The Arabs Sack Rome // Early Medieval Italy (846)

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  • @HistoryTime
    @HistoryTime  5 лет назад +247

    - Watch my latest full length history documentary here:-
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    EDIT ***Please keep it civil in the comments guys. This is not a political channel. I’m just one person working on History Time I can’t spend my time policing you guys! Just enjoy the history for what it is****
    So that's it for a few weeks folks. I'm off travelling for a much needed holiday. Hoping to return with a bunch of finished scripts and then straight back into it. So much more to come on Early Medieval Italy, the Abbasids, the Umayyads, Byzantines, Franks, Lombards, Normans and much much more. Don't forget to like and subscribe and let me know in the comments what you'd like to see covered in the future!

    • @kiogeorge9805
      @kiogeorge9805 5 лет назад +4

      Well deserved break. Enjoy !!

    • @keithplymale2374
      @keithplymale2374 5 лет назад +5

      Saved your site. Things like this led to the First Crusade.

    • @dirt0133
      @dirt0133 5 лет назад +3

      i'm looking forward to a video on house de Hauteville and the extraordinary Norman conquest of southern Italy, which culminated in the creation of the Kingdom of Sicily. Enjoy your holiday.

    • @Peristerygr
      @Peristerygr 5 лет назад +2

      Sometime politics are hiden by history -especialy pseudohistory. I mean why else someone claim the utter nonsense that islam is supposelly created by the catholic church if not in an attempt to villify catholic populations like latinos, irish or italians?

    • @romelnegut2005
      @romelnegut2005 5 лет назад +5

      You're fighting a losing battle.
      Enjoy the holiday, you've earned it.

  • @mbathroom1
    @mbathroom1 5 лет назад +697

    I live here and I had no idea that the Arabs ever sacked Rome

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  5 лет назад +149

      History is a crazy place

    • @mariohostios
      @mariohostios 5 лет назад +213

      Yeah...Islam tried to invade and conquer Europe for over 1000 years: Toledo Spain in 711 until Vienna 1683 (the croissant). I wonder why all we hear about is the reconquista of the crusades?

    • @marinazagrai1623
      @marinazagrai1623 5 лет назад +29

      Well, all this happened before you were born, ha ha...there is so much history, it can't possibly be taught in school.

    • @Peristerygr
      @Peristerygr 5 лет назад +55

      @Leigh Barry KKK must have a lot of courses about those matters

    • @Peristerygr
      @Peristerygr 5 лет назад +8

      I suppose you don't hang up with Salvini. ;)

  • @The_InfantMalePollockFrancis
    @The_InfantMalePollockFrancis 5 лет назад +18

    While everyone is shortening to 10 minute videos or revising history, you're keeping it real AF and narrating like a champ! Love your vids before going to bed!

  • @scottie1038
    @scottie1038 5 лет назад +208

    73 ships, 500 horses and 11,000 soldiers..... the ships had to be MASSIVE!!!!!

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  5 лет назад +82

      Scottie Stell I read a couple of historians who thought it possible that the papal records doubled the numbers of soldiers.

    • @jamestang1227
      @jamestang1227 5 лет назад +80

      @@HistoryTime Exaggeration of numbers is definitely not unheard of when it comes to Ancient and Medieval sources.

    • @Peristerygr
      @Peristerygr 5 лет назад +43

      @@jamestang1227 It was common in order to exagerate the threat and legendarise the victory. The greater the threat the greater the danger and the more enemies one kills the more manly and alpha male he is.

    • @Ricky-oi3wv
      @Ricky-oi3wv 5 лет назад +31

      6 horses and 150 men per ship? aye mate, massive.

    • @scottie1038
      @scottie1038 5 лет назад +14

      @@Ricky-oi3wv AND their supplies, tac, weapons, provisions; considering boat construction of the time, YES, massive.....

  • @timuraktolga5698
    @timuraktolga5698 5 лет назад +190

    You should think about the Arab-Khazar struggle too.
    Very important struggle that shaped the evolution of eastern part of Europe.

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  5 лет назад +44

      Absolutely. That is for another video. The triple struggle between Arabs, Khazars and Byzantines

    • @TheSunderingSea
      @TheSunderingSea 5 лет назад +27

      @@HistoryTime The Khazars really don't get a fair shake because of the conspiracies surrounding them. In reality only the Khan and his immediate retainers would have been Jewish, the "13th tribe" stuff is nonsense.

    • @Eškala_Iśa
      @Eškala_Iśa 5 лет назад +1

      Classic Turk struggle

    • @QHawk7
      @QHawk7 5 лет назад +12

      Still to this day 🤣, Israel being "New Khazaria"

    • @marcillioficino4663
      @marcillioficino4663 5 лет назад +11

      @@TheSunderingSea Just because you say something is nonsense, doesn't make it so. Your statement, "only the Khan and his immediate retainers would have been Jewish." Do you have proof for that assertion?... and
      "the "13th tribe" stuff is nonsense." You're saying Arthur Koestler's book is fabrication? Which parts?

  • @Liphted
    @Liphted 5 лет назад +101

    I'm happy you can do this full time! It's one of the best history channels!

    • @unitor699industries
      @unitor699industries 5 лет назад +1

      watch knowledgia

    • @gugu3436
      @gugu3436 5 лет назад

      You should check mine! I have all the degrees and I have access to many forbidden grimoires.

  • @StefanMilo
    @StefanMilo 5 лет назад +151

    Architecturally it must have been a really interesting time in Rome. The sprawling ancient ruins, new basilicas. Great vid as always, will we hear your brother narrate a history time video?

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  5 лет назад +18

      Oh definitely, must’ve been a strange sight to behold. He’s already narrating all of the Voices of the Past, and will pop up in HT every now and again when quoting from primary sources :)

    • @StefanMilo
      @StefanMilo 5 лет назад +5

      @@HistoryTime I thought so, I was listening to one VOTP yesterday and noticed it wasn't you.

