Assyria vs Elam: The battle of Til Tuba 

Are pictures allowed? My brother lives in London and i was wondering if he could take pictures for me

Thank God for British Imperialism, the uneducated locals would have either sold the artifacts or destroyed them (i.e. Buddha of Bamiyan)

Was Ashurbanipal one of Assyria’s last or earliest kings? I thought fighting Elam & Elamites was on the earliest edge of written history, at least so far. I figure others before them learned the skills to write, make pottery, metals and so much more that allows an empire to be built.

how do we know he didn't just make up that story?? lol

@@michaelhogan9053 because he literally says and shows writings on the relief that explain what's going on. Did u even watch it?

It's you truly thorough subs that make it all worth while.

Gotta have the liberal snowflake warnings they might get emotional and pass out before they get to their safe space because reality is too scary and historys rascist lol

@@bigbearfuzzums7027 Dont point out BP, The Climate Murdering Oil Giant is sponsoring this. There will be Mass Hysteria!

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Absolute brutality...

@@TUBESPECIFIC1 no it's a punishment at that time

@@sanial-moussa1723 Oh yes, ancient and medieval age punishment was brutal for harsh punishments are needed again to require our neighbors, fellow citizens, to not steal mail packages and belongings and to respect one another again for this has become such a problem the past five years as America goes down the spiral of demoralization. I toured the Torture Museum in Amsterdam some years ago and remember the Flute of Shame. If your street busking music was awful, you got served the Flute of Shame for a sentence of time by the local court. While I wouldn't want to punish an amature violinist on the streets today, we need law and order restored to solid conservative values of living in a community. It's become unreal how I have no sense of community and always get my packages stolen while people fight and scream at night sometimes going as far using the gun which I'll only use in apartments or a home if someone breaks my door while I home. I hope I never have to kill any of my fellow citizens, but they sure are getting worse and worse as time progresses.

@@sanial-moussa1723 It is punishment. I sometimes think we need to bring back such hard punishments to coerce people to behave, drive better, and respect the rights of one another. Over here in the USA, we're going to have civil war by probably 2024. When a land falls to chaos and war like that of medieval and ancient eras of history, such punishments like tongues removed, ears cut off, and guillotine will be reality again.

@@TUBESPECIFIC1 this is why the Middle-East never progresses to become non-violent. Its not Middle East if there's no war and brutality.

The Assyrians whole culture was built on war.They respected valiant enemies,and would give them credit when due.

@NaziGermanyVideos No? What do you mean?

Lool your history

@@sosavssiz0078 well lets not act like human rights were of the greatest concern during that time. the assyrians were brutal, fierce and masters of military logistics, their empire lasted for generations and is an essential part in the "cradle of civilisation". Its a powerful powerfuuul history. i can tho confirm that today theyre fighting for human rights instead - a big turn one might think hahah

Britain thieves

@@sosavssiz0078 Being jealous I can understand

haha,yes,they were a real barrel of laughs.I believe they have been described as "the Romans of the east". Frankly,I am not even sure the Romans were as ruthless as these guys.Punishments for defeated enemies included things like boiling you in oil,and skinning you alive. Of all the early empires,I would regard the Assyrians as the most ruthless.

They were very close to the garden of Eden , the Assyrians

Make sure to use the right china. And for the love of god, don't put raisins in their cookies. Risky business.

If Assyrian soldiers in Israel found Hebrews obeying their own law , (the Torah) and if any Hebrew was caught with a book of the law they were taken and bound by exile to Assyria to be imprisoned and on the 25th of every month the Assyrians would sacrifice the Hebrews on their altars by impaling the Hebrews with stakes, or flaying their skin off their flesh or decapitated their heads to reduce the number of Hebrews. Great people!! Not (Micah 3 📖)

Horsey they were Hebrew pardon? Not the Assyrian law, if the Hebrews were caught with a Bible they were arrested, the Assyrians 🐐 didn't want them practicing the law of 🌴Moses.

Alexander Hofer Whatever gave you that idea?

By the standards of his time, he was probably no worse than most rulers. Not that I would invite him around for a cup of tea.

Of course he wasn't nice. He was a dictator-like king who didn't accept freedom that cyrus gave to other people, because that would've been one heck of perk to grow a larger empire. Ashurbanipal is simply a bookworm psychopath lol.

