I very much enjoyed this video, particularly your mention of the smelting site in Lejja, Enugu State. It seems fairly certain the site dates to 2000 BC and one source I read said possibly 2600 BC. This would match or possibly pre date any other know site in the world. Given the tie of iron working to the birth of civilization, that's kind of important. I wonder if it's Western bias that most often cites ancient Anatolia as the birthplace of iron working?
I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Re Anatolia, I know what you mean, and I'm hoping it's because our discoveries are more recent that theirs, so work is still being done to confirm dates. For example, Nok was initially dated 500 BC until further testing confirmed it was much earlier. Thanks again for watching.
Keep the good work my brother, nteresting watch my late folks ancestry originate from the Benin empire and Oyo empire. We nigerians have this air about us depending on the social structure. All makes sense we know who we are deep down.
Biafraud is dexd and buried. Biafraud was buried along with ojukwu when he was buried with Nigeria flag. Ojukwu was born a Nigerian, died a Nigerian and was buried with our Nigerian flag. God bless the federal republic of Nigeria
Fun Facts : Majority of us Nigerians have never found white pple to be superior or feel they possess higher intellect of any kind. If anything we strongly believe we can outsmart them individually 😅. However, we understand the benefits of their collective intelligence and their ability to work together for a common goal good or evil.
Superior to whom After they have stole all that belong to you and the generation to come They are still brainwashing and fooling you all They are no white people They are all Albino or Pink people
Well said, we taught Europe everything they knew, before they invaded us. The Greeks, Romans were students of Africans in ancient Egypt, before they invaded us with violence, sicknesses, diseases, stole it all from us and went on later to stample us as savages, what a world.
Thank you for pointing this out. Yes, it's one thing I should have at the very least mentioned. I'll definitely work on doing a full video on the Ogiso. And include an update in the next appropriate video about this Era.
These civilizations are ethnic nations in West Africa. Nigeria did not exist until 1914 when the British colonialists forged the idea. Nigeria is not an African concept but a European colonial project.
You are right about the Aro's origin. What I could confirm at this time, puts their emergence at 17th century, which is not covered by this overview--it ends at the 16th century. Thanks for the comment.
Your analogy is not comprehensive enough, you omitted the kingdom of Igodomigodo and the Ogisos whose reign is dated as far back as 100BCE or later. You should seek to correct this or your work can be attributed to poor and lazy research or subtle agenda.
@@Historyngpro Great job my brother. Am a Ngerian Historian, resident in Germany. Even though, there are ommisions, which is dependent on the historical materials you have at your disposal. The Histories of the ancient world before the first Egyptian dynasty, the Sumerian, Phoenician civilizations are ancient Nigerian civilizations, infact, Books like Tropical Dependency leads one to many other historical records, which are being kept in many Museums in the colonial Nations, hundreds of thousands of them. We also have proofs, that the first 5 dynasties of ancient Egypt, were the Phoenicians, the builders of the pyramids, the same who were in Atlantis and all over the continents of the world. The Pharaohs after the reign of Ptolemy were also ancient Nigerians, whose descendants today are the Hausas. The truths are hidden in the basements of the Oriental Museums of the colonial Nations, who literally cleaned out Africa, after the invasions of Kingdoms, countless genocides and of course, the cleaning of these Kingdoms wealth, thousands of tonnes of Gold, Silver, diamonds, precious stones, and so called artifacts were stolen by them. Please get in touch, if you want to know more, thats just a chip on the iceberg. The face of the Sphinx can only be predominantly found in South West Nigeria, the yorubas , who are the direct descendants of the Phoenicians. The colonizers changed our names over and over again, but our people never lost sight of who we are. There is a lot coming on this channel MotherlandAfricaSpeaks. Lest, without saying much, its the greatest conspiracy ever.
Young man, learn instead of thinking, you sound clever. These are part of the ancient Histories of the surface cut out by the colonizers to be called Nigeria, where great ancient civilizations thrived.
Do some research before you come on public spaces to speak on anything The oyo empire had every Yoruba states under it and other external states in Nigeria like niger state. It also spread as far down to Cameroon, benin republic, Togo, Ghana, Niger, sierra leone, Dahomey, mali, bukinafaso and cotonu. Benin was never an empire but a kingdom. That's why there's only one state to it and only few benin speakers. Get your facts right!
