The Mitanni…The Greatest Ancient Empire you have never heard of
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Wow how fragile civilization is, even the greatest of their time can be forgotten the next day
So true
I feel like the Assyrians had a similar downfall as well. Rapid expansion to the "peak" of their territory and then internal fighting leads to a surprisingly quick defeat out of nowhere.
.unless you are china
@@theatlantean39 cool experience you got there m8
@@sagendobi446 eh, China have collapsed multiple times and come back in a new form
The lost kingdom that always interested me is the Urartian civilization that preceded Armenia, but there are so many others - Dilmun, Yamhad, Elam... Millions of people lived out their lives in those societies, and today we know hardly anything of them.
And that's all thanks to the Assyrians completely and utterly decimating them! Seriously, Elam was squished by Assyria (but tbh, as an Iraqi, idc since Elam was responsible for the destruction of the III dynasty of Ur and constantly fought Babylonia and sumer, so they had it coming) and Urartu was Assyria's arch nemesis and sadly it was a matter of time before the neo-assyrian empire would wipe them off the face of the earth.
So crazy to think about!!!
@@vadergamerboss6660 “they had it coming”
Lmfao, don’t we all?
Yeah Urartu has some crazy good Bronzework I saw at the British museum.
@@ajaxtelamonian5134 'British' Museum
Of course I know who the Mitanni are, I saw a video by a guy named Epimetheus about them.
I rate this joke I N C R E D I B L I S
yung malaria
Mitanni = kurds
@@Nechirvankocherneko yeah okay but what does that have to do with her comment? 😕
@@Nechirvankocherneko What the fuck this is factually incorrect
No, Kurds are known to be the descendants of Median immigrants
mitani are kurds ancestors
They need a Total War game set in this era!
Bronze Age or Iron Age Total war. Egyptians, Akkadians Babylonians, Elamites, Assyrians, Hurrians, Judah, Samaria, Canaan, Hittites, Scythians, Urartu, Myceneans, Cretans, Dorians, .... FANTASTIC!
IKR
There is a mod for rtw called "Bronze Age"
Just by a Different company than CA at this point I wouldn't trust them to make it work or interesting especially seeing how Troy is being treated
But yes I would love Bronze Age focused games because it's such an underrepresented Era of human history
@@Voron_Aggrav A troy gane? I havent heard?!?
The Mitanni capital city of Washukanni has never been identified although there are a few locations “mounds” where the city is most likely located. It will be one of the most exciting and illuminating discoveries when this ancient capital is unearthed-(I hope it happens in my lifetime)-if there are tablets there (maybe even a library!) that could very much rewrite the history of the middle east and civilization. -I have been fascinated by the Mitanni for quite some time and I am very happy to share this video with you all 😊 I hope you enjoy, and it stirs your curiosity!
Epimetheus when referring to Egypt why don’t you say kemet ?
What was the name of the film in black-white colors you took some scenes from
Also exelent video
Well. That setles it. I now know what my favorite bronze age empire is.......
The mitanni are so cool. Is it possible that you do more videos on them?
In university im studying history. But we basically just mentioned them.
Make a video on "Sikh empire..."
What I always found fascinating, intriguing and puzzling about them was that their royalty titles and names, as well as their pantheon were decidedly Indo-Aryan while their ethnic ancestry was apparently of mixed Semitic and Hurrian/Urartian origin...
They are iranic people
@@Amen-Magino
Indian
@@manh9105 Before Zorastrian became popular, Iranian people worshipped Vedic Gods. I believed Iranians were once all Indo-Aryans and evolved into Iranic people after contact with people of middle east.
Thanks for this episode, I didn't have any idea about this civilization. One can just wonder how many of these are still forgotten and whether we'll be able to uncover them someday.
So Marshal, are you an actual hammerscum or just someone who missed the entire point of the Pink Floyd movie?
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Flavourless Josephus ¿?
Indeed, it's a shame that we don't know much about so many ancient civilizations and prehistoric copper age, stone age and bronze age cultures.
The treaty between the Mitanni and the Egyptians is a significant milestone because the Gods invoked by the Mitanni to witness the treaty would later be known as Vedic gods ie Indra , Varuna and Agni.
