Ancient Mesopotamia's Neighbors: The Mysterious Peoples of the Zagros Mountains of Iran

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  @HistorywithCy · 4 years ago · pinned

  Hi everyone, I accidently said "west" instead of "east" a couple of times in video which several of you thankfully caught. The maps though are correct so if you're watching there should be no confusion.  I'll do my best to catch any slips in future videos... thanks for watching!

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  @farzinghanbari5897 · 1 year ago

  I'm Bakhtiari and we've been living in Zagros mountains for a long time and since we had a nomadic lifestyle we don't have a precise written history of our ancient history, yet it's been said that we were around for thousands of years until 100 years ago or so we weren't allowed to have our seasonal immigration for using fresh our pastoral lands and some of us settled where our winter pastures were and some within the boarders of summer pasture lands. Now me myself love ancient history and one day I was once visiting the museum of ancient Iran where I stumbled upon a broken piece of pottery which was estimated to belong to 8000~6000 BC and where it was found was less than a mile from my hometown. It was very funny to think that I might have the thinnest relationship to what I was seeing!

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  @johnnysmall · 4 years ago

  Nobody does it like Cy. Some of the most unique and under covered subjects and always well researched and presented, truly the best

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  @ghalibrabaa4975 · 2 years ago

  I am from Zagros I am kurdi feyli thank you for this not many people know about us

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  @ДенисГончаров-ю5р · 1 year ago

  I’ve spent years chasing answers in documentaries, podcasts, even ancient texts—and none of it hit me the way The Obscured Principles book by Dorian Caine did. It’s like it was written for the few who are ready to break the illusion and remember who they really are.

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  @_robustus_ · 4 years ago

  Bravo! You don’t get pre-aryan Iran everyday. You da man, Cy!

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  @Evagelopoulos862 · 4 years ago

  Zagros a holly mountain for the Kurdish people.<br>There is an Orphic myth about &nbsp;a deity Zagreus,a preolympian god in Orphic-Dionysian mysteries , <br>and even a referiment from Xenophon for a population inhabited in this area call them Karduhoi.

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  @olorin4317 · 4 years ago

  I love that silver ram&apos;s head at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbIvB9GdImU&amp;t=1267">21:07</a> great craftsmanship.

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  @kellyjohns6612 · 4 years ago

  I&apos;m 54. When I was school age history was just boring to me. If we would&apos;ve had lessons like this I might have become another kind of person.<br> Thank you Cy 💖

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  @brianbuckley1234 · 2 years ago

  This channel has helped me tremendously, much appreciated and thank you

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  @ancientsitesgirl · 4 years ago

  It is a real miracle that any sources about this culture have survived to our times. It is wonderful that you popularize facts from ancient history, so unknown to the public. You are the best!❤

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  @robbabcock_ · 4 years ago

  Wonderful video! &nbsp;I&apos;m fascinated by &quot;cradle of civilization&quot; and how the earliest societies came about.

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