This is an amazing episode ! If you continue doing interesting content like this then your destined to blow up ! First video I have seen 9n the ancient history of cryptography !
hey hey! Great video and fluid presenting! Just a friendly reminder about the findings of Ancient Egypt my friend: 1900 BC - The earliest known implementations of the use of cryptography date back to the Old Kingdom Of Egypt circa 1900 BC. Found carved into the wall in the main chamber of the tomb of a nobleman Khnumhotep II, were non-standard hieroglyphs. These are not thought to be serious attempts at secret communications, however, but rather to have been attempts at mystery, intrigue, or even amusement for literate onlookers. Though the inscription was not a form of secret writing, but incorporated some sort of the original text, and is the oldest known text to do so. 1500 BC - Somewhat later, clay tablets were found from Mesopotamia with inscriptions of enciphered writing that is clearly meant to protect information. The oldest dated at 1500 BC and was found to encrypt a craftsman’s recipe for pottery glaze, presumably commercially valuable. So grateful to be able use and innovate with tools left by the ones who came before us and, I am so grateful for insightful and informative videos like yours :) Keep up the great work!
3:05 to 3:06 and this is why I love Monospaced fonts. The example doesn't use a mono-spaced font, so the letters do not properly align. (as P and Q in a normal font, use a different amount of space)
I really appreciate how respectful you were talking about my faith. It’s often that the Islamic golden age, the prophet Mohammed and his Hadith are not talked about so positively from a western perspective, so to hear it from you is refreshing. Thank you
I stopped the video to comment. I was going to say that is pronounced 'ski-thale".. Without doing any research I was positive that, sky-tale is wrong for sure
Great video! Quick error that I saw though. You put Sparta on the wrong side of the Peloponnesus. It should be on the bottom right, not the bottom left.
There was once a wazir who eas fluent in STANDARD ARABIC, the Caliph wanted to bring him immediately for a trial. The Caliph writer who was a friend of that wazir made just one subtle intended grammar mistake. Once the wazir read that message, He quickly understood the trick and fleed for his life. They say the Caliph pardoned him ans said laughingly: If he is that genius, we need him here, and whipped the writer, then gave him some golden coins😂
Read "The Code Book" authored by Simon Singh. It's a perfect book for people entering into this cryptography field. He gives detailed explanations of how a particular cryptographic technique developed, it's historical background and how it can be broken. He also narrates interesting historical stories regarding encryption
