Alexander in Afghanistan - Cophen Campaign - Ancient Battles DOCUMENTARY
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The new Kings and Generals animated ancient historical documentary series covering the conquests of Alexander III the Great of Macedon continues with the aftermath of the siege of Tyre of 332 BC ( • Siege of Tyre 332 BC -... ), the battle of Gaza and the conquest of Egypt ( • Siege of Gaza 332 BC -... ) as well as the decisive battle of Gaugamela against Darius III in 331 BC ( • Battle of Gaugamela 33... ). Afterwards, Alexander's Asian campaign continued, as after defeating the remnants of the Acahemenid Empire at the battle of the Persian Gate and the Uxian Defile and the Persian Gates ( • Battle of the Persian ... ), Alexander marched into Central Asia, taking on the Saka at the battle of Jaxartes in 329 BC ( • Battle of the Jaxartes... ). Alexander's next target was the Sogdian Rock, where Spitamenes raised a rebellion against him and we also talk talked about the assassination of Cleitus ( • Battle of the Sogdian ... ). In this episode, we will discuss Alexander's campaign in Afghanistan, called Cophen (Kabul) campaign by the ancients and another assassination attempt, this time by the royal pages led by Hermolaus. We are planning to cover all campaigns of Alexander and all of his major battles, including Gaugamela, Tyre, Issus, Granicus, Halicarnassus, Gaza, Hydaspes and more.
How Alexander Defeated his Balkan enemies: • Alexander the Great's ...
Battle of Granicus 334 BC: • Battle of Granicus 334...
Sieges of Miletus and Halicarnassus 334 BC: • Siege of Halicarnassus...
Battle of Issus 333 BC: • Battle of Issus 333 BC...
Siege of Tyre of 332 BC: • Siege of Tyre 332 BC -...
Alexander in Palestine and Egypt: • Siege of Gaza 332 BC -...
Gaugamela 331 BC: • Battle of Gaugamela 33...
Persian Gate 330 BC: • Battle of the Persian ...
Jaxartes 329 BC: • Battle of the Jaxartes...
Sogdian Rock 327 BC: • Battle of the Sogdian ...
Persianization of Alexander: • Battle of the Sogdian ...
How Rome Conquered Greece: • How Rome Conquered Gre...
Philip II and Macedonian Phalanx: • Armies and Tactics: Ph...
Philip II's Cavalry and Siegecraft: • Armies and Tactics: Ph...
Military Reforms of Alexander the Great: • Military Reforms of Al...
Alexander the Great: Logistics: • Alexander the Great: L...
Special Forces of Alexander the Great: • Special Forces of Alex...
Ancient Macedonia before Alexander the Great and Philip II: • Ancient Macedonia befo...
Why were Alexander's Body and Tomb So Important? • Why were Alexander's B...
What happened to Alexander's tomb? • What happened to Alexa...
Alexander the Great in Quran and Middle Eastern Myths: • Alexander the Great in...
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Impressive!
Not even a month has passed and the video time is approaching.
Very impressive! ⚡
Overall an impressive performance! 🔥
Really am enjoying the Star Wars lore and I can’t thank you enough for covering the first age of middle earth
Saying Afganistan is historically inappropriate it was part of ancient India then
Elephant go hoot time
The fact that these battles and campaigns were so well documented and detailed is extraordinary!
Definitely helps when you have a language and writing system that has existed and been consistently understood for almost 3000 years.
@@ahmetgunes4095 He meant 3000 years from now, not then. Greek has changed little in its writing style from the 1st millennium BCE to the 3rd millennium CE. It has however changed in its spoken style.
@@ahmetgunes4095 Fact: Upperclass Romans spoke and wrote Greek, as it was the Language of Learning and Trade until around the 2nd century CE, when Latin started taking over.
@@richardv9648 🤣😂 you are clueless bro
@@richardv9648 lemme guess, you're a "Persian" or Indian nationalist?
"Kill me and my fellow conspirators if you must!"
