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History lesson on Sumeru Part 14 (doing the unaddressed characters and inspirations before the other cities)
>Part 1: Goudarz and Muzaffar → Philip the Arab/Shapur I/Trajan Decius etc...
>Part 2: Liloupar and Ormazd → Samuel/David/Ninus etc...
>Part 3: Zumurud → Ozymandias
>Part 4: Makhaira → Cleopatra
>Part 5: King Deshret → King Solomon/Amun-Ra/YHWH
>Part 6: Nabu Malikata → Nabu/Queen of Sheba/Tanit etc...
>Part 7: Rukkhadevata → Rukkhadevata/Saraswati/Aranyani
>Part 8: Seven Pillars of King Deshret → Heryshaf/Thoth/Sobek etc...
>Part 9: Parvezravan and Shirin → Khosrow II/Shirin/Al-Mu'tasim etc...
>Part 10: Shiruyeh/Kavusbay/Shah Ramshahr → Kavad II/Cyrus the Great/Al-Muqanna etc...
>Part 11: Turan Khagan/Artaxir/Makani Khagan/Humayun Gurkan/Garshāsp Khagan → Tur/Ardashir III/Artaxerxes IV etc...
>Part 12: Badanah/Muzzudin/Hanzada Sultan/Old Blind Poet/Faramarz/Xiphos → Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad/Muhammad Ghori/Hanzade Sultan etc...
>Part 13: Gurabad → Gur/Nineveh/Babylon etc...
Video: Romulus and Remus - The Story of the Founding of Rome
(If you don't see a link for something in the infographic, its most definitely in one of the previous parts.)
Honestly I'm just surprised that there isn't any Dido or Zenobia equivalent, the latter more so since it would be would be cool to get Odaenathus.
Zenobia would be strange in a sense (especially because of her idolization of Cleopatra), since there's no major female rulers mentioned after Makhaira, which means a Zenobia equivalent would have lived before her but maybe we just don't have any known records, hopefully.
Its not like Hoyo would be 100% faithful to this anyway but it could be a funny tidbit.
History lesson on Sumeru Part 13
>Part 1: Goudarz and Muzaffar → Philip the Arab/Shapur I/Trajan Decius etc...
>Part 2: Liloupar and Ormazd → Samuel/David/Ninus etc...
>Part 3: Zumurud → Ozymandias
>Part 4: Makhaira → Cleopatra
>Part 5: King Deshret → King Solomon/Amun-Ra/YHWH
>Part 6: Nabu Malikata → Nabu/Queen of Sheba/Tanit etc...
>Part 7: Rukkhadevata → Rukkhadevata/Saraswati/Aranyani
>Part 8: Seven Pillars of King Deshret → Heryshaf/Thoth/Sobek etc...
>Part 9: Parvezravan and Shirin → Khosrow II/Shirin/Al-Mu'tasim etc...
>Part 10: Shiruyeh/Kavusbay/Shah Ramshahr → Kavad II/Cyrus the Great/Al-Muqanna etc...
>Part 11: Turan Khagan/Artaxir/Makani Khagan/Humayun Gurkan/Garshāsp Khagan → Tur/Ardashir III/Artaxerxes IV etc...
>Part 12: Badanah/Muzzudin/Hanzada Sultan/Old Blind Poet/Faramarz/Xiphos → Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad/Muhammad Ghori/Hanzade Sultan etc...
Slavery in the Abbasid Caliphate
Wiki: Book of Isaiah
"And Babylon, the glory of the kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It will never be inhabited, nor will it be settled from generation to generation; nor will the Arabian pitch tents there, nor will the shepherds make their sheepfolds there”
(Isaiah 13:17-20)
Wiki: Book of Nahum
"Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without victims!"
Nahum 3:1 (NIV)
Video: Book of Nahum Summary: A Complete Animated Overview
There are things missing obviously, for exemple, Gurabad is titled the "City of Brass", which could be a reference to either the Daevabad Trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty, or the 1001 Nights story named City of Brass.
Also, the inspirations depends on which time period in Sumeru's history we're talking about, in this post it's just the original, sadly i did not talk much about Gurabad under Badanah, Makhaira, Faramarz, and its a mess. Though, it can be guessed in the parts where I talk about those characters, same for Gurabad under Garshasp.
Didn't include a Antioch link because its already in the first part.
Next will be Tulaytullah, Saleh, Ay-Khanoum, and probably Tighnar.
You cannot convince me King Incelshret didn't turn into Naoya Zenin after Nabu's death (texts are 100% canon to the lore btw)
THIS is the real reason why Bumshret, misogynist and Fraud King, punished Liloupar, an heroine.
Mommyloupar is too based to be playable, this is how you write a woman.
History lesson on Sumeru Part 12
>Part 1: Goudarz and Muzaffar → Philip the Arab/Shapur I/Trajan Decius etc...
>Part 2: Liloupar and Ormazd → Samuel/David/Ninus etc...
>Part 3: Zumurud → Ozymandias
>Part 4: Makhaira → Cleopatra
>Part 5: King Deshret → King Solomon/Amun-Ra/YHWH
>Part 6: Nabu Malikata → Nabu/Queen of Sheba/Tanit etc...
>Part 7: Rukkhadevata → Rukkhadevata/Saraswati/Aranyani
>Part 8: Seven Pillars of King Deshret → Heryshaf/Thoth/Sobek etc...
>Part 9: Parvezravan and Shirin → Khosrow II/Shirin/Al-Mu'tasim etc...
>Part 10: Shiruyeh/Kavusbay/Shah Ramshahr → Kavad II/Cyrus the Great/Al-Muqanna etc...
>Part 11: Turan Khagan/Artaxir/Makani Khagan/Humayun Gurkan/Garshāsp Khagan → Tur/Ardashir III/Artaxerxes IV etc...
