Greetings. This channel will remain on my part non monetised for free flow viewing. Any monetisation of my videos and added adverts are not of my doing but are from outside sources such as Ubisoft claiming copyright as is the case here. Thank you to everyone for taking the time to watch the video and for leaving comments. I am glad the content is being enjoyed. More coming soon. 👍
I started playing this the other week and yesterday at work i see everyone on their break and i casually pass by saying under my breath "look at these malakas" Its the little things in life lol.
It really is man. Say what you will about gameplay, but there was nothing quite like exploring Ancient Greece. They completely knocked it out of the park with world design and historical accuracy.
There is more to the AC Odyssey Athens than listen in Discovery Tour. There are many districts in the city, pottery district, marble district, agora, textile district, dye district, brothel districts, etc.
I think this is a phenomenal idea. I'm going to be a licensed history teacher in a year, and I can only imagine how useful a video like this would have been in a classroom the year AC Odyssey was new. If one were teaching classical Greece in a World History class, the mere mention that the video was taken from a popular video game would engender more interest from at least some students. Keep it up, I might be referring to these videos in the future
Very good of you to say so Chris. Thank you for taking the time to watch the video and for leaving a comment. Ubisoft do take their historic liberties with the History tours at times but they certainly are a good basic dive into learning more about History. Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks again for tuning in and Good luck with the teaching career. 👍
You are right sir. I would've paid attention in class if I was equally entertained and educated. Some teachers dont know how to act their role and learning turns to listening. Now here I am
Athens must have looked so beautiful. I find something very alluring about the look and style of Ancient cities especially those with Greek architecture. Great video and as always thank you for the content and keep up the good work. =)
Agreed a very beautiful city indeed and one of the largest and most important of the ancient Greek World. Thank you for your kind words. I create these videos as a hobby in my spare time just for fun and for people like me who enjoy History. I am happy you enjoy the content thank you for tuning in.
@@simonnomis5302 (Translation of Simon Nomis's comment to English via Google translator) Everything in ancient Greece has to do with beauty ... this together with harmony is what sees and feels even now.
As a Persian I really liked this video. We have great respect for the greek and have many cultural similarities with them. We even have Greek ancient names like Athena (Atena), Aleksander (Iskandar) and Sophia (Sofia). I wish there was a video on the Persians too!
@@MeliHaze When we talk about Iran, we mean the physical border, the government, the passport etc. but "Being Persian" includes the totality of Persian cultural aspects: A culture that includes diverse food, the many Farsi accents and languages, the multi- raciality/ethnic groups and the many religions of that culture. The Persian culture is well and alive also WAY BEYOND the Iranian borders. Lets talk about the language to make a point: Persian is a pluricentric language predominantly spoken and used officially within Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan in three mutually intelligible standard varieties, namely Iranian Persian (officially known as Persian),Dari Persian (officially known as Dari since 1964) and Tajiki Persian (officially known as Tajik since 1999). It is also spoken natively in the Tajik variety by a significant population within Uzbekistan, as well as within other regions with a Persianate history in the cultural sphere of Greater Iran. There are approximately 110 million (only 87,92 of them are Iran based) Persian speakers worldwide, including Persians, Lurs, Tajiks, Hazaras, Iranian Azeris, Iranian Kurds, Balochs, Tats, Afghan Pashtuns and Aimaqs. I have an Iranian passport but I am and will always refer to my culture as Persian and NOT Iranian. You can be Persian but it doesn't mean you are automatically Iranian!
@HHnikitaHH Greece was named by the Roman's, who referred to them as the Gracian Tribe. In reality the country is called ELLADA. So in a way you can say Ellada doesn't exist anymore either. Persia, was named by the Greeks as PERSIS, which means City of the Persians.
Apologies if you found it distracting. I tried in the editing process to narrow down the fades as much as possible but because I was working with many different segments to create a single documentary much of it couldn't really be helped. Regardless I hope you enjoyed the video and thank you for stopping by.
@@LookHereMars Great contribution, will watch it later. As for the fades, you improve that with editing. Instead of a fade to black to unite two segments, you can for example use shots of the city with music, and then fade out the music to introduce the next subject and shots.
Thank you so much for your video. I'm a history buff and really enjoyed it, especially towards the end with the attack on the Greeks by the Persians. The king who attached the Greeks was Ahasuerus, his other name was Xerxes, married to Esther in the Book of Esther in the Bible. As you know, he was totally defeated by the power of Greece. The Greeks never forgot about this unprovoked attack, and after a150 years they decided to retaliate let by a king called "Alexander the Great". He seized the entire Persian Empire.
Sorry, I can't take this seriously, if you're using footage from Assassin's Creed. Especially because huge majority of ancient greeks were white, not dark skinned. Appreciate your work anyway.
Regardless of the source of the video, the narration is accurate. This video is much more authoritative than other RUclips videos I've seen about the ancient Greeks. I would highly recommend it.
Genetic studies that have been performed in recent years, regarding the ancestry of the main Greek ethnic groups and their relativity with each other, validate historical facts. Researchers analyzed genome-wide data from individuals, including Minoans, Mycenaeans, Neolithic individuals from mainland Greece, and Bronze Age individuals from southwestern Anatolia. By comparing the data generated from these persons with previously published data from others, both ancient and modern, they were able to clarify the relationships between these groups. 3.000 BC Aegeans are homogeneous and derive ancestry mainly from Neolithic farmers. Bronze Age (BA) mainland Helladic, Cycladic, and Minoan genomes from the Aegean were sequenced. The researchers found that the Minoans, rather than coming from a distant civilization, were locals, descended from the first Neolithic farmers of the Aegean basin (western Anatolia and the Aegean Sea). They also found that the Minoans and Mycenaeans were very closely related to each other and to modern Greeks. There were at least two additional migrations in the Aegean before the time of the Minoans and Mycenaeans and some additional admixture later. The Greeks have always been a “work in progress” in which minor layers of migration through the ages added to, but did not erase the genetic heritage of the native Bronze Age populations. Standing in these lands for millenniums, always guarding Thermopylae. Always fighting against the odds. Eternal Hellas 🔥🇬🇷
I’m not much of a gamer but I like history and this game stood out to me because I could walk around and explore these fully recreated historical cities. I especially liked Delphi. As I was playing I’d often ignore the story and just explore the cities and marvel at the detail.
