I'm from a metric country (Canada) but when it comes to the height of a individual I and everyone I know prefers feet and inches. Its much more natural to say I'm 6 foot 3 as opposed to 1 point 8something meters.
Thank you north, i truly would not understand the world in the way that i do if it wasnt for you constant keeping up with all the people that comment on your channel, its really awesome my friend.
I served two tours in Afghanistan, in Qalat City, Alexander had a fort built which still stands today, with a stable for 1,000 horses within its walls.
if you look at all the contemporary paintings you will see he is short compared to anyone else in them. The issue is Europe was still going through the mini-ice age and poverty was widespread. The other thing is poverty is for poor people, not the nobility. So Napoleon was short compared to other nobles. But he was of average height if compared to the average European at the time. Basically, he was probably a bit malnourished growing up in Corsica.
Napoleon was of average height 5' 6", but they used a weird measuring system making him measure 5' 2". Now Alexander being 5' is hard to believe but meh.
Part of his armies advantage was the fact that his father Phillip had modified their spears from 8' to 13' with a counter weight at the opposite end. This gave an enormous reach advantage when the shield walls clashed....
Alexander earned the respect of people with hard work. I am Anatolian(Kurdish/Turkish) whose land was conquered by him many years ago. However, I Respect and Value him Highly as an Anatolian. I don't see him as an Invader. He deserved and Earned our respect. He was different. He was Fearless. He was the man of Value. Although He was from Hellenic Culture. For me, He was someone that I would die willingly. He did not force his man instead He explains why they should fight for him. I am so sad that we have little knowledge about his daily routine and what drove him. I believe many of his life details were recorded by Ptolemy and documented in the great library of Alexandria/Egypt Which was lost to fire... Where I was born Mezepotiamia has seen many Great Leaders and Kings. But None was like Alexander, Iskender the way we call him. My Hometown has Ancient Castles/Graves Ruins from his Era with Greek Writing. Throughout my life, I sometimes did sit next to those ruins and thought about him. I wish I was with him to go through his glorious journey together. He had many wrongdoings However He was special Regardless. Your Name will stay in Anatolia and Mesopotamia for Thousands of years...
i appreciate content like this so very much, it causes a certain level of intrigue inside me. I feel very drawn to learning and understand the vast and complex ways in which humans have inacted with eachother, videos like this push it closer to the point where everyone can appreciate these wonderful tidbits of knowledge
Imagine the most disturbing thing possible. Now multiply that by 10x. That's roughly a small example. It is very hard to kill a human being. Ive killed animals hunting. They are also hard to kill. It gets messy. Even fish I catch are hard to kill before I cook em up. Imagine a thousand men tearing away at each other in heaps of flesh clothing and steel. Unimaginable..
Wait…. Did he say 5ft in height? I had to double check! That is so interesting. It’s great to get some new and interesting info and perspective on a well worn story. Super well done, love it 💕
Probably more like 5'4" to 5'7".. Excavations of Greek sites put the average Greek male of the time at around 5'4". ... I'm gonna push this a bit further and suggest that a Greek of noble heritage/diet were probably taller on average than the average Greek we find buried. So I'd suggest 5'7" as the average Greek of noble stature to who Alexander would be compared to and be considered average. Now according to Quora, some evidence does show he was shorter than his peers. So that would put him back down to 5'4" LOL.
@@fishing4happiness610 It's the other way around actually. There was a bias to fit Alexander into the image of Napoleon. There was a narrative people wanted to hear back in the 1800s/1900s how the two are similar. Since we knew what Napoleon looked like. The idea was to shape Alexander into the shape of Napoleon. To sell that narrative.
@@fishing4happiness610 Arrian and Curtius both state that Alexander was “less than average height”. ---------- That is the only statement we have on his height. Everything else for a guess is thru fieldwork and ideas. .. But he would mostly be surrounded by the Companions. Who wouldn't be your average Greek. Really no wrong way to spin it, cause we don't have much to go on lol
@@celticfox its the thought I have when somebody says the size of the fight in the dog. And as an observer, shorter drunk males are the same as those little dogs with big fight in them. Nothing to do with Alex for I did not observe him.
@@JonahWoods But close enough lol, he single-handedly killed very many enemy commanders, was wounded more than Rambo, and insisted on leading from the front lines. His "forlorn hope" style of "this will be our final hour" actually inspired his men to fight with intensity, bringing them victory countless times. The first battle of the Persian campaign he slew TWO enemy commanders by himself, and narrowly missed being killed TWICE at the same time. Read about his battle sometime, they all would make for excellent action movie scenes. The Siege of Massaga is a personal favorite.
@@carlosnevarez4003 im irish with some jamacian,you would literally have to do a dna test to find someone whos ancestors have been opressed less THan me
Everytime I hear a story like this. I think of Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot speech. Great video by the way North. You're my absolute favorite history channel on RUclips. Thank You.
As a kid the first(& only) time I learned about the battle of hydaspes was from a textbook of a language subject(instead of history), and that particular chapter was out of syllabus too. I'm glad I read that chapter even though the school didn't touch it. A kid me found it fascinating & so different than all the usual Boring British conquest history they were teaching.
I agree, history, especially of Alexander and his subsequent empires, is an endlessly fascinating topic. In my experience of history in my schools, Texas history begins with Steven Austin, U.S. history begins with John Smith, and world history begins with Columbus and skips to Hitler. It's a travesty. The year 1492 alone is worth a graduate degree in college.
