The Life and Times of Ea-nasir, Bronze Age Babylonia's Most Notorious Businessman (c. 1750 BC)

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  • @HistorywithCy
    @HistorywithCy  Год назад +146

    Sorry one typo... at 07:25 the caption should read "Samsu-iluna" and not "Samsu-luna." Thanks!

  • @theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658
    @theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658 Год назад +945

    Ea-Nasir has now become as famous as Gilgamesh through his ability to sell terrible copper. Amazing.

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  Год назад +152

      🤣 yeah that's pretty funny actually. One was an godlike hero and the other a crappy copper dealer. Due to the memes I think more kids today know the name Ea-nasir than Gilgamesh, though I could be wrong. Thanks for watching!

    • @mateuszchoda5560
      @mateuszchoda5560 Год назад +35

      Golden boy Gil has his place in memes, although it's specifically the Fate version. So degenerate weebs only.

    • @carl8703
      @carl8703 Год назад +75

      Wonder what Ea-Nasir would think if someone went back in time and told him that, one day, he would be remembered with the same reknown as Gilgamesh.

    • @stormshadow5283
      @stormshadow5283 Год назад +54

      I bet Ea-Nasir was the one who gave Gilgamesh the false plant of immortality....thats why Ea-Nasir is immortal

    • @vazak11
      @vazak11 Год назад +9

      Fate//Zero should take advantage of this XD

  • @maxtew6521
    @maxtew6521 Год назад +201

    I like how Ea-Nasir just collected complaint tablets in his home. Dude loved getting one over on poor schmucks. What a scoundrel.

    • @LittleWhole
      @LittleWhole 6 месяцев назад

      It was postulated that his house was burned down by people he ripped off, so the clay tablets that he collected became fired and therefore preserved enough for us to get our hands on it and translate it 37 centuries later.

    • @Willie5000
      @Willie5000 10 дней назад

      And because of that, we're all making fun of this guy for being such a scumbag...

  • @walker1812
    @walker1812 Год назад +353

    Some men may always be thinking about Rome, but any of us who have been on the raw end of a deal think of Ea-Nasir.

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  Год назад +33

      Haha...while I probably do think about the Roman Empire more than most, I'd have to say I think about those a further to the east a bit more lol. Thanks for watching!

  • @AncientAmericas
    @AncientAmericas Год назад +201

    Ah yes, our favorite sleazy bronze age salesman, Ea-Nasir.

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  Год назад +9

      True, but we're still talking about him... haha thanks for watching, appreciate it!

    • @AncientAmericas
      @AncientAmericas Год назад +5

      @@HistorywithCy Anytime!

  • @craniusdominus8234
    @craniusdominus8234 Год назад +716

    Ea-Nasir. The man, the myth, the legend.

    • @mintoo2cool
      @mintoo2cool 10 месяцев назад +18

      justice for nani!

    • @ariefakmalmuhammadzulkifli7662
      @ariefakmalmuhammadzulkifli7662 9 месяцев назад

      Ea nasir is not myth?

    • @doomtrooper3184
      @doomtrooper3184 7 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@ariefakmalmuhammadzulkifli7662 The quality of his copper was though.

    • @jayrenee378
      @jayrenee378 4 месяца назад +2

      What if Ea-Nasir is the victim and Nani is just trying to steal money from an honest copper merchant? I'm on team Ea-Nasir.

    • @BodhiDecker
      @BodhiDecker Месяц назад

      The meme…

  • @gmv3354
    @gmv3354 Год назад +475

    Now I know who truly inspired the business practices of EA (Electronic Arts)

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  Год назад +55

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @experience741
      @experience741 Год назад +7

      Lmao

    • @stormshadow5283
      @stormshadow5283 Год назад +33

      Truly the legendary founder of the company

    • @redjirachi1
      @redjirachi1 Год назад +70

      Nanni tried to warn us of EA 37 centuries in advance and we didn't listen

    • @ansaz14
      @ansaz14 11 месяцев назад +19

      This comment, should be immortalized on a clay tablet

  • @Xizor15
    @Xizor15 Год назад +206

    The whole channel's history has been leading to this video.

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  Год назад +32

      🤣 it's definitely been on the list of topics to cover for a while...thanks for watching!

