Who were the Assyrians? History of the Assyrian Empire

Who were the Assyrians? The entire history of the Ancient Assyrian Empire explained in 11 Minutes.

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History of Assyria from its founding, Shamshi Adad, Tiglath Pileser iii, Sargon, Ashurbanipal to the fall of Ninevah and the Assyrian Empire.

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Questions
What do you think of the boxes with the time period I was talking about in the upper left-hand corner? Was this helpful or distracting/cluttered looking?
Also, what do you think of no music in this video?
Let me know what you think :)

[Smartacus]

Ancient Mesopotamians had the most magnificent beards in history.

[Hvllow]

Mesopotamian ancient history is so rich. I can't get enough of it.

[ed]

I'm proud to say, I'm an Assyrian From Iraq and now living in USA. My grandparents were from Van, Turkey. I enjoy learning my rich history. Thank you for posting this video!

[Navak_]

The Fall of Nineveh from the greatest city the world had ever seen to an uninhabited ruin at the very peak of its power is one of the great events in history that rarely gets mentioned.

[Fatkidlovecake]

as a Greek/Assyrian I thank you for simply mentioning that we still exist today showing some pictures and most importantly that we are a distinct people

[sthondat]

Great video.

Ashurbanipal is also famous for the great library he founded in Nineveh. He tried to collect all the books (clay tablets) he could. Alexander attempted to imitate him later with his great library in Alexandria, Egypt.
Very much of what we now know of Sumer, Akkad, and Assyria comes from the clay tablets collected and preserved so well by Ashurbanipal.

[johnbland]

I met a couple of Assyrians when I was in Iraq and didn't understand how they were still there, but they are. Thanks for the info because it now makes sense. Good video with lots of Info.

[StefanMilo]

I tell you man it is a real skill to make these videos to the point and yet full of detail. Great stuff!

[joey]

Thank you for that. When I first entered college my history instructor said Assyrians were extinct. I quickly stood up and corrected him as I am 90% Assyrian and 10% Armenian. This was in 1965.

[Dontlicktheballoons]

Dude. Thank you for these. I can't tell you how much I enjoy your videos. Trying to get in the habit of dropping comments to help you out. Have a great night man

[HoundofOdin]

You forget to mention that epic facial hair the Assyrians had. Their military prowess was directly related to the epicness of their beards.

[trejodanny]

Nice to see a history channel finally discussing the Assyrians. Keep up the good work

[S-Nova]

Loved the nice touch of illustrating Mt. Ararat on your terrain map.

Fantastic video as usual, Epithemeus!

[blakehillman]

Very interesting history. I like the way you combine narration with maps and illustrations. Keep up the good work.

[tanpar]

God bless you, Assyrians brothers!
Many wishes from Bulgaria.

[connorgolden]

I love these videos, it’s so interesting to learn about the oldest civilizations.

[kuroshthegreat]

I love how immature some of these great kings could be "Your king of Babylon? well I'm king of the UNIVERSE!"

[Ashur-Mesopotamia]

Hollywood should finally make a Movie about the ancient Assyrians

[esh]

This information is what my family have been teaching me for my whole life. Thank you for taking the time to make this video, we appreciate it and the correct information you provided (unlike other YouTuber’s videos).