The Entire History Of The Hittites / Ancient History Documentary @HistoryTime

History Time | The Entire History Of The Hittites / Ancient History Documentary @HistoryTime | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 43 minutes ago.
This episode was sponsored by 80,000 Hours. Go to 80000hours.org/historytime to be sent a free copy of their in-depth career guide.

-- This episode of History Time was written by author Gordon Doherty. Check out his website and buy his books here -
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- Storm Lords: The Entire History of the Hittites -
I - Origins - 16:05
II - Old Kingdom - 30:57
III - Storm Lords - 45:33
IV - Middle Kingdom - 1:02:37
V - New Kingdom - 1:09:21
VI - Clash Of Empires - 1:26:15
VII - Wars In The West - 1:54:32
VIII - Collapse - 2:12:44
IX - Successors - 2:28:35

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$The Entire History Of The Hittites / Ancient History Documentary This episode was sponsored by 80,000 Hours. Go to https://80000hours.org/historytime to be sent a free copy of their in-depth career guide. This episode of History Time was written by author Gordon Doherty. Check out his website and buy his books here - https://www.gordondoherty.co.uk/ - Storm Lords: The Entire History of the Hittites - I - Origins - 16:05 II - Old Kingdom - 30:57 III - Storm Lords - 45:33 IV - Middle Kingdom - 1:02:37 V - New Kingdom - 1:09:21 VI - Clash Of Empires - 1:26:15 VII - Wars In The West - 1:54:32 VIII - Collapse - 2:12:44 IX - Successors - 2:28:35 — History Time is produced by Pete Kelly. Check out his self-titled channel for more history content:- https://www.youtube.com/petekellyhistory — Follow me on Instagram for travel stories:- https://www.instagram.com/petekellywriter/ — Become a patron for as little as a dollar a month & help keep this channel going:- https://www.patreon.com/historytimeUK — History Time is now a podcast. You can find us wherever you get your podcasts from. —Join the History Time community:- Twitter:- https://twitter.com/HistoryTimeUK/ Facebook:- https://www.facebook.com/HistoryTimeOfficial/ Instagram:- https://www.instagram.com/historytime_ig/ — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound - Joss Gallanagh-Edwards:- http://soundcloud.com/jgemusic http://jgemusic.com - Brodie Marshall:- https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Q7hBYMYq3JMeZjcn4Uq6r?si=lpgjkH1DR0ads85e26qqVQ https://soundcloud.com/user-516251154 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brodiemarshallmusic/ — For audio needs Hamish Dickinson is your guy:- www.phoenixsoundstudio.co.uk Ive compiled a reading list of my favourite history books via the Amazon influencer program. If you do choose to purchase any of these incredible sources of information then Amazon will send me a tiny fraction of the earnings (as long as you do it through the link) (this means more and better content in the future) Ill keep adding to and updating the list as time goes on:- https://www.amazon.com/shop/historytime I try to use copyright free images at all times. However if I have used any of your artwork or maps then please dont hesitate to contact me and I’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit.$ $The Incredible Journey of Cabeza De Vaca (1527-1536) Watch my latest full length history documentary here :- https://youtu.be/c3Hq6UaFQqk *****This was one of the first videos I ever made.******Subscribe for much better narration on the newer videos and tons more historical awesomeness***** Watch my latest history documentary:- https://youtu.be/NbvVzs25QqU In 1536, when slave catchers near modern day Culiacán, Mexico, saw four bedraggled travellers approach them in the desert heat, they were shocked to discover that the men were Christians, and spoke Spanish. They were the last surviving members of the ill-fated Narváez expedition to Florida in 1527 and they had lived in the wild expanse of North America, cut off from their homeland and the rest of civilisation as they knew it, for the last nine years... Recommended Reading:- Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, La Relacion (1542) Bartolomé de las Casas, A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies (1552) Matthew Restall, Seven Myths of the Spanish conquest (2003) Charles C. Mann, 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus (2005) Charles C. Mann, 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created (2011) Ive compiled a reading list of my favourite history books via the Amazon influencer program. If you do choose to purchase any of these incredible sources of information then Amazon will send me a tiny fraction of the earnings (as long as you do it through