We the indigenous Hellenes have established the fact that we found more Hellenes or Philhellenes abroad than in Greece itself. This site and people are an example. They are welcomed to our list of Philhellenes and issue of their ID.
This is a really cool channel. The way you combine AC gameplay with deeper history lessons. I wish something like this came out when I was a kid playing Assassin's Creed 2
Lol it's a video game called assassin's creed and it's a series that does exactly that. Other historical locations have been Renaissance Italy, revolutionary France, England under Alfred during the Viking wars, Ptolemaic Egypt, the holy land during the crusades, the Caribbean during the height of the pirate golden age, ancient Baghdad and a few others I'm sure I'm forgetting...with new games coming soon to be set in feudal Japan and the German witch trials. It's pretty simple to learn even if you've never played games before and walking around the worlds they create is reason enough to take up the hobby...they have real historians on staff to ensure everything is as accurate as possible (while still taking some liberties to improve the game experience). I hope you check it out, I'd bet you will love it.
Just left Athens amazing and lively city, went through Piraeus to get to Santorini. This video is so cool they basically continue using it as their main ports
Thank you for the kind words and for taking the time to comment. I do plan on eventually making future content on the Roman Empire when the assets become available. Thanks again for commenting and I appreciate you tuning in.
@@wildestdreams4012 Truly astonishing. I have seen a large historic model built from the real archelogical blueprints of Ancient Rome. It was a very beautiful city indeed especially when adorned in marble. Rome was also as you may know the first European city to reach a population of a million inhabitants. Truly amazing in scale as was Constantinople with its famous defensive walls and harbour. With the graphical technology that we have today and with further future advancements we have the makings of our very own time machine. Thanks again for commenting I always enjoy talking history.👍
I think doing Rome or Constantinople with the same quality as Greece or Egypt is far away. I understand that Ubisoft has no plans. Plus it takes a few thousand designers at least a full year to build!
Thank you. From what I have looked up Ubisoft used a lot of information gathered from exisiting archaeological archives and blueprints created from digs and ground radar mapping etc. The cities in the game are condensed down because of the obvious limitations in hardware so are much smaller than in reality. But certain areas such as the Akropolis of Athens for example are supposedly realistically mapped using existing archaeological evidence and Historic references.
Apologies for the late reply I have only just noticed your comment. I will see what I can do in future videos to enhance the visibility of the subtitles for better clarity and ease of reading. Thank you for the suggestion and for watching the video.
Anyone else just watching the scenery and imagining a time before so many people and pollution? Just blue water, clean air, and native plants and trees!
We will go there again one day . But we will have super advanced technology in the same time . Man can't disconnect from nature ,it will work against him ,just like now.
******THERE IS NO SUCH A THING AS "GREECE" - IT HAS NEVER EXISTED AS WE KNOW IT TODAY*********** Read below to learn how the so-called "Greek state and government" were artificially "created" by foreign European powers and Russia during 1821-1832, in a mafia type collusion with the dangerous sect/cult called "Anadolli/Anatolia Greek Orthodox Church". ---------------------------------------------------- Greece” will be soon excluded any participation and denied any and all voting rights in the European Union to any matters related to Albania. This because “Greece” has a flagrant, open and grave conflict of interest as a European Union member related to all matters concerning Albania in the European Union - starting with the Law of the Declaration of War against Albania, which is in effect in the present (i.e. Greece, currently, is in a state of war with Albania), and many other matters that constitute blatant conflict of interest of “Greece” in the European Union concerning Albania. Greece also has not yet paid the reparations of about 600 billion dollars to Albania - regarding the occupation through the Greek territory of Albania by Germany in 1943, and regarding the ethnocide and holocaust of Greece against Albanians in Albania (Chams and Albanians in southern Albania), and against its own citizens of Albanian descent (numbering over 9 million today in Greece). The vote of “Greece” in the European Union is the only thing left for this “Greece” to bully Albania related to all matters in the relations between this “Greece” and Albania. Albanian government should quickly set up a team of qualified attorneys to file a lawsuit with the European Commission to exclude Greece from any decision making in the European Commission regarding Albania. On the other hand, Albanian government should act as an equal and reciprocate - by immediately putting on the table its counter requirements that the European Union and European Commission must fulfill to open the road for the Albania joining the European Union in equal footing and as an equal partner and in parity. One of those non-negotiable requirements should be that “Greece” be excluded immediately from any decision making and vote regarding Albania and Albanian related matters in the European Union and European Commission. European Union and European Commission are not mafia type organizations, ”that will blindly do whatever a member of the mob organization would demand”. This “Greece” is acting like a member of the Camorra and/or a typical “Greek” mob underworld that can force its will on other mobsters by asking for other mob members total submission and obedience to its demands. Greece should also be expelled from the European Union and NATO - as a country that does not fulfill any and all criteria/requirements to be in the European Union and NATO, and because Greece is a dictatorship in the middle of Europe that does not recognize any rights at all for over 9 million Albanians/Arvanites and Chams in Greece. ------------------------------------------------- The so-called “Greece” is a made-up and fake country - made out of ethnic cleansing, racism, holocaust and ethnocide against Albanians (Arvanites and Chams) of Lower Albania. All (100%) leading and senior commanders of the 1821 revolution in the Lower Albania (called unjustly “Greece” today - a name without any factual and historical meaning), where Albanians (Chams and Arvanites). Up until 1832, all that region (called “Greece” today) spoke only Albanian. Out of 100% of the people living there in that region up until 1832, about 92-95% were Albanians (Arvanites and Chams), the rest were minorities (Aromanians, Slavs, Venetians/Italians, Roma, etc).. The first session of the first newly elected Parliament in 1832, of this so-called nowadays "Greece", held its full Parliament proceedings in the Albanian language ("Greek/Koine" language did not exist back then in the region/area called “Greece” today). What is appalling to the international community of scientists and historians, is that "Greek" government today has put a total ban on the access, research and publication of the archival documentations (classified as "top secret") of the first Parliamentary session of 1832 in "Greece" - and this is a clear evidence that today, "Greek" government is trying by all and any means in its disposal to hide the historical truth about how this "Greece" of today it came about to be. Albanians are the descendants of Pelasgians and Illyrians (since 10,000 years and more ago). Alexander the Great -was a Pelasgian King of Illyrian/Pelasgian Confederation of Macedonia, falsely presented as "Greek" by con and "planted" historians. The Trojan War - was a war between Pelasgians and Illyrians - both ancient Albanian kingdoms/confederations, falsely represented as “Greek” by con and planted “historians”. Homer's "Iliad and Odyssey" epic poems are Pelasgian era poems - falsely represented as "Greek" by con and planted "historians". The Thermopylae Battle - was a battle between Pelasgian army (Sparta - a Pelasgian city) and Persian army, falsely represented as "Greek" battle against Persians by con and planted "historians". The Koine/”Greek” language (a made-up religious language of Roman Empire times - same as Latin language was a religious language for the western part of the Roman Empire), was forced onto Albanians of that region (Arvanites and Chams) after 1832, through ethnic cleansing, holocaust and ethnocide by European powers (through racist Prince Otto of Germany), Russian Empire of that time, and the dangerous anti-Christian sect/cult called “Anadolli Greek Orthodox Church”. There is no such thing as “Greece”. Greece is a scam country, artificially created by 1832, from the mafia type collusion of corrupt European powers of that time who brought Prince Otto of Germany to power in that region, Russian Empire of that time, and the dangerous anti-Christian sect/cult of so-called Anadolli/Anatolia Greek Orthodox Church of that time (1832). 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This “Greece” has officially declared war against Albania since October 1940 - through the Law of the Declaration of War against Albania, approved by the “Greek” parliament and the foreign powers’ installed King for “Greece” on October 1940. Freedom and full human and national rights to 9 million Albanians of Lower Albania (called unjustly “Greece” today). Freedom to Albanians of Lower Albania (called unjustly “Greece” today). Albanian should be the official language of the Lower Albania, and the country should be officially called and internationally recognized as LOWER ALBANIA. Source: Sons of Laberia, Permeti Boys, Gjirokastra Boys, and Brotherhood of Arberors/Arvanites and Chams of Kryekuq-it, Athines, Varibobi-it, Malakasa-s, Arte-s, Lopesi-t, Ekali-t, Konice-s, Paramithise, Lluce-s, Parges, Janines, Bojati-t, Koklat-it, Mani-t, More-se, Arvanica-s, Livadhja-se, Tebes, Filatit, Kosturit, Patra-s, Atikes, Morsa-se, Eube-se, Makrijani-t, Eksohi-se, Plakes, Has-it (Fili-t), Menidhi-t, Mesongjise, Hurupisht-it, Xanthi-se, Mecove-s, Argo-s, Thiva-s, Neokori-t, Kartereze-s, Vrastove-s, Drestiko-s, Selanikut, Vothona-s, Grebene-se, Gusmar-it, Prevezes, Peristeri-t, Skorpiona-s, Frari-t, Mesollongji-t, Filipjadha-s, Margellic-it, Liosio-s, Kapandriti-t, and the rest of more than 4500 villages and towns throughout Lower Albania - Athina, May 2021, Lower Albania ========================================================================
Most people were NOT brown, you know?!, in Ancient Greece. Please, don't try to justify the opposite... There are many descriptions, mummies, and paint residue in statues that prove that people were white, and quite a few blonds and redheads. Many had bright blue or green eyes...
for me, theres not been a game like assasins creed odyssey, its amazing, warm, beautiful, and inspiring. i wish they would make a second one to be honest.
heh footage from assasins creed odyssey but hey why bother animating it yourself when there is already pretty accurate rendition of ancient athens made with a budget of millions in a videogame heh
athenian democratic process is relativly high process off state mind based on workers or usualy heavy workers sometimes in mine or construction so builders kind society and sleing to expand in society and culture too but food or resource were lacking and nature resource which are not god given talents and skills too so this was caouse for wars to get new skills between festivals so gods lead and people sometime very persuawaving them slefs went into fearless war just for gods believ gods are one zevs is nother which lead people to ahrd vay to colect wisdom and earth as final god stump that what follow nature laws is good which let to birth off religion and even them a fien tools to maintain faith in dark mid era adn fien crafting arm skills and later enrich culture jus ta as nother cycle so religion as cycle is not either god or bad same hapend in greek mythology but diferent consiousness so heaven construction in greek mythology is imaginabel work hard reward woman, religion today si funstional property relgion but still vulcano ore in the world, so ina way everything is modern and retro accroding to tourism and oil and futuristic depends how people take even floods in australia, slight bizar but true god off metalurgy was kind alcimist premerlin stuff in mid age and roman oil fire ctapult bomb zevs or final god so rocks or slight earthquakes appear kind suden but strange even to roman culture in search technology everything was allowed !
The Narrator repeatedly says 'a citizen can do this', 'an Athenian can do that'. What he should have said is 'male citizens' and 'male Athenians'. At least the scenes were somewhat accurate as the individuals depicted were ALL male. So obviously there were no women in Athens and men were simply cloned.
Watching this made me really depressed.I just wish my country would still look like that.All our beautiful buildings have been destroyed .Now all you see is ugly grey square buildings with 0 architecture.