@@donaldcharles3331 it's only wrong if you're talking about public school go on to higher education and it's a whole different story college history is a whole different beast
And also that Celtic people of the Danube were 6, to 6'6... Had a quick look on line and most other places state around 5'7 as average for people in that region
@@ERCJournal well, a little bit a north, at modern ukrainian-hungarian border, there were quite huge fellows. I personally had seen few skeletons of celts (whom had lived about BC-AD border) in local museum, those guys had been little higher than me (1.8 m), but one had at least 1.9 m.
@Αλπικος Μισανθρωπος I wanted to stay out of this one since both of you guys are Greek. but chill out on the homophobic stuff ok. before I buy a ticket to Greece and beat the lesson your parents never taught you
I was surprised when I saw his fathers armor and that of the Macedonian officers it was almost child like the proportions . I feel the shorter soldiers have advantages for less available room to hit as a target and they would eat less and have more energy then a taller soldier . Great video as always such a a pleasure to watch these and learn .
@@timpenfield5 There is Armour on display at the Royal Macedonian Tombs in Vergina , Greece that they attribute to King Philip II .The information card states it would fit someone 5,2 they attribute it to him because the injuries of the bones match injuries they know Philip had plus it is from a tomb with other royal artifacts although they could be completely wrong as I don't think it actually has any 100% proof it is him.
@@JonKinchIsLegit Many thanx JKM. I am so damn curious about this, Were these ancient warriors, armies mostly little dudes? Obviously Celts, Germans, English etc.. remains could be 5;10-6;5. Remains around Stonehenge were around 5;10 average on Natgeographic. . but Greece Egypt, Rome it seems were little guys like me. or smaller since I am 5;8. I wish scholars, archaeologists etc... would be more specific about height, size etc... instead of just generally saying, approx 5;5 etc...If you google , LARGEST FULL SKELATON EVER FOUND IN ROME, OR GREECE. . All u get is talk of giants and stuff.
My high school in Australia did offer ancient history as a subject for year 11 & 12. (You junior and senior year I believe). It wasn't really presented in an interesting way though. I still enjoyed it but I really wanted to know about the everyday lives of the people not just the kings, emperors, generals and wars. I much prefer learning about history via RUclips and documentaries rather than dry textbooks so thank you for your contribution.
Great job on this one. I have been watching your videos while I do my morning workout. Very interesting. Makes it go by fast. Request: more history like this. For example Vercingetorix, less Cesar and more Vercingetorix perspective. That would be interesting. Anyway I really liked this one you did a great job.
In High School, I took a European history class as an elective. It just so happened that my teacher was obsessed with Alexander, so I was fortunate to learn much of this in school.
@@lovre9038 Uopšte nisam primetio šahovnicu =) Pa, rekao bih da je to uticaj Rusije iz 18. i 19. veka, ne sećam se da je u srpskoj istoriji bilo ijednog Aleksandra pre toga, a kod Rusa je to popularno ime.
That's such a gay thing to say. These guys were legends, fictions are instead inspired by legends. He didn't came out of anime, anime came out of his legends.
Many modern historians believe Greek historians falsified the account of battle between Alexander and porus The war ended in a draw with losses on both sides A son of porus was killed in battle but Porus didn't surrender nor accepted to be Alexander vassal Only a truce was reached War elephants were given by king ambhi of texila a regional rival of porus who sided with Alexander Due to heavy losses Greek were forced to abandon further expansion and started going back to their conquered Persian territories The Greeks tried to spin this setback with traditional Greek tall tales
yes the battle ended in an exhausting draw between alexander and porus fighting duet till the end. The only diff. was that alex still had a part of his army and porus was left alone by his men. But still porus dared to look into the eyes of alex. Alex was impressed by his valour and to prevent much losses they stopped the war. Later porus sided with alex and gave him war elephants, in return he was given a part of alex's conquered territory. Alex even said king Ambhi that "one who can't be his country's, can't be mine". so later alexander sided with porus.
Hello pal your right about what we have been thought in school and yes we should learn a hell of a lot more. Looking forward to watching more of your work as I’ve just signed up to your channel
Over here this period (as well as a lot of antiquity as a whole) is taught at schools. My middle school history teacher has a tradition of asking students to assemble into a falange and then approach him to show us how it worked. Great guy.
- - - > > This is Alexander himself talking about “our life “our language “ “ Macedonians are going to judge your case “There is no need for any explanation. Greeks (Athenians)
Also yeah the Macedonian conquests of the Near East was always my favorite chapter in my history lessons at school. The amazing achievements of the Greeks and Macedonians left a mark in my mind before I started writing.
@@youngpullup6797 Daniel saw a vision about the future which included Alexander's empire. Here's an article. www.gotquestions.org/Alexander-the-Great.html
Alexander the manlet. The ‘Indians’ of that period were overwhelmingly comprised of the same Steppe-derived (Proto-Indo European) ancestry the Celts and Germanics were largely descended from. Despite speaking an Indo-European language, the ancient Macedonians and Hellenics were predominantly descended from the Neolithic Agriculturalists (EEF) that came to dominate most of West Eurasia - from Anatolia to Ireland. [Those who settled in the lands along Western Europe’s Atlantic fringe , however, differed from their more easterly counterparts on the basis of height, appearance, and culture - largely because of the significant levels of local hunter-gatherer admixture they had acquired from their neighbors.] This is why South/Southeastern Europeans-in both antiquity and modern times-tend to be shorter than their Northern European counterparts.
Did you consider vitamin D requirements from sun? Skin became lighter in European ice age travellers, and northern Europeans, perhaps taller for more total skin surface area...