the link) (this means more and better content in the future) Ill keep adding to and updating the list as time goes on:- https://www.amazon.com/shop/historytime Are you a budding artist, illustrator, cartographer, or music producer? Send me a message! No matter how professional you are or even if you’re just starting out, I can always use new music and images in my videos. Get in touch! I’d love to hear from you. I try to use copyright free images at all times. However if I have used any of your artwork or maps then please dont hesitate to contact me and I’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. —I’m a science fiction author. Like my Facebook Page to see what I’m up to:- https://www.facebook.com/petekellywriter/ —Join the History Time community on social media:- Patreon:- https://www.patreon.com/historytimeUK Facebook Page:- https://www.facebook.com/HistoryTimeOfficial Facebook Group:- https://www.facebook.com/groups/410224606007519/learning_content/ Instagram:- https://www.instagram.com/historytime_ig/ Twitter:- https://twitter.com/HistoryTimePete$ $The Entire History of the Akkadians // Ancient Mesopotamia Documentary Claim your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/historytime. Start your free trial TODAY so you can watch Eternal Egypt about the fascinating Bronze Age world, and the rest of MagellanTV’s history collection: https://www.magellantv.com/series/eternal-egypt-4k Thanks to History With Cy for researching and developing the script for this project:- https://www.youtube.com/c/HistorywithCy — History Time is written, researched and produced by Pete Kelly. Check out my other channel for more history content:- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMq-bTjlaTZhaohEracnN6w — Follow me on Instagram for travel stories:- https://www.instagram.com/petekellywriter/ — Become a patron for as little as a dollar a month & help keep this channel going:- https://www.patreon.com/historytimeUK — History Time is now a podcast. You can find us wherever you get your podcasts from. —Join the History Time community:- Twitter:- https://twitter.com/HistoryTimeUK/ Facebook:- https://www.facebook.com/HistoryTimeOfficial/ Instagram:- https://www.instagram.com/historytime_ig/ — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound - Joss Gallanagh-Edwards:- http://soundcloud.com/jgemusic http://jgemusic.com - Brodie Marshall:- https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Q7hBYMYq3JMeZjcn4Uq6r?si=lpgjkH1DR0ads85e26qqVQ https://soundcloud.com/user-516251154 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brodiemarshallmusic/ Thanks to Dan Kogosov for creating the wonderful maps you see in the video- https://www.deviantart.com/zalezsky/gallery/ Thanks to Ettore Mazza for creating the amazing depictions of Ancient Akkad- https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza/ — For audio needs Hamish Dickinson is your guy:- www.phoenixsoundstudio.co.uk Ive compiled a reading list of my favourite history books via the Amazon influencer program. If you do choose to purchase any of these incredible sources of information then Amazon will send me a tiny fraction of the earnings (as long as you do it through the link) (this means more and better content in the future) Ill keep adding to and updating the list as time goes on:- https://www.amazon.com/shop/historytime I try to use copyright free images at all times. However if I have used any of your artwork or maps then please dont hesitate to contact me and I’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit.$ $Herman the German & The Battle of Teutoburg Forest Watch my latest full length history documentary here:- https://youtu.be/c3Hq6UaFQqk The year is 9 AD. Three highly professional veteran Roman Legions consisting of a total of 20,000 men under the command of provincial governor Publius Quintcilius Varus are making their way through Germanic territory east of the Rhine, deep within the ancient and mysterious Teutoburg Forest. Varus is on his way to put down what he thinks is a local revolt to the north, within the territory of just one of the many recently pacified tribes set to make up the population of the new province he has been organising in the area. Varus is content with the situation. For the most part, the Germans seem pacified and the process of provincialising them is going well, besides a few minor incidents where the new subject people have taken issue with the new taxations imposed upon them. Just as the Romans enter a particularly boggy area with steep tree covered ridges on either side of them, they suddenly come under attack. Tribal drums and low ominous war chants reverberate from deep within the forest as the terrified Romans