@@Roxas660 I went to Greece a few years ago, beautiful country, but the city center in Athens is pretty depressing. The street art is what’s keeping the place together. I see this happening with a lot of modern cities, Instead of having creative and beautiful buildings, they build gray industrial buildings devoid of life. That’s why I love going to Italy and Spain, they stick to their roots for the most part.
These animations aren't perfect, but they are far better than reinactments using live actors, which have made so many historical documentaries amost unwatchable.
You're mistaken regarding the pronunciation. In ancient Greek, "agora" is accented on the last syllable. In English we put the accent on the second syllable, but that's English.
Ancient Greece was a major influence on the modern world however the Roman Republic probably had a bigger effect. Especially when you consider the effect both Rome/Byzantium & the USA have had on the world. No republic, no USA.
Nice work. Though I don't understand why you make people's faces look other than greeks. There are so many well preserved sculptures of that era to give you guidance... 18:40 Areti is not excellence, it is virtue which means skills. Excellence is teleiotis. 20:46 Plato has written that ''if you want to philosophise, you must not sleep with woman''. 29:38 Why do you call it ''deme'' and not ''demos''?
This is truly a visual Marvel. I've never seen such a vivid approximation of the ancient institutions. I must Thank you for your imaginative, but at the same time proper, reconstruction of the holy Monuments of Athens. Bravi!
Statues that were coloured... As the paint came off over the millenia or two .. we think they're white LOLOLOlolololololol but it suits us .. huh!.. :-(
Ahahahahahahabahahahahahahahahahahah Ahahahahahahabahahahahahahahahahahah ignorance and imagination destroyed completely the human REAL factual history .
Yes and no. Greeks resided all over the Mediterranean world, including North Africa and the Middle East, so many would have had darker skin and hair features than others but not so dark as in some cases presented here. Ubisoft decided to show many different skin tones during development to show the diversity in environments and ancient populations.
@@paulbriody297 No problem. Athens was quite diverse from what we know but not so diverse as is often portrayed here by Ubisoft and certainly not so freely mixed. Various foreign people's did dwell within Athens and Attica especially during the Athenian hegemony of the Delian league but the majority of the population would have been native free Greeks.
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Thank you to everyone for taking the time to watch the video and for leaving comments. I am glad the content is being enjoyed. More coming soon. 👍
I love Assassin's Creed Odissey
Ahhh AC Odessy, the game where I learned the most used Greek word of all times: malaka
@@neilwiththedeal Malaka
Same hahaha
MALAKA'S!!! 😂😂
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I started playing this the other week and yesterday at work i see everyone on their break and i casually pass by saying under my breath "look at these malakas"
Its the little things in life lol.
AC Odyssey really is a piece of art. Deserves to be preserved in some national vault or something
It really is man.
Say what you will about gameplay, but there was nothing quite like exploring Ancient Greece.
They completely knocked it out of the park with world design and historical accuracy.
My city. The most beautiful city of the world.
Plato founded a school in a grove outside Athens.Well,thats where I live,in Plato's Academy region.I couldnt wish for more!
Wow... how lucky 😲
I think it was an area traditionally used by philosophers before Plato established his academy.
I walked there a few years ago from cental Athens. Even some of the ancient road is preserved.
In Akademos, right?
@@slvarj Ακαδημία is the greek word for Academy.Akadeimos is a word that comes from academy and its a football team, haha!
There is more to the AC Odyssey Athens than listen in Discovery Tour. There are many districts in the city, pottery district, marble district, agora, textile district, dye district, brothel districts, etc.
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I think this is a phenomenal idea. I'm going to be a licensed history teacher in a year, and I can only imagine how useful a video like this would have been in a classroom the year AC Odyssey was new. If one were teaching classical Greece in a World History class, the mere mention that the video was taken from a popular video game would engender more interest from at least some students. Keep it up, I might be referring to these videos in the future
Very good of you to say so Chris. Thank you for taking the time to watch the video and for leaving a comment. Ubisoft do take their historic liberties with the History tours at times but they certainly are a good basic dive into learning more about History. Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks again for tuning in and Good luck with the teaching career. 👍
You are right sir. I would've paid attention in class if I was equally entertained and educated. Some teachers dont know how to act their role and learning turns to listening. Now here I am
Athens must have looked so beautiful. I find something very alluring about the look and style of Ancient cities especially those with Greek architecture. Great video and as always thank you for the content and keep up the good work. =)
Agreed a very beautiful city indeed and one of the largest and most important of the ancient Greek World. Thank you for your kind words. I create these videos as a hobby in my spare time just for fun and for people like me who enjoy History. I am happy you enjoy the content thank you for tuning in.
ολα στην αρχαια Ελλαδα εχουν να κανουν με το καλλος...αυτο μαζι με την αρμονια ειναι αυτο που βλεπει και αισθανεται καποιος ακομα και τωρα .
@@simonnomis5302 (Translation of Simon Nomis's comment to English via Google translator) Everything in ancient Greece has to do with beauty ... this together with harmony is what sees and feels even now.
Isn't the city still alive
I prefer the Corinthian style above the Doric tradition of architecture. The Romans preferred it too
As a Persian I really liked this video.
We have great respect for the greek and have many cultural similarities with them.
We even have Greek ancient names like Athena (Atena), Aleksander (Iskandar) and Sophia (Sofia).
I wish there was a video on the Persians too!
Persia doesn’t exist anymore. At least Greece does 😂
@@HHnikitaHH A comedian! WoW!
Bruh! What you mean as a persian? You want to say Iranian i think! Cause you're from Iran If you are a (Persian 😂) Stupid conversation omg!
@@MeliHaze
When we talk about Iran, we mean the physical border, the government, the passport etc.
but "Being Persian" includes the totality of Persian cultural aspects: A culture that includes diverse food, the many Farsi accents and languages, the multi- raciality/ethnic groups and the many religions of that culture.
The Persian culture is well and alive also WAY BEYOND the Iranian borders.
