Amorites - A Brief History

In this video we cover the Amorites, a people who are mentioned often in ancient Near Eastern sources but seldom discussed. This video is an introduction to who the Amorites are, where they came from and what their impact on the history of ancient Mesopotamia was. If you find the history of ancient Mesopotamia interesting, you'll want to watch this!

Sources:

The Routledge Handbook of the Peoples and Places of Ancient Western Asia: The Near East from the Early Bronze Age to the fall of the Persian Empire

Ancient Iraq: Third Edition (Penguin History)

Music:

Traditional Iraqi Music

"Dune Archers"
Brandon Fiechter

#Amorites #mesopotamia #ancienthistory

[francisc]

your channel is one of the best to learn about Mesopotamian history! Thank you for your work.

[Boric]

You deserve a lot more subscribers than you have - today I watch a bunch of your videos and whilst I know more of the history, you have put them together in an excellent and attention holding manner. Great music too. Well done.

[horrorhabit]

You're doing great things here, not just with this video but all of them. Ancient history is deeply chaotic and often confusing, but you're very talented at clarification. Thanks.

[gordonrose]

I really enjoyed that study you did, love History and archaeology.

[elainethomson]

Came across your channel by accident and loved the content, thanks.

[tomo]

Thank you for presenting this history in a consist and detailed way.
Enjoy your videos so much.

[anitapollard]

Thank you, Cy 🤗 i like listening to you talk about history... your knowledge and your passion for it (mixed together naturally & beautifully by you) is compelling & music to my ears ❤

[mambojambo]

Many thanks for your great content! The music too is very appreciated, so glad I found your channel

[ThisNinjaSays_]

Amorites were known to have lived in the Levant, including modern Lebanon and some parts of Syria as well as North Africa.
One group was genocided by Israel.
The other two groups survived, one remained in Lebanon while others were spreading to modern day Tunisia and Sicily. In Sicily they mixed with Greeks, later building Carthage, Sidon and other prosperous Mediterranean city states. The later Phoenicians gave us what became the Roman Alphabet. Seafaring Phoenicians and Greeks left their mark on the world.

[StefanScripca]

Where has this channel been hiding for all this time?! So few that tackle the Mesopotamian history (excluding the hocus-pocus ones)

[marksullivan]

thank you for that video it's really informative I'm just getting into this era of History and it's great to be able to have these videos please keep up the good work

[valenciawalker]

Yes, they are spoken in the Old Testament Holy Bible . Thank you for giving a history of the amorites.

[Rene-ciwx]

You deserve a lot more subscribers, great video! Will you do one about the Kingdom of Nagar? A very ancient city and we probably don't have much sources, but we'll see!

[jakobraahauge]

The Amorites are not described as unsophisticated, rather as uncivilised. Just a little note, but I do love your work!
Sometimes you will reference a city or a place, though, with a map not showing its location, and I know that it may be hard to pinpoint any place that ancient, but I hope you will mark as many of such places in your future videos - that I look forward to enjoy!
Thank you, and Merry Christmas! ❤️🎄

[biljanamilanovic]

Lei e' GRANDE PROFESSORE! Grazie tante! Con le Sue lezioni sulle antiche civilta' che sono molto interessanti, mi tira su'! Grazie tante!

[voiceinthedesert]

Thank you so much. This helps me also in my Bible studies.

[ElizaBeth-ngpu]

Even 4 years later, someone is enjoying this.

[Ejeby]

1:50 they spoke a Semitic language, probably something close to Canaanite or earlier forms of Aramaic
Sumerian and Akkadian language documents described the Amorites; in fact, “Amorite” comes from the Akkadian word Amurrum, Sumerian word Martu meaning west (since they came from the west) 2, 600 BC - 2, 500 BC first mention of Amorites
3:00 ”the Martu, who know no grain nor house nor town… who digs up truffles, who does not bend his knee to cultivate the land, who eats raw meat…”
“the urban Sumerians looked down on them as a bunch of migrant hillbillies”
4:10 Sargon the Great ruled all of Mesopotamia from 2334 BC - 2379 BC

[ddwkc]

I will use "who digs up truffles" as an insult to unsophisticated people from now on!

[russianbot]

Hamorambi was kind of a buzz kill, amorite?