History of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, Part I (550-486 BC; Cyrus the Great - Darius the Great)
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- In this first of a two-part series, we'll take a concise look at the history of one of the greatest empires in all of antiquity - the Achaemenid Persian Empire. Founded by Cyrus II and expanded by his successors Cambyses II and Darius I, the Achaemenid dynasty would not just go on to rule most of the known world at the time, but also transmit the ideas and innovations of its many subject peoples to from the shores of the eastern Mediterranean to the Indus River valley and beyond. We'll start with examining the Achaemenid's rise to power, the world that they lived in, their religion including Zoroastrianism, and the beginning of their encounters with the Greek-speaking peoples of the Aegean and what would eventually lead to the Greco-Persian wars.
Contents:
00:00 Historical Backdrop (Assyria, Elam and Media)
09:35 Cyrus the Great (Early Years)
14:00 Cyrus vs. Croesus and Lydia
20:31 Cyrus and the Conquest of Babylon
24:43 Cyrus as Liberator in Biblical and Babylonian texts
27:33 Cyrus and Babylon
29:20 Cyrus' Last Campaign against the Massagetae
32:00 Cambyses II
37:06 Cambyses II - Mad or Maligned King?
42:18 Darius I (Darius the Great)
43:44 The Behistun Inscription and the Crisis of 522 BC
55:50 Persian Ethics, Religion, and Zoroastrianism
01:02:56 Achaemenid Administration - Roads, Canals and Satrapies
01:08:45 Expansion into Europe and start of the Greco-Persian Wars
01:11:19 Battle of Marathon
01:14:28 Thank you and Patrons
Special thanks to Malay Archer for creating the astounding machinimas that really brought this program to life using the Total War: Rome 2 Divide et Impera, Cyrus the Great campaign and Age of Bronze mod.
Malay Archer
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I'd also like to thank Farya Faraji and Walker Masuda for their contributions to the soundtrack of this program. Be sure to check out their work as well!
Farya Faraji
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Specific tracks used in this program:
Dushanbe
Rise of Arsaces
Hyrcanian Lullaby
Shirin and Khosrow
The Riding Angaros
Spring in Persepolis
Walker Masuda - Artwork and Music Production
walkermasuda.artstation.com/
Additional music by Epidemic Sound.
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History of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, Part II (sequel to this video)
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Before the Achaemenid Empire: Early Kings and the Founding of the Persian Kingdom of Anshan
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Cyrus the Great and the Birth of the Achaemenid Persian Empire
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As a Greek, I was only taught at school that the Persians were some bad guys that the Greeks defeated. I am only now starting to learn about their civilization, and I am amazed.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity. And Pete. He's the one that sent me here.
Nobody was a bad guy if you really think about it.
It comes from the perspective you're looking and teached from!
Its normal the stronger part or the invader gets to be the bad guy and in this case Persia was both. So its not neccassary wrong, especially from a Greek perspective. Still a great empire tho, love to hear about the Achaemenids.
یونان بهد از اسکندر چه شد هیچ . یا بخشی از امپراتوری بیزانس بود و یا عثمانی ..ولی ایران بعداز هخامنشیان .پارتها بودن که ارتش های روم رو در هم میکوبیدن یا ساسانیان که دو امپراتور رومی در مقابلش زانو زدن .. ایران مرکز مدنیت بوده و انسان متمدن از فلات ایران به چهار گوشه جهان پخش شده
Just when I run out of things to watch, this pops up :D
Great timing I guess...it was taking a while to render so I guess that's why haha. Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it! Stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy very much noting the content rich video Cy, as opposed to some presenters who are sufficing with repeating b-roll and audio
CZcams Clade x
You can see the vast contrast between Cyrus and Darius by the fact that the inscriptions on one's tomb only request his bones to remain undisturbed while the other writes a book on how awesome he was.
Yes i also first raised this question. But all his words matched with a person discribe in quran. If you readA darius inscriptions and his intro in quran you will find out it was one God, whom darius was getting instructions from. I dont know via which form not mentioned.
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Okay look here, you're not the first guy to try to besmirch Darius and up Cyrus. You guys can try to make Cyrus and Cambyses sound better than Darius and Xerxes all you want. But fact of the matter Darius was a man of God, and Cyrus wasnt. Cyrus' legend is also overblown by the Talmudic people, when he was a clear cut pagan. Where's Darius on the other hand was mentioned in the only un-altered religious book the Quran by God Himself. Darius was the one that took the empire from being an empire of nomads to an empire of monotheism, sophistication and wealth and made Persians known throughout the world.
Very happy to see you covering Zoroastrianism!
Thanks! I'll be doing a separate videos on Zoroastrianism soon, stay tuned!
