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  • čas přidán 19. 11. 2023
  • A sweeping epic two-hour docu-drama on the Hittites, a major empire and civilization that ruled between 1650 and 1200 BC and forever changed the landscape of the ancient Near East and modern Western civilization.
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    Shot in 35 locations in Turkey, Syria and Egypt, with photography in historical sites and museums of Turkey, Syria, and Egypt plus on-location interviews with world renowned scholars, The Hittites traces the history of these people, while presenting a political and cultural picture of the Near East and Anatolia. Through the use of digital technology and dramatic reenactments, key moments in Hittite history come alive and the audience journeys back in time to experience what it meant to be a Hittite 3500 years ago.
    Director: Tolga Örnek
    Writer: Tolga Örnek
    Producer: Tolga Örnek
    Music: Tamer Çıray
    Narrator: Jeremy Irons
    Cast: Haluk Bilginer, Burak Sergen, Fikret Kuşkan, Sanem Çelik, Cüneyt Türel, Hüseyin Köroğlu, Yeşim Alıç.
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Komentáře • 944

  • @cindypomerleau950
    @cindypomerleau950 Před 5 měsíci +80

    This is what the Internet was created for. I really enjoyed this documentary. I've been on a quest to understand the conflicts in the Middle East all my adult life. Now I know why I loved ancient history most in school . And it was not taught in this depth. Thank you.

    • @timothysmith1844
      @timothysmith1844 Před 4 měsíci +1

      River God by Wilbur Smith is a real eye opener. Based on scrolls discovered under some plaster. First time I ever heard of Hitites.

    • @TonyRomeo9796
      @TonyRomeo9796 Před 4 měsíci

      No. The problems in the Middle East is due to religion. When you have a belief that says kill or subjugate as a basis for their religion, it means conflict.

    • @moorereviews
      @moorereviews Před 3 měsíci +2

      I had the privilege of visiting the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara Turkey. There are some wonderful artifacts there.

    • @Ismail0z
      @Ismail0z Před 2 měsíci

      Actually, The Hittites or Anatolians are NearEastern. Mesopotamians are MiddleEastern

  • @jackangel4502
    @jackangel4502 Před 5 měsíci +48

    I remember watching this on TV while I was on house arrest like 10 years ago. I remember it was really calming, and informative!!!

    • @MrNiceGuyHistory
      @MrNiceGuyHistory Před 4 měsíci +13

      This is the kind of stuff I fall asleep to every night. Nothing like the unimaginable horrors of bronze age warfare to blissfully drift away to..

    • @orchidorio
      @orchidorio Před 4 měsíci +3

      Ahhh yes.@@MrNiceGuyHistory

    • @Pharaoh_Tutankhamen
      @Pharaoh_Tutankhamen Před 4 měsíci +2

      I know firsthand, the Hittites are brutal

    • @ottoginafiel5468
      @ottoginafiel5468 Před měsícem +1

      I have put this on before bed a thousand times, it chills out my brainwaves. Same with the movie The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, great soundtrack and narration.

    • @ottoginafiel5468
      @ottoginafiel5468 Před měsícem +1

      ​@@MrNiceGuyHistoryany other similar recommendations?

  • @SamDiMento
    @SamDiMento Před 6 měsíci +174

    Jeremy Irons' narration is always, always top rate.

    • @kimberlyperrotis8962
      @kimberlyperrotis8962 Před 6 měsíci +11

      I love his voice, I wish he would narrate history books for Audible!

    • @adriannespring8598
      @adriannespring8598 Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@kimberlyperrotis8962YYYEEESSS!!!!!

    • @Bella-wl6fn
      @Bella-wl6fn Před 6 měsíci +2

      Yes😊

    • @kopynd1
      @kopynd1 Před 6 měsíci +2

      yer jeremy was class on play away kids programme, he was mint in the drama longitude

    • @SamDiMento
      @SamDiMento Před 6 měsíci +5

      @@kopynd1 Is that supposed to be English? Real question.

  • @johnperry3105
    @johnperry3105 Před 5 měsíci +13

    As a person interested in studying the past, this has been one if my favourite CZcams videos

  • @AlanFenick
    @AlanFenick Před 4 měsíci +24

    I wish someone had produced a program like this when taking ancient history in college. The presentation makes the subject easier to understand and enjoyable. Instead of just names, places and dates the program puts a human face to the subject! Well done is not enough praise!

    • @ibe310
      @ibe310 Před 3 měsíci +1

      IMAGINATION IS KEY

    • @paullewis2413
      @paullewis2413 Před 3 měsíci +2

      You Tube can be a great source of information and knowledge if you are careful to sort the genuine from pure sensationalist fiction. The best judge of this is to assess the quality of the production, the narration the general manner in which the subject is being presented. This documentary is a good example of high quality no nonsense production values.

    • @AlanFenick
      @AlanFenick Před 3 měsíci

      @@paullewis2413 Agree!

  • @ukestudio3002
    @ukestudio3002 Před 5 měsíci +49

    When the anthropologist speaks of king Mursilli’s grief and despair, he does so with so much compassion for a man thousands of year’s dead. it heartens me to see such humanity; a tribute to the effectiveness of the written word as well. Thank you Tolga, for this documentary.

    • @Tolga_Ornek
      @Tolga_Ornek  Před 5 měsíci +8

      Glad you enjoyed it. The part you mention moves me each time as well and I think brings history to life in a very personal way.

    • @carollynnberwindscheffler398
      @carollynnberwindscheffler398 Před 4 měsíci +3

      😅Lord Jesus Christ. Emmanuel

    • @ibrahimunsal1879
      @ibrahimunsal1879 Před 3 měsíci

      @@Tolga_Orneksiz kimsiniz ve bu belgeselleri kendi yapıtlarınız gibi neden yayınlıyorsunuz telif hakkınız varmı

    • @Tolga_Ornek
      @Tolga_Ornek  Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@ibrahimunsal1879 Asıl siz kimsiniz? Bu sayfadaki filmlerin hepsinin telifleri filmin yönetmeni, yapımcısı ve yazarı olarak bana ait.

