Who were the Phoenicians? A Quick Look at Phoenician History 

Any empire: “Will you submit and pay tribute?” Tyre: “Well yes, but actually no”

I once read that the Phoenicians fostered stories about sea monsters lying outside the straits of Gibraltar, so that other sailors wouldn’t go there.

If you can read this, thank the Phoenicians

I love the way you voice the Neo-Assyrian rulers. Thats about how I imagine them sounding anyway, with how overt the top violent and edgy their empire was. Im currently listening a podcast about this and its much easier to put things in place with the visual commentary your video adds. Thank you!

- What did you do on your holidays? - I killed a narwhal and subdued Canaan. - Huh.

Your semi-dramatic recitals remind me of the old 1930's B movies of Sinbad, etc... Love it, good job.

Hi everyone, a couple of you asked how Tiglath-Pileser I could have hunted a narwhal, which is not native to the eastern Mediterranean. To be honest, I also didn’t know the answer and why some of the books I have identify the nahirus (the word used in Tiglath-Pileser’s inscription) as a narwhal. I thought I’d look into this and it turns out that in the Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, the word nahirus has been translated as “narwhal”. This obviously doesn’t confirm that the animal in question actually was a narwhal, and my guess is that the authors of the Assyrian Dictionary (who are not marine biologists) didn’t have a better word to describe this mysterious creature whose true identity is still unknown. Thanks to all of you who keep me sharp by asking such questions!

This transported me back to 25 yrs ago. I got the Akkadians, while my best-friend got the Phoenicians to report to the class. You're truly excellent, Cy. Students, teachers, or history enthusiasts will surely benefit greatly from your videos.

There is more to the Phoenician's than meets the eye. I think many would be surprised to know just how far and for how long their influence really extended. It's interesting that the modern alphabet is based on Phoenician characters. It's almost as if they never really went anywhere...

I can’t get enough of your renditions of old rulers’ and historians’ writings they make me so happy

You gotta love how ancient rulers spoke. Cy's interpretation of their speeches is just great!

I've been watching your videos for a little over a month now, and I am so impressed by their quality. I've never seen so much detail put into these cultures and peoples. Keep up the amazing work, because I am loving it!

A "sea horse" from which ivory is obtained... Nice description for a hippopotamus which literally means a "water horse" and has tusks that are sometimes used as ivory.

Also I enjoy how you read out quotes instead of paraphrasing, the voice you adopt when reading is hilarious too

Fantastic presentation! Am looking forward to watching your entire playlist!

Soldier of Sidon by Gene Wolfe: follows a soldier of Fortune in this era. Told in first person by the soldier he describes the people, customs, dwellings as he travels.

Loved this one Cy. Your use of contemporary texts is key to understanding, however single their point of view. I’ve often wondered about the connection of the Phoenicians and the even pre-bronze age settlements on the Atlantic coastline of Iberia, Brittany and Southern Ireland, which seem to have a singular Mediterranean use of agriculture and domesticated animals, do you have any conjectures?

Another great video, thanks, Cy!

I always love listening to and reading these ancient writings. Such an interesting writing style.

Ok watched all the Canaan history videos now I'm back to the video that showed up in my suggested videos. So glad I found your channel! You are awesome

❤️❤️❤️ my new super favorite channel!!! Thank you!

I'm overwhelmed with the terror inspiring glamour of your channel Cy

Thanks a lot for the great video! I have always been interested in topics concerning Phoenicians!:)

Love your map works!!💚

Fantastic video Cy! Well done!

I have enjoyed your informative videos. Thank you so much.

Excellent video!

I am really enjoying this content. I have to admit I am not well versed in many of the historic subjects you present in your videos. But therein, coupled with quality production, lies their intrinsic value.

I subbed and will be looking forward to the second vid about the Phoenicians, showing their influence around the Mediteeranean. Thanks.

Awesome, I always enjoy your videos! I love the history of that whole area, being some of the oldest places on earth!

really love what your doing man keep it up

Been watching your videos after your contribution to History time(i believe? I follow so many history channels i might misremember) ive been watching your videos and i love them, keep on with the good work!

Great episode CY! Hope all is well with you!

Amazing channel

Always love your narration of the Assyrian kings

Cy thank you so much , wow tons of new info about the PHONICIANS 😊 we traced my mom history ( family tree ) back 600 years and dad around 500 years by the church records ! Yes ofcorse I subscribed

These videos give such a complete and detailed history. With such a rich and fascinating history, the Phoenicians should be remembered for more than just their purple dye.