The Iranian fars tribe isn't persian , and persian isn't farsi
Because originally The roots of the farsi language basic belong to the people of Tajikistan It is a branch of the Dari language of Afghanistan
Undoubtedly iranian fars tribe are descent indian
the nickname of persian belong to old region the called zagros and native people which lorestani and kurds living all round there . so this all history about mesopotamia in fact nothing to do with farsi people which immigrant and come from indian to iran . so some Europe companies the was concerns of ottoman empire that's why the build an fake country for fars tribe and keep genocided assimilated kurdish & lorstan history. racial cleansing , coultur,ancient & civilisation
So the heritage and ancestry family of cyrus origin belong to the med (median ) empire which was the kurds kurdistan and lorestanj so basic farsi language origin belong to Afghanistan , Tajikistan not iran and iranian fars should not proud of an history which nothing to do with them that's not honor they imitated everything from others,
So an century many( fake )sham country's in middle east ( iraq , turkey ,iran , Syria) build by the WEST companies
@@omidfarhadi5541 I smell a distinct tinge of "Copium".
@@omidfarhadi5541Are you out of your mind? I am a Tajik and this is the first time I have heard such nonsense, I will tell you that it was Persian that came to Central Asia and not vice versa, we Tajiks spoke Sogdian, Khorezm, Bactrian and other languages of eastern Iran and only after the conquest of the Arabs and the creation of the Samanid state, the Persian language became dominant in Central Asia, the Persian language has a 5 thousand year history This language is the father of all Iranian languages and we Tajiks are proud to speak this great Firdavsi language
@@omidfarhadi5541 farsi is the persian word for persian lolll
Love from Tajikistan 🇹🇯 from Tajik people to my Ancestors Teispes and Cyrus the great 🇮🇷❤️❤️ Tajiks-Persians synonym.
Thank you for this great information
As a Persian from Shiraz, I am glad you made such a great film length documentary which is bursting at the seams with information about my ancestors. I am glad to be born in Iran and have Cyrus the Great as one of my ancestors as he truly was and still is a force of righteousness and light. I hope that in the same way Cyrus united the Persians and the Medes, that modern Iranians will come together and unite to fight injustice and inequality wherever it might be happening. Zendebaad Iran!
Darood baradar, and thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed this! More Iranian history on the way, stay tuned and safe!
You already have islam there the way of allah and Mohammad you don't need no neo-Cyrus...It's just that people and governors have to really follow the teachings....
Oh and i'm from Tangier, Morocco i'm an Amazigh also know as berber...
Your a aryan when it all comes down to it . Interesting
@@notyoursanymore9027 …you’re african…
Hope to see this series pan out to include Seleucid, Parthian and especially, Sassanian eras. Great narration, excellent citation of ancient sources and the beautiful Persian music in the background have done splendidly to shed light on the criminally underrated Iranian history. Doroud from Iran.
Darood my friend, great to hear from you! Yes, I'll be covering all of them eventually, first will finish up the Achaemenids and then go a bit into Alexander, Seleucids Parthian, Sasanian and even early Islamic period. That's the goal for 2021/22 and after will get into Seljuk, Mongol, Safavid, Zand, and Qajar periods. Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it and glad that you are into this stuff. Stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy think you can cover Ancient Egypt in all eras of it? As well as the Aztecs? My ancestry was recently discovered that I am linked back to the Apache Tribe, from the Mexican part of my mother's side of my family, in which that line was then traced to the Aztecs. I would love to get such a detailed video like this of the Ancient Egyptians and the Aztecs. Thank you for such great works.
@@HistorywithCy cirus die by oldnes not in battle and masagetae was estern iranic they not beat scito sarmartyans parthians innmortals is bulsit story fabricated by greek idiot alies of lidians masagetae eliberete iran north india and middle east from alexander they push them back from cirus tomb persepolis and ashoka masagetae saka destryed greek empires seleukos both masaget and sarmat was scityians cirus army in tomb of cirus is writen directly from cirus hand here ay rest me cirus the great rullers of four corner of world by grace of god asia north africa middle east est europe was scityians cirus empires innmortals bulsit tomiris is a lie they was gypsy went in india cirus army scityians saka and yuesjy mix tajik uzbek but gypsy noi other peoples brothers of sarmatic getae parthians parnii
@@LagunaShirogane Peru same as giza not on cy channel will begin your learning of Egypt cy is a repeater of lies he is way too young to have figured out a dam thing
Would it not serve human better if he shared something like Earth's axis shifted causing all these insanities . I authored the Davis hemp bill forcing the US govt to legalize CBD and stop being the global cop on hemp .
Then I stood down because of the plot to murder you and 3/4 of the planet. mRNA hope you did not take the mark if so. Then I r dner than toilet paper I warned folks long before this began . Your planet is laying on its side making the sky roll just like cuneiform class happens when the sister system returns . But yeah let's do stupid crap instead cy
It is a pleasure to collab with you Cy!
The pleasure's mine! We'll do more in future, thanks and stay safe!
2:34
"Assyrian kings would constantly brag about how they massacred hundreds of memes"
I'm sure I heard that wrong but dam.. it gave me a good reason to laugh.
Haha it's "Medes" but yeah that's funny. Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!
Cye here to save day when I’m bored.
Such an interesting empire.
Thanks, glad you stopped by and hope you enjoy the video... more to come, stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy I always do!