    • @ibrahimunsal1879
      @ibrahimunsal1879 Před 3 měsíci

      @@Tolga_Ornek pardon beyefendi ben yanlış anladım özür dilerim yazar derken bu belgesel kurgumu ben tarihi bir belgesel bilimsel verilere dayanarak yapılmış yabacı iştirakli bir yapıt olduğunu düşünüyordum ben sizi bir CZcams emek hırsızı ile karıştırdım çok özür dilerim bu konularda biraz hassasım . Yazar kısmını hala anlamadım neyi yazdınız

  • @watermelonlalala
    @watermelonlalala Před 6 měsíci +56

    There was a symbol for bread, that he knew from Babylonian or some other language. Then he noticed that there was a word that looked like eat in old German, and a word that looked like water in ancient Latin. Then a word that looks like drink in some other language. And finally Nu looked like Now in Latin. Now I eat bread, now I drink water. Once he got "eat bread", he figured out the rest like Sherlock Holmes. (This is how I remember reading the story when I was a kid.)

    • @alex-ff1mp
      @alex-ff1mp Před 6 měsíci +10

      yes indeed.

    • @saraswatkin9226
      @saraswatkin9226 Před 6 měsíci

      Latin is a derivative of Sanskrit Indian language of antiquity. There is much concealed to poach history and whitewash it. Centuries BC the Indians were so advanced they had flying machines etc and therefore they could have appeared as aliens or "demons".

    • @brettmuir5679
      @brettmuir5679 Před 2 měsíci

      And the Hittite word for water was wasser

    • @watermelonlalala
      @watermelonlalala Před 2 měsíci

      @@brettmuir5679 No, I just looked it up, the Hittite word was "watar". Same as our water. Latin "aqua". Wasser is German. I goofed it up, I guess.

    • @brettmuir5679
      @brettmuir5679 Před 2 měsíci

      @@watermelonlalala thanks for the info. Wasser/water; mein fruend/my friend, nacht/night, tomaten/tomato, kartoffeln/potato....its all indo-euro to me.
      I wonder what other words we share

  • @krbailess
    @krbailess Před 5 měsíci +18

    This is one of my favorite documentary of all time. Thank you for posting! 👏

  • @LynnColorado
    @LynnColorado Před 5 měsíci +31

    400 year old empire, crushed in 30 years. Sobering.

  • @angloedu5499
    @angloedu5499 Před 5 měsíci +13

    The cinematography was like from the movie, “ The Duelists.” Set during the Napoleonic era.
    The narration by Jeremy Irons was dynamic and a good choice. It’s his English accent style, it frames the documentary more like a Hollywood epic movie about the lesser well known Hittite Empire but in a factual manner.
    Wow what a documentary, well done! Could watch this several times and not get bored!

  • @skyes7369
    @skyes7369 Před 6 měsíci +25

    I keep trying to watch this but as I am watching in the evening in bed I fall asleep to the very soothing narrator’s voice. This will be the 4th attempt. 🤣 stop being so damn soothing.!!

    • @jameydupuy9280
      @jameydupuy9280 Před 5 měsíci +4

      I'm on my 3rd time trying to watch and not fall asleep. Coffee in hand and 2pm in the afternoon! Here goes! 😂😂

    • @peterp5889
      @peterp5889 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Perhaps ancient history is not your cup of tea... perhaps you are follower not a leader... given you are not driven by the spirit but sensory stimuli (reaction=non creative quantum inFORMation Entanglement)

    • @matthewmatt5285
      @matthewmatt5285 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@peterp5889 Of maybe they work harder than you?~

    • @peterp5889
      @peterp5889 Před 3 měsíci

      @@matthewmatt5285 nobody works harder than I am 20 hours 7 days reason why I best Geopolitical insight into the world issues and resolution

    • @rezzer7918
      @rezzer7918 Před 3 dny

      Lame

  • @kimberlyperrotis8962
    @kimberlyperrotis8962 Před 6 měsíci +32

    After watching this, I’ll have to just listen again, to simply enjoy the wonderful voice of Jeremy Irons, it’s both clear and soft, he makes everything sound like poetry. Plus, I really learn the material if I watch or listen a second time. I love ancient and medieval history, but begin yawning once guns and mechanization of war are introduced to history. War is evil, but it’s part of the human experience and probably the most important factor in human history. So, to learn history, we have to put up with hearing about wars. Praying for an end to war on earth.

    • @garufia
      @garufia Před 6 měsíci +3

      When I first heard about the Hittites it blew my mind. Especially the part where they couldn't figure out their language. Because they had finally realized it was not a middle Eastern language, but rather a language from somewhere else. About halfway through this the video it is revealed or they figured it out: czcams.com/video/QUOKaodz8Bg/video.html

    • @yaraviera4444
      @yaraviera4444 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Me too Jeremy iron the actor of men in the iron mask I didn't know this. Love too medival history so much to learn from.

    • @herminepursch2470
      @herminepursch2470 Před 6 měsíci +1

      ​@@garufiaI've always loved history but I've come to the conclusion that history is just someone's opinion

    • @herminepursch2470
      @herminepursch2470 Před 6 měsíci

      Benedict Arnold was a traitor to Americans but he was a hero to the British

    • @garufia
      @garufia Před 6 měsíci

      @@herminepursch2470 In some instances, but I wouldn't say the majority. Talking to your point, the Romans did this to some extent. Especially when it came to Carthage, their bitterest enemy. They made them look more evil than they really were and we know very little about them because the Romans wrote their history after they thoroughly defeated them. Basically wiped them out of history. Not to mention a certain degree of genocide was committed after the two wars with them.