Fellow conspirators: 👀👀👀
I can respect how Hermolaus went all in, it takes guts to speak to your King so plainly. He knew that he was a dead man either way.
Excellent series 🔥.
Im surprised Hermolaus was able to move with such giant size balls
I'm sure he knew he was dead man walking and had nothing more to lose.
Hey all, I was the historian and scriptwriter for this episode, hope you all enjoyed! If you've got any questions or feedback, please do leave them below and I'll do my best to get around to them!
Not a question, but Only compliments for your hardwork!
Please do more videos on Celts :) I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL :) :) :) :) :)
I appreciated your hard work, please contunie to do more videos about Alexander the Great and his personality and his biography, relationships with others and his attitude towards to the events and obstacles.
As a history teacher in training; you guys are both making my future job alot easier and also obsolete haha love your work 🙏🏻🙏🏻
You did a great job being historically accurate but also telling a story from multiple sides. I have sex with animals. I love your channel as well!
If there’s one thing I learned reading about Phillip & Alexander is that 9 times out of 10, you do not want Macedonians besieging you. Especially Mr. Boy-King.
The real Poliorcetes...
For hermalous to go on a tirade, it took guts and I don't blame him at all for it. Power and pride ruin every great ruler sooner or later and Alexander wasn't immune to that. Also, at the time, if you got caught plotting to kill your king or a powerful man or woman, you were almost always tortured and eventually executed so hermalous knew he had nothing to lose so instead of going down begging for his life, he let loose how he truly felt and I applaud him for that.
@@steve8610 I felt like all the boy's arguments and accusations about Alexander were simply a cover for the real reason, that he was beaten, which humiliated him more than anything.
@@steve8610 he may not have expressed any ill will towards Alexander until his beating because he may have been afraid of his king. After he had nothing to lose, he let his feelings out. We will never know if the kid believed what he said or merely said it as a cover or if it was a mix of both, as things often are.
He was a page, he should have known the boundaries in which he lived and probably did but chose to act outside them and was punished accordingly, if not, everyone would overstep
I wonder if it really happened and the kid could actually give a speech.
although it makes sense from Alexander's point of view: he could have used the young one to defeat the probably poorly presented arguments of Callisthenes, without risking a loss against a wiser opponent in a debate.
Even these days you can still see the damage done by Alexander. My friend who was deployed in afghanistan told me of an old fortress that stood on a huge mountain. It has stood there for thousands of years before Alexander’s time and you can see arrowheads and all buried around the surrounding area.
What damage? Arrowhead? Really?
Damage? Alexander sparked human advancement around the entire old world by centuries by spreading Hellenic influence to the East
@@stratosk6408he destroyed many iranian cities..
“The strength of Afghanistan lies not in the cities, but in the mountains where nomadic warriors have lived for centuries unconquered.”
And MAN this quote still stays strong to this very day for Afghanistan.
Who said this
@@dreamcatcher2224 I believe it was Stephen Tanner in his book "Afghanistan: A Military History from Alexander the Great to the War Against the Taliban".
meh, there's this myth that Afghanistan was never conquered by anyone, but many empires proved otherwise
@@kambar1647 You see, the thing that people like you don't seem to understand is that no one ever claimed Afghanistan was never conquered. "Conquering" Afghanistan is easy, but conquering the people (in particular the mountaineers) is a different thing. The fact is that until only recently, there have still been mountaineers in Afghanistan who have lived free from any sort of government rule for thousands of years. Yes, Alexander, Genghis, Timur and many other conquerors have took over all of Afghanistan according to the map. But what the map doesn't tell you is that those mountaineers weren't even bothered by any form of government rule (due to the fact that subjugating them was impossible due to their fierce resistance and advantage in terrain as well as nomadic warrior lifestyle) , which is why to them, the states, governments and rulership meant nothing. That is why Ahmad Shah Durrani had to bribe some of his own fellow Afghan tribes to join his cause in establishing a state. The mountaineers only followed and obeyed a government/rulership when they wished. Thus why Britain and the kingdom of Afghanistan, in particular Emir Abdur-Rahman ourt so much emphasis and effort in weakening the nomadic Afghan tribal warriors (through forced migrations, ruthless use of military, and etc.) Anyone who learns and reads about Afghan history will notice something very quickly in Alexander's, Genghis Khan's, Timur's, and especially the Mughul's stories: “The strength of Afghanistan lies not in the cities, but in the mountains where nomadic warriors have lived for centuries unconquered.” Trying to subjugate the Afghan mountaineers was a huge disaster that only inexperienced and unknowledgeable invaders did not avoid. Thus, historians unanimously agree that entering Afghanistan is easy, but staying in it is where it gets near impossible.
