>''History is written by the victors'' >be sea peoples >arrive and cause the fall of the bronze age >dont write anything down >leave

I am now ending all messages with "May you know it." May you know it.

A lot of people have pointed out that it is unlikely that a composite bow could shoot through 3 inches of metal but I didn't see anyone dig into the sources so I'll comment on what I've found. I'm guessing that particular part of the video was sources from "The end of the Bronze Age : changes in warfare and the catastrophe ca. 1200 B.C." (mentioned in description, I found a copy on Internet archive) pg. 120-121. The exact passage reads as follows: "The pharaohs themselves took pride in their skill as chariot archers. Amenhotep II boasted of the rapidity, range, and accuracy of his shooting, claiming that from a speeding chariot he had hit four targets, set thirty-four feet apart with such force that the arrows went clean through each target's three inches of copper." This passage is apparently from a stele (Ancient Near Eastern Texts (ANET) pg. 244), and the thickness given in this translation is "of one palm in their thickness", which the annotation says is "a litde [little?] less than 3 inches". Regardless, it seems that this is a boast from a specific pharaoh, rather than some sort of historical fact or mixing up units, so probably not an accurate account of a bronze age era's composite bow's potential.

"Human civilization did an oopsie" is the perfect summary for a lot of human history, to be honest.

“The sea peoples” sounds like such a vague and terrifying name for peoples that don’t even have much history to them.

When Bill Wurtz said about tin: "idk, my dealer won't tell me where he gets it..." I didn't know he was being serious.

Good factual presentation, well done. Just to explain something, the King of Ugarit referred to the King of Cyprus (Alashiya) as "Father" which means he was considered less than equal and the King of Ugarit had to prostrate himself in front of superior Kings, such as Cyprus and Egypt. In contrast, the Kings of Cyprus referred to the Kings of Egypt as 'brother', which meant they were equals and did not need to prostrate themselves nor pay tribute.

Droughts, earthquakes, invasions, destruction of international trade, rebellions. Who thought it was a good idea to play on hard mode ?

"we need to talk about bronze age warfare" * battle music starts *

"We have a drought, an earthquake and we still have to pay extra! What next? We get invaded?"- Some Bronze Age dude, probably

Clear and concise yet thorough examination of one of history's most troubling ages. Excellent narration and illustrations. Glad I discovered this channel. Well done!

I've watched loads of history content on youtube, this has to be one of the best summaries of the topic - and of ancient history in general - I've ever seen.

The Bronze Age civilizations can't collapse until someone asks if it's okay with Tribune Aquila.

"....what brought them here is a question we'll get into later" *slams fist on table* Bibilus is involved in this somehow! I know it!

Excellent comprehensive summary of the "Collapse of Bronze Age". You covered many more possible reasons other than just Sea Peoples even though they were probable the main reason. Your summary is the only one I've seen thus far that mentions the 5 decade flurry of earthquakes. Plus you did all of this with a very economical use of time. Thank you for your quality video.

"not as clumsy or random as a regular bow." I love this line haha

"Help is on the way." "jk" This sums up a lot of alliances in the past.

I got Sea People Return in the December slot of my 2020 Apocalypse bingo card.

Watching this in light of recent events doesn’t make me feel so warm and fuzzy inside.

This is the most clear and extensive video I've seen on this subject matter. Keep up the awesome work

Easily the most shocking part of this video is how much bigger the Bronze Age world was than I thought. I think the regular belief is that it centers mostly around the Near East and Eastern Mediterranean. But now you're telling me they were trading from Britain to Afghanistan? That is just mind blowing.

When you're Sardinian, and the last time your people were relevant in any meaningful way was when they were part of the sea people coalition which kinda caused a halt in the advancing of human civilizations

This was a very clear explanation of a hugely important historical event I did not know about , until I watched a very good and long video on the subject , about two years ago .

“Not as clumsy or random as a bow” I see what you did there.

Me : *waiting for Augustus story* HC : ever heard about the bronze age? Me : well.. No but.. Go on

9:24 “Not as clumsy or random as a regular bow” A more elegant weapon from a more civilized age then?

the range of this channel is awesome.

I really enjoyed this History Lesson and The Narrator was one of the best I have ever heard~! I was glad to be a new subscriber and look forward to watching all the other lessons.

13:37 - Egypt prevailed because Ramses could transform into a Titan

“Cyprus in Cyprus” A history teacher AND a geography teacher

A great approach for a "non easy to resume" moment in man kind history history. Great job, thanks!!!!