These gods would be worshipped by Indians for centuries. The treaty is the earliest mention of these gods in history.
its nowhere near the earliest mention of these Gods why are you making stuff up lol, The Rig Veda mentions all of these Gods and is the oldest text mentioning any vedic Gods
@@AceofCoins7 false. the rig veda was written later.
@@d1p70 rigveda was not written down till 1st century ce rigveda passed through by oral tradition plus oldest part of rigveda were more than 2000 bc old which are much older tha so called treaty in 1600 bc!Their counting system words,their kings name resembles to sanskrit!!
@@samratchatterjee3240 Hey, all you have to do is prove it. Prove that it's from 2000 BCE. Not just "He said, She said.". Or "The book says this.". Because it doesn't work like that. You need actual proof. You get 1500 BCE until otherwise with Sanskrit.
@@memorydrain7806 no. It's formulated in 1500 bce, the sounds existed since 2500 bce according to western historians. FYI before Vedic Aryans, Aryans existed in Indian subcontinent
Interesting video! I’ve heard about the Mitanni but never really understood how they fit in to the geopolitics of the ancient Near East and the rise and fall of empires. Thank you for shedding light on this forgotten piece of the ancient Near Eastern chessboard!
Actually they were bands of Indo Aryan "kshatriya" and "vaishya" expanding towards west. There were many of them doing this since the beginning of "kaliyuga". Google search these terms
@@pij6277 exactly ancients Indians traveled towards middle east and west but not the other way around. Evidence suggest that Indians sculptures worked for building pyramids in Egypt
Mittani also had peacock motifs and zebu cattle , both from India
I loved the drama that the intro brought to this video! Kudos, Epimetheus. And I really appreciated how you added more personality to the Mitanni kings through facial expressions. They appeared fierce, as though staring down the viewer.
I had commented on the Chhatrapati video that a biographical style video needed more of a personality and storyline, and I think you've made huge strides with this video. The facial expression for personality and the intro for more drama and building anticipation.
Thanks man I do appreciate the feedback-I think did help. Maybe not in the next(drew most figures already-but not all) But I do want to start drawing more realistic facial expressions (maybe just for kings key figures) less detail for soldiers(but maybe will be worth the time)
I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said: "two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert ... near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lips, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings,
Look on my Works ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away."
"This thing all things devours,
birds, beasts, trees, and flowers.
Gnaws iron, bites steel,
grinds hard stones into meal.
Slays king, ruins town,
and makes the mountains come crumbling down."
--J.R.R. Tolkien
DarkLordOfSweden that’s about an egyptian pharaoh though, not a Mitanni king
@@jackdaws7125 yea I know, but the message still apply
@@grantorino2325 what is it talking about?
@@eyritracustard5767
Time.
The name of capital (Washukani) in Kurdish means (nice spring)
wash = nice ,good
kani = spring of water
there are more places in Kurdistan like this name like:
sarekani = head or source of spring
rashakani = black spring
kanisard = cold spring
kanigoma = spring of the lake
kanimaran = spring of snakes
kanishaitan = spring of satan
@Balochi boy Aryans aren't white nor European.
Isn't they were indo aryan people i thought kurds are median .
@@PK-se2jh sanskrit is whole indian language not north or south
@@sarthak1109 Kurds are the descendants of many different peoples. To name just a few of them were the Mittani, Medes, Hurrians, Hittites, Maneans, urartians, Assyrians, Babylonian etc etc. All these peoples along with dozens more came and settled in the Kurdish lands and therefore mixed and became the Kurds today. This is the same with all nations but it’s more complicated when it comes to the Kurds because Kurdistan is the cradle of civilisation and the cross roads of the ancient world. I can elaborate more but I think this is enough to understand why.
@@dariusrezai8319 Kurds are north western Iranian nomads who are indigenous to that area, and the Zagros. They are not indigenous to Mesopotamia
Wow - you're videos are getting so much better. I love the video clips from old school Hollywood
Thanks man! yeah, love how dramatic those old silent movies were
Plus they must be nearly a hundred years old so public domain at this point
@@EpimetheusHistory, what movie did you use for the intro for this, anyways?
I'd like to suggest a video on the Kushanas. I think their society was unique and fascinating, and that it was amazing for their ragtag warriors with a nomadic core to have enabled such significant expansion.
Well…I know some of you have heard of this empire, but not many have…if you have heard of the Mitanni before, where did you hear or read about it first from?
