Anitta: King of Kussara
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For future reference, the Hittite i wasn't pronounced like the English soft i (ih, but rather follows the pronunciation found more typically in other languages, hard e (ee. So it's A-NEE-tah rather than AH-nih-tah. Also, Hittite doesn't have a th sound. It does have what's called a laryngeal, which sounds sort of like you're clearing your throat, which is written with the h. (You will see it written in older books as kh) So it's Peet-HAH-nah, rather than Pith-AH-na.
Fun fact: Hittite (and a couple closely related contemporary languages like Luwian) is the only Indo-European language to preserve any laryngeal. But in the early days of the Indo-European theory, before Hittite was known, linguists predicted that there had been a now missing consonant in the original Indo-European language. When Hittite - the oldest known Indo-European language - was finally deciphered, it is considered the final proof of the Indo-European theory. The Hittite laryngeal appears exactly where scholars had predicted there should be these missing consonants.
But hey, we are only making educated guesses about pronunciation anyway, so no big foul. People still argue about Suppiluliuma vs. Shubbiluliuma vs. Subbiluliuma vs. Shuppiluliuma. (For the record, I think most people today believe it was Subbiluliuma. Internal consonants voiced (b and p are the same sound, except b uses your vocal cords (voiced) and p doesn't (voiceless. Similarly d and t, and some others, external consonants (at the beginning or end of the word) voiceless. Although written with the signs used with the sh sound, most people have concluded that it was a simple s for the Hittites)
Date: 2022-09-10
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Pyro-Moloch
Would be great if you did a video on caucasian albanians, before and after establishing a kingdom. I'm a lezgi caucasian, and it's irritating to me, how Azerbaijan is trying to falsify history. Generally educating more of the people around world about the region would help in saving the local indigenous cultures from the forced assimilation by Azerbaijan's government. I know it's a biased and somewhat politically driven request, but I just thought it would fit the regions and topics you usually cover. Of course, if you don't wanna do it, it's cool. Love your videos anyway, and will keep watching.
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Would be great if you did a video on caucasian albanians, before and after establishing a kingdom. I'm a lezgi caucasian, and it's irritating to me, how Azerbaijan is trying to falsify history. Generally educating more of the people around world about the region would help in saving the local indigenous cultures from the forced assimilation by Azerbaijan's government. I know it's a biased and somewhat politically driven request, but I just thought it would fit the regions and topics you usually cover. Of course, if you don't wanna do it, it's cool. Love your videos anyway, and will keep watching.
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Bufoferrata
I really like the drawings included in these documentaries. Wall paintings, tomb paintings, bas reliefs, stelae and all are beautiful. But it's great to see a skilled artist imagine what antiquity looked like. 2: 08, 2: 36, 3: 05, 3: 07, 3: 14. It's one reason I loved Peter Connolly's books on Greco-Roman warfare. They were full of historically accurate pictures of the people of the time. The Dutch artist Lawrence Alma-Tadema also did some amazing historical paintings.
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I really like the drawings included in these documentaries. Wall paintings, tomb paintings, bas reliefs, stelae and all are beautiful. But it's great to see a skilled artist imagine what antiquity looked like. 2: 08, 2: 36, 3: 05, 3: 07, 3: 14. It's one reason I loved Peter Connolly's books on Greco-Roman warfare. They were full of historically accurate pictures of the people of the time. The Dutch artist Lawrence Alma-Tadema also did some amazing historical paintings.
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cynderfan2233
The world was so mysterious once. As far as you knew, your village was the only human life in the world, up until hordes of people suddenly poured in from the unknown edges of the world and started killing everyone. Civilisations rose believing that they would conquer the world only to disappear into history never to be known by anyone. How many proto-empires and tiny kingdoms came and went that we don't know about.
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The world was so mysterious once. As far as you knew, your village was the only human life in the world, up until hordes of people suddenly poured in from the unknown edges of the world and started killing everyone. Civilisations rose believing that they would conquer the world only to disappear into history never to be known by anyone. How many proto-empires and tiny kingdoms came and went that we don't know about.
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Daniel
Thank you for the intriguing introduction to the Old Hittite Kingdoms of Northern Mesopotamian History. Really attractive map work and depictions. That is the best topographical rendering of part of the Zagros Mountains that I have, so far, seen. This production gives some good information about the beginnings of the Hittite Empire. Thanks again for your work here.
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Thank you for the intriguing introduction to the Old Hittite Kingdoms of Northern Mesopotamian History. Really attractive map work and depictions. That is the best topographical rendering of part of the Zagros Mountains that I have, so far, seen. This production gives some good information about the beginnings of the Hittite Empire. Thanks again for your work here.
