Ancient Greek State in Afghanistan

The video was made by our friend Cogito, while the script was researched and written by Leo Stone

Sources:
Holt, F. L. (1999). Thundering Zeus: The Making of Hellenistic Bactria. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Kosmin, P. J. (2014). The Land of the Elephant Kings. Harvard University Press.
Rappe, K. (n.d.). The Greco-Bactrian Mirage: Reconstructing an Image of Hellenistic Bactria. Washington: University of Washington Press.
Sherwin-White, S. M., & Kurht, A. (1993). From Samarkhand to Sardis: A New Approach to the Seleucid Empire. Berkeley: University of California Press.

#Documentary #Alexander #Greeks

[МахамбетМамыров]

Heracles - protector of Budda. History never stops to fascinate me.

[StefanMilo]

I had no idea Greeks were in that part of the world before Alexander as part of some Persian gulag system. Great video!

[JCO]

I visited Balkh in 1977. That was before Afghanistan descended into decades of conflict. I still remember sitting high on the wall looking across at a horse rider with a flowing turban riding through rich, green fields in the distance. It was magical.

[wythore]

Man, imagine being part of Alexander's army, traveling literally to the end of what was the known world to them, and still find people speaking your languange in such a far away place.

[iminformedbecauseisawabunc]

"many greek cities were founded in his wake"
Such as Alexandria, Alexandria, and Alexandria






Oh and Alexandria

[boogeymann]

Greek guy talking: dude, I just went to Alexandria last week. It was pretty cool.
Other guy: which Alexandria??

[JodenPaoloPeroy]

That CK2 "Ambitious" modifier though.

[LeviathanSpeaks]

Hercules and the Buddha... History's first Avengers team...

[connorgolden]

I love how you guys cover the lesser known parts of history, the stuff you don’t see on the history channel or in classrooms. Never change Kings and Generals!

[MrShadowtruth]

'Oh, Afghanistan. How you have fallen so! What has happened to cities of Balkh and Kunduz? The gardens of Ghazni and Qandahar? The great palaces of Kabul? You are like a mistress who has lost her lover and weeps for her children.' - Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir, part 3, pg 98

It's a shame what happened to some regions of the world. Actions from the past are still vividly felt in the present.

[YiannissB.]

The last surviving independent greek realm was 10.000 miles away from Greece. Dope

[johnx]

*Alexander arriving in bactria and meeting Greeks*

"Yo, what the fuck"

[prof.cecilycogsworth]

The Greek influences in the Mahayana never fail to fascinate me. Thanks for setting them out so clearly.

[ThisisBarris]

Let me guess, the cities were named Alexandria?

[katskoul]

As a Greek and as a historian, I congratulate you on the great account you give on the video. You shed light on a part of history that hasn't been dealt with to the extent it should have. Thank you!

[nikowoods]

Now I get it why Mahayana Buddhist statues, even modern ones do have a lot of distinctly Greek influence. Incredible

Thank you for the video. Very interesting and informative

[sayakchakraborty]

The Indo-Greeks are perhaps the least studied elements of Indian history, but personally they're my favourite of all time.

[navidahmed]

As afghan i am extremely happy that our history is taught internationally.

[erebos]

On behalf of all Greeks, thank you for this video. Ancient Greek legacy endured through time and made us all pneumatical descendants of Plato, Thucydides, Pythagoras, Alexander... Proud to be a direct heir of those men!! Ευχαριστούμε!!!

[Nicholas-kneb]

Kings and Generals your work will never cease to amaze me! I love how you have been bringing the Greek history to light. You're like if Dan Carlin could talk for less than 4 hours, but just as informative!