    • @mgonzo3881
      @mgonzo3881 5 лет назад +3

      I imagine it was no different than today, people just went on with their days ignoring all these amazing ruins. When I visited Rome for a Catholic school trip, it felt a little weird seeing people walk past the Coliseum and other sites like "meh, I got to get to the office".

    • @shriyanv4407
      @shriyanv4407 4 года назад

      Holy shit its Stefan!

    • @maymorales4108
      @maymorales4108 3 года назад

      Ruins are actually believers people of the book so it seems that their where people of the book besides people of the Torah. And the furqan came and made landfall.

  • @EpimetheusHistory
    @EpimetheusHistory 5 лет назад +91

    Interesting video. I have checked out Voices of the past (which I love) and will check out your sci-fi channel sometime soon :) That is super awesome that you are working with your brother on that.

    • @mgonzo3881
      @mgonzo3881 5 лет назад +9

      Oh no! My favorite content provider commenting on another one of my favorite channels. I am freaking out!!!!!

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  5 лет назад +6

      Thanks man! :)

    • @EpimetheusHistory
      @EpimetheusHistory 5 лет назад +7

      @@mgonzo3881 You have fantastic taste in RUclips channels :D
      Me and history time are two of my favorites as well!

  • @aniksamiurrahman6365
    @aniksamiurrahman6365 5 лет назад +68

    Your narration reminds me the old days of History Channel.

  • @Nashmi-JO
    @Nashmi-JO 4 года назад +64

    11:33 there is a mistake
    aghlabids was arabs from banu tamim
    they are not north africans

    • @abdever2140
      @abdever2140 4 года назад +2

      Nope there were North Africans too, from today's Tunisy

    • @Nashmi-JO
      @Nashmi-JO 4 года назад +25

      @@abdever2140
      they are originally from arabian peninsula and they migrated to north africa and established there state

    • @zouhairisksiou7685
      @zouhairisksiou7685 4 года назад +1

      All the attacks in the Mediterranean sea was done by Berber warrior tribes and minority of Arabs, and Black Africans who converted to Islam

    • @BALLARDTWIN
      @BALLARDTWIN 4 года назад +3

      @@Nashmi-JO they are from the same place as saudis right?
      Central arabia region

    • @Nashmi-JO
      @Nashmi-JO 4 года назад +4

      @@BALLARDTWIN
      Yes
      Its the biggest arabic tribe And it spread around the middle east And north africa
      Im from Jordan And belong to this tribe

  • @DesertAres
    @DesertAres 5 лет назад +85

    “....Sack Rome” is an extreme misnomer. It was the looting and pillaging of two churches and the surrounding suburbs of the city, all containing civilians. The city walls were never breached. Although many gold and silver religious items were taken as if the invaders knew exactly where to find them in the churches, they never entered the city but did camp outside the walls for some weeks. This leads a lot of scholars today to argue whether it was just a raiding party or a planned invasion. In addition it was not wishful thinking regarding the storm that destroyed part of the fleet. For weeks afterwards Arab bodies were washed on shore containing many of the jewels taken from the sacked two sacked churches. There are also conflicting stories about whether the invaders split into 2 armies and were attacked and defeated as they withdrew. This is one of the repeated perils of relying on ancient or even medieval sources. They were not written by historians rather by religious institutions or by writers slavishly following their patron’s beliefs.
    Also a minor point. Rome does not have a harbor. The Arabs would have landed at Ostia and marched the 16 kilometers to Rome.

    • @acchaladka
      @acchaladka 5 лет назад

      DesertAres Honest question then, how did the invaders sail up the Tiber? Was there no entry at Ostia?

    • @TheLeonhamm
      @TheLeonhamm 5 лет назад +2

      Quite so, DA. It was, simply put, a clear reminder to the belligerent Christian resistance that nowhere was safe .. from militant Islam. Spain and Asia Minor were the key targets of conquest, brigandage .. or in modern terms terror attacks .. was a nice News Headline side show (and in this case a good little earner).
      Of course the assailants knew where to go, what to take, and how to make a spectacle - without having all the fuss of dealing with Rome's walls. The Leonine walls were constructed to offer similar protections to the shrine of St Peter on the Vatican Hill, outside the Aurelian walls. That same pope, St Leo IV, organized a naval coalition to meet - and defeat - a later Saracen assault at the battle of Ostia AD 849.

    • @TheLeonhamm
      @TheLeonhamm 5 лет назад +2

      @@acchaladka The harbour was at Ostia, but the Tiber was navigable for some kinds of seagoing craft. That is DA's point about the possible splitting of the armies used in this smash and grab (terror) attack; the shrines of St Peter's on the Vatican Hill and St Paul's on the Ostian Way were outside the Aurelian Walls and were attacked. However, Rome's major churches, its cathedral and its senior or maternal church were inside the walls, that is, St John Lateral and St Mary Major.

    • @corettaha7855
      @corettaha7855 5 лет назад +3

      ...because historians never slavishly follow a narrative that doesn’t accurately reflect reality.

    • @XXthekingofyouXX
      @XXthekingofyouXX 5 лет назад +5

      Walls work!

  • @MrChubbysuperhero
    @MrChubbysuperhero 5 лет назад +91

    Can we get a video about the Merovingian dynasty and/or samos slavic kingdom at that time?

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  5 лет назад +27

      MrChubbysuperhero Yes absolutely. Samo’s Kingdom is coming later this year, as well as Great Moravia. The early Slavic states are fascinating.

    • @mihailvelev7493
      @mihailvelev7493 5 лет назад

      @@HistoryTime What about any documentaries about the Bulgarian Empire wich has done so much for the slavic culture like inventing their alphabet and then baptizing and giving culture and knowledge to most of them(slavs) and its still yet neglected

    • @polandballhistorian8537
      @polandballhistorian8537 5 лет назад

      FRICK YEAH.
      also hire people
      If you get enough money to pay them

    • @elbentos7803
      @elbentos7803 5 лет назад +1

      Samo is curiously not well known, in France or Germany in spite of his remarkable achievments :
      He was a frankish (probably) merchant/mercenary captain who was chosen by a slavic tribe as a leader for his military expertise.
      He united the first slavic "kingdom" in central Europe and even successfully fend off an invasion by Dagobert's army (the last significant merovingian).