From history time the CZcams channel I believe. Briefly though
kwadwo baidoo
history time is a great channel
I'm getting traumatic flashbacks of my first college exam...
From the TimeLife history series of books
Back when I was at university we learned about the history of the Middle East from the first city states to the Persian empire.
Wow, I really like your art in this video!
Mitanni names of kings are very simmilar to Sanskrit ( Indian names ).
While the Mitanni kings and other members of royalty bore names resembling indo Aryan phonology and invoked Indo-Aryan deities attested in the Rigveda.
their deities also show Indo-Aryan roots (Mitra, Varuna, Indra, Nasatya).
Your artstyle improved alot over the last months!
Looks preeeety nice right now.
Thanks! :)
@@EpimetheusHistory Hi! speaking of your artstyle, I'm wondering how accurate it is (studying fashion history) I've found it difficult to trace clothing from this era, are your stylings educated guesses or are they based off of glyptics? (particularly of note the King and the daughter's portrayal)
It's amazing to see that you have almost 2/3 of your subscriber numbers in views only 2 days after posting this video! Love your content, glad to see that you're doing well view-wise!
Minoans, Elam, and the Third dynasty of UR are my favorite forgotten Empires :)
Curious preferences. You definitely like rather obscure subjects. I approve.
Best answer. He has made videos on these. Ur is a different story
Really! My favourites are the Mycenaeans, Akkadians and the Hittites. I know they’re not that forgotten but still they are very different(except the Akkads) unlike the other civilizations.
My favorite Forgotten Empire are the Neo-Assyrian Empire(although not *that* forgotten, Mali Empire and the Kassite Babylonian
My favourite is the Jewish empire that is yet to come into existence. They’ve been trying for 5000 years so I think we should let them have a go. What you think?
Not only are the illustrations advanced & beautiful, These avatars chosen to represent each empire is astoundingly ethnically accurate! Keep it up bro!
cite the Chester bailey hermatic papyrus
@Jason Strom I am sorry to burst your bubble too Egyptians isn't black nor white this rediculous American affair doesn't belong to the culture of Egypt and please don't impose your own sociological problems that belong only to the American society and takes a lot of the capacity of thinking in the brain of the standard American citizen and impose it to other societies and other regions like colour discrimination. This makes you seem like illiterate and at the same time disrespecting other cultures
@@darkmatter4132 one word Thebes
Always glad to learn something about not very well-known empires...another great and informative vid!
Your work is so excellent. Your artwork becomes more beautiful and insightful over time.
Most informative history channel. I'm a history buff but I learn something new every time
One of my favourite forgotten historical entities is ironically one that is neglected in this video; the kingdom of Alashiya in Cyprus. It was also mentioned extensively in the correspondence among the Bronze age kings, one of them being directly between the king of Alashiya and the Egyptian Pharaoh, calling each other "brother" as you mentioned in the video.
Alashiya was most famous for being the primary exporter of copper in the entire region, which in turn is reflected in name of the metal ("copper" comes from Latin "cuprus", itself a corruption of the term "aes Cyprium" meaning "Cypriot metal"). Its borders are unknown (it might have covered the entire island or just a portion) and the inhabitants spoke a very poorly attested language that preceded Greek (itself arriving after the establishment of Mycenaean cities at various parts of the island).
I really hadn't heard of this! Thank you. Good video.
Awesome video!!! I’ve never heard of this culture, love hearing about info from the past!!!
Many people here mixes up ancient timings*.. The Meds established in 823BC who fought and liberated the occupied Mittanis by the ruthless assurain previously in 1400BC.. Biji KURDS ❤️💛💚
❤️☀️💚💪💪kurdistan
@dahaka kingi what makes historical determine of ancestry, isn't dna, culture, languistic, geography and specific events or celebrations.. Kurds not only have all these certain aspects to be Meds descendant but also the only nation that still names thier children names as proud pro Meds names, such as Dyarko, Xasro, ako, zmnako, aso, and so on... A butt hurt like is only here to negative comment
@dahaka kingi there are 60 Million Kurds cross the globe and they all have it in thier heart which will stay alive for infinite
OMG I find so many similarities between Ancient Indian Kingdoms and Mitanni, very weird. I can even understand Mitanni language since it is same as in Indian Language ! :O
Here are some similarities between Mitanni and Ancient Indian :
1> The Mitanni word - "Nakhushshu" (For a Professional Army) is similar to Ancient Indian - '"Akshshohuni" (Which also meant a Army Division).