Video: Rumi - The Most Famous Sufi Poet in the World
There's many things missing, which is why i'm gonna do a few posts where I summarize the characters that didn't fit anywhere on my posts (Remus, Ferigees, Viaghara, etc...) and other unaddressed inspirations.
First though, i'm gonna continue with the cities in the lore, and Gurabad will be the first and only one with its own dedicated post, since theres MUCH MORE to talk about compared to other cities.
Who are you getting raised by and what would the pros and cons be?
History lesson on Sumeru Part 11
>Part 1: Goudarz and Muzaffar → Philip the Arab/Shapur I/Trajan Decius etc...
>Part 2: Liloupar and Ormazd → Samuel/David/Ninus etc...
>Part 3: Zumurud → Ozymandias
>Part 4: Makhaira → Cleopatra
>Part 5: King Deshret → King Solomon/Amun-Ra/YHWH
>Part 6: Nabu Malikata → Nabu/Queen of Sheba/Tanit etc...
>Part 7: Rukkhadevata → Rukkhadevata/Saraswati/Aranyani
>Part 8: Seven Pillars of King Deshret → Heryshaf/Thoth/Sobek etc...
>Part 9: Parvezravan and Shirin → Khosrow II/Shirin/Al-Mu'tasim etc...
>Part 10: Shiruyeh/Kavusbay/Shah Ramshahr → Kavad II/Cyrus the Great/Al-Muqanna etc...
Video: "In Praise of Genghis Khan" - Mongolian Traditional Song
This will be followed up by Badanah, Old Blind Poet, Muzzudin, and Hanzade Sultan.
History lesson on Sumeru Part 10
>Part 1: Goudarz and Muzaffar
>Part 2: Liloupar and Ormazd
>Part 3: Zumurud
>Part 4: Makhaira
>Part 5: King Deshret
>Part 6: Nabu Malikata
>Part 7: Rukkhadevata
>Part 8: Seven Pillars of King Deshret
>Part 9: Parvezravan and Shirin
Cyrus the Great in the Hebrew Bible
First Achaemenid conquest of Egypt
Video: Cyrus the Great - Rise of the Achaemenid Empire DOCUMENTARY/Darius I and The Greatest Lie in History if you're interested from the same channel.
This will be followed by Turan Khagan, Artaxir, Humayun Gurkan, Garshāsp, and maybe Makani Khagan.
History lesson on Sumeru Part 9
>Part 1: Goudarz and Muzaffar
>Part 2: Liloupar and Ormazd
>Part 3: Zumurud
>Part 4: Makhaira
>Part 5: King Deshret
>Part 6: Nabu Malikata
>Part 7: Rukkhadevata
>Part 8: Seven Pillars of King Deshret
Videos: The Byzantine - Sassanid War: Unbiased History
The Heraclian Dynasty: Unbiased History - Byz V
This will be followed up by Shiruyeh (Probably Kavusbay and Shah Ramshahr too.)
Wanted to talk about the Simurgh here but I guess I will be saving it for another post.
History lesson on Sumeru Part 8
>Part 1: Goudarz and Muzaffar
>Part 2: Liloupar and Ormazd
>Part 3: Zumurud
>Part 4: Makhaira
>Part 5: King Deshret
>Part 6: Nabu Malikata
>Part 7: Rukkhadevata
Video: Who are the Magi - Myth and History
This will be followed up by Parvezravan and Shirin.
Correction: Magi is the plural form while Magus is singular.
History lesson on Sumeru Part 7
>Part 1: Goudarz and Muzaffar
>Part 2: Liloupar and Ormazd
>Part 3: Zumurud
>Part 4: Makhaira
>Part 5: King Deshret
>Part 6: Nabu Malikata
Video: Saraswati - The Wonderful Goddess of Wisdom and the Arts in Hindu Mythology
This will be followed up by the Three Retainers, or possibly the Seven Pillars all at once.
Clarification: While Anahita and Saraswati evolved to have a few differences due their environment, they both share the same indo-Iranian religious root and were likely the same god entirely at some point.
Something missing in this infographic about Rukkhadevata's name is that she is likely named after a Yakshini also named Rukkhadevata, however I couldn't find any links that specifically only talk about this Yakshini in particular.
The Yakshinis are female nature spirits and a counterpart to the male Yakshas, they appear in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.
History lesson on Sumeru Part 6
>Part 1: Goudarz and Muzaffar
>Part 2: Liloupar and Ormazd
>Part 3: Zumurud
>Part 4: Makhaira
>Part 5: King Deshret
Wiki: Books of Kings Video format: Books of Kings 1-2
Video: The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
This will be followed up by Rukkhadevata.
Also made a minor mistake regarding the arabic title, its "Malika," not Malikata, not sure how I made that mistake but eh, probably my auto corrector.
History lesson on Sumeru Part 5
>Part 1: Goudarz and Muzaffar
>Part 2: Liloupar and Ormazd
>Part 3: Zumurud
>Part 4: Makhaira
Wiki: Book of Ecclesiastes
Yahweh (Semitic Deity)
Video: Book of Ecclesiastes Summary: A Complete Animated Overview
This will be followed up by Nabu Malikata
Queen powers🔥 even Naoya would make an exception, glazing mommy Liloupar as always.
History lesson Sumeru Part 4
>Part 1: Goudarz and Muzaffar
>Part 2: Liloupar and Ormazd
>Part 3: Zumurud
Makhaira (sword)/Makhaira (Genshin Jinni)
Julius Caesar (In Egypt)
Video: How The Last Queen Of Egypt Lost EVERYTHING (not entirely accurate, but still entertaining.)
Did you know that Makhaira lived closer to our time than when the Mausoleum of King Deshret was built?