I find the simple but effective animations (with the icons formed by the kings' names/depictions roaming over the maps) to be a clever solution. It helps the listener to make the connections between people and places. I also think it is important to always show the hieroglyphic names of kings with a translation of the meaning (this matter will be complicated in future dynasties, when kings start to have multiple and more complex names). Other nice practices are the references to the artifacts shown, even including the repositories and credits of the authors of the images.Thumbs up!
Hi, thanks for stopping by and the constructive feedback, really appreciate it! Yeah, even early Dynastic kings had several names, though the Horus name is the most common. For me I also like simple animations (was inspired by History Civilis) though I'd like to make better maps in the future, for example, with physical features such as mountain ranges. I've tried this but it looked a bit sloppy so I decided not to use them. It's a process and hopefully you all see the improvements from past videos. Anyway, thanks again for stopping by and glad you like this series... stay tuned for the rest and stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy I meant 5 names in MK for example instead of only 2 in the Early Dynastic. Maps with terrain are surely more appealing, but the way it is now is good enough. Anyway, this series looks promising, and the care/effort you put in the videos shows.
@@HistorywithCy do you mind if I ask what software you use to do the animations? I'm a teacher and I sometimes made very simple videos with still pictures, but I don't know how to animate like you do. I've looked at some open source animation packages but they seem to be for professionals and are way over my head!
@@DarrenGedye Sure! I use Adobe Photoshop for making the maps and little icons and then animate it all in Premiere. As a teacher you might get a big discount if not a year for free, which is what happened to me. I got a free one year trial through the university I was doing my credential program at and that gave me enough time to see if it was something I'd actually use. I think there are ways that educators can get special discounts, or maybe your school/district might already have a subscription if they offer students art or graphic design classes. That's how I'd start. Let me know if there's any way that I can help! Good luck!
I appreciate the fact that you're not an AI voice and the simpler graphics. I've seen many documentaries but get lost with all the polished cinematic quality. I've never had a grasp of the order of the peoples. Now I am.
It's fairly obvious. Aha and his dynasty were from upper egypt and it would be far less likely that the people of that region would allow their graves to be descrated. While they saw a political purpose of a ceremonial burial in lower egypt in order to maintain a dynastic tradition over the people of that region. in other words from the lower to the upper, "in your face man"
Oh yes I am early this time! Thank you Cy for making my Friday a celebration:):) I love your videos - I was a history major back at the university but no lectures could make history seem this interesting like you do.
Thanks so much for this comment, stuff like this makes my day and motivates me to put out more! For me it depended on the professor... some were great but others boring so I had a mix of experiences learning history in school. I guess that's good because it teaches one what to do and not to do when presenting history. Anyway, thanks again for stopping by, really appreciate it! Stay safe!
Thank you for another awesome video! Love Egyptian history, honestly one of the most intriguing civilizations and I love how much attention you show them, one of the only history youtubers that I've seen do it so far. Keep em coming Cy!
Thanks my friend, glad you're enjoying these... 30+ more in the series to come so yeah, I'll be putting these out quite often. Thanks also for the kind and constructive feedback, really appreciate it as such comments help me to make these better. Stay tuned and safe!
This is going to be a great series. Always enjoyed learning about ancient Egypt. Incredible thinking that there was an advanced civilization in Egypt over 4500 years ago! One dynasty down; only 30 more to go. ;)
Yup, 30 more... I'll probably be an old man by the time we get there, but hey, it's the journey, not the destination, or so they say. Haha thanks stopping by, appreciate it... stay safe!
I’ve read that Aha was killed by an enraged, charging hippo during a hunt. Hippos are actually very dangerous animals. Several hundred people were sacrificed to go with him.
That is because the predynastic and the 1st to 3rd Dyns didn't really leave anything as pretty as those left behind by the Pyramid builders, or the New Kingdom.
Abydos cemetery is where the royal family is from, Saqqara is outside of Memphis and therefore centralized location, symbolizing unity with the people of upper and lower egypt. This is where the ceremonial events would happen around the birthdate or death date of members.
Aha men Narmer .. Ka 1 première dynastie l Un homme au pouvoir d'asservir depuis Abydos jusqu'au Soudan horus faucon et taureau cornu sceptre couvre chef Y est significatif
Wow! I never thought something could get me into history, I always thought it was this boring thing nobody cared about, but this series is getting me to like history. Thanks Cy!
Great video! I have become very interested in ancient Egypt thanks to Dr David A. Falk's channel Ancient Egypt and the Bible. As a newcomer to the field I find your maps and animations very helpful.
Thanks so much for stopping by and the watching, glad you enjoyed it! I don't know that channel but I'll check it out, thanks for the suggestion! More on the way, stay tuned and safe!
many people dont realise that Djet was also the first to play eight string guitars and his bastard son Djent later codified it into polyrhythmic riffs....