2> Mittani name for Armor - > Sharyani
Ancient Indian Language -> Asharya means Protect, Ani is probably a vowel
3> Mitanni name of King -> Tushratta
Ancient Indian name of a Legendary King -> Dashratta
3> Tushratta's sons -> Shuttama II and Shattiwasa
In Indian Language, Name like PuruShuttama is very common. Su -> Son, Uttama -> Ideal. Shuttama means "Ideal Son"
Shattiwasa is probably Shakti (Power), Washa (To wield), Shattiwasa -> "One who wields Power"
Funny how Im Indian and have no clue regarding Mitanni Empire or their language, till I watched this video but i can still translate their language easily since its very similar to Indian Languages :D Maybe Ancient Indians were actually Mitanni ? I don't know..
No, mitanni come from central Asia like us the people from central Asia (so called aryans) are actually inciate the vedic culture
P.s all the mitanni kings names were in sanskrit(proto)
Mittani elites were Indo Aryans
@@namean1087 Aryan invasion theory is completely false ..it didn't happened in India but of course Europe.
@@preeto5826 yeah a dark skin mallu from kerala and milky white kashmiri or Rajasthani came from Same ancestors, and in shockingly Limited time they both evolved into two races tho there's absolutely no difference in climate....yea great! I assume you're one of the world's leading anthropologist. And I'll take your word
@@preeto5826 it is absolute truth. Undeniable
Great video your growing the art the voice and history is amazing Epimithius
Now I have heard about it thanks to Epimetheus :-)
Interesting how this video skips parting with the fact that the Mitannis spoke Rig Vedic Sanskrit/Old Indic. Also that they most likely migrated from near the BMAC, the same region from where Indo-Aryan intrusions into India took place. They weren't Hurrian, they were Indo-Aryans who came to rule a Hurrian speaking populace.
Bhai ANGREz chutmarike hote hai ye sirf ye proove karne ko karte hai ki sab inka hi hai GORE LOG MADRCHOD , INKI MAA KA BHOSDA
There's no reason to believe Aryan invasion theories.. Mitanni kings had names like Tasaratha 2. The change of consonant D to T shows those kings were after Mahabharata period. Indian history is much older. Watch the Sarigarhi documentary
@@AKumar528 Aryan Migration theory is true. More evidences than you can imagine. Our ancestors would be ashamed of denying our heritage
That's the just inherent bias of this channel owner. He like to portray everything good with European. 😂 hypocrite.
Thank you, I had been wondering about what language is they spoke and what people they were descended from or ancestral to.
Awesome video. Epimetheus is one of my favorite channels.
It blows my mind to think that this empire was forgotten until 19th century - how do we know that at this very moment there is not some massive empire that is hidden from us, and the discovery of which would change our understanding of history?
i enjoyed watching this. I had never heard of the Mitanni. All of the others are easy to find and cover. Thank you .
great videos man love them
Awesome video! I've always found the pre-Achaemenid empire Middle East fascinating. It would be interesting if you did a video of the Assyrian empire.
Regardless of whether they were specifically Indo-Aryan or some other Indo-Iranians, I am proud of our peoples having started and ruled a great empire like Mitanni. All hail the Mitanni emperors! Thanks for the video, Epimetheus!
Love your history videos!
You Sir make some of the best history lessons I have ever heard.
More power to your elbow.
I've always liked the Empire of Hatti. Such power and influence, only to be forgotten.
I imagine the meeting of the mitani king and the Pharaoh at thebes as two brothers meeting after being decades apart
awesome video, would love more of content of this era of history, love the stories and culture of this era too like the battle of the eclipse from the Lydian and Median war
Fantastic! The Hurrians and their IE nobility are massively underappreciated.
Because they are Kurds, nobody talk about anything with Kurds related because of political reasons.. which is very disrespectful to humanity & disappointed for real science… Mitanni were Kurds tribes (fathers of kurmanji Kurds)… even CZcamsr never say (Kurds) word… all that empires ( sobarto+ Mitanni + kassite + gutties + Medes + lullabies + hurries + ……etc..,) were Kurds in Kurdistan region and still people who livings around that area are Kurds.. but no one say anything about kurds…
Hey man, thanks for sharing! Funny thing is, I might have "Mitanni ancestry" and I have never ever heard about Mitanni! I think it is because of its relatively short existence compared to other ancient empires. Also, their population consisted of different groups, like Hurrians, Amorrians and Assyrians, so I guess it is hard to find hard evidence of the Mitanni empire. Nonetheless very insightful! I will keep an eye on them in the future.