    • @personzorz
      @personzorz 11 месяцев назад +5

      The whole of written human history has been leading to this video

  • @selkie76
    @selkie76 11 месяцев назад +187

    Reminding me of one of my favourite two-sentence horror stories... "The damage to the time machine wasn't so bad - it looked like I'd be able to get back home after all. I just needed to find somebody in ancient Sumer who could sell me some high quality copper wire."

    • @Vexcenot
      @Vexcenot 6 месяцев назад +8

      That's 3 sentences

    • @darkushippotoxotai9536
      @darkushippotoxotai9536 3 месяца назад

      Is she the protagonist of dino crisis ?

    • @christbenitez8797
      @christbenitez8797 3 месяца назад

      He's out of luck if he meet Ea Nazir lmao

    • @SmartStart24
      @SmartStart24 2 месяца назад +1

      Ea-Nasir: “Could I offer you some high quality copper in these trying times?” *pushes bad review tablets into a corner with his foot*

  • @uxorioushornet
    @uxorioushornet Год назад +554

    I once saw a writing prompt that read: "when you die, you get to see the number of people who know about you, and talk about you. Only a few decades after your death, the number says zero. You figure it will stay there forever, but a few millenia later, the number skyrockets into the millions."
    The best response to the prompt just said "and they all know I sold really shitty copper."

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  Год назад +66

      Interesting prompt... very true in a lot of cases. Thanks for watching, appreciate it!

    • @HansWurst1569
      @HansWurst1569 Год назад +16

      I laughed so hard at this. Holy shit

    • @_HMCB_
      @_HMCB_ Год назад +8

      Can you explain what you mean by “prompt?” You mean an ancient artifact or AI? Sorry for my ignorance.

    • @HansWurst1569
      @HansWurst1569 Год назад

      a writing prompt is basicaly a short introductory 'story' to write a larger story. It's bascialy the fundament of a larger story. The word prompt can also be use as "to start *something*" As example: I was /prompted/ to write a story with that comment. Hope it helps :)@@_HMCB_

    • @maymunity7942
      @maymunity7942 Год назад

      ​@@_HMCB_ A writing prompt. You have subreddits and other sites dedicated to giving people a prompt and then they write a short story

  • @Ethan-cz8xq
    @Ethan-cz8xq Год назад +140

    I always love learning about these more mundane, petty disputes in history. There's something so endearing about a situation you can relate too in ancient times

    • @anggi8699
      @anggi8699 8 месяцев назад +10

      Me to, I love history but the majority of it is always about wars, the life of kings. I'm very curious about the life of ordinary people from the past. So, mundane story like this is much more interesting to me. 😊

    • @goldenfiberwheat238
      @goldenfiberwheat238 7 месяцев назад +3

      @@anggi8699the people paying historians to write their stuff down were the people with money. Mostly kings and nobles. And most commoners throughout history were illiterate which is why wars and geopolitics are what you usually hear about

    • @gothkrispies4349
      @gothkrispies4349 7 месяцев назад +2

      From Gregory of Tours's History of the Franks: "Amalaberg, the wife of Hermanfrid, was a wicked and cruel woman: it was she who sowed the seeds of civil war between the two remaining brothers. One day when her husband came in to have a meal, he found only half the table laid. When he asked Amalaberg what she meant by this, she answered: 'A king who is deprived of half his kingdom deserves to find half his table bare.'" In another part of this book, a king had to flee his home because he couldn't keep it in his pants, and was welcomed into the home of another king...whose wife he promptly slept with.

  • @craniusdominus8234
    @craniusdominus8234 Год назад +201

    Legend has it, Ea-nasir would eventually found what is now known as the first customer support center

    • @craniusdominus8234
      @craniusdominus8234 Год назад +50

      And that a copy of this tablet is present in the corporate headquarters of both Verizon and AT&T, who have proudly carried on his legacy of selling low quality copper to this very day.

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  Год назад +17

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @craniusdominus8234
      @craniusdominus8234 Год назад +5

      @@HistorywithCy In retrospect, I probably should have just went for a single comment in the style of the old Top Gear.
      Something like "The man, the myth, the legend. Some say he would eventually found the first recorded call center in history, and that a copy of this tablet is present in the corporate HQs of Verizon and AT&T, both of whom have proudly carried his legacy of selling low quality copper into the 21st century. All we know is he's called Ea-Nasir"
      But at the very least, I hope that multiple comments will actually help you with the algorithm.