Thank you. Very nice

Great exploration of Phoenicians through primary sources !

I Didn’t know so much about the phoenicians, good episode cy! It would be cool if you could do an short episode about the Roma people ( gypsy’s) in the future, the history books barley mentions my people & our history/culture. Stay save Cy-dude 💯✌🏼

Your videos are getting better but I have to spread these longer ones out in a two days gdnt

Can you do the full history of Carthage?

finally the Phoenicians logical step after the conclusion of the Canaan series

The Phoenicians are the Canaanites and the Canaanites are the present Lebanese people, who carry 95% of the same DNA.

Hear me, oh Great RU-vid Algorithm, please take this comment, my sacrifice to your mighty power and put History with Cy in more feeds if it so please you.

Very interesting

I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU TO MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT THE PHOENICIANS LAST VIDEO! THANK YOU SO MUCH! MY ANCESTORS BARELY HAVE AN VIDEOS ABOUT THEN ON RU-vid! SORRY FOR ALL CAPS BY THE WAY I AM JUST TOO HYPED!

Cool video 🎯🙏🏻🇱🇧🥂🥂🥂🌲🏞️🏔️

Thank you very much for making this video!

I made a historical address to my Masonic lodge on the subject of Tyre. My keynote epigraph was my take on their guiding principle - 'the Phoenicians believed in 'make money, not war'.' I find that admirable.

Congratulations for 33k subscribers bro

Good video

thank you for thie vid i love my ancestors qnd history 🇱🇧❤

Good vid

That is great. You might wish to tell the story of Pelasgoi who were they where they lived. Perhaps this will complete your story on Phoenicians. By the way there is an ancient city Phoenician in the area of nowadays Albania. Just some additional info.

A lot of people don’t realise Cy is a shortened version “cycles? History sure rhymes a lot”. But he goes by Cy. For “casually yesterday”. I love it.

This video was great. I appreciate your particular attention on Phoenician art, since it's not realy studied that much. Wich is a shame. Yes, they took influence from all the surrounding cultures, from Grece to Egypt, but they still had an admirable skill with the use of bronze and ivory. They were also the masters of glass, making thousands of intricate glass beeds for their jewerly. Oh. About that Baal king. His name did not necessarely took influence from their gods. Baal was a generic term that meant MASTER. Wich is a rather fitting, but redundant, name for a king. 🤷 There is only one thing in the video that confuses me... The narwal... How did a narwal reach the mediterranean sea...? And how did the historians made the conclusion that the sea horse was, of all animals, a narwal...? Am I missing something here? 😕

Great video

What a GREAT VIDEO!

And I went on RU-vid, and I watched the videos of Phoenicians, Canaan, Olmecs, Assyria, Hittites, Babylon, Elam, Israel and they all were pleasant.

I live in Phoenician city called Ampi in north coast of Lebanon.

Goodness gracious, great Baals of Tyre!

I know who the phonicians became , THEY BECAME THE CHRISTIANS LEBANESE FOLKS LIVING IN LEBANON NOW ! I KNOW I AM 1 OF THEM.

Awsome

For a long time I thought the Phoenicians were just one people. I learned some thing new and the did not refer to themselves that way.Interesting vid.

Time for some Phoenicia knowledge. 👍👍👍

I love history

Cool

I went to the Phoenician Hotel in Manama, Bahrain.. great karaoke joint 🎤

Hey, Thanks! :D

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Yes!! Phoenicians!! Thanks!! ❤️👍

Thank you.really great presentation and accurate.after the dominance of Roman empire the Phoenician mingled with the remenents of the assirians and later both with Arabs and that is the current demographic of Lebanon and parts of Syria.

The whole Phoenicians trade thing was NOT about wood and etc...mainly. They did sell off lots of cedars, but ended up trading mostly amazing commodities. It was was about "color" "oils" "wines" Healer plants", "cloth" "Yummy dried food" and countless other commodities that were amazing back then. Lebanon Canaan Cities were traders and they linked the world for tens of centuries.

