The Hidden History of Ancient Kingdoms and Empires

Published on Jan 1, 2016 -This video is not an Anti-Hispanic culture documentary and doesn't aim to abolished Hispanic/American culture in Philippines, I think it's important to remember that we need to appreciate every collective culture that history has throwned to the islands of the Philippines, for it would be a monument of the richness of the country, to remind every Filipinos that many great nations with different cultures of the world have fought for it's richness but in the end it was taken back by the Filipino people, and the Filipino people alone. that way they can feel a sense of uniqueness amongst the other Asian cultures! i don't want this video to be misunderstood plus it could make Spain and America get away with everything they did while colonizing Philippines,if we don't resourcefully use the the substitute culture they gave us in replacement of the culture we lost because of them. Parts of Philippine cultures was lost already because of them and if the Filipinos don't use the substitute cultures of the colonizer all of the direct contact to history will be lost, making Filipinos lose all of it's history and cultures, making the colonizers forget overtime what they did to the Philippines, making them guiltless.. I personally saw it happening today, some Spanish people today are rejecting the fact that they did colonized Philippines at all. Why? because Filipinos are destroying every evidence of it from their cultures and architectures[for more info watch: https://goo.gl/eN6Xnk ] thinking they belong to Asia when that is not the case! Colonial era is already part of Philippine history! and no matter what, history will never change! European cultures is already passed to Philippines and you cannot forced it not to, Colonial history is the only part of history that has a direct contact with the pre-colonial era as it is the sequel of the story,... if the rejection of colonial evidence(demolishing many heritage cities instead of rebuilding a replicating it) still continues, even history of colonization might even be rejected as a myth and this is very very possible as it also happens to many histories in ancient Mesopotamia that ended up as a myth but later found that it was true. So rejection of a certain inherited culture is not the video's agenda at all. This Video only aims to let them appreicate the lost Pre-Hispanic cultures too, instead of always copying the west.The Lost History of Ancient Philippine Kingdoms and Empires, Unknown to present day mainstream Philippine Education. Buried by the destructive sands of time and Sunken by the war waging seas of fate, lies a paradise of melting cultures, The Pearl of the Orient. facebook: https://web.facebook.com/Bring-Back-T... Created by: TheShadowParliament https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmJH... P.S. It's time for Fiilipino's to trace back history and use it! and give it a priority!! From the time of Negritos, to the arrival of Austronesians to the Ming dynasty to the Arab and Indian era to Spanish and American Colonization, and to the World War 2 and son on! Filipino culture and History is very beautiful you only need to realize it. Update: this is not a Chinese propaganda, this video does not claim that China originally owns Philippines including spratlys [Also Watch old Manila heritage story:https://goo.gl/eN6Xnk Warsaw,Poland(the most damaged city in the world) did replicated it's old beauty and build their heritage structure authentically, so why not Manila? every other city in Metro Manila should be modern with tall skyscrapers like BGC, they're just new cities anyway! but The City of Manila is very very old with a lots of stories to tell, the city should be where we see a glimpse of beautiful past.] Category Education License Standard YouTube License SHOW LESS COMMENTS • 1,107 Oscar del Rosario Add a public comment... Top comments The Next Guy The Next Guy6 months ago Thank you for shedding light on some historical facts, many people (including Filipinos) are not aware off. Please keep up the good work. However, I would kindly request that you make several CORRECTIONS regarding the following: - FORCIBLE RELIGIOUS CONVERSION - CULTURAL DESTRUCTION - EXCISING WESTERN INFLUENCE FROM PHILIPPINE CULTURE - DEFINING WHAT IS FILIPINO Please do not take this as a negative critique of your work. I would like to simply help in making your video more accurately portray historical events. I rely on your skills in communicating this information and truly appreciate your efforts. 