  • @martinbassi7457
    @martinbassi7457 Год назад +89

    Absolutely amazing in that never in Ea-Nasir and Nanni's wildest dreams could they ever have imagined we would be learning about them over 3500 years later not on cuneiform tablets but on our cell phones via RUclips in places in the world they never knew existed!

    • @joemachine4714
      @joemachine4714 Год назад +18

      In other words learning about their dispute on a magic crystal

    • @stellabee2026
      @stellabee2026 Год назад +13

      the chain of specific events that had to occur to turn Ea-Nasir into a meme 3500 years later could make a decent sized book

    • @nunyabiznes33
      @nunyabiznes33 5 месяцев назад +1

      On our obsidian tablets

  • @notreallymyname3736
    @notreallymyname3736 11 месяцев назад +43

    I'd just find it hilarious if Ea-Nasir is hanging out in the afterlife; and watching this all go down. "Why do they keep talking about my customer complaints!? Nani was a major Karen, and just liked to show off that he had a scribe on retainer. I can't help it that the copper I bought was trash, I'm just a middle man. Haven't they found all the records of my charitable giving to the temple?!".

  • @arthurbriand2175
    @arthurbriand2175 Год назад +51

    I would love an Uncut gems type movie about Ia-Nasir bamboozling and lying to all his business partners and it's just a very stressful day in Ur.

  • @chrisdooley1184
    @chrisdooley1184 Год назад +117

    I’d like to see you cover the new discovery at Lagash. They found the roof of a restaurant’ and once they wiggled inside they found beaten tin plates for service still stacked on the shelves as well as cups and vessels which held drinks and tables etc. The pictures taken are amazing because they show social life from something like 5,000BCE. I’d like to see more videos on everyday living. For example Irving Finkle once read from a seal that came from a man who’s business was constructing homes for others. That would be fascinating to hear about! Great video as always Cy

  • @hermescarraro3393
    @hermescarraro3393 Год назад +210

    Imagine being so AWFUL, that your name endures far longer than the the names of countless BETTER people around you.
    The literall equivalent of a modern day used car salesman achieving immortality.
    😂

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  Год назад +37

      Yeah, funny how things work out. Offhand I can't name one honest, capable or good businessman or merchant from 1750 BC. Thanks for watching!

  • @DarDarBinks1986
    @DarDarBinks1986 11 месяцев назад +55

    Ea-Nasir sure kept rules 1 and 239 of the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition: 1) Once you have their money, never give it back; and 2) never be afraid to mislabel a product.

    • @DontThinkso-kb9tc
      @DontThinkso-kb9tc 4 месяца назад +8

      He should have remembered rule Rule 57 of the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition. "Good customers are as rare as rare as latinum. Treasure them"

  • @EdrickBluebeard
    @EdrickBluebeard Год назад +61

    I love that we have pretty much accepted that the derpiest Bronze Age figurine is Ea Nasir. No argument, you see it, you know it.
    That's the look of a merchant who is rude to messengers and servants.

  • @LudosErgoSum
    @LudosErgoSum Год назад +63

    «The smartest man in every room, is Ea-Nasir.»
    - Nasir fanboi c. 1750

  • @Tzimiskes3506
    @Tzimiskes3506 Год назад +44

    This is a certified "Ud reeeaaaa!" moment.

  • @nulnoh219
    @nulnoh219 10 месяцев назад +25

    4000 years from now, some future historian finds an intact AWS server. The only data that are not corrupted they could decrypt were customer reviews.

  • @StMiBll
    @StMiBll Год назад +60

    It is always amazing to get this intimate perspective of the lives of the ancients. Makes one feel much more connected to the past.

    • @Yatagurusu
      @Yatagurusu Год назад +6

      Personally what makes me tear up is this little toy horse on wheels that was found in mesopotamia dates around 1500 BC. theres a hole in the nose where we think a string once went through to pull along the horse.
      And this just makes me feel that there was once a little kid, whose parents worked hard enough to buy/make for him a toy, a toy that was similar to one that I had, and that child was probably loved, and that child maybe even grew up, maybe even passed down the toy. And day by day 3000 years went by, and all trace of him is gone, except that toy.

