Babylon: A History of the City 

The history of Mesopotamia always reminds me (oddly enough) of the Mexico valley in the millenia before the Spanish.

the more things change the more they stay the same

Thats unfortunatly the history of mankind, from those days until now. Humans never change and never learn from history.

@@helenafranzen9828 no need to be so pessimistic. Many western countries enjoy a high degree of freedom, democracy, and stability, which have been enduring for decades. Even people from not so succesfull nations lead more confortable lives than our ancient ancestors.

@@AndreLuis-gw5ox That is very true. A lot of people are in conciderable better conditions today. But still, there are a lot of people even today that lack the necessitys in life despite our efforts. Why is that? Its because some people still think they are better than others. Its just not so visible anymore, just going on under the table.

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@@HistorywithCy No put on your conspiracy cap

Couldn't agree more!

I had an opportunity to visit Morocco. The closest I got to the region. It was really a beautiful experience. 🤗

@@benjaminfranzuela5847 morocco ... wow ... that was place of ibnu battutah ... you know who is ibnu batuttah? 😂😂😂

@@robsonhoms2798 no but I’m sure you can tell me about him/it . 😏

@@benjaminfranzuela5847 😂 ... wait ... i will ask ibrahim first, before i told you whos battutah ... i need a good source and real information about this ... 😂😂😂

@@benjaminfranzuela5847 He was a famous Arab traveller like Marco Polo from Venice and Hsuen Sang of China These travellers went back and wrote interesting books on their travels across the world

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Thanks and welcome. Haha this was one of my first videos and not the best when it comes to audio. There's a more recent, 3 hour vid on Babylon that you might enjoy that will cover more than this one does. Thanks so much for stopping by and please let me know if you have any questions!

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I hope I got a good research and anything you need about my civilization I'm here .💓

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Good point! I think all of those people would benefit from actually educating themselves on some history of ancient cultures and understanding that people from the past weren't as primitive as believed. The people who spout the *conspiracy theory* that "the Egyptian pyramids must have been built by aliens" with their "reasoning" being that "it would have been impossible for ancient people to build such complex, enormous, perfected structures without modern tools and machinery!" just tells me that they haven't looked into actual human history much, if at all. If they did, they would understand that ancient people were incredibly capable.

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@@HistorywithCy I can't believe you're still coming back here replying to new comments! Very cool

@@jasondaveries9716 Haha I try but often fall behind. Honestly, it's the least that I can do since I'm grateful to every one of you for watching...means a lot to me. Thank you!

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How was it

I've been there . It was a blast 😂

@@j.b.m4640 badum bum

I've been to Chicago in a bus.

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In arabic, باب (baab) means door, and علم (ilm) means knowledge. I guess the original name in arabic means door of knowledge, or gate of those who have knowledge.

@D J ohhh makes sense too. I guess arabic is more similar to aramaic and hebrew is like babylonians.

Bab(door/gate) and Il(Sumerian name for Allah, Alah, Elah, Ilah, El, Al and Ilu). Bab-Il name comes from the Amorites who created the city state. There's also a city in Palestine that's called Ramallah, that translates to "height of Allah" in Aramaic.

@@freepalestine1673 ye, they all are similiar becasue they all come from the same region and are related to each other, and when also talking about relating is that they all are semitic languages, arabic, hebrew, aramaic and Assyrian.

Actually, he was shot in the head by a nazi

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Do you have the lämps Bröther -. For what you have stated. Perhaps people worship these makings/statues and such. You are far more a glorious creation, created by a Glorious God- Jehovah God and His Son Jesus.

@James Smith Love that "modern day babylon"....So True

@James Smith they built with clay, not stone. If they built with stone, it would still stand..

