Letters from the Great Kings (The Armarna Letters)

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  • The Armarna Letters are a collection of diplomatic messages sent between the great rulers of the ancient Middle East, from 1350 to 1330 BC.
    The letters from the great kings makes up the first half of the letters found at Tel Armarna. They feature the kings of most Middle Eastern kingdoms and shed light on the diplomatic status each had with Egypt, from the glowing praise of Babylonian and Mittani kings to the icy reserve of the kings of Hatti and Assyria.
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Komentáře • 92

  • @strayster2
    @strayster2 Před 8 lety +55

    My brother, this video you have made, my brother, I have watched it, my brother. My brother, this is a good video, my brother.

  • @yokab
    @yokab Před 8 lety +19

    "Yo bro, where is my gold and my bitches?"
    ~Ancient kings

  • @tohopes
    @tohopes Před 6 lety +19

    Damn. The lowly governor in Canaan was like "My king the sun god, I bow 7 times and 7 times, yada yada yada". The King of Babylon is like "My brother, why haven't you let me marry me your daughter yet?"

  • @thruthewormhole
    @thruthewormhole Před 8 lety +38

    These letters can be boiled down to "Wtf man?"

    • @KameSennin4209
      @KameSennin4209 Před 8 lety +15

      that, and you better pay what you owe!

    • @thruthewormhole
      @thruthewormhole Před 8 lety +9

      Help a pharaoh out ffs

    • @537monster
      @537monster Před 8 lety +12

      If only they talked like we do today, I can just imagine the conversations that would be recorded.
      To which the king said "WTF man?"
      And the other King responded "IDK YOLO, my daughter doesn't like you, bitches be trippn'."

    • @sankh4914
      @sankh4914 Před rokem

      @@KameSennin4209 Akenaten was a sorry ass excuse for a ruler

  • @tohopes
    @tohopes Před 6 lety +7

    I am going to write to the CEO of Google:
    "Hey it's me ur brother. Now I have begun an undertaking. Send much gold."

  • @ArcadeEraBeats
    @ArcadeEraBeats Před 4 lety +6

    My brother. Send much gold.

  • @AdarBlu
    @AdarBlu Před 8 lety +11

    My brother [lacuna] [lacuna] my brother my brother [lacuna]

  • @MikeMafiaII
    @MikeMafiaII Před 8 lety +12

    Like how allot of this is just 'Send me gold (then i'll help you)''

    • @WDeranged
      @WDeranged Před 8 lety +5

      +Mike dN Lol, I was just thinking the same thing, gold and wives.

  • @libinwang2267
    @libinwang2267 Před 8 lety +22

    They keep on saying"my brother". I'm starting to think this is an acquaintance of lacuna

    • @StrazdasLT
      @StrazdasLT Před 6 lety

      It does seem that the word was either mistranslated or had a very different meaning. Especially given ample evidence that they were not actual blood brothers.

    • @salted6422
      @salted6422 Před 6 lety

      +Strazdas You are not my friend, you are my brother my friend
      .

  • @JohnnyDogs1978
    @JohnnyDogs1978 Před 8 lety +29

    Couldn't help but mentally change my brother to their version of my nigga.

    • @Pharozos
      @Pharozos Před 8 lety +4

      +Yohomo1000 Dammit now I cant un-hear it.

  • @ronniemann9014
    @ronniemann9014 Před rokem +2

    My Brother. Much Respect. My Messenger comes bearing Gifts. ...lacuna... I have started an Undertaking. Send much Gold.

  • @David_Brinkerhoff93
    @David_Brinkerhoff93 Před 8 lety +12

    nothing like reading other people's mail...

  • @missesrobot8182
    @missesrobot8182 Před 7 lety +6

    I think Amenhotep III's wife aka Akhenaten's mother Queen Tiye was from the Mitanni lineage.

  • @AbyssalExalt
    @AbyssalExalt Před 8 lety +18

    Tfw someone who isnt your brother calls you his brother and asks for gold

    • @ericv00
      @ericv00 Před 8 lety +5

      +Megastones thousands of years and nothing has changed, really.

  • @GunslingingHavocHD
    @GunslingingHavocHD Před 8 lety

    This is so crazy I just randomly learned about the El Amarna letters two days ago

  • @draingangarchiveeleven
    @draingangarchiveeleven Před 8 lety +1

    Can you decipher Mojheno-Daro texts for us and read them for us

  • @aaronschannel373
    @aaronschannel373 Před 8 lety

    Great video! Would you mind doing some Roman, Indian, Chinese, and Korean texts?

    • @AtomicExplosion95695
      @AtomicExplosion95695 Před 8 lety

      +aarons channel My first impression is that Korean is too modern, but he's read The Communist Manifesto

  • @ADot-fi1ny
    @ADot-fi1ny Před 8 lety +15

    As a part Egyptian, part Iraqi guy, I am really ashamed how our great empires turned to a shithole they are now.

    • @AllahuSnackbar270
      @AllahuSnackbar270 Před 2 lety +2

      It's because of Islam.

    • @SomeMan001
      @SomeMan001 Před rokem +1

      @@AllahuSnackbar270 When they were following Islam they wiped out all the ruling empires on earth so STFU.

    • @jerrypruitt2434
      @jerrypruitt2434 Před rokem

      It's because of the Hebrew who kept killing their babies when they were told not to and Akhenaten tried to convert them. This is why the Angel Gabriel cursed them

    • @syedraidarsalan4685
      @syedraidarsalan4685 Před rokem

      @@AllahuSnackbar270 Interesting, because both Iraq and Egypt went through Golden Ages during the Islamic period, and fell only when Foreign Powers took advantage of Political instability.