@@HistorywithCy can i ask you, how did it happen when you show a map there is now ARMENIA on your map. You show TURKEY AZERBAIJAN GEORGIA AND THERE IS NOW ARMENIA? EVEN AZERBAIJAN AND TURKEY DIDN'T EXIST FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME??? WHAT IS IT ? MISTAKE OR MUCH MORE?
I've been loving these ancient history videos, from the Sumerians to the Achamenids to the Macedonians and beyond. Thank you for another fascinating episode.
God be with you out there everybody. ✝️ :)
Last time I was this early King Astyages was still in charge. Love your channel.
Last time I was this early Marduk-apla-iddina had only rebelled twice
Thanks my friend, glad you like the videos... appreciate the support, stay safe!
@@lezardvaleth2304 Haha nice! Not too many people know who he was, I'm impressed! He probably deserves a video of his own, or maybe in a program on "Mesopotamia's Greatest Rebels and Troublemakers." I think it'd be a fun one to do. Anyway, thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it... stay safe!
History with Cy I forgot which video it was but you had one where every five minutes you'd say, "... Because Marduk-apla-iddina had once again started a revolt" lol
@@lezardvaleth2304 Haha yeah was probably one of the Assyria ones, I think Concise History of Assyria but I know he's also appeared in a few others.
I literally just finished your existing playlist for ancient Mesopotamian history as the Medes/Persians came into the scene in force, so this video came just at the right time!
Oh awesome, glad you enjoyed those as well! Actually, it was through studying the Achaemenid Empire many years ago that first got me into the history of ancient Mesopotamia - basically I wanted to learn more about the lands that the Persians ruled over and long story short, really got into Babylonian and Assyrian history. Anyway, thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!
Definitely one of the best history channels out there man. Keep up the great work!
Thanks my friend for the compliment, really appreciate it! Part II coming soon, stay tuned and safe!
nice pfp
@@nothingtoseeheremovealong598 Thanks compliments from bunny stalin
Prior to the battle of Cyrus' death, Another smaller battle took place where Cyrus feigned a retreat to allow the Scythians to loot what appeared to be an abandoned camp. Led by Tomyris' son Spargapises, the Scythians looted the camp and drunk the deliberately left wine (something the Scythians were unfamiliar with). The Persians then attacked the intoxicated Scythians. After sobering up, Spargapises commited suicide in captivity, realising the trap he had fallen into.
HAH!
That's funny.
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Yup, that's the more detailed version of the story. It for that reason that Tomyris took revenge on Cyrus and had his body beheaded, but who knows what really happened. Herodotus' is more the popular account, but others such as Xenophon claim he died of old age in his bed. Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it...stay safe!
@@HistorywithCy no worries hamdin, excellent video!
And the scythians were also ancient nomadic iranians too ,and the fight is between two Iranian tribes. Also the herodet himself said he get that story from other people and he doest knows that's true story or not .he also made love story between cyrus and tomyris which it's not make any sense .katzias said he fought against nomadic tribes but not massagatae or tomyris and he gets wounded in battle and later from that wound he died .nobody get his head or ...........xenophon said he died in his capital .xenepohon and katzias both came to iran land ,one came as soldier and one was doctor .they clearly knows more than herodet about that story
@@bprinter9238 hey scitians sarmatic kazar uzbek turkmen jews huns xiongu was in army of cyrus the great so called innmortal masagete was uyghur , they was to in army of cirus after they not submited to cirus the masagewtae but scityans sarmatic getae parthians was loyal to cirus beyond death of cirus king of kings
these are always great to learn and have as a background voice
Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it! Stay safe!
Thanks so much Cy . I’ve watched or listened to I’d say all of your videos on CZcams channel . I’ve learned so much and you’ve helped answer many questions I’ve had . I love ancient history ! It started as a little boy watching Documentaries on TV about Egypt and me discovering even more older places and people I wanted to find out all I could and now 50years later I’m still fascinated . A big thanks for you bringing me more understanding, knowledge. If I could go back in time I would had became a Professor or Archeologist because of my love I’ve always had for Ancient History .
I just found this channel and I love it. I‘m reading a lot about this period and its nice to have this kind of narrative alongside!
Very comprehensive, one of the kind. I learned many new things. Great job. I'm looking forward to watching more.
The best documentary video i have watched so far about ancient Persian Empire .Great video keep up the good work sir .thank you for sharing ...Fantastic video
So much info here and brilliantly presented.
Thanks for putting this together. Was looking for a video like this. Keep it up!
This is one of my favorite channels on CZcams. You do a great job. Thank you very much for the videos. Please keep them coming.
Thanks, really glad you like d this! There's also a second part to it as well with the rest of the kings of the Achaemenid line. For sure, there will be more, stay tuned and thanks for stopping by!
Every time I watch one of your videos, I end up watching 2 or 3 more, even ones I have seen already and I learn something new every time. I watched this one when you released it, but after watching the Assyrian video, which led me to the Medians, I had to watch this again.
Truly enjoyed every minute of it, well put together. Looking forward to the next one and more.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed this! Part II was just released a few days ago so hope that you enjoy that as well. Thanks also for stopping by, really appreciate it... stay safe!