Better to visit Jerusalem and learn its historical significance in today's world.

spot on lmao

Very good!...Your statement is valid, accurate,and true. The 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦 in 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧,Germany is quite notable for its archaeological procurements that they have aquired from the middle east and Iraq. Their most notable procurement is that of the Ishtar Gates of Babylon. Those are the very gates thru which my ancestors passed thru on their way to their captvity and 70 year enslavement in Babylon.The Black Persian soldiers or Praetorian Guards of King Cyrus' tomb can be found in the Louvre museum of France and it is the world's largest art museum and a historic monument in Paris, France....That's all...Shalom

@@LionofJudah777 i agree the captivity and relocation of the Jews was a tragedy but i wouldn't say everyone were slaves.. i do believe nowadys scholars states that there is an evidence to prove otherwise and for this to happen in the span of only 70 years is remarkable not to mention that many Jews simply chose to stay and not leave Babylon given the choice by Cyrus the great. Am sure many of Iraqi Jews would love to go back and live in Iraq again if things settles there.

wow am very pridea all read and leran about first gret civilization in world in my contry ariq

@@user-nc1ns4tm7ni am more proud of our protesters right now in Iraq.. Iraq is a great nation before and now.. i hope the suffering end soon and the glorious days return again.

thnks too you so much

@@viennehaake9149 yeah agree with you but Iraq have more than other countries.

@@shen3998 What did the government do?

Occupied Assyria

uhh didn't the USA go in and destabilize iraq

It was destroyed by America. Saddam had great plans to restore Iraq to its former greatness but America and isreal feared this and planned to disrupt any advancement. Iraq had second biggest oil reserves in ME. It should have been amongst richest nation earth.

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Battle for their life, Babylon.

Thats gossip

what you on money don't talk, rip that song

Gossip

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@@HistorywithCy Jeez yeah, Hittite names are brutal. Good luck with that, looking forward to that video!

Sinačharib you mean in transliteration.

Us Assyrians pronounce it as SIN-khi-ru

That's Sargon the 2nd of Assyria and he's little to no mention just a short phrase nothing about him like how Nebuchadnezzar is shown off in the Bible.

Interesting :)

Of course Nebudchadnezzar is shown off, the Jews hated him

@@lovingearth9119 They also loved him too. The way isaiah, jeremiah, ezekiel, and daniel present him its both. Bible is almost full on wrapped around nebuchadnezzer. Its telling

William Wallace which comes to prove the Bible is real. 🙏🏽Jesus is coming.

Sure, no problem! I'll actually be doing a newer video on this that will be much better...I can send you that as well, which should be done in the next few months. My email address is in the "About" tab of the channel. Please send me a message there and I'll get the send you whatever you need. Thank you!

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Thank you! This is old video, you might like the more recent series/playlist on Babylon/Babylonia...it goes into much more detail. Any questions, please don't hesitate to let me know. Thanks and stay safe!

Hi, thanks for stopping by! Yes, actually I state that in other videos... check out the one on Ur-Nammu from a couple of months ago.. This was a very old video... don't know why I still have it up. You are correct, Ur-Nammu, Lipit-Ishtar have earlier codes. Hammurabi's is just the more famous one. Thanks!

Not lost, just hidden from view in the sands of time. I have a feeling all will be made clear soon.

When we die we will meet them

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Modern Iraq is Arab. Babylon wasn't an Arab city and Mesopotamia wasn't Arab either. The region became Arab after the rise of Islam and the Arab conquests and occupations across the MENA.

@@noamrotstain3182 you are so wrong ancient Arab did exist in Mesopotamia even before Islam and Arab and Babylon are both semitic Arab kicked out the persians from Mesopotamia

Noam Rotstain Wrong they were Arabs. Arabs are pretty ancient. In fact they are the only ancient civilisations currently alive along with the Chinese. Everyone else is way too mixed I.e Europeans, other Asians etc.

@@c.i.a8359 chaldian and Assyrian and Kurds are ancient people of Iraq Arabs are guests

Thanks so much for stopping by! Yes, you're correct, there was turbulence but like any other city, there were also periods of calm and normal life. I hope to be doing a video on that soon... stay tuned and thanks again for stopping by!

@@HistorywithCy Thanks! Looking forward to it! Keep up the great work!

