What Really Happened To Ancient Alexandria?
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- The story of a city founded out of the desert by Alexander the Great in 331 BC to become the world's first global centre of culture, into which wealth and knowledge poured from across the world.
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My word, how have I just found this scholarly channel now? It’s so well organized and presented with passion and panache! I’m hooked. Thankyou!
In fact it simply copies everything from others especially from channel Timeline. It just gives them different title eg this video posted 7 yrs ago ruclips.net/video/pixDj1NlRok/видео.html
Try DW English they produced high quality documentary on various topics such as travel culture world news environmental science etc
Host is beautiful aswell
The destruction of the great Alexandrian library is so very tragic!
Yup, I’m still mad about that lol. It was such a loss.
Nothing important was lost though, it wasn't some mythical place where the worlds knowledge was kept and then lost. Everything in the library was everywhere else.
I want whatever your smoking
@@CanadianCCP and the award for the most contrived rationalization goes to... CANADIAN CCP!!! Ladies and gentlemen, I don't think I've read a fucking stupider comment in my life.
"everything in the library was everywhere else" ... except it wasn't everywhere else... it was only in the library... and it was lost. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW
@@jordansagar3836 he’s somewhat right, most of the knowledge was likely widely known to other philosophers. The destruction was tragic but not the end of the world.
I am made to enjoy this from the Lady's passion and charisma, she tells the story as I've never heard before. I am spellbound.
The one she done on the Spartans is fantastic
Its her spicy, sultry voice.
The great Hypatia’s violent and tragic death was one of the indication of the beginning of the dark ages. A new era of power but to be wronged and condemned for being intellectual as a woman reverberated throughout the modern world like the witch trials. Really one of the saddest turns of events to me.
An interesting presentation. The end of Hypatia was gruesome indeed, but from my reading 30/40 years ago, was acompanied with the burning of the library of Alexandria. Being a show about the library I saw that as an omission. The library was burned by Moslems who saw it's books as blasphemy. By 1000 or 1100 AD there were many things in libraries that conflicted with Moslem scriptures. Their answer was to make the Koran the source of all knowledge. If one had a question and the Koran didn't have the answer - the question didn't exist.
In trying to clear this up I found references to both these events which happened 5 to 600 years apart. But to leave out the Burning of the Library of Alexandria in a program about the library seems a bit of an oversight.
I'm not sure why it's not mentioned but but the Alexandrian library was burned three times. First, during Julias Cesar's attack on the harbor, apparently accidentally. Next by order of the Roman emperor Theodosius in 391AD. And finally and completely by the Caliph Omar in 640AD. It's said it still took muslim forces 6 months to burn all the documents as fuel for the bathhouses in the city.
Beyond tragic!
I sometimes have nightmares about the destruction of the library. Because mainly it gives many the ability to fool us And causes me to not know the difference. So thank you for this video.
@@panninggazz5244 great statement
Islam-so much for the 'religion of peace'😮
I think we can guess why it’s not mentioned - because it muddies up the “bad bigoted Christians” narrative. You weren’t naive enough to think the secularization of the west was entirely organic, were you?
Bettany Hughes reinvigorated history on television with her passion👍👍❤️❤️
Her name is actually Bettany. Sounds similar tho.
@@aliengibberish your right,same derivation I guess
You both spelled it the same!
Yep her passion. 😉
You got that RIGHT.. I bet her husband is Adrian is happy.
Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me to get through the pandemic!
I’d say it’s on the loop all day long!
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I have seen this documentary on another channel. But when it's Bettany Hughes.....
guess what i have in my hand
@@dougthompson5586 what?
bettany the way u explain the story of lost ancient world comes to life from the past ppl like me feels tht like i am watching with my own eyes n seening the real evants happening even after very long time before us thmk u
Ignorance breeds evil thoughts.
Well done professor Hughes. Beautiful and informative documentary. Thank You.
What a very intelligent and BEAUTIFUL Woman!!!!!!!
I've only just now discovered this video. It's awesome. So we'll done. And Bettany is a great presenter. She has such style & class & a very calming & beautiful voice. Loved it!
Ahh...
This lady is awesome.
Most of the time I get frustrated by the hosts of these history shows dumbing things down.
Best of all she doesn't ask the experts stupid questions. Usually these hosts ask questions befitting elementary school students.
