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  • Опубликовано: 28 дек 2024

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  • @andrewjones6693
    @andrewjones6693 3 года назад +962

    Mom: Is your homework done yet?
    Child: Yes, it's baking in the oven right now.

  • @sychers779
    @sychers779 3 года назад +291

    that thumbnail is legendary ! I can't believe they had homeworks and angry teachers 4000 years ago crossing the entire page.. Heartwarming to see our ancestors sharing our struggles

    • @azmard4865
      @azmard4865 3 года назад +9

      Angry teachers eh 😂

    • @levyan4718
      @levyan4718 3 года назад +4

      Humanity hasn't changed much..and in 5000 years they will be doing the same

    • @DannyHorn-x1x
      @DannyHorn-x1x Год назад +1

      It's cool huh? Guess that's why we got where we are?

  • @cuhkcrazyduck
    @cuhkcrazyduck 3 года назад +399

    imagine your failed exam "brick" will be in the museum after 10000 years

    • @Zero-ok9ze
      @Zero-ok9ze 3 года назад +5

      Nice one 👍🏼

    • @jacobpeters5458
      @jacobpeters5458 3 года назад +13

      the teacher's scribe circles your wrong answers and calls you an imbecile in cuneiform for all people to see

    • @vk2ig
      @vk2ig 3 года назад +32

      With the teacher's comment: "Could do better. 4/10".

    • @reidflemingworldstoughestm1394
      @reidflemingworldstoughestm1394 3 года назад +2

      That's why I always use a pen.

    • @brandonwiles-n8t
      @brandonwiles-n8t 2 года назад +15

      It's actually quite embarrassing, imagine I failed an exam and my paper is on the display after 4000 years written F on it and people are still laughing at it. I think we shouldn't put such thing on display.

  • @reghunt2487
    @reghunt2487 3 года назад +330

    "Aziz, where is your homework?"
    "My dog broke it."

    • @reghunt2487
      @reghunt2487 3 года назад +2

      @Groopwo As in "Aziz, light!"

    • @mikicerise6250
      @mikicerise6250 3 года назад +4

      It's okay, Aziz. You get participation trophy. ;)

    • @stanfordfeynman2796
      @stanfordfeynman2796 3 года назад +6

      @@mikicerise6250 back in my day, we called it a pity stone 😤

  • @user-hh2is9kg9j
    @user-hh2is9kg9j 3 года назад +226

    Fun fact; our modern "timekeeping system" 24 hours is a day, 60 minutes is an hour, and so on. This system is a surviving system we inherited from the Bablonains.

    • @vk2ig
      @vk2ig 3 года назад +24

      And 60 arc seconds in an arc minute, 60 arc minutes in a degree, and six times 60 degrees in a circle.

    • @antoniousai1989
      @antoniousai1989 3 года назад +20

      60 can be divided into many useful fractions. That's why it was good for such a long time

    • @aniksamiurrahman6365
      @aniksamiurrahman6365 3 года назад +7

      Yah, those babylonian teachers made life hard for all school kid starting from 4000BC.

    • @MrAlRats
      @MrAlRats 3 года назад +2

      Actually, the 24 hour day goes back to the ancient Egyptians.

    • @MrAlRats
      @MrAlRats 3 года назад +8

      @@Vesuvius9 Yes. The Ancient Egyptians developed a Sundial which divided the time between Sunrise and Sunset into twelve units. This is the origin of the 24-hour daily cycle.

  • @Jabrils
    @Jabrils 3 года назад +319

    wow. i wasn't sure what to expect coming into this, but this was an amazing story. 🤯

  • @Uddaybhaikabaap
    @Uddaybhaikabaap 3 года назад +167

    Imagine being congratulated for speaking all elements known
    *EARTH, FIRE, WATER and AIR*

    • @vscgsecsbarecigsifp9424
      @vscgsecsbarecigsifp9424 3 года назад +15

      Actually its earth wind and fire *september starts playin*

    • @kairostimeYT
      @kairostimeYT 3 года назад +5

      *EARTH, FIRE, AIR and WATER* if you wanted to reference Avatar.

    • @rogerlie4176
      @rogerlie4176 3 года назад +8

      For astrophysicists there are only three: Hydrogen, Helium and Metal.