Hard to say for sure how tall he was. It's certain though that he was likely shorter than the average Macedonian as it's mentioned in several sources. They do say he was athletic and possesed great endurance
Shortness is an amazing tactical advantage when you use it right.You must aggressive as wolverine,quick moving as a leopard when attacking your enemy,but cautious of your opponents tricks
Loved this, thanks. When I saw a Greek helmet at the BODY BEAUTIFUL exhibit, from Britain containing the diskus thrower statue & that little statue of sokrates, I was stunned at how small the helmet was! It's worth considering the role of vitamin D synthesis from the sun as peoples moved further north & into European ice age, skin became lighter, and perhaps people became taller for more skin surface area to capture more vitamin D... Also, Alexander's conquest of Persia definitely came from the earlier Persian attempts at conquest of Greece. But that Hellenistic culture spread & was so influential, in the middle East, in the later Roman empire, all aspects of medicine, science, philosophy, drama, sports competitions, democracy, culture, and mythology, still influence our world today, one of the most extraordinary cultures of all time!
Its good to see younger people interested in Ancient History. I am in my early 40s now, I will never forget for someone with A.D.D., A.D.H.D. I will never forget this but only once was I given medication, as my father was against anyone trying to drug his son, which in his defense he did not know any better only that I was hyper and I was not going to willing sit down and learn something I didn't like, anyways. The year they gave me medication I did well with all A's and the next year. I was able to chose whether or not I would like to be in an Honors history class, which I chose to be in, because I felt they would teach me things like about Ancient Rome, Alexander, lol, the teacher tired to kick me out for grammar. Not the subject matter, lol. I said I would rather fail in this class than go to a class that even then was leaning towards blaming white people for everything. So its great to see people giving an opportunity to people that other wise would have no choice.
It is a very common mistake to assume the northern civilizations of Europe as savages. These stereotypes were enforced by Romans . Celts were very organized and elaborate compared to what most Roman sources say, according to Greek Sources. Germanics were expert Metal workers
Biggest factor always left out was the induction and effect that the energy and hermetic had with the tactics. Like how chainmail can deflect plasma .consider these factors when quote history
The Indian King was intending to die in combat before being captured alive. 30 seconds later: After growing thirsty he came down off his elephant and demanded water. He was then taken to Alexander. That's an incontinuity brother
The 'Near East' is an old term for the Middle East. It used to refer to the Ottoman Empire and Persia, so from the Balkans to the eastern border of Persia including Egypt and the Arabian peninsula. In the 20th century, it fell in disuse in favor of Middle East, which is essentially the same regions minus the Balkans but added north Africa.
He went back from India because the Nanda empire was 100 times stronger than Porus' army, he know that if Porus' could give him so many casualties...what would happen to him if he went towards mainland India...
Sweet… You ever read a lot about General Winfield Scott? He’s been overshadowed by Andrew Jackson and the Civil War. He’s the one who offered Lee Control of the Unions Army… I just know his nickname was old fuss and feathers
As I've seen with at least one comment already, Alexander the Great's military adventures would be frowned upon. One thing to understand thought, is that he was retaliating for the death of his father, and that he was trying to spread Greek culture. Once gain, today, we'd say, "you don't spread truth by military means." Which I agree; but, it is a little disappointing that Alexander the Great didn't push all the way to the end of China. Of course, he could not make it 1) through all of India and 2) all of China. But, it would have been glorious!
@@Karditsa1 He might have been able to conquer more of north India but don't think he could have invaded China. Not necessarily because the Chinese were so formidable but more because his army were already weary and spent. Besides, he pushed his luck several times and don't think he would have lived through another major campaign. Once the army lost its leader the soldiers would have likely turned back, just my opinion.
Coincidently I just passed up a small museum with an ancient coin of Alexander for 200 bucks today. Universe is telling me I should've fucking bought it I think.
No, likely a forgery. Even if from a museum, you can't trust it. Research exactly how to tell authenticity before a buy in any case at least. Museums buying forgeries is too common, I imagine they'd pass on the luck given the chance.
@@TheBebuchis A simple Google search would show you many examples from sources like The Smithsonian, Forbes, and The New York Times reporting on museums housing forgeries. I was under the impression it was common knowledge really with high profile cases like the forged "Dead Sea Scrolls" fragments popping up in the media a few years back. $200 isn't throw away money to me. If I were considering a purchase I'd know exactly what I'm buying before going in to discuss it. I'm confident with my questions and don't waste anyone's time that way. That's just how I spend money though, different strokes for different folks. You're more than welcome to trust strangers to be altruistic. If you do, I sincerely wish there were more people like you.
@@SirTorcharite by that logic isn't every thing in a museum subject to forgery? If that's the case it seems to just come down to attitude. Also the general public is not aware of that some of the dead sea scrolls are fake, I dont think you've talked to enough people if you think everyone knows that. Thirdly I did do a Google search and nothing came up for me, no need to be condescending. I'll try and see if I can find cases of coin forgeries on those websites, and if I do go back ill ask about how they know its real.
@@TheBebuchis I Googled the following exactly, "museum" buy sell "forgery" "forgeries", you may try that. Also yes, I'd assume everyone is attempting to rip me off until I decide otherwise. That extends to museums if they want to be merchants as well. Asking how they know it's real is asking to hear bs if they're scammers, by accident or otherwise, imo. With proper research you can tell them what you expect to be a real coin to be like and if it doesn't meet expectations then they're under pressure to explain why. That opens up ground for good questions like, "why is this specific coin different than others?" or "who was the original seller of this item?". If they've bought from someone who's been exposed as selling fakes before, accidental or otherwise, I'd take my money elsewhere. That's just me though, you may not care about the cash. Idk you or your position in life. You're free to do as you wish. But I'm not gaining anything by you acting in any way. Just extending knowledge to a fellow human I'd hope someone would offer me in a different situation.