@@ptonpc Well you look at Psamtik in Egypt who as a vassal of Assyria managed to declare independence against Ashurbanipal and maintain good relations throughout his rule. His father had rebelled before but was personally spared by the Assyrian king. Egypt won its independence and restored native rule through actual diplomacy, which is a rare, rare quality at this stage in history. The treatment of the Elamites probably had more to do with the fact that they were using military threats to pressure Assyria to turn over the Elamite refugees for execution. To not be a dumbfuck was too much of an ask for some people, apparently. Ummanigash, the so-called "puppet" ruler, only 2 years after being restored in Elam following the deposing of Teumman the usurpur, then turned against his benefactor, by backing Shamashumukin, Ashurbanipal's brother, in a plot to seize the Assyrian throne. Then within a year, Ummanigash was deposed by Tammaritu, who was then deposed by Indabibi who was then immediately couped. Between 650 and 645 BCE Elam had no less than 9 different kings. Meanwhile, in Egypt, Psamtik, who never forgot his benefactors and didn't involve himself in Assyrian court intrigue ruled for 54 years as one of Egypt's most successful leaders. All it took was not being a dumbfuck.

@Herdan The supposed humanitarianism of Cyrus the pederast is mostly a fabrication of certain groups of historians trying to reach for some non-western sources of modernity. It is pure fucking propaganda and has as much to do with human rights as Sargon II of Assyria building homes for poor people has to do with the modern welfare state. "Palace of Sargon, prefect of Enlil, priest of Assur, the great king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, king of the four regions (of the world); favorite of the great gods, who established the freedom of Sippar, Nippur and Babylon, who repaired their decay, helper of the poor, who made good their losses; who renewed the autonomy of Assur which had come to an end, who remitted the taskwork of Der and quieted its dissatisfied (lit, sighing) people; (most) powerful of all princes, who stretched out his protecting shadow over Har-ran, and, at the desire of Anu (and) Dagan, wrote (the charter of) its freedom." In fact, the only thing that is remarkable about the Cyrus Cylinder's text is how absolutely self-fellating and over-the-top it is in providing embellishing literary tropes (ie people of Babylon literally kissing his feet, the beaming faces of the happy happy people, how happy everyone was to see temples being cleaned and rebuilt, etc). You take a generic inscription from any Mesopotamian ruler about the good work he does for society and insert these propaganda details, and you get the Cyrus Cylinder. It's hilarious when he keeps referring to his vast, innumerable army as an army of peace. You cannot read this shit with a straight face. The fact that they tried to reconquer Egypt after numerous rebellions over the next century (even as Assyria had peacefully granted Egypt's independence in generations past) speaks to the true utility of the vast Persian military.

TBH I recorded and edited this and I still kind of expected Irving to turn up at some point

Yep, my anticipation peaked with the appearance of some cuneiform, but alas not a Finkel in sight.

Me for sure!

Nick Harris well done. I appreciate your work.

There are captions written on the reliefs, as they pointed out. These are the world's first comic books.

I don't know, he could still prop it on the stump.

Yes because human rights,rules of engagement was a very important thing in the very brutal ancient world 😜😜😜😜

Where is that quote from?

Awokeinchrist

Poem written in Syriac by Naum Faiq about 100 years ago, ܐܬܬܥܝܪ ܒܪ ܐܬܘܪ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0jBnzp8w4b4.html

@@Confucius_76 The quote is from an Assyrian activist during the Ottoman Empire, the great Naoum Faiq

@@assyriannahrin Did Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, the Medes, the Scythians, and the Persians, not kill the Assyrians in full?

My heart aches.

he's more of a babylonian expert isn't he?

Maybe they unliked not for the explanation but the brutality.

@@johanneshubert5296 mm...that may be it. yeah, they were brutal! the wars back then didn´t had any law

Some men just want to watch the world burn

Nicer than most folk back then.

I'm glad it's in the British Museum and not in Iraq or some other unstable area.

@@525Lines shades of the Elgin Marbles?

@@richardscanlan3419 A curator of a major art museum told me museums in Italy would sell stuff, posing as illegal art traders, and then get their stuff back with the police. And over and over again. We have the Elgin Marbles because of Elgin and the British Museum. Italy might be able to ask for a share of the admission fee but they can't deny the British Museum is the best place for them.

