Hi all and greetings from the tiny island of Sark where I’ve escaped to for a bit of post video-editing relaxation (and filming of course). Glad to have this one finally finished, it’s been in the works for a few years now. Next I’ll get back to the gigantic entire history of the Mycenaeans I’ve been working on all year … in a couple of days I’ll update the video description to include a detailed source list from Gordon. All the best and see you on the next one! Pete Edit - Ramesses II’s wife was Nefertari not Nefertiti! Sorry about this mistake I made. Ottoman Empire collapsed 1922. not 1992. Apologies for the typo.
Troy was the last standing Hittite city... [and the Trojan war was kinda WW zero, of the then known world!...] that makes the ''builders of Rome, Hittites, refugees from Troy!... they eventually came back to where they started, building Konstandinopole... taxing the Free Trade again... PS: I hear ''beardless'' and I think Romans!... I guess a question could be... ''are the Kurds Hittites?... DNA can answer that! they are the mountain people of Anatolia after all...
Omg, I lost one of my favorite d&d channels simply because they changed the voice, I don't understand how you build something up like that just to burn it down. If it ain't broke...
I was just listening and had a scary moment when there was a fully acted dramatisation of the struggle for the throne. Luckily it was just a movie trailer that happened to fit in perfectly.
🎉 This is what used to be high budget TV documentaries, back when TV actually had documentaries and not just.. "history channel" style " reality" TV programs. I love your channel because it gives me that nostalgic sense of wonder of watching a good history docu as a kid. Quality , everything, it is always bloody amazing. Keep up the great work my friend !
Yea, I remember when documentaries on TV were actual documentaries. As a kid I watched them while I ate my TV dinner. Look, 👀 believe aliens exist, I was obsessed with them. But seriously, saying they built the pyramids and created royal lines with humans…..🤦♀️ No. Just no. Now maybe a few traumatized ancients who were caught, probed, and were released may if done a few doodies or had odd stone sculptures done to deal with the trauma. Maybe. Or say the Gods had a “talk with them”. Or blamed demons. Or a sighting of the ships in the sky were seen as divine signs. They kept quiet, only to write about it when older, or others asked WTH happened to you….and they reluctantly described what happened. Sometimes witnesses collaborated on seeing something weird at the time, or at least vouched for the persons character. Eventually the case just went cold. This was global, not just USA. Apparently Russians and Iranians have had close encounters too. Heck, an Iranian in a Tom Cat tried to shoot a UAP down, only to have his communications and weapons literally turned off as soon as he got a lock. This was a few months after an American fighter pilot officially recorded a UAP and could barely keep up with it. Except he did not try to shoot it down.
Strange isn't it, the technology to produce higher quality film now exists, and would offer considerable improvements over the technology used to make this. Yet, the people to produce it, now simply don't.
This is by far the best history channel on RU-vid. Great content, outstanding photography and production values, and no cheesy AI voice narration. 👍👍👍👍
Really terrific video. Between this channel and Fall of Civilizations, RU-vid proves it CAN be a useful and educational history resource, when it allows creators to make it so. Learned quite a bit about the Hittites today.
I listened to all of “Fall of Civilizations” twice by now. This is a new channel, so I gonna check it out. Podcasts are easier to listen to when delivering pizza!
Holy shit. Guess I haven't bothered to look at your subscriber count since early covid days when I first found your channel. Legit helped me get though those early lockdown days.. but goddamn! 1.2 MILLION subscribers now?? Thats absolutely INSANE. Very much deserved!
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I fall asleep to Pete’s videos. I love how he talks and breaks things down. I also love how he chooses peaceful music for his videos. Just all around so relaxing
This production is exceptional and wholly engaging. The Hittites were impressive people. Listening to you recount these great civilizations is my guiltiest pleasure. Well done! Thank you!
Dude im so happy this is about to drop. I find the hittites to be one of the most fascinating and overlooked peoples in ancient history. Pete is a damn legend.
The Bible talked about the Hittites extensively only to have "scientists" until very recently discount them as a myth for lack of archeological evidence and use that to show the Bible as fallible in it's historocity. Nothing in the Bible has ever been disproven by archeology. That's pretty amazing.
@@SpicyTexan64 I was going to post this same thing. I always found it fascinating how certain people were that the Bible made up the Hittites...right up until it was proven they were real. Fascinating video, too.