I recommend Eric Cline's 2021 book "1177 B.C." It has some updated research & analysis of the time period in question, and lays out a number of possible factors that influenced the "collapse."

300 year long drought? Wow. Can you imagine every generation knowing hunger over and over again? It must have been a very low point in human history

That final battle in the Nile was probably one of the most epic battles in history. An apocaliptic clash for survival of their world.

Thank you so much for making wonderful, easy to understand and entertaining videos. I have been watching lots of them and will continue to do so. Awesome.

Insane video, thanks

"Human civilzation did an oopsie". Now, that's worthy of a thesis.

It’s amazing to read these ancient letters and see a literal apocalypse be recorded, but still have no answer as to what the hell was causing it.

I love this content! Really informative.

9:37 No, an ancient composite bow cannot pierce 7.6cm of metal. I have my doubts that it could pierce through 7.6cm of wood. If the penetration of this style of bow was that immense, it would have rendered bronze and other armours obsolete and would have completely demolished shields. Despite this, dense formations of soldiers equipped with armour and shields persisted as the dominant military formation for centuries even after the regional advent of the composite bow. Those defending this claim on the basis that the metalworking of the time was poor fail to understand just how thick a 7.6cm plate of metal is, and very much underestimate the capability of ancient metalworkers. Ancient bronze is comparable to ironworking developments (the primary reason for the shift from bronze to iron was economic - iron is much more abundant but requires higher temperatures to manipulate), and so would be basically equivalent to iron in its inferiority to steel. With this in mind, would you also believe it reasonable that an arrow from an ancient composite bow could pierce a 7.6cm plate of iron? A bow capable of slicing through a 7.6cm iron or bronze plate would pierce through the steel armour of medieval knights without issue, as that armour was only a few millimetres thick. One must also consider that the metalworking technology of the time would also extend to arrowheads, and so the argument that poor metalworking allowed arrows from this bow design to slice through metal plates made through a contemporary method makes no sense, as that same metalworking would have to be responsible for the quality of the arrowheads. I am surprised that this blatantly false claim slipped past your video creation process. Other than that, this video is good. It would be nice to see even more content on the ancient world that isn't centred on Rome.

"Oopsie." I guess that's one way to describe a collapse of civilization so complete that we had to rediscover stuff like writing and so on.

"They were runners." I need a Bronze Age zombie movie NOW DAMMIT.

I'm not saying it was aliens, but it was aliens.

Really interesting and captivating. Thanks very much !

Everything changed when the sea people attacked...

It's sort of terrifying and amazing how we literally have our own "Lost civilization" mystery like you see in fantasy and sci fi games.

I had to rewatch this video, it is really an interesting topic.

This is the first comprehensive explanation I have seen for the Bronze Age collapse and its relation to the Sea peoples. Thanks for sharing!

"...a composite bow, not as clumsy and random as a regular bow..." Ah, an elegant weapon from a more civilized age.

"Arrows could penetrate three INCHES of metal" What the hell were they using to shoot them, RAIL GUNS??

Loved your video. Thanks!

Great analysis and explanation.

"A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one."

1200BCE: Sea people make me anxious 2020CE: Seeing people makes me anxious

This video made me watch the entirety of your chronological order playlist, and now I wish there were more of your videos, now I'm looking forward for any future video you will make whatever the topic it will be

Good job. Thanks 🙏

I know I just watched a video explaining that the "sea people" likely came from areas in Italy and around the Mediterranean... But I can't get the image out of my head of Rameses defeating an unstoppable horde of Lovecraftian fish people in hand to hand combat for the glory of Egypt

11:55 "Sire! The enemy can destroy our chariots! We're done for!" "How!? Do they have their own chariots? Elephants? The gods themselves on their side???" "No sire. They know how to R U N." "....Dear gods, we are doomed"

Such a great video!

Great InfoVideo! Best Regards from Portugal! ❤🇵🇹

Just as a note: The Cyprus was so closely identified with copper that the metal derived its name from it. The Latin for copper is cuprum, shortened from an older word cyprium, meaning of Cyprus.

A severe drought in the Mediterranean may also explain why Egypt was less affected and survived the Bronze Age Collapse as the only major power in the region. Egypt's agriculture is totally dependent on the yearly flooding of the Nile which is caused by heavy rainfalls in distant Ethiopia and therefore unaffected by changes in local climate systems.

Fabulous presentation! Good pace, good narrator, good visuals andinformative. Rate it 5,☆!

This is fascinating stuff to see.