    • @erdem--
      @erdem-- 3 года назад +1

      You forgot wood

    • @kishangurumurthy6558
      @kishangurumurthy6558 3 года назад +1

      I don't understand what you are talking about. It is the scientific belief that there are 5 elements in existence. Earth, air, fire, water and aether.

  • @danielkirilov8065
    @danielkirilov8065 3 года назад +68

    I can't believe I am following for already more than 3 years. The time passed so fast but always great content on your channel. Wonderful.

  • @jeffersonfilberttjoenardi6644
    @jeffersonfilberttjoenardi6644 3 года назад +333

    Well, "my dog ate my homework" wasn't a good excuse, was it?

    • @vk2ig
      @vk2ig 3 года назад +52

      That would require the gingerbread tablet, per one of Tibees's previous videos.

    • @herbie_the_hillbillie_goat
      @herbie_the_hillbillie_goat 3 года назад +9

      @@vk2ig I saw that one. 😂

    • @jaimeduncan6167
      @jaimeduncan6167 3 года назад +3

      😂. Some people eat clay, and some birds, but I am not sure that dogs will.

    • @vk2ig
      @vk2ig 3 года назад +2

      @@jaimeduncan6167 Bird dog eating a clay pigeon?

    • @jimmybiemans8264
      @jimmybiemans8264 3 года назад +4

      Unless you have a dog with the syndrome of Pica. This is an eating disorder, stemming from depression, which makes the sufferer eat inedible objects, like clay for example. Ironically, I had a childhood dog which we called Pica. After two years of having this name, she was diagnosed with the syndrome of Pica 🐶

  • @spiderdude2099
    @spiderdude2099 3 года назад +147

    So…….do you accept late assignments?
    “It’s been over 5000 years…”
    So…..is that a no?

    • @vk2ig
      @vk2ig 3 года назад +5

      "Late penalties apply ... 10% off for each day overdue. Do you really want to submit this, or instead just take the subject again next semester?"

  • @Rhovanion85
    @Rhovanion85 Год назад +3

    So now you know how people using the metric system look at people using imperial units.

  • @josephstevens9888
    @josephstevens9888 3 года назад +32

    "Pythagoras and his squad was so shocked by this concept they drown a guy at sea as so much for suggesting it"... damn Pythagoras and his followers sure took their math serious!
    Great video Tibees - I very much enjoyed it!

    • @AbrahamMeat
      @AbrahamMeat 3 года назад +13

      Actually, Pythagoras was kind of a cult-leader. They believed geometry was created by god or the god(s) trying to communicate through it, or some batshit crazy idea like that. His group followed him to the mountains and they lived there for years. Meanwhile, Babylonian kids were working on their homework.

    • @josephstevens9888
      @josephstevens9888 3 года назад +2

      @@AbrahamMeat I think Pythagoras needed to chill out... it's just math. ; )

    • @vk2ig
      @vk2ig 3 года назад +1

      Actually _Pythagoras_ was just an anagram. His real name was _Sharog Paty._

    • @caiawlodarski5339
      @caiawlodarski5339 3 года назад

      @Digonto It apparently is exactly that.

    • @caiawlodarski5339
      @caiawlodarski5339 3 года назад

      @Digonto Ancient History in a nutshell

  • @renatopenhafaria2068
    @renatopenhafaria2068 3 года назад +11

    Congrats tibees. Your channel is evolving day after day. I remembered when you started while still doing your post graduation degree. Now it is already close to 700k. Keep it up

  • @ALIPIANIST
    @ALIPIANIST 3 года назад +72

    As an Iraqi student, I appreciate your video.
    Our ancestors invented writing, and introduced the base 60 which is still used nowadays.

    • @BassGoThump
      @BassGoThump 3 года назад +18

      If you have not seen it yet, you will enjoy the channel “Fall of Civilization” here on RUclips has an episode about the ancient lost city of Ur. Absolutely fascinating history of southern Iraq. Fall of Civilization is one of the best historical documentaries series ever made.

  • @mitodrumisra8972
    @mitodrumisra8972 3 года назад +52

    Teacher: 'I want this homework next day, okay?'
    Student: 'Sure, Ma'am..!'
    *Last seen 4000 years ago.*

    • @N0Xa880iUL
      @N0Xa880iUL 3 года назад +2

      I've never done a lot of my homework. And probably never will. Just ADHD things.