@@525Lines Don't get me wrong.I understand why they are in the British Museum,but it is a quandary.Because they obviously are the property of the Greek people. In regard to these Assyrian artifacts,it is certainly better that these artifacts stay where they are.We don't want ISIS or any other nutjob outfit doing what they did in Mosul,or with the destruction of Palmyra.

@@richardscanlan3419 While certainly the marbles are a treasure of Greek antiquity, Elgin was given permission by the Greek government at a time when the were littering the ground around the Acropolis and soldiers were destroying them to make powder for mortar. Museums are international and part of the same global institution.

@@user-dr3zk1mw4i No, I'm from Brazil, third world country too but that's not Britain's fault. India too would probably bee more third-worldly then it is currently if Britain did not conquered it to be quite honest., you can thank them for unifying the fracture subcontint. About british people "stealing" artifacts and bringing home, it was not different from the egyptian muslim who raids a ancient egyptian tomb and bring home; if it was considered stealing the person who was being stolen was the dead people in the tomb. People tend to be anachronistic and apply a modern vision that sees the archeology pioners as people that robbed national possesions of a state, but it was nothing like that during the day.

I´d be interested to know if they´d come up with the idea of different-looking letters still representing the same letter.

@@miekekuppen9275 Comic Sans cuneiform.

@@miekekuppen9275 As cuneiform is a simplified pictogram, you'd think they must have, though this writing system could be ancient by the time the stonework we've seen was done. The ancient Egyptians had Hieratic and even the Mesoamerican writing employed different styles to their pictographs.

@@525Lines That´s interesting, thank you.

This is a very good observation

These are demons, but the hero Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, killed them all

@ecosophist Dolphins and other cetaceans are known to torture prey before finishing it off. Cats also do this. For fun. Chimpanzees are known to cannibalize their young and other adults without needing to for food. Humans are animals as well, saying "it doesn't exist in the animal kingdom" is wrong, we are not the only species to evolve these behaviors.

Gruesome punishments like these were not intended as entertainment, even if there must have been people who enjoyed doing such things, as there are now for sure. This was also functional, to preclude further revolts or wars, to show the power of the king and to solidify the community ruled by him. State-run terror campaigns are a means for an end.

@@hypeasaurusrex3422 I for one would like to think I'm an intelligent and moral being capable of controlling my own actions according to what I believe is right and wrong. And, there's is just no possible earthly scenario nor any possible motivation for such a scenario in which I would ever stake someone to the ground and skin them alive, not for punishment, not as a deterrence and certainly not for pleasure, if I was in charge I would never order such a thing to be done and even if subjugated to the whims of a despotic ruler would I ever agree to do such a thing when ordered. People are responsible for their own actions, it's as simple as that, and the fact is that throughout history humans have been shown to be capable of such extreme violence, sadism and moral depravity that nothing can be used to justify it. In short, there's something seriously wrong with us.

@@imokin86 "To preclude further revolts or wars"... How's that worked out for us so far?

@@lapatossu5976 it did work for the king in question, he wasn't doing it for our sake, only for his own. So for him it was rational, to stop wars and revolts against himself.

Well I mean we're definitely not as brutal here in the West. Isis was bringing back some of that 7th century bc justice though, in the Assyrian heartland no less

well the battles happen a lot less often now which is something. I suspect that has more to do with modern battles being more expensive in terms of $ rather than more enlightened leadership though.

Of course it was lawful and right. Any nation with a shred of dignity would resist an unlawful extradition request by an enemy nation that wants to murder the people you've granted asylum. These are the pivotal moments that created international law as we know it.

Lotta people wanna fight over the fertile crescent, even more so now it has oil

2 years later… Shlama!

They were all like that, regardless of race, location, period or culture. Human rights did not become a 'thing' until very, very, recently in human history.

The black people in South West Iran is Elamites

@@deyozionyahudim6817 I wasn't aware there were Black people in Iran.

You may try this link: www.iranicaonline.org/articles/elam-index

@Pichkalu Pappita I'm not sure about all that. The Elamites called their lands Haltamti, not Elam, and the Assyrians were Semitic speaking people whose language is unrelated to that of the Elamites. I'm not saying you're wrong, but I would like to know where you got this information.