The Bible is mix of stories and accounts from multiple ancient civilizations/cultures. The biblical authors plagiarized to push their agendas. Science evidence based. Abrahamic religions are use historically based stories intermingled with fiction in order to con the ignorant/gullible masses to fall in line.
Had to pause and comment after the description of that massive battle. Thank you for describing that in a way where I could imagine it as a Hollywood movie. Yes, there are lots of epic Greek or Roman battles on the big screen but there are thousands of years of equally dramatic battles that Hollywood hasn't even thought of. Thank you for giving the story the weight, dynamism, and sense of scale it deserves!
@GordonDohertyAuthor I wanted more details on the war lion, that sounds terrifying! I was especially chilled by the imagery of a dust storm and glinting bronze weapons heralding the arrival of the Hittite force. Really gave an epic sense of scale.
Horrorwood is not what you think. They all nuts and do things you would/could never imagine... All part of the 2020! Get with the program and learn about those movie lizards. The sooner the better. Jus sayin'.. 💚💛💚
I missed the premiere because I was in the mood for a walk this evening, but was so hyped to watch this that, somewhat uncharacteristically, I liked almost as soon as I started watching this about a dozen minutes ago-ish (as of this comment). I'm excited for what this video has in store for me.
@@HistoryandOtherStuffwithBV Yes, it was. I was only sightly familiar with the Hittites because of Fall of Civs Podcast, as well as various Civilization games, so it's safe to say I learned a whole hell of a lot from this.
This should become the industry standard by which quality documentaries of historical content should emulate, each varying a little in their own unique creative touch.
I had listened to a couple vid.lectectures on Uribe that covered the Hittites, Troy & Bronze Age Collapse. My take is the Hittites collapsed so thoroughly by virtue of being aggressed by subject tribe/clans on their northern & western frontiers, the Sea Peoples intrusions, and, possibly, a succession crisis. Good Vid!
Obscure history wonderfully presented. Had me on the edge of my seat for 2 1/2 hours, and that's not easy to do. So much is said about Egypt, Greece and (later) Rome, but there are other great civilizations out there during those times that are worth knowing about. I had heard about the Bronze Age collapse before but had never associated it with the end of so many civilizations. Absolutely fascinating history! I'm hooked.
The mysterious Hatti…how I yearn to know more about them, but not much is known. The Hittites respected them to the point of adopting their name and city names. Such breathtaking art, mysterious culture and sophistication
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Professor Jensen also says. ‘For almost everything that is known in the Hittite language is Old Armenian in form..Historian Sayce 1845-1933) also consider Hittite and Armenian to be one and the same’. what some historians say...H.V. Hilprecht(1859-1925) a Clark research professor of Assyriology and scientific director Babylonian expedition at the University of Penn. argue that the Hittite tongue is Armenian and the Hittites themselves were of Armenian stock...according to Ellis (1861) through language analysis we observe that under the names of Phrygians, Thracians, Pelasgians and Etr
First watch of many I am sure. Takes me a while to absorb all the information in detail but I do love the detail so much in your work. Your perspectives are always fresh and easy to take in. Thank you as always.
No. Stop. Being a good presenter of history doesn't make one a historian.
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Professor Jensen also says. ‘For almost everything that is known in the Hittite language is Old Armenian in form..Historian Sayce 1845-1933) also consider Hittite and Armenian to be one and the same’. what some historians say...H.V. Hilprecht(1859-1925) a Clark research professor of Assyriology and scientific director Babylonian expedition at the University of Penn. argue that the Hittite tongue is Armenian and the Hittites themselves were of Armenian stock...according to Ellis (1861) through language analysis we observe that under the names of Phrygians, Thracians, Pelasgians and Etr
I've watched this/ listened to this on my walks at least 5 times. Absolutely wonderful work putting this together 😊. It's amazing how much stays the same while things change over time. Humans, lol. Thank you for this fantastic channel!