I wish Alexander was tutored by a Ionian phylosofer. The prymacy of the Aristoteleian philosophy has kept the development of science back for centuries.
I’m the barbarian to the North. The way he crossed the Danube was awesome ! We hobbled his father when he tried. But Alexander made it. I’m 6’1. I guess he would’ve considered me a giant.
Bro you just said Alexander was 5ft and the Barbarians AVERAGED 6'3".... Broooooooooo cmon. While I agree with the Histories that the Northern populations were taller than the Mediterranean ones... this is a HUGE discrepancy and would only come about if populations were cut off from one another for long periods of time. 5ft tall for a man is a literal midget. I'd accept he was 5'6" and the barbarians averaged 6' from all the readings and research I have done. And Napolean wasnt as short as people claim if you read into it. It was a slightly different metric used, which in our current measurements would have been around 5'8".
Sorry for not including metric, I was going to add it in on the screen but forgot. My United States brothers win another battle...
I'm from a metric country (Canada) but when it comes to the height of a individual I and everyone I know prefers feet and inches. Its much more natural to say I'm 6 foot 3 as opposed to 1 point 8something meters.
@@sdhappyprince wow surprising
@@kyoku1982 oh wow
It's OK, we are smart people, we can multiply feet by 30 to get centimeters
Thank you north, i truly would not understand the world in the way that i do if it wasnt for you constant keeping up with all the people that comment on your channel, its really awesome my friend.
I served two tours in Afghanistan, in Qalat City, Alexander had a fort built which still stands today, with a stable for 1,000 horses within its walls.
That's pretty cool must have been a sight to see such rich history..
Thank you for your service 💗
@I Am Real Eyes wow that’s interesting we never know the full story
@I Am Real Eyes wow this gave me chills
@I Am Real Eyes seriously, so much is just hidden. Wow thank you for sharing this.
No one talks about Alexander being short, but we laid it on Napoleon pretty hard that he was.
@TheOutrageousOrangeApe 101 That is so, I think he was average for his time, however, he will forever be known as short.
@TheOutrageousOrangeApe 101 Napoleon also liked to pick the very tallest men of his armies as his bodyguard. Making him seem comparatively short.
if you look at all the contemporary paintings you will see he is short compared to anyone else in them. The issue is Europe was still going through the mini-ice age and poverty was widespread. The other thing is poverty is for poor people, not the nobility. So Napoleon was short compared to other nobles. But he was of average height if compared to the average European at the time. Basically, he was probably a bit malnourished growing up in Corsica.
Napoleon was of average height 5' 6", but they used a weird measuring system making him measure 5' 2". Now Alexander being 5' is hard to believe but meh.
Alexander wasn't around in the time of the British press. It was they who created the angry little Napoleon image.
Part of his armies advantage was the fact that his father Phillip had modified their spears from 8' to 13' with a counter weight at the opposite end. This gave an enormous reach advantage when the shield walls clashed....
More like 18 feet
Yup Philip spent years forming that army.
It’s also interesting how his line goes back to amalek whom is a descendant of esau.
@@shaqatwinters3180 speak on it bro
@@shaqatwinters3180 very interesting!
Alexander earned the respect of people with hard work.
I am Anatolian(Kurdish/Turkish) whose land was conquered by him many years ago. However, I Respect and Value him Highly as an Anatolian.
I don't see him as an Invader. He deserved and Earned our respect.
He was different. He was Fearless. He was the man of Value.
Although He was from Hellenic Culture. For me, He was someone that I would die willingly. He did not force his man instead He explains why they should fight for him.
I am so sad that we have little knowledge about his daily routine and what drove him.
I believe many of his life details were recorded by Ptolemy and documented in the great library of Alexandria/Egypt Which was lost to fire...
Where I was born Mezepotiamia has seen many Great Leaders and Kings. But None was like Alexander, Iskender the way we call him.
My Hometown has Ancient Castles/Graves Ruins from his Era with Greek Writing.
Throughout my life, I sometimes did sit next to those ruins and thought about him.
I wish I was with him to go through his glorious journey together.
He had many wrongdoings However He was special Regardless.
Your Name will stay in Anatolia and Mesopotamia for Thousands of years...
i appreciate content like this so very much, it causes a certain level of intrigue inside me. I feel very drawn to learning and understand the vast and complex ways in which humans have inacted with eachother, videos like this push it closer to the point where everyone can appreciate these wonderful tidbits of knowledge
Wow. Can’t imagine how brutal these fights would have looked.
I know and to think alex went head on into them
I consider Oliver stone's depiction of the battle of gaugamela as something close to how It could had looked in the reality
Imagine peace
@@Averagegamerrulesearth Peace isn’t in our nature.
Imagine the most disturbing thing possible. Now multiply that by 10x. That's roughly a small example. It is very hard to kill a human being. Ive killed animals hunting. They are also hard to kill. It gets messy. Even fish I catch are hard to kill before I cook em up. Imagine a thousand men tearing away at each other in heaps of flesh clothing and steel. Unimaginable..
Those that don't learn from history,are doomed to repeat it...
Wait…. Did he say 5ft in height? I had to double check! That is so interesting. It’s great to get some new and interesting info and perspective on a well worn story. Super well done, love it 💕
Probably more like 5'4" to 5'7".. Excavations of Greek sites put the average Greek male of the time at around 5'4". ... I'm gonna push this a bit further and suggest that a Greek of noble heritage/diet were probably taller on average than the average Greek we find buried. So I'd suggest 5'7" as the average Greek of noble stature to who Alexander would be compared to and be considered average. Now according to Quora, some evidence does show he was shorter than his peers. So that would put him back down to 5'4" LOL.