Greek historical lie he was Macedoian! n Grece was born 1831
@@bobtrajkoski9379 Pedantic.
@@bobtrajkoski9379 Greece is a region not a country. Macedonia was a tribe in Greece not a region. Macedonia today is populated by non Greeks.
@jorgan Kharn What the hell are you trying to say?
@Stoyan Stoyanov Huh? Are you a random word generator?
Very Cosmos-esque beginning, I love it.... a subtle salute to Sagan.
Very interesting look at a wonderous city and its tragic demise. I do wish she would have expanded a little more on what exactly happened. The ending felt a bit rushed.
Thank you this and and the many other wonderful presentations!
Bettany you are very good historian,thanks you.
22:21 Hypatia is also my favorite great scientist in Civilization 6 game.
Near the end of 1Peter, it says: "Mark and I send greetings from Babylon." For hundreds of years, the Vatican has maintained that that
"Babylon" is a pejorative term for "Rome". Some Protestants say that word "Babylon" refers to the famous Babylon now in Iraq, but there was a second less famous ancient Babylon on the Nile River. It was a Roman army garrison town. Since Mark and Peter were friends and since Mark brought Christianity to Egypt, Peter probably meant that city of Babylon on the Nile River. There is a tradition that the Holy Family stayed at this Babylon on the Nile when it escaped into Egypt to get away from Herod.
Many Thanks for this excellent and informative presentation of magnificent and wonderful place in Ancient World : Alexandria !
Such a wonderful story teller this woman is. And such a classy lady. Wonder what her name is? Were she is today?
She's called Bettany Hughes. She's presented history on most UK TV channels mostly Channel 4 in her early career more recently on Channel 5. There are quite a few of them uploaded to RUclips.
great education, and free. thank you
Awesome video..
Thank you for posting
Wonderful structured, excellent...
Bettany is causing a stir
The evil consequences of spreading rumors!!! still works today in all kinds of society. So, basically the library was the original Google back then.
BTW, I will add Alexandria on my bucket list, I hope to see it soon. It's amazing that many cities in Egypt had changed it's name over the years, but Alexandria remains to keep it's original name. Thanks to Alexander, I can have Greek food in Egypt! I noticed the similarity in street food between Greek & Egyptian food from many Vloger's
Thank you. Nice video
"Out of the crooked timber of humanity nothing straight has ever been made" Emanuel Kant
Even at that time, to raise a voice of sanity and vested interests was a unforgivable crime as we learn about the sad fate of Hepatia.
12:13 - 12:25 Damn dude, take a picture of her, it'll last longer!
The water is beautiful
Wouldn't mind going into the water
Thank you
In every age it only takes one man’s greed to destroy all. Very sad😔
@Amy Paps Not Alexander, the other man who destroyed the town by his greed and murder of the woman. Sorry I can’t remember their names😒
Worse to come
Not to be able to see all these lost civilians and cities is tragic
I looooooooove all the ancient juiciness !!!
🌎 🌍
Alexandria as a site for a commercial port was actually identified 13 centuries before Alexander. It is described in detail, SWOT Analysis, in Homer!!!!!! The continuity of the Hellenic World is amazing. A vision for humanity where humans are the center. As an example, Ptolemy processed machinery and boats powered by steam power, but he said, "what will happen to the people if I industrialize my economy???" A dilema that no modern "leader" seems to have with AI
Folks interested in the tragedy of Hypatia, watch the film 'Agora.' It depicts her life, but also the destruction of the Mother Library at the Serapeum of Alexandria.
Yup, great film
Only education can overcome the enemies of the lovers of wisdom and humanity: ignorance, selfishness and lust for power.
Good evening everyone
Wow how terrible the library place thing burned down, the host is hot tho
I Totally Love this vedio.
What genius decided to have her drowned out by traffic every other segment?
Bettany Hughes. Smokin.
Bettany’s done a great job with this. Alexander needed a great university / library to house his insatiable collections of written works, and Ptolemy was faithful to his word. The evil ones had to destroy them so we couldnt back cross check, and track the enslavement of humankind.
