Hello from the heart of ancient Nubia, proudly from the city of Meroe it self. A true ethnic Nubian from the Mahas tribe which is one the the original native tribes in the region, a true descendant of the Nubians and one of few that still speaks the ancient Nubian languages still in existence. 🙂
Funny thing about Nubian archers. They are mentioned by the Egyptians, by the Greeks (under Alexander) and well into the Islamic conquests. It’s a long lasting tradition
Nubians invented the composite bow - wood mixed with horn - that made the shot more accurate and the arrow speed extremely fast with longer range than the standard Egyptian wood bow & arrow.
Loving learning about Nubia, it's like a mythical world of mythical fiction that was actually real. It's such a shame that it's been so neglected historically - the internet is a wonderful thing
Yeah makes you wonder how beautiful the land of ancient Kush (Nubia) looked... I would pay good money to see a family of graphic artist to make a vdeogame based on ancient Kush. Maybe in the next Assassin's Creed but thats just a dream that probably never happen.
I'm white but from a scientific standpoint wouldn't it be easier for humans to loose melanin than gain it? I say this to say I feel like history has been whitewashed by europe so people believe humans began as white and became black. So as to make them superior... it's just insane that we can't get a straight answer on so many questions. So many people don't give a fuck either. It's just frustrating the world we live in sometimes....
You can actually hear this same history, maybe not in the same detail, from Nubians in Aswan, Egypt or Nubians in Sudan. I haven't heard it directly but from others who have gone there and spoke with some of them. This is well done.
Also Nubian warriors were very appreciated and sought after by many neighboring powers for a long time(they were valuable mercenaries or levies). They were exceptional spearmen too along their famed archers.
Yes, they were known to be the best, not just in ancient times but also up until at least the 800s if not beyond. Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it...more to come soon, stay tuned!
The famous Nubian archers were called pitati.. they protect Nubia when medja wasnt a thing yet.. medja started as a feirce Nubian clan before becoming a paramilitary force
Haha, within the ancient Near East, I'd say no. I'm sure that they would have moved further in all directions had the empire not started to decline after Ashurbanipal...
Well The Hittites weren't beaten by The Assyrians I'm pretty sure. And together with The Medes and another group I believe are the ones that brought Assyria to it's end.
Thank you, your words definitely inspire me to keep going and put out more content... which will be coming soon. Thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it!
Love stories about Nubia and Kush ever since I learned that they conquered Egypt (at least once that I know of, I still have more to learn). I love Egypt archeology and history. I took up architecture and I'm really into the ancient and classical ones more than the modern and contemporary. It's also good to learn about the surrounding areas as well, especially the African part which aren't talk about as much.
Kush and Nubia (completely different terms and not the real indigenous names) For anyone who wants to learn about Sudanese Ancient and Medieval Kingdoms :- Ancient Periods: Upper Paleolithic - 30,000 BCE (A group) New World Pre-Kerma - 3900 BCE Kerma - 2500 BCE Kush - 1070 BCE Medieval Periods: Kingdom of Alwa - 357 AD Kingdom. of Nobatia - 400 AD Kingdom of Makuria - 501 AD Kingdom of Fur: 571 AD Like I said, Nubia, Kush and Kerma aren't indigenous names, the current war in Sudan makes research difficult
My grandmother is a Nubian refugee in Uganda and no one really talks about her side of the family since everyone else is part of a different tribe, so this is the first time Ive actually taken time to learn about it! Great job btw
@@alidyab2349 Sudan is home to 600 tribes, even if she told you i highly doubt you'll even know what the tribe is, considering Sudan doesn't even know exactly how many tribes it has in remote regions
@@woozyz2769 I know I’m from Sudan and I know there are lots of tribes, But he said Nubian wiches is mean she was ( Donglawi, Mahas, Sokot, Halfawi Kenzi or from Aswan ) And I read once there are Nubians in Kenya and unfortunately they are treated horribly and I hope they back to Sudan, There are mountains of Nuba and Nubians and they are two different people
Nice history lesson. But the Nubians and Egyptians were not always rivals, Pharaoh Piankhi came from Nubia and the Egyptians saw him as a hero when the Assyrians invaded Egypt.
Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it! Yes, you're correct, they actually lived side by side for thousands of years..the conflicts arose more because of politics and the craving of resources, especially by the peoples of the north for all of the rich resources that were to be found in Nubia. Thanks again for stopping by, more to come soon!
Yes and the Egyptians utilised Nubian mercenaries in their military such as the Medjay. Nubia was far advanced than Egypt when alluding to military prowess. Egypt did not even know how to smelt iron, whereas, the Nubians were well-known for their manufacturing of iron tools and weapons which enriched their civilisation.
Matamba, you're very right. Ancient Egyptians always recognized Ta-seti/Nubi region as their ancestral homeland, even their God Amun was believed to have come from the south. Their old kingdom was distinctly of southern Nubian region. This was confirm by the British Egyptologist Sir W.F. Petrie1930s. Later, Dr. Toby Wilkinson of Cambridge University hinted in his book: The Early Dynastic Egypt, 1999. Dr. Wilkinson even put a photo of Pharaoh Narmer/Menes on the book cover to signify his thesis that early dynastic egypt originated from south.
Thanks for the kind words, I really appreciate it. Ancient Kush is definitely becoming one of my favorite civilizations to study and I definitely want to produce more content on it and several of their kings and queens. Hopefully I'll release them soon! Thanks again for stopping by the channel!
Yeah, it's a pretty incredible story, one that I couldn't cover in full in this video but hope to in a future program. Thanks for stopping by the channel, I really appreciate it! More to come soon!
they would have been completely conquered if Rome had tried. Nero before he died planned an invasion of Kush however it never happened, they opted for trade instead of war
@@bigchef3394 they tried and got kicked out 🤷♂️🤦🏻♂️ , then Arab came and defeated Romans too easily then defeated from Nubians , they called Nubians Eye Throwers because the aim was on their eyes 👀
Candace Amanareas. One eyed warrior Queen of Nubia and Kush, that The Romans were terrified of her. Much more than her King husband. That would be a much better movie than the bullshit not historically true, that Hollywood comes up with. Kandates of The Kingdom of Kush, from where the name Candace comes from. Another possible explanation for the origin of The Sphinx. She's talked about as Amanareas in the historical account of this video. Excellent.
It was a long walk through that desert for the Romans ...it ultimately weakened them and stretched their supply line beyond what was reasonable And the Nubians were fighting on home soil ...foregone conclusion !
I am honored to reply to your nice comment! We know a lot about our country and our civilizations, but there are many things about civilization that are hidden from people, including the civilization and the people of Egypt that do not belong to the current white-skinned inhabitants of Egypt
@@medjayshaig9997 *If Sudan knows so much about it's civilization, then why does it sit silent while the Caucasian and Arabs claims to be the people of Ancient Egypt. Ancient Egypt was a combination Sudanese, Ethiopians and other African peoples in that region, and yet, the Caucasian has cleverly manufactured another history for that country and the region. Speak up and claim the history that belongs to the African peoples and stop being quiet while the Caucasian fabricates and makes up history to glorify itself.*
Truly a beautifully done video! I teach 7th Grade World History/Ancient Cultures and the in our Chapter 4 on Egypt, section 5 is on the Kingdom of Kush... this video LITERALLY leads the kiddos through that section with all the same names and occurrences that we'd read about! Great job and thanks for the content. I'll be checking out your other material for use in my class this year and in the future. Totally thrilled, keep up the great work!
@@sharkshark8342 well yeah the people who started kush spoke nilo-Saharan language and were most likely nilotic types or a common ancestor. The cushitic people are east Africans and they speak afroasiatic. Cushitic is a branch from afroasiatic, just like nubian is a branch from nilosahran. People need to be able to differentiate between linguistic terms and kingdom names. Just becuase kush and cushitic sounds similar it dosent mean their one and the same. Also nubians included some beja cushitic speakers. Beja are native to sudan. And had a long history with nubians and intermixed alot. The ancient egyptians were most likely nilotic and beja type people, as you can see they had brown skin just like anceint nubians and were not phenotypically homogeneous just like the ancie t nilotic nubians.
Well put together informant video. You walked us thru years of history in 25 minutes with clarify. As a black America trying to learn about ancient Africa, it's good seeing information on other places beside Egypt.
This is a really interesting and intriguing series on the history of the African peoples and places! I've already got them all queued up to watch, one after the other, and am looking forward to them all! I love learning about the deep, rich history of places I will never get to visit, so this has been, is, and I expect will be such a perfect series of videos on just that thing! ❤ Thank all of you for coming together and doing this!
Hello! New subscriber here. What an amazing history on a kingdom I knew nothing about. Can't wait to see you do more videos on ancient african history. I'm studying african history in school and these types of videos really help me out. So Don't listen to the haters. You're doing a great job with these videos. Keep it up.
there is a saying from West Africa ''I build my house on the heads of my enemies'' this is literal sometimes thru history but it is also a philosophy of how we deal with challenges. exchange the word 'enemy'' with ''ancestor'' also a literal practice in many cultures but also as Griotes of Mali sing the praises of ancestors' struggles, they give us courage to face contemporary challenges. we may learn to love & appreciate our enemies for their stimulus to progress toward peace & harmony among Peoples. this is very respectable history video, as most You Tube 'historians' are rarely that. 90% still refuse to use BCE in terminology & reduce their tales to ethnocentric myths of superiority. great job Cy.
Much of this is in the bible in Old Testament, Sudan was called the Land of Cush. Cush was the offspring of Ham which was one of the sons of Noah after the flood. This is also reference in the Book of Jasher which is referenced in the bible. If you read the book of Jasher it goes in depth about the Sons of Noah where they're offspring spread out in Europe, Asia , North Africa, etc & named their cities after their names. Mindblowing.
Thank you! Honestly, researching for this project also introduced me to the wider world of African history and culture, which I'm grateful for and want to study further, so I know how you feel! I hope to do similar videos like this in the future. Thanks again for stopping by!
The Assyrians were ruthless and were advanced in metallurgy, siege tactics and were known to utilise far bigger and durable chariots which required more horses. Also, the Assyrians were amongst the first civilisation to utilise a professional army which consisted of professional soldiers who were merely trained for one purpose: killing. Unlike many other civilisations where they just enlisted average joes, likely farmers who never seen the visualisation of war nor possessed any combat experience. The only civilisation that came close to rivalling the Assyrians in that timeline would be the Nubians since the Nubians were known to possess the best archers in the Ancient world alongside were revered for producing iron, manufacturing iron tools and weapons. Many civilisations in this timeline did not know how to produce adequate iron compared to the Assyrians and Nubians. Iron during this period was the equivalent to the vibranium or adamantium of its time, shattering enemies' bronze swords and slicing enemies with ease. The Egyptians, unlike the Nubians, did not know to produce iron.
A German looks different from a Spaniard or a Frenchman yet they are all white and a European will still consider them his people, the same applies for the people mentioned above.
Thank you so much for posting this video! I homeschool my kids and we have been studying ancient Egypt this school year. We just read a chapter in our book about the Nubians of Kush. I always love to follow our readings with an interesting video to expand on what we just read. Your video was great! I look forward to using your site for our studies.