do their best to form up into defensive positions and to catch a glimpse of the mysterious warriors harrying them with projectile weapons from the tree line above. Moments later, as hordes of woad covered tribal warriors come streaming down the hillside towards the column before them, Varus realises the horrible mistake he had made, and the impending reality of his situation. He has been betrayed, by the man he considered to be his friend, the supposedly Romanised Germanic auxiliary commander who has served in the army for the last nine years, since being taken hostage as a child. That man was Arminius, better known to the Germans as Hermann Music:- Kevin MacLeod - Ossuary 2: Turn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6jZSyAEUVE&t=54s Kevin MacLeod - Ossuary 5: Rest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v PnNUoPDoXs If you liked this video and have as little as a dollar to spare then please consider supporting me on Patreon for more and better content in the future:- http://www.patreon.com/historytimeUK Are you a budding artist, illustrator, cartographer, or music producer? Send me a message! No matter how professional you are or even if you’re just starting out, I can always use new music and images in my videos. Get in touch! I’d love to hear from you. Ive also compiled a reading list of my favourite history books via the Amazon influencer program. If you do choose to purchase any of these incredible sources of information, many of which form the basis of my videos, then Amazon will send me a tiny fraction of the earnings (as long as you do it through the link) (this means more and better content in the future) Ill keep adding to and updating the list as time goes on:- https://www.amazon.com/shop/historytime I try to use copyright free images at all times. However if I have used any of your artwork or maps then please dont hesitate to contact me and I’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. —I’m a science fiction author. Like my Facebook Page to see what I’m up to:- https://www.facebook.com/petekellywriter/ —Join the History Time community on social media:- Patreon:- https://www.patreon.com/historytimeUK Facebook Page:- https://www.facebook.com/HistoryTimeOfficial Facebook Group:- https://www.facebook.com/groups/410224606007519/learning_content/ Instagram:- https://www.instagram.com/historytime_ig/ Twitter:- https://twitter.com/HistoryTimePete$ $Venice & the Crusades (1090-1125) Watch my latest history documentary:- https://youtu.be/c3Hq6UaFQqk Watch my latest historical tour- an hour long journey across the Viking World in the year 1000:- https://youtu.be/G3_iLTpTYhY History Time is now a podcast. You can find us on iTunes. Subscribe to my new channel dedicated to recreating Primary Sources from history:- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqoGR_EedlhKDVuWNwYWRbg Become a patron for as little as a dollar a month to vote on upcoming videos & help keep the channel going:- https://www.patreon.com/historytimeUK —Join the History Time community on social media:- Facebook Page:- https://www.facebook.com/HistoryTimeOfficial/ Facebook Group:- https://www.facebook.com/groups/410224606007519/ Instagram:- https://www.instagram.com/historytime_ig/ Twitter:- https://twitter.com/HistoryTimeUK Ive compiled a reading list of my favourite history books via the Amazon influencer program. 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Send me a message! No matter how professional you are or even if you’re just starting out, I can always use new music and images in my videos. Get in touch! I’d love to hear from you. I try to use copyright free images at all times. However if I have used any of your artwork or maps then please dont hesitate to contact me and I’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit.$ $Guthrum & The Great Summer Army Watch my latest history documentary here:- https://youtu.be/c3Hq6UaFQqk Watch my latest historical tour- an hour long journey across the Viking World in the year 1000:- https://youtu.be/G3_iLTpTYhY In the year 871 the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms stood on the verge of oblivion. From beyond the sea a bloodthirsty horde of Scandinavians had arrived six years previously to not only plunder but to claim their lands entirely. Two new leaders came to the fore in that year. For the Anglo-Saxons it was the young heir to the throne, Alfred. For the Vikings it was a Sea-King newly arrived in Britain. His name was Guthrum, and he would go on to become Alfreds greatest adversary in his 28 year long struggle with the Vikings. Are you a budding artist, illustrator, cartographer, or music producer? Send me a message! No matter how professional