History Summarized: Ramses The Great

Breaking News: Powerful ancient king lives long, prosperous life, stuns historians and tabloid journalists everywhere.
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[fangorn]

"One metric Queen Elizabeth II"
Wouldnt one 'Queen Elizabeth II' be an imperial unit?

[sfsin]

Monarchs as long lived as Ramses are rare and you have to remember there where people who where born lived and died under his rule never knowing another ruler to them he most have embodied the concept of a god king

[JackRackam]

I just realized your maps all have different textures according to the time and place you're talking about. Noticed the marble for Rome, and now Papyrus for Egypt. Points for attention to detail, bravo

[vadimflaks]

When the temples Rameses built at Abu Simbel were at risk of being flooded by Nile's rising water, much of the world came together and said: "We can't let something THAT awesome drown. Let's move the whole temple up the hill! What? Two temples? Ok, move them BOTH up the hill! Huh? There is no hill? Well, then build a hill and then move the temples there! Do I have to think of everything here?"

[RwOverwatch]

Random Fact: When they sent Rameses's body to Britain for examination, they gave him full honors that would be bestowed on a king.

[elementalturnip]

I think Blue's maps go largely unappreciated. They're so aesthetically pleasing to look at. For example, in this video about Egypt, the land is made of papyrus and the water is made of lapis lazuli, two materials the Egyptians were known for.

[Ned-nwge]

"He had over 150 kids, which must have had him some good fathers day parties."
Yeah but he also had 150+ birthday parties to remember, plan and finance.

[nixodian]

Zeus: "I have mated with almost any woman I wanted to and had dozens of children"
Ramses II: "Hold me beer"

[noahjohnson]

Fun fact: the Hittites were considered to be a fictional people for a while. For a long time the Bible was one of the only sources of knowledge about them, and when the anti religious Enlightenment happened and the Bible was labeled as non historical, the historians and archiologists of the time believed they never existed. That is until Belllzoni discovered the Temple that had the Egyptian records of them
(Sorry my inner history buff was nagging at me to say this)

[oldmanmammoth]

I have played enough Civ V to know all about his mighty wars against the warmonger Ghandi

[Undomaranel]

Was expecting Blue's sultry voice when I clicked... cirst thing I heard was Samuel L. Jackson telling me about Capital One. I got a tad bit too excited thinking Jackson did a collab. How awesome would that be?!

[thehopeofeden]

YOU WHO I CALLED BROTHER! ONCE I THOUGHT THE CHANCE TO MAKE YOU LAUGH, WAS ALL I EVER WANTED!!!

[hasiumcreeper]

"On the pedistal these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
And I—I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference."

Wait. Wrong poem.

[nothisispatrick]

You thought a mummy was inside the sarcophagus, but it was I ozyman-DIO

[kae]

You said it perfectly: Ramses the Great, more than anyone else before or since, embodied the concept of the Eternal Pharaoh

[thehopeofeden]

I'm sorry, I can't stop thinking about Prince of Egypt.

[thebeatlsk]

You can actually view Ramses close up. His mummy is very very well preserved with such great detail that it confuses historians.

[nickmalachai]

5:40 gotta give mad respect to the guy who literally invented peace between nations.

[rothern]

"A pharaoh is absolute. Worship me. I shall permit it, for people are to prostrate themselves before the sun, and are to praise my countenance."

[ediskey]

“One last game of duel monsters with probably Anubis himself.”
Nice。