The Nubians are kemetians Southern Egyptians the first Europeans , Americans scientists fraud the history separated Nubia from the land and the civilization And said Nubia were permanent enemies and slaves . if the Nubians were the slaves painted on the temple, how the Nubian Twenty-Fifth Dynasty didn't destroy it when they ruled, and if the Nubians were the permanent enemies of Egypt, why did the north priests go to Aswan, the Nubia, to ask them to liberate the kingdom from the Libo occupation and the upper Egypt Nubian king himself fought and won , and why did the last Egyptian king, Nectaneboa II, escaped to Nubia from the Persian occupation, and why The Nubia helped Thebes against the Romans, fighting the Assyrian occupation, and King Kyriakos liberating the Patriarch of the Church from the Umayyad prince Abd al-Malik, who persecuted the Copts,Many of the Delta and northern Upper Egypt inhabitants were escaping in times of persecution from the Romans and the Mamluks, who impoverished and starved them. Why did the Nubians welcome them if they were permanent enemies? all of this in the north, east, and west of Egypt, without the enemies reaching Nubia . Also, Taharqa fought the nine bows and all the kings of Meroe. So, how can the Nubians be from the nine bows. The hieroglyphic and Meroitic language, which is derived from it, were used in Nubia. The tour guide and Egyptian historian, Bassam Al-Shamaa, said that the only ones who possess the genes of the original kings are the Nubians. Egyptian Dr. Wassim Al-Sisi said, in a program produced by the Ministry of Antiquities, that the Nubians had Egyptian genes, and the police leader was always Nubian, and Queen Tiey was Nubian. Another program on CBC said that the Nubian Arrows team was a protection squad for the Kings, temples and royal tombs. Modern Egyptologists admitted that this was fraud and racism, and that the captives were the Niltuk Dinka Shilluk, a non-Nubian countries ❤♥️🎉🎊😍🥰
@@HistorywithCy there is plenty of ancient African history that pre-dates ancient Egypt and Greece. Lots of forgotten history in the Saharan sands. The oldest mummies have been found there. There is even a very convincing hypothesis that the great civilization of Atlantis was located in Mauritania, matching excaclty the description of ancient Herodotus maps as well as Plato's description. African history should be highly reviewed. Our modern world is completely neglectful of the great significance of African history.
@@faraonlatino Because africa really has not accomplished much that ushered in the modern world today. African empires have not been significant for millenia.
Fun Fact... The word/name Nubia.. comes from the African Word "NOB" used in ancient Khamet and other Nile valley civilizations..Meaning Gold... Shiny..Valuable...(and sometimes Highly esteemed)... It is where the English word "Noble" "Nob" and "Nobility" Come From.
The English Word for nobel comes from the latin nobilis. And the latin Word nobilis has nothing to do with gold as far as I know, but i can be wrong of course. The other part was a fun fact i guess.
@@wittiza2102 “Scholarly attempts to define nobilitas have led to debates over the particulars of its usage in ancient sources”… the Word Noble is theorized by some etymologists to come from the Latin usage of Nobilis [From the word Nosco [To recognize]..or it “know”]… but there are also other etymologist that theorize that the meaning behind Nobilis is derived…from the Much Much older Nob… “Nob” being much much older but also being similar in meaning and usage .. and used at a time that predates Rome by many thousands of years…. Much of what became Roman was inherited from the Greek. and much of what became Greek was inherited from the Egyptians….Its always fun when I can educate somebody
@@kingwassetthetruth8160 educate somebody? LOL, you told him what you think. I agree thta what you surmise is interesting. However it doesn't infer that your definition is beyond a doubt correct.
@@kingwassetthetruth8160 Latin is rooted through Etruscan language, which is itself a completely distinct Indo-European language rooted from Gallic language. Latin does however, borrow Greek grammar and characters, as the Etruscans had also borrowed greek letters on their own. Both of Latins root languages are Indo-European Languages as goes with the Hittites, but is distinct, having come from the isolated northern Italian group (Egyptian is Coptic). The connection you've inferred from Latin nobilis to Egyptian nob arent even similar in meaning. That however doesn't mean it isn't connected somehow. The Greeks had entirely different words for Noble and Gold, so clearly that's not the connection. But, the Phoenicians (Greek peers and Latin influences) are right on Egypt's doorstep and historically had a huge influence on much of the Mediterranean in Romes formative years. But it's also just as easy to say nobilis is Gallic. Ontop of that; If the Greeks borrow Egyptian words, why do the Greeks call dang near everything in Kemet (Egypt) a different name? For instance, Hierakonpolis is the Greek name for that city, not it's actual name. The Greeks called the land Egyptos, not Kemet. Clear distinctions here and you can easily infer that the Greeks did not take much language inspiration from the Egyptians. Now to address your borrowing claim. The archeological record shows the ancient greek culture was influenced by (if not stole and modified) the Minoan culture. Who are themselves a culture group, that migrated from Anatolia. The Anatolians, who themselves learned from the Mesopotamian cultures. The archeological record in Egypt (some of the earliest in the Fairyum lake valley) show also that early Egyptians learned their settlement tech. from Syria (who learned it from the Mesopotamians). Based upon those cultures artifacts and goods also found at the site. Your assertions are not at all based in record evidence. The take away here is that the whole of civilization in the west and middle-east learned it from the Sumerian culture. Language and religion (sometimes) being the only unique thing between those various civilizations, given that all their knowledge and religion has common origin or inspiration. TLDR: Who cares. They're all the bloody same or slight variations of the same. Lets talk Cy into making a video on the Empires of Ghana and Mali. There's so much excellent and unique history and culture in Africa, that to argue about what pretty much identical middle-east civilization did what first is pointless.
The Nubians appear to have been matrilineal, since it was brothers in the line of succession rather than sons. This meant that their nobility was passed down through their mother, even though political authority was still usually wielded by men. After they ran out of brothers, succession would then pass on to the sons of their sisters. This is still the case today in much of West Africa, for example, and is often accompanied by a kind of polygamy where a man accrues wives as a kind of labor contract. (Women in such societies are often major economic producers, as seen by how women dominate the running of markets in West Africa.) Very different from the polygamy practiced in, say, Saudi Arabia. Or by the ancient nomadic peoples of the Levant described in the Bible. This explains why the Nubians would've been far more comfortable with female rulers than their neighbors to the north and east.
The modern Nubian ladies far difference between western African women they worked without any role but the Nubian culture the woman like queen his just to care about his families ،، This work must be consistent with its biological nature and coordination between raising children and caring for the husband. As for our time, things differed somewhat, but customs and traditions are still firmly established like mountains.
The ancient Nubians did not have the problem of who ruled, and the kingdom of Kush was ruled by this man and woman before 5 thousand years BC This is not strange for them because they are originally kings to differentiate between men and women in their rule in this historical period ،،،Think about your perception that appears to be incorrect compared to historical facts
@Rodney James Thanks for the illumination. My personal knowledge of the fine details of North African history is limited, although I have been to Tunisia and Egypt (and Israel, though that is not actually North Africa). Please note that the article/video about Ancient Nubia is not from History and Headlines, but from "History with Cy."
Definitely, so much more to learn... this vid just scratches the surface... I had wanted to add so much more but couldn't due to time. I'll make a few more videos on Kush in 2020. Thanks for stopping by again, I really appreciate it!
Yes! I'm really glad I found your channel, ancient African civilizations are fascinating and unfairly difficult to learn about. Any thoughts on covering Mali?
Yes, I really want to discuss the kingdoms and empires of west Africa... at the moment I'm going to finish up some programs I've been working on with regard to the ancient Near East, but the plan is to get to west Africa before mid 2020...stay tuned! Also, thanks for stopping by the channel, I really appreciate it.
I am Akram from Sudan .. Especially from the land of the kingdoms in the north of Sudan, Karma, I have the honor to respond to your wonderful comments .. My heart is raining with longing just a historical and ancient memory .. I wish you all the friendliness and respect .. I would like to say that the civilization of the Pharaohs in Egypt has nothing to do with the present Egyptians but rather has a relationship Directly with us, we are the people of southern Egypt, the Nubian, the people of Sudan, eastern Sudan, the Ethiopian Falasha, and the Oromo people in Ethiopia and Somalia. We are one thing that is not part.
I recently played a campaign in Total War: Rome II, where I created a wondrous and peaceful (after the dark times...) Kush Empire. Highly enjoyable, would recommend.
I've heard so much about it and seen game plays here on TH-cam... looks amazing! The only reason I'm not playing it is because I know that once I start, I won't do anything else, including making videos. I probably spent years of my life playing Age of Empires and Civilization... can't afford to take that same risk with Total War lol. Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it! More to come soon!
Lol as a Egyptian lol even Americans know the people that are there are not real Egyptians more of Invaders hell most of all north Africa is Invaders 1 called me brother 1 time an said he was from Africa I ask where was his people really from he said they came after there land was taken to Africa an been there ever since lol that is not the same Invaders that's like south African whites saying it's there land lmao
Hint from a geographer: upper nubia is located uphill, lower nubia lays downhill, because water runs from ountain down through the plains into the sea. Other examples: upper bavaria, south of lower bavaria. Upper mesopotamia indeed is northwest of lower mesopotamia, because its rivers run southeast.
Great video bud. After watching this video, I had no other choice but to subscribe. Maybe in the near future, you can do a video on *The Aksumite Empire* that was established in Ethiopia. Such a beautiful/great kingdom that doesn't get the credit it deserves. Peace ✌and looking forward to other great content on this channel.
Hi and thanks for stopping by...comments like yours make my day! I'm actually studying Aksum, King Ezana and the spread of Christianity in eastern Africa right now and hope to put out a video or two on the subject as I learn more about it. Really, I've fallen in love with this part of the world and will definitely keep researching and putting out videos when I can. Thanks so much for stopping by and if you have any sources that you'd recommend or have any requests, please don't hesitate to let me know. All the best and stay tuned!
Most probably Axum empire was established by Turkish tribes who were actually Wanderers of Alexander s army s Athenians group of people i have noticed them in India too and Tigre region of Eritrea is such a missing link for them in India their descendants are called Tomar Rajputs and jats Axum as well as Tomar stands for a millitary axe because of that they were named after most probably Germans are also from this stock of people
I heard something different that Rome just“left”. The Kush had amassed a large army and Rome stop it advancements and turn back. In the peace treaty kush did not have to pay tribute/taxes to Rome and Rome agreed to stay out of kush. The queen sent an envoy with a message to Rome with a bundle of golden arrows. The message read if Rome wanted peace consider the arrows as peace offering but if Rome wanted to continue the war they should keep arrows for they will need them.
The Nubians were also known as Ethiopians(from the Greek for burnt faces).In Verdi's opera "Aida"(commissioned for the opening of the Suez Canal) the Egyptians invade Ethiopia(Nubia) and return with thousands of captives including the princess Aida.The word Ethiopia only became applied to the present country called that in relatively recent times.
@joseph adel Aethiopia and Ethiopia are the same word -just different ways of transliterating originally Greek words into Latin and then into modern languages -similarly Egypt could be transliterated into Aegypt (Aegyptum)
Diodurus Siculus also wrote that the Egyptians are a colony of the Ethiopians and that the culture originally came from Ethiopia in its infancy but started to develop as they moved further north of Sudan at what became southern Egypt where the early kingdoms arose.
Diodurus Siculus also wrote that the Egyptians are a colony of the Ethiopians and that the culture originally came from Ethiopia in its infancy but started to develop as they moved further north of Sudan at what became southern Egypt where the early kingdoms arose.
@joseph adel The ancient Greek writers like Diodorus who actually was there and knows better disagrees with you, he wrote very specifically in book 3 that the Egyptian culture is Ethiopian in origin, go read it, the ancient Egyptians who call their land Kemet even state that their ancestral land is ancient Punt which they called the divine land and Punt is located in modern day Ethiopia/Eritrea and the Puntite people are the only people the Kemites depicted as identical to themselves both being dark-medium reddish brown, they speak constantly of how the land to the south is where their ancestral founders are from and this coincides with the nile as the nile flows from south to north, which is why the first kingdoms and pharaohs were in the very south of Egypt from the Naqada and Nekhen cultures to king Menes/Narmer Djoser etc who were southerners.