Same...I always thought he was like 6ft tall according to all the illustrations. I know where Napoleon Bonaparte got his wild aspirations now.
@@fishing4happiness610 It's the other way around actually. There was a bias to fit Alexander into the image of Napoleon. There was a narrative people wanted to hear back in the 1800s/1900s how the two are similar. Since we knew what Napoleon looked like. The idea was to shape Alexander into the shape of Napoleon. To sell that narrative.
@@MarkVrem ... So do we know Alexander's true height?
@@fishing4happiness610 Arrian and Curtius both state that Alexander was “less than average height”. ---------- That is the only statement we have on his height. Everything else for a guess is thru fieldwork and ideas. .. But he would mostly be surrounded by the Companions. Who wouldn't be your average Greek. Really no wrong way to spin it, cause we don't have much to go on lol
It’s really cool to hear that Porus of North West India was extremely tall
Nothing like a great North 02 video to make my day great again,and about the great Alex & the Giants.
Also hope your day is going great.
At my school nearly half a semester was dedicated to Alexander the Great. I think our teacher was obsessed with him, for good reason I guess.
Alexander bodypilloe
Alexander the great is really awesome . Until 1 day I found out that he is gay
@@GhostRider-ku7bb so you fought him to the tray
@@GhostRider-ku7bb He was probably Bi - sexual.
@@NanoFromNichijou Hhahaha 😂
It's not the size of the dog in the fight... It's the size of the fight in the dog.
Little man syndrome. Little dogs yap at anything with nothing to back it up like short drunk men.
@@butters4596 Alexander and his troops were literally wrecking shop everywhere they went lol what do you mean
@@celticfox its the thought I have when somebody says the size of the fight in the dog. And as an observer, shorter drunk males are the same as those little dogs with big fight in them. Nothing to do with Alex for I did not observe him.
he wasn't a 1 man army...
@@JonahWoods But close enough lol, he single-handedly killed very many enemy commanders, was wounded more than Rambo, and insisted on leading from the front lines. His "forlorn hope" style of "this will be our final hour" actually inspired his men to fight with intensity, bringing them victory countless times. The first battle of the Persian campaign he slew TWO enemy commanders by himself, and narrowly missed being killed TWICE at the same time. Read about his battle sometime, they all would make for excellent action movie scenes. The Siege of Massaga is a personal favorite.
great video, id love to see more about antiquity :) keep it up
Antiquity is the best and hardly anyone knows about it these days!
Every kid should learn more about History, unbiased.
Yes
Good luck.
You would sooner find a black dad getting the milk,than a historical account thats unbiased
@@ericwalsh2954 You're a sad, angry and racist man who hasn't learned anything. I hope one day that you wake up one day. I pity you.
@@carlosnevarez4003 im irish with some jamacian,you would literally have to do a dna test to find someone whos ancestors have been opressed less
THan me
Loved this! Alexander the Great is one of my favorite historical topics to learn about. I find him exceedingly fascinating. Thank you!
I never knew Alexander the Great was only five feet tall. You learn something new every day.
Everytime I hear a story like this. I think of Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot speech.
Great video by the way North. You're my absolute favorite history channel on RUclips. Thank You.
As a kid the first(& only) time I learned about the battle of hydaspes was from a textbook of a language subject(instead of history), and that particular chapter was out of syllabus too. I'm glad I read that chapter even though the school didn't touch it. A kid me found it fascinating & so different than all the usual Boring British conquest history they were teaching.
I agree, history, especially of Alexander and his subsequent empires, is an endlessly fascinating topic. In my experience of history in my schools, Texas history begins with Steven Austin, U.S. history begins with John Smith, and world history begins with Columbus and skips to Hitler. It's a travesty. The year 1492 alone is worth a graduate degree in college.
I think why is because TPTB don't want us to learn the real history. At least half of what we know is wrong and what we know is very little.
@@donaldcharles3331 facts
@@donaldcharles3331 it's only wrong if you're talking about public school go on to higher education and it's a whole different story college history is a whole different beast
@@mr.angryman3599 I am in higher education and honestly I am not impressed, only 1/3 of the classes are worth anything, I am just finishing my AA
@@donaldcharles3331 I was pretty overwhelmed at first but I mean I'm in Texas lol
Cool vid, can you site your sources attesting that Alexander was 5 feet tall? Thanks
And also that Celtic people of the Danube were 6, to 6'6... Had a quick look on line and most other places state around 5'7 as average for people in that region
My argument would be that "We still haven't located the body"
@@FoolishPrince exactly
@@ERCJournal well, a little bit a north, at modern ukrainian-hungarian border, there were quite huge fellows. I personally had seen few skeletons of celts (whom had lived about BC-AD border) in local museum, those guys had been little higher than me (1.8 m), but one had at least 1.9 m.
@I Am Real Eyes just curious,how many fingers do you have?
As a Greek, I was taught about Alexander the Great at school, he really was a magnificent man.
Lucky you
@Lance Night Sexuality in Ancient Greece was very different, a lot of men back then, Alexander included were bisexual and that was ok by everyone.
@Αλπικος Μισανθρωπος I wanted to stay out of this one since both of you guys are Greek. but chill out on the homophobic stuff ok. before I buy a ticket to Greece and beat the lesson your parents never taught you
@Lord Giygas he's a bum not even worth it I had to calm myself down
@Αλπικος Μισανθρωπος wasn't I talking to you
Lucky to say I learned about ancient history in my high school and it remains one of my passions. You make a great point!
I was surprised when I saw his fathers armor and that of the Macedonian officers it was almost child like the proportions . I feel the shorter soldiers have advantages for less available room to hit as a target and they would eat less and have more energy then a taller soldier . Great video as always such a a pleasure to watch these and learn .