  • @ghaithamri9090
    @ghaithamri9090 5 лет назад +33

    No one hate churches in fact they are attracted by the gold in it

  • @NawafAlsulaiman
    @NawafAlsulaiman 5 лет назад +9

    I have observations on the narrative of this historic event. The comparison of Arabs and Muslims to the Viking people is a great injustice, and a repetition of the description of plundering and enslavement is unacceptable at all!
    Muslims and Arabs brought new civilization with them to almost everyplace they went to, for example
    Andalusia in Spain and India and the borders of China, unlike the Viking savage!!
    But according to your words, it is my right to describe the Roman Empire as a plundering and enslavement empire!!

    • @NawafAlsulaiman
      @NawafAlsulaiman 5 лет назад

      Hugo Holesch all?? Your wrong pal

    • @Judge_Magister
      @Judge_Magister 2 года назад

      Also the only places that even today allow and promote slavery are all islamic countries.

    • @NawafAlsulaiman
      @NawafAlsulaiman 2 года назад

      @@Judge_Magistercan you prove that?

  • @mohammadnoman7310
    @mohammadnoman7310 4 года назад +52

    calling the arabs of that time pirates is the same as calling alexander a pirate

    • @Flex2212
      @Flex2212 4 года назад +3

      There is a difference between THE arabs and those arabs, don't you think?

    • @Flex2212
      @Flex2212 4 года назад +3

      @Samer Nattifi Well in a wider sense of the word theiy were pirates as they came by ship and intended to raid (similarly to the vikings of the same time if we look for other European experiences)
      In a more narrow sense of the word, the corsairs between the 16th and 19th century bc are the best example of muslim pirates in the Mediterranean sea.
      But I guess it is it that narrow definition makes more sense, so I partly agree with you.

    • @Flex2212
      @Flex2212 4 года назад +4

      @Samer Nattifi They DID however go there to plunder.
      Capturing slaves was one of the targets for example.
      Also the Ottoman corsairs have nothing to do with the Umayyads. Just some 500years+ in between.
      And thinking that just because someone is rich he/she will not use a means to become even more rich is ridiculous.

    • @Flex2212
      @Flex2212 4 года назад +1

      ​@Samer Nattifi I mean I too think that some of the history told in the video is a bit biased, but you are next level, just the other way.
      No Slaves? Are you kidding or deluded?
      Imo this kind of delusion is at the heart of why the Arab World is in that state. You should listen more to university professors instead of the imam.
      Before you exposed your "knowledge" by putting the Osman corsairs into the 10th century bc. and now this?
      What are you doing here?
      I will not waste more time. bye.

    • @abc_cba
      @abc_cba 4 года назад

      @Samer Nattifi Mohammad had slaves. He bought a slave Merium al Qibtiya, she wasn't even married to him but he had a son with her.
      Stop being an apologist.

  • @yetlin8386
    @yetlin8386 5 лет назад +62

    Europeans sack Rome over 6 times : It was normal to sack cities back then... Nothing special.
    Arabs sack Rome : REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, THEY ARE STILL DOING IT TO THIS DAY. REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

    • @yetlin8386
      @yetlin8386 5 лет назад +10

      @The Owlets jesus fucking christ, my fucking eyes hurts after reading that. What on earth are you trying to say? Please consider using google translate next time. Thanks.

    • @johnnynesbit8289
      @johnnynesbit8289 5 лет назад +6

      Cry more

    • @junaid1040
      @junaid1040 5 лет назад +3

      @@yetlin8386 Are you Muslim? And if not, do you have plans to convert?

    • @swarnadeepsen9123
      @swarnadeepsen9123 4 года назад +3

      @@junaid1040 racist muslim

    • @junaid1040
      @junaid1040 4 года назад +5

      @@swarnadeepsen9123 what is racist aboit that? In fact Islam not racist

  • @Delzak1
    @Delzak1 5 лет назад +5

    Super happy for you that you're doing this full time now. Always good to hear that we get more and higher quality content from you. Thanks a ton guy

  • @cheydinal5401
    @cheydinal5401 5 лет назад +11

    Imagine what the idea of (Western) "Rome" must have been like to them. By 846 the fall of Western Rome was 300 years ago, in the Western Europe Charlemagne was ruling as a new Emperor.
    300 years ago from today is 1719. Imagine until 1719 there had been an Empire that had stretched across say all of Europe, then ceased to exist, and now you're looting what used to be its capital

    • @yavyav2281
      @yavyav2281 5 лет назад +2

      Cheydinal like if youre looting London basically

    • @cheydinal5401
      @cheydinal5401 3 года назад

      @@yavyav2281 I mean, even London was an Empire until after WWII. So more like the Holy Roman Empire, I suppose, which stopped existing around 1800 (would be a better comparison if the HRE had actually had had real power)

  • @olivebranchbegum6557
    @olivebranchbegum6557 5 лет назад +37

    73 ships, 500 horses and 11,000 soldiers.., They are hardly Pirates

    • @kas7344
      @kas7344 4 года назад +9

      The word pirates is used to belittle them ! Pirates usually run in small groups not thousands of people

    • @monstersamator5288
      @monstersamator5288 4 года назад +12

      Thats his story for you. If you rule the sea, you rule the world back then. You think he will call " british ships" pirates when they were sailing east and conquering india?..hhh

    • @Stringerbe11
      @Stringerbe11 3 года назад +1

      @@monstersamator5288 good point

  • @TheSamuraijim87
    @TheSamuraijim87 5 лет назад +15

    Awesome video.
    I hadn't heard of the Naval Battle at Ostia by Pope Leo's forces. Garigliano, i had heard of. It was good to know that we will get to see a discussion of politics between Lombards, Popes, Saracens and the Catepans in the coming years. I've been reading "Normans in the South" of late, and the Catepans were interesting men. Even a cursory reading reveals that the Greeks sent some truly remarkable expeditions into the south, from the time of Nicephorus the Elder all the way down to the time of Comte Robert, and i hope to hear these stories told in your exceptional style.
    Great work.