Thanks for this superb presentation. The narrative is clear and well-spoken, the sources varied and fascinating, and the graphics effectively show shifts in power and the geopolitics of the era. I look forward to part II.
Thanks for the kind words and feedback, really appreciate them! Part II should be out hopefully by the next of next week. Thanks again for stopping by and stay safe!
What a marvelous series. How I appreciate ancient history! So enjoyable and rewarding. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Ooohhh ive been waiting for a video like this from you, cant wait to watch it
Thanks, hope you enjoy it! More to come, stay safe!
Great video . Iranian plateau for last over ten millennium always been full of information and creativity of life and culture from philosophy to wine . Amazing history.
How I love going back to these...thanks cy! Fantastic
Great video on Achaemenid Empire and also perfectly timed! :-)
Thanks my friend, glad you enjoyed it and Happy Nowruz to you! Thanks also for stopping by and stay safe!
The more I watch the more ancient history makes sense. This is like a huge jigsaw puzzle! I really enjoy jigsaw puzzles. Before I found your site, these places were isolated names just that existed in books. This way is far more interesting. Thank you.
I can't wait for the next nugget of gold to drop.
Oh wait- nuggets be dropping down every couple of seconds.
I love this channel. Thank You for your hard work and nuggets of wisdom.
Nice video! Can't wait untill part 2!
Thanks! Hopefully will be out first week of April... stay tuned and thanks for stopping by!
Thanks for another great video upload. Keep up all the great work
My pleasure, thank you for stopping by, really appreciate it! Stay safe!
Fantastic video as always
Hope you had a great Nowruz!
Thanks my friend, Happy Nowruz to you and your family as well! May this upcoming year be great for all of us. Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!
Thank you for your in-depth exceptionally produced documentaries. Watching from outback Queensland, Australia 😊
Thanks a lot for such a monumental video! Very interesting and educational!
My pleasure and thanks, really glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for stopping by and stay safe!
Interesting from start to end of part 1. Can't wait for part 2
Hi, thanks so much for stopping by, appreciate it! Part II is actually already out, here's the link:
czcams.com/video/KiIUDZsojhI/video.html
Enjoy and stay safe!
Awesome video! I was actually hoping the Persian empire would be next. Great work brother!
Thanks my friend, appreciate it! It took a while but finally put it out and have another one coming soon! Hope all is well with you and looking forward to your next episode!
I like the narrative that goes along with the visuals, which makes the understanding so much clearer.
Thanks for the feedback, appreciate it! I keep trying to make these better so your comments really help. Thanks for watching!
Excelent video! I love the use of the sources
God send bro thanks. Man the depth of the research here is just incredible
Thanks my friend, glad you liked this! Part II out hopefully by the end of this week. Stay tuned and safe!
Just discovered this channel. Excellent video.
This is the most fair video I have seen on the Achamenedis Persians. Thanks for using sources other than Greeks.
The more I listen about the Persians from your videos, Cy...The more I begin to like them as a whole and a civilization I could easily live in if I was alive in ancient times due to how things were runned as a whole. They dont seem to be as brutal or as villianized as the Greeks would have you believe...such as their depictions in Assassin's Creed Odyssey or 2006's movie 300. But hey that's just what it seems like. There's probably more to the story of the Persian conquests than what we know about them from historians and the historical records that the Persians and other civilizations left behind. As the saying goes: there's one side, then another side of the story...and then there's the truth.
The Iranian fars tribe isn't persian , and persian isn't farsi
Because originally The roots of the farsi language basic belong to the people of Tajikistan It is a branch of the Dari language of Afghanistan
Undoubtedly iranian fars tribe are descent indian
the nickname of persian belong to old region the called zagros and native people which lorestani and kurds living all round there . so this all history about mesopotamia in fact nothing to do with farsi people which immigrant and come from indian to iran . so some Europe companies the was concerns of ottoman empire that's why the build an fake country for fars tribe and keep genocided assimilated kurdish & lorstan history. racial cleansing , coultur,ancient & civilisation
So the heritage and ancestry family of cyrus origin belong to the med (median ) empire which was the kurds kurdistan and lorestanj so basic farsi language origin belong to Afghanistan , Tajikistan not iran and iranian fars should not proud of an history which nothing to do with them that's not honor they imitated everything from others,
So an century many( fake )sham country's in middle east ( iraq , turkey ,iran , Syria) build by the WEST companies
@@omidfarhadi5541mad jealous Kurd/ Turk found
@@omidfarhadi5541
If you have read history, you know that when the Arabs invaded Iran, the Arabs did not have the letter P, and that is why the people called Pars Fars.
The origin of Farsi language is in the southwest of Iran, but the people of Tajikistan and Afghanistan are the people of the northeast of Iran.
There is no evidence to say that Persians are originally Indians, and if we proceed with this logic, Kurds and Lors are 100% Indians, not Iranians.