Lets talk about the language to make a point:
Persian is a pluricentric language predominantly spoken and used officially within Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan in three mutually intelligible standard varieties, namely Iranian Persian (officially known as Persian),Dari Persian (officially known as Dari since 1964) and Tajiki Persian (officially known as Tajik since 1999). It is also spoken natively in the Tajik variety by a significant population within Uzbekistan, as well as within other regions with a Persianate history in the cultural sphere of Greater Iran. There are approximately 110 million (only 87,92 of them are Iran based) Persian speakers worldwide, including Persians, Lurs, Tajiks, Hazaras, Iranian Azeris, Iranian Kurds, Balochs, Tats, Afghan Pashtuns and Aimaqs.
I have an Iranian passport but I am and will always refer to my culture as Persian and NOT Iranian. You can be Persian but it doesn't mean you are automatically Iranian!
@HHnikitaHH Greece was named by the Roman's, who referred to them as the Gracian Tribe. In reality the country is called ELLADA. So in a way you can say Ellada doesn't exist anymore either. Persia, was named by the Greeks as PERSIS, which means City of the Persians.
I'm going to the Stoa to get some eggs and milk, anyone need anything?
bring me some Oikos Greek yogurt!!
The thing about living in ancient Athens is that there was a disruptive fade to black every twenty seconds.
Apologies if you found it distracting. I tried in the editing process to narrow down the fades as much as possible but because I was working with many different segments to create a single documentary much of it couldn't really be helped.
Regardless I hope you enjoyed the video and thank you for stopping by.
@@LookHereMars Great contribution, will watch it later. As for the fades, you improve that with editing. Instead of a fade to black to unite two segments, you can for example use shots of the city with music, and then fade out the music to introduce the next subject and shots.
@@LookHereMars These faces do not fix with Greegk faces. They look like Arabs.
Thank you so much for your video. I'm a history buff and really enjoyed it, especially towards the end with the attack on the Greeks by the Persians. The king who attached the Greeks was Ahasuerus, his other name was Xerxes, married to Esther in the Book of Esther in the Bible. As you know, he was totally defeated by the power of Greece. The Greeks never forgot about this unprovoked attack, and after a150 years they decided to retaliate let by a king called "Alexander the Great". He seized the entire Persian Empire.
Everything in this video is from the game Assassins creed odyssey
Nice good culture scharming and peaceful beautiful Greek country
Sorry, I can't take this seriously, if you're using footage from Assassin's Creed. Especially because huge majority of ancient greeks were white, not dark skinned.
Appreciate your work anyway.
That's ok don't be sorry it's your preference. Regardless thank you for taking the time to check out the video.
Consider it a good sun tan :)
Regardless of the source of the video, the narration is accurate. This video is much more authoritative than other RUclips videos I've seen about the ancient Greeks. I would highly recommend it.
but the pronunciation is appallingly english......
Genetic studies that have been performed in recent years, regarding the ancestry of the main Greek ethnic groups and their relativity with each other, validate historical facts.
Researchers analyzed genome-wide data from individuals, including Minoans, Mycenaeans, Neolithic individuals from mainland Greece, and Bronze Age individuals from southwestern Anatolia.
By comparing the data generated from these persons with previously published data from others, both ancient and modern, they were able to clarify the relationships between these groups.
3.000 BC Aegeans are homogeneous and derive ancestry mainly from Neolithic farmers. Bronze Age (BA) mainland Helladic, Cycladic, and Minoan genomes from the Aegean were sequenced.
The researchers found that the Minoans, rather than coming from a distant civilization, were locals, descended from the first Neolithic farmers of the Aegean basin (western Anatolia and the Aegean Sea). They also found that the Minoans and Mycenaeans were very closely related to each other and to modern Greeks.
There were at least two additional migrations in the Aegean before the time of the Minoans and Mycenaeans and some additional admixture later. The Greeks have always been a “work in progress” in which minor layers of migration through the ages added to, but did not erase the genetic heritage of the native Bronze Age populations.
Standing in these lands for millenniums, always guarding Thermopylae. Always fighting against the odds. Eternal Hellas 🔥🇬🇷
meanwhile actual 3d animations for documentaries still look like they come straight from ps2...
Can't blame them... Ubisoft has more money to hire good animation studios.
Assasssin's creed Odyssey
Lets see you do better hater
Thank You for doing this. Feels like I'm actually there :) Loved every minute of it and will watch it again, I'm sure!
I’m not much of a gamer but I like history and this game stood out to me because I could walk around and explore these fully recreated historical cities. I especially liked Delphi. As I was playing I’d often ignore the story and just explore the cities and marvel at the detail.
We the indigenous Hellenes have established the fact that we found more Hellenes or Philhellenes abroad than in Greece itself. This site and people are an example. They are welcomed to our list of Philhellenes and issue of their ID.
Good comment
Heaps in Melbourne , second biggest City for Greeks after Athens!
Beautiful work.
And the name od the messenger who brought the news about victory at Marathon was Filipid, who collapsed after running and died.
This is a really cool channel.
The way you combine AC gameplay with deeper history lessons. I wish something like this came out when I was a kid playing Assassin's Creed 2
Athens looked beautiful even in ancient times.
Love these animations! Would love this as a series that went to cultures all over the world
Lol it's a video game called assassin's creed and it's a series that does exactly that. Other historical locations have been Renaissance Italy, revolutionary France, England under Alfred during the Viking wars, Ptolemaic Egypt, the holy land during the crusades, the Caribbean during the height of the pirate golden age, ancient Baghdad and a few others I'm sure I'm forgetting...with new games coming soon to be set in feudal Japan and the German witch trials. It's pretty simple to learn even if you've never played games before and walking around the worlds they create is reason enough to take up the hobby...they have real historians on staff to ensure everything is as accurate as possible (while still taking some liberties to improve the game experience). I hope you check it out, I'd bet you will love it.
Just left Athens amazing and lively city, went through Piraeus to get to Santorini. This video is so cool they basically continue using it as their main ports
we really have evolved as a species, we used to look much more cartoon like
You can see the evolution as we go from Fred Flintstone to Athenians in this video.
aww how nice I been in those maps, great game and nice scenes taken
This is a very good video. Keep up the good work!
