Thanks man, glad you like the series and thanks for the support! I don't know about GOAT, but it'll definitely be one of the longest as we're barely halfway through it! Lots more on the way!
Oh yeah, D15 is going to be interesting. Not everyone is going to agree on exactly who they were and how they ended up in power, but I'll do my best to explain the various hypotheses. Thanks for watching!
Haha yeah good point! I sometimes feel like the intermediate periods are a very extended version of the Year of the Five Emperors in 193.. many claiming the ultimate position but only one ends up getting it. Thanks for watching!
This has to be my most favorite series you've made, Cy. You should get together with Justin from Fire of Learning channel and do a video together. You two are the best on RUclips when it comes to history.
Edifying and entertaining as always, Cy. Your brightlining of the rarity that is the woman-pharaoh inheriting the throne and ruling solely such as Sobekneferu has got me really excited for the upcoming dynasties esp. the 17th & 18th which are rife with precedents of successful ruler-queens like Ahhotep and Ahmose Nefertari and the powerful woman-pharaoh Hatshepsut. And it makes me more excited as we're inching closer and closer to my favourite Neferneferuaten-Nefertiti. It would be really fantastic when you begin to discuss the theories regarding her purported co-regency with Akhenaten. Kudos and keep up the great work.
Oh, there's going to be a lot on the 18th for sure. Still wondering if it's going to be one or two videos. I'm leaning towards one, but will have many to supplement it, for example, specific videos on Hatshepsut, Thutmose III and Akhenaten... and probably Amenhotep III. Thanks for watching!
@@HistorywithCy don’t forget about Kamose. I find the death of Seqenenre Tao then the revenge traps Ahhotep crafted raising her sons to finish their father’s work fascinating. There’s an amazing what if thread around Kamose’s death while besieging Avaris. So very Richard I of England of him. How different would the 18th dynasty be if he was the founder rather than his baby brother. Gripping stuff that would make a great historical drama.
So the New Kingdom ended on Sobekneferu, a woman pharaoh, the Ptolemaic kingdom famously ended on Cleopatra, and the (likely fictional) Nitocris was presumed to be the last ruler of Old Kingdom... could Manetho mix start of first and second intermediate period or maybe just line of succession was so messed up at the end that someone's half-sister randomly ended up as unlikely successor to the throne in some lists and not others? I always wondered, if Egypt managed to out-influence Greece in Rome, maybe following millenniums years wouldn't be as misogynistic. I've read that even during Hellenistic period, Egyptian women had more rights than Greek ones, it's a low bar to cross, sure, but the point is neither Greeks nor Romans really tried to take rights away from female Egyptians, they just treated their own women worse than cattle.
@@HistorywithCy you’re beyond welcome! Thank you for making such informative videos, I’ve watched the whole series and will look forward to the next one!!
It's crazy thinking that we're still nearly 1700 years away from the common era. So much history in just a small area of the world. Keep up the amazing work. The dynasties just keep on coming! ;)
Love the maps and movements of figures to help add understanding. The constant and routine political upheavals of dynasties and kingdoms gives good perspective to modern times IMHO. The MET is so much more fun now to visit because i recognize items from these videos. Most grateful Mr Cy.
Thanks, glad you're enjoying these! Actually, the maps are my favorite part to make... I've just recently added mountains in the Mesopotamia videos so eventually might do that with future Egypt ones. Thanks so much for watching and lots more on the way, stay tuned!
Can you please do more videos of the cannanites/Israelites I really like your videos they’re easy to follow and there’s not a lot of people that do that specific area of history
Have you found Dr. David Falk's channel yet? It's called Ancient Egypt and The Bible. He's an Egyptologist with a special interest in Israelite/Ancient Near East cultures. He is a Christian, but he's a true scholar and seems quite good at trying to stay objective when presenting things, answering questions, etc. So, no wacky cognitive dissonance arguments or conspiracy theories there 😋 I don't normally rec other channels in comments of people's videos, in case that's some kind of RUclips sin 😂 But I'm risking it because it's a really good channel to just kind of get a zoom-in on just what you're asking about 🙂 So hopefully Cy doesn't mind me mentioning it. I mean, it's obvious I love Cy's channel too- I'm here, after all 🤷♀️😄
Seeing the city Memphis reminded me of Memphis TN. I went to the university of Memphis. They have an Egyptology department and major. There's an Egyptian museum full of artifacts. A lot of cat mummies(they loved their cats lol). I went when it first opened. It's no Ramses or King Tut exhibit but worth the visit.