    • @vk2ig
      @vk2ig 3 года назад +2

      *Student 1:* "OMG, I just realised I forgot to do my homework! Our teacher will be very angry!"
      *Student 2:* "Relax, for all you know, tomorrow we might be besieged and the city burnt to the ground."

    • @999Aadil-Op
      @999Aadil-Op 3 года назад

      Nice one 😉

    • @N0Xa880iUL
      @N0Xa880iUL 3 года назад

      @Groopwo No it's been many years

  • @piggly-wiggly
    @piggly-wiggly Год назад +1

    Fascinating, absolutely fascinating. Tibees is the best. What a delightful teacher she is!

  • @MrLeemo176
    @MrLeemo176 3 года назад +39

    If you made an ASMR channel or podcast channel it would be a dream come true. Your voice is so relaxing and soothing

  • @Morgow1
    @Morgow1 3 года назад +24

    I just can't wrap my head around how they could do this level of math before they discovered the easy concept of numbers how they are today.

  • @jerlee620
    @jerlee620 3 года назад +10

    Wow this is crazy fascinating. Math has never been one of my strong suits so I am especially impressed by these ancient mathematicians. Thanks for sharing!

  • @anupamdebnath1884
    @anupamdebnath1884 3 года назад +4

    Every topic of your videos is so unique and interesting! It also stimulates our imagination.

  • @bahyelsharkawy3161
    @bahyelsharkawy3161 3 года назад +6

    it sounds out of the topic but i have that feeling that you're a wonderful person to be around. i wish all from my heart you get a life partner that deserve you

  • @meyerardila8155
    @meyerardila8155 3 года назад +1

    After a week of surgery, this kind of videos relief my mind. Kudos.

  • @kxmode
    @kxmode 3 года назад +3

    Imagine the world seeing your math paper and grade (crossed out) thousands of years later.

  • @reghunt2487
    @reghunt2487 3 года назад +42

    Makes you wonder how much of our civilization will survive the next couple thousand years. Not only will all paper and film and tape probably be disintegrated, but anything purely digital will probably be irretrievable. Though I'm convinced there will be a society dedicated to preserving Beatles records.

    • @azmard4865
      @azmard4865 3 года назад +2

      Good grief 😱😮

    • @vk2ig
      @vk2ig 3 года назад +3

      When only _The Chosen Few_ will be permitted to touch and hear _The Sacred Vinyl_ ...

    • @ifeeIcoke
      @ifeeIcoke 3 года назад +2

      Huh?

  • @user-hh2is9kg9j
    @user-hh2is9kg9j 3 года назад +2

    What a lovely coincidence, Just one hour before the upload of this video I was searching google for the Bablonain numeric system.

  • @starstuffs39
    @starstuffs39 3 года назад +4

    Stunningly amazing content Tibees !

  • @AlanCanon2222
    @AlanCanon2222 3 года назад +6

    Cuneiform is my jam... it's fascinating to read (in translation, in my case) the oldest recorded thoughts on earth. I recommend the CDLI and ETCSL websites.

  • @gabrielmoreno9455
    @gabrielmoreno9455 3 года назад +3

    I always tried to imagine how it really was to use that clay tablets. It is impressive how no one adresses this. It is insanely interesting. Thanks for the video!

  • @PeterMasalski93
    @PeterMasalski93 3 года назад +2

    Priest: Aurelius where is your homework?
    Aurelius: I am sorry teacher! My Elephant crushed my stone tablet.

  • @baselib5263
    @baselib5263 3 года назад +2

    Maths teachers just never change.

  • @mr.pizzamarlon
    @mr.pizzamarlon 3 года назад +16

    *Babylonians lived in the future* by making tablet and stylus from recyclable elements. They even created the first Instagram iconic logo 9:49 and even gave people receipts 13:33
    I bet Babylonians used the receipts for building dog houses for their pets to recycle the little clay stones.🤣🤣🤣

  • @kaisalabdullah973
    @kaisalabdullah973 3 года назад +1

    That was great. Thank you very much Tibees.