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  5 лет назад +4

      TheSamuraijim87 It’s a fascinating topic. Much more to come on the Lombards of southern Italy. Luckily for us the source material is rich and varied, which as you know is very rare for this period. Having learned this i was very surprised that relatively little has been written on the Lombards

  • @creakychair9387
    @creakychair9387 5 лет назад +110

    Are you ever going to talk about some of the Germanic tribes? like the Alamans, Langobards, Franks, ext absolutely love you videos man. keep up the great work.

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  5 лет назад +20

      Lord Erik Yes absolutely. One of my specialties.

    • @creakychair9387
      @creakychair9387 5 лет назад +2

      @@HistoryTime Glad to hear it :) Looking forward towards Alamans and Fransks especially

    • @schechter01
      @schechter01 5 лет назад

      @@creakychair9387 Alamanni = "all the men"

    • @creakychair9387
      @creakychair9387 5 лет назад

      @@schechter01 yes i kinda got it from the name.

    • @boahkeinbockmehr
      @boahkeinbockmehr 5 лет назад +1

      @@schechter01 franks - "the brave", saxon - "sword men", german - "spear men", teutones - "part of the people/ army", cimbri - "the plunderers", goths - (possibly)" from gotland (that skandinavian island)", bajuwarians -"men of bohemia" etc.. I fear our ancestors really lacked creativity in naming. (Well i guess we continued that tradition of giving uncreative names... "stinky animal", "lazy animal", "flying stuff" etc.)

  • @perspii2808
    @perspii2808 5 лет назад +73

    At this point I’m entirely convinced that every civilisation to ever have existed has attacked the city of Rome at some point lmao. When exactly are you going to fulfil the wishes of the people and make a video on the infamous Chechnyan occupation of Rome in 720BC??

    • @Citadin
      @Citadin 5 лет назад +37

      The worst one was the Tibetan sack of Rome, they've really rearanged the whole place.

    • @james_baker
      @james_baker 5 лет назад +8

      Citadin was this the famous Tibetan army that included the Chinese mercenary Feng Shui?

    • @davebeecher6579
      @davebeecher6579 5 лет назад +2

      Perspeii maybe not my native- Americans? lol

    • @notbot8830
      @notbot8830 5 лет назад +21

      The Roman sack of Rome was absolutely barbaric

    • @corettaha7855
      @corettaha7855 5 лет назад +13

      And one about the time Nebraska sacked Rome in 591AD?

  • @derekhugh
    @derekhugh 3 года назад +4

    dude youz a legend by yourself for documenting complex history like this

  • @pieterverhaeghe5143
    @pieterverhaeghe5143 5 лет назад +2

    I already watched much of youre videos but never knew about the arab sack of rome and the quality of the introduction threw me back too. This is a quality channel covering historical events that practicle none else does, keep up the great work.

  • @LauftFafa
    @LauftFafa 5 лет назад +63

    if this was a video about vikings sacking of paris i am 100% most wouldnt say such hateful things in the comments because those are our great pale skinned FORFATHERS but muslims are not , so lets just blame muslims for warmongering and lets ignore what our european ancesters did from the days of goths to the belgium and french massacres in africa .
    lets blame muslims for raiding europe and lets praise the vikings for raiding europe .

    • @blaccbeard
      @blaccbeard 5 лет назад +2

      addendum: i am dumb

    • @LauftFafa
      @LauftFafa 5 лет назад +21

      @@blaccbeard what ? I am not . I criticize them because they are the hypocrites who praise crimes made by Europeans but criticize war acts made by Muslims and they try to show them like if they were always like isis .

    • @JoeSmith-sl9bq
      @JoeSmith-sl9bq 5 лет назад +2

      I don’t see any bad comments here about the attackers being Arab. You see what you want

    •  5 лет назад +2

      @@JoeSmith-sl9bq Go, see an ophthalmologist

    •  5 лет назад +2

      @@JoeSmith-sl9bq Or a neurologist

  • @cnawan
    @cnawan 5 лет назад +8

    Gosh, I hadn't realised the Muslim kingdoms had reached so far around the Mediterranean. No wonder the modern extent of Islam extends to this former border - minus the edge territories of Spain and India, cultural blending being what it is.

    • @omarn7650
      @omarn7650 4 года назад +3

      I heard somewhere that the Saracen pirates sacked a village somewhere in modern day Switzerland. I dont know how they got there lol but again they were raiders

    • @nirvanic3610
      @nirvanic3610 3 года назад +4

      @@omarn7650 Wasn't just a raid, they set up an Emirate, called Fraxinetum. Would've lasted longer if not for the Magyars.

    • @nirvanic3610
      @nirvanic3610 3 года назад +5

      Islamic empires reached as far as the Arctic

  • @thedescriptor410
    @thedescriptor410 5 лет назад +5

    Damn you're on a higher level than the average documentary! Totally love your content!

  • @friendofzeus
    @friendofzeus 5 лет назад +41

    Me, an Arab, enjoying the introduction:
    "Professional soldiers"
    Yeess
    "Bloodied from a lifetime..."
    Indeed
    "...on the high seas"
    NANI??!?
    I mean yeah the Arabs raided throughout the Mediterranean but equating that to "a lifetime on the high seas" is a bit of a stretch. Most of those boats only went along the coasts I believe. We're not exactly known for our shipbuilding skills.