You can narrow the timeline down slightly. The influx of people came at a very similar time to the Thera eruption (roughly 1600BCE). There would have been refugees from the coastlines where any tsunami washed against, and one such island even today has an ancient settlement now called Ialysos, on the (old name) isle of Ixos. Oddly, 'ixos' is the old Greek word for mistletoe. Mistletoe is a parasitic plant. I know I'm an autie, and see connections others miss sometimes, but this really feels like a strong set of possibilities to me.
Seems you enjoy saying.....known as something, but BETTER known as something else. It would seem that using that 'better known as' would have been easier to describe the thing, than some more abstract reference. Or just said ...also known as
It was done to hide the African noses on the faces so they could rewrite history by saying that non sub Saharan African peoples were the legitimate founders of Egypt. This is all a lie ofcourse. 95% of all Egyptian pharaohs were black (sub Saharan African). So yeah. The answer to your question is: Racism.
There are certainly defaced statues in Egyptian history but ironically, some of statues that were destroyed ended up best kept (like Akhenaten and Nefertiti from Amarna period). Cutting noses of specifically was more of a Roman thing, in Egypt it's just the part of statue that sticks out so got damaged more often. There's a conspiracy theory that someone systematically removed noses to make them look "whiter," but it doesn't really have any proof, or any point to, as Egypt was always seen as "civilized" over other countries anyway and they didn't NEED to change how they looked on old statues when you could cast Christian Bale looking guys instead.
My favorite series on RUclips. I love this because it's how the Egyptians themselves framed the narrative of their history. If they understood their history through the context of the progression of the Pharoahs, we should, too. As an American, I like that their history rises and falls. Americans often subscribe to the notion of 'progress' as if progress is never lost and doesn't need our mindful guidance.
Thanks, glad you're enjoying the series! We're about halfway through at this point, hoping to have all the dynasties covered by the end of 2023! Thanks for watching!
While the “ 14th “ dynasty might have started as a friendly administration towards the Dynastic families ifEgypt, as you mention, that Circa 1750 BCE, there was the Hyksos invasion that overwhelmed the Canaanite administration.and”army”. There is no evidence ,5bat the Canaanite administration attempted to rule all of Egypt in contrast to the Hyksos, the militaristically advanced force with Light , spoked wheel chariots, horses and Tin/ bronze weapons. Nor can it be proven that Avaris was as advanced as a city before the Hyksos.
What’s the mushroom shaped extension that juts northwest from the Nile by Kahun and Herakleopolis? Was there a lake there or something that let them settl outside of the Nile valley?
Yup, the Faiyum Oasis... it became a favorite spot for the royal family of the 12th Dynasty and they really built up the area. Also was a popular place during Roman times. Thanks for watching!
@@joearnold6881 highly recommend getting a virtual tour or reconstructed Faiyum Oasis in Assassin's Creed Origins... It's called Krokodilopolis and like third of main game takes place there. You need to hunt down a priest of Sobek as part of the main story.
Another excellent video.A shame we have just few discoveries about the 13th and 14th dynasties . The transition between the 19th and beginning of the 20th is obscure too ,but from what we known had similar circunstances as between the XII/XIII dynasties. Never heard about this theory of short therm pharaohs ,all from different noble houses.Looks like an oligarch coup as the one the happened in different greek cities centuries later. We are near the time of the 18th dynasty (who expelled the Hyksos), do you plan to make a single video or a series about them?Too many interesting figures as Ahmose,Thutmose I, Hashepsut ,Thutmose III,Amenhotep III,Akhenaten,Nefertiti,Tutankhamon,Horenheb....
Hi! Good question. I will make one long video on the 18th but will also do separate videos on some of the pharaohs of that line, for example Hatshepsut, Thutmose III and Akhenaten for sure. There's just so much info from that era that it's impossible to put it in even one large video and will supplement it with other related videos. Thanks for watching and stay tuned for all that's to come!