Thought phil was tall though?
Skateboarders are usually short, better quicker eye hand coordination.
Running backs like Barry sanders as an example.
@@timpenfield5 There is Armour on display at the Royal Macedonian Tombs in Vergina , Greece that they attribute to King Philip II .The information card states it would fit someone 5,2 they attribute it to him because the injuries of the bones match injuries they know Philip had plus it is from a tomb with other royal artifacts although they could be completely wrong as I don't think it actually has any 100% proof it is him.
@@JonKinchIsLegit Many thanx JKM. I am so damn curious about this, Were these ancient warriors, armies mostly little dudes? Obviously Celts, Germans, English etc.. remains could be 5;10-6;5. Remains around Stonehenge were around 5;10 average on Natgeographic. . but Greece Egypt, Rome it seems were little guys like me. or smaller since I am 5;8. I wish scholars, archaeologists etc... would be more specific about height, size etc... instead of just generally saying, approx 5;5 etc...If you google , LARGEST FULL SKELATON EVER FOUND IN ROME, OR GREECE. . All u get is talk of giants and stuff.
Maybe Technology+tactical advantages to. Or maybe they were short .strong and heavy? Persians+Indians must have been bigger than Greeks.
This is cool. Great work. Always been uber fascinated with Alexander the Great and the Giants of old or at least the stories of them.
My high school in Australia did offer ancient history as a subject for year 11 & 12. (You junior and senior year I believe). It wasn't really presented in an interesting way though. I still enjoyed it but I really wanted to know about the everyday lives of the people not just the kings, emperors, generals and wars. I much prefer learning about history via RUclips and documentaries rather than dry textbooks so thank you for your contribution.
Love all your videos thank for making them
I agreed and appreciated your parting comments about this not being emphasized more in our education system. Aloha
Hello great video first of I'm Peter now 49 years old from a Macedonian Canadian myself loved information about Alexander the great
Great job on this one. I have been watching your videos while I do my morning workout. Very interesting. Makes it go by fast. Request: more history like this. For example Vercingetorix, less Cesar and more Vercingetorix perspective. That would be interesting. Anyway I really liked this one you did a great job.
This is interesting and informative
In High School, I took a European history class as an elective. It just so happened that my teacher was obsessed with Alexander, so I was fortunate to learn much of this in school.
Why is it still so much of a suprise now that so many heroes were short in ancient times. Nearly every one was short compared to modern day standards.
Because very tall people usually don't have a Napoleon complex to conquer and prove something
Beautiful!
In Serbia, we learn a little bit about Alexander and Hellenistic period
Meni cudno sto vi u Srbiji imate toliko Alexandra,ovdje se nitko tako ne zove,btw 1:18 gornji desni kut ahahaha idemoo
@@lovre9038 Uopšte nisam primetio šahovnicu =)
Pa, rekao bih da je to uticaj Rusije iz 18. i 19. veka, ne sećam se da je u srpskoj istoriji bilo ijednog Aleksandra pre toga, a kod Rusa je to popularno ime.
Sounds li8ke something straight out of an anime
What a badass character.
He was undefeated.
That's such a gay thing to say. These guys were legends, fictions are instead inspired by legends. He didn't came out of anime, anime came out of his legends.
Interesting and informative
Many modern historians believe Greek historians falsified the account of battle between Alexander and porus
The war ended in a draw with losses on both sides
A son of porus was killed in battle but
Porus didn't surrender nor accepted to be Alexander vassal
Only a truce was reached
War elephants were given by king ambhi of texila a regional rival of porus who sided with Alexander
Due to heavy losses Greek were forced to abandon further expansion and started going back to their conquered Persian territories
The Greeks tried to spin this setback with traditional Greek tall tales
yes the battle ended in an exhausting draw between alexander and porus fighting duet till the end. The only diff. was that alex still had a part of his army and porus was left alone by his men. But still porus dared to look into the eyes of alex. Alex was impressed by his valour and to prevent much losses they stopped the war. Later porus sided with alex and gave him war elephants, in return he was given a part of alex's conquered territory.
Alex even said king Ambhi that "one who can't be his country's, can't be mine". so later alexander sided with porus.
How will we win?¿?
“We’ll make spears. Long spears, Twice as long as a man.
. . . Some men are longer than others…”
Lol 😆 “has you’re mother been telling stories about me again” Brave💙
"I should have remembered the rock" Scottish accent implied...
wow more of these historical vids please
In the 80's we had world history in 7th grade. My son had none all through middle school.
In the 70s we had to pass the Constitution in 8th.
@@roberthensley8653 We did it but had a separate American History class. Having to know all the amendments and why, etc ..
History is full of lies.
Tripping and this drops I feel complete
haha
Hello pal your right about what we have been thought in school and yes we should learn a hell of a lot more. Looking forward to watching more of your work as I’ve just signed up to your channel
I'm fascinated by the Hellenic age. Especially the Seleucid Empire.
Great video!
His father made the phalanxe, but for your benifit yes alixandre modified his own latter on...but his father was a kick ass battle commander...
That was good, thx, just subscribed!👍
Great video! Thank you!
Very cool so interesting thank you
Thanks for the history lesson, much info to enjoy.
Well done sir! Thank you sharing this!
Great story telling thanks.
Over here this period (as well as a lot of antiquity as a whole) is taught at schools. My middle school history teacher has a tradition of asking students to assemble into a falange and then approach him to show us how it worked. Great guy.
I learned a little about Alexander the Great in, I think middle school, maybe elementary. But that was over 25, 30 years ago.