    • @nakedsnake6076
      @nakedsnake6076 5 лет назад +2

      hhhhhhhhh nani

    • @liFE-gt6or
      @liFE-gt6or 5 лет назад +11

      Frisbetarian Oman during the Arabian empires was infamous for building great ships they were the only region in Arabia known for superb ships

    • @someone-wi4xl
      @someone-wi4xl 5 лет назад +9

      @Chris Perkins they built + bought .. that's for sure
      the Arabians were fierce sailors centuries before Islam .. but in Trade
      they traded with the Indians .. east Africans since the times of Kingdom of Saba (Sheba) and Kingdom of Dilmon (establish 4th millennia B.C in eastern Arabia) trading with Indus Valley and Sumer
      Islam reached Eastern Africa coast lands .. and South East Asia
      thanks to Arabian sailors
      but yeah
      i don't like making things a bit too much .. so i'm not sure about "a lifetime on the high seas"

    • @kesorangutan6170
      @kesorangutan6170 5 лет назад

      >Professional soldiers
      >Arabs
      As an arab something does not add up here :D

    • @someone-wi4xl
      @someone-wi4xl 5 лет назад +16

      ​@@kesorangutan6170 a Turk pretending to be Arabian ...
      trust me .. it does add up, you can ask the Persians and Romans for that
      or maybe your ancestors in Central Asia .. because that's how Islam reached them
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Talas
      or this battle
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kharistan
      or
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Defile
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab%E2%80%93Khazar_wars
      and much more if you want
      Arabians being a fierce warriors is no question
      it's merely a fact

  • @christopherburgess96
    @christopherburgess96 5 лет назад +161

    I'm 9 seconds in and I had to pause the video to applaud your fantastic introduction!

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  5 лет назад +11

      Christopher Burgess Thanks so much Christopher. Appreciate it!

    • @tarafahomsy
      @tarafahomsy 5 лет назад +2

      I found it very lame though .. Just my opinion

    • @j.a.weishaupt1748
      @j.a.weishaupt1748 3 года назад

      @@tarafahomsy Your life is very lame

    • @tarafahomsy
      @tarafahomsy 3 года назад

      @@j.a.weishaupt1748 prove what you said ot stop talkingnout of your butt

    • @j.a.weishaupt1748
      @j.a.weishaupt1748 3 года назад

      @@tarafahomsy Your typing skills are very lame

  • @willjsoden
    @willjsoden 5 лет назад +32

    Can you do a vid or series about Steppe peoples of any era? I fell in love with the Scythians/Sarmations of Hellenistic period, slightly before and after.
    I love how that lifestyle in that area of the world persisted for centuries. Could even say they produced the best pound for pound empire in the Mongols but idk if its right to include them in the same group as the Scytho-Sarmations but they're obviously steppe people so I consider them all cousins in a way. Even though they would have probably cut each others heads off and eaten the others' family. They were all lorss of the horse!

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  5 лет назад +11

      Absolutely. I’m gradually covering the entire history of the Seljuk Turks. I will also be covering many more steppe nomads. One of the most fascinating of all subjects in history.

    •  5 лет назад

      Afaik Mongols incorporated all the forces that submitted to them. So if Sarmatians submitted, they would be plundering together.

    •  5 лет назад

      @kiril marinov Check the comment that I am replying to. Obviously they cannot cut each others' heads off, too. These are just hypothehical comments.

    •  5 лет назад

      @kiril marinov Ok troll

  • @ALLHEART_
    @ALLHEART_ 4 года назад +4

    There are quite a few liberally-minded people jumping to the defense of Islam and accusing this guy of bias in the comments here. As someone who is learning Arabic and studying the Islamic sources and history on a frequent basis, I can say that your eagerness to excuse the brutality of Islam throughout history or defend the narrative that "Islam is a religion of peace" is completely unwarranted, and, quite frankly, bizarre.

    • @ALLHEART_
      @ALLHEART_ 4 года назад +3

      @Samer Nattifi Western Muslims repeat that, mind you. Thank you for proving my point.

    • @ALLHEART_
      @ALLHEART_ 4 года назад +3

      @Samer Nattifi I didn't claim that. I was pointing out how foolish it is to claim Islam is a religion of peace. Just the opposite, my friend. Salaam. الحمد لله والحمد للمسيح

  • @AdamNoizer
    @AdamNoizer 5 лет назад +6

    This is awesome. I literally just finished watching the Viking expeditions towards Rome on your channel.

  • @HoundofOdin
    @HoundofOdin 5 лет назад +5

    Any chance we could get a video on the history of the Emirate of Sicily?

    • @ezzovonachalm7038
      @ezzovonachalm7038 4 года назад

      .. and videos on Sicily under Roger II de Hauteville and Friedrich II Stupor Mundi ?

  • @SaltyChip
    @SaltyChip 5 лет назад +1

    Very excited to see these independent YT channels get bigger and more resources to produce history videos!

  • @LilJdaSilva
    @LilJdaSilva 5 лет назад +4

    Fantastic content as always, keep it up!

  • @expertman9921
    @expertman9921 4 года назад +3

    The first Arab invaded and besieged Rome was Hannibal the Phoenician or hanna-ba’al in Arabic. Phoenicians inhabited the Levant modern day Syria.They were a clan from the Canaanites Arabs.

    • @Yakine_12
      @Yakine_12 4 года назад

      بالله عليك شيء حدث اكثر من 3000 الاف سنة كيف للمؤرخين يعرفوا انو في بنت اسست قرطاج
      هل كانو معها ؟؟
      عليسة فقط خرافة ....
      لكي يقللوا من تاريخ تونس
      قرطاج ليست فينيقية بل تونسية و انتهى الكلام

  • @faroukmalika
    @faroukmalika 5 лет назад +3

    I am into history but I have never heard of this. You are doing amazing work. Please keep it up

  • @wanahmad7100
    @wanahmad7100 5 лет назад +2

    Don't thank us my boy. Just keep the contents and the support will always be there

  • @seafratrue
    @seafratrue 4 года назад +1

    Just found your channel and I am really digging it. Just a quick question could you link your sources in your descriptions or links for further learning. Thanks for your hard work and I hope you keep it up.

  • @LionKing-ew9rm
    @LionKing-ew9rm 5 лет назад +4

    LOL, a RUclips ad went off right when the "Self advertisement" note came up!

  • @solidsender69
    @solidsender69 5 лет назад +4

    Amazing quality, thanks for educating many. You are making the empire's duty

  • @MrTravisCS
    @MrTravisCS 5 лет назад +5

    Great documentary, I learned a lot! You earned a like and sub.