Persians are from the southwest of Iran, but Kurds and Lors are from the northwest of Iran, and the people of Shiraz and Pars province of Iran were called Pars, not the people of the Zagros region.
No one has created a fake country for the Fars people
And also, no one is begging for your history, Kurds, and it is a sign of your ignorance that you want to steal other people's history, steal it with lies.
Cyrus the Great's family was from the Persians, not the Medes, only Cyrus was from the Medes on his mother's side, and again Cyrus was from the Persians. Fars did not copy Kurds and Lers, if you read history, you know that Iran is not a fake country and your words are another sign of your ignorance.
Throughout history, the West has always wanted the destruction of Iran and never wanted Iran to return to its former glory. Then create a fake country for the Persian people. Today, the West wants to build a completely fake country for you Kurds.
Then you Kurds call Iran a fake country
You Kurds don't say that we Kurds have been oppressed throughout history and are children of the mountains, so how do you claim history and civilization and say that we have history and arrogantly disrespect other nations? Especially the people of Fars who respect and love you Kurds so much, that is why God will not give you a country.
I'm starting to hate all Kurds because when I see Kurds in cyberspace who hate Fars and Persians so much and try so hard to buy history and identity for themselves and steal the history of Fars people, don't expect me to respect you.
I never thought in my life that I would have to prove to some ignorant Kurds that Fars are Persians
Epic.
The Gift of the Telling of Stories has thus been placed upon Thee.
Thanks my friend, glad you liked this! Part II on the way, stay tuned and thanks for stopping by!
GREAT, GREAT Site. Extremely informative making me want to learn more.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! More ancient Persian history on the way, stay tuned!
You’ve got the subscription. Great work !
Great video! Gave me a good overview, much appreciated.
My pleasure, glad you found it to be useful... more to come, stay safe!
Another phenomenal piece Cy. Thank you. Keep it up, I really appreciate your work and I know many others do too!
Thank you and my pleasure, glad you really like these, even if they are a bit longer than usual. There's a second part to this coming out hopefully by the end of the month, stay tuned and thanks again for stopping by, really appreciate it!
@@HistorywithCy Personally, I love the longer videos - they are really enlightening. The short ones are also fantastic. In my eyes, whatever content you release, it seems to catch my interest regardless of format.
@@PoliticalFuturism Hi, thanks for the feedback, really helps as ultimately, I want to present this info in the best format for all of you. I think in future, I'll be doing a mix - shorter videos and mixed in with longer video podcasts.
Thanks again, stay safe!
Wow! What an epic episode! Well done, Cy.😲🙏😁
Thanks! Working on the second part right now, hopefully it'll be out in about a week. Thanks again for stopping by, really appreciate it...stay safe!
Thanks for this . We never end learning .
Learned so much. Thanks 🍀🌸
❤ amazing video! Thank you!
I usually watch Fire of Learning's channel for history stuff but you got what they haven't done yet. Which i like. Your content is as good as their's and they're very good with their history videos. Keep it up. Maybe you and Fire of Learning can collaborate a history video together some day.
Love these videos. You & Historia Civilis are by far my two favorite independent History Channels on CZcams. It's so great having a channel that presents this information is such a informative, yet still entertaining and digestible fashion.
Oh, I love History Civilis... that channel is one of my inspirations! Glad you liked this and thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it...stay safe!
Great episode!
Thanks man, appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!
Great video Cy, thank you 👍👍
My pleasure, thank you for stopping by! Stay safe!
Nice video as usual.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Happy Persian new year to you.
Best wishes,
Thanks baradar, you! Happy Nowruz to you and your family! Stay safe and all the best for the new year!
This why i love this channel!!!
And also Achaemenid Empire!!!
Thanks, glad you liked this... more Achaemenid history coming up in the next few months, stay tuned and safe!
@@HistorywithCy I am Ready!!!
This Cyrus fella, whether the texts are to be believed, seems to be quite a decent and lenient ruler of such a vast and diverse empire. He's what we would call today, a very "tolerant and progressive leader" which is highly unusual for the time and even unusual in today's modern world, he would be viewed very favourably by the masses.
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this must have taken a lot of effort.
keep up the great work
Thanks my friend, it took time but was fun to put together. Only drawback of longer videos is that the wait time for you all is longer between videos, but the next few won't be as long and so hopefully will come out faster. Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it! Stay safe!
Great documentary
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
you are awesome! This is so great :D
No my friend, you and all the viewers are awesome! Thank you for all of the support, really appreciate it! Stay safe!
Can't wait for your Sassanid Empire video.
I am not as familiar as I would like to be as it pertains to the history of the east as the west. This was informative and enjoyable.
I like how you consistently cite Herodotus during this period (for obvious reasons), but always show pertinence in taking some of his writings with a grain of salt. I enjoy the Histories (especially as it pertains to Herodotus' bias but also his sense of humor and thorough nature)
Either way: great job, as always, Cy. I always enjoy your videos.