@@HoundofOdin There is no proof that they were Black.

you're not assyrians as these same people you fake identity you are just Christian sect

Liar All Assyrians were killed, but why did your church change his name to Assyria?

7th century BCE

Absolutely no one outside of Tamil Nadu thinks there's a connection between ancient Elamite kingdom and Tamil language.

I'd like to think we're slightly less brutal now. Isis only beheaded people, and they're anomalously brutal for modern times

That's not something to be proud of. I bet if you lived in ashurbanipal's time, you would wish death to him.

Phil Bedary na mate. He was one of our kings. Our leader. We were never like and never will be like for example Americans. When you hate your leaders. Our leaders were fair. Listened to and loved the people.

@@philregaz599 ashurbanipal was a King with Morals and science. The Jewish Propagana makes assyrians brutally. Assyrians never make War without being forced to do it.

@@johnnyd4751 No he wasn't fair. He was a tyrant. he saw all people as his slaves.

@@ninveh1 Yes he was a king with science but i doubt he had morals. He was a dictator-like ruler. Assyrians themselves were proud of hurting their enemies. which is the reason why they fell. they were too cruel.

@d puski Elamites is black

@d puski Hold up, the Hittites were Indo-Europeans, the Mitanni were definitely NOT, they were described as having dark skin (unlike the Hittites who were described as having light skin and brown or red hair), their language was not an Indo-European language, there is just not basis for saying they were Indo-European. The Elamites' language is not even related to any existing language group, there is no basis whatsoever to claim that they were Indo-European either. Hittites, you're correct, they're actually the first attested Indo-European population in recorded history (and with their own recorded history). Mitanni and Elamite, you're just making shit up, or lying.

@d puski The Elamites were probably black as they seem to have African features when compared the Assyrians.

@Teen Watchman.I am talking about Assyrians. Assyrians are not black. It is really moronic to say they were. You can google Nubian prisoners Assyrian soldiers and you will see the different facial features between Africans and Assyrians on ancient Assyrian artifacts.

@Teen Watchman. Ancient Assyrians were and STILL are Middle Eastern / Southern European looking people. We are not "black" nor are we "white". The "Semitic" Jewish fairy tale is nonsense. My ancestors never mentioned a "shem" on any artefacts and writings. They did speak a language which is now referred to as being in the "Semitic" family however they are not "Semitic" by race as such race does not exist. Many Assyrians still do have curly to wavy hair. That does not make them black or African. This nonsense of claiming our identity for your gain is offensive, racist, idiotic and moronic. You have your own race be proud of it, no need to steal other peoples identities.

And what are you ethnically?

Arab and elamite? What a joke

You fund it then

@@Confucius_76 or we could not allow evil economic practices then have it funded by a non-evil economy.

I'm sure most were, just the usual story of power attracting and then magnifying corruption in the rulers.

owenbevt3 - Can’t argue with that.

@Jon Goat To be fair, almost all of those examples are civil wars, with foreign states either not being involved or primarily involved via proxies. Fully fledged inter-state warfare is almost non-existent nowadays. And even if you include civil wars, overall deaths in conflict are proportionally still lowest in human history.

Nebuchadnezzar, the Medes, the Scythians, and the Arabs laugh

​@@user-cg2tw8pw7j was the flood . Otherwise all of you garbage

@@zeebooboo578 Why do the demons love Assyria and not Babylon?

As an Assyrian I am grateful they have it. The hell that is the Middle East would see such artifacts destroyed.

Big Andy fair enough... i am indian, my country can take care of its artifacts, please return our artifacts. consider that a down payment on the reparations for the millions of indians that died because of British colonialism

@@rahuls8764 John Oliver did a segment about a famous diamond that belongs (rightfully) to India. I didn't know anything about it before. It would make for an interesting documentary, or even a series! A different country's stolen items each week.

Nineveh is in Northern Iraq, not Iran. And no, returning it, at least now, would be very dangerous as to the lack of stability in the region.

Isis just destroyed a good chunk around Nineveh and Mosul...this would have been destroyed for sure if still in situ.

You can clearly see that those people were black.

@@kevina6587 Jesus, the thieves cut off their hands, my barbaric friend