I don't mean to crassly racialise the topic, but the mass immigration from the East is probably where you see the first wave of lighter-skinned peoples (possibly Jewish?). The indigenous Egyptians themselves would have been what we call (quite simplistically) 'black'
1. No , the Egyptians clearly depicted themselves as black , not as light skinned , so that doesn't make a lot of sense . 2. They're called Berbers for a reasons , so I really doubt they could build something as grand as Egypt especially as their culture is entirely derived from other nations .
@@JcoleMc nah, ancient Egyptians clearly depicted themselves as red (usually men) or yellow (usually women), neither are real skin colors. The Nubians (modern day Sudan) were depicted as black, and some citizens of Egypt were Nubian or mixed, sure... Their art clearly uses different colors for foreigners (both black and white). Native people in Egypt and rest of North Africa range tan to dark brown, always have been, there's a lot of sun there, but not quite as much as on equator.
@@KasumiRINA Yes this is only after or leading up to the invasion of the Hyksos which is what the video discussed at the end that drastically changed the population of Egypt . Berbers have never had a hand in Egypt to think a people like the Berbers could ever build something like Egypt is absurd Berbers have never known civilization they are the siberians of Africa still African but no civilization existed by them unless given to them by more sohpisticated cultures .
Oh boy! Been awhile since I left a comment lol. But happy ringer to the second intermediate era!
Thanks, hope you enjoy it!
You finally got the Thanks button working! This might be the GOAT series once it's finished. Thanks for hours upon hours of content!
Thanks man, glad you like the series and thanks for the support! I don't know about GOAT, but it'll definitely be one of the longest as we're barely halfway through it! Lots more on the way!
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I love your vidoes
Thanks buddy, appreciate it!
The second intermediate period is such a jumble with the hyksos in the wings; you have your work cut out good luck be safe!
Oh yeah, D15 is going to be interesting. Not everyone is going to agree on exactly who they were and how they ended up in power, but I'll do my best to explain the various hypotheses. Thanks for watching!
The intermediate periods are when we learn to live again
Thank you Cy!!!
My pleasure, thanks for watching!
Sorry just now getting to this but I have really enjoyed this series
No worries, thanks for watching and glad you're enjoying the series... only about 15 or so more on the way, stay tuned and thanks for watching!
History. With cy! Let’s gooo!!!!
Thanks, hope you enjoyed it!
Always great to see a new video in this series Cy. Thanks for the hard work
My pleasure, thank you for watching!
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Have you ever noticed the similarity between 'Avaris' and 'avarice'?!
I wonder if it's twinned with Hubris!
Great video I would love if u did a video on the first civilization in europe (Cycladic civilization)
Hmm, that's an interesting topic... I actually am intrigued by Cycladic art and will look into it. Thanks for the suggestion!
I’m vibing to the background music lol
Thanks!
Thank YOU!!
Ah I love Ancient Egypt
Me too! Thanks for watching!
I’m really enjoying your Egypt dynasty by dynasty series.
Thank you!
I love Sobeknefru 👍
Yeah such a cool name, plus Sobek is one of my favorite Egyptian gods. Thanks for watching!
Like #66 here
5:27 Dam... This makes the number Roman Emperors in the 3rd century look downright stable.
Haha yeah good point! I sometimes feel like the intermediate periods are a very extended version of the Year of the Five Emperors in 193.. many claiming the ultimate position but only one ends up getting it. Thanks for watching!
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Today I'm starting my day with Hyksos invasion🍳☕😍 Thanks, best regards ❤
Nice! Thanks so much for watching, really appreciate it! Hope your travels are going well too!
This has to be my most favorite series you've made, Cy. You should get together with Justin from Fire of Learning channel and do a video together. You two are the best on RUclips when it comes to history.
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Great video. Keep killing it! Next stop, 250k! Keep growing and don’t be afraid to take chances.
Thanks! Getting there, slowly but surely...lot's more on the way, stay tuned!
Hey! A new, old Dynasty just dropped!
Enjoy!
Hey, Cy. Im a new subscriber. And i want to say that i love your bronze age videos.
👍👍👍 Thank you Sir, 2 vids in one week, now waiting for the next one on the hyksos!!
It's on the way, stay tuned and thanks for watching!
