The First Dynasty of Egypt: The Birth of a Civilization 

The first true super power and they lasted a long time Egypt lasted a long time 30 centuries that is insane

Indus Valley civilization would be nice. Everyone does Egypt and Mesopotamia.

When do u make video about constantine the great or emperor aurelian

do one on Khalid Ibn Al Walid

These videos need manual transcription -- your accent is really annoying to make out certain words when viewing at 2x speed.

You should look at Kemet then, which is the original name of Egypt, unfortunately due to the political nature of re-telling history many parts of Egyptiwn history are left out, its very much the type of civilization to make you re-think your entire life

@@glasyalabolas4236 🤓👊💕

More interesting is what came before....

The history of Egypt of the autor Toby Wilkinson was a great help to me.

There are ppl in Sudan call Nilotic. And use to live all along the Nile river valley. Lookem up

The keyword here is ‘might’

You mean STOLEN if we're being genuine about it 🤷🏾‍♂️

@@johnwick2974 hmmm not necessarily. The Pharaohs of the Ptolemaic Dynasty used to ask for visiting officials, dignitaries and Kings to bring a gift of a book of some sort of knowledge to add to the library instead of random items for tribute.

So much that next to none of modern societies contain any black/African contributions that you and I know of.

@@bunzeebear2973 and of course those lists omitted Akhenaten, Smenkhare, Neferneferuaten, Tutankhamun and Ai. Basically all the immediate preceeding Horemhab and succeeding Ahkenaten's father, Amenhotep III

He's not a superhuman , he just pick a subject and researches it. Im sure some of the videos aren't written by him. Still one of my favorite content creators tho.

@@maiskaj6333 he has people that write the scripts for him. They do a great job and his voice is perfect for teaching this kind of stuff.

Ramses II was the Pharaoh when Israel made its exodus from Egypt and he was Moses' adopted uncle owing to Moses being adopted by his sister after she discovered baby Moses in a reed basket on the Nile.

Ramses the Great ancestor

Oooh, yeah! Do the whole 19th Dynasty! Seti, Ramesses, et al.

Why?

@@tinashepikasso8981 Except there is zero archeological evidence for the Exodus and that birth story is basically just a rip-off of the much earlier identical story of the birth of Sargon of Akkad.

The stone in most cases is a hard sandstone. Any granite stone would take a long time as the tools at that time were Copper or flint. Bronze age did not happen because they had no tin, Just copper, sand, flint & granite & sticks.

Marble? They carved Diorite! and that is one of the hardest stones around

@@johnmiller8975 They had some precious gemstones didn't they? Like Turquoise? I don't know if you would use those to carve or cut something like you would with a diamond. Just curious is all.

@@Psquared2324 Both turquoise and diamond are bad for chiseling stuff, they are very hard but brittle. One stone they had access to that worked great for inscriptions though was obsidian. There was an extremely rare resources they possibly could have used for a few high status inscriptions too: Meteoric iron but that is pretty unlikely, not impossible since we do know there were some meteors with extremely high iron content and some chromium in the region, Tutankhamen had far later a knife made out of it. As @ BunzeeBear say they did inscribe in hard sandstone so flint and obsidian are the 2 most likely materials for chisels there, copper is great for somewhat softer sandstone but you would have to constantly sharpen it on the harder stones. The Diorite! probably required that meteoric iron though, with high carbon and chromium content it was pretty close to steel. The Epyptians did have plenty of time though since when the Nile was flooded every year they had 3 months or so where the agriculture was on hold for everyone and they already had a specific class of people that only worked with these kind of these all the time as well.

@@loke6664 u wouldn't want to use obsidian as a chisel it's very fragile and brittle it would shatter after one strike lol. And they wouldn't use extremely rare meteorite metal as a chisel either

Even these days, when I am there I am no longer on Earth. It is completely somewhere else. I can feel it with every single cell of my body as soon as the plane enters the Egyptian airspace. It’s like I become suddenly alive. VERY alive. Especially in the desert in the summer, The Sun is entering each and every single cell in my body and makes them vibrate. I never took psychedelics or other drugs, but I doubt that any trip could compare. Especially that my experiences are very real.

More than that, he lived during the the reign of Alexander (if my numbers are roughly correct). That predates the Roman Empire ffs! I love the old nugget that Cleopatra to the Great Pyramid of Giza is the same timeframe between her and us!!!! That's an insane amount of time!

Wow I didn’t expect your channel to be such high quality! You earned yourself a new subscriber!