  • @ayfercelik3810
    @ayfercelik3810 Před 5 měsíci +9

    Merhaba.Çorum,Beyşehir ve Eregliyi biliyorum.Ceyrek asır sonra böyle bir filmle karşılaşmak güzel. Emeği geçen herkese teşekkürler

  • @gregorynixon2945
    @gregorynixon2945 Před 6 měsíci +11

    Apparently, Hattusa did not have a marketplace, or at least not a major one. Trade was managed top-down rather than catering to street-level bargaining. Hattusa was truly a sacred city, mostly used for daily rituals.

    • @brettmuir5679
      @brettmuir5679 Před 2 měsíci

      Have you seen their hundreds of storehouses and huge ceramic containers buried under ground by the hundreds. You aught to visit Boğazköy sometime

  • @ritaroberts1265
    @ritaroberts1265 Před 5 měsíci +10

    Fascinating insite into the famous Hittite Empire. Superbly documented and narrated. The Hittite language is also fascinating and I have decided to embark upon learning their language. I shall watch this documentary again and again. Thank you.

  • @MymilanitalyBlogspot
    @MymilanitalyBlogspot Před 6 měsíci +22

    Fascinating and sensitive, thank you. ... I see at the end of the credits that it was produced in 2003. Thank you for posting it.

  • @user-gd3xy2vl1s
    @user-gd3xy2vl1s Před 6 měsíci +10

    The attenton to detail is stunning in dress, armour, architecture, ritual and religion. I especially liked the spell for curing male impotence :-)

  • @annastinehammersdottir1290
    @annastinehammersdottir1290 Před 5 měsíci +10

    I just spent a cold winter's day, cooking and watching this amazing production. Fascinating and illuminating exploration of history that affects both 'Asia Minor' and 'Europe' to this day.

  • @Mandarava100
    @Mandarava100 Před 5 měsíci +24

    Really interesting especially about their religion. Ancient peoples were so clued in to the natural world and their connection with the hidden realms. We have lost these insights sadly.

    • @m.patsyfauntleroy9645
      @m.patsyfauntleroy9645 Před 4 měsíci

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  • @Pincer88
    @Pincer88 Před 5 měsíci +18

    What a magnificent portrait of a people and their civilization. The recorded lives of its kings give such a profound insight in how little our lives, thoughts and emotions differ from theirs. This recording is of a Shakespeare-like quality: endearing an deeply empathetic. This is visualized storytelling of the highest quality. Sincere compliments Mr. Oernek (please excuse my writing: I do not know how to get the two points on the capital letter O).
    I'd be delighted to see more of your outstanding work. Thank you very much for sharing it on this medium. Kind regards from the Netherlands.

    • @helenamcginty4920
      @helenamcginty4920 Před 5 měsíci +5

      Ive learned how. Just hold letter down gently and all symbols appear. I write a lot in Spanish. You need to slide along to the one you want. It can be a faff at first.

    • @Pincer88
      @Pincer88 Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@helenamcginty4920 Thank you for the kind tip!

    • @lynnfisher3037
      @lynnfisher3037 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Of course we are ALL the same. We all have an EGO which causes ALL human problems...

    • @Pincer88
      @Pincer88 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@lynnfisher3037 Well, certainly we all have egos, but that does not mean we're all self centered narcissists that cause all problems human kind or the world at large faces. If that were the case, Donald Trump would be the predominant type of human being. Which is, I hope is clear to you as well, is not the case.
      But to go back to the topic at hand, how does your comment relate to my comment exactly? I can't see the connection.

    • @Nanadina51
      @Nanadina51 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Ö - hold a letter down versus just a tap; should allow you to move your finger over to your choice :)

  • @dutchhoke6555
    @dutchhoke6555 Před 4 měsíci +3

    Couldnt stop watching this seamless history of an empire on a personal level. I'll keep an eye out for them in my Bible studies, and other aspects of their story.

  • @rachaelskibbe7899
    @rachaelskibbe7899 Před 5 měsíci +5

    More more more...Sir Jeremy Irons!!!

  • @VERGIKARSITIOZGURLUKCU
    @VERGIKARSITIOZGURLUKCU Před 5 měsíci +7

    çok güzel bi belgesel daha önce nasıl da görmemişim dna ım %30 unu eski anadolu çiftçileri oluşturuyor

    • @user-hx1gz4yb7n
      @user-hx1gz4yb7n Před 5 měsíci +1

      It could be said in a more clear way, that of 30%...
      It is a kind of stupifying us, when giving us that kind of information, in that way. Of course, there must be much more specific info available, perhaps not without much more analysis done. Many DNA zones are to be analized, and their specific variants.
      But, no more great effort is done in that direction. The effort is done to make virtual us, according to the knowledge about our DNA expression and effects of "interractions" of different kind - in order to make it all virtually, using powerfull computers and AI. When "they" make people virtual and become able to fabricate them when needed, they'll kill us all

  • @stephentackett4064
    @stephentackett4064 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Finally in 1080! Thank you! I watch this film every 1 or 2 years.

  • @DistantLights
    @DistantLights Před 6 měsíci +5

    Rameses II's intro went hard

  • @PlakaDelos
    @PlakaDelos Před 6 měsíci +36

    I truly enjoyed this production. I knew the history but now I feel I know the people and the times. Well done.

    • @Tolga_Ornek
      @Tolga_Ornek  Před 6 měsíci +9

      Glad you liked it. Thank you for watching.

    • @uzgirisuz
      @uzgirisuz Před 6 měsíci +2

      ​@@Tolga_Ornek[[[[[]

  • @rdleahey
    @rdleahey Před 5 měsíci +8

    This was GREAT! Very well done! Thank you!