Why do you believe you may have Mitanni ancestry?
@@andybrinks3784 He might be upoercaste Hindu
Love all the work you do! I’d like to see one about the Median empire I can never get much accurate information about them
The Mitanni or Medea are the ancestors of the Kurds.
Love the documentary. Great video
Great art, great voice, informative video. First rate stuff. Thanks.
I just want you to know that I love your channel's name.
well I knew that Egypt had strong relations with a buffer state to their northeast, but I was unsure of the period and nomenclature. great stuff
First video I've seen by you. Instant sub. Nice work 👍🏻
Awesome man, glad you found my channel
These are really good and have filled out a lot of gaps in a timeline for reference I'm trying to establish, thanks.
Please do an episode on Kirat/Kiranti Empire. It was from eastern part of Indian subcontinent and quite underrated. Most Indians haven't ever heard of it.
Far cry 4. Kirat is Nepali right?
Mittani itself was ruled by Indians , Indians don't know about that too
They iranic people
@@Amen-Maginope they have hindu na.es and gods
Never heard of the Mittani, though it is only in the past two weeks that I have been exploring the pre-Achaemenid Empire world. Not nearly as obscure for hobby historians as other things listed here, but I find the history of the Roman Empire exiled in Greece (later called the Byzantine Empire) to be fascinating and completely obscure when brought up in everyday conversations, though I am glad that in recent years the subject has been getting more light. Another interest of mine would have to be the ancient peoples of the USA and the variant Eurasian Steppe folk.
Kurdish empire
@@pashewtaimur3929 sanskrit vedic empire not iranic
@@pashewtaimur3929 vedic hinduism ancient indian empire, they are invoking ancient hindu vedic Gods like Indra, Agni etc, so obviously they are not Kurdish
who is sanskrit vedic empire ?
who is vedic hinduism ancient indian empire ?
One of the great docoumntry 😍🤗
Thank you .
We want more about mitanni❤
awesome job.. thank you
I'm a pretty big fan of ancient history and I haven't heard of the Mitanni at all, I actually had to double check to see if they were real because it just seemed so crazy that they'd be forgotten.
Anything has to do with Kurds and their history is suppressed by design. After the partition of their land my the British, everything Kurdish became Arabic, Turkish or Persian. And that’s because the Kurds resisted the British occupation, Churchill even ordered the RAF to use chemical weapons against them.
6:13 that is a dank helmet. I first heard Mitanni as family of spacecraft in Eve online
Great episode! Loving the Art!
You should do an episode on the Alans and Khazars.
Succinct and informative!! Love it!
I would love it if you talked about nubia like queen Amanarinas very underrated culture
I love the art that you make. The lesser known empire and honestly civilization that I love very much is Nubia/Kush
thanks for sharing
Excellent video.👍
Never heard of Mittani before despite having an Egyptian history phase a few years back.
I think hittites(Hattuşa) and ancient egypt(akheneta,tutankhamen period) is the best.
Are
Bronze age
I like Phoenicia and Assyria
Akhenaten wasn't that good tho, due to the fact he's simp to his own god "Aten", he carried a decline to his dynasty(although the dynasty still survive for a long time)
Thanks for the history lesson. I never heard of the Mitanni before now.
So glad we have this information. I had never heard about them before this video.
Regarding this video - amazing job with the history of the Mitanni as it occurred after they established their state, and amazing artwork as always - but I am a tad bit disappointed that you did not bring up their origins as an Indo-Aryan charioteering elite who probably arrived as mercenaries in response to the destabilization brought about the Hittite rampage through Mesopotamia that culminated in the sacking of Babylon.
So they were not Semitic. Interesting.
Thank you for bringing this up, I was also disappointed it was never mentioned that they were a Indo-Aryan people ruling over Hurrians.
I believe it is indo-Iranian. Not indo-aryan.