The scene with the brains tho. She was not here for it 😂😂😂
And I had just started tucking into a sandwich, at that very moment, too 😭
If there is but a single copy of a book in the world, does that mean there are two physical books containing the same text? Or is that single copy indeed the original and not a copy at all? Can a book be a copy of itself? Does a flawless copy become the original after the previous original is destroyed while the copy survives?
Egypt was probably a better place to live at some point in history than what it is today
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Yeah Egypt decline is very sad but I guess it's not really there fault more like the foreign conquerors and rulers that ran it into the ground
@@marionhoward2939 But it was their actions that left them open to foreign rule
@@davyroger3773 True
Egypt is a mess today lol I'm sure it was more peaceful in history before it was conquered
That Astrolabe wow what an amazing instrument.
Also our brain is neurologically connected to our heart and communicates with it through the electromagnetic fields that they both emit.
Good times
I'm learning to allow my heart to rule my head not the other way around , good for your health apparently
@@CM-le1yb I'm trying my best too Take care =)
Good information, but this RUclips edition is absolutely PLASTERED with multiple ADS. Just greedy.
One second, the magic of egypt, then
CONCERT AMAZING !!! SEATS AMAZING !!! SEAT GEEK AMAZING !!
and twice the decibels
It's really plastered with boring christians.
The glory of Alexander the great came to end when he went to conquer India.
Too greedy
I liked this - but I wish it was presented and directed by Mary Beard. There are moments when I can't hear the narrator because of all the horns honking and street noise. Whomever directed this doc, made some unfortunate decisions. The background noise is really a pediment.
Ok Karen
The description of the origin of the destruction of the library is not consistent with the description in wikipedia
Enjoyed this presenter and the subject matter. What happened after the people went crazy and destroyed all the knowledge? Did it ever recover as an intellectual city? Or did the ignorant citizens take the city backwards into poverty and chaos? The sad part about it is the people who destroyed this probably never understood a single idea from this wealth of knowledge. They basked in their ignorance. Brings to mind the Salem Witch Trials.
So kind of the gasping Ms. Hughes to mention a little history in this documentary about her.
OOooooooo.
Shots fired
Bettany would have made an awesome spartan woman :)
interesting
🇹🇷if possible, can you put
subtitles, please
The correct phrase is enable subtitles please, that would take another upload I fear for them to hit the checkbox enabling subtitles.
@@couttsw thank you
Alexander envisioned and founded the library.
What about the Library at Nalanda , India , it's more older ...
@@exploreandunravel5773 do they have books?
@@Norr42 😂 , What else you expect in library ? Cocaine and marijuana😂😂😂
I believe the library was burned down
@@Norr42 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nalanda
Cyril can go to that fiery place below.
لاست كولتوراليسم من الاسكندريه!!
Your politics is showing Professor! Alexandria endured other tragedies than the Christians. Maybe these comments comments will be archived and the future historians can deconstruct the layers of thought we shared.
This is a ‘rerun’ of her video the death of Hypatia.
NOT ONLY ARE YOU VERY BEAUTIFUL BUT I REALLY ADMIRE AND LOVE YOUR PASSION .
Maybe admire her brain / passion first? Not OWH YOU ARE HOT, kind of childish.
The great Bethany Hughes. Always the best
Alexander did not unite the greeks, his father "united" them. Albeit so loosely that when his son alexander died they immediately fragmented and rebelled.
You are incorrect. Thebes rebelled and athens said they would rebel too but never did. Thebes openly rebelled and was seiged and destroyed. No other greek state rebelled.
Knowledge is never lost. Its just exchanged from one hand to other.
From India, China, Mesopotamia to Jews, Persians, Greeks, Roman in antiquity to Arab, Turks, British, German, America in modern days.
so when its transcripts are burned and its hosts slain, where has the knowledge transferred to?
Where are you resting Alexander 🤔?
It would seem knowledge really isn't power.
The Egyptians couldn't carve granite. They were a bronze age culture. Anything made of granite is a legacy of an earlier culture, including the great pyramids.
by the way that Hebrew fragment -- upside down. :-0
DON'T want to see people walking sailing talking driving ! Want to see the archaeology evidence/fines/suits/documents ! , NOT people/host etc !!!!!!!
A religion who always have conquered through war and hate now preach speeches of salvation and peace.
. Another fine example of the *Poison of Christianity*
Rome should have ended Christianity while it had them in the arena, including Constantine.