  • @ELJason2006
    @ELJason2006 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Jeremy Irons is narrating this he rocks

  • @thehunter9430
    @thehunter9430 Před 6 měsíci +16

    Such a great docu drama. I couldn't get enough. I didn't want it to end. 👍👍

    • @ericastier1646
      @ericastier1646 Před 5 měsíci

      Ask me about it, you only saw it 7 days ago, i saw it 7 years ago and since viewed it with fascination 8 times in full !! It's a masterpiece of script, narration, original music, theatrical renactment. But of all of these the music (performed by the city of Prague Philarmonic orchestra) and the theatrical are the most well done. It's not that Hittite were that great but this docu drama is exceptional. That time when the docu shifts from historical narration to the first Hittite king Hatushalli speaking based on historical texts is extremely moving, it feels real.

    • @tigerlikeswater
      @tigerlikeswater Před 5 měsíci

      If you are interested in historical fiction - Gordon Doherty's Empire's of Bronze series of books - is excellent and has King Hattusilli III as the main hero - really brings the Hittite and Egyptian confilct to life.

    • @ericastier1646
      @ericastier1646 Před 5 měsíci

      @@tigerlikeswater Thanks for the reference ! But i think it becomes romanticized historical fiction when it is turned into novel. This documentary keeps it bare to a minimum. I have indeed read historical fiction books like the Great Armada , an historical attempt of Spain to conquer England that was disastrous for Spain because the English weather is favorable to locals in a war of attrition. It was disapointing. I prefer reading biographies and watch historical docudrama like this one.

    • @tigerlikeswater
      @tigerlikeswater Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@ericastier1646 No worries - I would just add that the levels of research and academic detail applied by historical fiction writers such as Bernard Cornwell, Doherty, Scarrow and James L Nelson - is high - with most (I'm not sure if Nelson does - but he does the best descriptions of Viking boat building in his stories) providing a historical review and rational at the end of their stories with references to academic history books. A book is able to provide details on culture, architecture, weapons manufacture, battle strategies and tactics that I personally find fascinating.

    • @ericastier1646
      @ericastier1646 Před 5 měsíci

      @@tigerlikeswater great

  • @tamaveirene
    @tamaveirene Před 7 měsíci +27

    Beautiful narration!!! Congratulations!! Brilliant!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @debshrader7072
    @debshrader7072 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Best docudrama to date explaining what happened in this area at that time

  • @annepoitrineau5650
    @annepoitrineau5650 Před 6 měsíci +28

    One gets a sense that the HIttite kings/queens were very human, and also living in partnerships. Very interesting. Thank you SOOOO much.

    • @gregorynixon2945
      @gregorynixon2945 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Partners in a sense, but in different domains.

    • @tigerlikeswater
      @tigerlikeswater Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@gregorynixon2945 Except Pudu was pretty much equal to Hattusilli III because he made her so - she had her own seal and dealt diplomatically with vassal Kings.

    • @gregorynixon2945
      @gregorynixon2945 Před 5 měsíci

      @@tigerlikeswater I've read that too, but they mostly had different areas of responsibility.

  • @19angela71
    @19angela71 Před 6 měsíci +11

    Fascinating story about the rise and fall of the great empire.

  • @noeraldinkabam
    @noeraldinkabam Před 3 měsíci +1

    That voice is one of a kind.

  • @user-kb9ey3ev6p
    @user-kb9ey3ev6p Před 6 měsíci +16

    It is amazing how an entire major civilization was just recently discovered, lost to history for a long time.

    • @100youmiro
      @100youmiro Před 5 měsíci +3

      Recently?) maybe for you

    • @MarvinT0606
      @MarvinT0606 Před měsícem

      and yet it's also the case that they've always been there: from accounts of the Bible to the story of the Fall of Troy, just that only with the discovery of the ruins of the Hittite empire did historians finally fit the pieces of the puzzle together

  • @ianhills8980
    @ianhills8980 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Excellent documentary, sensitively narrated by Jeremy Irons.

  • @love2roam831
    @love2roam831 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Great work telling the story of a great civilization. 👍

  • @laetitialogan2017
    @laetitialogan2017 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Magnificent...thank you so much....

  • @blackbird7679
    @blackbird7679 Před 4 měsíci

    A brilliant documentary. Thank you. I look forward to many more of your documentaries.

  • @makeupboss3568
    @makeupboss3568 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Now this was really interesting… I didn’t learn anything about the Hittites in school.. I remember hearing the word in the movie Ghostbusters … I wanted to know more . It’s amazing how much I didn’t know.

  • @user-hg1ky3cj2s
    @user-hg1ky3cj2s Před 5 měsíci +3

    Very good documentary. Thanks so much for sharing. I really enjoyed it and the visuals and actors made such a wonderful difference in the quality.
    Lynn in Naples FL.

  • @femi1987
    @femi1987 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Amazing documentary really enjoyed the pacing and the detailing of it.

  • @lewisjohnson8297
    @lewisjohnson8297 Před 4 měsíci +2

    The Hittites drew me in, as I was researching the exploits of Tutmosis III. That was back sometime in the late '60s.
    Unfortunately, most of the info revolved around war and its technology. Culture was just a series of side notes. This is fascinating.

  • @gregorynixon2945
    @gregorynixon2945 Před 6 měsíci +26

    This is a work of art-just a brilliant docu-drama. However, I remain skeptical that ALL males shaved their beards. After all the remaining depictions are mainly of nobles, royalty, or priests. Regular farmers or soldiers are rarely, if ever, shown.

    • @einsjam
      @einsjam Před 5 měsíci +3

      I have a hunch that at the time this documentary was made, the Turks were still staunchly Kemalist and didn't want Hittites to be shown as bearded fellas. Just a hunch.