Can you do the same for Rome and Constantinople?
Thank you for the kind words and for taking the time to comment.
I do plan on eventually making future content on the Roman Empire when the assets become available. Thanks again for commenting and I appreciate you tuning in.
@@LookHereMars No worries. Please take your time. I can't wait to see how ancient Rome and Constantinople looked at their peak!
@@wildestdreams4012 Truly astonishing. I have seen a large historic model built from the real archelogical blueprints of Ancient Rome. It was a very beautiful city indeed especially when adorned in marble. Rome was also as you may know the first European city to reach a population of a million inhabitants. Truly amazing in scale as was Constantinople with its famous defensive walls and harbour.
With the graphical technology that we have today and with further future advancements we have the makings of our very own time machine. Thanks again for commenting I always enjoy talking history.👍
@@LookHereMars You're welcome!
I think doing Rome or Constantinople with the same quality as Greece or Egypt is far away. I understand that Ubisoft has no plans. Plus it takes a few thousand designers at least a full year to build!
Great stuff guys!!!! Loved it!!!
Beautiful history intresting culture nature amazing peaceful scharing and Greece Greek country thank you
I LOVE these ancient life vidieoes!!!
What a great idea to use footage from a computer game to make documentaries like this. I wonder how authentic the models really are.
Thank you. From what I have looked up Ubisoft used a lot of information gathered from exisiting archaeological archives and blueprints created from digs and ground radar mapping etc. The cities in the game are condensed down because of the obvious limitations in hardware so are much smaller than in reality. But certain areas such as the Akropolis of Athens for example are supposedly realistically mapped using existing archaeological evidence and Historic references.
35:50 They shared the same religion ,language , tradition/culture , Blood.
Not just the two first dear narrator.
Très bien fait, reconstitué etc, bravo !
the animation is amazing
It is from the Assassins Creed video games.
The golden age of Pericles
I suggest that you give the subtitles a background color to make them more readable.
Apologies for the late reply I have only just noticed your comment. I will see what I can do in future videos to enhance the visibility of the subtitles for better clarity and ease of reading. Thank you for the suggestion and for watching the video.
assassin's creed odyssey 😍
Anyone else just watching the scenery and imagining a time before so many people and pollution? Just blue water, clean air, and native plants and trees!
We will go there again one day . But we will have super advanced technology in the same time . Man can't disconnect from nature ,it will work against him ,just like now.
I like how AC Odyssey has become a teaching tool for Greek history. They did such a good job it's incredible.
Well done, subscribed
Thank you. Happy to have you.
What a fantastic video!
I thank you more than I can say.
Beautifully done!!
🙏🏻 thank you
Thank you for the taking the time to watch and comment. Hope you enjoyed the content.
I always dreamed of visiting Greece and now is not the time I really hope soon
I just got back from there. Now is a great time. Much smaller crowds then usual. You should go.
@@Yetizod1 Wow, I hope you had a good time. Greetings from Morocco
Ac odyssey is so incredible!
******THERE IS NO SUCH A THING AS "GREECE" - IT HAS NEVER EXISTED AS WE KNOW IT TODAY***********
Read below to learn how the so-called "Greek state and government" were artificially "created" by foreign European powers and Russia during 1821-1832, in a mafia type collusion with the dangerous sect/cult called "Anadolli/Anatolia Greek Orthodox Church".
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Greece” will be soon excluded any participation and denied any and all voting rights in the European Union to any matters related to Albania.
This because “Greece” has a flagrant, open and grave conflict of interest as a European Union member related to all matters concerning Albania in the European Union - starting with the Law of the Declaration of War against Albania, which is in effect in the present (i.e. Greece, currently, is in a state of war with Albania), and many other matters that constitute blatant conflict of interest of “Greece” in the European Union concerning Albania.
Greece also has not yet paid the reparations of about 600 billion dollars to Albania - regarding the occupation through the Greek territory of Albania by Germany in 1943, and regarding the ethnocide and holocaust of Greece against Albanians in Albania (Chams and Albanians in southern Albania), and against its own citizens of Albanian descent (numbering over 9 million today in Greece).
The vote of “Greece” in the European Union is the only thing left for this “Greece” to bully Albania related to all matters in the relations between this “Greece” and Albania.
Albanian government should quickly set up a team of qualified attorneys to file a lawsuit with the European Commission to exclude Greece from any decision making in the European Commission regarding Albania.
On the other hand, Albanian government should act as an equal and reciprocate - by immediately putting on the table its counter requirements that the European Union and European Commission must fulfill to open the road for the Albania joining the European Union in equal footing and as an equal partner and in parity.
One of those non-negotiable requirements should be that “Greece” be excluded immediately from any decision making and vote regarding Albania and Albanian related matters in the European Union and European Commission.
European Union and European Commission are not mafia type organizations, ”that will blindly do whatever a member of the mob organization would demand”.
This “Greece” is acting like a member of the Camorra and/or a typical “Greek” mob underworld that can force its will on other mobsters by asking for other mob members total submission and obedience to its demands.
Greece should also be expelled from the European Union and NATO - as a country that does not fulfill any and all criteria/requirements to be in the European Union and NATO, and because Greece is a dictatorship in the middle of Europe that does not recognize any rights at all for over 9 million Albanians/Arvanites and Chams in Greece.
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The so-called “Greece” is a made-up and fake country - made out of ethnic cleansing, racism, holocaust and ethnocide against Albanians (Arvanites and Chams) of Lower Albania.
All (100%) leading and senior commanders of the 1821 revolution in the Lower Albania (called unjustly “Greece” today - a name without any factual and historical meaning), where Albanians (Chams and Arvanites).
Up until 1832, all that region (called “Greece” today) spoke only Albanian.