Edifying and entertaining as always, Cy. Your brightlining of the rarity that is the woman-pharaoh inheriting the throne and ruling solely such as Sobekneferu has got me really excited for the upcoming dynasties esp. the 17th & 18th which are rife with precedents of successful ruler-queens like Ahhotep and Ahmose Nefertari and the powerful woman-pharaoh Hatshepsut. And it makes me more excited as we're inching closer and closer to my favourite Neferneferuaten-Nefertiti. It would be really fantastic when you begin to discuss the theories regarding her purported co-regency with Akhenaten. Kudos and keep up the great work.
Oh, there's going to be a lot on the 18th for sure. Still wondering if it's going to be one or two videos. I'm leaning towards one, but will have many to supplement it, for example, specific videos on Hatshepsut, Thutmose III and Akhenaten... and probably Amenhotep III. Thanks for watching!
@@HistorywithCy don’t forget about Kamose. I find the death of Seqenenre Tao then the revenge traps Ahhotep crafted raising her sons to finish their father’s work fascinating. There’s an amazing what if thread around Kamose’s death while besieging Avaris. So very Richard I of England of him. How different would the 18th dynasty be if he was the founder rather than his baby brother. Gripping stuff that would make a great historical drama.
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So the New Kingdom ended on Sobekneferu, a woman pharaoh, the Ptolemaic kingdom famously ended on Cleopatra, and the (likely fictional) Nitocris was presumed to be the last ruler of Old Kingdom... could Manetho mix start of first and second intermediate period or maybe just line of succession was so messed up at the end that someone's half-sister randomly ended up as unlikely successor to the throne in some lists and not others?
I always wondered, if Egypt managed to out-influence Greece in Rome, maybe following millenniums years wouldn't be as misogynistic. I've read that even during Hellenistic period, Egyptian women had more rights than Greek ones, it's a low bar to cross, sure, but the point is neither Greeks nor Romans really tried to take rights away from female Egyptians, they just treated their own women worse than cattle.
Good morning everyone God bless us all Amen 🙏 ✨️ 🙌
And bless you too
All 12 people who viewed before me liked the video. 12 views, 12 likes. Ive never seen that before
Haha cool! Thanks for watching, really appreciate it!
@@HistorywithCy you’re beyond welcome! Thank you for making such informative videos, I’ve watched the whole series and will look forward to the next one!!
The delta people revolted and made their own kingdom with their allies from canaan
Thanks for all your hard work Cy! I enjoyed this episode
You're welcome and thank you for watching! More on the way, stay tuned!
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Hey Cy, do you get all your information from the books you link or do you look at more specialized sources as well?
Fantastic, Cy! Your treatment of ancient Egypt is simply amazing!🙏
Thanks, it's one of my favorite subjects to cover and it's only going to get more interesting as we move along into the New Kingdom!
This channel is so underrated. I love this series❤️
Thank you, glad you're enjoying it!
It's crazy thinking that we're still nearly 1700 years away from the common era. So much history in just a small area of the world. Keep up the amazing work. The dynasties just keep on coming! ;)
Yes, definitely more to come...another 10-15 episodes at least!
Thanks for watching!
Great work as always Cy.
Thanks, appreciate it!
Love the maps and movements of figures to help add understanding. The constant and routine political upheavals of dynasties and kingdoms gives good perspective to modern times IMHO. The MET is so much more fun now to visit because i recognize items from these videos. Most grateful Mr Cy.
Thanks, glad you're enjoying these! Actually, the maps are my favorite part to make... I've just recently added mountains in the Mesopotamia videos so eventually might do that with future Egypt ones. Thanks so much for watching and lots more on the way, stay tuned!
I studied Egypt history when I was a student in grade 7
qué rico esos documentales
Can you please do more videos of the cannanites/Israelites I really like your videos they’re easy to follow and there’s not a lot of people that do that specific area of history
Have you found Dr. David Falk's channel yet? It's called Ancient Egypt and The Bible. He's an Egyptologist with a special interest in Israelite/Ancient Near East cultures. He is a Christian, but he's a true scholar and seems quite good at trying to stay objective when presenting things, answering questions, etc.