@joseph adel Again you cherry pick to the extreme like a person who gets through life lying to himself and then lying to himself that he's not lying to himself just like a crazy person, in that very quote Herodotus said the reason why he belives the Colchians are an Egyptian colony is because (they both have dark skin and WOOLY HAIR) thus further proving what I said the Egyptians like this video even shows had expanded into Eurasian territories like Colchis, not the other way around, in their own wall art they depict themselves as dark reddish brown with round wooly hair the same as the Puntite people, get this hollywood propaganda out of your head where whites have arrogantly depicted themselves as Egyptians to brainwash the world, the real artworks show they were the same colour as modern day Ethiopians/Eritreans, reddish brown, I fact many Ethiopians especially the Habesha people are much lighter than the the ancient Egyptians, meanwhile look at the paintings on the walls beni hassan and you see the Egyptians painting people from the Levant as looking nothing like them but look just like arabs today, olive tanned skin, wile the Egyptians show themselves with a dark brown.
This is the first time somebody’s talking about kush every time they talk about the Egyptian they don’t talk about it when they are the same people good job 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
They in fact continued some aspects of Egyptian influenced religious practices after Egyptian was Christianized and when converted to Christianity held out against later Islamic armies for quite awhile as well. Looking forward to your videos on this region up to the modern era.
Yes, I want to learn more about and also produce a video on such content, especially on medieval Nubia as well as the kingdom of Axum. Thanks for stopping by, more to come soon!
I am sooooo down for Caucasus ... I'm doing a program (or maybe a few) on ancient and medieval lands of the Caucasus, hopefully it'll be released first quarter of next year... Urartu, Parthian, Sasanid, Roman and eventually medieval Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan... for me it's really interesting stuff and I"m sure it'll be for y'all as well. Native Americans too, just don't know when I'll be putting that out...either way, stay tuned and thanks for stopping by!
Recently I just found out my grandmother is from nubian territory and this gets me closer to know how she ended up in GETAE. Can not wait to see her land
Thanks so much for making this many people don't know the Sudanese/nubian history I a Sudanese didn't know how complex it is i was just told about the when the brits invaded sudan
Can your Next video be about The Tree Medieval Nubian Christian Kingdom's They Never Talk about them they never give them there Credit that they Deserve
Yeah, I got a couple of requests on Christian Nubian history... I'm starting to learn more about it now so as I continue to learn more about it, I'll do my best to make a video on it. Thanks for the suggestion!
I am Akram from Sudan .. Especially from the land of the kingdoms in northern Sudan, Kerma, I have the honor to respond to your wonderful comments The Kingdom of Taciti (Kingdom of the Land of the Arc) arose before the First Kingdom of Kush, and its capital was Qustul. Archaeologists Keith Sealy and Bruce Williams got acquainted with the Kingdom of Tacit. Keith Sealy carried out a rapid excavation at the Qastal site in 1962 in the campaign to save the monuments of Nubia before it was submerged by the waters of the High Dam. He published his report in 1974, in which he stated that the Qustul tombs, which were symbolized by the letter “L”, of Sudanese princes or kings lived before the era of the beginning of the Egyptian dynasties in the thirty-second century BC.Keith Sealy died before publishing the end of his reports on his excavations in Qustal. So Bruce Williams studied the remnants of the cemetery “L” and published his report in 1980 in which he described the cemetery’s tombs and their contents. It was mentioned that most of the tombs consist of rooms ranging between 34 and 4 square meters. It turned out that the tombs had been opened before and their contents were looted, but many pottery and stone tools remained.
@@HistorywithCy can u also do a research on descendants of the cush and cushitic lunguage speaking people like Somalis & the oromo people of Ethiopia, it would be great if we find the connection between kush kingdom & kushtic speaking people
@@Rabsisena kushitic people like the medjay were also part Nubian, that's what they called them the original nubians were a nilotic people like today south sudan and those in nuba mountains and kordofan.
I’m from Sudan . When I was school in Sudan they don’t even teach us about our Nubian history on history classes . They teach us about colonization history.
@ History is important. Every group acknowledges their past achievements. Didn't Europe step out of their dark ages by looking at the achievements of their own historical achievement's. Can you imagine a European country having a history this ancient and rich and the average citizen not even being aware of it? Every Sudanese should know of this.
@@alexanderlittle9786 I think the last regime was more concerned about the Islamic period of Sudan than anything else. They just saw this as Pagan times. It's ridiculous really as Sudan has a fascinating history.
Glad to see some truth about the interaction between Nubia and Kemet. Yes Kemet that’s what the called it. Egypt is a Greek variation of “Het ka Ptah “
right. even their black achilies concept could have been executed better by you know doing something good like telling the story of how memnon of eithiopia came to fight at troy. make it a long epic journey and then end it with his role in the iliad.
Great video and you obviously put in a lot of work into it. Thank you, from Sudan. Hopefully , you can make another video about the rest of the Nubian's history as their kingdoms/empires actually remained around until the early 16th century. Good job!!
The Nubians fascinate me. They're literally a forgotten empire with so much history and culture. There's three times the amount of pyramids in Sudan than there are in Egypt!
So glad you did this Ive been loosely interested in the Nubians but theres no factual videos like this on here. How much time would you say you put into this video?
Alexander Ledvina If you are interested, I have hundreds of good academic sources on ancient Nubia and its kingdoms. The material is out there but you have to do a bit of digging because it’s not as famous as ancient Egypt. I have a similarly hard time finding good material on my own ancient ancestors in Armenia.
Oh, I have so much Armenian history I'll be covering, starting with Urartu. That's also for the Academic sources on Nubia... for now I'm good but if I'm lacking any I'll be sure to let you know...thanks again!
@Alexander Ledvina Thanks so much for the kind words, I appreciate them. This one took longer because the subject is outside of my usual focus which is the Mid East and Central Asia. However, the more I learned, the more I wanted to learn and so kept reading whatever I could find on Nubia and Kush, which definitely extended the total amount of time researching. I'd say in all, meaning reading the books and putting together the video, I'd say it took about 45-50 hours over the span of a month...basically whatever free time I had I dedicated to this video. It was worth it though because I learned a lot and hope that by sharing some of it, y'all will too. Thanks again for stopping by!
That’s not true I have several saved even one very old where they go to the Nuba mountains and find the tribes still doing ancient Nubian customs and dances very fascinating
You have to look up Ta SETI and the earliest record of a Pharaoh or King of any kind found in Qustuel on an ancient incense burner. This burner was found in what would have been Nubia at the time and predates the earliest Pharaohs by about 300 years but the standard is the same and the symbols for kingship is the same. All this suggests that the earliest forms of what became Pharaonic Egypt began in Qustul or Ta SETI not the other way around.
Awesome job! Not sure what has triggered this but I am seeing so much content on the Nubians. It is truly heartbroken to see them almost completely wiped from history. Thanks to TH-cam we can now hear the voiceless. !
Thank you, glad to be of service! More to come hopefully, at least on the Nubian dynasty of Egypt and Taharqa, one of my favorite pharaohs. Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it...stay safe!
Despite the clear rivalery between these two ancient cultures, it is still fascinating to see how much they influenced each other. One would immagine that Egypt was the one with upper hand, but in reality, the Nubians influenced the Egyptians just as much as the Egyptians influenced them. One only has to look at the domestic Egyptian deity Bes, the dwarf enemy of evil spirits. This deity was not of egyptian origin, but in fact originated from many other dwarf spirit guardians whose origin was in the lower lands closer to central Africa. And it comes without question, that the Nubians were responsible for bringing this deity to Egypt, since they did have a pantheon in common with the Egyptians. Btw. The Hiksos were fascinating. Especialy in the religious aspect. Under their rule, the god Baal Seth came to be, a god of storms and power. And the goddess Neith appeared as his wife, a goddess of beauty and war. Just like Baal Hadad and one of his wifes, the war goddess Anat.
Yeah, they interacted with each other so much that they were bound to have so many similarities. That's why I believe that when the Kushites ruled over Egypt, they were not really seen as foreigners because the two peoples had so much shared history and in many ways developed together. I feel that the reason we don't really learn much about Kush is because of the proximity of Egypt to both Europe and the Mid East... there was a lot of cool stuff and culture in the lands south of 1st/2nd cataracts of the Nile that just wasn't known about and hence, never made it into most of our history books. Hope that changes!
Egyptians themselves didnt start in Egypt they mirgated there over time remember inner Africa was north and they moved south so they are all aboriginal people tribes we are the same today
Kushite descendants are somalis, Ethiopians, and eritreans. Nubians are the Sudanese. As history is revealing first pyramids were built in Nubia and after the Kushites and Nubians conquered Egypt, they built the pyramids we see on Hollywood movies. They were all black kingdoms fighting each other, the arabized asians came later as shown in the video, Hint: the Egyptian statues are all black featured.
You're beyond deluded... Kushites are Sudanese and Egyptian nubians.. U built pyramids in sudan and none in Somalia ?? Good joke..stop trying to steal our and look to your own history..
Lol when will u understand that Sudan as a whole from north to south has always belonged to Sudanese people? Horners had nothing to do with the Kushite kingdom!
I knew the outlines of most of this so it's great to get the picture filled in like this. You found a good balance with your presentation, I learned a lot without it being so dense that I lost interest.
Thanks for the feedback, that was kind of what I was aiming for... enough info so without making it too dry or boring. Thanks, means a lot! More to come...thanks for stopping by and stay safe!
Thanks for the kind words, I really appreciate it! History Time is one of my favorite channels on YT. It was a pleasure to be in the same collab with him and others. Thanks also for stopping by, more to come soon!
I live in sydney australia the sudanese community here is huge, its not hard to c why they dominated theyre nothing like normal africans the men average between 6'3 and 7ft ...the woman 5'10 - 6'5....they are defineately the tallest people in the world. They mustve been great warriors....💯💯✊✊✊
Who is a normal african? Africa is the most diverse continent on the planet. Oh I see ,you want to bring in the nonsensical subsaharan lie. You all never rest.
Yes! They're very strong and very fierce. I'm a Bantu and you can easily tell how how diverse and different the two of us people are. Also their women are jet black, slender and very beautiful unlike our Bantu's who are thick and.....
@@Hiwot95 Thank you, I really appreciate it! More to come, hopefully soon on Queen Amanirenas and other Kings, Queens and other personalities of Kush and the surrounding region...stay tuned!
If I had one criticism for this video, it would be that the entire Romano-Kushite conflict, and by extension the specifics of it, are much more unclear than presented in this video. Many scholars do not believe that it was the entirety of the Kushite empire that was made tributary to the Romans, but instead the northern portion of it, which came under Roman influence during prior campaigns. Also, I've never read that the Kushites agreed to returning to tributary status.