I'll recommend the book "African Cultures and Societies Before 1885" by Ekechi et al. The chapter, "Kingdoms of West Africa: Benin, Oyo and Asante" should be very enlightening.
You must be mad, Attah igala was the last born from nnewi, modern day nnewi town in anambra state, nnewi was the only daughter of ERI the father of all igbos, Attah was a hunter, and according to history our people were farmers and fishermen, Attah introduced war like hunting expeditions, ERI was a priest king and he never liked it so he told him to go up north where bushmeat are in excess, when he got to the area, he found another tribe there, he married the chiefs daughter and became the king, he organized the same kingship style of NRI, which the priest, elders and the people have the ruling power, igala people speaks a dialect of Igbo language so we’re one, though because of intermarriages, the language is mixed, there was no record of Attah ruling NRI kingdom, the kingship always goes to the first son and Attah was in no position of ascending the throne, I’m from NRI kingdom and I hate people who make up stories about our history 🎉
The ipob biafraud are very busy trying to distort the history of mostly the Benin empire and also of the rest of the southern part of Nigeria. They think that by doing this our children and our people will think that they are Biafrans. Just as they failed in 1967, they're going to fail. We the great Benin are not and will never be biafrans.
I love the Igbo's. Studying them in my research paper. Such a great African civilization
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I very much enjoyed this video, particularly your mention of the smelting site in Lejja, Enugu State. It seems fairly certain the site dates to 2000 BC and one source I read said possibly 2600 BC. This would match or possibly pre date any other know site in the world. Given the tie of iron working to the birth of civilization, that's kind of important. I wonder if it's Western bias that most often cites ancient Anatolia as the birthplace of iron working?
I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Re Anatolia, I know what you mean, and I'm hoping it's because our discoveries are more recent that theirs, so work is still being done to confirm dates. For example, Nok was initially dated 500 BC until further testing confirmed it was much earlier. Thanks again for watching.
Keep the good work my brother, nteresting watch my late folks ancestry originate from the Benin empire and Oyo empire. We nigerians have this air about us depending on the social structure. All makes sense we know who we are deep down.
Absolutely! Thank you for the encouragement.
Biafraud is dexd and buried. Biafraud was buried along with ojukwu when he was buried with Nigeria flag. Ojukwu was born a Nigerian, died a Nigerian and was buried with our Nigerian flag. God bless the federal republic of Nigeria
Fun Facts : Majority of us Nigerians have never found white pple to be superior or feel they possess higher intellect of any kind. If anything we strongly believe we can outsmart them individually 😅. However, we understand the benefits of their collective intelligence and their ability to work together for a common goal good or evil.
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I totally agree 💯 we Nigerians never carry last but first always 🌍✊🏿🙏🏿
Well said
Superior to whom
After they have stole all that belong to you and the generation to come
They are still brainwashing and fooling you all
They are no white people
They are all Albino or Pink people
Well said, we taught Europe everything they knew, before they invaded us. The Greeks, Romans were students of Africans in ancient Egypt, before they invaded us with violence, sicknesses, diseases, stole it all from us and went on later to stample us as savages, what a world.
I noticed the Ogiso Kingdom is missing in this video. Maybe you can look it up and cover it in a different video
Love the video though 👍🏿
Exactly my thoughts, I don't know if it was deliberate or out of ignorance but it's omission convolute the history of coastal and Midwestern Nigeria.
Thank you for pointing this out. Yes, it's one thing I should have at the very least mentioned. I'll definitely work on doing a full video on the Ogiso. And include an update in the next appropriate video about this Era.
Truly appreciate your encouragement!
There was Nigeria more than 100 years ago. Stop being ignorant.
These civilizations are ethnic nations in West Africa. Nigeria did not exist until 1914 when the British colonialists forged the idea. Nigeria is not an African concept but a European colonial project.
But you seeemed to leave out another Igbo civilization, the Aro civilization, although their origins is covered in mystery.
You are right about the Aro's origin. What I could confirm at this time, puts their emergence at 17th century, which is not covered by this overview--it ends at the 16th century. Thanks for the comment.