This Alexander series is one of the best series you've done💯......thank you KG
Assassins? Fools! Don't you know Alexander has plot armour!
He died from a fever LOL
Now the Silver Shields and thus Seleucus begun to have more prominence. Will be intresting if you cover that part as he was one of the four trusted officers of Alexander, the only who continued to Persianisate himself, and the de facto winner of his, (Alexander) sucesion wars.
Seleucus and Ptolemy, can’t forget Ptolemy!
@@AegonTheUnlikely despite ipsus Demetrius’s line still got most of Macedonia too but yeah Ptolemy and seleucus where the main winners
Maybe seleuco was the nearest to make Alexander the great ambition to unite greek and Persian true
oh, this is my favorite series! it's just a pity that Alexander lived so short 😕
I heard that Alexander wanted to conquer Arabia, and Carthage, and also circumnavigate Africa!
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I love Greek history so much. Keep up with the good job Kings and Generals 🙏
Macedonian*
@@jamacelmoge1444 Same thing! Read a book!
Angry people who believe Alexander wasn't greek incoming
@@antonisarvanitidis4397 seeing as Alexander clearly holds a separation between Greek and Macedonian, I'd be more apt to believe him. I mean the whole gist of the Page Trial is he still held onto the Macedonian roots by seeing them first before the Greek Callisthetes.
Might sound arbitrary but the term is Hellenistic
@@antonisarvanitidis4397 you are albanian , wtf do you call yourself as a greek for?
This has been one of my favorite series yet. Two thumbs up!
Afghanistan: to conquer the land on horseback is strenous at best but to govern is impossible. Even the taliban are learning that
Laugh in Seleucid.
Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires.
I thought it was Mongols that said that
@@theawesomeman9821
They got conquered every time. Lol
@@theawesomeman9821 * graveyard of 19th century Empires.
Otherwise Afghans were tossed around like a coin among the Greeks,Persians,Arabs and Indians and even the Turks and Mongols .
love these in depth coverage videos.
No one else does this! thanks so much!
Thank you for the Alexander videos they are amazing, arguably the most famous king/general of all time
Alexander is definitely One of my favorite kings in history !
Really
Thank you for this. I have been waiting a long time. It was well worth it.
The battle of Arigaeum does not get talked about much, but in my view, this battle is in the same league as his other great battles in terms of brilliance. Alexander utilized the terrain well to hide the movement of his flanking forces before hitting his enemies on the sides and successfully relieving the pressure from the center before reaching the breaking point.
(1) Hidden units joining the fray at the last possible moment
(2) Double flank attack
(3) Weak center
I wouldn't be surprised if this battle was a major influence on Hannibal's military mind.
Good point. I bet Alexander's victory there inspired Hannibal's battle plan for the Battle of Cannae.
Hannibal considered Alexander to be the best general of all time, as do I so that is possible
Documentaries about Alexander never cease to amaze me!
Copen campaign? I didn't know that Alexander went into Denmark, wow.
He would probably be absolutely in shock that someone lives that far to the north.
Cophen translates into kabul
@@KingsandGenerals more likes on the reply, either than the one on the comment, that's something you don't see everyday
If he had lived longer he might have made it to Denmark! 🤣
@@KingsandGenerals Gigachad King Porus Punjabi Jatt noises intensified
Thanks again for another really good video
You guys give such a great look at history and the parts of it I've always found the most interesting please keep it coming, seriously yall should be consultants for historical movie makers
Thank you!