@@ZeeZee9 not Indo Iranian. Indo Aryan. They worshipped Vedic gods and had knowledge of Mahabharata and Ramayana. Their place names and kings names prove so
@@AKumar528 Iranians are also Indo Aryans. The old Persian language is almost identical to Vedic Sanskrit.
When I was an active Dungeons & Dragons player, I toyed with the idea of setting the game in the Bronze Age Near East. But I knew little about the history of the region (real or mythical) and my friends knew less.
I love your videos!
thanks for you efforts
There's not a lot of information known about them even today but I find the Mississippian state centered on Cahokia (near modern St. Louis, MO) to be interesting. During the time of the Crusades, Cahokia was larger than London but by the time European explorers made to the area it had virtually disappeared from memory.
There's plenty of information, but only if Western historians take non Greek histories from India Tibet chinna etc seriously. We have plenty of books talking about kings introducing civilisation at that same time in the same region. Including of year specific astronomical signs and cycles.
@@AKumar528 Histories from India, Tibet, and China talking about a Native American state in the middle of the North American continent? I'm skeptical of the claim but interested in learning more. :)
(Or were you replying to the video about the Mitanni and accidentally replied to my comment about Cahokia?)
It's so strange the names of the kings sound so sanskrit. When I first heard the name Tushratta I thought it was some kind of an ancient indian king
Sidhardhan Sunilkumar
What is strange in it?
It is an accepted fact that Mittanis were Indo-Aryans.
Sidhardhan Sunilkumar they were indo Aryans . They worshipped same gods Indra varuna mitra Agni etc what Vedic Indians did . When indo Europeans migrated from Eurasian steppes one group of indo Aryans went to Syria and other to India. Other indo Europeans migrated to Europe and Iran
That makes alot of sense, they are both Indo European and more specifically they are from Indo Aryan sub group of Indo Europeans not to mention it was still relatively early in divergence of the group where part went to India, another to Iran and another to Syria, meanwhile others went to Europe in the west and some as far east as western china, this is why there are still to this day so many similarities between the language's from northern india to western Europe, we are from the same people originally, even the traditional pre christian religions of western Europe have alot of similarities to dharmic religions
Anthony Fox Indo Aryans, though shared similar language, seemed to be multi ethnic and multi cultured .
@@alisalman1062 true I guess I always just assumed that they must have mixed with people who were already living in the lands they would later settle and that they'd take on some of these peoples characteristics
Very good analysis
Fascinating, never heard of this culture before now. Appreciate the education; some details I might use for fantasy roleplaying sometime.
This is my favorite time period.
You wrote EGPYT instead of Egypt at the map
!...That is semi-Embarrassing...and I was starring at that map for hours and it is giant letters
You mean there was no egg pit empire? :O
Epimetheus Shit happens
Easy mistake! Content still amazing
lol" EGG PYT" lol
What a great video! I knew nothing of this empire until i saw this video.
True. I'm interested in ancient history and I've never heard of them before your bronze age collapse video.
we know relatively a lot of stuff about greece, egypt, the phoenicians... but most of the civilizations they drank from are mostly uncharted to us and probably will be forever. There is something mysterious and fascinating yet tragic about that...
age of empires 1 demo campaign, they were the antagonists against the protagonist Hittites.
Good stuff!
As an Indian I am interested in the links between the Mittani empire and India. The spoked wheel chariots were a very common thing in India since Ramayan and Mahabharat days about 8000 - 5000 years before Christ if not earlier. If you have studied Indian history you would perhaps know this already.
Chewtiye you are part of the Hindutva brainwash. Mittani worshipped great Aryan gods like Indra, Varuna, Mitra etc but not Hindu Gods. Hinduism was formed much later after Rigveda. Rigveda has mention of only Aryan Gods.
@@don2006kaoh rudra (Shiva) and Vishnu , prajapati also mentioned in rigveda 😊.but In puranic version shows these god as superior 😊
Mitanni the Great Hindu Empire
Video on Urartu?
Amazing vid!