Out of 100% of the people living there in that region up until 1832, about 92-95% were Albanians (Arvanites and Chams), the rest were minorities (Aromanians, Slavs, Venetians/Italians, Roma, etc)..
The first session of the first newly elected Parliament in 1832, of this so-called nowadays "Greece", held its full Parliament proceedings in the Albanian language ("Greek/Koine" language did not exist back then in the region/area called “Greece” today).
What is appalling to the international community of scientists and historians, is that "Greek" government today has put a total ban on the access, research and publication of the archival documentations (classified as "top secret") of the first Parliamentary session of 1832 in "Greece" - and this is a clear evidence that today, "Greek" government is trying by all and any means in its disposal to hide the historical truth about how this "Greece" of today it came about to be.
Albanians are the descendants of Pelasgians and Illyrians (since 10,000 years and more ago).
Alexander the Great -was a Pelasgian King of Illyrian/Pelasgian Confederation of Macedonia, falsely presented as "Greek" by con and "planted" historians.
The Trojan War - was a war between Pelasgians and Illyrians - both ancient Albanian kingdoms/confederations, falsely represented as “Greek” by con and planted “historians”.
Homer's "Iliad and Odyssey" epic poems are Pelasgian era poems - falsely represented as "Greek" by con and planted "historians".
The Thermopylae Battle - was a battle between Pelasgian army (Sparta - a Pelasgian city) and Persian army, falsely represented as "Greek" battle against Persians by con and planted "historians".
The Koine/”Greek” language (a made-up religious language of Roman Empire times - same as Latin language was a religious language for the western part of the Roman Empire), was forced onto Albanians of that region (Arvanites and Chams) after 1832, through ethnic cleansing, holocaust and ethnocide by European powers (through racist Prince Otto of Germany), Russian Empire of that time, and the dangerous anti-Christian sect/cult called “Anadolli Greek Orthodox Church”.
There is no such thing as “Greece”.
Greece is a scam country, artificially created by 1832, from the mafia type collusion of corrupt European powers of that time who brought Prince Otto of Germany to power in that region, Russian Empire of that time, and the dangerous anti-Christian sect/cult of so-called Anadolli/Anatolia Greek Orthodox Church of that time (1832).
This country so-called “Greece”, has gone entirely bankrupt and belly-up five times from 1832 through 2018, has changed the “official language” of the country two times, and has changed the national flag three times from 1832 through 2019.
The latest and current national flag of this “Greece” being a blue-color replica of the East India Company flag (the British company who ruled and controlled all trade to and from India during the British rule in India).
This is enough to tell all, who this made-up country really is - a country with no real and true national identity, a zombie country.
If it was not for the free money from Germany, Russian Empire and European powers of that time (1832) and European Union now being poured every year to this “Greece” since 1832 through present, this kind of country would cease to exist tomorrow.
And the big joke is, that this “Greece” is in a state of war with Albania today.
This “Greece” has officially declared war against Albania since October 1940 - through the Law of the Declaration of War against Albania, approved by the “Greek” parliament and the foreign powers’ installed King for “Greece” on October 1940.
Freedom and full human and national rights to 9 million Albanians of Lower Albania (called unjustly “Greece” today). Freedom to Albanians of Lower Albania (called unjustly “Greece” today).
Albanian should be the official language of the Lower Albania, and the country should be officially called and internationally recognized as LOWER ALBANIA.
Source:
Sons of Laberia, Permeti Boys, Gjirokastra Boys, and Brotherhood of Arberors/Arvanites and Chams of Kryekuq-it, Athines, Varibobi-it, Malakasa-s, Arte-s, Lopesi-t, Ekali-t, Konice-s, Paramithise, Lluce-s, Parges, Janines, Bojati-t, Koklat-it, Mani-t, More-se, Arvanica-s, Livadhja-se, Tebes, Filatit, Kosturit, Patra-s, Atikes, Morsa-se, Eube-se, Makrijani-t, Eksohi-se, Plakes, Has-it (Fili-t), Menidhi-t, Mesongjise, Hurupisht-it, Xanthi-se, Mecove-s, Argo-s, Thiva-s, Neokori-t, Kartereze-s, Vrastove-s, Drestiko-s, Selanikut, Vothona-s, Grebene-se, Gusmar-it, Prevezes, Peristeri-t, Skorpiona-s, Frari-t, Mesollongji-t, Filipjadha-s, Margellic-it, Liosio-s, Kapandriti-t, and the rest of more than 4500 villages and towns throughout Lower Albania - Athina, May 2021, Lower Albania
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I'm going to start calling myself Erechtheos Maximus 😁
Most people were NOT brown, you know?!, in Ancient Greece. Please, don't try to justify the opposite... There are many descriptions, mummies, and paint residue in statues that prove that people were white, and quite a few blonds and redheads. Many had bright blue or green eyes...
301 BC, not 301 BCE, just sayin'
Is the lady voice from the Actress who starred in " My Big Fat Greek Wedding"?
for me, theres not been a game like assasins creed odyssey, its amazing, warm, beautiful, and inspiring. i wish they would make a second one to be honest.
no kwa.... murzynu muszo być wiadomo kto to szystko wymyślił no
blak lajfs meter kwa mać
heh footage from assasins creed odyssey but hey why bother animating it yourself when there is already pretty accurate rendition of ancient athens made with a budget of millions in a videogame heh
What a load of gibberish
What is?
Almost everything I heard from the beginning til I stopped listening, the audio actual made me thicker for listening to it.