If Ancient Egyptians were non-African (i.e. that they were Eurasian or Caucasian) it means they practiced Racial Apartheid for thousands and thousands of years from the Holocene until the Greek period 2300 years ago. Ancient Egyptians were Native Africans genetically
2:54 it's interesting how his name Hor-Aha meaning "The fighting Hawk" has similarities with my language; Igbo, where "Agha" pronounced as Aha means Battle or War. Just interesting.
Your videos are always top quality! Also funny how from ancient egypt, to china, to 14th century lithuania; servants going with their king was a thing.
Yeah... also the Royal Cemetery of Ur - the so-called death pits kind of had the same thing. That's what I thought of when I first learned about these subsidiary burials. Thanks again for stopping by and glad you're into these... 30+ more in the series on the way, stay tuned and safe!
What year did aliens start building pyramids to re-energise their spaceships? 😉 (I saw your video on the forth Dynasty first and enjoyed the video so I’m going back to the beginning now, seen the Predynastic video. Found your channel through Useful Charts and glad I did)
Thanks so much, really appreciate it! I used to have one too, Chronicles of the Pharaohs or something like that but I can't seem to find my copy. It was an older book I think from the late 1990s or early 2000s...not sure where it went!
@@geraldmeehan8942 Yes, I just looked up the book on Amazon and that's' the same one I had. It must be with some of my old books at my parents place so I should be able to find it. Thanks for checking, appreciate it!
The visual and explanations are fantastic. It really helos to keep the chronological time-line in order for my brain. 😮 I didn't know half of this. Thank you!
@@HistorywithCy it got better - New Zealand went back into a strict lockdown but it seems to be lifting! Thank you I watch as soon as I can whenever you upload it's super interesting content and there's parts I'll know about but then so much fascinating detail you're able to provide and help me learn more about what I'm really interested in
Thanks for beginning this series. I've been wanting to learn about Ancient Egyptian history for a long time. I look forward to future uploads. Keep up the good work and take care.
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Mesopotamia is as old as Egypt and certainly has its achievements, however their art and architecture are gruesome. No magnificent ruins in Iraq or Syria of former Sumer, Akkad, Babylon or Assyria. Just a jumble of mud brick walls here and there. Their religion was also dark with a dismal afterlife. How depressing! Always amazed me how two great river valley civilizations situated in deserts and so geographically close to one another in the Middle East can be so dissimilar. No cousin-like relationship between the two like Greece and Rome which were closeby to one another in the Mediterranean. Mesopotamian civilization was inferior and shabby, while Egypt's was truly remarkable and stunning!
The history of Pharaonic Kingship in ancient Egypt and “Old Nubia” goes back to at least 3800 BCE, centuries before the Delta was absorbed into the southernly Kingdom of Ta-Shemau "the Land of Reeds”.
Amazing video as always, but I got some things to say about Den. I watched a video about the first dynasty before and it was said in that video that Den discriminated against a certain group of Egyptians who either rebelled or did an act of treason, those were the upper Egyptians who unlike the lower Egyptians were 'pure' Africans, and the lower Egyptians were as mix of those Africans and Asiatic people who migrated from the Levant who looked reddish brown rather dark brown. I don't exactly know whether this whole story is real or not though.
Not sure on that video, but Narmer was from upper Egypt and his conquest started from the south and moved upwards. According to region him and his people originated from, along with his depictions and busts, he was likely a dark skinned African and the people in the north of Egypt were more of a Mediterranean/asiatic people who had settled int delta region, rather than ‘ancient settled’ African.
The original, indigenous people of all of Egypt were pure Africans. Over time other people migrated into Egypt from the Levant and elsewhere mixing in with the indigenous Blac African population. They were still mostly Black even then.
Love how boastful these kings are , they smite people but they’re back again a couple of hundred years later to get smited, they could’ve traveled all that way and burned a few houses in some instances for all we know.
Thanks man, really appreciate the kind words and I too love watching and listening to History Time, one of my favorite channels. Actually, HT was one of the major inspirations for me to start this channel... Pete does amazing work and every video he puts out is a gem! Thanks again and stay tuned more!
Haha thanks... I don't know what I got myself into! It's a lot of fun to do though so glad you're here for the ride through time. Thanks again and stay safe!
Seems not a lot is known about the first dynasty except for the probable length of their reign and their burial. I imagine in later dynasties, when more is known, the dynasty will need to be broken up into multiple videos.
I'm going to try to keep each dynasty in one video, but yeah, some will be longer than others, especially 18th and 19th! Might be a couple of hours, but still a long way to go before we get there!
I know people who visit the museums in Egypt and told me that the mummies were pure African people the art and statues and writing language is of pure African people I look online and noticed that the mummies were pure African people not Egyptian and Mediterranean dark 🌑 skin bs 💯 true facts
Bronze Age warfare not so sure I'll do soon... Epimetheus has some good programs on that though. I will do more on Bronze Age societies, politics and daily life for sure!