31:30 - 45 The Spaniards did not "forcibly convert Filipinos" to Roman Catholicism. Filipinos converted for the same reason they converted to Islam, or any of the other religions and belief systems that were imported to the archipelago. They converted to Roman Catholicism of their own accord and volition, either motivated by economic and socio-political reasons, or simply because they were spiritually inspired. I do not believe any of the native inhabitants (at least during Spanish occupation) were religiously converted at the point of the sword or gun. The same could be said of many of the countries of Europe early in it's history prior to the advent of Christianity. 27:43 When the Spanish arrived in the Philippines in 1521 it did not "mark the end of everything".In fact, Magellan and his crew became pawns of Rajah Humabon in his territorial rivalry with Lapu-Lapu (the man man who would later circumnavigate Magellan's head and annex it from his torso). Native inhabitants were politically savvy enough to turn the tables when they knew that they were being manipulated. 27: 45 "Spanish Destruction" of indigenous cultures in the Philippine Archipelago is simply not accurate. 1) If they did 'destroy' native cultures in the Philippines, then they did a very poor job, being that their cultural influence did not go beyond major ports and cities like Manila. For the most part, inhabitants of the island retained their culture, which is why modern Filipinos still speak their native dialects (Tagalog, Cebuano, Waray, etc.) and not Spanish, as is the case in Latin America were entire civilizations were decimated by disease and native languages replaced by Spanish. At best, the Spanish hold on it's "Asian Colony" was tenuous. The Philippines was simply to geographically distant (i.e. Treaty of Saragosa) for the Spaniards to logistically maintain a sizable garrison to have much power over the native population. They relied heavily on native recruits to staff their military with only the officer core being Spanish. What the Spaniards did have were ships that could travel further and could acquire resources from others parts of the world which interested the natives. If there were any sources of cultural assimilation it would have been in commerce and economic. If the Philippines was at all Hispanized, it occurred through cultural diffusion (despite what Spaniards would probably like to tell themselves). Peoples of the Southeast Asian Archipelago have a culture that is called 'Syncretic", meaning that they have tendencies of absorbing foreign elements into their culture, while retaining their indigenous identity. Tagalog may have many foreign words in it, but it still retains its grammar. The same can be said of cultures of the Philippine islands. Overtime they simply evolved absorbing influences around them. Indigenous cultures in the Philippine Archipelago were no more destroyed by Spaniards, then cultires in Indonesia and Malaysia destroyed by Arabs. If there was any foreign power that could have colonized the Philippines and iron-handedly imposed it's culture, it would have been China, but alas, the Chinese are wise enough to know that colonialization is one of the most wasteful ventures any empire could engage in, as Europeans later learned in the latter 19th and early 20th Centuries. RETAINING TRUE FILIPINO IDENTITY BY EXCISING WESTERN (Spanish) INFLUENCE FROM THE PHILIPPINES: This cannot be done, because prior to Spanish or western advent, there was no one singular culture in the archipelago. Unlike China or Japan and Siam there was no one empire, kingdom, or united confederacy that encompassed the modern peoples and borders that make up the modern nation of the Philippines. As your video mentions, there were many different factions living on the island without a single national identity. If anything, the 300 plus years of western colonization and/or oppression from (Spain and America) is what galvanized the Filipino soul and sense of nationhood. This is why the term "Filipino" was not used to refer to all inhabitants of the Philippine Archipelago until the latter half of the 19th Century when the different ethnic groups in the Philippines put differences aside and came together as one people to expel foreign oppression. For better or for worse, Western influence cannot be excised from Philippine culture no more than Chinese, Islamic, Indian and American influences. It is a part of its history and what helped to form and enrich the modern nation now called Republika ng Pilipinas! Read more Reply 53 View all 64 replies jervill1 jervill14 days ago The change happened very quickly. 