Indeed, Kush was never a Roman tributary. There is no source for that at all... I believe it comes from a conflation of "Kush" and "Lower Nubia" and a misreading of Strabo's Geography, Book XVII Chapter 1, paragraphs 53-54, where Strabo mentions a "sedition which had taken place in the Thebaïs on account of the tribute", which was probably a Kushite supported revolt, in Egypt itself, against Roman rule, prior to the Roman Kushite war. At the end of the war, in paragraph 54, Strabo said that Augustus "even remitted the tributes which he had imposed", which could only refer to Roman taxation in Lower Nubia over the preceding 3 years of Roman occupation during the war, not taxation of Kush itself (Kush often ruled Lower Nubia, but the Kushite heartland extended from the 3rd cataract to the 6th, Upper Nubia, and their actual rule extended even further). After the Roman Kushite war, the Romans had a nominal rule over the Dodekaschoinos, which constitutes only the northern half of Lower Nubia, and was peripheral to the Kushites, who controlled an area more than ten to twenty times larger than this border region. Even under Imperial Roman rule, Kushite residents in the Dodekaschoinos didn't pay taxes to Rome, but to the temple estates, as it had been under the Ptolemies, and Egyptians before them. I even doubt that Kushite residents of the Thebaid were taxed... They fell under Meroitic authority. Romans tried to appease the Kushites after the war, because they weren't able to subdue them, and the Romans didn't want to deal with continued invasions from the South, into the breadbasket of the Mediterranean... Rome was already overstretched at this point, and the Roman Kushite war just gave them a bloody nose and a lot of headaches. This is clear from from both the discrepancies in Strabo's account and the cursory nature of Augustus' mention of the war in the Res Divi Augusti. Both accounts indicate that the Romans never reached Meroë, the real capital, and neither of the accounts provides a satisfactory explanation as for why the Romans never took the capital, or why the Romans ceded the southern half of Lower Nubia after Amanirenas besieged them at Qasr Ibrim. It seems obvious that the overstretched Romans didn't have the manpower at the time to deal with a new army of 30.000+ fighters from the south under Amanirenas, after already having fought for 5 years. The Romans just cut their losses and made a deal... Then presented it as a victory, even though in the end, the border remained more or less the same as before the war, with the Dodekaschoinos serving as a sort of buffer zone, as it was under the Ptolemies.
Hi, thanks for the info, I appreciate it. Perhaps the Roman sources may have exaggerated the extent of the terms to make it appear more favorable to them. What occurred actually occurred in reality may have been different, hence the discrepancy. I'll have to check the primary source for that. Thanks again!
@@sundiataq Thank you for the explanation, I really appreciate it! I'll consult you the next time I deal with this region, which hopefully will be soon as I'm extremely fascinated by it (it's outside my normal area of focus which is the Mid East and Central Asia). Thanks again, your explanation is much appreciated!
Hi, thanks or stopping by, I really appreciate it! Yes, maybe not a full episode but I might do a podcast on it. It is an interesting topic, especially how it evolved over time. Thanks again for stopping by, I really appreciate it... more on Africa to come soon, stay tuned and safe!
I love this channel! Could you do a mini-video specifically about the history of the Nag Hammadi region? This is north of Luxor, between the 3rd and 4th Cataracts, where the famous Gnostic library texts were discovered in 1945. You could include the village of al-Qasr, and the Pachomian monasteries of the region such as Chenoboskion. Thanks in advance!!
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"Upper" and "Lower" ALWAYS refers to the flow of a major river (closer to the source vs. further away from it), in any country, not just Nubia or Egypt.
Hi, thanks for your comment. I understand that's the case, but many people may not know that and get confused as to why Upper Egypt is in the south and lower Egypt is in the north. I do my best to make sure that all viewers, not just academics or those well-versed on a subject understand certain concepts, so what might seem simple or trivial to some may be something new for others. Thanks again for stopping by, I appreciate it and the comment. Have a great day!
Grazie a Lei! Seguiro' di sicuro tutti i suoi video nel futuro. Sono le lezioni di storia che non ho mai avuto. E poi con quella bellissima voce! Grazie di nuovo!
Thank you for the great videos. I was wondering if you know anything about The Medri Bahri, also known as the Land of the Sea, was a medieval kingdom located in the Horn of Africa, in what is now present day of Eritrea. It emerged during the 9th century and flourished as a maritime power along the Red Sea coast until the 19th century. Medri Bahri controlled important port cities like Adulis, which facilitated its participation in the regional trade networks. Medri Bahri had close ties with the Axumite Empire and later with the Ethiopian Kingdom. It played a significant role in the trade routes connecting the Red Sea with the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean. The kingdom’s control over coastal territories allowed it to prosper through maritime commerce and interactions with neighboring powers.
Yup. Piankhi Shabaka Shebiktu Taharqa Tantamani, although, some scholars believe that Kashta was actually the first Pharaoh of the 25th Dynasty, so that would make it six Kushite Pharaohs.
I was talking to my kids this morning about Africa and its history they literally shocked to hear Egypt was Africa they couldn't believe that Arabia was in Africa thanks for this vid definitely gonna share
Taharqa - the Bible honoured him. Prophets Isaiah and Nahum mentioned how he arrived with his army close to Judah, while Jerusalem was under seige by the Assyrians, the most powerful army in the world at the time, under king Sennacherib. He called the Assyrians to meet him out in the battle field, instead of attacking the city. The Assyrians termed him "the one cursed by the Gods, because he fought them twice before and was victorious. Don't leave that part out: after Taharqa died, his successor (nephew) went back to Memphis (Lower Egypt) and killed the Assyrian puppet, prompting the Assyrians to send reinforcements to Egypt. The downfall of the Assyrians would come several decades later. If only he were to witness it.
I think it is unfair to see the scriptures mention (Isaiah, again) of punishing Cush (Ethiopia/Aethiopia - Not referring to "Abyssinia" that became today's Ethiopia ) when the Nubian/Cush leader of both lands was an ally and defender of Judah at that time when Hezekiah was king. Were they seen as another threat besides the Assyrians?
That’s is so cool that the Queen of lush conquered the cities above hers and when the King Augustus reclaimed it they agreed to go back to the original agreement. No punishment or killing of her or so forth so it kinda of made me wonder if they had a high respect or friendship with each other.
It's because Rome lost that's why, no shame...so did the Assyrians(when trying to conquer Kush itself), Persians and the Ptolemies before them and also the unstoppable Rashidun caliphate in the middle ages. That's what people who are new to Kush should understand, that this was not some back page civilization but one of the big world powers of the day
Hello from the heart of ancient Nubia, proudly from the city of Meroe it self. A true ethnic Nubian from the Mahas tribe which is one the the original native tribes in the region, a true descendant of the Nubians and one of few that still speaks the ancient Nubian languages still in existence. 🙂
You aren’t Nubian.
Glad to have you here! Welcome to the channel and hope you find it useful!
@@thebrocialist8300 Really!? And who are you!?
Jealous much!?
@@HistorywithCy Glad to be here. Thank you for all your good work. God bless.
@@dr.suliman7801 salam from your Nubians brother from the Halfa tribe. Ignore these ignorant people, we were a great people
Funny thing about Nubian archers. They are mentioned by the Egyptians, by the Greeks (under Alexander) and well into the Islamic conquests. It’s a long lasting tradition
Yeah, they were famous throughout the centuries... some of the best (if not the best) in the world. Thanks for stopping by... more to come soon!
When Nubians lived in Upper Egypt it was called Ta-Seti, meaning "land of the bow".
Don’t forget that Rome used Nubian archers as well.
They were used by the Romans and Persians also
Nubians invented the composite bow - wood mixed with horn - that made the shot more accurate and the arrow speed extremely fast with longer range than the standard Egyptian wood bow & arrow.
Loving learning about Nubia, it's like a mythical world of mythical fiction that was actually real. It's such a shame that it's been so neglected historically - the internet is a wonderful thing
Yeah makes you wonder how beautiful the land of ancient Kush (Nubia) looked... I would pay good money to see a family of graphic artist to make a vdeogame based on ancient Kush. Maybe in the next Assassin's Creed but thats just a dream that probably never happen.
I'm white but from a scientific standpoint wouldn't it be easier for humans to loose melanin than gain it? I say this to say I feel like history has been whitewashed by europe so people believe humans began as white and became black. So as to make them superior... it's just insane that we can't get a straight answer on so many questions. So many people don't give a fuck either. It's just frustrating the world we live in sometimes....
THE TRUTH ALWAYS PREVAIL
I'm glad my History class talks about Kush.
You can actually hear this same history, maybe not in the same detail, from Nubians in Aswan, Egypt or Nubians in Sudan. I haven't heard it directly but from others who have gone there and spoke with some of them. This is well done.
Also Nubian warriors were very appreciated and sought after by many neighboring powers for a long time(they were valuable mercenaries or levies). They were exceptional spearmen too along their famed archers.
Yes, they were known to be the best, not just in ancient times but also up until at least the 800s if not beyond. Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it...more to come soon, stay tuned!
@@HistorywithCy Would Be great to do a video on the Medjay of Nubia... you didnt mention them at all in this presentation..... Still... Great Work.
The famous Nubian archers were called pitati.. they protect Nubia when medja wasnt a thing yet.. medja started as a feirce Nubian clan before becoming a paramilitary force
We still are. We fight for gulf states in Yemen and Libya 😂
And you know this how? By experience?
"Then there was the looming threat of Assyria."
Was there anyone in the region that the Assyrians _didn't_ threaten?
Dr.Bright other Assyrians?
Haha, within the ancient Near East, I'd say no. I'm sure that they would have moved further in all directions had the empire not started to decline after Ashurbanipal...
I don't think so... It was kinda their thing...
I am gonna assume you did not say that.
Well The Hittites weren't beaten by The Assyrians I'm pretty sure. And together with The Medes and another group I believe are the ones that brought Assyria to it's end.
Dude this channel *IS A GOLD MINE*
I'm enchanted by ancient history this channel has it all!
Thank you, your words definitely inspire me to keep going and put out more content... which will be coming soon. Thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it!
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Love stories about Nubia and Kush ever since I learned that they conquered Egypt (at least once that I know of, I still have more to learn). I love Egypt archeology and history. I took up architecture and I'm really into the ancient and classical ones more than the modern and contemporary. It's also good to learn about the surrounding areas as well, especially the African part which aren't talk about as much.
Only fir 1 dynasty while Egypt was weakened by the sea peoples . Egypt conquered Nubia for thousands of years
Kush and Nubia (completely different terms and not the real indigenous names)
For anyone who wants to learn about Sudanese Ancient and Medieval Kingdoms :-
Ancient Periods:
Upper Paleolithic - 30,000 BCE (A group)
New World Pre-Kerma - 3900 BCE
Kerma - 2500 BCE
Kush - 1070 BCE
Medieval Periods:
Kingdom of Alwa - 357 AD
Kingdom. of Nobatia - 400 AD
Kingdom of Makuria - 501 AD
Kingdom of Fur: 571 AD
Like I said, Nubia, Kush and Kerma aren't indigenous names, the current war in Sudan makes research difficult
reminds me of the Sao Culture or Nok Culture
My grandmother is a Nubian refugee in Uganda and no one really talks about her side of the family since everyone else is part of a different tribe, so this is the first time Ive actually taken time to learn about it! Great job btw
Your grandmother probably migrated to Uganda because of past civil wars in Sudan
What tribe is she from ?
@@alidyab2349 Sudan is home to 600 tribes, even if she told you i highly doubt you'll even know what the tribe is, considering Sudan doesn't even know exactly how many tribes it has in remote regions
@@woozyz2769 I know I’m from Sudan and I know there are lots of tribes, But he said Nubian wiches is mean she was ( Donglawi, Mahas, Sokot, Halfawi Kenzi or from Aswan ) And I read once there are Nubians in Kenya and unfortunately they are treated horribly and I hope they back to Sudan, There are mountains of Nuba and Nubians and they are two different people
@@alidyab2349I’m fur
Nice history lesson.
But the Nubians and Egyptians were not always rivals, Pharaoh Piankhi came from Nubia and the Egyptians saw him as a hero when the Assyrians invaded Egypt.
Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it! Yes, you're correct, they actually lived side by side for thousands of years..the conflicts arose more because of politics and the craving of resources, especially by the peoples of the north for all of the rich resources that were to be found in Nubia.