Haha yeah don't get me wrong, as much as knock on Herodotus in other videos, I still love reading Histories and respect him a lot. I personally think that he tried his best when he could, and filled in the blanks with myths and legends which honestly, in those days were often taken as fact anyway. I think that bias is to be expected, since after all, Herodotus was from the Greek Ionian city of Halicarnassus which had a tense relationship with their Persian overlords and also sources, such as those from Egypt or Greek cities, didn't take too kindly to them either. Despite this, I think he did a good job with what he was given. Thanks again for stopping by and your comments, really appreciate them! More to come, stay safe!
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Amazing content and fascinating little known history. My art history class brought me here.
Oh awesome, tell your teacher thanks, and thank you also for stopping by, really appreciate it...stay safe!
Very nice ! I always enjoy your videos about Persia and other ancient cultures, this one is no different. Good job,man! I wonder if we have any knowledge about how common people lived back then , i.e. family life, values, work aspects, items found in common houses, what ideas people had about the world, education and the human body at the time. Surely most sources talk mostly about kings, wars and alliances. One camn just wonder ...
Hi! Yes, there is a good deal of info on this and I'll probably do a podcast on it later on this year. I also want to do something similar with ancient Mesopotamia and Greece as well - more daily life, average people, less kings and politics. Great suggestion! Thanks again for stopping by, really appreciate it! Talk soon and stay safe!
The Iranian fars tribe isn't persian , and persian isn't farsi
Because originally The roots of the farsi language basic belong to the people of Tajikistan It is a branch of the Dari language of Afghanistan
Undoubtedly iranian fars tribe are descent indian
the nickname of persian belong to old region the called zagros and native people which lorestani and kurds living all round there . so this all history about mesopotamia in fact nothing to do with farsi people which immigrant and come from indian to iran . so some Europe companies the was concerns of ottoman empire that's why the build an fake country for fars tribe and keep genocided assimilated kurdish & lorstan history. racial cleansing , coultur,ancient & civilisation
So the heritage and ancestry family of cyrus origin belong to the med (median ) empire which was the kurds kurdistan and lorestanj so basic farsi language origin belong to Afghanistan , Tajikistan not iran and iranian fars should not proud of an history which nothing to do with them that's not honor they imitated everything from others,
So an century many( fake )sham country's in middle east ( iraq , turkey ,iran , Syria) build by the WEST companies
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If you have read history, you know that when the Arabs invaded Iran, the Arabs did not have the letter P, and that is why the people called Pars Fars.
The origin of Farsi language is in the southwest of Iran, but the people of Tajikistan and Afghanistan are the people of the northeast of Iran.
There is no evidence to say that Persians are originally Indians, and if we proceed with this logic, Kurds and Lors are 100% Indians, not Iranians.
Persians are from the southwest of Iran, but Kurds and Lors are from the northwest of Iran, and the people of Shiraz and Pars province of Iran were called Pars, not the people of the Zagros region.
No one has created a fake country for the Fars people
And also, no one is begging for your history, Kurds, and it is a sign of your ignorance that you want to steal other people's history, steal it with lies.
Cyrus the Great's family was from the Persians, not the Medes, only Cyrus was from the Medes on his mother's side, and again Cyrus was from the Persians. Fars did not copy Kurds and Lers, if you read history, you know that Iran is not a fake country and your words are another sign of your ignorance.
Throughout history, the West has always wanted the destruction of Iran and never wanted Iran to return to its former glory. Then create a fake country for the Persian people. Today, the West wants to build a completely fake country for you Kurds.
Then you Kurds call Iran a fake country
You Kurds don't say that we Kurds have been oppressed throughout history and are children of the mountains, so how do you claim history and civilization and say that we have history and arrogantly disrespect other nations? Especially the people of Fars who respect and love you Kurds so much, that is why God will not give you a country.
I'm starting to hate all Kurds because when I see Kurds in cyberspace who hate Fars and Persians so much and try so hard to buy history and identity for themselves and steal the history of Fars people, don't expect me to respect you.
I never thought in my life that I would have to prove to some ignorant Kurds that Fars are Persians
My favorite civilization!
Thank you so much!
My pleasure, glad you're interested in this stuff. More on the Achaemenids to come for sure, stay tuned and thanks for stopping by, appreciate it! Stay safe!
Cy, fantastic video!
Thanks my friend, really appreciate it! Stay safe!
Nowhere in this world has history as fascinating as this region
Great documentary, Cy. Cyrus would be proud.
Awesome job.
Thank you, appreciate it!
Excellent. Thank you...
Thanks, really glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for stopping by and stay safe!
GREAT VIDEO! I'm a huge fan of Cyrus the Great!
Korosh Kabir/Kuruš (Cyrus), in MY historical analysis, was one of the greatest strategists and conquerors in military history! He is one of the few who TRULY deserve the epithet of "Great". While Rome, for example, was still only an insignificant city-state in Lazio during the reigns of Servius Tullius and Tarquinius Superbus, Cyrus, on the other hand, had already founded the very first GLOBAL empire in history, unifying the entire Middle East and Asia Minor under his power. Cyrus, therefore, was the driving force that, for the first time in history, unified (at least politically) the ENTIRE Middle East and Asia Minor! With the exception of Egypt (Mūdrâya), which was conquered by Cambyses at Pelusium (Egypt became the satrapy of Mūdrâya), Cyrus defeated and conquered three of the four major empires that controlled the Middle East and Asia Minor during the 6th century BC: Lydia (Sparda), Media (Mâda) and Babylon (Bābil).