    • @goldenfiberwheat238
      @goldenfiberwheat238 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@Yatagurusuah jeez that’s sad. Kinda teared up a bit. Let’s lighten the mood. EA NASIR GIVE ME BACK MY SILVER YOUR COPPER IS TERRIBLE

    • @Cropak_Napeik
      @Cropak_Napeik 7 месяцев назад +2

      If you are interested in more ancient kids stories, they found in the old russian city of Novgorod serveral carvings on wood dating from the 11th century. They were drawings made by a child (I think his name was Orfinn). From what I remember, some of them include the boy playing with his friends on the classroom, several symbols and random drawings of creatures, and the boy looking at a knight riding a horse

  • @megawutt
    @megawutt Год назад +26

    Let’s not jump to conclusions. I would like to hear Ea-Nasir’s side of the story.

    • @MatthewCampbell765
      @MatthewCampbell765 4 месяца назад +7

      I believe they actually did find an apology letter written by him but I can't recall.
      They did also found what they believe to be Ea-Nasir's house, which contained a lot of similar complaint tablets addressed to him. As such, in my opinion, there's sufficient evidence to fairly conclude that Ea-Nasir was at best incompetent, and at worst actively a swindler.

  • @Ultimate_Hater75
    @Ultimate_Hater75 5 месяцев назад +14

    Assistant: Ea-Nasir, someone sent a clay tablet.
    Ea-Nasir: Nanni!?

  • @ReZel80657
    @ReZel80657 Год назад +82

    First CEO of EA Games

  • @vvvci
    @vvvci Год назад +20

    We today in "modern" times underestimate the TRADE NETWORKS which were long and well connected 2,000+ bce.... despite all the hazards and perils!
    Tin - rare, and essential for making (most alloys of) bronze came from as far away as Wales (British isles) for millennia.
    Lapis Lazuli from Afghanistan mountains, cedar logs from Lebanon, and of course gold and silver from rare mines always made their way in to trade routes.
    And it is astounding how bold the NOMADIC TRADERS were, as the tablet says, there was always the chance of pirates, raiders, or falling in to enemy territory...
    yet, despite these hazards, the traders proliferated, the trade routes continued and grew

    • @goldenfiberwheat238
      @goldenfiberwheat238 7 месяцев назад +1

      That’s the indomitable will of the human spirit for you

  • @glacier68
    @glacier68 11 месяцев назад +26

    Gotta love how so much preserved cuneiform is business correspondence. Like the one from a trader advising his servants to hide ingots in their undergarments to avoid tariffs, or many that are essentially, "This is your second billing, If you have already sent your payment, please disregard this tablet."

    • @spiralingspiral72
      @spiralingspiral72 3 месяца назад +1

      humans have been sending spam emails (or clay tablets) since time immemorial

  • @Argacyan
    @Argacyan Год назад +33

    I've been bamboozled by Ea-nasir!

  • @gleann_cuilinn
    @gleann_cuilinn 11 месяцев назад +16

    So Nani just glossed over the fact that he owes Ea-Nasir two mina of silver 🤔 maybe we've been too hard on old Ea... I wanna know why Nani expects his money bag when he owes Ea all that silver!

    • @siamesecatful
      @siamesecatful 15 дней назад

      because he sell him a crappy bad copper so its mean he doesn't have to return the silver he owns him

  • @JenniferinIllinois
    @JenniferinIllinois 11 месяцев назад +8

    Ea-Nasir - dude was a total scammer. If he could only imagine that 3800 years later people would still be talking about him and his shady business practices. 🤣🤣🤣

  • @cletus223
    @cletus223 Год назад +6

    Were you ripped off by Ea-nasir?! Bel Ur attorney at law will fight for you!

    • @ericconnor8251
      @ericconnor8251 Год назад +1

      If you or a loved one received substandard copper, then you may be entitled to a bartered compensation and a free consultation funded by his majesty Hammurabi, King of Babylon.

  • @MrPhange
    @MrPhange Год назад +21

    I've waited for this video for almost 4000 years

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  Год назад +1

      Yeah I've been meaning to make this one...glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching!

    • @5pastseven
      @5pastseven 4 месяца назад +1

      as long as ea Nasir's customer have been waiting for better copper

  • @stormshadow5283
    @stormshadow5283 Год назад +13

    Ah yes! Ea-Nasir.....the progenitor of EA company

  • @MKfanmomo
    @MKfanmomo Год назад +14

    This unfortunate merchant helped scholars understand a little bit about his time period, which is fascinating. Long live the cuneiform tablets may archeologists discover more !