Your analogy is not comprehensive enough, you omitted the kingdom of Igodomigodo and the Ogisos whose reign is dated as far back as 100BCE or later. You should seek to correct this or your work can be attributed to poor and lazy research or subtle agenda.
Thanks for your comment. I struggled with this and it's been on my mind. I'll look into it and update in subsequent videos.
@@Historyngpro Great job my brother. Am a Ngerian Historian, resident in Germany.
Even though, there are ommisions, which is dependent on the historical materials you have at your disposal.
The Histories of the ancient world before the first Egyptian dynasty, the Sumerian, Phoenician civilizations are ancient Nigerian civilizations, infact, Books like Tropical Dependency leads one to many other historical records, which are being kept in many Museums in the colonial Nations, hundreds of thousands of them. We also have proofs, that the first 5 dynasties of ancient Egypt, were the Phoenicians, the builders of the pyramids, the same who were in Atlantis and all over the continents of the world. The Pharaohs after the reign of Ptolemy were also ancient Nigerians, whose descendants today are the Hausas.
The truths are hidden in the basements of the Oriental Museums of the colonial Nations, who literally cleaned out Africa, after the invasions of Kingdoms, countless genocides and of course, the cleaning of these Kingdoms wealth, thousands of tonnes of Gold, Silver, diamonds, precious stones, and so called artifacts were stolen by them.
Please get in touch, if you want to know more, thats just a chip on the iceberg.
The face of the Sphinx can only be predominantly found in South West Nigeria, the yorubas , who are the direct descendants of the Phoenicians. The colonizers changed our names over and over again, but our people never lost sight of who we are.
There is a lot coming on this channel MotherlandAfricaSpeaks.
Lest, without saying much, its the greatest conspiracy ever.
Wrong title as Nigeria didn't exist until 1914.
You are right sir ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Young man, learn instead of thinking, you sound clever. These are part of the ancient Histories of the surface cut out by the colonizers to be called Nigeria, where great ancient civilizations thrived.
Suggest a better title.
Indeed a wrong title.
@@agunaboumuzocha7872 Mumu😅
You didn’t talk about the Ogiso dynasty, the kingdom the banished Yoruba prince took over to establish Benin kingdom
How do you all think this people to tell you true stories about anything they have destroyed
Your comments on Benin Empire was inaccurate. Oyo was a small area prior and never an empire.
Do some research before you come on public spaces to speak on anything
The oyo empire had every Yoruba states under it and other external states in Nigeria like niger state. It also spread as far down to Cameroon, benin republic, Togo, Ghana, Niger, sierra leone, Dahomey, mali, bukinafaso and cotonu. Benin was never an empire but a kingdom. That's why there's only one state to it and only few benin speakers. Get your facts right!
I'll recommend the book "African Cultures and Societies Before 1885" by Ekechi et al. The chapter, "Kingdoms of West Africa: Benin, Oyo and Asante" should be very enlightening.
There was no such thing as Nigeria back then. Nigeria as a nation did not exist until 1914.
Suggest a better title for the video then.
Nigeria is not a nation. It is a colonial contraption of more than 350 nations.
The NRI is ruled by An IGALA... Those are not igbo. Civilization
You must be mad, Attah igala was the last born from nnewi, modern day nnewi town in anambra state, nnewi was the only daughter of ERI the father of all igbos, Attah was a hunter, and according to history our people were farmers and fishermen, Attah introduced war like hunting expeditions, ERI was a priest king and he never liked it so he told him to go up north where bushmeat are in excess, when he got to the area, he found another tribe there, he married the chiefs daughter and became the king, he organized the same kingship style of NRI, which the priest, elders and the people have the ruling power, igala people speaks a dialect of Igbo language so we’re one, though because of intermarriages, the language is mixed, there was no record of Attah ruling NRI kingdom, the kingship always goes to the first son and Attah was in no position of ascending the throne, I’m from NRI kingdom and I hate people who make up stories about our history 🎉
This is false history. History according to Igbo Biafraud. You did a terrible job.
Cool story. Where's your proof?
The ipob biafraud are very busy trying to distort the history of mostly the Benin empire and also of the rest of the southern part of Nigeria. They think that by doing this our children and our people will think that they are Biafrans. Just as they failed in 1967, they're going to fail. We the great Benin are not and will never be biafrans.