GOD BLESS YOUR WORK. THEY ARE REALLY IMPRESSIVE AND EXCELLENT
Incredible video, thanks so much K & G. History telling at its finest.
Thanks for watching!
@@KingsandGenerals i hope you will mention about Chanakya also in next video 🌝 one the greatest strategist ever born the one whose indirect tactics were responsible for Alexander withdrawal and who was main reason that Alexander main general selucus nicator was defeated by chandragupta Maurya
I'm in love with your Alexander series since day 1
I rewatch it all the time!
Good video keep op the good work❤
Was desperately waiting for next fight with Porus since beginning .
As it was fought next to my city
Please upload as soon as possible
Thanks
Nice video,kings and generals.
Thanks for the video
Thank you , K&G .
🐺
Fantastic video! ⚔🏹👍
So exciting!
Thank you!
I love this channel but please, give more of alexander!!!
Man this was good!
Love this series!
I am an afghan and I love and respect Alexander the great so much
This is my favorite series
Great effort good!!
God Damn I love these Alexander videos
love your videos
Great vid
The fight between Alexadner and Porus (known as Puru in some places in India) was legendary. My nickname puru comes from the famously defeated but proud King Porus, even though I would rather watch historical documentaries rather than fight real battles.
When I was fourteenth, my favorite subjects were Alexander's Indian Campaign and the Mauryan-Seleucid wars!
Many indians don't even accept the defeat of Porus 🤣 cool to see there are indians that at least relize their defeat
Rendian🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@nestormakepontos9700 Maybe they mix it up with Seleucus? He was defeated by an indian king, IIRC
@@Kaiyanwang82 Yeah continue with your lies. Indians would have deffiently killed him, if Alexander was defeated. But Alexander the Great granted the indian King his land as his vassal
The Battle of Hydaspes is next and I’m already excited.
Me too!
Amazing series
I love Arrian's account for Alexander, one of the reasons I love to read Greek literature.
The River Cophen (Kabul, 700 km) campaign was conducted by Alexander the Great of Macedon in the Kabul Valley (May 327 BC - March 326 BC).
Alexandria in Arachosia is now called Kandahar in Afghanistan, a city founded by Alexander the Great of Macedon in 330 BC.
Alexandria Eschate was a city founded by Alexander the Great of Macedon, at the southwestern end of the Fergana Valley (modern Tajikistan) in August 329 BC.
Alexandria in the Caucasus was a colony of Alexander the Great of Macedon in the southern foothills of the Hindu Kush mountains in today's Afghanistan.
Alexandria on the Indus was a city founded by Alexander the Great at the junction of the Indus and the Acesines River.
Awesome
A video about the battle of anual would be incredible. The leader abdelkarim el khattabi is seen as one of the fathers of guerilla warfare and it would he interesting to see the tactics.
I love how you guys use Inkarnate. ^^ Nice Episode
Alexander's want and ability to build causeways and bridges is what made him so Great. He didn't care that an enemy had created an impassable. He just built over it.
Excalent video
Is crazy to know that these peoples faced Alexander the Great and the US
Great video as always! Alexander was an absolute genius of warfare, a heroic warrior and an unparalleled strategist. I have studied his life since i was a child and i really wonder what more he would achieve if he lived for at least one more decade...i have a question: i have read that he was hanging from a cliff with a rope while he was besieging a great fortress. Was it Masaga or Aornus???