Awesome, thanks for the recommendation. Yeah, a couple of other viewers also sent me articles about the Hanging Gardens being from Nineveh and I've heard that before. That might be a good topic to cover for a quick episode. I'll look into it. Thanks again and stay safe!

History with Cy Awesome, man! Thanks for the response! A video on the hanging gardens would be awesome! It’s super interesting. The book is fascinating, I think you’ll really like it! It’s on audible as well.

@@ashurbanipal6121 thanks man, I'm definitely going to check it out. By the way, I'm uploading a new video on ancient Assyrian history tonight...should be up in a few hours. It's the longest one I've done so far. Thanks again for stopping by, I really appreciate it!

History with Cy no problem! I will definitely be checking that out!

The reason for the misunderstanding is that many of the great cities in those days were called Babilim, including Nineveh.

Correct

I thought it was a separate species from the African lions, and that they went extinct due to climate change in the near dryas

@James Smith Maybe southern like Florida and southern Texas but nowhere else it s toooo far north and cold for them.

Yeah look at the Assyrian wall.

The fun fact is thay they were around until like early 20th century!

Yes, you're correct...please excuse my terrible pronunciation...it's gotten better over time...thanks!

History with Cy BTW I remember seeing a documentary claiming that archeologists found more evidence of hanging gardens in Nineveh. Don’t know if anything became of it.

No actually the "ch" used as you say is also incorrect because you are implying the German and french usage of ch which the c letter is dominant sleuth only the Caaa sound no haaa sound. The 'ch' you mean is the semitic middle east transliteration. Čh čh is the correct form. It's pronounced "hoocckkaakkkccckaakk" in sound via hocking. čh aka like čhet and čhat which are the semitic letter in their alphabet. It's Sinačharib and Nabučhadnatsar. Lačhayim is the Hebrew word for to life and Ačhmed is the Arabic proper name for a person. You see now. I am middle eastern and I will teach you the proper procedure to pronounce our dialect.

@@_robustus_ čhaldim and čhasdim you mean

@@_robustus_ It's being investigated atm.

Me too!

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Makes me upset.

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He's going by the Most prominent sources.

@Dan no it's not Bible is very unimportant especially now that we've gottan far beyond way Far and Above it way above it. Bible is anti-truth when it comes to Babylon aka real Good Babylon that preexists it's "babylon aka babel" and the Bible itself and it's god and people who stole alot from Babylon good real one. Bible if you have nothing else like in the 1600 to 1800s when religious idiocy and Lies were rampant Thanks to the Unholy bible. But after since the age Real Reason and Piety we used Mesopotamian sources like cuneiform and Greek Writings that are unbiased do we now use that's how we know about Babylon and the Babylonians which helped birth the jews/hebrews who birthed the Bible.

Absolutely! Im a bible believer anyway, so it works out well.

@@mikztif2663 Frayed Knot it works out terribly it doesn't do anything well it's very terribly wrong when it when you use it really thinking to have his little pieces of information that it tells him that tells and it would gives with its own viewpoints in its own imagination and its own worldview with what the Jews thought that's the only thing you can get out of the Bible when it comes to Mesopotamia or Babylon nothing a fax history or reality it doesn't fit anything as well you being a believer in it only just shows that you're ignorant of Mesopotamia anything outside of the Middle East Jews and their agenda PS Bibles not the only so-called holy book there are other books that are claimed to be holy to and others that are holy that our God breathed Bibles not alone in it and it's unoriginal very unoriginal. And very very invalid when it comes to things like this. Sorry to say well not really.

@@yaruqadishi8326 where is your evidence??

I think I might do a quick on that city, yes!

I live 10 km away from Uruk ruins. It's a shame the government is neglecting it. Some 80% of the ruins are still under the sand which I'm glad they are. Better buried then destroyed because of this shit corrupt government

Ah cool Gilgamesh's city and home.

@Fog Shadow best comment, love your thought process

@@fogshadow9112 What is it like there?

