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Cracking Ancient Codes: Cuneiform Writing - with Irving Finkel

Cracking Ancient Codes: Cuneiform Writing - with Irving Finkel Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi 29 Views • 5 years ago

Writing is generally agreed to be among the greatest inventions in human history, perhaps the greatest invention, since it made history possible.
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You can read more about Irving's quest to explore the Noah's Ark myth in "The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood": https://geni.us/zU95bVO
or learn more about cuneiform writing in "Cuneiform": https://geni.us/eMPb

Writing seems to have been invented in the late fourth millennium BC in Mesopotamia in the form of wedge-shaped marks pressed into soft clay with a reed stylus: the script known as cuneiform. Through his work on this ancient language, Irving Finkel, has uncovered amazing secrets from over five thousand years ago, including the story behind Noah’s ark.

Irving Finkel is the curator in charge of cuneiform inscriptions on tablets of clay from ancient Mesopotamia at the British Museum, of which the Middle East Department has the largest collection of any modern museum. This work involves reading and translating all sorts of inscriptions, sometimes working on ancient archives to identify manuscripts that belong together, or even join to one another. He is the author of The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood.

This talk was filmed in the Ri on 18 January 2019.

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The $500 BILLION Uranium Rejection That Crashed France's Economy

The $500 BILLION Uranium Rejection That Crashed France's Economy Nana 24 Views • 1 year ago

September 2025. France's government collapses. Prime ministers ousted one after another. Protests engulf Paris. Debt spiraling past 110% of GDP. Energy prices up 40% since 2022.
The headlines blame political chaos. Budget cuts. Macron's failures.
But that's not the real story.
The real story starts in Niger. With uranium. And a $500 billion rejection that nobody saw coming.
For 80 years, France paid Niger pennies for uranium worth billions. Niger got €100 million annually—just 5% of its budget. France? They turned that uranium into $74 billion in nuclear energy exports. Built an empire on African resources while telling the world they were "partners."
When Niger finally asked for a fair deal—raising royalties from 5.5% to 12%—French executives laughed. Called them dreamers. Shut down production to pressure them into submission.
Big mistake.
Because what France didn't understand is that this generation of Africans isn't asking for permission anymore. They're not begging. They're not waiting.
Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Senegal—one by one, they cut the cord. Kicked out French troops. Stopped depositing reserves in Paris. Renegotiated contracts. And when France tried to hold onto Niger's uranium? Niger nationalized the mines.
The economic model that kept France wealthy for nearly a century? Gone. The cheap uranium that powered 65% of French electricity? Cut off. The financial flows that propped up French borrowing? Dried up.
And now we're watching France discover what happens when extraction ends and reality hits.
This isn't just about France and Africa. It's about every system built on exploitation. Every relationship that only works when one side doesn't know they're being used. Every empire that forgets empires fall.
In this video, I'm breaking down the numbers they don't want you to see. The predictions experts made that the media ignored. And why Germany thrives without exploiting anyone while France crumbles without Africa.
If you want to understand the real forces reshaping global power—the ones the headlines miss—you're in the right place.
Hit subscribe. This is just the beginning.

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The Roman Empire Invasion of Nubia (24 BC) DOCUMENTARY

The Roman Empire Invasion of Nubia (24 BC) DOCUMENTARY Kwabena Ofori Osei 49 Views • 2 years ago

A documentary on the Roman invasion of Nubia and the Kingdom of Kush (24 BC).
⁣In this history documentary we explore another one of the forgotten wars when the Roman army marched beyond the frontiers to explore parts unknown. However in order to contextualize this expedition we spend time exploring the ancient History of Egypt and the History of Nubia. We begin by looking at the geographic features of the Nile which influenced the development of the civilizations along its banks. Next we look at the intertwined development of both Egyptian and Nubian kingdoms over the eras. This covers the overlap of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, the Middle Kingdom of Egypt, and the New Kingdom of Egypt with the Kingdom of Kerma, the Kingdom of Napata, and the Kingdom of Meroe. Finally we discuss how the Roman Empire became involved in Egypt and African history. This began with Pompey and Caesar during their civil war. When Rome then chose to support the Ptolemaic rule of Cleopatra they then further became invovled. The queen would support Mark Antony in his civil war against Octavian but the eastern forces would ultimately lose at the Battle of Actium. Following this event, Octavian, now turned Augustus, would annex Egypt. Over the following decades, the emperor would embark on fresh conquests to win gold and glory. One was the Roman Invasion of Arabia and the other was the Roman invasion of Ethiopia. We covered the former in a previous video and spend the remainder of our time seeing how the conflict into Nubia would unfold. This involves a fascinating series of campaigns fought between Kandake Amanirenas and Gaius Petronius with armies of 30,000 and 10,000 respectively. Its a fascinating look into the African history that rarely gets covered.

Watch more African history documentaries with MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/invicta. It's an exclusive offer for our viewers! Start your free trial today. MagellanTV is a new kind of streaming service run by filmmakers with 3,000+ documentaries! Check out our personal recommendation and MagellanTV’s exclusive playlists: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history.Sources and Suggested Reading:“Geography - Book 16-17” by Strabo“The Natural History - Chapter 35” by Pliny the Elder“Histories - Book 3, 7” by Herodotus“History of Africa” by Kevin Shillington“The Kingdoms of Kush” by The National GeographicCredits:Research = InvictaWriting = InvictaNarration = InvictaArtwork = Gabriel Cassata#history #rome #africa

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