    • @debshrader7072
      @debshrader7072 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Lice was always an issue

    • @user-ru7ql4vp2m
      @user-ru7ql4vp2m Před 4 měsíci

      Well done.History of Kingdom of HĂRȚI,with Hattusha-capital.They are allys of pelasg and greek and Dacians-getae.Troya was Allied with Hatti and the Greek can,t conquer this land.was war and war with asirian-babilonian Kingdom Aegipetus and Mises with J 49:26 Josuah distroying that lands.(see the Bible,around 1257 B C.)All hetites are shaving their barbes.Vergilius said about Prince Eneas,Prince pelasgus escaped from Troy.REMUS AND ROMULUS will built-in the ROME AND CONSTANTINOPOLES.Hatti Kingdom was asimilated by Mezo-persian empire till to Cyrus and Darius.😮😮😮😮

    • @gregorynixon2945
      @gregorynixon2945 Před 4 měsíci

      @@user-ru7ql4vp2m You're making up all connections in your horrible English. Except I agree that the Hittites would surely have known about the attack on Troy. However, it is likely the attack was from those known as the Peoples of the Sea, which likely would have included the Achaians (whom the Hittites called Ahhiyawa) and others such as the Danuna (Danaans), Ekwesh (possibly from Kriti), Peleset (Kritins from Knossos) later known as Philistines), and Tjekker (Kritins from Zakros).

  • @BenSHammonds
    @BenSHammonds Před 7 měsíci +11

    a subject that I enjoy, the research and history is of much interest, I very much enjoy the history of the region back thru to the Neolithic and beginning of farming.

    • @about2mount
      @about2mount Před 7 měsíci +2

      Many scholars today are not correct in assuming that the Hatti people and the Hattusa empire were the Biblical Hittites.
      The Hatti who fought with Egypt is in fact not in any way linked with the Biblical Hittites.
      However the British museum knows this and had admitted it by explaining that two student archaeologists had mistakenly pegged the Biblical Hittite name to the Hatti Empire.
      This confuses many.

    • @ismailctak1527
      @ismailctak1527 Před 7 měsíci +1

      ​@@about2mountMısırla savaşan hattiler değildir. Mısırla savaşan hititlerdir. Hattiler anadolunun yerli halkıdır. Hititler ise Anadolu ya sonradan gelen hint-Avrupa kökenli bir haktır.

  • @naomicristinemaduro5975
    @naomicristinemaduro5975 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Thank you for posting this 😀

  • @believeinpeace
    @believeinpeace Před 3 měsíci

    What a truly amazing documentary. Thank you so very much!!

  • @carriekelly4186
    @carriekelly4186 Před 6 měsíci +23

    As a ceramics major with minor in art history i loved the Hittite pottery and ancient Mesopotamian seals. Thank you so much. Wonderful to learn more about the Hittites with such great visuals as well as narration and guest spots with so many professors.❤❤❤ Wonderfully done❤

    • @Aggrobiscuit
      @Aggrobiscuit Před 6 měsíci +4

      As a professional hamster tamer, I also really enjoyed the pottery segment.

    • @keiferalford7961
      @keiferalford7961 Před 6 měsíci +2

      I just have to ask.....where do you major in ceramics? Seriously. Where? You HAD to have made that up. My degree in Solo cups forces the question.

    • @samueljackson6188
      @samueljackson6188 Před 6 měsíci +2

      So basically, you paid for a useless degree that does nothing to feed our family. Well Done!

  • @KathleenCalhoun-em6ys
    @KathleenCalhoun-em6ys Před 6 měsíci +14

    I like learning about peoples and cultures which are no longer around any more, and this happens to be one of them. I know that from reading the Bible, the Hittites were a created group, a group that was not an original group of its own but one that was formed or comprised of other groups to form their own group, namely the Hebrews, the Egyptians, and one or more of the Canaanite groups. From attending grammar school, I also learned that the major contribution from the Hittites was the chariot and that the ancient Egyptians adopted the use of it.

    • @annepoitrineau5650
      @annepoitrineau5650 Před 6 měsíci +2

      Ok...The Hittires may have amalgamated people from other nations (immigrants, mercenaries) but they were their own culture.

    • @KathleenCalhoun-em6ys
      @KathleenCalhoun-em6ys Před 6 měsíci +2

      @@annepoitrineau5650 True, but their religion, as was stated in the video, resulted in an amalgamation gathered from what they borrowed from other cultures. It would be interesting to find out which aspects of their culture were not borrowed but uniquely their own.

    • @KathleenCalhoun-em6ys
      @KathleenCalhoun-em6ys Před 6 měsíci +3

      @@annepoitrineau5650 Come to think of it, if the men wore the distinctive clothing and straight long hair down to their backs as was depicted in this video, that could have been a couple of things.

    • @kopynd1
      @kopynd1 Před 6 měsíci +1

      israelites

    • @hannahpocock4152
      @hannahpocock4152 Před 6 měsíci +2

      This very well could describe Israel as Is Ra El combines three gods from the Ancient Egyptians Ra/ Isis, Phoenicians and Israelites (El: Elohim). Thus the origin of the holy trinity

  • @michaelclair9323
    @michaelclair9323 Před měsícem

    This was wonderful, thank you so much for this.

  • @patmclean416
    @patmclean416 Před 4 měsíci

    I knew of the Hittites, but never knew their importance and laws . Fascinating

  • @kimberlyperrotis8962
    @kimberlyperrotis8962 Před 6 měsíci +15

    This is great! How could those early archaeologists not be interested in this fascinating civilization? I certainly am. Thanks so much, this film must have been tons of work🙂

    • @Downey-2000
      @Downey-2000 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Are you a descendant of the hitites ?

  • @anna-lisagirling7424
    @anna-lisagirling7424 Před 5 měsíci +3

    This is excellentt. I had nver had any source cover so many aspects of the history of the Hittites so well before. I'm so sorry such comprehensive and effective documentaries are made in the US are made anymore. Oh well.