  • @amanrusom9498
    @amanrusom9498 4 года назад +1

    I watch your other channels. I thought someone stole your work so I didn't watch this channel before. Excellent work, well done

  • @dimitris9684
    @dimitris9684 5 лет назад +2

    Hello, great job on those videos of yours!! Could you be so kind as to tell me the title of the song in 12:40 that you always use in your videos and is so hauntingly beautiful?

  • @aminebou
    @aminebou 4 года назад +5

    Just remember that Romans destroyed Carthage. So the history is rolling without stop.

  • @qbbruno8279
    @qbbruno8279 5 лет назад +4

    Thank you so much!! I was looking for a long video to run in the trendmill!!

  • @يعربعلي-غ6ز
    @يعربعلي-غ6ز 3 года назад +14

    The Arab history is very interesting, as the Middle East region through the centuries was the subject of the struggles of all the empires. Despite that, the Arabs were strong, defeating the empire after another, weakening for a period to regain their strength and return to brutality in their enemy and the victory is amazing.

    • @SefniAsheforr
      @SefniAsheforr 2 года назад +1

      Arab or Middle Eastern? Because Arabs were but on tribe in the region for most of history. They didn't expand and conquer until the invention of Islam. It became the impetus for the Arab peoples to end up rising and conquering majority of the Middle East and parts of Africa.

    • @invoked5114
      @invoked5114 2 года назад +3

      And now the arabs are back in the middle ages and italy has envolved to become one of the Most beautiful countries in the World.

    • @tonymoretti2347
      @tonymoretti2347 2 года назад

      Times have changed now they cant defeat Israel despite way over numbering them

    • @joahua122
      @joahua122 Год назад

      @@invoked5114 how about dubai?

    • @farooq3549
      @farooq3549 Год назад

      @@SefniAsheforr Arabs did have history before Islam in arabia and southern levant like the Ghassanids, Lakhimds, tanukhids, Nabateans, Sabaeans and himyarites

  • @justinjinks3582
    @justinjinks3582 3 года назад +1

    You do really good work, my friend.

  • @Uncle_Fred
    @Uncle_Fred 5 лет назад +7

    Really enjoyed this. Congrats and keep up the great narratives.

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  5 лет назад

      Thanks very much appreciate it!

  • @michaelcarolus226
    @michaelcarolus226 4 года назад +6

    Inshallah we shall take all of the city this time around Allah Akbar

    • @potamins9265
      @potamins9265 4 года назад +5

      Try to get at least Jerusalem back from some Jews lmao

    • @obama360noscope7
      @obama360noscope7 3 года назад +2

      @@potamins9265 We will 🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @homersimpson9062
    @homersimpson9062 3 года назад +7

    Back in the day going plundering was like having a company today and going IPO on the stock exchange

  • @wendellfugate4088
    @wendellfugate4088 5 лет назад +3

    What an excellent piece of work. Well done!

  • @livewithapurpose5651
    @livewithapurpose5651 5 лет назад +1

    This channel is elegant
    This gives many part of history
    Keep it up with this work

  • @acchaladka
    @acchaladka 5 лет назад +2

    Going through your past videos and quite enjoying everything. Rome and Jerusalem are my two favourite cities, though Delhi is a close third. Would love a series on Jerusalem and environs and the Jews of medieval Iberia and Africa -? Also, let’s be honest, you could make this whole channel about The Kingdom of Two Sicilies, and I would eat it all up.

  • @cletusvonmeth2961
    @cletusvonmeth2961 5 лет назад +3

    Thanks for the vids, I've binging your content for about two weeks, awesome

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  5 лет назад

      Thanks very much appreciate it!

  • @mig-stallion1359
    @mig-stallion1359 5 лет назад +6

    Thanks for making this. You are a great contributor to the proliferation of knowledge and wisdom.

  • @lazohd7280
    @lazohd7280 5 лет назад +39

    First time hear that arabs sack Rome :D. Thx for video!

    • @shahidachoudhury6925
      @shahidachoudhury6925 5 лет назад

      @BLUE DOG
      Nope.Just for oil and wealth.

    • @nativelatinosfooktrump5348
      @nativelatinosfooktrump5348 4 года назад

      Lazo HD there's a reason for that it's called racism

    • @nativelatinosfooktrump5348
      @nativelatinosfooktrump5348 4 года назад

      Lazo HD keep the population dumb deflect and blame people of color for society's problems

    • @nelloovie1734
      @nelloovie1734 4 года назад +1

      Don't be surprised it' has been like that long ago..... Hahaha E. U. HAS COLLAPSE UREADY RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR EYE HISTORY WILL Repeat himself again.... Greater Israel 🇮🇱🇮🇱❤️

    • @scooby1235
      @scooby1235 4 года назад

      sack an already 'dead' rome - they wouldn't done that in is hayday

  • @alexander63736
    @alexander63736 Год назад +1

    History Time and voice of past are goated channels. I ve been subbed while you mfs had like 40k subs I am not surprised that you have have 1M now

  • @amger3067
    @amger3067 5 лет назад +4

    Your content has been awesome so far, love these tidbits that are so often overlooked!

  • @TheTurk321
    @TheTurk321 5 лет назад +2

    Hi, what are the sources used in making this video? I couldn't find them in the video description or elsewhere.

    • @mahamedaden7237
      @mahamedaden7237 5 лет назад +2

      This is fiction aka Western Media

    • @marathonman1205
      @marathonman1205 4 года назад

      The sources are everywhere.

    • @TheTurk321
      @TheTurk321 4 года назад

      @@marathonman1205 Wow! If only research were that easy, why would we even have universities or academics? Why have a bibliography in a book when one line: "sources are everywhere" will suffice!

  • @lewistaylor2858
    @lewistaylor2858 5 лет назад +51

    I always wonder what it must have been like living in Rome during the "dark ages", from a city of over 1 million to 10,000 at its lowest point, from great philosophers and orators like Cicero, great statesman and generals like Caesar, to illiterate peasants living and farming in the streets of the forum and Colosseum. It must have been very strange indeed.