What I like about him is that he led from the front
He may be a good strategist but not better than Acharya Chanakya 🌝🇮🇳 who's wisdom made to on knee both Alexander and Nanda empire from whose even Alexander army used to get frightened...🌝
@@ajaypal14121 lmao you Indian nationalists are always hilarious 😂
@@AegonTheUnlikely well we are not hilarious we are just spitting facts the fact is white and European always think that they are invincible and no Asian can ever defeat them. But Indian defeated Mongol, Arabs and Greeks all long history . so go and search about Chanakya 🌝 the guy was scholar and teacher in university of Taxila same where Abhi joined hands that guys tried to unite all other king of sub continent preety much did also in battle of hyphades Alexander faced a severe losses and last moment win from porus but still they were thinking to move forward but it was sabatoge operations under chandragupta Maurya a student of Chanakya which demotivated Alexander troops that if they are getting attacked by few peps what would Nanda do and it's good Alexander didn't crossed river again or else he would had been badly defeated by Dhana Nanda army which was strongest army of that time both in military strength and training
And chankaya strategy made even Nanda empire fell within a day and Mauryan came into power of india it was swords of chandragupta Maurya but mid of Chanakya they conquered whole india
And when Alexander troops withdrawal happened than he deployed his General and army here.. under selucus nicator who was defeated by chandragupta Maurya and treaty was signed under Chanakya in which he gave all Indian territory to Chandragupta maurya and married her daughter to him 🌝😂🇮🇳
So before commenting word hilarious check history
@@khabibtime8830 So God wants people to know his revelation by having invading armies conquer the land, enslave their women, and oppress the population? I guess it's also a "miracle" that the Huns ravaged the Roman Empire or the Mongols conquering all of Eurasia or the British colonizing 25% of the Earth. Or any other large empire that existed in history.
I live in Pakistan (home to Taxila mentioned in the video) and I can tell you monsoon rains do not occur during Spring (March/April). Monsoon happens during July/August. So it is confusing to hear that Alexander left Taxila to meet Porus in Spring, "despite monsoon rains". This picture is not correct unless monsoons used to be radically different in 326 BC, which would be an exciting thing to learn if true.
Underrated post the authors should address this.
Could be different, we know for example that Mesopotamia used to be a lot greener, same thing with the area around (Israel/Palestine) perhaps Pakistan was similar with diferent weather patterns, this could explain the rise and fall of the Indus Valley civilization too.
@@Liquidsback isn't north Africa and middle east dryer now because Goths and Arabs messed up the irrigation systems after invading?
Climate change is factor. This year's monsoon lasted well into September
By the way, I am a really big fan of your channel and I watch it every day even if I am 12. I was wondering if you guys could make some videos about Armenia since I am Armenian. I know it has nothing to do with Alexander the Great, but it would be really cool to learn about my country's history through my favorite CZcams channel. It would also be cool if you guys had a series on the Native American wars. Thank you, and keep making great videos!
I think they read your comment lol
@@peterthesneakybastar Yeah, I am so glad they did!
I’ve just finished the sogdian revolt. What a time to be a ancient History addict.
If that was true Alexanders response, then that would win over any court
Great video as always. Just one thing, why don't you use Greek names for Hellenic men?
very coool
Great Job,Alexander Was Magnificient.
Guys, good luck on making the video about the next battle because you will need every bit of it. Sources are messy as hell and it will be a headache.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Alexander the Great has some blights on his record. Which is fine. Not every ruler is spotless. Great video.
He killed women and children even though they had surrendered that's monstrous
@@keironroberts5645 in those days it didn't mean much..
@@stefanciocan1605 Compare him to Ashoka the Great and it ia clear Alaex was bad very bad king
@@pkgpk5564 different cultures
Alexander is one of the GOATS
Thanks
I just came for Alexander vs Porus and.......
Good man
Is this a game that you saw when it comes to battles and if yes what is the name?