  • @susanc8036
    @susanc8036 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Thank you. I loved this.

  • @winniefisher
    @winniefisher Před 4 měsíci +1

    Perfect narrator a joy to listen to him

  • @nycgweed
    @nycgweed Před 7 měsíci +22

    perfect timing! Seems nothing has changed in 3000 years

    • @jimsilvey5432
      @jimsilvey5432 Před 6 měsíci +5

      Except now we have nuclear weapons.

    • @heatherhinde6544
      @heatherhinde6544 Před 6 měsíci

      Exactly.

    • @justaroot4315
      @justaroot4315 Před 6 měsíci +1

      ​@jimsilvey5432 Directed Energy Weapon technology attached to satellite grid management and surveillance. Behavior Modification legislation passed 1/2019. HR 838. Entrainment and Systemized Energy Stimulation for the "spiritual" experience of the initiates and/or electronic frequencies working in tandem with the individual participants.
      The Bee Surah 16:93
      "If Allah so wished, he would SET you up as one community".
      Temple of Set and other like-minded deceivers....playing gods of the airwaves.

    • @herminepursch2470
      @herminepursch2470 Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@jimsilvey5432we have learned how to hate and kill each other better

  • @HotZetiGer
    @HotZetiGer Před 6 měsíci +3

    Eqyptian zebra shields are luxurious

  • @kazuyoshisakamoto4096
    @kazuyoshisakamoto4096 Před měsícem +1

    The Hittites were able to establish a powerful state in part due to their respect for history. They recognized that their contemporary society was rooted in past experiences, understanding that the decisions they made were built upon the achievements of their predecessors and would serve as the foundation for the future.
    Consequently, they meticulously preserved written records over centuries, continually researching and referencing historical events. This reverence for documentation underscores why the role of scribe, akin to modern-day data management, was one of the most critical positions in their administration.

  • @viorelpiscanu9425
    @viorelpiscanu9425 Před 4 měsíci +2

    We SHOULD pay attention to ancient societies such Hitites../ much to learn ... Especially the sence of history identity of a state presearving traditions for future generations...

  • @history_repeats8201
    @history_repeats8201 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Unfortunately, for the Hittites they lived close to civilizational giants like the Egyptians and the Greeks so nobody really knows the Hittites but just about everyone knows the impact of the Egyptians and Greeks to human civilization.

  • @stevecload7
    @stevecload7 Před 6 měsíci +3

    amazing world class production, thank you!

  • @valc6634
    @valc6634 Před 29 dny

    Excellent documentary, thank you.

  • @user-di1rl9zp4d
    @user-di1rl9zp4d Před 4 měsíci +1

    schitterende en zeer gedegen documentaire en zeer interessant en leerzaam en tenzeerste ervan genoten,en dank ervoor dat ik dit kon bekijken.het was zeer de moeite waardt!

  • @byrd-is-the-word
    @byrd-is-the-word Před 6 měsíci +8

    Uriah .. one of the greatest of King David's warriors .. husband of Sahara .. betrayed by both his wile and king .. Uriah was Hittite ..

    • @DANA-yc9wq
      @DANA-yc9wq Před 6 měsíci +3

      Uriah the Hittite, was the husband of Bathsheba. David took Bathsheba and made her pregnant, and this is why David had her husband Uriah killed.

    • @ryannewington6121
      @ryannewington6121 Před 5 měsíci +1

      ehh he was really more a Neohittite. By David's time these guys had come and gone

  • @ckbeep1313
    @ckbeep1313 Před 7 měsíci +5

    Thanks, finally something good to watch today.

    • @jean-marcleclercq4872
      @jean-marcleclercq4872 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Very interesting,authentic,well made History of thé Hittites .thanks you .

  • @taterbug70
    @taterbug70 Před 5 měsíci +1

    That's really amazing that they built such a vast empire and eat up Egypt several times. Every empire appears to have a lifespan except for Rome which is like a disease which ebbs and flows rather than is ever cured.

  • @viorelpiscanu9425
    @viorelpiscanu9425 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Best regards from Bucarest ROMANIA 💐🤗🌹👍 Jeremy Irons!? What a treat! ... Conclusion: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi....

  • @bethbartlett5692
    @bethbartlett5692 Před 6 měsíci +22

    Irons Narrations, truly effective and so enjoyable. Yet, the story, written by "Mainstream Archaeologists" is ready for an "Authentic Academics" audit and update. Presently we have so many "Peer Reviewed Findings", and "Repeatable Lab Based Genetic/DNA Findings" that add such value and facts, which are building a far more Authentic story. I look forward to the flow of new findings, the greater facts.

    • @gregorynixon2945
      @gregorynixon2945 Před 6 měsíci

      I wish you'd be more specific, at least privately (write to me!). I wrote my novel on the fall of the Hittite Empire and used Trevor Bryce as my main source. I would like to know what's changed aside from new scholars attempting to kill off the fathers, as usual. (I've watched it happen for 40 years.) Yes, I know that Hattusa was largely abandoned before it was finally burned. But otherwise this version seems pretty solid to me.

    • @michaelgentile9580
      @michaelgentile9580 Před 6 měsíci +1

      The new facts are what we call delusions today.

    • @gregorynixon2945
      @gregorynixon2945 Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@michaelgentile9580 What is your "new" DNA evidence, Beth? The Hatti spoke an Indo-European and came down from the north as the Nesa. What's missed is that Hattusa now appears to have been largely abandoned, at least by its elite and military before it was finally burnt to ashes (not abandoned after the burning).

    • @gregorynixon2945
      @gregorynixon2945 Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@michaelgentile9580 It is a fact the new younger scholars feel it is their job to overhrow "the fathers", whatever conclusions had been drawn from the former generations of scholars. Otherwise they won't be noticed.