@@AceBloodx Please try all of Simon's channels! Pretty much all like this! His fun one, Business Blaze, though, fasten your seat belts! But he's got 9 channels on you tube and all are great IMO!

@@aceofspadess4945 I was talking about History Explained’s channel. But yes, I’m aware of all of Simon’s channels. He’s incredible!

Why you Stop? Very little content

@@m.e.5482 maybe he got tired or wasn't making enough money to cover expenses? History isn't as popular as cat videos.

Some think Menes was King Narmer who unified Upper and Lower Egypt. Others think Menes was his son.

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The earliest pharaohs probably weren't as inbred either. By the time of Tutankhamun, the royal family had been inbreeding for so many generations that he was physically disabled as a result.

And the inbreeding....

@@Niobesnuppa yeah what you said

The more riches the more decadence, eating good …..

Because it's him.

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Well, the Pharaos didn't lie, when they were sacrificed they still were servants

@@goldeternal Yes, Egypt is an arab country because we speak arab in Egypt. Actually the The official name of Egypt in United nations is the Arab Republic of Egypt.

It’s really upsetting to think of how much knowledge we lost with the destruction of That library. Genuinely may have set us back decade or possibly even centuries in terms of technological advancements and historical knowledge, with some of that information being potentially impossible to rent re discover. Sad stuff

I know. It's very sad whenever something gets destroyed in the past, because the history it has is gone too. If only people in the past could realize that.

@@PrincessQ-fj9ly : those idiots who melted down the colossus of Rhodes are exhibit A.

God that’s so annoying. That library would’ve given us sooo much information

@@PrincessQ-fj9ly this kind of stuff is still happening today. Kind of like how the Azeris destroy all of the ancient Armenian structures that lie within their territory. Luckily all of the info is transferred to the internet in modern times so only the physical structures are lost

Yeah. That would be awesome. Age of Empires nostalgia. 🤣

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One of the most interesting figures in history.

Then you know that the jesus myth was copied directly from Egyptian sources.

@@JinjaOnHere jesus is among many other solar gods..a myth borrowed from the Egyptians..Do your reasearch.

@@JinjaOnHere says who? he never existed! Please do not quote me the bible!

@@JinjaOnHere says who? Everyone I know. knows it is a myth. Philo lived nearby but never wrote a word about him.Check Thules and Orantes from Egypt.

@@JinjaOnHere please do provide me with this information.

A true hero

I feel like the guns are way more interesting and important than the creator

@@isaacrubin9291 mijail built a gun that changed every war since WW2. He was a marvelous engineer.

@@jackwiger5619 oh I don’t doubt it... just not a very interesting one

Took me a while to track it the song is called "Lights" by the artist patrick patrikios

Who the hell are these people and why do you know them? You scare me. :-)

They would touch this with a ten foot pole lol...I'm surprised your comment is still here.

@Abdul Jalloh I'm a random jew, too

Never understood why people have such a hard time with the Nile. Direction is completely subjective and water follows gravity. The river flowing north isn't strange at all as it's descending into the sea.

Because it starts in the high mountains of Ethiopia. The people followed the river.

Exactly. All rivers go from a high point to low a low point (most of the time that would be the sea) Very easy rule to understand.

Very true. The river in my city (West Fork) flows north to Pittsburgh where it becomes the Monongahela.

@@bigbusiness240 I’m coming

@@bigbusiness240 lol jk I’m from Thailand I can’t even speak English

@@bigbusiness240 lmaoooooo got you I’m really from Mozambique

Yes! Please just do it Fact Boi!:-) 🖖

good luck with that lol

I would say YES too that! 👍

No, it's because the landmasses of the Earth mostly slope east and west. So having north or south bound rivers is unusual.

Simon is wrong. The major rivers of Germany flow north. Same with Poland. In Canada, the St. Lawrence river flows NE and the MacKenzie flows north. It depends on the slope of the land. Maybe statistically he is right but - so what? - why mention it?. Sometimes acting like he is more knowledgeable than he actually is, is part of his style. Always question what people say.

@@Oi.... :)

@@marilynrich3456 He mentioned it to show why Lower Egypt was north of Upper Egypt contrary to how most people would expect I believe.

Rivers simply flow downhill. They don't go by compass directions.

Great theory 🤔

Yes and most rivers run north to south so the upper river is north. That was exactly what he said

It sure is

Thank you my friend

And subsequent Islamic forces destroyed n converted evry1

billlll

But not a rich economy

Exact opposite