So, no wacky cognitive dissonance arguments or conspiracy theories there 😋
I don't normally rec other channels in comments of people's videos, in case that's some kind of RUclips sin 😂 But I'm risking it because it's a really good channel to just kind of get a zoom-in on just what you're asking about 🙂
So hopefully Cy doesn't mind me mentioning it. I mean, it's obvious I love Cy's channel too- I'm here, after all 🤷♀️😄
Love these videos, Cy- keep up the great work 👍
Thanks my friend, glad you're enjoying these!
Hyped for the Hyksos episode!
Hyped to put it out...D15 coming up! Stay tuned and thanks for watching!
The Return of the Pharaoh!
Seeing the city Memphis reminded me of Memphis TN. I went to the university of Memphis. They have an Egyptology department and major. There's an Egyptian museum full of artifacts. A lot of cat mummies(they loved their cats lol). I went when it first opened. It's no Ramses or King Tut exhibit but worth the visit.
You can narrow the timeline down slightly.
The influx of people came at a very similar time to the Thera eruption (roughly 1600BCE).
There would have been refugees from the coastlines where any tsunami washed against, and one such island even today has an ancient settlement now called Ialysos, on the (old name) isle of Ixos.
Oddly, 'ixos' is the old Greek word for mistletoe.
Mistletoe is a parasitic plant.
I know I'm an autie, and see connections others miss sometimes, but this really feels like a strong set of possibilities to me.
I just binge watched this entire series, and wow, I just have to say…..AWESOME JOB!
Haha thanks, glad you're enjoying it... still have another 15 or so episodes to cover in the series, stay tuned and thanks for watching!
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Seems you enjoy saying.....known as something, but BETTER known as something else. It would seem that using that 'better known as' would have been easier to describe the thing, than some more abstract reference. Or just said ...also known as
Another banger, Cy! Great episode!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! Another 15 or so to go, stay tuned and thanks for watching!
@@HistorywithCy Yeah, I was actually thinking about how many episodes this was going turn into, ha ha
So many of these royal statues are missing noses as if their faces have been struck with a hammer. Is this a coincidence or was defacement common?
It was done to hide the African noses on the faces so they could rewrite history by saying that non sub Saharan African peoples were the legitimate founders of Egypt. This is all a lie ofcourse. 95% of all Egyptian pharaohs were black (sub Saharan African). So yeah. The answer to your question is: Racism.
It’s the section that juts out the most. Hence the part that’s most likely to be damaged over the millennia.
There are certainly defaced statues in Egyptian history but ironically, some of statues that were destroyed ended up best kept (like Akhenaten and Nefertiti from Amarna period). Cutting noses of specifically was more of a Roman thing, in Egypt it's just the part of statue that sticks out so got damaged more often.
There's a conspiracy theory that someone systematically removed noses to make them look "whiter," but it doesn't really have any proof, or any point to, as Egypt was always seen as "civilized" over other countries anyway and they didn't NEED to change how they looked on old statues when you could cast Christian Bale looking guys instead.
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Thank you!
Been waiting for this to come out, thanks!
Thanks, hope you enjoyed it!
Can you make a video with a slightly more in depth look to the kings of israel and Judah?
ALGORITHM
Thank you!
Absolutely
My man 👍
Thank you!
Yes!!
Thanks!
Rameses the 2nd and his family was from avaris
Best Channel on ancient history! You are my go to channel🙌 keep up the great work
Thanks my friend, glad you're enjoying the videos... lots more on the way, stay tuned and thanks for watching!
@@HistorywithCy thanks! I will!
For The Algorithm!
I agree!
Thank you, every bit helps, appreciate it!
Manetho for lazy people, love it.
My favorite series on RUclips. I love this because it's how the Egyptians themselves framed the narrative of their history. If they understood their history through the context of the progression of the Pharoahs, we should, too. As an American, I like that their history rises and falls. Americans often subscribe to the notion of 'progress' as if progress is never lost and doesn't need our mindful guidance.
Thanks, glad you're enjoying the series! We're about halfway through at this point, hoping to have all the dynasties covered by the end of 2023! Thanks for watching!
While the “ 14th “ dynasty might have started as a friendly administration towards the Dynastic families ifEgypt, as you mention, that Circa 1750 BCE, there was the Hyksos invasion that overwhelmed the Canaanite administration.and”army”. There is no evidence ,5bat the Canaanite administration attempted to rule all of Egypt in contrast to the Hyksos, the militaristically advanced force with Light , spoked wheel chariots, horses and Tin/ bronze weapons. Nor can it be proven that Avaris was as advanced as a city before the Hyksos.