    • @supernova5293
      @supernova5293 5 лет назад +7

      @Syed Ahmed The middle east is nothing like that.

    • @supernova5293
      @supernova5293 5 лет назад +7

      @Syed Ahmed Iraq isn't the entire middle east.

    • @supernova5293
      @supernova5293 5 лет назад +7

      @Syed Ahmed Since when are Tunisia, Libya and Egypt considered middle eastern? Also, those other countries aren't as bad as you try to make them seem to be.

    • @supernova5293
      @supernova5293 5 лет назад +1

      @Syed Ahmed No definition of the middle east includes north Africa as a part of it. The middle east is from Egypt to Iran and from Turkey to Yemen, and the Sinai peninsula is the only reason Egypt is considered middle eastern

    • @MacSmithVideo
      @MacSmithVideo 5 лет назад +2

      must have felt like Mad Max

  • @БоянМихов-м9э
    @БоянМихов-м9э 5 лет назад +14

    29:57 You are showing a image that is supposed to represent Simeon the Great a Bulgarian tsar! Definitely not a Roman emperor, in fact this isn’t the first time you have made such a mistake.

  • @Brahmdagh
    @Brahmdagh 5 лет назад +94

    You should make a videos about Khalid bin Waleed(the original "desert fox") and Chandragupta Maurya

    • @99reeko99
      @99reeko99 5 лет назад +48

      Kinder Egg World calm down pussy

    • @rteetfghhv3785
      @rteetfghhv3785 5 лет назад +23

      you r the fox he was a lion

    • @alosaimi2229
      @alosaimi2229 5 лет назад +5

      براہمداغ
      اذا كان ثعلب فأكيد قتل الفئران اللي انت زعلان عليهم . كان اسدددد و تاريخه شوكه في حلقك . احقد و امرض حقد

    • @abodalashkar5686
      @abodalashkar5686 5 лет назад +2

      @@rteetfghhv3785 he was dog

    • @Kiravenic
      @Kiravenic 5 лет назад +30

      Abod Alashkar your mother is a pig.

  • @WhizeCracker-c3h
    @WhizeCracker-c3h Год назад

    I look forward to watching all your documentaries. Imp;ressive narration and delightful imagery

  • @SgtFoster
    @SgtFoster 5 лет назад +2

    Wow…the writing of this narration is outstanding! I’ll be looking for more from you. Thanks

  • @wasmus7254
    @wasmus7254 5 лет назад +5

    The War between Rome and Semitic People was happening before Islam. The Phoenician fought them and so did the Arabs after them. It's more a fight between the East and the West. Two different Cultures two different Religions two different Worlds.
    Orient vs Occident

    • @mahamedaden7237
      @mahamedaden7237 5 лет назад

      Was not Juses Crist Semitic

    • @gh4738
      @gh4738 5 лет назад +2

      @daughter of Economic Invincibility jesus crist is from middel east

  • @StormLaker
    @StormLaker 5 лет назад +3

    Thanks for making this video. The history shared here is often just a footnote in high school/college world history courses. Now is this still considered "The Dark Ages", or is this as you say early medieval (I know, dumb question). It must have been one hell of a time to live...never knowing when your city/village would be raided by attackers from another land.

  • @user-qk1ix7sf4e
    @user-qk1ix7sf4e 5 лет назад +8

    Do you know the difference between pirates and army?

  • @pamelahomeyer748
    @pamelahomeyer748 5 лет назад +1

    Wonderful news that you can do this full-time. You have done an amazing job

  • @aso375
    @aso375 2 года назад +2

    Arabs: Surrender your riches Romans!
    Pope Sergius II: Uuuh what riches are you talking about? The Goths and the Vandals already took all the gold, the Ostrogoths took out what was left. Hell, we don't even have bronze or iron left, our own Emperor Constans II took it all from us two centuries ago.
    What do you want to loot from us? The marble of pagan ruins? Go ahead we have a lot of those rubbish in the Roman Forum

  • @arabguy3782
    @arabguy3782 5 лет назад +12

    It should also be known that the Roman's were never able to conquer the Arabs like they conquered everyone else in their prime. Arabian queen mawia for one example was known for beating the Roman's so badly at their own game that they even hired her and her army as mercenaries to fight the northern Europeans.

    • @romanmoore4804
      @romanmoore4804 5 лет назад +1

      Arabs had nothing at the time just desert dwellers

    • @arushanioshaka5600
      @arushanioshaka5600 5 лет назад +2

      Arabia was nothing but deserts nobody wanted it

    • @user-hx5qz3tv8b
      @user-hx5qz3tv8b 5 лет назад +5

      The Roman and the Greek themselves believed Arabia and the Arabs to be the richest and most prosperous people.

    • @user-hx5qz3tv8b
      @user-hx5qz3tv8b 5 лет назад +7

      Syria is a desert, Egypt is a desert, Iraq is a desert, north Africa is a desert. Europe itself during the fall and winter is more desolate than all the above deserts.
      Arabia, however, during the fall, winter, and spring seasons is more colorful and much cooler than the Alps in the spring.
      Arabia remained unconquered not because it's a desert, but because it's filled with ferocious warriors and proud knights.

    • @romanmoore4804
      @romanmoore4804 5 лет назад +1

      @@user-hx5qz3tv8b lol no they didnt stop making stuff up...

  • @tahamenji6837
    @tahamenji6837 2 года назад +4

    They were not pirate but they more like an army

  • @3452te
    @3452te 5 лет назад +4

    I read about this 4 years ago while reading the Battle of Garigliano. But great video.

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  5 лет назад +1

      Thanks for watching ! Appreciate it

    • @3452te
      @3452te 5 лет назад

      @@HistoryTime you're welcome. :)

  • @theblackprince1346
    @theblackprince1346 5 лет назад +1

    Your videos are always a pleasure to watch. These new maps are great.

  • @shanekonarson
    @shanekonarson 5 лет назад +1

    Love this channel. Thankyou Mate .

  • @imedmeghraoui797
    @imedmeghraoui797 5 лет назад +6

    Great content as always! Keep the good work my friend and good luck!