  • @Error_-qz2zr
    @Error_-qz2zr 11 месяцев назад +9

    " I shall exercise my right of rejection" Sumerian speech is something

  • @shaider1982
    @shaider1982 Год назад +9

    EA Nasir, it's in the copper.

  • @AndersonNSilva-mw7kl
    @AndersonNSilva-mw7kl Год назад +8

    You just know that future Civilization games will have a technology discovery quotation about Ae-Nasir and his shenanigans. Probably about copper, I bet.

    • @silververnallbells191
      @silververnallbells191 7 месяцев назад

      Imagine being 4,000 yrs in the future from now and people deciphering the internet and find obsession with thousands of years prior...

  • @nahnnan1265
    @nahnnan1265 Год назад +10

    "He was the best guy around"
    What about the poeple he treated with contempt?
    "What contempt?"

  • @ericconnor8251
    @ericconnor8251 Год назад +5

    Classic Ea-Nasir, always swindling his customers with substandard copper. The ghost of Nanni probably wishes that he had had clay tablet style Yelp reviews during the First Babylonian Dynasty, to spread awareness and get a boycott going against his arch nemesis.

  • @MalayArcher
    @MalayArcher Год назад +5

    I thought this was another bronze age shitpost but i just realised its Cy’s video 😅

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  Год назад +1

      Lol yeah hopefully it's better than the memes! Thanks for watching!

  • @brandenmanuel2037
    @brandenmanuel2037 Год назад +34

    A video about Ea-Nasir
    This should be good

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  Год назад +4

      Hope you enjoyed it and thanks for watching!

    • @5pastseven
      @5pastseven 4 месяца назад +1

      Surely better than his lousy copper

  • @egillskallagrimson5879
    @egillskallagrimson5879 Год назад +3

    It is kinda a dickmove to owe money to a friend/business partner and keep it behind enemy lines... think about it today may seem meaningless as for the majority of us there is no real danger but think in that friend you always are lending money and making favours only for him to ultimately move to a really dangerous place so you really don't feel in the mood to go get your money. I will totally send him a clay tablet very upset xD

  • @florinivan6907
    @florinivan6907 9 месяцев назад +3

    This does raise questions about literacy though. If Ea Nasir could read and write and presumably he wasn't the richest merchant then we can assume literacy was at least common among the 'middle class'. Merchants richer peasants people working in administration would almost always have had some basic literacy.

  • @erraticonteuse
    @erraticonteuse Год назад +8

    Next do Sin-gamil's unheeded calls for more water for his sesame fields. THE SESAME WAS VISIBLY DYING, not that Sin-id-dinam cared😡

  • @nunyabiznes33
    @nunyabiznes33 5 месяцев назад +4

    Dude really kept all the complain letters. I like to imagine that the reason his house burned down was coz all the people he scammed burned it. 😂

  • @mintoo2cool
    @mintoo2cool 10 месяцев назад +7

    this is the best kind of history in my opinion. it’s cool to learn about history of kings and queens and empires and wars etc. but this is so much more fun, relatable and interesting.

  • @kellyezebra
    @kellyezebra Год назад +12

    My two favorite things about ancient history-Ea-Nasir and History With Cy-go so great together! Very excited!

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  Год назад +5

      Thank you! Lol never thought my name would be in the same sentence as Ea-nasir... I don't know if I should be honored or concerned? Thanks for watching, appreciate it!

  • @usergiodmsilva1983PT
    @usergiodmsilva1983PT Год назад +4

    Imagine the Life and Times of Tim, but in Mesopotamia. And Ea-nasir could be someone ike Saul in Breaking Bad xD

  • @AloisWeimar
    @AloisWeimar Год назад +5

    Crazy Ea-nasir his prices are low they are Insane !

  • @BiggestCorvid
    @BiggestCorvid Год назад +11

    This is practically a holiday special episode. I'm so happy. Thanks for the quality content

  • @joemachine4714
    @joemachine4714 Год назад +3

    "If it weren't for that pesky messenger i'd have gotten away with it too" 🧔‍♂️

  • @madderhat5852
    @madderhat5852 Год назад +5

    Apparently he also went on to sell used chariots at insane prices.

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  Год назад +2

      With bad copper parts I'd imagine lol. Thanks for watching!

