elam.
Awesome video!
I actually recognise some of those names from TW Pharaoh, from their place in history - Suppiluliuma.
If I recall correctly, he was the reigning monarch of some part of the Hittite empire when the Sea People came calling. He sent urgent messages to his father (The Emperor?) for aid, but no help came. Later, there are messages from his father (sent to someone I no longer remember) asking for help, in his own turn, but again, no help comes. In the end, the Hittite empire was utterly smashed by the Sea People...
I think that it will be my new favorite culture from the Bronze Age!
MORE BRONZE AGE CONTENT PLEASE 🎉🎉
Excellent work here
I am hoping to see the Assyrian cavalry in the future and learn how they may have been armed and deployed. There are so many theories, including the use of a horse team with one controlling both horses while one rider fired a bow.
As a Turkish person, thank you so much for releasing this in the 100th year anniversary of Turkish republic.
The bulk of Turkish historical discussions are revolving around Ottoman Empire. Seljuk history also got popular in the last decade. There was an attempt to revive the glorious years of ancient Turkic empires like Gokturk and so on. It caught up some attention too. But nobody ever looks into the rich history of Anatolia long before even the Christianity.
I see the ancient civilizations of Hittites and Lydians and others like them as our own history, - and rightfully so - this was backed up by Ataturk, who upon the victory in Gallipoli by saying "(the events of) Troy has been avenged". That's a perspective, that should be held up higher in the discussions.
Not only those... Egypt, Greece, Balkans, Armenia... ALL are YOURS, why not? And as ataturk did, you "preserve" them... Once you were trying to correlate the Hitites to you as "bronze age turks", even the stones were laughing and thank god, for your own face, you stopped...
My guy, Hittites were not ancient Turks
@@surobykThat's not what he said. He's saying that history of Anatolia is important to Turks. he's not saying we're related to Hittites.
@@Aphelia. Why is it important if it's not related to you? I don't care about celts and romans living in Pannonia, or Pannonia itself until our ancestors came here. What a weird stuff to be wewuzin about
@@surobyk We are not related by blood but we lived on the same lands, drank the wine made from the same grapes, and we still have their ruins next to our buildings. I think it is fascinating to think about, but you are free to not understand it.
@InvictaHistory could please create a video about the Rise of the Sassanians - The Legions of
Ctesiphon DOCUMENTARY
Hittites, Urartians, Assyrians, these nations are the real ancestors of today's Türkiye.
Having the high members of the royal family on the same battlefield.
That one arrow: “Alright Chumps, let’s do this. LLLLLLEEEEEERRRRRRROOOOOYYYYY JJJJJJJJEEEEENNNNNKKKKKIIIIINNNNSSSS! “
Don't waste your money in this TW Pharao game.
But you can spend your time with this video.
Hoping we can do the period justice with our videos but do have to give huge props to the artists and environmental designers for making such fantastic characters and sets for our documentaries
I love these bronze age videos
Anybody out there really sunk some hours into TW Pharaoh? What do you think of it? I'm pretty familiar with the TW series but on the fence about buying. Seems like a cool concept at least.
Pretty solid game by far, unfortunately got bash by enraged fans. The campaign mechanics are solid and seems low on bug and crash. The battle are faster than rome 2 but not as fast as attila. Some people might feels 60 dollars might be too expensive for this game which I can understand them. People should try them maybe at the discount price
It's bad. Don't listen to the fanboy. If you want a decent bronze age experience there is a pretty good mod for Rome 2.
The campaign mechanics are shallow and tacked on. It does nothing to improve on existing issues. But worst are the tactical battles. Without cavalry an entire dimension of it is just gone. And chariots are so bad in Warscape it hardly makes up for it. They kinda try with light infantry but that does not work well due to the large unit size of those. And the armour system sucks. Just makes units take forever to kill even when completely surrounded.
And the fact there is no Egypt in the game and no Hittite Kingdom is just absurd.
Does anyone know if Agrippina the Elder was a beauty? None of the sources mention it.
It is interesting the similarities in structure and success the Romans had with the Hittites military structure. Even down to mostly using the short stabbing sword and large rectangular shield combo
Big fan of the Total War series. I may yet get Pharaoh despite the negative feedback I've read due to my interest in history.
Don't hesitate, it's a great game, and definitely moving the formula forward, substantially!
You should definitely give it a chance! Most of the "criticism" isn't even aimed at the game directly, it's people being angry at CA (unjustifiably in my opinion, but I'm not about to change any opinions. Just here to enjoy some good games).
Pharao is a really good and perfectly enjoyable game, especially if you are interested in the history of the factions (I'm just now taking a course at University about the influence of ancient Egypt in Kanaan)
Pharaoh was bland, uninspired, and lacking depth. I’ve found that imperator: Rome was a far better game. There are several Bronze Age mods that make for a better Bronze Age strategy experience than TW: pharaoh. Imperator: Rome is cheap and the mods are completely free on steam. Plus these mods are a passion project by people who actually love and play the game. Mechanically I:R has more depth and historical flavor to it. Sad to see creative assembly go down the route of sloth and greed considering they’ve made some great games, but TW pharaoh just isn’t one of them.
Pharaoh was bland, uninspired, and lacking depth. I’ve found that imperator: Rome was a far better game. There are several Bronze Age mods that make for a better Bronze Age strategy experience than TW: pharaoh. Imperator: Rome is cheap and the mods are completely free on steam. Plus these mods are a passion project by people who actually love and play the game. Mechanically I:R has more depth and historical flavor to it. Sad to see creative assembly go down the route of sloth and greed considering they’ve made some great games, but TW pharaoh just isn’t one of them.
Where the wheels of the Chariots really set all the way back like in time segment 4:40?
Exactly my tought, but probably more like depicted at 27:17. ''must have developed through times, like many things.
I also read the Hittite chariots were heavier and more manouverable than the Egyptian, and could carry three soldiers, which gave them an advatage in battle. Still, little is known about actual warfare, but fascinating to know more about....
@@Lassisvulgaris I would hope so. Placing the wheels on the end would make the Chariot less maneuverable and be more taxing on the horses. Reducing their range and overall speed.
Basically, yes. The Egyptian chariots had their wheels in the back like that. We've never found an actual Hittite chariot, but in artistic representations, the wheel is actually centrally mounted rather than at the back. This apparently made them more maneuverable than their Egyptian counterparts. These chariots were extremely light weight. In fact, except in battle, your regular charioteer probably carried the chariot himself. The Assyrians certainly depicted this in the Iron Age. As for the three man chariot, I think those were mentioned/depicted only in the Rameses II Kadesh reliefs. Your typical Hittite chariot would have been your standard two man chariot.
Great and interesting video. What's the music sounding on the background?
It’s ok invicta I know you were sponsored by TW Pharoh so your obligated to do a promo for them. Your content is still amazing even though Creative assembly suits don’t listen to and actively hate their community
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ugh finally a doc on hitties army
A great many things i did not know. Very cool, thank you.
Hi, I have a question, if rhe army was forbidden to loot the farmers for food, and in a world before currency, how did the king pay for the food, in kind?
It's crazy that the Hittites were as far as we are from the Roman Republic and early Empire.
I think a clue on how chariot warfare was would be reading the illiad since its in the bronze age as well
I always get a rise when I get to say Hittites
me 2! Also when I get to say: HATUSA!, KUSSARA, ARZAWA, WAATAR, AMMUNA, etc
Total War is high time for an Empire 2 and Victorian installment.