Greece. Hittites. Egypt. Cyprus. Long ago, the four empires lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Sea Peoples attacked.

With regard to environmental changes, that could again explain why Egypt survived. Agricultrue in Egypt is driven by the waters of the Nile, and the Nile is fed by far-flung lakes and tributaries in regions that may not have been as effected by an environmental change. Thus, Egypt could maintain enough agricultural output to survive even as it’s neighbors dried up.

Amazing. Subbed.

Some of the fires could even be caused by city fires out of control. I have to imagine the damage from something like that would make everyone give up and walk away.

History Channel in the 90s and 2000s: The Collapse of the Bronze Age and their ancient civilizations remains one of human civilizations' greatest mysteries History Channel today: "Aliens"

"On the whole, the picture is fuzzy, but its fair to say that there was chaos in Greece." When has there ever not been chaos in Greece?

What a great video, the bronze age collapse and the sea peoples were always a bit of a mystery for me.. Egyptian here :)

You have now entered the classical era

How was the Bronze Age warfare: -Chariots. -Chariots. -Chariots. -People protecting chariots. Accurate as hell.

me: alright Ceasar is dead, now we're moving on to the Roman Empire. HC: this is my time machine

I always thought, for the last decade or so, that the Sea Peoples were mercenaries hired by Greeks to attack Troy. Once they sacked the city the mercs wanted to go after another. I thought this explained why so many Sea Peoples were from all over the Mediterranean. Once they sacked Cyprus, which had the purest copper, trade died.

Ironically, the only time the Dreadnought sank an enemy ship, it rammed it

It's wild to think that the amount of human history we know is a drop in the bucket compared to the entirety of the unknown, lost history of human civilization.

There's an important bit left unsaid: Rulers of the time relied on the favor of the gods. Famine, no rain, earthquakes, even sending an enemy are typical actions of an angry god. People turn against rulers that apparently make the gods angry and thus have lost legitimacy.

Great video!!

Thank you for explaining! I never understood the "...far lands of tin land. I don't know, my dealer won't tell me where he gets it" part from Bill Wurtz but now I do.

I could watch history civilis all day every day and not get enough. this is the most addictive content love it.

I just watched a 2+ hour documentary on this subject, but I think this 20+ minute clip explains it better and more to the point. The lengthy documentary was obsessed with "who dun it?", while this clip was more focused on system-level causes. Good job!

Very good summary

Wonderful!

"the chariots were handcrafted..." well they should have ordered up some cheep manufactured chariots from Asia or something

When the king of Ugarit said that the invaders had 'seven ships' I think it was understood at the time that he meant more than seven. 'Seven and seven' is an idiom (meaning many) seen in the Epic of Gilgamesh, and it's possible that its meaning was persisted through time. Just as 'one' to us can mean 'a united people', seven probably isn't literal. Not to mention that I couldn't see seven ships as all that threatening, what with the navies these civilizations had.

great video!

Historia Civilis always got the bangers in the outros

Chariots: I'm the result of hundreds of years of technological and military research, I terrify battlefields. Sea peoples: I'm fast as f*ck boi

They always ask, "where did the sea peoples come from?" I always ask, "Where did the sea peoples go?"

Describing the Stone Age as “oppressive” raises more questions than it answers, annoyingly. In what ways was it more oppressive than other ages?

Watching this after the Total War Pharaoh announcement

Did Tribune Aquila's ancestor approve of this collapse?

“The peoples made a conspiracy in their islands. All at once, the lands were removed and scattered in the fray. No land could stand before their arms: from Hatti, Qode, Carchemish, Arzawa and Alashiya onward, being cut off at once. A camp was set up in Amurru. They desolated its people, and its land was like that which has never come into being. They were coming forward toward Egypt, the flame going before them. Their confederation was the Peleset, Tjeker, Shekelesh, Denyen and Weshesh, lands united. They laid their hands upon the land as far as the circuit of the earth, their hearts confident and trusting, ‘Our plans will succeed!’” -Pharaoh Ramesses III, 12th c. BCE

You're an epic teacher. Thanks. ❤

...yes, when "The Bank" arrived from nowhere and here we are..Debt,Debt,Debt...? Who? What?...Why????

Glorious Egyptian bow, sinewed over a thousand times, pierce through three inches of bronze, filthy sea people go home - Original guy who wrote the source for that claim, probably

Imagine being alive during this time. Their world literally ended and I'm sure it must have been terrifying. No way to explain any of it beyond the gods are angry.

Who’s here after Total War: Pharaoh was announced?

Thanks!