Another one!! I can't keep up!!!🌹

Very informative: thanks. Phoenicians were great sailors and traders. They would lay out their goods on the docks or beach near a city and then send up a smoke signal. They would then retreat to the ship. The locals would inspect the trade goods and leave a payment in gold or silver and then withdraw. The Phoenicians would come out and either take the payment or, if they felt it was inadequate leave it And return to the ship for an other round of negotiation. The first phonetic alphabet, actually an abjad, (no vowels) is attributed to the Phoenicians who spread it to the clever Greeks who added vowels. (800 bce) These first phonetic symbols were extracted from Egyptian hieroglyphs.

This channel is quality. Or to paraphase my 90's self "Its sick and banging"

So I did some digging into the narwhal story and it turns out a narwhals stray into the Mediterranean rarely, one was caught by a fisherman’s net in Egypt in the mid 20th century, one body of another that also was found is preserved in a museum in Alexandria.

Timely!!..getting ready to watch the original Clash of The Titans..which takes place in Phoenician city of Joppa

Could you make a video on the Chaldeans ? and Iberians ? and Tartessians ? and Cimmerians ? and Scythians ? and Phrygians ? and Lydians ? and the builders of Stonehenge ?

I wish Carthage had won the Punic war with Rome 😢

Canaan and Phoneicians mostly carried J1-P58 Y-DNA as majority then J2b-M205 Y-DNA J1-P58 also found among Ammorites in Alalakh and Ebla both are dominant Y-DNAs among Arabs today and middle east

I loved this video as it is very well documented yet allow me to add some details based on archaeology and historiography: The hypothesis that the sea people intermingled with the locals has been revoked by genetic analysis. there is no trace of any of the sea people markers in the remains of the Phoenician cities , and the colonies where the sea people established themselves did not survive for long (Akko for example was in the hands of the Tjeker by the time of Wenamon and 200 years later it becomes a Tyrian outpost) . And there is a clear evidence that there was a certain hegemony if not an attempt at a united kingdom by the the duo Tyre-Sidon : we see it clearly in the policies of Ithobaal both in colonization of the coastline and in the political marriages, and you see it clearly in the text of the "annals of Sennacherib", as in the fact that almost all colonies in the Mediterranean were the work of Tyre-Sidon. you may see references in this subject in the works of Maria Eugenia Aubet "The Phoenicians and the west" as well as in the works of Maroun Khreish .

Do you have chronology videos? Like it'd be cool if I knew exactly which civilizations came after the other and which were simultaneous. I know the Sumerians were the first but besides that, the whole line of them between Minoan Crete and the Indus Valley are confusing mostly because I wanna know what they were in relation to the others. I just need periods and snapshots of the world around them to remember and I want to judge them like everyone else. I just mean the general region, not all over the world like this fraction would be Crete to North India.

I wonder what the connection between Pre-Phoenicians before the Bronze Age Collapse and Ugarit, a bit north of the Phoenician area was. After all, Ugarit had a form of a north-semitic alphabet rendered in Cuneiform, while the Phoenicians had their own north-semitic alphabet.

It was found on a recent study, that modern Lebanese have similar DNA to the ancient Phoenicians. Those gents have been there forever and a day!

As a Canaanean the Phoenician as some my favorite ancestors. Same with the philistines and shasu and nabateans etc.

Originally, these people came to our sea from the Red Sea [Persian Gulf/Indian Ocean], as it is known. No sooner had they settled in the land they still inhabit than they turned to overseas travel. Herodotus 1:1

Baal was the main god worshipped at that time in addition to Ashtar. Baal in Arabic also means god, father, provider, ruler... HaniBaal the ruler od Carthage crossed the Alps and attacked Rome. HaniBaal can mean that who likes Baal or worships him or his son...this kind of connotation.

The Phoenicians survived the sea people’s invasions because the Phoenicians were related in commerce with the former and greatest sea power of the Minoans and in fact may have been Minoan ports before the collapse of the Minoan commercial empire before the natural cataclysmic events

Enjoyed and learned, thank you. Nitpick- Phoenicians', not Phoenicianses. Possessive is pronounced the same as plural in this instance.

evidence of their exploration into the Monongahela river valley south of Pittsburgh Pa was discovered decades ago ...i saw the writings carved in large blocks left overlooking the river and was told they were believed to be left by them...California Univ of Pa was supposed to have documented them...