Thanks again for stopping by, more to come soon!
Exactly.
Yes and the Egyptians utilised Nubian mercenaries in their military such as the Medjay. Nubia was far advanced than Egypt when alluding to military prowess. Egypt did not even know how to smelt iron, whereas, the Nubians were well-known for their manufacturing of iron tools and weapons which enriched their civilisation.
X yep, that’s why there are many ancient paintings of Nubians coming to Egypt with gold and other minerals.
Matamba, you're very right. Ancient Egyptians always recognized Ta-seti/Nubi region as their ancestral homeland, even their God Amun was believed to have come from the south. Their old kingdom was distinctly of southern Nubian region. This was confirm by the British Egyptologist Sir W.F. Petrie1930s. Later, Dr. Toby Wilkinson of Cambridge University hinted in his book: The Early Dynastic Egypt, 1999. Dr. Wilkinson even put a photo of Pharaoh Narmer/Menes on the book cover to signify his thesis that early dynastic egypt originated from south.
Kingdom of Kush? *insert "witty" 420 joke*
Great video Cy! Happy to have taken part in this collab with you.
Likewise! Looking forward to seeing your vid!
Greetings from Sudan. We the originality of the Kush Kingdom 🇸🇩
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Rogal Dorn That’s Wazz Uup bro!
You a little pale to be from Sudan bro 😂
@@Spartan-mz8fo You are extremely ignorant
@@Spartan-mz8foafrica is diverse, there isn’t a specific skin tone that a certain group of pple come in
YES! Finally a video on my favorite ancient civilization by my favorite history TH-cam channel no less!
Thanks for the kind words, I really appreciate it. Ancient Kush is definitely becoming one of my favorite civilizations to study and I definitely want to produce more content on it and several of their kings and queens. Hopefully I'll release them soon! Thanks again for stopping by the channel!
Woah, amazing! I had no clue their history lasted that long. Fighting Augustus' legions to a standstill is a feat any queen should be proud of!
Yeah, it's a pretty incredible story, one that I couldn't cover in full in this video but hope to in a future program. Thanks for stopping by the channel, I really appreciate it! More to come soon!
they would have been completely conquered if Rome had tried. Nero before he died planned an invasion of Kush however it never happened, they opted for trade instead of war
@@bigchef3394 they tried and got kicked out 🤷♂️🤦🏻♂️ , then Arab came and defeated Romans too easily then defeated from Nubians , they called Nubians Eye Throwers because the aim was on their eyes 👀
Candace Amanareas. One eyed warrior Queen of Nubia and Kush, that The Romans were terrified of her. Much more than her King husband. That would be a much better movie than the bullshit not historically true, that Hollywood comes up with. Kandates of The Kingdom of Kush, from where the name Candace comes from. Another possible explanation for the origin of The Sphinx. She's talked about as Amanareas in the historical account of this video. Excellent.
It was a long walk through that desert for the Romans ...it ultimately weakened them and stretched their supply line beyond what was reasonable
And the Nubians were fighting on home soil ...foregone conclusion !
Sudan should educate its children about their ancient civilizations
I am honored to reply to your nice comment! We know a lot about our country and our civilizations, but there are many things about civilization that are hidden from people, including the civilization and the people of Egypt that do not belong to the current white-skinned inhabitants of Egypt
I think they do.
We already do
@@khqlifq Yes I figured you all did this already. Outsiders just don't know.
@@medjayshaig9997
*If Sudan knows so much about it's civilization, then why does it sit silent while the Caucasian and Arabs claims to be the people of Ancient Egypt. Ancient Egypt was a combination Sudanese, Ethiopians and other African peoples in that region, and yet, the Caucasian has cleverly manufactured another history for that country and the region. Speak up and claim the history that belongs to the African peoples and stop being quiet while the Caucasian fabricates and makes up history to glorify itself.*
Truly a beautifully done video! I teach 7th Grade World History/Ancient Cultures and the in our Chapter 4 on Egypt, section 5 is on the Kingdom of Kush... this video LITERALLY leads the kiddos through that section with all the same names and occurrences that we'd read about!
Great job and thanks for the content. I'll be checking out your other material for use in my class this year and in the future. Totally thrilled, keep up the great work!
I am so happy when heard this amazing my kushetic history ,l am Oromoo from Ethiopia
Hi, thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it! Glad you're here and hopefully more on African history to come soon!
Cushitic ppl are different from kush the empire. The Kushite empire were Nilotic ppl not Cushitic ppl
@@truthseeker215 hahahah we're talking about kush not nilotes. Nubians are kushites
@@sharkshark8342 well yeah the people who started kush spoke nilo-Saharan language and were most likely nilotic types or a common ancestor. The cushitic people are east Africans and they speak afroasiatic. Cushitic is a branch from afroasiatic, just like nubian is a branch from nilosahran. People need to be able to differentiate between linguistic terms and kingdom names. Just becuase kush and cushitic sounds similar it dosent mean their one and the same. Also nubians included some beja cushitic speakers. Beja are native to sudan. And had a long history with nubians and intermixed alot. The ancient egyptians were most likely nilotic and beja type people, as you can see they had brown skin just like anceint nubians and were not phenotypically homogeneous just like the ancie t nilotic nubians.
Oromo and somali aren't Cushitic. Evidence they tabu in Kenya and chad_ Libya. Cush were cattle herder. While punties were nomadics
I have been doing my own research on the relations between upper and lower Egypt and I must say I find this video very impressive.
Hi, thanks for stopping by! Glad you got something out of the video... more to come soon!
Well put together informant video.
You walked us thru years of history in 25 minutes with clarify.
As a black America trying to learn about ancient Africa, it's good seeing information on other places beside Egypt.
This kinda history is rare and refreshing. Sigh, Cy.
This is a really interesting and intriguing series on the history of the African peoples and places! I've already got them all queued up to watch, one after the other, and am looking forward to them all! I love learning about the deep, rich history of places I will never get to visit, so this has been, is, and I expect will be such a perfect series of videos on just that thing! ❤ Thank all of you for coming together and doing this!
Hello! New subscriber here. What an amazing history on a kingdom I knew nothing about. Can't wait to see you do more videos on ancient african history. I'm studying african history in school and these types of videos really help me out. So Don't listen to the haters. You're doing a great job with these videos. Keep it up.
there is a saying from West Africa ''I build my house on the heads of my enemies'' this is literal sometimes thru history but it is also a philosophy of how we deal with challenges.
exchange the word 'enemy'' with ''ancestor'' also a literal practice in many cultures but also as Griotes of Mali sing the praises of ancestors' struggles, they give us courage to face contemporary challenges. we may learn to love & appreciate our enemies for their stimulus to progress toward peace & harmony among Peoples.
this is very respectable history video, as most You Tube 'historians' are rarely that. 90% still refuse to use BCE in terminology & reduce their tales to ethnocentric myths of superiority. great job Cy.
Really intresting
Much of this is in the bible in Old Testament, Sudan was called the Land of Cush. Cush was the offspring of Ham which was one of the sons of Noah after the flood. This is also reference in the Book of Jasher which is referenced in the bible. If you read the book of Jasher it goes in depth about the Sons of Noah where they're offspring spread out in Europe, Asia , North Africa, etc & named their cities after their names. Mindblowing.
For my birthday recently I got two books about African history so watching this project is a great introduction to that.
Thank you! Honestly, researching for this project also introduced me to the wider world of African history and culture, which I'm grateful for and want to study further, so I know how you feel! I hope to do similar videos like this in the future. Thanks again for stopping by!
Good books i hope.
@@timvanrijn8239 my uncle who has a PhD in African studies got them for me so I feel confident that they're good.
@@hedgehog3180 as long as it isnt "from babylon to timbuktu" your fine
Phonecians Judeans Nubians and Egyptians United against Assyrian aggression. Get the picture? 💡
yes they were all cousins
The Assyrians were ruthless and were advanced in metallurgy, siege tactics and were known to utilise far bigger and durable chariots which required more horses. Also, the Assyrians were amongst the first civilisation to utilise a professional army which consisted of professional soldiers who were merely trained for one purpose: killing. Unlike many other civilisations where they just enlisted average joes, likely farmers who never seen the visualisation of war nor possessed any combat experience.
The only civilisation that came close to rivalling the Assyrians in that timeline would be the Nubians since the Nubians were known to possess the best archers in the Ancient world alongside were revered for producing iron, manufacturing iron tools and weapons. Many civilisations in this timeline did not know how to produce adequate iron compared to the Assyrians and Nubians. Iron during this period was the equivalent to the vibranium or adamantium of its time, shattering enemies' bronze swords and slicing enemies with ease. The Egyptians, unlike the Nubians, did not know to produce iron.
@@XtoCee Great and Accurate Knowledge. Very well stated
Lord Taharqa I don’t think that’s true at all. Didn’t speak the same language nor would they have looked the same
A German looks different from a Spaniard or a Frenchman yet they are all white and a European will still consider them his people, the same applies for the people mentioned above.
Thank you so much for posting this video! I homeschool my kids and we have been studying ancient Egypt this school year. We just read a chapter in our book about the Nubians of Kush. I always love to follow our readings with an interesting video to expand on what we just read. Your video was great! I look forward to using your site for our studies.
The Nubians are kemetians Southern Egyptians the first Europeans , Americans scientists fraud the history separated Nubia from the land and the civilization And said Nubia were permanent enemies and slaves . if the Nubians were the slaves painted on the temple, how the Nubian Twenty-Fifth Dynasty didn't destroy it when they ruled, and if the Nubians were the permanent enemies of Egypt, why did the north priests go to Aswan, the Nubia, to ask them to liberate the kingdom from the Libo occupation and the upper Egypt Nubian king himself fought and won , and why did the last Egyptian king, Nectaneboa II, escaped to Nubia from the Persian occupation, and why The Nubia helped Thebes against the Romans, fighting the Assyrian occupation, and King Kyriakos liberating the Patriarch of the Church from the Umayyad prince Abd al-Malik, who persecuted the Copts,Many of the Delta and northern Upper Egypt inhabitants were escaping in times of persecution from the Romans and the Mamluks, who impoverished and starved them. Why did the Nubians welcome them if they were permanent enemies? all of this in the north, east, and west of Egypt, without the enemies reaching Nubia . Also, Taharqa fought the nine bows and all the kings of Meroe. So, how can the Nubians be from the nine bows. The hieroglyphic and Meroitic language, which is derived from it, were used in Nubia. The tour guide and Egyptian historian, Bassam Al-Shamaa, said that the only ones who possess the genes of the original kings are the Nubians. Egyptian Dr. Wassim Al-Sisi said, in a program produced by the Ministry of Antiquities, that the Nubians had Egyptian genes, and the police leader was always Nubian, and Queen Tiey was Nubian. Another program on CBC said that the Nubian Arrows team was a protection squad for the Kings, temples and royal tombs. Modern Egyptologists admitted that this was fraud and racism, and that the captives were the Niltuk Dinka Shilluk, a non-Nubian countries ❤♥️🎉🎊😍🥰
Bravo!!! This is fantastic coverage of what is neglected by 90% of world historians.
Thank you, hope to put out more content on African civilizations soon...thanks for stopping by!
@@HistorywithCy there is plenty of ancient African history that pre-dates ancient Egypt and Greece. Lots of forgotten history in the Saharan sands. The oldest mummies have been found there. There is even a very convincing hypothesis that the great civilization of Atlantis was located in Mauritania, matching excaclty the description of ancient Herodotus maps as well as Plato's description. African history should be highly reviewed. Our modern world is completely neglectful of the great significance of African history.