  • @pooja350
    @pooja350 3 года назад +10

    Tibee went crazy with the thumbnail this time lol

  • @exploratoria
    @exploratoria 3 года назад +1

    Thank you Tibees for this and your many other refreshing and fascinating videos - and for those yet to come! One feels inspired to learn cuneiform...

  • @YuginSkolov
    @YuginSkolov 3 года назад

    Thanks Tobee ..love u ... Without hearing your voice i dont start my day ... You are doing good, please do weekly videos please

  • @theway5293
    @theway5293 3 года назад +7

    *Babylonian kid:* Mom I ran out of paper. I guess I'm done with homework for tonight. Can I go watch the gladiator fight night with Bob?
    *Mom:* Hold on. Go get my receipts and add water, and finish your homework.

    • @StephanMok
      @StephanMok 3 года назад

      That's too early for gladiators though

    • @pomelo9518
      @pomelo9518 2 года назад

      Babylon didn't have gladiators and paper would be invented in the Han Dynasty a thousand years later

  • @philosophy-of-science-and-law
    @philosophy-of-science-and-law Год назад

    Fantastic video, Tibees, thank you!

  • @kickboxing3728
    @kickboxing3728 3 года назад +3

    1:35 This person is getting roasted thousands of years later due to their handwriting -- that must hurt

  • @gregjohnson7735
    @gregjohnson7735 3 года назад

    You are always an absolute delight to watch. I changed careers later than some in life and I have done very well in mechanical engineering and I'm grateful for having some of your videos to cover a few topics. Videos like this are entertaining and icing on the cake besides the fact that you're easy on the eyes. :P

  • @pile333
    @pile333 3 года назад +3

    Backpacks must have been very heavy back then.

    • @vk2ig
      @vk2ig 3 года назад +1

      As was the newspaper. Pity the family dog that had to retrieve it ...

  • @lhangumletmin3611
    @lhangumletmin3611 3 года назад

    I don't know how to describe your voice.It's soothing, pleasing.....etc☺️😊

  • @Bored_Trumpet
    @Bored_Trumpet 3 года назад +5

    Makes me more thankful for paper now.

  • @kumardigvijaymishra5945
    @kumardigvijaymishra5945 3 года назад +4

    Voice is so adorable.❤️

  • @timeless_realm
    @timeless_realm 3 года назад +2

    Love your videos! Hope you are well!

  • @jasonmuller1199
    @jasonmuller1199 3 года назад +2

    Hi Tibees another great video, i always learn something from you, and of course you have a great voice could listen to you for hours

  • @coin5207
    @coin5207 3 года назад +1

    Teachers 4000 years ago: where is your homework
    Student: I'm sorry, my pet dinosaur ate it

  • @anupamdebnath1884
    @anupamdebnath1884 3 года назад

    You are such a wonderful story teller.

  • @ruthwang4051
    @ruthwang4051 3 года назад +1

    Very intriguing and informative video! Thanks Tibees : )

  • @jaimeduncan6167
    @jaimeduncan6167 3 года назад +1

    Moving towards. 1 millions subscribers. I was shock by the precision of the sort(2) the square differs in less than one part per million !!!

  • @jujui4641
    @jujui4641 2 года назад +1

    it is very wholesome to think that thousands of years ago people were doing the exact same math that we are

  • @thewarden1398
    @thewarden1398 3 года назад +1

    It's nice to know that I wouldve failed math class 4000 years ago as well.

  • @craigdempsey2230
    @craigdempsey2230 3 года назад +6

    Finally a tablet slower than mine!

  • @IamVickyAV
    @IamVickyAV 3 года назад +1

    Am i the only one here for Tibees soothing voice

  • @borgonianevolution
    @borgonianevolution Год назад +1

    I used to have some older homework than that but my dinosaur ate it.

  • @EitriBrokkr
    @EitriBrokkr Год назад +1

    I would love to see more on ancient mathmatics and calculations

  • @bipedalbob
    @bipedalbob 3 года назад +1

    Homework assignments that have lasted for millennium, there is some paper that has lasted a few thousand years, but today's paper and print may last a few hundred at best, and our digital media, less than one hundred.

  • @vinaybadlani2433
    @vinaybadlani2433 3 года назад +2

    Amazing 👍 information and amazing video as always

  • @IRLTheGreatZarquon
    @IRLTheGreatZarquon Год назад

    As soon as I saw the clay tablet I was sure we were about to hear about Ea'Nasir and his terrible copper.