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Well said! I pretty much learned about Babylon and much of ancient history from reading the old testament during my early childhood and teen years. I still read them just because history is so amazing.

Jews were taken as slaves to Babylon and lived there for 70 years as the Bible says...

@@eric7782 there were many other times besides then that we resided there. We established massive and many houses of philosophy, learning and debate known as Yeshiva's. The famous Talmud was partly written there and alot of Jewish history took place there.

I referred to the book of Daniel. Are you referring to the periods of different ruling conquests and relations prior? (e.g. From King Hezekiah)

@Mihai Ciubotaru As does the Palestinians..their own home land too.

TOSMAN RANA read the Bible for real history. 🙏🏽

In Hebrew Babel is spelled Bet Bet Lamed BBL, and God (El) is spelled alef lamed. Babel does not have El in it

@@j.e.6901 hebrew came WAAAY after the summerian language , is something the Bible or jewish books don't tell

@@Dan_Kanerva what does that have to do with anything? I’m commenting on the Hebrew name of Babel, Bavel, and how it has no connection with El, God.

Would also like to say Bab doesn’t mean gate lol

​@@j.e.6901 outside hebraic evil babylob false lies and stuff

Thank you for stopping by, I really appreciate it! You might be interested in checking out the latest videos on ancient Babylonia that I put out in the last 2 months. They're much better than this one and will hopefully give you a better sense of the history of ancient Mesopotamia. Thanks again for stopping by and please let me know if you have any questions...take care!

دكولي يابابلي منين الله جابك 😂😂😂

Yea i also heard it from somewhere. Hanging garden was assyrians, not babylonians.

Hi, thanks for stopping by. Yes, you're correct... Sennacherib is also incorrect for the same reason. This was one of my first videos where I had just started to learn the proper pronunciation of many of these words, and I totally apologize for that. In a few weeks a newer, more in-depth version of this video will be out, so it will be corrected in there. Thanks again for the feedback, I really appreciate it!

I can’t believe people actually think they are descended from the chaldeans- please show me how your related to the ancient chaldeans......

Sargon Daniel you seem to know all too well. What am I?

@@sargondaniel1221 you are wrong there are still around 616.6 thousand still living But I was also shocked that they still exist

@@jefferygoldmann2643 my house is near the chaldean church in south baghdad, when i was a kid i thought it's just another word for akkadians before i knew both of them are two different things

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@EtroNa Eritrea yes it did ancient arabic and it's script sure did in Saudi and Yemen you're wrong very much so.

@EtroNa Eritrea no you are wrong as you say in full it's origins are Not Genesis 11 or any genesis but all outside and more and Long Long Long before it. Babel story is post antiquity mythos fiction to explain langauges or really different tongues which were close to the Middle East are which is not impressive and very undermining to the story itself. Arabic preexists Adam and Yahweh that's certain. Even Muslim in the same fantasy delusion you're in right would contradict you and correct you against you and their own position.

@EtroNa Eritrea Genesis is post Babylon in Truth all full on.

@@yaruqadishi8326 i think he meant to say Islam did not exist back then

@@trevorMT he better have

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Maybe they are still figuting down in Irkalla (underworld).

Ahhhhhhh that's sumeria buddy

My family is from babylon

Yeah it's not Babylon, sorry

هده حضارة بلاد فارس لل علاقة لها بالعراقيبن

@@morrsjitoliansznaga6962 the persian built elaam and achmedian cities, they have nothing to do with the ancient Iraqi nations and their civilisations otherwise why did the persians if the case as you sai invaded Babylon if it was their land and was built by them???

Yeah sorry about that... this was one of my first videos where I was just learning how to record. Sorry about that, the more recent one's don't have this problem. Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it...stay safe!

Same!!

بالتأكيد

Didn't Arabs destroy it all

@@genege6301 nope arabs rebuild it after Islam But arabs this time destroy it

@@genege6301 nope. If you had half a brain you would have never even made such a stupid comment.

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@@HistorywithCy welcome