I assure you that all historians worth their salt are well aware of Nubia and Kush.
Patricio P. It’s neglectful on purpose!
@@faraonlatino Because africa really has not accomplished much that ushered in the modern world today. African empires have not been significant for millenia.
It is said that there are more pyramids in Sudan than in Egypt.
True
There are actually more Pyramids IN Sudan.
Around 220.
Woww
3 times as much
Fun Fact... The word/name Nubia.. comes from the African Word "NOB" used in ancient Khamet and other Nile valley civilizations..Meaning Gold... Shiny..Valuable...(and sometimes Highly esteemed)... It is where the English word "Noble" "Nob" and "Nobility" Come From.
The English Word for nobel comes from the latin nobilis. And the latin Word nobilis has nothing to do with gold as far as I know, but i can be wrong of course. The other part was a fun fact i guess.
@@wittiza2102 “Scholarly attempts to define nobilitas have led to debates over the particulars of its usage in ancient sources”… the Word Noble is theorized by some etymologists to come from the Latin usage of Nobilis [From the word Nosco [To recognize]..or it “know”]… but there are also other etymologist that theorize that the meaning behind Nobilis is derived…from the Much Much older Nob… “Nob” being much much older but also being similar in meaning and usage .. and used at a time that predates Rome by many thousands of years…. Much of what became Roman was inherited from the Greek. and much of what became Greek was inherited from the Egyptians….Its always fun when I can educate somebody
@@kingwassetthetruth8160 educate somebody? LOL, you told him what you think. I agree thta what you surmise is interesting. However it doesn't infer that your definition is beyond a doubt correct.
@@michaelbey9271 he is right
@@kingwassetthetruth8160 Latin is rooted through Etruscan language, which is itself a completely distinct Indo-European language rooted from Gallic language. Latin does however, borrow Greek grammar and characters, as the Etruscans had also borrowed greek letters on their own. Both of Latins root languages are Indo-European Languages as goes with the Hittites, but is distinct, having come from the isolated northern Italian group (Egyptian is Coptic). The connection you've inferred from Latin nobilis to Egyptian nob arent even similar in meaning. That however doesn't mean it isn't connected somehow. The Greeks had entirely different words for Noble and Gold, so clearly that's not the connection. But, the Phoenicians (Greek peers and Latin influences) are right on Egypt's doorstep and historically had a huge influence on much of the Mediterranean in Romes formative years. But it's also just as easy to say nobilis is Gallic.
Ontop of that; If the Greeks borrow Egyptian words, why do the Greeks call dang near everything in Kemet (Egypt) a different name? For instance, Hierakonpolis is the Greek name for that city, not it's actual name. The Greeks called the land Egyptos, not Kemet. Clear distinctions here and you can easily infer that the Greeks did not take much language inspiration from the Egyptians.
Now to address your borrowing claim.
The archeological record shows the ancient greek culture was influenced by (if not stole and modified) the Minoan culture. Who are themselves a culture group, that migrated from Anatolia. The Anatolians, who themselves learned from the Mesopotamian cultures. The archeological record in Egypt (some of the earliest in the Fairyum lake valley) show also that early Egyptians learned their settlement tech. from Syria (who learned it from the Mesopotamians). Based upon those cultures artifacts and goods also found at the site.
Your assertions are not at all based in record evidence.
The take away here is that the whole of civilization in the west and middle-east learned it from the Sumerian culture. Language and religion (sometimes) being the only unique thing between those various civilizations, given that all their knowledge and religion has common origin or inspiration.
TLDR: Who cares. They're all the bloody same or slight variations of the same. Lets talk Cy into making a video on the Empires of Ghana and Mali. There's so much excellent and unique history and culture in Africa, that to argue about what pretty much identical middle-east civilization did what first is pointless.
The Nubians appear to have been matrilineal, since it was brothers in the line of succession rather than sons. This meant that their nobility was passed down through their mother, even though political authority was still usually wielded by men. After they ran out of brothers, succession would then pass on to the sons of their sisters. This is still the case today in much of West Africa, for example, and is often accompanied by a kind of polygamy where a man accrues wives as a kind of labor contract. (Women in such societies are often major economic producers, as seen by how women dominate the running of markets in West Africa.) Very different from the polygamy practiced in, say, Saudi Arabia. Or by the ancient nomadic peoples of the Levant described in the Bible.
This explains why the Nubians would've been far more comfortable with female rulers than their neighbors to the north and east.
Like the "Jews" knew mother's baby fathers maybe
The modern Nubian ladies far difference between western African women they worked without any role but the Nubian culture the woman like queen his just to care about his families ،، This work must be consistent with its biological nature and coordination between raising children and caring for the husband. As for our time, things differed somewhat, but customs and traditions are still firmly established like mountains.
The ancient Nubians did not have the problem of who ruled, and the kingdom of Kush was ruled by this man and woman before 5 thousand years BC This is not strange for them because they are originally kings to differentiate between men and women in their rule in this historical period ،،،Think about your perception that appears to be incorrect compared to historical facts
The Egyptians were also matrilineal, that’s why they had the whole brother marrying sister thing. They were marrying into the line of succession.
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Interesting introduction to other important African lands contemporaneous with Ancient Egypt!
Thank you, glad you found it useful!
@@HistorywithCy You're welcome! :)
History and Headlines hahahahaha....hahahaha they are same people except african in Africa no another were it's nor like this days
@@mohammedazeme7142 Anybody have any idea of what he means?
@Rodney James Thanks for the illumination. My personal knowledge of the fine details of North African history is limited, although I have been to Tunisia and Egypt (and Israel, though that is not actually North Africa). Please note that the article/video about Ancient Nubia is not from History and Headlines, but from "History with Cy."
I’ve learned more about Nubia , from this video . Much is still unknown .
Definitely, so much more to learn... this vid just scratches the surface... I had wanted to add so much more but couldn't due to time. I'll make a few more videos on Kush in 2020.
Thanks for stopping by again, I really appreciate it!
Are you serious ? Have you never heard of dr John Henry Clark or check diop ?
Yes! I'm really glad I found your channel, ancient African civilizations are fascinating and unfairly difficult to learn about. Any thoughts on covering Mali?
Yes, I really want to discuss the kingdoms and empires of west Africa... at the moment I'm going to finish up some programs I've been working on with regard to the ancient Near East, but the plan is to get to west Africa before mid 2020...stay tuned!
Also, thanks for stopping by the channel, I really appreciate it.
@@HistorywithCy east cover Ethiopian
I am Akram from Sudan ..
Especially from the land of the kingdoms in the north of Sudan, Karma, I have the honor to respond to your wonderful comments .. My heart is raining with longing just a historical and ancient memory .. I wish you all the friendliness and respect .. I would like to say that the civilization of the Pharaohs in Egypt has nothing to do with the present Egyptians but rather has a relationship Directly with us, we are the people of southern Egypt, the Nubian, the people of Sudan, eastern Sudan, the Ethiopian Falasha, and the Oromo people in Ethiopia and Somalia. We are one thing that is not part.
Me too
I recently played a campaign in Total War: Rome II, where I created a wondrous and peaceful (after the dark times...) Kush Empire. Highly enjoyable, would recommend.
I've heard so much about it and seen game plays here on TH-cam... looks amazing! The only reason I'm not playing it is because I know that once I start, I won't do anything else, including making videos. I probably spent years of my life playing Age of Empires and Civilization... can't afford to take that same risk with Total War lol.
Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it! More to come soon!
Is that On Xbox ?
As an Egyptian, I love my neighbours to the south
Yes, they were in ancient times, and still are today, amazing people!
King Waffi init
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@King Waffi WE WUZ KAAAANGZ NSHIIEEEET
Lol as a Egyptian lol even Americans know the people that are there are not real Egyptians more of Invaders hell most of all north Africa is Invaders 1 called me brother 1 time an said he was from Africa I ask where was his people really from he said they came after there land was taken to Africa an been there ever since lol that is not the same Invaders that's like south African whites saying it's there land lmao
Me, only halfway in: yeah... I’m going to have to watch this a few times.
Hint from a geographer: upper nubia is located uphill, lower nubia lays downhill, because water runs from ountain down through the plains into the sea.
Other examples: upper bavaria, south of lower bavaria. Upper mesopotamia indeed is northwest of lower mesopotamia, because its rivers run southeast.
Very good video presentation. Very detailed, the best I’ve seen on Kush/Nubia yet on TH-cam.
Thanks so much for the kind words, I really appreciate them. More to come soon, stay tuned!
@@HistorywithCy Yes, you did very well.
Great video bud. After watching this video, I had no other choice but to subscribe. Maybe in the near future, you can do a video on *The Aksumite Empire* that was established in Ethiopia. Such a beautiful/great kingdom that doesn't get the credit it deserves. Peace ✌and looking forward to other great content on this channel.
Hi and thanks for stopping by...comments like yours make my day! I'm actually studying Aksum, King Ezana and the spread of Christianity in eastern Africa right now and hope to put out a video or two on the subject as I learn more about it. Really, I've fallen in love with this part of the world and will definitely keep researching and putting out videos when I can. Thanks so much for stopping by and if you have any sources that you'd recommend or have any requests, please don't hesitate to let me know. All the best and stay tuned!
Axumite Empire was first established in Eritrea not Ethiopia. The current Ethiopia and Ancient Abyssinia was different countries.
Most probably Axum empire was established by Turkish tribes who were actually Wanderers of Alexander s army s Athenians group of people i have noticed them in India too and Tigre region of Eritrea is such a missing link for them in India their descendants are called Tomar Rajputs and jats Axum as well as Tomar stands for a millitary axe because of that they were named after most probably Germans are also from this stock of people
I heard something different that Rome just“left”. The Kush had amassed a large army and Rome stop it advancements and turn back. In the peace treaty kush did not have to pay tribute/taxes to Rome and Rome agreed to stay out of kush. The queen sent an envoy with a message to Rome with a bundle of golden arrows. The message read if Rome wanted peace consider the arrows as peace offering but if Rome wanted to continue the war they should keep arrows for they will need them.
Si no e vero e ben trovatto (if it's not real it's at least well narrated).
Thank you for this excursion into African history! More of this please!
The Nubians were also known as Ethiopians(from the Greek for burnt faces).In Verdi's opera "Aida"(commissioned for the opening of the Suez Canal) the Egyptians invade Ethiopia(Nubia) and return with thousands of captives including the princess Aida.The word Ethiopia only became applied to the present country called that in relatively recent times.
@joseph adel Aethiopia and Ethiopia are the same word -just different ways of transliterating originally Greek words into Latin and then into modern languages -similarly Egypt could be transliterated into Aegypt (Aegyptum)
Diodurus Siculus also wrote that the Egyptians are a colony of the Ethiopians and that the culture originally came from Ethiopia in its infancy but started to develop as they moved further north of Sudan at what became southern Egypt where the early kingdoms arose.
Diodurus Siculus also wrote that the Egyptians are a colony of the Ethiopians and that the culture originally came from Ethiopia in its infancy but started to develop as they moved further north of Sudan at what became southern Egypt where the early kingdoms arose.
@joseph adel The ancient Greek writers like Diodorus who actually was there and knows better disagrees with you, he wrote very specifically in book 3 that the Egyptian culture is Ethiopian in origin, go read it, the ancient Egyptians who call their land Kemet even state that their ancestral land is ancient Punt which they called the divine land and Punt is located in modern day Ethiopia/Eritrea and the Puntite people are the only people the Kemites depicted as identical to themselves both being dark-medium reddish brown, they speak constantly of how the land to the south is where their ancestral founders are from and this coincides with the nile as the nile flows from south to north, which is why the first kingdoms and pharaohs were in the very south of Egypt from the Naqada and Nekhen cultures to king Menes/Narmer Djoser etc who were southerners.