you are or even if you’re just starting out, I can always use new music and images in my videos. Get in touch! I’d love to hear from you. If you liked this video and have a spare dollar you can help support the channel here:- http://www.patreon.com/historytimeUK —I write stories. Like my Facebook Page to see what I’m up to:- https://www.facebook.com/petekellywriter/ Ive compiled a reading list of my favourite history books via the Amazon influencer program. If you do choose to purchase any of these incredible sources of information then Amazon will send me a tiny fraction of the earnings (as long as you do it through the link) (this means more and better content in the future) Ill keep adding to and updating the list as time goes on:- https://www.amazon.com/shop/historytime Music:- Derek & Brandon Fiechter - Frost Giants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ogNiidt6QA&t=74s Derek & Brandon Fiechter - Uruk-Hai https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nmn1AkRsbE Antti Martikainen - To Valhalla! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLTbBnBS3gE I try to use copyright free images at all times. 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$Sargon of Akkad: Historys First Emperor? Watch my latest full length history documentary:- https://youtu.be/c3Hq6UaFQqk A brief look at Sargon of Akkad, an Akkadian whose conquests of the Sumerian plain have led many scholars to cite him as one of the earliest, if not the earliest emperors in history. Agree? Disagree? Comment below! Music:- Assyrian Fortress by Derek & Brandon Fiechter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYsGz... If you liked this video and have as little as a dollar to spare then please consider supporting me on Patreon for more and better content in the future:- http://www.patreon.com/historytimeUK Are you a budding artist, illustrator, cartographer, or music producer? Send me a message! No matter how professional you are or even if you’re just starting out, I can always use new music and images in my videos. Get in touch! I’d love to hear from you. Ive also compiled a reading list of my favourite history books via the Amazon influencer program. If you do choose to purchase any of these incredible sources of information, many of which form the basis of my videos, then Amazon will send me a tiny fraction of the earnings (as long as you do it through the link) (this means more and better content in the future) Ill keep adding to and updating the list as time goes on:- https://www.amazon.com/shop/historytime I try to use copyright free images at all times. However if I have used any of your artwork or maps then please dont hesitate to contact me and I’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit.$

$Olaf Guthfrithson: King of Dublin (934-941) // Irish Vikings - Watch my latest full length history documentary here:- https://youtu.be/c3Hq6UaFQqk - Subscribe to History With Hilbert:- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Zc6_BhPXiCWZlrZP4EsEg - Subscribe to UsefulCharts:- https://www.youtube.com/user/usefulchartsdotcom — Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to subscribe for more full-length historical documentaries! & Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see covered in the future. — All videos researched, written, narrated and produced by Pete Kelly. 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If you do choose to purchase any of these incredible sources of information then Amazon will send me a tiny fraction of the earnings (as long as you do it through the link) (this means more and better content in the future) Ill keep adding to and updating the list as time goes on:- https://www.amazon.com/shop/historytime Are you a budding artist, writer, illustrator, cartographer, or music producer? Send me an email! No matter how professional you are or even if you’re just starting out, I can always use new music and images in my videos. Get in touch! I’d love to hear from you. I try to use copyright free images at all times. However if I have used any of your artwork or maps then please dont hesitate to contact me and I’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit.$ $The Real Björn Ironside // Vikings in Spain & the Mediterranean Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/G6ac30nozxT The Great Courses Plus is currently available to watch through a web browser to almost anyone in the world and optimized for the US, UK, and Australian markets. The Great Courses Plus is currently working to both optimize the product globally and accept credit card payments globally. - Watch my latest history documentary here:- https://youtu.be/c3Hq6UaFQqk Watch my latest tour of the Viking World:- https://youtu.be/G3_iLTpTYhY Don’t forget to subscribe to our second channel dedicated to Primary Sources from history:- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqoGR_EedlhKDVuWNwYWRbg History Time is now a podcast. You can find us on iTunes. Music:- Epidemic Sound Joss Edwards Music:- https://soundcloud.com/jossedwardsmusic Video:- Videoblocks Become a patron for as little as a dollar a month to vote on upcoming videos & help keep the channel going:- https://www.patreon.com/historytimeUK —Join the History Time community on social media:- Facebook Page:- https://www.facebook.com/HistoryTimeOfficial/ Facebook Group:- https://www.facebook.com/groups/410224606007519/ Instagram:- https://www.instagram.com/historytime_ig/ Twitter:- https://twitter.com/HistoryTimeUK Ive compiled a reading list of my favourite history books via the Amazon influencer program. If you do choose to purchase any of these incredible sources of information then Amazon will send me a tiny fraction of the earnings (as long as you do it through the link) (this means more and better content in the future) Ill keep adding to and updating the list as time goes on:- https://www.amazon.com/shop/historytime Are you a budding artist, illustrator, cartographer, or music producer? Send me a message! No matter how professional you are or even if you’re just starting out, I can always use new music and images in my videos. Get in touch! I’d love to hear from you. I try to use copyright free images at all times. However if I have used any of your artwork or maps then please dont hesitate to contact me and I’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit.$ $Ibn Battuta: The Greatest Traveller in History? Watch my latest full length history documentary here:- https://youtu.be/c3Hq6UaFQqk Watch my latest historical tour- an hour long journey across the Viking World in the year 1000:- https://youtu.be/G3_iLTpTYhY In September 1353, the Sultan of Morocco, Abu Inan Faris, sent word to one of his subjects, a legal scholar named Ibn Battuta, to return home back to Tangiers. It would be the first time Battuta would spend a significant amount of time in his homeland since he had left to go on pilgrimage to Mecca nearly thirty years before in 1325. During that three decade period, Battuta, a well educated Islamic Scholar from a wealthy family, had travelled across the entirety of the Muslim world, and even beyond, to the Eastern Roman capital of Constantinople, and even China. During his lifetime, he journeyed across a total of forty modern day counties, a distance of well over 70,000 miles, spending a significant amount of time in every place he visited. He visited Egypt, Arabia, East Africa, Anatolia, Russia, Iran, Afghanistan, India, China, South East Asia, Spain and even traversed the Saharan Desert to arrive in West Africa before he finally returned home to recant his life story to the scholar Ibn Juzayy, who had been instructed by the Sultan to record the incredible journey for posterity. Recommended Reading:- The Travels of Ibn Battuta, Ibn Battuta The Silk Roads: A New History of the World, Peter Francopan If you liked this video and have as little as a dollar to spare then please consider supporting me on Patreon for more and better content in the future:- http://www.patreon.com/historytimeUK Are you a budding artist, illustrator, cartographer, or music producer? Send me a message! No matter how professional you are or even if you’re just starting out, I can always use new music and images in my videos. Get in touch! I’d love to hear from you. Ive also compiled a reading list of my favourite history books via the Amazon influencer program. If you do choose to purchase any of these incredible sources of information, many of which form the basis of my videos, then Amazon will send me a tiny fraction of the earnings (as long as you do it through the link) (this means more and better content in the future) Ill keep adding to and updating the list as time goes on:- https://www.amazon.com/shop/historytime I try to use copyright free images at all times. However if I have used any of your artwork or maps then please dont hesitate to contact me and I’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. —I’m a science fiction author. Like my Facebook Page to see what I’m up to:- https://www.facebook.com/petekellywriter/ —Join the History Time community on social media:- Patreon:- https://www.patreon.com/historytimeUK Facebook Page:- https://www.facebook.com/HistoryTimeOfficial Facebook Group:- https://www.facebook.com/groups/410224606007519/learning_content/ Instagram:- https://www.instagram.com/historytime_ig/ Twitter:- https://twitter.com/HistoryTimePete$