Spectacular video
Ever since I became interested on the Middle East's History during Antiquity, I became fascinated with two empires, both of which had vanished from World History for more than 2,800 years, namely: The Hittites (Hutta) and Mitanni. Yet, I must confess that I am particularly more fond of the Hittites, not only because their history and power was considerably superior to Mitanni (the Hittites ruled for about 450 years while Mitanni existed for about 150), but also (and especially) because their language belongs to our Indo-European group of languages (while the language of Mitanni belongs to the Indo-Iranian family) and because the Hittite culture (and their mythology) strongly influenced Ancient Greece (which in turn influenced the Roman Empire). As such, I cannot help but feel a very remote small connection to the Hittites, because of their impact upon the CULTURAL MOTHER of the Western World: GREECE. ///
Desde quando comecei a me interessar pela História do Oriente Médio durante a Antigüidade, fiquei fascinado com dois impérios, os quais haviam desaparecido da História do Mundo por mais de 2.800 anos, a saber: os Hititas (Hutta) e Mitanni. No entanto, devo confessar que sou particularmente mais afeiçoado aos Hititas, não apenas porque sua história e poder consideravelmente supera as de Mitanni (os Hititas governaram por cerca de 450 anos enquanto Mitanni existiu por cerca de 150), mas também (e especialmente) porque sua língua pertence ao nosso grupo indo-europeu de línguas (enquanto a língua de Mitanni pertence à família indo-iraniana) e porque a cultura Hitita (sua mitologia) influenciou fortemente a Grécia Antiga (que por sua vez influenciou o Império Romano). Como tal, não posso deixar de sentir uma pequena conexão, deveras remota, com os Hititas, devido ao seu impacto sobre a MÃE CULTURAL do Mundo Ocidental: a GRÉCIA.
Nope hurrians were speaking a caucasian language. Urartians spoke the same language
Indo-Iranian languages are Indo-European, dumbass. The Mitanni spoke Hurrian but they were Indo-Aryans, meaning that their true mother tongue was Sanskrit pre-assimilation. Sanskrit and Greek share the exact same roots so I don't see why you wouldn't feel a bond to the great mother Sanskrit as well.
@@dutcheastindies8354 Indo-Iranian languages did not derive from Sanskrit. What are you talking about?
@@ZeeZee9 Did I say Indo-Iranian languages descended from Sanskrit? I said the Mitanni’s native language prior to assimilation was Sanskrit because they were Indo-Aryans.
Indo Aryan not Indo-iranian.
I can't get enough of this guy's voice. So soothing.
This video is awesome!!!
Kurdis mittani👑❤
Once again something totally different!
I’m glad this is here. My bloodline stems from Tushratta and it’s cool learning about what happened!
So you accept you are Indo Aryan and indians are your cousins? Abandon the Islamic religion first and return back to your vedic roots.
@@don2006kaBruh, stop making such embarrassing comments. It makes our entire country look bad.
@@jmab721 whats embarrasing. If he admires vedic mitanni rulers and claims the bloodline why not adopt their religion too
@@don2006ka "their religion" was not current form of Hinduism. Stop appropriating ancient identities. Modern gangetic hegemony Hinduism is extremely different from ancient streams of Hinduism followed in Indian subcontinent itself, let alone Mitanni religion.
@@jmab721 you are an idiot. I asked him to adopt vedic roots not hinduism. Pehle posts ko dangh se padhna seekh le. Btw hinduism is fed majorly from vedic philosophy minus the idol worship but that's another topic of discussion.
Very Interesting..
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Mittani: hey Egypt wanna make out
Odd they were not more allied to the Hittites since they were both Indo-European probably had a similar language, Culture and Gods
@@deanfirnatine7814 yeah they helped teach the Hittites how to use Chariots
Ah Egypt, the James Bond of Ancient Empires
@@deanfirnatine7814 well there ancestors become different aeons ago they have no similarity.
Mittani are Indo Aryans they workshipped Vedic god's Indra, Mitra, Varuna there language is probably late Vedic Sanskrit. They are not Kurd or Iranic.
Thanks for doing this video. The Mitanni are a fascinating civilization and deserve their place among the great bronze age empires.
Because they are Kurds, nobody talk about anything with Kurds related because of political reasons.. which is very disrespectful to humanity & disappointed for real science… Mitanni were Kurds tribes (fathers of kurmanji Kurds)… even CZcamsr never say (Kurds) word… all that empires ( sobarto+ Mitanni + kassite + gutties + Medes + lullabies + hurries + ……etc..,) were Kurds in Kurdistan region and still people who livings around that area are Kurds.. but no one say anything about kurds…
First I have ever heard of them and I am a historian! Thanks for sharing!