    • @davidbenyahuda5190
      @davidbenyahuda5190 Před 5 měsíci

      As an historian who has had the privilege to study history from primary sources available to serious academics I can assure you that socalled mainstream history is for entertainment purposes and to hide the fact that world history is Black history. Shalawam 👊🏿🕎⚔️🏹🪶🌽

  • @jamesraymond1158
    @jamesraymond1158 Před 6 měsíci +4

    Fascinating. Such wonderful scholarship. And Hrozny, the Czech who deciphered the writing in 1915: what an accomplishment, equal to the other great discovery of 1915, Einstein's theory of general relativity.

    • @G_v._Losinj2_ImportantPlaylist
      @G_v._Losinj2_ImportantPlaylist Před 6 měsíci +1

      Yes, exactly. What a tank and hero to mankind.
      I’m glad you wrote his name, I just did lol.
      Chk “PKA Einstein”-I don’t watch them, but 1 host (Taylor) reads an interesting piece about Einstein & his contemporaries, so there’s value in the cIip.
      I still need to really look into it, but if even 50% is true, it’s really disappointing.

    • @ericastier1646
      @ericastier1646 Před 5 měsíci

      NO !! Einstein is a known plagiarist ! The inventor of the theory of relativity is the French Mathematician Henry Poincaré. He is also the one who found the famous equation e=mc^2.
      And the general theory of relativity was found by Hilbert again not Einstein. The reason for the long false history is purely political and einstein ethnical group's domination of the media.

  • @brettmuir5679
    @brettmuir5679 Před 2 měsíci

    I think this is the best documentary on the Hittites I have seen, and I have watched many of them. Love this history and am haunted by this era and these people. To come out of myth and into living history is such an underrated story. The fact that their peace treaty with Egypt is at the UN is SO COOL.
    Thanks to all involved in making this and getting it up on YT
    Edit: This film really made me want to visit Boğazköy in winter. Late August was primetime but those winter scenes made me yearn to visit Turkey again...so much. Turkiye seviyorum şimde. ÇOK GUZEL. Teşekurederim

  • @stanislav7920
    @stanislav7920 Před 3 měsíci

    Unlike most of the Western documentaries, this one is pretty informative. Also, beautifully made. Thank you from the bottom of my history addicted heart!

  • @erpthompsonqueen9130
    @erpthompsonqueen9130 Před 6 měsíci +5

    Thank you. Watching from Alaska.
    Sorry to see the comments descending into divisiveness.

    • @bubb5225
      @bubb5225 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Can you see Russia?

  • @ToMPaSHKoV
    @ToMPaSHKoV Před 5 měsíci +4

    "If it ain't Hittite, it ain't right."

  • @johnford6967
    @johnford6967 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Right, great documentary on the Hittites.Good book on them "The Hittites" published by Thames& Hudson.
    s

  • @pariahthistledowne3934
    @pariahthistledowne3934 Před 6 měsíci +1

    beautiful Doc

  • @juanlugo7492
    @juanlugo7492 Před 7 měsíci +5

    First written peace treaty in history

    • @mariussielcken
      @mariussielcken Před 7 měsíci +2

      In history that we have evidence of. The civilisations before the catastrophic end of the last ice age were intergalactic/non-local

    • @chriscuomo9334
      @chriscuomo9334 Před 6 měsíci

      … that we have history of
      Imagine thinking the oldest thing we possess is the oldest version of that thing to have existed

  • @5kehhn
    @5kehhn Před 6 měsíci +6

    This is a great documentary.

  • @paulbennett772
    @paulbennett772 Před 4 měsíci

    Absolutely outstanding. Subscribed

  • @odinfireful
    @odinfireful Před 3 měsíci +1

    Show this in schools! well done

  • @rjlchristie
    @rjlchristie Před 6 měsíci +9

    When I was in Turkiye I came across people who pronounced Hittites as High-tight-teas rather than Hit-tights.
    I've often wondered if that alternative is more historically correct.

    • @justaroot4315
      @justaroot4315 Před 6 měsíci +2

      It would be now..

    • @pyrusheliosmk2204
      @pyrusheliosmk2204 Před 3 měsíci

      Are you sure you we're in Turkey. We definity do not pronunce it like that.

  • @shirlenefarrar1404
    @shirlenefarrar1404 Před 6 měsíci +8

    The Exodus took place around 1450 BC. Rameses ll ruled about 200 years after that. He was not the Pharoah at the time of the exodus.

    • @yaraviera4444
      @yaraviera4444 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Wao,.

    • @benandreadurham1870
      @benandreadurham1870 Před 6 měsíci +2

      They pretty much consider the bible a myth , but who else could explain the demise of the Hittite kingdom during the precise time GOD was heading up the Israeli army purging the land ahead of Joshua. Then the brief mention of Uriah the hittite during the reign of David as king of Israel

    • @cassandraseven3478
      @cassandraseven3478 Před 5 měsíci

      Israelite, not israeli. Big difference.@@benandreadurham1870

    • @steveavecillas1114
      @steveavecillas1114 Před 4 měsíci

      There is no evidence the exodus ever happend .

    • @steveavecillas1114
      @steveavecillas1114 Před 4 měsíci

      When the jews left Egypt and migrated to Israel.. Israel was still part of the Egypt empire ......

  • @arthurswanson3285
    @arthurswanson3285 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Hittite is the coolest name for a tribe in human history. Bar none.

  • @tatianadisiena
    @tatianadisiena Před 4 měsíci

    Amazing documentary! Acting and narrating are so good! Bravo!

  • @frankfischer1281
    @frankfischer1281 Před 6 měsíci +5

    A well-done documentary. Thank you.