1822 3.5k total Tejano population. 1834, 35k total only about 8k Tejanos and Mexicans. So the Anglos outnumbered the locals and the US made a pledge to protect the interests of its citizens. So what expulsions would've been feasible for the Mexicans? When I refer to Mexican elites, I refer also to Tejanos who were Mexicans. US narrative separates the two like they were different. The empresarios charged with recruiting immigrant settlers were part of the Tejano elite, part of the Mexican status quo. The initial wave of Anglo immigrants arriving were the same pioneers and frontiersmen interested in succeeding in the New World. The ones looking for elbow room to strike out. The established slave-owning Anglos and imperialists came later on to exploit the majority status and Mexican weakness in enforcing its laws and securing its borders. There were no shortage of pioneers arriving before the conspiracists arrived. If the Anglos did not come, then Europeans would've come. Europe was ravaged by the Napoleonic wars at the time. But you prove the point. The Anglos arrived and brought/imposed their way of life ie slavery on to their host country. By 1836, Texas Revolution fought by predominantly Anglo Texans supported by the US... From 1822-1836, 14yrs, the Mexicans never saw that coming. Any loyalist Tejanos were MINORITIES in their state by then. Only Americans believe the 'liberators of Texas' narrative. Same with the excuses for the annexation of the Hawaiian Kingdom.  Read more Reply 1 HolyknightVader999 HolyknightVader9994 days ago +jervill1 It wasn't so much as a liberation as it was a coup. But as I said, it was the Tejano elites who started it. Not the common Tejanos who got the shaft real hard. Reply 1 Yong Grey Yong Grey1 month ago They should make a movie out of this Empire thing to spread it as a fact. I think that'll be way faster, and of course, they should be generous of the budget. :) That'll be exciting! Reply 13 View all 4 replies Mark Dedios Mark Dedios4 weeks ago Yong Grey it will be like lord of the rings. it will be a very long movie. Reply 1 Jane Bagalawis Jane Bagalawis6 days ago Yong Gre....yes make a movie, a documentary film until the time we gained our freedom. we were under Spanish regime in 333 yrs. then Japanese, then Americans who saved Filipinos from hands of yamashita. who surrendered. it's a long movie. hopefully Reply chocoman45 chocoman455 months ago Give us back our cultures damn it! Reply 15 View all 21 replies sun flower sun flower4 days ago +queen nie walang saysay po ang comment mo...absent ka siguro ng itinuro ang history..lmao! Reply Gilberto Diaz Castro Gilberto Diaz Castro4 months ago I agree, the Philipino people need to go back to learn about their roots and how much they have evolved through the years. I am from Puerto Rico, another country that was colonized by Spain and now is under control of the USA, such as the Philippines did years ago. I agree, the influence of "modern" cultures and the lack of education of our history does not allow our young citizens to appreciate where they really come from. I applaud the creation of this video and the rich history it shares. If they can only see where they come from, and what they, as a country, have accomplished by what given to them in modernization, cultural expansion, the ability to learn from other cultures, the humble beginnings and their current political status; the Philippines can then see that there is no end to what they can accomplish as a Nation. Today The Philippines is unfortunately still considered a "third-world-country", not because they are stuck in their ancient ways but because the past regimes of corrupted political systems left by the Spanish occupation. With the new President and his plans for the Philippines I do believe that if the country unites to fight for a better future The Philippines can be as great as ANY Western Country; including the USA. I pray this video is shared and completely seen by thousands of Filipinos all over the world and that they will decide to share