    • @madderhat5852
      @madderhat5852 Год назад +1

      😆@@HistorywithCy

  • @RobertRodgers-r5h
    @RobertRodgers-r5h Год назад +12

    Outstanding Presentation! I always love your posts.
    I am also commenting to help your channel with the algorithm.

    • @minaw6618
      @minaw6618 Год назад +1

      🤓

    • @liisahmanni
      @liisahmanni Год назад +1

      ​@@minaw6618Was it "algorithm"?

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  Год назад +3

      Thanks, really appreciate the support and glad you enjoyed the video!

    • @silververnallbells191
      @silververnallbells191 7 месяцев назад

      @@liisahmanni When you leave a comment or a like it pops it up in the AI algorithm that this is a video people are watching so the algorithm will recommend it more to different people or similar videos... whatever you watch or hit like on especially if you comment - that's how recommended videos are generated.

  • @Fermillon9181
    @Fermillon9181 Год назад +6

    Ayyy Ea-nasir, the guy

  • @livingjoke3083
    @livingjoke3083 5 месяцев назад +4

    One of my favorite sayings of Ea-nasir:
    "Iltam zumra rashuptim elatim"

  • @bradmyst1339
    @bradmyst1339 Год назад +9

    I hope that we all have had a chance to see the modern day meme that someone put together because of this guy. Truly wondrous

  • @sonarbangla8711
    @sonarbangla8711 Год назад +7

    An extremely important recovery of an ancient correspondence between Nana and Nasir. I am sure such correspondences between Sumeria and India or reference. This might open a new chapter of ancient history.

  • @buddycharley2413
    @buddycharley2413 11 месяцев назад +4

    The most interesting man in history still boggles my mind how we aren't so different thousands of years ago

  • @AntoniusTyas
    @AntoniusTyas Год назад +12

    Ea-nasir. Truly one of the businessman in Babylonia.

  • @usergiodmsilva1983PT
    @usergiodmsilva1983PT Год назад +4

    Wait... there are more complaint tablets?!

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  Год назад +9

      Yes but they're not as scathing as the one from Nanni. The others are more of "when will I be getting my copper" vs "...I will not accept here any copper from you that is not of fine quality. I shall from now on select and take the ingots individually in my own yard, and I shall exercise against you my right of rejection because you have treated me with contempt..." etc. Thanks for watching!

  • @SobekLOTFC
    @SobekLOTFC Год назад +4

    Wake up bro, new HwC just dropped 😊
    Hail βασιλεύς!

  • @5pastseven
    @5pastseven 4 месяца назад +2

    Imagine going back in time, to tell Ea Nasir that 4000 years after his death, he'd still be famous for his shitty copper

  • @PersonManManManMan
    @PersonManManManMan Год назад +8

    This is it, this is huge

  • @ScarletImp
    @ScarletImp Год назад +2

    And to think this all started because of a complaint inscription in the British Museum.

  • @RhondaFizzleflint
    @RhondaFizzleflint Год назад +2

    Amazon Market Place, ca. 1750 BC

  • @MrPhange
    @MrPhange Год назад +2

    EA Nasir
    Challenge every ingot

  • @Jordan-wv2xz
    @Jordan-wv2xz 4 месяца назад +2

    Further proof that bad customer service is in fact a timeless concept.

  • @vazak11
    @vazak11 Год назад +5

    Fascinating, I am so happy to see this covered and the added context explains so much!

  • @Discotekh_Dynasty
    @Discotekh_Dynasty 11 месяцев назад +2

    I wish necromancy was real so we could bring this guy back and tell him he’s well known 3ish millennia later as a scam artist

  • @silverchairsg
    @silverchairsg 11 месяцев назад +2

    I just realized no one has tried a facial reconstruction of Ea-Nasir. It's beyond time. 😁

  • @adisura9904
    @adisura9904 Год назад +1

    Nani to Nasir: poor quality, terrible after sales, 0⭐

  • @Angayasse
    @Angayasse Год назад +4

    Thanks a million Cy. Your videos are always top notch. Your channel is my to go in all history matters.

  • @Artur_M.
    @Artur_M. Год назад +2

    I came here to write something witty but there's so many great comments already! Ea-nasir really is a legend. 😂

  • @marginbuu212
    @marginbuu212 10 месяцев назад +2

    In the next Terminator movie, I want him to go back in time and save Ea Nasir. And in the process of doing so, Ea Nasir recognizes the errors of his ways and changes as a merchant.