What is that. It doesn't look like a cross
I'm assuming you're referring to the chi rho? It's an early christain symbol based on greek letters. Basic history here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi_Rho. You can still see it at some churches today.
Thanks
It’s been shown that it was the nose the brain was scrambled
But, he was not great....
He destroyed so much....
Destruction, does not make You great!!
😢
Christianity destroyed everything.
Alexandria City of Alexander the Great.
The Greatest Greek..
Alexander Macedonian !!! and
Filip Macedonian !!!
@@milchostefanoski4050 Dorian Greeks
@@ellinmakedon1216
😂😂😂😂😂
To be honest he was a good commander but not a greek
@@blockie9706 ΕΣΤΙΝ ΟΥΝ ΕΛΛΑΣ ΚΑΙ Η ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ
how very christian of them to treat a woman like that
But they were Christians? I've had this conversation with so many people regarding Hipátia but yet for disgusting and political reasons many people refuse to denounce this act of cowardness. As they say, more people have been killed in the name of religion than in any war.
Alexander was the leader of the greatest conquests the world has ever since
no it was not
Yes he was
@@seleshemisker5859 Ghengis Khan not Alexander
@@seleshemisker5859 Nah it was Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire.
I found it interesting that Ghengis and his family conquered virtually everywhere in Asia and part of Europe, that Alexander didnt go.
This is when Alexander becomes Zeus Amon,the god king..
Alexander was worshipped like a God for centuries after this death. A cult developed around him. Only after Christianity took over Rome did the cult go under ground and eventually died out.
Yes just the humans consider a barbaric criminal as God, probably Hitler will be consider like this...
@@blockie9706 my Albanian friend, Alexander and Phyrrus were great men.
Alexander among tother things, envisioned and founded tve library of Alexandria.
@@blockie9706 Then why is he remembered for his diplomacy? Derp.
Aleksander, Macedonien pellazg, ylirium,Arvanit,.Arberor Albanien Dardania.
HIS NAME WASN'T ALEKSANDER BUT ALEXANDER ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ AND HE WASN'T MACEDONIEN BUT MACEDONIAN . NOT PELLAZG NOT ILLYRIAN NOT ARVANIT NOT ARBEROR NOT ALBANIEN AND NOT DARDANIAN
Please w'ar dhe barberias.
Alexandèr w's not grikè.
hi is Albenian?
Is the host/narrator a Hapsburg?
he was a nightmere- thats the point......... the burnt the Female Sophia- until Today. He brought the Dark Time in thats why Hypatia had to die. And the Egyptians they dint love him- not at all. ???
Anica Butnaru ! An = ON !
Why lost? In what is the cosmopolitan and sophisticated culture of the west, by the broader definition, if not on the Hellenistic culture of the empires of the Epigoni of Alexander/
I keep watching these documentaries, wondering about the collapse of these different great ancient cities, and the answer always ends up being "then Christians destroyed it all."
We really gotta stop letting them do that...
The information in this video not accurate at all
I want some of Bettany! Mmm
6/10. Prof Salima Ikram on the otherhand is the finer woman aesthetically, in my un-biassed, un-lusting opinion. Classical dark allure, coupled with well sculptured lines; more the 'thorough-bred'.
@@KernowekTim she’s a 7 at best. Bettany is much more attractive.
And there are still lots of Christians at it
No, the Christians did not try to "'...square Christianity with Paganism". That would be tantamount to "squaring" a sphere with a cubic receptacle expecting the one to "fill up" the other. No calculus can do that.
The christians try to absorb everything not their religion, look at christmas, pagan summer solstice.
@@couttsw So, if you were born on the same day or season as Josef Stalin, that would preclude you being a Marxist/Leninist creep?
What you state makes no sense.
It is a good thing that some knowledge is lost; for example, the dark arts.
Ohara of One Piece?
Bethany has to be the greatest queen of romanticization 😊😂
false information. 1) Ptolemy VIII in 145 BCE cleared Alexandria of intellectuals; 2) 270 CE the Palmyrene army invaded and the library was destroyed -- not because of a revolt against knowledge but as collateral damage in a war with the Roman Empire; 3) Hypatia was not born until 350 CE and was tortured to death by Christians. She could not possibly have worked at the library.
Oh..wher can i find the Information you are referring too? Kind Regards