with their kids the rich history of where they truly come from. Thanks again for a well made video. Read more Reply 29 View all 10 replies Gilberto Diaz Castro Gilberto Diaz Castro3 weeks ago 14Krosh this is because they believe all the junk they see on 📺. Perhaps if they had shows promoting intelligence instead of singing the attitudes would change. For decades the government promoted these shows as a means to "entertain" the people to keep them from paying attention to the important issues around them. Now, for the first time in years you have a President who loves and cares about the 🇵🇭 and may change people's attitudes to be real proud of being who they really are and stop imitating other people. Read more Reply 4 Tristan Arenas Tristan Arenas2 days ago 14Krosh l Reply 百合•希望 百合•希望1 month ago There is no such thing as full-blooded Filipino cuz the islands was completely isolated till the Malaysians, Indonesians and Aborigines arrived and became the first people who migrated and lived in Phillippines as Filipinos. So, there is no such thing as 💯% Filipino unlike Chinese, Japanese, Indonesians, Malaysians, Aborigines and so forth where they actually have full-blooded ancestries/origins. That's why I can never understand why many Filipinos would describe and take pride of themselves as 💯% Filipinos if there never were actual full-blooded ancestries/origins. So, how can there be kingdoms or dynasties in the Phillippine history?? Read more Reply 12 View all 17 replies Jeremy Gonzales Jeremy Gonzales1 week ago +Eye of Rah you don't get the point Reply 1 jonieevangelista jonieevangelista3 days ago (edited) i agree...everyone is a result of migration, they multiplied throughout the time until they called themselves a "nation", but somewhere, sometime and somewhat...everybody can be traced back from a narrow origin. Reply Sarah Skyler Bucu Sarah Skyler Bucu2 months ago I am a Kapampangan. That's the reason why a lot of Kapampangans looked Chinese or have Chinese features despite being colonized by Spain. Reply 13 View all 9 replies Ralph Ivan Tolentino Ralph Ivan Tolentino2 days ago Sarah Skyler Bucu huhuhu kaya pla... Reply 1trojantjl 1trojantjl3 months ago islam is of the dvil Reply 9 View all 18 replies man toba man toba1 week ago 1trojantjl pinoy don't care about religion. can fuck by money hahha Reply Ramon III Guevara Ramon III Guevara2 months ago US and Spain erased and altered Philippine history... It's sad that we know very little of our ancestors. Those who defy white supremacist are the ones who preserved their heredity and culture. Reply 12 Greg Bacbac Greg Bacbac2 weeks ago like us in the Cordillera we have our own lit,dances,ancient mythology(gods&goddesses: note these are not written but orally preserved),the rice terraces etc.Biag ni Lam-ang is only done around 17th cent,during Spanish period Reply 1 shaiska shaiska1 week ago (edited) Ramon III Guevara, it's not only Spain that erased the history of the countries they conquered ! Great Britain,France, and Netherland are the countries that destroyed most of the ancient cultures or what was rest of ancient cultures around the world, US hand in this didn't have much impact like those countries. when those Europese colonizers colonized a country they destroyed anything or everything they deemed evil and not the teachings of god, those hypocrites, that's why the Islands of Curacao is lacking of Native tribe's because when Spain had those Islands in their hands they tried to force the locals to cultivate the earth and stuff but because the locals weren't as strong like the black slaves they brought with them the locals start dying and in the end the rest of the natives that manage to escape fled to Venezuela , that's why until today Venezuela still got natives tribe's while the Islands of Curacao,Bonaire and Ariba are voided from Natives and that all thanks to Europeans colonizers. Read more Reply Nozkyel Fortress Nozkyel Fortress3 weeks ago is this video insulting for filipino ? bcoz there are keyboard warriors insulting the blood or fully blood filipino! i know phillipines mixed blooded you know why you foreign you can go in and out in my countries ? freely... it bcoz the pilipino people is good it has give you a free will to go in my country !! in pilipino mindset is pureblood is to be proud of country i'm living not in literally blood? :) Read more Reply 2 View all 6 replies john paul mojica john