The word "Phoenix" (Φοινιξ) is a Greek word which root is the word Φοινος - Phoenos = Dark red as a result of the fire that Phoenix bird uses to renew its self . For the rest about the origins of the Phoenecians etc i will not comment because is clearly subjective too the date one chooses to interprete the facts of history . One true fact is that the history of the general Eastern Med area is not so young as the bronze age !! :)

An Assyrian boasting? Surely you jest.

*Phonecians* A. Female names 1. Akbarit 2. Aldeshi 3. Arishat 4. Ashtnamit 5. Bannit 6. Batnam 7. Batnamit 8. Berrekt 9. Besho 10. Eldeshi 11. Gaddnam 12. Giddnamit 13. Girgishi 14. Girgishit 15. Hagnit 16. Hegnit 17. Heled 18. Heshequemit 19. Huld 20. Huldel 21. Kabidit 22. Kineshit 23. Namgidda 24. Namitgadda 25. Phamea 26. Shamohit 27. Tamemit 28. Tennit 29. Tirisht 30. Toara 31. Yatunit Popularity of Use A % E % I % O % U % 18 58% 12 38% 22 70% 3 9% 3 9% B % C % D % F % G % 7 22% 0 0% 10 32% 0 0% 8 25% H % J % K % L % M % 17 54% 0 0% 4 12% 5 16% 11 35% N % P % Q % R % S % 13 41% 1 3% 1 3% 7 22% 11 35% T % V % W % X % Y % 21 67% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 1 3% Z % 0 0% Popularity of Use 70% I: 67% T, I: 58% A, T, I: 54% H, A, T, I: 41% N, H, A, T, I: 38% E, N, H, A, T, I: Tennit, Tamemit, 35% S, M, E, N, H, A, T, I: Ashtnamit, 32% D, S, M, E, N, H, A, T, I: 25% G, D, S, M, E, N, H, A, T, I: Namitgadda, Namgidda, Hegnit, Hagnit, Giddnamit, Gaddnam, 22% R, B, G, D, S, M, E, N, H, A, T, I: Tirisht, Girgishit, Batnamit, Batnam, Bannit, Arishat, 16% L, R, B, G, D, S, M, E, N, H, A, T, I: Heled, Eldeshi, Aldeshi, 12% K, L, R, B, G, D, S, M, E, N, H, A, T, I: Kineshit, Kabidit, Berrekt, Akbarit, 9% U, O, K, L, R, B, G, D, S, M, E, N, H, A, T, I: Toara, Shamhit, Huldel, Huld, Heshequemit, Besho, 3% Y, Q, P, U, O, K, L, R, B, G, D, S, M, E, N, H, A, T, I: Yatunit, Phamea, 0% Z, X, W, V, J, F, C B. Male names 1. Abbir 2. Akbar 3. Anzor 4. Azor 5. Barqan 6. Binur 7. Bodi 8. Dabar 9. Deshi 10. Gamar 11. Gan 12. Gashur 13. Girhekal 14. Gisco 15. Hanesh 16. Har 17. Hesheqem 18. Hirrom 19. Kinesh 20. Luli 21. Namar 22. Sasa 23. Sedeq 24. Shapan 25. Shemago 26. Tagi 27. Taom 28. Tirsh 29. Yala 30. Zabul 31. Zamir 32. Zikar 33. Zizy Popularity of Use A % E % I % O % U % 22 66% 7 21% 14 42% 7 21% 4 12% B % C % D % F % G % 6 18% 1 3% 4 12% 0 0% 7 21% H % J % K % L % M % 11 33% 0 0 4 12% 4 12% 7 21% N % P % Q % R % S % 8 24% 1 3% 3 9% 16 48% 11 33% T % V % W % X % Y % 3 9% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 1 3% Z % 5 15% Popularity of use 66% A: 48% R, A: 42% I, R, A: 33% S, H, I, R, A: Sasa, Har, 24% N, S, H, I, R, A: 21% G, M, O, E, N, S, H, I, R, A: Shemago, Namar, Hirrom, Hanesh, Gan, Gamar, 18% B, G, M, O, E, N, S, H, I, R, A: Abbir, 15% Z, B, G, M, O, E, N, S, H, I, R, A: Zamir, Azor, Anzor, 12% K, L, D, U, Z, B, G, M, O, E, N, S, H, I, R, A: Zikar, Zabul, Luli, Kinesh, Girhekal, Gashur, Bodi, Binur, Akbar, 9% T, Q, K, L, D, U, Z, B, G, M, O, E, N, S, H, I, R, A: Tirsh, Taom, Tagi, Sedeq, Hesheqem, Deshi, Dabar, Barqan, 3% Y, C, P, T, Q, K, L, D, U, Z, B, G, M, O, E, N, S, H, I, R, A: Zizy, Yala, Shapan, Gisco, 0% F, J, V, W, X Conclusion: Both males an females exhibit a name creation band-gap. While the language continues to develop. For men, there is a Collapse at 24% and lesser event at 18%. For women there is collapse at 32%, and a drop at 16%. The early phonecians are similar to Ancient Egyptians in language development. Then the first cultural collapse occurs for both phonecian men and women. This is early egyptian history. It means they are a subdialect group of ancient egyptians. After the proto-phonecian collapse we get the rise of the 'phonecian culture'. *Proof the proto-phonecian female culture was an egyptian subdialect* Egyptian females Popularity of Use 77% E: 66% T, E: 56% N, T, E: 54% A, N, T, E: Nena, Aat, 37% H, A, N, T, E: Tentheta, Hent, Hen-he-net, 33% R, H, A, N, T, E: Ta-her, Hent-er-neheh, 31% U, R, H, A, N, T, E: Hun, Aaht-ahu, A-tu, 29% S, U, R, H, A, N, T, E: Ta-sheri, Henut-sen, Asenath, 28% I, S, U, R, H, A, N, T, E: Ti'a, Teti-sherit, Tentsai, Tat-ti-tes, Satati, Ri-n-an, Iset, 26% M, I, S, U, R, H, A, N, T, E: Ueret-im-tes, Tem, Meris, Meri-tat-es, Mereret, Hent-ta-mehu, Hemu, Ama, 23% B, K, M, I, S, U, R, H, A, N, T, E: Usekh-mehi, Ta-kha'et, Seneb-sen, Seneb-ib, Senbet, Nub-khe-sed, Nub-khas, Nub-em-khu, Nub-em-heb, Nekebet, Nebet-em-nub, Nebet, Nebant, Meri-s-ankh, Mer-es-ankh, Mehet-en-usekh, Khentkau-es, Kero-mame, Kama, Kam, Ka-uit, Ka-ramat, Ka-pes, Hent-mi-heb, Bet, Ber-ner-ib, Beket, Abar, 12% F, B, K, M, I, S, U, R, H, A, N, T, E: Tua-nefert, Nefru, Nefret-iti, Neferu, Neferet-iri, Neferet-ari, Nefert, Nefer-thi, Neb-atef, Ha-nefer, Bu-nefer, 10% P, F, B, K, M, I, S, U, R, H, A, N, T, E: Nemathap, Neb-pu, Iuput, Iput, Hat-shepu, Hat-shepset, Hap-shep-sut, Apu, Ankh-nes-pepi, 9% Y, P, F, B, K, M, I, S, U, R, H, A, N, T, E: Uiay, Tuya, Tiye, Ta-biry, Meryet, Kiya, Kha-mer-em-ebty, 8% O, Y, P, F, B, K, M, I, S, U, R, H, A, N, T, E: Tent-opet, Ta-uosret, Ro-ant, Nofret, Nefer-hotep, Karos, 4% W, O, Y, P, F, B, K, M, I, S, U, R, H, A, N, T, E: Nebt-tawy, Neb-et-tawy, Mut-emwa, Mehtem-wes-khet, Henut-tawy, 3% D, W, O, Y, P, F, B, K, M, I, S, U, R, H, A, N, T, E: Tak-her-edeneset, 2% J, D, W, O, Y, P, F, B, K, M, I, S, U, R, H, A, N, T, E: Udjeb-ten, Nodjmet, Nodjme, 1% C, Q, J, D, W, O, Y, P, F, B, K, M, I, S, U, R, H, A, N, T, E: Niyt-aqert, Netches-ankh, Anqet-tat-t, 'Anch'ere,

could you talk about the Nordic bronze age or the early peoples of the steppe?

Great episode, i just enjoy yoru narration of Assyrian kings, i can imagine that was like that in that time haha :D

What is the music at 5:01

Surely there was more interesting going on than dynastic squabbles, politics, military conquest? What was going on in the culture. That said, thank you for the work you do.

Is Baal of Tyre a name or a title? Baal is often translated as "the Lord", so the phrase might be "the Lord of Tyre", i.e. a ruler but not a named or specific ruler.