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Tomas
A bit off topic, but this video made me remember the time I was visiting the UK and the British Museum. I was moving up or down a floor and in the staircase I came across a door that read Museum staff only or something like that and a guy, probably a few years younger than me, just walked in with a staff key. I could have died of jealousy right there.
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A bit off topic, but this video made me remember the time I was visiting the UK and the British Museum. I was moving up or down a floor and in the staircase I came across a door that read Museum staff only or something like that and a guy, probably a few years younger than me, just walked in with a staff key. I could have died of jealousy right there.
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Baltic
This video has about 98% names I never heard before, much less any details about military actions or civilization. Very interesting. Kind of weird hearing the same city names like Aleppo that we hear on the news today. Nothing new under the sun comes to mind. Excellent work you get 5 of 5 stars for a grade today! :)
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This video has about 98% names I never heard before, much less any details about military actions or civilization. Very interesting. Kind of weird hearing the same city names like Aleppo that we hear on the news today. Nothing new under the sun comes to mind. Excellent work you get 5 of 5 stars for a grade today! :)
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King
I never really understood what they mean when they talk about the Indo-European people and Indo-European language and stuff. What does one have to do with the other? India and Europe are so far apart and they're obviously not the same people. I don't know what the relationship is.
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I never really understood what they mean when they talk about the Indo-European people and Indo-European language and stuff. What does one have to do with the other? India and Europe are so far apart and they're obviously not the same people. I don't know what the relationship is.
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Brian
This episode seemed a bite confused compared to your usual quality. The art used spanned millennia. The Hittites are an awesome and epic topic. I have quite a few recent books especially primary texts translations. Anita is not immediately familiar to me.
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This episode seemed a bite confused compared to your usual quality. The art used spanned millennia. The Hittites are an awesome and epic topic. I have quite a few recent books especially primary texts translations. Anita is not immediately familiar to me.
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timomastosalo
Do you have a video of the Hittites from their rise to their fall? At one time, they were the foremost opponent of the Egyptians, I believe. So what little we know about them, would be nice to know.
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Do you have a video of the Hittites from their rise to their fall? At one time, they were the foremost opponent of the Egyptians, I believe. So what little we know about them, would be nice to know.
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vjeran
hurrits are ancient croatian tribe. can you do a history lesson about croats? i can help you with the sources for info. we are one of the oldest nations in the world, dating as far as 3700BC
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hurrits are ancient croatian tribe. can you do a history lesson about croats? i can help you with the sources for info. we are one of the oldest nations in the world, dating as far as 3700BC
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Kalo
Similar to the Cimmerian invasion of Asia minor(Turkey) and other areas in about 800BC. They wreaked massive destruction on the settled world. They gave their name to the Crimean peninsula.
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Similar to the Cimmerian invasion of Asia minor(Turkey) and other areas in about 800BC. They wreaked massive destruction on the settled world. They gave their name to the Crimean peninsula.
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Sor
I really love your focus on the less known historical subjects. Keeping in the same general geographic aea, I think Elam and Urartu are also interesting topics. Keep up the good work.
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I really love your focus on the less known historical subjects. Keeping in the same general geographic aea, I think Elam and Urartu are also interesting topics. Keep up the good work.
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Bufoferrata
This is great. Any chance of videos on Mitanni and Elam? They are lesser known cultures but crucial for an understanding of the Ancient Near East.
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This is great. Any chance of videos on Mitanni and Elam? They are lesser known cultures but crucial for an understanding of the Ancient Near East.
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Brandon
I really love your videos on the very old and less well covered subjects in history. I like anything B. C, and prefer if it is even older.
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I really love your videos on the very old and less well covered subjects in history. I like anything B. C, and prefer if it is even older.
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Basil
Tragic, how the greed of these people destroyed such a place, if they would have just invented the concept of Worldpeace in this time.
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Tragic, how the greed of these people destroyed such a place, if they would have just invented the concept of Worldpeace in this time.
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HistoryMarche
Just a thought. Maybe focus more on these ancient history topics? Your narration truly shines in these videos imo.
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Just a thought. Maybe focus more on these ancient history topics? Your narration truly shines in these videos imo.
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The
Yet another top notch vid Pete. Please check out The People Profiles guys for weekly documentaries on historical figures.
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Yet another top notch vid Pete. Please check out The People Profiles guys for weekly documentaries on historical figures.
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Miloslav
If anyone wants to study an ancient Indo-European language, I highly recommend Hittite. Only 2 verb tenses!
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If anyone wants to study an ancient Indo-European language, I highly recommend Hittite. Only 2 verb tenses!
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Welat
May I know when you are going to do vid(s) about the Kurds (Medes, Guthians, Parthians, Ayyubi dynasty, )
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May I know when you are going to do vid(s) about the Kurds (Medes, Guthians, Parthians, Ayyubi dynasty, )
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