  • @OmegaWolf747
    @OmegaWolf747 4 месяца назад +2

    I hope Nani got his refund at some point.

  • @pinchevulpes
    @pinchevulpes Год назад +2

    Gudea of Lagash still my fav despot, built a city on his own and took on the big boys

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  Год назад +3

      Yeah Gudea is in my list of top 5 rulers of ancient Mesopotamia. Thanks for watching!

  • @roykay4709
    @roykay4709 Год назад +4

    Wonderful exposition on Trade in ancient Mesopotamia. This reminds me that Dilmun was much later claimed to be conquered by Assyria. That would have been during the times of the Vedic City States. What was traded, most likely through Dilmun at that time.

    • @stormshadow5283
      @stormshadow5283 Год назад

      Dilmun is in India?

    • @roykay4709
      @roykay4709 Год назад +4

      @@stormshadow5283 - No. It seems to be the same area as Bahrain. Dilmun seemed to be the trading center between Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley.

  • @shockwavesteve
    @shockwavesteve 5 месяцев назад +1

    I feel like these old tablet translations are always sound repetitive because their language was probably structured like
    “(in-past-time) (you-give) (copper) (me) (and) (show-me) (bad)” which then probably gets thrown in as “you have have given me bad copper and treated me with discontent.”

  • @snakehandler1487
    @snakehandler1487 5 месяцев назад +2

    I wonder if Nanni ever got his copper

  • @varunkaushik2834
    @varunkaushik2834 3 месяца назад +1

    You're the worst copper tradesman I've ever heard of
    Ea-Nasir - "But you've heard of me"

  • @husambotros3958
    @husambotros3958 Год назад +3

    😂😂😂 business is business 😂😂😂

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  Год назад +5

      Haha but shady business eventually brings no business...thanks for watching!

  • @amritt1989
    @amritt1989 3 месяца назад +1

    I think the word "mina" of silver is still recognisable today, where I live.

  • @Byronic19134
    @Byronic19134 Год назад +1

    So has "The Bag" always referred to money in human history or what lol.

  • @LuDux
    @LuDux Год назад +1

    Maybe his house didn't look so rich because he held his riches in Ea-nasir Tower

  • @vilisveidis
    @vilisveidis Год назад +1

    Lmao what if the afterlife is like coco and this guy just comes back from the spirit dust or whatever and is like "who tf are all these people"

  • @colin3424
    @colin3424 5 месяцев назад +2

    Ea-Nasir is literally me

  • @psycho0086
    @psycho0086 10 месяцев назад +1

    Please give me background music

  • @johnnyboeck8952
    @johnnyboeck8952 Год назад +3

    He has returned

  • @Jeyeyeyey
    @Jeyeyeyey Год назад +2

    UDREEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAA

  • @noahlogue
    @noahlogue Год назад +1

    This is where we developed the technology known as constructive criticism .😂

  • @ghostofaforgottenweedle
    @ghostofaforgottenweedle 4 месяца назад +1

    EA-Nasir, it's in Mesopotamia

  • @Exocrotic-yn2ck
    @Exocrotic-yn2ck 6 месяцев назад +1

    You little scammer ea nasir😡😡😡

  • @LauftFafa
    @LauftFafa Год назад +1

    the only EA who matter

  • @ptptpt123
    @ptptpt123 7 месяцев назад +1

    EA - Nasir, it's in the game

  • @averongodoffire8098
    @averongodoffire8098 3 месяца назад

    False allegations, Ea-Nasir sold only the best quality copper, and you can purchase some yourself for only 4.49 shekels today!
    BIG BIG SALES HERE AT NASIR!!!

  • @thegalli
    @thegalli Год назад +1

    CURSE YOU EA NASIR!

  • @raduleu293
    @raduleu293 Год назад +1

    The prototype of the ferengi merchant..

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  Год назад

      Haha I remember those guys from next generation and DS9! Thanks for watching!

  • @TheMercian13
    @TheMercian13 Год назад +1

    A certain Facebook group is squealing in delight.

  • @Paulitica
    @Paulitica 10 месяцев назад +1

    This proves that mankind always had similar issues: shitty quality products, hate mail and bad bar jokes