History of Early Palestine - Ancient Civilizations DOCUMENTARY

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the Ancient Civilizations continues with an episode on history of Early Palestine. In this video, we explore The Early History of Palestine and Its Names, tracing how this ancient land became known as Canaan, Eretz Yisrael, and eventually Palestine. We begin with the Symbolism of the Olive Tree, a sacred and enduring symbol across cultures in the Middle East. Moving forward, we examine Where Does the Name 'Palestine' Come From?, exploring its origins in ancient texts and connections to the Sea Peoples. From Neolithic Palestine: The Agricultural Beginnings to the Bronze Age: Canaanite Cultures and Egyptian Influence, we highlight how civilizations developed along the Levantine coast. Finally, the video discusses the rise of kingdoms during The Iron Age: Kingdoms and the Rise of Judaism, a time of political consolidation and religious transformation.

00:00 - The Early History of Palestine and Its Names
01:34 - The Symbolism of the Olive Tree
04:06 - Where Does the Name 'Palestine' Come From?
06:10 - Neolithic Palestine: The Agricultural Beginnings
10:08 - The Bronze Age: Canaanite Cultures and Egyptian Influence
13:03 - The Iron Age: Kingdoms and the Rise of Judaism

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[Aerostarm]

49% of the comment section: reasonable discussion
2% of comment section: people arguing
49% of comment section: OoH tHiS cOmMeNt SEcTiON iS GOnnA be GOod!

[zigzag]

I'm a veteran and I served in the comment section war circa 2024.

[FARiad-tbui]

There is a mistake in the video:
1:47 Hadrian didn't put down the 66ad revolt. He put down the Bar Kokhba revolt.

[Rayukamay-sama]

Mitochondria is the power house of the cell.

[josephpali]

"The provinces are acting up in the comment section again." - Hadrian (probably)

[apollosdomain]

Oh boy, I’m sure the comments under this video is going to be fine, with civil discussion, no name calling and all that stuff 😅.

[vladimirkazakov]

Correction: Hadrian put down the Bar Kohba revolt of 132-135 AD

[Shahanshah.Shahin]

The influence of Zoroastrianism on Second Temple Judaism is an intriguing topic to study. A future video on this subject would greatly enhance our understanding of how different cultures interact and borrow from one another.

[awesomehpt]

I’m sure the ownership of Palestine will never be a controversial issue and everyone living there will live in peace! Right?

[hassaanalisiddiqui]

Do one on the mughal empire please and also on wars of Frederick the great

[vladimirchen]

My hundreds of hours of self-research about Yahwism can be very well summarized in this 19 minutes video. Well done.

[bcsmith]

So what you’re saying is that a diverse group of people have lived here with constantly changing borders for a while?

[alexischalon]

Big respect to you for delving into sometimes difficult but absolutely critical topics! With the number of persons trying to rewrite history nowadays, your work is essential. Keep it going man, big love to K&G team!!!

[beng]

Babylonia didn’t destroy the Northern Kingdom, Assyria did.

[duiliodelimaalmeida]

Unfortunately the video contains some mistakes, for example: the Assyrians destroyed Israel, not the Babilonians and some others. It´s a beautiful video, but you guys need to have the videos reviewed by history experts

[theawesomeman]

I know this channel is secular but as a Christian, I appreciate learning about the history of Biblical sites from this awesome channel.

[sidp]

I feel like you guys really have to do with the history of Persia under the Safavi empire

[davehas]

“The Israelites were unique in this period(12th C BCE) as practitioners of monotheism”

“The Egyptians had withdrawn from the Southern Levant (Canaan) almost entirely by about 1140 BC”

“Israelite settlements were well established (throughout Canaan) by the end of the 12th C BCE. This has been well attested courtesy of a multitude of archaeological surveys that have been conducted in the region since at least the 1960s”

“Israel had taken over most of Canaan by the end of the 12th C BCE”

Prof Eric Cline, ‘After 1177 BC, The survival of Civilisations

[ruyyan]

A couple of corrections:
-The first Jewish revolt in 66AD was put down under emperor Nero
-The larger expulsion of Bar Kochba was under emperor Hadrian
-There was no king Marduk, that was their main deity, the king who expelled them was called Nebuchadnezzar II
-David is mentioned by name in archaeological records. His existence is definite, not “likely”
-Constantine did not allow Jews to return to Jerusalem

Notes:
-The first return of Jews to Jerusalem was under Cyrus as you mentioned, the second return was under the 2nd Caliph Omar Ibn Al-Khattab
-Palestinians are mentioned in the Bible as Philistines

[aaronmarks]

Going even further back in time, the first settled archaeological culture in this region was the Natufian culture. They show some of the earliest evidences of agriculture in the entire world, and lived in a transitional state between hunter-gatherers and settled agriculturalists. They may also have been the speakers of Proto-Semitic, ancestor of all the Semitic languages, or even possibly the speakers of Proto-Afroasiatic, ancestor of Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, and such African languages as Somali and Hausa.