paul mojica5 days ago i see dog steaks serves in a hot plate up to now if we had not been colonized. lol Reply Jeff Martin Jeff Martin3 months ago Islam is death Reply 22 View all 7 replies Danielle Noriega Lee Danielle Noriega Lee2 months ago you guys are Malays .. One Melayu One Malay One Family Reply 6 View all 9 replies Irish Calayon Irish Calayon1 week ago (edited) Itamei Panday not all. They colonize the entire luzon and visayas not Mindanao. Our culture still preserves. Not the westernized cultures and european culture. Only mindanao tribes still preserves the south east asian cultures. (MALAY HINDU BUDDHIST CULTURE like indrapatra ramayana laksamana, singkil dance, vinta dance, kapa malong malong, dayang dayang, and ethnic cultures etc) Read more Reply Jillier DelaCruz Jillier DelaCruz6 days ago (edited) Eric Smith...Philippines was under Mexican rule from 1565 -1821 Many words were taken from Nahuatl & Mexican Customs Sheena stop listening to American Propaganda in Filipino Schools. Americans have treated Filipinos much worse. They've massacred 500,000 - 1,000,000 Filipinos in the Philippine war of Independence. The Americans have called us Monkeys and Savages. Plus Filipinos werent a Citizen of any states and were not allowed to travel around the US due to the Racist nature. On the other hand Spain treated Filipinos as Citizen and were privilege to travel around the empire. Americans have killed far more Filipinos in 2 years than the Spanish Rule of 300 years. Its very stupid that Filipinos still praise America but demonizes Spain Emilio Aguinaldo's own words: "Yes, I repent for having taken arms against Spain and that is why, when the Manila's celebrations of the Spanish King Alfonso, I attended to the cathedral, for the surprise of the Spaniards. And they asked me why had I attended, since I took arms against him. And I told them that he continued to be my King, because under Spain we were always Spanish subdits, or citizens, but that now, under the United States, we are only a market of consumers of their exports, when not pariahs, because they have not granted us citizenship of any state of the United States. And the Spaniards made me way, and treated me like a brother in that significant day..." December the 16th, 1958 Read more Reply 1 Monde Tuba Monde Tuba2 months ago Jose Rizal's vision for the Philippines was to have its own identity. Unfortunately, we are still working on this one. Reply 6 View all 2 replies Edgy pumpkin Edgy pumpkin2 weeks ago (edited) Really? a tyrant who keeps his people on their knees in bondage? Only difference is today your still on your knees in bondage but blame america because it is easier right, If the Philippines would have opened their eyes on the hand over from spain to america, Philippines could have been a state just like Hawaii. And now you want the Chinese to move in because just like a filipino to sell his family into slavery for a couple dollars, then cry and blame americans when you screw it up again Read more Reply 1 Resty Baluyot Resty Baluyot3 weeks ago The pre Hispanic and pre war pictures are precious. Hopefully they are in good hands and preserved for the future generations of Filipinos and those of Filipino heritage. Reply 4 DV WR DV WR1 month ago It is really odd that the Philippines lost its authentic culture when neighboring countries knew exactly theirs. Is it possible that the Philippines is the land of Ophir? I have read that Philippines might be a part of the large island of MU, the lost continent. Philippines true history still remain a mystery because of these colonizers. Reply 8 View all 4 replies irene irene2 weeks ago DV WR you have a point.. but those proof were burned and others hidden. almost all the families have a beacon hidden somewhere but because of poverty and illiteracy they tend to sell it in the black market. some were used to perform magic and some already contained great powers if you only knew how to use it.others didn't know how that's why it eventually vanishes. lols I stupidly had one. an old hermit gave it to me but it vanished because I didn't do what I was told.. Read more Reply 1 Eric Smith Eric Smith1 week ago I think you need to travel to Philippines. There are plenty of authentic culture. Reply Jeshurun Zion Jeshurun Zion1 month ago Saiyan? Reply View all 3 replies Jeshurun Zion Jeshurun Zion1 month ago (edited) +Rj Ordist​ Haha! Ok😄😃  Reply Christopher Samarita