  • @ralphpruett649
    @ralphpruett649 3 года назад +2

    practical application tell me what are the effects in the food chain if there is an abundance of food at the bottom ??? (the mice plague) Australia. will this not cause a wave upward into the chain increasing the population of other forms of life that live off the ones at the bottom??? Would make an interesting study and we are witnessing it happen in real time so it can be studied with empirical evidence. if australia has an increase in mouse population what are the effects? mice eat (so much) predators eat (so much) and increase in numbers depending on the available resources. well i'm sure math has something to do with this.

  • @omkr0122
    @omkr0122 3 года назад

    I am sure there's another tablet depicting the fate of that oversmart kid who took the trouble to remind the teacher about that homework!

  • @sharathpaps
    @sharathpaps 3 года назад +1

    One of your most interesting videos yet!!! Thanks for this intriguing blast from the past.

  • @JessWLStuart
    @JessWLStuart Год назад +1

    I wonder what the student was thinking about while doing the homework? Probably not thinking of people celebrating finding the clay tablet the homework was written on! :D

  • @RhinoBlindado
    @RhinoBlindado 3 года назад +3

    Alright the caption in the photo at the end got me quite a laugh. Awesome video as always.

  • @bigbraintimes
    @bigbraintimes 3 года назад +1

    I understood nothing on the clay and the working but this is so cool.

  • @poisonpotato1
    @poisonpotato1 3 года назад +2

    I'm curious what you think of the FE and PE exams to get an engineering license in the USA

  • @mao4324
    @mao4324 3 года назад +3

    Toby, I guess you're in Australia and things are looking extremely tough over there. Hope You and your whole family are ok and strong. Take it easy over this period. It will pass.

  • @maddie6321
    @maddie6321 3 года назад +1

    5000 years and the syllabus hasn't changed only the method of calculation.... Also thanks for creating homework... -_- I feel bad for those kids.

  • @jaianupamvarun5342
    @jaianupamvarun5342 3 года назад

    She's the only youtuber whose promotions I don't skip :)

  • @isobelb
    @isobelb 3 года назад +3

    ... I'm going to need an extension.

  • @kumarshubham2620
    @kumarshubham2620 3 года назад +23

    Her hairstyle is as iconic as E=mc^2

  • @tombufford8659
    @tombufford8659 2 года назад

    Really enjoyed this Toby. You are a dab hand putting on those Chevron symbols onto the clay.

  • @rayadav4476
    @rayadav4476 3 года назад +5

    The thumbnail almost scared me....

  • @namantenguriya
    @namantenguriya 3 года назад +4

    Unique thing to discuss.. Love it
    And ur voice :) I can listen all day❤❤❤❤

  • @orangesite7625
    @orangesite7625 3 года назад +3

    Here are Babylonians 1000s of years earlier assigning it for homework
    Legendary😳√2

  • @rafaelrocha6634
    @rafaelrocha6634 3 года назад

    It shows an exam by the ITA (Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronaútica), the most difficult exam in Brazil.
    ITA is the best engineering institute in Latin America.

  • @tombufford136
    @tombufford136 Год назад

    I understand the ancient babylonians made star charts and showed the precession of the earths rotational axis and the relative movement of the Pole Star.

  • @tombufford136
    @tombufford136 Год назад

    Very interesting ancient mathematics Toby and lovely photographs of You Toby at the end. You look as though you could almost be a Hippotite or Babylonian yourself !

  • @ViceSociety
    @ViceSociety 3 года назад

    Tibees has the most soothing voice.

  • @tristanbelenn
    @tristanbelenn 3 года назад

    Toby can you please take a look at the Leaving Cert Higher Level Maths exam? It is the maths part of the Irish exam that lets you gain entrance to universities.