My mind is always blown that Alexander himself and other Greeks actually set their foot here in the location where my country is (Pakistan). Even Greek rulers used to rule parts of India which is just crazy to even think about. The influence the Greeks left in this region of South Asia can still be seen today. Also, I did a DNA test on myself. Found out I had 2 to 3% Greek DNA. My mind was again blown away!
what pakistan ? you mean India ??
you are Indian !!! you Pakistanis claim everything but Indian lol
you people claim bring Arab but get denied by them
claim being afghan then get told off
now you people are claiming to be Turkish
WHY DONT YOU JUST ACCEPT YOU ARE INDIAN
AND YOUR FOREFATHERS ARE EX HINDUS WHO CONVERTED TO ISLAM SMH
you people hate yourself claim everything but what you actually are. EX INDIANS
I'm Greek and I find that incredible too. Alexander was just something special in history that had never and will never be repeated
Stop this nonsense you are Indian desi
There’s isn’t no Greek in you unless you find a Greek man then 6 inches or so at most
I hate how Pakistanis will claim anything but being Indians like hey you didn’t teleport to that location you moved there from india
It’s literally called the great partition, the largest migration in modern era
🤦♂️
@@nestormakepontos9700 Alexander was Macedonian not Greek and he actually considered Greeks weak and looked down on them
@@realestever1097 This is not what he said, relax. We are all mixed a bit, I am italian but you can bet I have a bit of african, middle easterner and german.
Alexander was so protective of Hephastian, always sending him through the easiest route and going for the hardest one despite resistance from Hephastian .
As an Indii, I was awaiting this day when this story reaches the sub continent
Indii?
It never does.
So he was good at flanking movement. Wow .
Wow didn't know Alexander fought many battles in today's Pakistan. Hope you cover march through Gredosian desert there are coastal towns like Ormara named after Greek generals
The Battle of the Hydaspes is famous in Pakistan taking place near Jhelum
Basically Afghan land
You know what's unfamiliar to hear? Conspirators confessing the conspiracy they made against Alexander's life, and still tell the tale. Are there other conspiracies that had similar impacts?
Arigaeum ? This really looks like the battle of Pydna where Paulus Emilius soundly defeated Perseus... The fact is that A3 didn't fall into the trap and had his own strategy prevailing at the end...
Now comparing king Perseus to A3 is at best ironic if not a kind of parody... Eventhough PE was impressed by the phalanxes formations...
cool
WHAT TOTAL WAR ROME 2 MOD IS THAT AND IT LOOKS SO GOOD
Hellenistic years what a great period. All the transformations that happened those years changed the world so much. Give us more!
What started us punishing the Persians for invading Hellas (Greece) and later bribing the Greek cities for civil war, tooka different path of discovering the world and uniting them under Hellenistic civilization. Also the fall of the whole effort so quickly but the civilization lived on..
Based romans L parthians sassinads and Muslims
@kuro saigatsu I was less mature at the time lol, but in my personal opinion though all of these civilizations were great I personally like the Hellenistic and Roman periods better than the caliphates, I was not trying to insult anyone or Islam in this statement
0:12 Indian subcontinent WAS inside the Persian empire. Not "beyond its borders". This is amazing how you tell the history
Nah it wasn't. Some parts of modern day Pakistan had been part of the Persian Empire, true. The Indian *subcontinent* was not part of the Persian Empire. Alexander wasn't just eyeing up the little bits of the subcontinent that had been part of the Persian Empire, he was also looking beyond those borders, e.g. towards the Nanda.
@@petervoller3404 sure, Alexander or every other conquer looks for more. though river Hyphasis Was the outer border of the Persians for many decades. Not the Persians or the Macedonians went further. The fact that Alexander even won a battle in India is also in debate. obviously there have been a lot of efforts to make him look perfect
@@Sina-sd6qpAlexander III of Macedon defeated Porus at the Battle of the Hydaspes and that's a historical fact...
Alexander India campain after beating Darius seems like doing side-quest after already beating the game.
Interesting Fact:
Thanks to archeology we know where the mountain from the siege of Aornos is located and we can have glimpse of how much the soldiers needed to climb on narrow trails while being attacked and their patience. It took them a week.
You can watch the documentary "On the footsteps of Alexander the Great" in the part of the Indian Campaign where Michael Woods climbed that rock himself
There is still debate on the location of Aornos. Its narrowed down to two peaks in northern Pakistan. Historians can't say for certain which of the two was Aornos. First one is the Elum Ghar peak located in Buner, Pakistan whilst the other is Pir Sar, located 50 km northwest of Elum Ghar in Shangla, Pakistan.