Cyrus, therefore, conquered an empire that controlled much of Anatolia (Croesus' Lydia), an empire that controlled all of modern Iran, part of the Caucasus and part of Anatolia (Astyages' Media), and, lastly, an empire that controlled all of Mesopotamia, Phoenicia and parts of Arabia since the days of Nebuchadnezzar (Nabonidus' Neo-Babylonian Empire).
As for Egypt, Pharaoh Psamtik III (526-525 BC), the last pharaoh of the 26th Egyptian dynasty, in my historical analysis, inherited a completely isolated empire within the political context of the Middle East during the 6th century BC. Following Cyrus' conquests in Lydia (546 BC), Media (549 BC) and Babylon (539 BC), which were carried out during the reign of Pharaoh Ahmose II (570-526 BC), Egypt became completely isolated and vulnerable! This channel already made an excellent video about it!
The Persian conquest of Caria, Lydia, and Ionia (which were located within the current Turkish provinces of İzmir, Aydın, Uşak, Muğla and Manisa), in my historical analysis, represented a severe blow against the Ionian Greeks of Asia Minor, more precisely against the 12 city-states of the so-called Ionian League (Κοινή σύνοδος Ίώνων): Miletus (Μίλητος), the "cradle of philosophy" ("Το λίκνο της φιλοσοφίας), as I like to call it, Ephesus (Έφεσος), Myus (Μύος), Teos (Τέως), Klazomenai (Κλαζομεναί), Colophon (Κολοφών), Priene (Πριήνη), Erythrae (Ερυθραί), Phocaea (Φώκαια), Lebedos (Λέβεδος), Samos (Σάμος) and Chios (Χίος).
Moreover, in addition to Lydia itself, Cyrus and Harpagus also conquered Lycia/Pamphylia (the current Turkish provinces of Antalya and Muğla), Cilicia (current Turkish provinces of Adana, Mersin, Osmaniye, Hatay and Manisa), and, of course, Phoenicia itself, which became the main base of the Persian fleet under Darius, especially Tyre, "the mother of Carthage" (as I like to call it).
Furthermore, Cyrus' military actions also conquered the region of Elam (current Iranian provinces of Ilam and Khuzestan). Susa itself became one of the five greatest capitals of the Achaemenid Empire (alongside with Pasargadae, Persepolis, Ecbatana and Babylon). However, in my historical analysis, it was the conquest of Babylon that "wrote" Cyrus' name in history. The conquest of Babylon was of utmost importance!
Note: During the 6th century BC, Babylon was simply the most important city on the face of the world! Conquering Babylon in the 6th century BC, in other words, was like conquering London in the 19th century, Rome in the 2nd century or New York in the modern times! Furthermore, the conquest of Babylon also guaranteed the conquest of Mesopotamia by Cyrus, more precisely Sumer (Šumeri) and the Sumerian city-states of Ur, Uruk, Eridu and Lagash, which included all the current Iraqi governorates of Bābil, Dhi Qar, Wasit, Basra, Al-Muthanna and Al-Qādisīyyah. Following the conquest of Babylon, as the video already mentioned, Cyrus adopted the titles that once belonged to the Assyrian and Babylonian kings, including the titles of "King of Babylon" ("Šar Bābili/Šar māt Bābil"), the "Great King" ("Šarru rabû"), the "mighty king" ("Šarru dannu"), the "king of kings" ("Šar Šarrāni"), "king of Sumer and Akkad" ("Šar māt Šumeri u Akkadi"), "king of the Universe" ("Šarru kiššat māt") and "king of the four corners of the world" ("Šar Kibrāt erbetti").
The Achaemenid Empire was the "firstborn" of all the subsequent global empires, including Alexander's Macedonian Empire and the Roman Empire! Cyrus laid the foundation of the first GLOBAL empire in history! Without Cyrus, Alexander would not have been possible! Moreover, the Achaemenid Empire was one of the few empires based on morality during Antiquity! By influence of Zoroastrianism, slavery was simply abolished! Cyrus himself considered slavery as an affront to Ahura-Mazda! The Human Rights is, par excellence, a Persian/Achaemenid creation!
Thanks, really appreciate the kind words and I share your enthusiasm/admiration for both him and the empire that he founded. And, I can see by your comment that you know your stuff. More coming in Part II, stay tuned and safe and thanks again for stopping by, appreciate it!
Global empire, you seem to have forgotten the Umayah Caliphate which was centered in Damascus and the Abbasid Caliphate which was centered in Baghdad
Cyrus , Thank you for an amazing series about origins of ( Medes) Persia and the Achmaneid empire. You are Cy the Great!
Haha thanks, glad you liked this one... make sure to also check out part II for the rest of the story! Take care and have a great weekend!