Glad you are discovering truer history and not just went on in the 1800's.
Good to learn new things..
Specially knowing about Alexander height
Well done! Is this a snippet of a full-length documentary you’re working on?
No, I have already made a whole doc on Greece that extensively covers Alexander. This was just a little idea I wanted to share.
@@NORTH02 Gotcha. Very cool. By the way, I was so happy to see that you got curiosity stream as a sponsor. Congrats!
I absolutely agree with you that schools should teach more stuff like this!
Make a video about late surviving mammoths in Alaska
Glad to hear you didn't stop learning simply because school does not teach
This story of the short height of ancients is long passed away by archeology
- - - > > This is Alexander himself talking about “our life “our language “ “ Macedonians are going to judge your case “There is no need for any explanation.
Greeks (Athenians)
Also yeah the Macedonian conquests of the Near East was always my favorite chapter in my history lessons at school. The amazing achievements of the Greeks and Macedonians left a mark in my mind before I started writing.
Ancient world history is so interesting. His kingdom is actually mentioned in the KJV Bible which is the greatest history book
Where in the Bible?
That was Seleucid Syria, centuries after his death.
Lmao accourse it would be mentioned in there
@@youngpullup6797 Daniel saw a vision about the future which included Alexander's empire.
Here's an article.
www.gotquestions.org/Alexander-the-Great.html
Dude dont say shit that dont make up
Im a bible believer never read a thing About Alexander
And dont give links
You make us believers look dumb
Alexander the manlet.
The ‘Indians’ of that period were overwhelmingly comprised of the same Steppe-derived (Proto-Indo European) ancestry the Celts and Germanics were largely descended from.
Despite speaking an Indo-European language, the ancient Macedonians and Hellenics were predominantly descended from the Neolithic Agriculturalists (EEF) that came to dominate most of West Eurasia - from Anatolia to Ireland. [Those who settled in the lands along Western Europe’s Atlantic fringe , however, differed from their more easterly counterparts on the basis of height, appearance, and culture - largely because of the significant levels of local hunter-gatherer admixture they had acquired from their neighbors.] This is why South/Southeastern Europeans-in both antiquity and modern times-tend to be shorter than their Northern European counterparts.
Yes that is true, it would be later in time when Indo Aryans will absorb more genes from the Dravidians
Did you consider vitamin D requirements from sun? Skin became lighter in European ice age travellers, and northern Europeans, perhaps taller for more total skin surface area...
when did people started using foot and inches?
He was more like 5'7 to be precise, still a magnificent man
Hard to say for sure how tall he was. It's certain though that he was likely shorter than the average Macedonian as it's mentioned in several sources. They do say he was athletic and possesed great endurance
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Alexander was short but stocky and build.
I have a feeling you are 5'7 lol
@@XzTON-618zX I'm 5'11
@@dimensionhacker2271 Intsta, Fb or 🧢?
Alexander was defeated by king Porus, and he was forced to turn back.
Excellent synopsis!
Awesome history
Thanks
What's purple and conquered the world?
Alexander the Grape!
Shortness is an amazing tactical advantage when you use it right.You must aggressive as wolverine,quick moving as a leopard when attacking your enemy,but cautious of your opponents tricks
Loved this, thanks. When I saw a Greek helmet at the BODY BEAUTIFUL exhibit, from Britain containing the diskus thrower statue & that little statue of sokrates, I was stunned at how small the helmet was! It's worth considering the role of vitamin D synthesis from the sun as peoples moved further north & into European ice age, skin became lighter, and perhaps people became taller for more skin surface area to capture more vitamin D...
Also, Alexander's conquest of Persia definitely came from the earlier Persian attempts at conquest of Greece. But that Hellenistic culture spread & was so influential, in the middle East, in the later Roman empire, all aspects of medicine, science, philosophy, drama, sports competitions, democracy, culture, and mythology, still influence our world today, one of the most extraordinary cultures of all time!
“ There is everything in Greece except Greeks “LoL
Glorified your king otto creator of Greece and name in 1829 A.D.
Its good to see younger people interested in Ancient History. I am in my early 40s now, I will never forget for someone with A.D.D., A.D.H.D. I will never forget this but only once was I given medication, as my father was against anyone trying to drug his son, which in his defense he did not know any better only that I was hyper and I was not going to willing sit down and learn something I didn't like, anyways. The year they gave me medication I did well with all A's and the next year. I was able to chose whether or not I would like to be in an Honors history class, which I chose to be in, because I felt they would teach me things like about Ancient Rome, Alexander, lol, the teacher tired to kick me out for grammar. Not the subject matter, lol. I said I would rather fail in this class than go to a class that even then was leaning towards blaming white people for everything. So its great to see people giving an opportunity to people that other wise would have no choice.
I have a suggestion I'm fascinated about the savages in the north
It is a very common mistake to assume the northern civilizations of Europe as savages. These stereotypes were enforced by Romans . Celts were very organized and elaborate compared to what most Roman sources say, according to Greek Sources. Germanics were expert Metal workers
@@stegotyranno4206 that is true and wait you mean to let me that the Germanic tribes master iron work huh the more you know
Biggest factor always left out was the induction and effect that the energy and hermetic had with the tactics. Like how chainmail can deflect plasma .consider these factors when quote history
The Indian King was intending to die in combat before being captured alive.
30 seconds later: After growing thirsty he came down off his elephant and demanded water. He was then taken to Alexander.
That's an incontinuity brother
Is it Gagamella or Hidaspease? History says it as"The Battle of Hidaspease".
Guagamella was a different battle before hydaspes. War elephants were used in both.