@joseph adel Again you cherry pick to the extreme like a person who gets through life lying to himself and then lying to himself that he's not lying to himself just like a crazy person, in that very quote Herodotus said the reason why he belives the Colchians are an Egyptian colony is because (they both have dark skin and WOOLY HAIR) thus further proving what I said the Egyptians like this video even shows had expanded into Eurasian territories like Colchis, not the other way around, in their own wall art they depict themselves as dark reddish brown with round wooly hair the same as the Puntite people, get this hollywood propaganda out of your head where whites have arrogantly depicted themselves as Egyptians to brainwash the world, the real artworks show they were the same colour as modern day Ethiopians/Eritreans, reddish brown, I fact many Ethiopians especially the Habesha people are much lighter than the the ancient Egyptians, meanwhile look at the paintings on the walls beni hassan and you see the Egyptians painting people from the Levant as looking nothing like them but look just like arabs today, olive tanned skin, wile the Egyptians show themselves with a dark brown.
I appreciate the summary of Nubia, very well done. Thanks
Great Video! My name is Nubia and it was really interesting to learn my name origin:)
Thank you, glad you found the vid useful! More to come soon...
This is the first time somebody’s talking about kush every time they talk about the Egyptian they don’t talk about it when they are the same people good job 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
They in fact continued some aspects of Egyptian influenced religious practices after Egyptian was Christianized and when converted to Christianity held out against later Islamic armies for quite awhile as well. Looking forward to your videos on this region up to the modern era.
Yes, I want to learn more about and also produce a video on such content, especially on medieval Nubia as well as the kingdom of Axum. Thanks for stopping by, more to come soon!
No flattery, you are my favorite presenter. I am able to easily absorb the information from you.
I am glad to have found this channel.
Thanks, I'm glad you're here! Welcome!
This is good, I personally would also like to see a collaboration on North American Civilizations or Caucaus Civilizations I.E. Armenia and Georgia.
I am sooooo down for Caucasus ... I'm doing a program (or maybe a few) on ancient and medieval lands of the Caucasus, hopefully it'll be released first quarter of next year... Urartu, Parthian, Sasanid, Roman and eventually medieval Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan... for me it's really interesting stuff and I"m sure it'll be for y'all as well. Native Americans too, just don't know when I'll be putting that out...either way, stay tuned and thanks for stopping by!
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The most exciting thing here is the 7000 B.C. stonehenge(which I've seen before).
Recently I just found out my grandmother is from nubian territory and this gets me closer to know how she ended up in GETAE. Can not wait to see her land
Thanks so much for making this many people don't know the Sudanese/nubian history I a Sudanese didn't know how complex it is i was just told about the when the brits invaded sudan
Hi, glad that you found this to be useful...thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it!
This kinda history is rare and refreshing. Sigh, Cy.
Really amazing work.
Waiting for more about Nile civilizations.
Thank you! More to come soon, I promise! Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it!
Greetings from Somalia we are descendants of kush
Thank you! You should be proud, you are the descendants of a truly fascinating and noble civilization!
Somali are not from kush...cushtic and kush are too different things
@@NubiansNapata are you damn
@Ancient Rageedi merotic language the language of kush was sudanic nilo Saharan.... Related to old nubian... Land of punt was more likely in eritra...
@Ancient Rageedi Somali have nothing to do with Sudanese or Egyptian nubian history...
Good job!
Thank you! I learned a lot and have been learning a great deal from your comparison videos...I really look forward to seeing them every Friday!
"Then came the Romans". the people who conquered and conquered until their own civilization vanished.
no
It just disappeared. Most scholars dont even believe in rome, actually. It was basically like Atlantis.
@@alexanderlittle9786 what?
@@alexanderlittle9786 what?
@@niccolorichter1488 That is clearly a sarcastic response to OP's suggestion that Roman civilization "vanished." Christ.
Great video bro and congratulations, that 100,000 subscriber milestone is near.
Thanks man, appreciate it, but the credit goes to viewers like you! 10, 20 or 100k wouldn't be possible without you all so thank YOU!
This Channel is quality
Thanks so much, I really appreciate it!
Thanks for interesting in our history ..much love from sudan ❤🇸🇩
Can your Next video be about The Tree Medieval Nubian Christian Kingdom's They Never Talk about them they never give them there Credit that they Deserve
Yeah, I got a couple of requests on Christian Nubian history... I'm starting to learn more about it now so as I continue to learn more about it, I'll do my best to make a video on it. Thanks for the suggestion!
I am Akram from Sudan ..
Especially from the land of the kingdoms in northern Sudan, Kerma, I have the honor to respond to your wonderful comments
The Kingdom of Taciti (Kingdom of the Land of the Arc) arose before the First Kingdom of Kush, and its capital was Qustul. Archaeologists Keith Sealy and Bruce Williams got acquainted with the Kingdom of Tacit. Keith Sealy carried out a rapid excavation at the Qastal site in 1962 in the campaign to save the monuments of Nubia before it was submerged by the waters of the High Dam. He published his report in 1974, in which he stated that the Qustul tombs, which were symbolized by the letter “L”, of Sudanese princes or kings lived before the era of the beginning of the Egyptian dynasties in the thirty-second century BC.Keith Sealy died before publishing the end of his reports on his excavations in Qustal. So Bruce Williams studied the remnants of the cemetery “L” and published his report in 1980 in which he described the cemetery’s tombs and their contents. It was mentioned that most of the tombs consist of rooms ranging between 34 and 4 square meters. It turned out that the tombs had been opened before and their contents were looted, but many pottery and stone tools remained.
@@HistorywithCy can u also do a research on descendants of the cush and cushitic lunguage speaking people like Somalis & the oromo people of Ethiopia, it would be great if we find the connection between kush kingdom & kushtic speaking people
@@Rabsisena kushitic people like the medjay were also part Nubian, that's what they called them the original nubians were a nilotic people like today south sudan and those in nuba mountains and kordofan.
Cushites impacted the wider world and beyond, where we are today, thanks for their civilization.
I’m from Sudan . When I was school in Sudan they don’t even teach us about our Nubian history on history classes . They teach us about colonization history.
Your teachers are probably racists.
@ History is important. Every group acknowledges their past achievements. Didn't Europe step out of their dark ages by looking at the achievements of their own historical achievement's. Can you imagine a European country having a history this ancient and rich and the average citizen not even being aware of it? Every Sudanese should know of this.
@@alexanderlittle9786 I think the last regime was more concerned about the Islamic period of Sudan than anything else. They just saw this as Pagan times. It's ridiculous really as Sudan has a fascinating history.
Same thing basically happens in Egypt. Barely anyone learns anything about ancient Egypt. Its a disgrace.
@@WilliamGarrow I so agree!
Glad to see some truth about the interaction between Nubia and Kemet. Yes Kemet that’s what the called it. Egypt is a Greek variation of “Het ka Ptah “
Why isn't Hollywood making these stories instead of making the little mermaid black... this is much more interesting and real history.
THANK YOU!!!!
@@mindyourbusinessxoxoWho’s Sarah Strandberg? 😊
Exactly. Probably because they’re too ignorant and chauvinistic towards the kind of history they want to portray.
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right. even their black achilies concept could have been executed better by you know doing something good like telling the story of how memnon of eithiopia came to fight at troy. make it a long epic journey and then end it with his role in the iliad.
Well done Cy....like always.
Great video and you obviously put in a lot of work into it. Thank you, from Sudan.
Hopefully , you can make another video about the rest of the Nubian's history as their kingdoms/empires actually remained around until the early 16th century.
Good job!!
neverminded 16th there were sultanates or at least the funj sultanate which lasted till 1821
The Nubians fascinate me. They're literally a forgotten empire with so much history and culture. There's three times the amount of pyramids in Sudan than there are in Egypt!
not to forget they are older too
So glad you did this Ive been loosely interested in the Nubians but theres no factual videos like this on here. How much time would you say you put into this video?
Alexander Ledvina
If you are interested, I have hundreds of good academic sources on ancient Nubia and its kingdoms. The material is out there but you have to do a bit of digging because it’s not as famous as ancient Egypt. I have a similarly hard time finding good material on my own ancient ancestors in Armenia.
Oh, I have so much Armenian history I'll be covering, starting with Urartu. That's also for the Academic sources on Nubia... for now I'm good but if I'm lacking any I'll be sure to let you know...thanks again!
@Alexander Ledvina Thanks so much for the kind words, I appreciate them. This one took longer because the subject is outside of my usual focus which is the Mid East and Central Asia. However, the more I learned, the more I wanted to learn and so kept reading whatever I could find on Nubia and Kush, which definitely extended the total amount of time researching. I'd say in all, meaning reading the books and putting together the video, I'd say it took about 45-50 hours over the span of a month...basically whatever free time I had I dedicated to this video. It was worth it though because I learned a lot and hope that by sharing some of it, y'all will too. Thanks again for stopping by!
@@sakogekchyan7366 man a I see you everywhere 😅 I'm from sudan and I'll appreciate it if you can provide some links good articles
That’s not true I have several saved even one very old where they go to the Nuba mountains and find the tribes still doing ancient Nubian customs and dances very fascinating
You have to look up Ta SETI and the earliest record of a Pharaoh or King of any kind found in Qustuel on an ancient incense burner. This burner was found in what would have been Nubia at the time and predates the earliest Pharaohs by about 300 years but the standard is the same and the symbols for kingship is the same. All this suggests that the earliest forms of what became Pharaonic Egypt began in Qustul or Ta SETI not the other way around.
Came for the Kush, stayed for the documentary
Awesome job! Not sure what has triggered this but I am seeing so much content on the Nubians. It is truly heartbroken to see them almost completely wiped from history. Thanks to TH-cam we can now hear the voiceless. !
Thank you, glad to be of service! More to come hopefully, at least on the Nubian dynasty of Egypt and Taharqa, one of my favorite pharaohs. Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it...stay safe!
Earned my sub, very well documented
Thank you, I really appreciate it! More to come soon!
Well done! No whitewashing here. True history being shared. Thank you!
Thank you, I appreciate the kind feedback. More on African history to come soon, stay tuned!
No black afro washing either because Nubia is not the same as sub-Saharan Africa where black Americans are from via West Africa.
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Please elaborate if you can.
@@jermainelong1843 Sudan Nubia is genetically different to negroids and parallel to Caucasians north of subsahara. There you go on substantiation.
@@yaruqadishi8326
Yep. About as lame as I was expecting😁
Don't waste your time replying I've muted you.
Despite the clear rivalery between these two ancient cultures, it is still fascinating to see how much they influenced each other.
One would immagine that Egypt was the one with upper hand, but in reality, the Nubians influenced the Egyptians just as much as the Egyptians influenced them.
One only has to look at the domestic Egyptian deity Bes, the dwarf enemy of evil spirits.
This deity was not of egyptian origin, but in fact originated from many other dwarf spirit guardians whose origin was in the lower lands closer to central Africa.
And it comes without question, that the Nubians were responsible for bringing this deity to Egypt, since they did have a pantheon in common with the Egyptians.
Btw.
The Hiksos were fascinating.
Especialy in the religious aspect.
Under their rule, the god Baal Seth came to be, a god of storms and power.
And the goddess Neith appeared as his wife, a goddess of beauty and war.
Just like Baal Hadad and one of his wifes, the war goddess Anat.