Before I watched this series I respected Alexander as a person and as a commander but after watching this I still respect him as a great commander but not his personality seeing how he treated other people
Alexander really went that far didn’t he
I love greek and roman history very much. Thank you for this great and informative video.
Interesting fact: After Justinian Greek and Roman becomes one.
@@TGeoMin *no!*
They were _always_ one ~in our hearts. 🥹❤️
@@apexnext The historic reality had always been a GrecoRoman reality, but if you asked Republican Romans, they would never admit it. They used to scorn Greek influence. It was during the Emperors, especially Nero, that Rome accepted its Hellenic origins. Hadrian reinstated the Panhellenion. Julian was called "the Hellene". But it was Justinian that created the GrecoRoman hybrid: Roman laws, Roman identity, Greek language, Greek culture.
Porus and Alexander are still matter of debate for local Punjabi Pakistanis to this day
Jay maharaja purushottam 🤩💪🇮🇳
Yeah, it's called cognitive dissonance.
Alexander was the greatest man to ever live. Caesar was the most complete man to ever live. Hannibal was the master of deception and nobody did more, with so little. Ghengis rose from nothing and created the most unstoppable war machine ever seen. Napoleon was a tactical savant. The 5 greatest generals of all time.
Alexander is my historical hero. But damn didnt know he was so brutal
Afghan: "Give up Alexander! I have the high ground!"
Alexander: "You under-estimate my power."
"Don't try it"
It was Indian part at that time 🤣 there was nothing like Afganistan but Kandhar as per Indian civilization. It was only after islamisation of Afganistan and Pakistan that these countries fell under Muslim powers before that these were part of greater Indian civilization.
@@Pramod_Rawat0 I went to school with an Afghan and he would disagree, Afghanistan according to him is more culturally close to Persia than India in terms of civilization
@@Pramod_Rawat0 चुप रह भाई, pura Afghanistan कभी भी इंडियन नहीं था
उत्तर पूर्वी और दक्षिण Afghanistan ही इंडियन था
@@theawesomeman9821 Well the Pashtuns try to deny the Hindu/Buddhist rule in their Eastern and Southern parts of the country.
Pashtuns didn't live in Kandahar and Kabul Valley before the Arab invasions.
Those areas were historically settled by Indo Aryans following Hindu-Buddhist culture.
Yet another awesome video. Thanks for the hard work!
cyrus the great conquests when?
i always wonder what would happend if alex end his campaing here and retreat to macedon to restore and grow his army with new soldiers to further campaings
geez, i never knew alexander ever campaigning in Copenhagen...
ehm wait....
The destiny of everyone of us is predetermined. Our time to leave is programmed and can’t be altered. This is so obvious.
Nice documentary
Alexander was running all the fades
The rules say u get to beat the pages and they can't get mad.
Fun fact: It is said that "Arachosia" was the place of the "Alakozai" people that exist even today in southern Afghanistan. exactly where the said region was located.
Alokozai and the rest of Zais never existed in the part of Afghanistan … Zais history is not older than 300 years 😂
@@TheSbh2010 what's your history a Tajik wannabe Persian 😂😂😂
@@mhilal4901 History Tajiks/Persians Starts with Archimedes Empire, to Sassanids Empire, Samanids empire, to Abu Muslim Khurasani, to Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhi, to Imam Abu Hanifa who’s imam of most Muslims, Imam Bukhari and so on. 🤫
@@mhilal4901 “wanna be” Tajiks are Persians and Persians r Tajiks, it is a fact my brother. Don’t wanna be anybody.. I am who I am. Do your research.
@@TheSbh2010 I have done my research your language is Persian you are of different ethnic group. Same for Egyptians they speak Arabic but are not Arabs.
Alexander "Alright, I have succesfully conquered Cophen, now on to conquer Seethen and Maldhen"