Christopher Samarita1 month ago Yes the Monkey King. We have an ancient song called "Biag ni Lam-Ang". The character Lam-Ang there was as strong as Gokou. Reply 4 Hector Lopez Hector Lopez2 months ago You shouldn't be so hard with the Spanish heritage. It was the same in South America, and it created a New World. Say we're mostly quite satisfied and at ease with our hispanic and pre -hispanic past. Reply 4 View all 12 replies shen ron shen ron2 weeks ago Andreas Wassén agree with u man Reply 1 Hector Lopez Hector Lopez2 weeks ago Your problem is one of historical discontinuity. Your history is a puzzle. Somewhat you'll come to terms with the great diversity of heritages. Reply john paul mojica john paul mojica2 weeks ago just wondering what tribe or people lived in Cavite (if there were) 12th century ago Reply Jeremy Magnaye Jeremy Magnaye4 days ago tagalogs Reply isagani catalan isagani catalan2 weeks ago ang mga Penoy-Abnoy cojuangco-aquino gustong palabasin sa Philippine History na sila ang may ari ng Pilioinas kaya sinisira nila ang totoong pangyayari sa Histiry of the Philippines...eh kaso mga intsik beho Chinese ang origin nila nahaluan lang ng lahing kastila...nga sa paraan ng pamumulika gusto nila palabasin sila ang nagbigay ng magandang pagbabago sa Pinas...eh kaso balentong nga ang pinaggagawa ng mga intsik beho Penoy Abnoy cojuangco-aquino kundi ba naman mga nuknukan ng mga bobong bugok...alis kayo ng Pinas at baka matulad kayo sa mga Romanovs of Russia...mismong mga tauhan ninyo ang maglilibing sa inyo ng buhay...mga bugok talaga lahi ninyo gusto niyo agawin ang pinahirapan na mga tons and tons of gold ni Gat Ferdinand E. Marcos...mga bugok na nagbago ng history ng kasinungalinan..mga Penoy Abnoy cojuangci-aquino...bugok ang mga utak... Read more Reply 1 View all 4 replies Master.BaiT Master.BaiT1 week ago +Sarah Li SHUT UP AND KEEP SUCKING MY DICK BITCH Reply Sarah Li Sarah Li1 week ago yeah that's the spirit of the yellows! full of horny sex scandals! keep it up Reply 3 Gabriel Jacob Regis Gabriel Jacob Regis2 weeks ago (edited) #IMFILIPINO Reply kyootzee kyootzee1 month ago (edited) Really fascinated about the ancient written language. Did not know the origins of my people and how advanced we were. The history my parents taught me made it seem like the country was only inhabited by illiterate indigenous tribes before the Spanish gave us civilization. Makes me dislike colonization that much more because these rich traditions and our true identity have been taken from us. We are a creative and innovative people though and we can make ourselves a new identity for the future. Learning this brings me to tears! Read more Reply 4 figger figger1 month ago While we weren't all literate (renowned Philippine studies scholar, William H. Scott managed to turn up several examples from the 1590s of datus who could not sign affidavits or oaths, and witnesses who could not sign land deeds in the 1620s) there was a good indication that we were heading that way to being fully literate as a people, as a Jesuit priest, Father Pedro Chirino wrote in 1604 that: So accustomed are all these islanders to writing and reading that there is scarcely a man, and much less a woman, who cannot read and write in the letters proper to the island of Manila. And Dr. Antonio de Morga, a Spanish magistrate in the Philippines echoed Chirino's enthusiasm in 1609: Throughout the islands the natives write very well using [their letters]... All the natives, women as well as men, write in this language, and there are very few who do not write well and correctly. http://paulmorrow.ca/bayeng1.htm Also, we are already forging a new identity, as there is currently a Baybayin (Our ancient writing system) is being revived. It is already on logos on shops/brands/establishments, on paper bills (the word Pilipino) and recently on the new Philippine passports. Read more Reply kyootzee kyootzee1 month ago Wow! Thank you for sharing this with me. I would love to study this myself. Honestly, I felt a little shame when I tell Non-Filipinos that we use the alphabet. I don't even know why that matters, but I have read some hateful words about Filipinos being primitive and not having a real identity until the Spanish gave us one. So many have come to invade our land for our location and because we are small, but we have survived. I hope our ancestors could be proud of us. Read more Reply 1 Show more