@@NORTH02 Thanks,it was almost 200 years after Buddha.
Hey Alaxzander Do you Know about Porus ....?
Would have loved this at school cheers big yin
which parts of the world count as the near east?
The 'Near East' is an old term for the Middle East. It used to refer to the Ottoman Empire and Persia, so from the Balkans to the eastern border of Persia including Egypt and the Arabian peninsula. In the 20th century, it fell in disuse in favor of Middle East, which is essentially the same regions minus the Balkans but added north Africa.
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Well done bro,,
Are there multiple theories on alexanders death?
Its crazy to me how the Indian army used the elephants as war mounts and put them in danger when they hold them so sacred
Humans throw away many conventions and traditions for the convenience of war.
He went back from India because the Nanda empire was 100 times stronger than Porus' army, he know that if Porus' could give him so many casualties...what would happen to him if he went towards mainland India...
In Macedonia they are proud of him,they build him a huge statue in Skopje.
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Sweet… You ever read a lot about General Winfield Scott? He’s been overshadowed by Andrew Jackson and the Civil War. He’s the one who offered Lee Control of the Unions Army…
I just know his nickname was old fuss and feathers
As I've seen with at least one comment already, Alexander the Great's military adventures would be frowned upon. One thing to understand thought, is that he was retaliating for the death of his father, and that he was trying to spread Greek culture. Once gain, today, we'd say, "you don't spread truth by military means." Which I agree; but, it is a little disappointing that Alexander the Great didn't push all the way to the end of China. Of course, he could not make it 1) through all of India and 2) all of China. But, it would have been glorious!
Hi, of course he could make it, Menandros conquered India to Ganges and beyond, E.P.
@@Karditsa1 The Menandros I can find was just a playwright.
@@oker59 latin Melander, pali Milinda, capital Sagala
@@oker59 He's referring to Menander Soter Dikaios, one of the kings of the Indo-Greek Kingdom.
@@Karditsa1 He might have been able to conquer more of north India but don't think he could have invaded China. Not necessarily because the Chinese were so formidable but more because his army were already weary and spent. Besides, he pushed his luck several times and don't think he would have lived through another major campaign. Once the army lost its leader the soldiers would have likely turned back, just my opinion.
Coincidently I just passed up a small museum with an ancient coin of Alexander for 200 bucks today. Universe is telling me I should've fucking bought it I think.
No, likely a forgery. Even if from a museum, you can't trust it. Research exactly how to tell authenticity before a buy in any case at least. Museums buying forgeries is too common, I imagine they'd pass on the luck given the chance.
@@SirTorcharite all I have is your word vs theirs, is there any place thats reported this or talked about it?
@@TheBebuchis A simple Google search would show you many examples from sources like The Smithsonian, Forbes, and The New York Times reporting on museums housing forgeries. I was under the impression it was common knowledge really with high profile cases like the forged "Dead Sea Scrolls" fragments popping up in the media a few years back.
$200 isn't throw away money to me. If I were considering a purchase I'd know exactly what I'm buying before going in to discuss it. I'm confident with my questions and don't waste anyone's time that way. That's just how I spend money though, different strokes for different folks.
You're more than welcome to trust strangers to be altruistic. If you do, I sincerely wish there were more people like you.
@@SirTorcharite by that logic isn't every thing in a museum subject to forgery? If that's the case it seems to just come down to attitude. Also the general public is not aware of that some of the dead sea scrolls are fake, I dont think you've talked to enough people if you think everyone knows that. Thirdly I did do a Google search and nothing came up for me, no need to be condescending. I'll try and see if I can find cases of coin forgeries on those websites, and if I do go back ill ask about how they know its real.
@@TheBebuchis I Googled the following exactly, "museum" buy sell "forgery" "forgeries", you may try that. Also yes, I'd assume everyone is attempting to rip me off until I decide otherwise. That extends to museums if they want to be merchants as well.
Asking how they know it's real is asking to hear bs if they're scammers, by accident or otherwise, imo.
With proper research you can tell them what you expect to be a real coin to be like and if it doesn't meet expectations then they're under pressure to explain why. That opens up ground for good questions like, "why is this specific coin different than others?" or "who was the original seller of this item?". If they've bought from someone who's been exposed as selling fakes before, accidental or otherwise, I'd take my money elsewhere.
That's just me though, you may not care about the cash. Idk you or your position in life. You're free to do as you wish. But I'm not gaining anything by you acting in any way. Just extending knowledge to a fellow human I'd hope someone would offer me in a different situation.
I wish Alexander was tutored by a Ionian phylosofer. The prymacy of the Aristoteleian philosophy has kept the development of science back for centuries.
I’m the barbarian to the North. The way he crossed the Danube was awesome ! We hobbled his father when he tried. But Alexander made it. I’m 6’1. I guess he would’ve considered me a giant.
Can you do another video on his sister Cleopatra of Macedon? Please lol
I wonder what it would be like to have met him. I would love to meet him somehow.
Do Attia the Hun, Hannibal and Africanus.
32, because 33 was reserved for The King of Kings………
Who wins ? Zhuge Liang vs Alexander the Great?
We learned about him at at school in elementary and in high school.
Bro you just said Alexander was 5ft and the Barbarians AVERAGED 6'3".... Broooooooooo cmon. While I agree with the Histories that the Northern populations were taller than the Mediterranean ones... this is a HUGE discrepancy and would only come about if populations were cut off from one another for long periods of time. 5ft tall for a man is a literal midget. I'd accept he was 5'6" and the barbarians averaged 6' from all the readings and research I have done. And Napolean wasnt as short as people claim if you read into it. It was a slightly different metric used, which in our current measurements would have been around 5'8".