Did Ancient Civilizations Have Their Own Ancient Civilizations? [24:35]

YouTube ^ | October 12, 2024 | The Historian's Craft

[SunkenCiv]

In history class we all learn about "ancient civilizations", like Greece, Persia, Babylon, and Rome. Recorded history, however, starts several thousand years prior to Greece or Rome, for example, being around. So, what did they know about the past? Did ancient civilizations have any ancient civilizations of their own? 

Did Ancient Civilizations Have Their Own Ancient Civilizations? | 24:35 
The Historian's Craft | 103K subscribers | 277,364 views | October 12, 2024 

Sources:
A History of the Ancient Near East, Marc Van De Mieroop
A History of Babylon, 2200 BC - AD 75, Paul-Alain Beaulieu
Reign of Nabonidus, King of Babylon, Paul-Alain Beaulieu
Babylonian Archaeologists of the(ir) Mesopotamian Past, I. J. Winter

Chapters

Herodotus
Greek historian and geographer (c.484–c.425 BC)

Xenophon
Greek philosopher, historian, and soldier (c. 430 – 355/354 BC)

Napoleon Bonaparte
Emperor of the French (r. 1804–1814, 1815)

Nabonidus
Last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire (r. 556–539 BC)

Nabopolassar
Founder and first king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; thehistorianscraft

[x]

Yes.

Only on other planets.

I’m not saying it was aliens

(But it was aliens).

[SunkenCiv]

Is such a thing even possible? Yes, it is.

[Windcatcher]

I recently watched this documentary where they theorized that a sudden harsh cooling period might have spawned the Bronze Age Collapse. The idea is that lower temperatures would have produced less evaporation from the seas and therefore less rainfall. I’d love to hear people’s take on it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l8YQuyjWks