    • @acotrajkov425
      @acotrajkov425 Před 6 měsíci

      Well done isnt
      Bat good Emisins ( emisija ) yes

  • @lincolnyaco5626
    @lincolnyaco5626 Před 5 měsíci +4

    well done HOWEVER some historical inaccuracies. Hittites were NOT the FIRST kingdom or empire--not by a long shot.
    Wikipedia:
    The Akkadian Empire (/əˈkeɪdiən/)[4] was the first ancient empire of Mesopotamia, succeeding the long-lived civilization of Sumer. Centered on the city of Akkad (/ˈækæd/)[5] and its surrounding region, the empire would unite Akkadian and Sumerian speakers under one rule and exercised significant influence across Mesopotamia, the Levant, and Anatolia, sending military expeditions as far south as Dilmun and Magan (modern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Oman) in the Arabian Peninsula.[6][page needed]
    The Akkadian Empire reached its political peak between the 24th and 22nd centuries BC, following the conquests by its founder Sargon of Akkad. Under Sargon and his successors, the Akkadian language was briefly imposed on neighboring conquered states such as Elam and Gutium. Akkad is sometimes regarded as the first empire in history, though the meaning of this term is not precise, and there are earlier Sumerian claimants.[7][8]

  • @TyZaTube
    @TyZaTube Před 4 měsíci +1

    Great video

  • @morgomi
    @morgomi Před 3 měsíci

    Harika!

  • @wizzardofpaws2420
    @wizzardofpaws2420 Před 6 měsíci +4

    Fantastic documentary.

  • @deeppurple883
    @deeppurple883 Před 6 měsíci +11

    I hope they have something new to bring to the table because this has been done to death. It's brilliant history. Not talked about like Egypt is but it has left a great legacy. ✌️☘️

    • @chriscuomo9334
      @chriscuomo9334 Před 6 měsíci +6

      Please do a better version for us

    • @justinfowler5761
      @justinfowler5761 Před 6 měsíci +1

      This documentary was made over 20 years ago

    • @BrettHowell-wo1ik
      @BrettHowell-wo1ik Před 6 měsíci +2

      @@chriscuomo9334 Fr.
      Hasn't been " done to death"
      There is hardly anything on the Hittites wtf

    • @chriscuomo9334
      @chriscuomo9334 Před 6 měsíci

      @@BrettHowell-wo1ik rm. tdym. Illmc.

  • @6079SmithW
    @6079SmithW Před 2 měsíci

    Thank you. I enjoyed that

  • @antonijadragoje4910
    @antonijadragoje4910 Před měsícem

    Excellent, thank you🇭🇷

  • @slawomirkulinski
    @slawomirkulinski Před 5 měsíci +3

    About the same time as Battle of Kadesh there was another battle fought by 3000-5000 combatants in a very unlikely place - north of today's Berlin. We don't know who they were. We just know where it was. Battle of Tollensee
    czcams.com/video/xZ3qA-cqq5s/video.htmlsi=k3GMWNE9MmGY7ILH

    • @CT-uv8os
      @CT-uv8os Před 4 měsíci

      Ancestors of Germans and Russians, that's who.

  • @rubaidaallen2764
    @rubaidaallen2764 Před 6 měsíci +3

    I watched this doc on the Smithsonian channel at least 5 times. It’s a total fave 👏👏👏👏👏

  • @rftulak
    @rftulak Před 4 měsíci

    thank you

  • @tammyallen8205
    @tammyallen8205 Před 3 měsíci

    Excellent Documentary. I enjoyed watching & listening to this Video. You have a nice You Tube Channel. I love History & World Geography & different Countries & Cultures too.

  • @johndutchman
    @johndutchman Před 7 měsíci +4

    hey . cool .. thanks [] [] Excellent production ! and Jeremy Irons is fantastic !

    • @carriekelly4186
      @carriekelly4186 Před 6 měsíci

      I love his voice yes! I was sure it had to be him❤❤❤

  • @YogiMcCaw
    @YogiMcCaw Před 5 měsíci +4

    The music was great too. The string arrangements in particular really added to the emotional impact of the scenes.

  • @leylaery
    @leylaery Před 5 měsíci +1

    Merci

  • @burcgundes
    @burcgundes Před 6 měsíci +2

    harika bir dokumanter. Çok surukleyici. Çok tebrikler. Pemra ya selam. Burç

  • @smacpost3
    @smacpost3 Před 5 měsíci +7

    It looks like a great deal of effort, time and money was put into making this. Very well done, interesting and informative.
    If you make a sequel, it might have the Sea Peoples in it...did they contribute to the fall of the Hittites?
    Great stuff, thank you.

    • @lincolnyaco5626
      @lincolnyaco5626 Před 5 měsíci +2

      the Bronze age collapse occurred between c. 1200 and 1150 bce. All the great Mediterranean nations collapsed except Egypt which hung on--with hardship. It was caused by several factors: drought, famine, earthquakes and other natural disasters, war, disease, and more. The Iron Age was introduced by the peoples northeast of the Black Sea (where the Hittites had originated, long before), the Yamnaya people, also known as the Indo-euro language group.🐎🐎🐎
      The sea people were a collection of refugees from the collapse that became pirates to survive.⛵⛵⛵

    • @gregorynixon2945
      @gregorynixon2945 Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@lincolnyaco5626 Accurate insights though much controversy remains. There was a delay of about 300 years after the Collapse when bronze was made less & less, mostly recycled (because of the lack of tin imports), before iron forging became widespread. At least you don't deny the existence of the Peoples of the Sea (name them how you will), which has become a recent academic trend. The evidence is overwhelming of some sort of migratory conquest.
      You sound literary and informed enough, ​@lincolnyaco5626, that you might enjoy my (Gregory Michael Nixon) recent novel: *The Diomedeia: Diomedes, the Peoples of the Sea, and the Fall of the Hittite Empire*. If you are willing to write even a short review, I will send you a free copy.