Good narrative
Perfectly presented ;)
Thanks, glad you enjoyed this! More on the way, stay tuned and safe!
Hey Cy! I’ve been binging all your vids and saw some vids on China and Mongolia so as a Korean I would love to see a video on Korea perhaps on Gojoseon to stick with the ancient theme.(just a suggestion)
Hi, thanks for stopping by and the suggestions! I'd actually love to do more on China, Mongolia and Korea... my hope is that I'll get deep into those topics, probably China first, during the second half of this year. Stay tuned and thanks again!
About darned time!!!!! 1!!! :-)
Yeah, I've been wanting to put content like this on the Achaemenids for a while, glad you're excited about it! More to come, stay safe!
Thank you, my dude.
My pleasure, glad you liked it...stay safe!
Dorud brathar,that's amazing video with a lots of informations 👍❤hello from iran 🇮🇷
Merci baradar, glad you enjoyed this! More on the history of ancient Iran coming soon, stay tuned and safe!
Thanks!
Interesting stuff to be sure, I am surprised you don't cover the women of the empire though, as I understood it many of them wielded great power and did great works.
Well done sir. Good thoughts, good words and good deeds. - Zarathustra
Thanks my friend, that's the way! Will do some stuff on Zoroastrianism soon too. Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it! More on ancient Iran on the way, stay safe!
Zoroastrianism seems like the precursor religion to today's Islamic and Christian and Jewish religions if you ask me given the descriptions of them and their religious beliefs and backgrounds.
@@LagunaShirogane Correct! It is considered the first of the "revealed" faiths. The concept of good and evil, etc. were introduced by Zarathustra. Check it out it is fascinating religion and is still practiced today by 10 million people, maybe more.
@@freedomtosayno7880 Im a Southern Baptist/Shinto mixed belief due to being exposed to things in this world that the Bible doesnt explain or tell you of. I'll have to take a look at Zoroastrianism.
@@LagunaShirogane Oh, it does... The 3 wise men or Magi, in the Old Testament, wasn't Cyrus the only non-Hebrew messiah, Jesus traveling to the East? This not the forum for this, but go talk to Zoroastrian clergy and you are right, it is foundation of the Western faiths. Be well and have fun exploring!
Great!
Thanks!
Cyrus the Great bragging about his conquests over here...
Great vid Cy!
Haha thanks my friend, really appreciate it! There will be plenty more bragging in Part II, stay tuned!
Hey Cy, I love learning about the Achaemenids and love this video. But when are you gonna show some love to the Sassanids? I feel like their isn’t too much about them out there. I need a thorough history lesson on Ardeshir, Shapur, Hormozd, Khosrow, Yazdegard, Bahram, Kaveh, and all those other great legends from that time.
Personally would love that too. Very little on the Sassanids even Kohzro(butchered name) but guess less than 10 vids I’ve found on the empire that whooped up on the Byzantine empire.
That's bc Sasanian history is orders of magnitude more complex and detailed. It'll be a scholarly feat to do it justice on youtube
Achaemenid-Athura, that's where we got the usage in the name Athuraye, from Old Persian, great video.
Thanks! Athura was the name of the satrapy of northern Mesopotamia - pretty much what was once the Assyria heartland. Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!
Good FREE museum: The Oriental Institute museum in Chicago. 100 years ago what we now call the Middle East was considered the Orient.
Sumerian writing tablets from the dawn of civilization, Mummies, Egyptian Book of the dead, and much more.
Its part of the University of Chicago, a private school with many Nobel prize winners as Profs.
On the south side of Chicago, near the Museum of Science and Technology.
Oh yes, a very good museum! I'm still waiting for museums in my area to open up, hopefully soon! Thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it... more to come, stay safe!
Amazing Video! Do you mind doing a video on Persians and Medians before they split from the Sakas?
Hi, thanks so much for stopping by, really appreciate it! I will include some related info perhaps when I talk about Zoroastrianism and how it spread from Central Asia - so perhaps not just the Persians and Medes but the Iranian peoples in general and how they split up with them going in different directions. Thanks for the suggestion though, I really appreciate it! More to come, stay safe!
Even today with the whole might of the Anglo-American empire the entirety of this territory is not under the rule of one imperium, showing the immense difficulties in doing so. I get totally amazed how these people managed to rule such culturally and geographically diverse territory, which is also extremely rich and well positioned. 2.500 years ago. Wow.
That comes to show how the ancients were way more developed than we may think. The intelligence, postal and bureaucratic networks required to rule this vast empire cannot be understated.
I could cry of joy :)
Haha thanks for stopping by, really appreciate it! Stay safe!
It's interesting, that the assyrian kings bragged about how cruel they were and Cyrus bragged about how benevolent he was.
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i love your attention to detail, that you see actual unarmoured greek peasants joining the fray says rebellion in the purest sense.
Thanks, glad you liked this! Part II coming out hopefully by the end of this week, stay tuned and safe!
Great
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Epic stuff dude 👏 Whats the relationship between dariavaush and jayavarman? 😂
What game did you use in the background