  • @tarekmamoun936
    @tarekmamoun936 3 года назад +2

    it's interesting to know about people using clay for writing

  • @pramathmhetre9661
    @pramathmhetre9661 3 года назад +2

    Please make a video on CAT vs GMAT if possible

  • @richardreinertson1335
    @richardreinertson1335 2 года назад

    I mean, it is OBVIOUS that these ancient folks HAD to know a LOT about mathematics and geometry to construct the buildings they constructed. People in those days were JUST as smart as we are, and had thousands of years to build up their knowledge. What makes the difference between now and then is: Political history. So MUCH was lost because of societal instability. As societal stability improved, societal knowledge retention improved also. I mean: Just think about how much was lost because of the destruction of the library at Alexandria. It almost brings me to tears to think about it.

    • @agrajyadav2951
      @agrajyadav2951 2 года назад

      Especially in Greece, India, China, Babylon and Egypt.

  • @cuthbertallgood7781
    @cuthbertallgood7781 3 года назад

    What I'm curious about is how and where they fired those tablets. So did the guy who made that homework just throw it in the oven they have ready for these sort of purposes? How long did it take to harden? What about at school? Did they have a bank of ovens for hardening completed assignments? So many questions about the practical aspects of using clay for writing that are probably impossible to answer.

    • @user-hh2is9kg9j
      @user-hh2is9kg9j 3 года назад

      Fascinating, I bet they did all of that, and ovens were in the fabric of society like electricity today.

  • @Carrriles
    @Carrriles 3 года назад +1

    Tibees could you explain in your own way the photoelectric experiment and how the observer affects the wave function of the photon? For me that is very interesting.

    • @vk2ig
      @vk2ig 3 года назад

      Toby did a video on that a couple of years ago.

  • @josephymenchu
    @josephymenchu 3 года назад

    This lady makes me feel a certain way. A relaxing way. With mathematics and physics.

  • @VSN1001
    @VSN1001 3 года назад

    Great video! I finally understood why the symbols look the way they are

  • @melsitler
    @melsitler 3 года назад +1

    Where did you get your telescope and what magnification is it? It's beautiful.

  • @nunoalexandre6408
    @nunoalexandre6408 3 года назад

    Happy New Year !!!!!!!!!! Sweet Heart!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @sromonasengupta9-c512
    @sromonasengupta9-c512 3 года назад +1

    Hey Toby, can you make a video on ancient Egyptian mathematics?

  • @tombufford8659
    @tombufford8659 2 года назад

    Baking biscuits with homework on might not have worked , could this be why the ancient teacher became angry ?

  • @harisingh-uh7qy
    @harisingh-uh7qy 3 года назад

    Tibees!
    In India,indians are celebrating navratri & making some mathematical circulars things called rangoli .... Plz review it too

  • @nospoiler9550
    @nospoiler9550 3 года назад

    The teacher cursing: "Your faults will be recorded in space-time, and will echo for all eternity ha ha ha ha ha !!".

  • @JosephBontrager-o7g
    @JosephBontrager-o7g Год назад

    Very cool. I would make little mushroom shaped gnome houses too.

  • @josephsage3524
    @josephsage3524 3 года назад +1

    I could listen to you talk all day.

  • @tombufford8659
    @tombufford8659 2 года назад

    I understand the babylonians had enumerated the precession of the Earths polar axis and the relative rotation of the North star.

  • @leonleon2508
    @leonleon2508 3 года назад

    Hola Ms.Newton
    Una pregunta,debe resultar fácil para usted
    Cómo determinó la fuerza de atracción de un imán de neodimio??

  • @reghunt2487
    @reghunt2487 3 года назад +1

    You can dig up clay from ground that has clay. Ohhhh.

  • @EinSofQuester
    @EinSofQuester 3 года назад

    It's amazing that Babylonians 4000 years ago had a base-centered numbering system, as we have today with our base ten system, but the romans 2000 years later were using clumsy roman numerals

    • @vk2ig
      @vk2ig 3 года назад

      And they didn't have zero, which was a huge problem for advancing mathematics.

    • @knowledgedesk1653
      @knowledgedesk1653 2 года назад

      @@vk2ig Who? Even though babylonians didn't have zero. From the examples in this video. I think they knew clearly about place value system

  • @melotone3305
    @melotone3305 3 года назад +8

    I just love Tibees' enthusiasm and cheerful explanations. However, I grew increasingly depressed as this video progressed because I realized I might have flunked a math test 4,000 years ago. 1....2...3...Cancun!

  • @alux3552
    @alux3552 3 года назад

    Really Interesting concept!