The Forgotten Empires - Jewish Kingdoms You Weren’t Taught About

Are Jewish people indigenous to Judea? Seems absurd, of course, that's where we get our name. But today I'm going to argue that they're not. We are not only indigenous to Judea, we're actually indigenous to the entire Middle East. Simca Sessions, out-of-the-box insights into history, religion, and politics. So, before I get into the topic of the day, if you like this out-of-the-box thinking, don't forget to like, to share, to subscribe, and to become a member, so that we can keep doing what we're doing. So, incredibly enough, people challenge whether Jews are indigenous to Israel, to Judea. Amazing. What I want to argue today is that actually Arabs are not indigenous to the entire Middle East. They Islamicized as conquerors the Middle East. I mean, Egypt was Christian, Coptic, before the Arabs conquered it. Persia was Zoroastrian, they're not even Arabs, before the Islamic forces conquered it. I mean, as far as Turkey, Turkey was Greek Christian before the Arabs conquered it. The place where Arabs are indigenous is Arabia. What about the Jews? Well, obviously, they're indigenous to Israel. But I would argue further, did you know that there were Jewish kingdoms all over the Middle East? In the first century, at the time of Jesus, Adiabene, there was a queen, Helene, there's a street named after her in Jerusalem. Her palace has been found. Adiabene, in modern Iraq, was a Jewish kingdom. In Arabia itself, there was a Jewish kingdom called Hybar. In Yemen, that's shooting missiles at us as I speak, there was a Jewish kingdom called Himyar. In fact, Yemen, in Hebrew, is the land of the tribe of Benjamin. And in Morocco, Tunisia area, there was a Jewish kingdom and a heroic Jewish Berber queen that fought against Mohammed. Her name was La Kahena. She's still celebrated even by Muslims in Tunisia and Morocco. So, if you look at Hybar, Himyar, Adiabene, and the kingdom of the Jewish queen La Kahena, what you see is that all over the Middle East, there were Jewish kingdoms. So, are the Jews indigenous to Judea? Of course, but they're indigenous to the entire area. If you like what you just heard, don't forget, like, share, subscribe, become members.