Yeah, they interacted with each other so much that they were bound to have so many similarities. That's why I believe that when the Kushites ruled over Egypt, they were not really seen as foreigners because the two peoples had so much shared history and in many ways developed together. I feel that the reason we don't really learn much about Kush is because of the proximity of Egypt to both Europe and the Mid East... there was a lot of cool stuff and culture in the lands south of 1st/2nd cataracts of the Nile that just wasn't known about and hence, never made it into most of our history books. Hope that changes!
@@HistorywithCy
I do hope that too.
Who knows how many civilisation that dwelled in the African continent are still lost to the sands of time...
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@@hermescarraro3393 I'm looking forward to new discoveries of these lost civilizations...there so much history to be found!
@@beanabong2896
Good.
Me too
I still wonder who the flip made that sunken piramid near Japan...
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Egyptians themselves didnt start in Egypt they mirgated there over time remember inner Africa was north and they moved south so they are all aboriginal people tribes we are the same today
Thank you for making this documentary of the great Africans.
Kushite descendants are somalis, Ethiopians, and eritreans. Nubians are the Sudanese. As history is revealing first pyramids were built in Nubia and after the Kushites and Nubians conquered Egypt, they built the pyramids we see on Hollywood movies. They were all black kingdoms fighting each other, the arabized asians came later as shown in the video, Hint: the Egyptian statues are all black featured.
You're beyond deluded... Kushites are Sudanese and Egyptian nubians.. U built pyramids in sudan and none in Somalia ?? Good joke..stop trying to steal our and look to your own history..
Lol when will u understand that Sudan as a whole from north to south has always belonged to Sudanese people? Horners had nothing to do with the Kushite kingdom!
I have just stumbled upon your channel and you deserve more subs, this is great coverage
Thank you, glad you enjoyed this video. More to come soon, stay safe!
I knew the outlines of most of this so it's great to get the picture filled in like this. You found a good balance with your presentation, I learned a lot without it being so dense that I lost interest.
Thanks for the feedback, that was kind of what I was aiming for... enough info so without making it too dry or boring. Thanks, means a lot! More to come...thanks for stopping by and stay safe!
I came here after the video from History Time.
Good video, great information, excellent voice work.
Nice to see you guys working together.
Thanks for the kind words, I really appreciate it! History Time is one of my favorite channels on YT. It was a pleasure to be in the same collab with him and others. Thanks also for stopping by, more to come soon!
An avesome video too your effects are so professional wow,what a qualified video
Thanks so much for the kind words, I really appreciate them!
A worthy video. It shows how much more there is to history
Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!
I live in sydney australia the sudanese community here is huge, its not hard to c why they dominated theyre nothing like normal africans the men average between 6'3 and 7ft ...the woman 5'10 - 6'5....they are defineately the tallest people in the world. They mustve been great warriors....💯💯✊✊✊
Who is a normal african? Africa is the most diverse continent on the planet. Oh I see ,you want to bring in the nonsensical subsaharan lie. You all never rest.
Yes! They're very strong and very fierce. I'm a Bantu and you can easily tell how how diverse and different the two of us people are.
Also their women are jet black, slender and very beautiful unlike our Bantu's who are thick and.....
WOW..... ! Great History ! I love Queen Amanirenas ... ..tough cookie! She is amazing!
Yeah, a really awesome figure from history. Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate it!
@@HistorywithCy Keep up good work.... ! Very interesting channel....SUBSCRIBED AND LIKED!
@@Hiwot95 Thank you, I really appreciate it! More to come, hopefully soon on Queen Amanirenas and other Kings, Queens and other personalities of Kush and the surrounding region...stay tuned!
If I had one criticism for this video, it would be that the entire Romano-Kushite conflict, and by extension the specifics of it, are much more unclear than presented in this video. Many scholars do not believe that it was the entirety of the Kushite empire that was made tributary to the Romans, but instead the northern portion of it, which came under Roman influence during prior campaigns. Also, I've never read that the Kushites agreed to returning to tributary status.
Indeed, Kush was never a Roman tributary. There is no source for that at all... I believe it comes from a conflation of "Kush" and "Lower Nubia" and a misreading of Strabo's Geography, Book XVII Chapter 1, paragraphs 53-54, where Strabo mentions a "sedition which had taken place in the Thebaïs on account of the tribute", which was probably a Kushite supported revolt, in Egypt itself, against Roman rule, prior to the Roman Kushite war. At the end of the war, in paragraph 54, Strabo said that Augustus "even remitted the tributes which he had imposed", which could only refer to Roman taxation in Lower Nubia over the preceding 3 years of Roman occupation during the war, not taxation of Kush itself (Kush often ruled Lower Nubia, but the Kushite heartland extended from the 3rd cataract to the 6th, Upper Nubia, and their actual rule extended even further). After the Roman Kushite war, the Romans had a nominal rule over the Dodekaschoinos, which constitutes only the northern half of Lower Nubia, and was peripheral to the Kushites, who controlled an area more than ten to twenty times larger than this border region. Even under Imperial Roman rule, Kushite residents in the Dodekaschoinos didn't pay taxes to Rome, but to the temple estates, as it had been under the Ptolemies, and Egyptians before them. I even doubt that Kushite residents of the Thebaid were taxed... They fell under Meroitic authority. Romans tried to appease the Kushites after the war, because they weren't able to subdue them, and the Romans didn't want to deal with continued invasions from the South, into the breadbasket of the Mediterranean... Rome was already overstretched at this point, and the Roman Kushite war just gave them a bloody nose and a lot of headaches. This is clear from from both the discrepancies in Strabo's account and the cursory nature of Augustus' mention of the war in the Res Divi Augusti. Both accounts indicate that the Romans never reached Meroë, the real capital, and neither of the accounts provides a satisfactory explanation as for why the Romans never took the capital, or why the Romans ceded the southern half of Lower Nubia after Amanirenas besieged them at Qasr Ibrim. It seems obvious that the overstretched Romans didn't have the manpower at the time to deal with a new army of 30.000+ fighters from the south under Amanirenas, after already having fought for 5 years. The Romans just cut their losses and made a deal... Then presented it as a victory, even though in the end, the border remained more or less the same as before the war, with the Dodekaschoinos serving as a sort of buffer zone, as it was under the Ptolemies.
Hi, thanks for the info, I appreciate it. Perhaps the Roman sources may have exaggerated the extent of the terms to make it appear more favorable to them. What occurred actually occurred in reality may have been different, hence the discrepancy. I'll have to check the primary source for that. Thanks again!
Perfectly worded, Malcom.
@@sundiataq You (and the rest of the people who helped) did a great job representing the Kushites in 0 A.D.! I wasn't expecting to see you here lol.
@@sundiataq Thank you for the explanation, I really appreciate it! I'll consult you the next time I deal with this region, which hopefully will be soon as I'm extremely fascinated by it (it's outside my normal area of focus which is the Mid East and Central Asia). Thanks again, your explanation is much appreciated!
Interesting and informative video. Sucscribed.
Do you plan to make any video on religion of Kush? I think it would be an intersting topic.
Hi, thanks or stopping by, I really appreciate it! Yes, maybe not a full episode but I might do a podcast on it. It is an interesting topic, especially how it evolved over time. Thanks again for stopping by, I really appreciate it... more on Africa to come soon, stay tuned and safe!
I'm just here to say that the Kingdom of Kush is what Snoop Dogg calls his home.
Thank you sir. At long last, after all these years, I finally know what's a Nubian!
My pleasure, glad that the video helped! Stay safe my friend!
its a type of dairy goat with some of the best milk you can get better than " pure goat milk"that from the store
I`d like to watch a video dedicated to Songhai or Mali empire too. Great channel!
Thank you for excellent work
I love this channel!
Could you do a mini-video specifically about the history of the Nag Hammadi region?
This is north of Luxor, between the 3rd and 4th Cataracts, where the famous Gnostic library texts were discovered in 1945.
You could include the village of al-Qasr, and the Pachomian monasteries of the region such as Chenoboskion.
Thanks in advance!!
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Egypt country in North Africa
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"Upper" and "Lower" ALWAYS refers to the flow of a major river (closer to the source vs. further away from it), in any country, not just Nubia or Egypt.
Hi, thanks for your comment. I understand that's the case, but many people may not know that and get confused as to why Upper Egypt is in the south and lower Egypt is in the north. I do my best to make sure that all viewers, not just academics or those well-versed on a subject understand certain concepts, so what might seem simple or trivial to some may be something new for others.
Thanks again for stopping by, I appreciate it and the comment. Have a great day!
Grazie a Lei! Seguiro' di sicuro tutti i suoi video nel futuro. Sono le lezioni di storia che non ho mai avuto. E poi con quella bellissima voce! Grazie di nuovo!
Thank you so much, I really appreciate it. And I like your comments...I'm learning and improving my Italian by reading them!
Un grande grazie!
Im nubian and i didn’t know this stuff😂 Honestly a great video
Thanks so much for the kind words, glad you liked the video! More to come, stay safe!
@@user-lz3ql4uk3t the north are the south and east are still their original Nilotic selves
Thank you for the great videos.
I was wondering if you know anything about The Medri Bahri, also known as the Land of the Sea, was a medieval kingdom located in the Horn of Africa, in what is now present day of Eritrea. It emerged during the 9th century and flourished as a maritime power along the Red Sea coast until the 19th century. Medri Bahri controlled important port cities like Adulis, which facilitated its participation in the regional trade networks.
Medri Bahri had close ties with the Axumite Empire and later with the Ethiopian Kingdom. It played a significant role in the trade routes connecting the Red Sea with the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean. The kingdom’s control over coastal territories allowed it to prosper through maritime commerce and interactions with neighboring powers.
The 5 Nubian/Kush pharoahs of the 25th dynasty. I learned about them yesterday
King Taharqa was the last great Pharaoh.
Yup.
Piankhi
Shabaka
Shebiktu
Taharqa
Tantamani, although, some scholars believe that Kashta was actually the first Pharaoh of the 25th Dynasty, so that would make it six Kushite Pharaohs.
I was talking to my kids this morning about Africa and its history they literally shocked to hear Egypt was Africa they couldn't believe that Arabia was in Africa thanks for this vid definitely gonna share
Arabia is not in Africa though...
Arabia is in Asia and not Africa 🙂
Arabia is Asia not Africa.
Taharqa - the Bible honoured him. Prophets Isaiah and Nahum mentioned how he arrived with his army close to Judah, while Jerusalem was under seige by the Assyrians, the most powerful army in the world at the time, under king Sennacherib. He called the Assyrians to meet him out in the battle field, instead of attacking the city. The Assyrians termed him "the one cursed by the Gods, because he fought them twice before and was victorious. Don't leave that part out: after Taharqa died, his successor (nephew) went back to Memphis (Lower Egypt) and killed the Assyrian puppet, prompting the Assyrians to send reinforcements to Egypt. The downfall of the Assyrians would come several decades later. If only he were to witness it.
I think it is unfair to see the scriptures mention (Isaiah, again) of punishing Cush (Ethiopia/Aethiopia - Not referring to "Abyssinia" that became today's Ethiopia ) when the Nubian/Cush leader of both lands was an ally and defender of Judah at that time when Hezekiah was king. Were they seen as another threat besides the Assyrians?
That’s is so cool that the Queen of lush conquered the cities above hers and when the King Augustus reclaimed it they agreed to go back to the original agreement. No punishment or killing of her or so forth so it kinda of made me wonder if they had a high respect or friendship with each other.
It's because Rome lost that's why, no shame...so did the Assyrians(when trying to conquer Kush itself), Persians and the Ptolemies before them and also the unstoppable Rashidun caliphate in the middle ages. That's what people who are new to Kush should understand, that this was not some back page civilization but one of the big world powers of the day