Ben Cruzar
What do you know about Ancient Greece buffoon!!!! Go play with your pokemons!!!! and leave this for the big boys.
athenian democratic process is relativly high process off state mind based on workers or usualy heavy workers sometimes in mine or construction so builders kind society and sleing to expand in society and culture too but food or resource were lacking and nature resource which are not god given talents and skills too so this was caouse for wars to get new skills between festivals so gods lead and people sometime very persuawaving them slefs went into fearless war just for gods believ gods are one zevs is nother which lead people to ahrd vay to colect wisdom and earth as final god stump that what follow nature laws is good which let to birth off religion and even them a fien tools to maintain faith in dark mid era adn fien crafting arm skills and later enrich culture jus ta as nother cycle so religion as cycle is not either god or bad same hapend in greek mythology but diferent consiousness so heaven construction in greek mythology is imaginabel work hard reward woman, religion today si funstional property relgion but still vulcano ore in the world, so ina way everything is modern and retro accroding to tourism and oil and futuristic depends how people take even floods in australia, slight bizar but true god off metalurgy was kind alcimist premerlin stuff in mid age and roman oil fire ctapult bomb zevs or final god so rocks or slight earthquakes appear kind suden but strange even to roman culture in search technology everything was allowed !
Interesting but where are the Greek people all the people in the city are brown. Is hardly Cal that truth full.
U forgot to say they had a bunch of slaves to do all the dirty work, great job democracy 🤦♂️🤦♂️
Hey, things were different back then
The Narrator repeatedly says 'a citizen can do this', 'an Athenian can do that'. What he should have said is 'male citizens' and 'male Athenians'. At least the scenes were somewhat accurate as the individuals depicted were ALL male. So obviously there were no women in Athens and men were simply cloned.
Bruh they really stole AC Odyssey like that 🤣
What Gods did the ancient persians worship? What was their main religion?
You should do PELLA, Macedonia.
Watching this made me really depressed.I just wish my country would still look like that.All our beautiful buildings have been destroyed .Now all you see is ugly grey square buildings with 0 architecture.
What’s your country
@@Bluewater225 Greece
@@Roxas660 I went to Greece a few years ago, beautiful country, but the city center in Athens is pretty depressing. The street art is what’s keeping the place together. I see this happening with a lot of modern cities, Instead of having creative and beautiful buildings, they build gray industrial buildings devoid of life. That’s why I love going to Italy and Spain, they stick to their roots for the most part.
at 11:21 we see the statue Hebe by Thoervaldsen which wasn't carved until 1816
To be fair it was based on an original classical statue
These animations aren't perfect, but they are far better than reinactments using live actors, which have made so many historical documentaries amost unwatchable.
Tônico, jônico, the First culture!
Acropolis vs Brihadeshwarar
what i wouldnt give to live here, this world sux.
My name is Diogenes, and I don't care (about UBIsoft's Assassin's Creed Odessey's historical mistakes)...
Masterpiece of a game! Amazing 👌🏻
Irritated me from opening sentence. Pronounced Agora wrong. Then said it ALSO was used as a marketplace. Agora means "market place".
You're mistaken regarding the pronunciation. In ancient Greek, "agora" is accented on the last syllable. In English we put the accent on the second syllable, but that's English.
Glory Be To Our Lord God Jesus Christ.🕯🕯🕯🙏
I didn't know Peg Bundy did narration.
All of the statues would have been painted
Ancient Greece was a major influence on the modern world however the Roman Republic probably had a bigger effect. Especially when you consider the effect both Rome/Byzantium & the USA have had on the world. No republic, no USA.
Nice work. Though I don't understand why you make people's faces look other than greeks. There are so many well preserved sculptures of that era to give you guidance...
18:40
Areti is not excellence, it is virtue which means skills.
Excellence is teleiotis.
20:46
Plato has written that ''if you want to philosophise, you must not sleep with woman''.
29:38
Why do you call it ''deme'' and not ''demos''?
This is truly a visual Marvel. I've never seen such a vivid approximation of the ancient institutions. I must Thank you for your imaginative, but at the same time proper, reconstruction of the holy Monuments of Athens. Bravi!
PS: only small flaw: some accents, such as Erechteion. With the correct pronunciation in the narrative, the illusion for me would be whole consistent.
Love for Money (= silver) is Philargyria! Philochromatica is just love for colors/ arts.
Good video, just a pity there isn't the option to remove the subtitles.
Statues that were coloured... As the paint came off over the millenia or two .. we think they're white LOLOLOlolololololol but it suits us .. huh!.. :-(
You sound like a very nice person.
Fascinating--but the computer generated "people" are ridiculous. Better without them.
I can't congratulate you enough for this supreme effort. Thank you!
Os muros de Atenas, tanto invasão aqui em Curitiba, que se eles visitarem Atenas , eles fazem uma invasão e derrubam os muros e fazem uma favelinha !
What is the point of putting subtitles below when it's already in the language? Distracting and nothing else.
Fantastic
i am not joking i probably spent like 10 hours just exploring in this game
Excellent!!! Thanks!! :)
You are very welcome. Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment. 👍
Ahahahahahahabahahahahahahahahahahah Ahahahahahahabahahahahahahahahahahah ignorance and imagination destroyed completely the human REAL factual history .
Thank you
Socrates tried for impiety?! Maybe they should read euthephro
Put an warning for people with epilepsy. This editing is terrible.
Boring. I had to quit at 6:39
Why do they all look so dark skinned? Is this accurate?
Yes and no. Greeks resided all over the Mediterranean world, including North Africa and the Middle East, so many would have had darker skin and hair features than others but not so dark as in some cases presented here. Ubisoft decided to show many different skin tones during development to show the diversity in environments and ancient populations.
@@LookHereMars Thanks for your quick reply. I wonder how diverse Athens was in reality.
@@paulbriody297 No problem. Athens was quite diverse from what we know but not so diverse as is often portrayed here by Ubisoft and certainly not so freely mixed. Various foreign people's did dwell within Athens and Attica especially during the Athenian hegemony of the Delian league but the majority of the population would have been native free Greeks.
24:45 Yeah but actually no Dominant hy the people who were rich
what are the types of education in sparta aside from agoge?
amazing place
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment and watch the video. 👍
@@LookHereMars you're welcome.
Great amaizing Greece country and beautiful culture nature history and peaceful thank you
Assassin's Creed Odissey
what is this two different people repeating the same info wtf
Literally chills
25:00
Soo beautiful