Cool the Hebrews documented. Same time Y'akub-her wouldve been alive. Thanx.
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Ooh, we're finally at the time the Issos people from the Island of Ixos show their faces!
This is awesome, as always! Well done Cy
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! Another 15 more in the series on the way...thanks for watching!
What’s the mushroom shaped extension that juts northwest from the Nile by Kahun and Herakleopolis?
Was there a lake there or something that let them settl outside of the Nile valley?
That's the Faiyum Oasis.
Yup, the Faiyum Oasis... it became a favorite spot for the royal family of the 12th Dynasty and they really built up the area. Also was a popular place during Roman times. Thanks for watching!
@@HistorywithCy that’s really cool. I looked it up.
Knowing how they made a place to live like that… it helps you to think of them as people
@@joearnold6881 highly recommend getting a virtual tour or reconstructed Faiyum Oasis in Assassin's Creed Origins... It's called Krokodilopolis and like third of main game takes place there. You need to hunt down a priest of Sobek as part of the main story.
Another excellent video.A shame we have just few discoveries about the 13th and 14th dynasties .
The transition between the 19th and beginning of the 20th is obscure too ,but from what we known had similar circunstances as between the XII/XIII dynasties.
Never heard about this theory of short therm pharaohs ,all from different noble houses.Looks like an oligarch coup as the one the happened in different greek cities centuries later.
We are near the time of the 18th dynasty (who expelled the Hyksos), do you plan to make a single video or a series about them?Too many interesting figures as Ahmose,Thutmose I, Hashepsut ,Thutmose III,Amenhotep III,Akhenaten,Nefertiti,Tutankhamon,Horenheb....
Hi! Good question. I will make one long video on the 18th but will also do separate videos on some of the pharaohs of that line, for example Hatshepsut, Thutmose III and Akhenaten for sure. There's just so much info from that era that it's impossible to put it in even one large video and will supplement it with other related videos. Thanks for watching and stay tuned for all that's to come!
Thank you again Cy! Great content as always.
My pleasure, thank YOU for watching!
How did I miss this!
Egypt is defeat by Persian Empire💪
Alexander ended it 50 years later lol
@@Maury7474 Eskandar
What a cliff-hanger. You're killing us. Thank you for another great installment.
My pleasure, hope to have the next installment out soon, stay tuned and thanks for watching!
I don't mean to crassly racialise the topic, but the mass immigration from the East is probably where you see the first wave of lighter-skinned peoples (possibly Jewish?). The indigenous Egyptians themselves would have been what we call (quite simplistically) 'black'
You're the first one i've found to actually take notice of that detail
No.
Égyptians were not blacks.
North Africa is white Africa.
Subsahara is black.
1. No , the Egyptians clearly depicted themselves as black , not as light skinned , so that doesn't make a lot of sense .
2. They're called Berbers for a reasons , so I really doubt they could build something as grand as Egypt especially as their culture is entirely derived from other nations .
@@JcoleMc nah, ancient Egyptians clearly depicted themselves as red (usually men) or yellow (usually women), neither are real skin colors. The Nubians (modern day Sudan) were depicted as black, and some citizens of Egypt were Nubian or mixed, sure... Their art clearly uses different colors for foreigners (both black and white). Native people in Egypt and rest of North Africa range tan to dark brown, always have been, there's a lot of sun there, but not quite as much as on equator.
@@KasumiRINA Yes this is only after or leading up to the invasion of the Hyksos which is what the video discussed at the end that drastically changed the population of Egypt .
Berbers have never had a hand in Egypt to think a people like the Berbers could ever build something like Egypt is absurd Berbers have never known civilization they are the siberians of Africa still African but no civilization existed by them unless given to them by more sohpisticated cultures .
Late night upload FTW!
Haha that's really the only time I have to finish these up and upload...thanks for watching!
Love this journey through Egypt's ancient times ❤️
Thanks, glad you're enjoying it... another 10-12 more episodes to go, stay tuned!
@@HistorywithCy I will! Keep up the amazing work ❤️