    • @AllahuSnackbar270
      @AllahuSnackbar270 Před rokem

      @@syedraidarsalan4685 Because of Islam? The "Islamic" rulers of the period bathed in wine, they were true heretics. When Islam is followed properly, women are treated as chattle and non-believers are murdered.

  • @downtroddendave860
    @downtroddendave860 Před 8 lety +1

    How many channels do you have?!

  • @isaacleilhykar7076
    @isaacleilhykar7076 Před 7 lety +1

    Were do you find these? Could you give me amazon infos?

  • @topladnigel6079
    @topladnigel6079 Před 8 lety +28

    WE WUZ KANGZ N SHEEEEEEET

  • @GonzoDuke
    @GonzoDuke Před 8 lety +13

    We Tablets Now

  • @kosco9658
    @kosco9658 Před 11 měsíci

    “My brother… “

  • @user-oe5sg5mc8m
    @user-oe5sg5mc8m Před 4 lety +1

    It's sargon?

  • @youisa1
    @youisa1 Před 8 lety +4

    Gold Please

  • @theshitlordhopeyougettrigg2307

    There better be no mettion of ghosts in this one Sargon

  • @MrMik3159
    @MrMik3159 Před 8 lety +15

    SARGON, KNOW WHO YOU WAS. YOU BE 1/16 KANG. SIT UPON YO THRONE, MY NUBIAN BROTHER.

    • @mita232
      @mita232 Před 8 lety +5

      wasn't he like 1/4 kang, he said his grandfather was a kang or something

    • @ThunderChunky101
      @ThunderChunky101 Před 8 lety

      +MAGA
      Kang?

  • @yungmalaria
    @yungmalaria Před 8 lety +3

    Are these stories telling of the great black emperors?

  • @stephenknizek2651
    @stephenknizek2651 Před 5 lety +1

    Lacuna matata.

  • @craigdobbin3521
    @craigdobbin3521 Před 6 lety +7

    My Brother was the N-word of ye Olde times

  • @freedomordeath89
    @freedomordeath89 Před 8 lety +9

    WHO IS THIS "LACUNA" GUY THAT APPEARS IN ALL THE ANCIENT TEXTS??? IS HE ILLUMINATI?? IS HE A POKEMON???? IS HE A JEW TRICKERY???

    • @StrazdasLT
      @StrazdasLT Před 6 lety +2

      this is obviuosly in jest, but in case you dont know, Lacuna is a standard keyword to mean that part of the text is missing. So every time he says lacuna it means part of the text is missing.

    • @vazilimolotov5898
      @vazilimolotov5898 Před 4 lety +1

      He wuz the kangz.

    • @omarclarke55
      @omarclarke55 Před 4 lety +1

      Black people were the real Egyptians

  • @bronze_age_wonders
    @bronze_age_wonders Před 2 lety

    It's a great idea and should be done more, but remember there are people trying to follow along. It needs a pause between letters, and should be performed not just rattled off. Make more but perform them. Obtain an actor.

  • @mbakable
    @mbakable Před 8 lety

    when they say 2 mines of lapius do they literally mean an entire mine or is it a more consistent empirical unit?

    • @AdarBlu
      @AdarBlu Před 8 lety +2

      +mbakable en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mina_%28unit%29

    • @mbakable
      @mbakable Před 8 lety

      Felix Felice oh thank you

  • @iCABALi
    @iCABALi Před 8 lety +2

    Is it wrong that I want a world where all you do is read like this?
    I don't want a world where TWIS is necessary or that someone needs to point out bullshit wherever it may happen.
    Ancient Recitations/Vae Victis and chill.

  • @thewatcherforums349
    @thewatcherforums349 Před 27 dny

    Hadda from reno

  • @AtomicExplosion95695
    @AtomicExplosion95695 Před 8 lety

    The first letter was hilarious. Bitch was thirstier than a fish in Egypt.

  • @SilverSquirrel
    @SilverSquirrel Před 9 měsíci

    Sargon of Akkad is reading the pharaoh's mail.

  • @obamabiden
    @obamabiden Před rokem

    my brother, you should send me more copper my brother, lacuna you are my brother

  • @Jack__Reaper
    @Jack__Reaper Před 8 lety

    Read Fingerprints of the Gods by Graham Hancock

  • @grottchew5941
    @grottchew5941 Před 8 lety

    WE

  • @rn-wilx3952
    @rn-wilx3952 Před 4 lety

    Seriously it's like watching The Arabs League Summit or hearing Arabs leaders messages between each other on the news, every leader will refer to the other leader as "my brother" or "our brother" or "the brother" multiple times, if you didn't use these words it will be like disrespect you most and you need to use these words.

  • @MoonshineNL
    @MoonshineNL Před 8 lety

    *Amarna

  • @IronWarrior4Ever
    @IronWarrior4Ever Před 4 lety

    What up my B*$@er.

  • @noneednoneed5752
    @noneednoneed5752 Před 4 lety

    I have projects ... send gold lol

  • @severed321
    @severed321 Před 8 lety

    my brother.. my brother.. jesus christ lol

  • @fnmn1
    @fnmn1 Před 8 lety +1

    gib gold pls

  • @IAmMyOwnApprentice
    @IAmMyOwnApprentice Před 8 lety +6

    Sounds like ye olde Nigerian prince.

  • @jonathanrealman8415
    @jonathanrealman8415 Před 2 dny

    This reads like an ancient whatsapp group
    Bro spot me 20 you know you'll get it back. What do you mean I can't date your sister?

  • @protendi
    @protendi Před 8 lety

    These kings sound like such misogynists, triggered as fook m80s

  • @julioguardado
    @julioguardado Před 11 měsíci +1

    These sound like the original Nigerian scam! 😁