Overall, a stupendous achievement! Well done, gentlemen. I watched it all with great pleasure in one sitting. I have probably seen every decent vid on the Sea Peoples or the Hittites on RU-vid, and this is the most entertaining and most often among the best supported historically. It was so well put together in all aspects: from Pete Kelly's rich narration to Gordon Doherty's dramatic text. I even liked the dynamic musical score and the contemporary highways of Turkey (which gave me a feel for the land). As myself a historical novelist of the Hittites and the Bronze Age Collapse, I must point out one minor blooper and some runaway speculation in the later parts of the vid. At 1:53:19, Nefertiti is mentioned as the wife of Ramses II, but of course she was the wife of Akhenaton. Nefertari is the name you want. And it was the whole section on the Trojan War that spiralled off into hyperbole and speculation (which I should expect having read Doherty's excellent Hittite novels). Not only archaeologist Carl Blegen, but major contemporary Hittitologists Cline and Bryce date the namesake Trojan War as most likely Troy VIIa, about 1200 BCE. It was merely a rebuild of larger Troy VI, the one in Hattusili III's era that appears to have been destroyed by earthquake. Historically, "Hattu" had nothing to do with Homer's Trojan War. That Troy was likely destroyed during the Bronze Age Collapse by Achaeans who had joined the Sea Peoples. I must admit to smiling from ear to ear as Carchemish was named as the last surviving outpost of the Hittite Empire, as that is precisely what I did in my novel, *The Diomedeia*. The Hittite's final regiment, escaping the destruction of Hattusa, goes to Talmi-Teshub, King of Karkemish (1200-1181 BCE). Anyway, A+.
@@sraught So good to hear. Thanks @sraught. *Diomedeia* could have been edited for plot lubrication but then I would have had to sacrifice so much of the rich, historically-based description. *Diomedes in Kyprios* is about half the size and moves along much more quickly (though I still have historically-based description).
Great review, but well-founded polite critiques too. I see an edit has been made on the Egyptian queen. Yes, the date given for the Trojan War is outdated and no longer thought to be accurate by most experts. That was the weakest section.
Thank you, Pete, for another excellent documentary. You do such a beautiful job on these. The Hitties were a mighty people. your documentary on the Sea Peoples is one of my favorite things you have made.
Forgotten civilizations like this, make me often wonder about the millions of people who lived, loved, and died just like we do that no one remembers. I often think of just an ordinary person , hittite or Indus valley people ,worrying about everyday things, that we'll never know and is forever forgotten.... Tragic and beautiful in a way.... Anyways, great doc as per usual! 😊
I missed this channel when my VPN was on; it was not listed in my notifications or shown in my feed. I restarted my phone and forgot to turn the VPN back on. I am thrilled I did! Your channel was the first one I watched on this topic, and I was impressed by your detailed and straightforward delivery. An enjoyable learning experience. My hobbies are researching, seeking, and learning.
Fun fact : The Hittites signed the first known peace treaty with Egypt after the Battle of Kadesh, a key event often highlighted in ancient history documentaries.
I was looking for an ancient peoples fix after going through all of Fall of Civilisation. I like these a lot! It's nice to get a more rounded picture of what life was like for the people being focused on along with the great power conflicts and major events.
I'm very excited to learn more about who the Hittites were. I know they collapsed with the bronze age collapse but I don't often hear much about who they were as a civilization and a culture. Thanks, Pete, for your passion, hard work, and silky smooth voiceovers. ❤
I was using those ten hour soft music vids untill I found these series ! I have all of them on my auto play list so there's no chance of having to start over if I'm not asleep yet ! I don't think I've ever made it through one episode because they're so relaxing . Nice channel name by the way !
A wonderful doc about a rarely discussed subject. Thank you. Just in case you hadn’t already spotted, your text around the 4 min mark reads, ‘Ottoman Empire 1299-1992’.
I easily listen to these videos 10-20 times each and they never bore me, absolutely fascinating history thats easy to consume, the education system needs a massive overhaul in how we teach such history to our kids!
861,xxx views isn't bad. Almost a million views in 3 weeks over 2 hours long. You're onto something here. Keep up the great work, and thank you for loading amazing content. And if you're the narrator, perfect dictation. Music is subtle, not over done, No ads. Liked, Subbed, and shared. Hell-o from the only state that's HI in the middle and round on both ends..
Excellent documentary....(I loved it......) I once visited the Hittite Museum located in Ankara, Turkey----when I was living in Ankara. The artifacts there didn't seem terribly significant, as I was expecting more. The objects were mostly smaller items from Hittite era. This documentary brings home (to me) the greatness of the Hittites---more than did my visit to the Hittite Museum in Ankara back in 1970; Thank you.