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  5 лет назад +1

      Thanks very much! Appreciate it

  • @donaldmurray4350
    @donaldmurray4350 5 лет назад +6

    This is among the best presentations of primary source of human history I have ever seen. Having just read the Myth of the Andalusian Paradise, this sharply brings the aftermath of the fall of Rome, to technicolor life. Sets the imagination into high gear. A fine effort, pictorially captivating, scholarly methodology that is entertaining. Thank you dear sir.

  • @andreascool3041
    @andreascool3041 4 года назад +9

    Why don't you put a video of the fact that Arabs did a favor to all europeans teaching them how to clean up themselves and put on clothes

    • @scooby1235
      @scooby1235 4 года назад +1

      we should be so thankful! and what has the arab world done in the last 200/ 300 years? nothing

    • @1bakteriesnuben
      @1bakteriesnuben 4 года назад +4

      You do realize that the "europeans never bathe" is a myth, right. And I dought they needed someone to teach them how to put on clothes since they came from the north.

    • @scooby1235
      @scooby1235 4 года назад +1

      @@1bakteriesnuben roman bath houses 1 century and most probably pre history

    • @ballafon7
      @ballafon7 4 года назад +1

      wipe with hand ...

    • @NawafAlsulaiman
      @NawafAlsulaiman 4 года назад

      scooby 123 yes i agree in the 200, 300 years nothing, because of the Mongols and then the Ottoman Turks took control
      But 1000 years ago, we were superior to you in every field, and we fought East and West.

  • @sergius993
    @sergius993 5 лет назад

    Guys, please help! I need to know the name of the song between 27:11 and 28:33 ! Its probably something by Derek & Brandon Fiechter, but I can't seem to find it.

  • @jeremybds1901
    @jeremybds1901 5 лет назад +1

    Love this channel

  • @aksmex2576
    @aksmex2576 5 лет назад +10

    Your videos are so unbiased. Usually people get too political with history, aka bring modern drama into it.

  • @Irfan--Khan
    @Irfan--Khan 5 лет назад +20

    The Aghlabids were governors of Abbasid Empire. 😊

    • @sayedjaffarabbas3420
      @sayedjaffarabbas3420 5 лет назад

      Yes true

    • @granda2126
      @granda2126 4 года назад

      under the Caliphate true but they were an Automanmous state in North Africa "iFRIKIA" "Tunisia along the eastern part of Algeria and west of Libya" with their own Capital Kairouan, that time the Caliphate had spiritual status even Autonomous or Independent states recognize the caliphate as the true ruler of all Muslims ,

    • @Irfan--Khan
      @Irfan--Khan 4 года назад

      @@granda2126, yes Aghlabids were Semi- autonomous province of Caliphate.
      Early Abbasid Empire (750 - 861) ruled as absolute monarchy like Umayyads but during Abbasid decline period (861-940) Abbasids started loose power during this time independent states recognised Abbasid as nominal head of state.

    • @aykay6778
      @aykay6778 3 года назад

      Yes yes big up kashmir

  • @collintrytsman3353
    @collintrytsman3353 5 лет назад +26

    congratulations on pursuing dream, how about early civilization's Assyrian, Egyptian, Hittite, Sumerian etc?

    • @goonwanger88
      @goonwanger88 5 лет назад +1

      He has a video on the hittites

    • @MeoVatosLocos
      @MeoVatosLocos 5 лет назад

      No cause arabs brought civilization and architecture to europe like all arabs say cause we had nothing before they came. This also counts for egypte sumer etc 😂

    • @KD-jb9pq
      @KD-jb9pq 5 лет назад

      @@MeoVatosLocos Europeans are descended from neanderthals.

    • @aksbeixhev
      @aksbeixhev 5 лет назад

      Sumerians too.

    • @aksbeixhev
      @aksbeixhev 5 лет назад

      @@KD-jb9pq only 1-3%

  • @jacobdalland1390
    @jacobdalland1390 Год назад +1

    I think this is one of the most underrated moments of European history. People often point to the battles of Tours, Lepanto, and Vienna as crucial to the survival of Western Christianity without mentioning that Rome itself was attacked by Muslims once.

  • @antivalidisme5669
    @antivalidisme5669 5 лет назад +2

    Congratulations on your new status! So glad you managed to reach such a step thanks to your videos.
    Great storytelling in my opinion, always a hard task to overcome when dealing with our History. And I feel like in this one, you found a great balance between music and commentary, even in the field of volume. What Dagon, Lovecraft? And I didn't know about this chan? I'm such a moron!
    Edit: you always refer to Arabs but what about the Berber proportion in such raids ands piracy actions. I remember when I first read about Al-Andalus yeaaaaaars ago, one of the first thing that stroke me was the Berber proportion in the Muslim armies. And as you know it lead to many internal crisis among other reasons! Thank you for your help in this matter.

  • @Adnan604
    @Adnan604 5 лет назад +6

    A bit of a contradiction as @ 3:55 you say "THIS WAS NO MERE RAID" due to it being 11,000 men....but late in the video you describe this as a "scouting and expeditionary raid" .... How ?? I mean how often did scouting parties contain 10k+ men? unless we're talking about nomadic horse empires like Huns or Mongols, who could easily send thousands of horsemen on "scouting & raiding" missions...Common sense tells one that your earlier description was the correct one.

    • @darthhoovy8332
      @darthhoovy8332 5 лет назад +1

      Adnan604 The primary sources probably inflated the numbers

  • @germanicus8342
    @germanicus8342 5 лет назад +3

    Will you ever do a video on Emperor Theophilos? He had to fight quite a few battles. From his movies leading camp again in the east to fighting in Anatolia and into the fertile crescent. Also has refugees coming into the empire from the east, and appeals for help to the est to fight the invaders (that fell on deaf ears, however).
    Yes, massive armies and naval conflict.

  • @harrowingsparrow7948
    @harrowingsparrow7948 3 года назад +4

    Arabs be like: "It's a me, Moorio!"

  • @SunsetSeekers
    @SunsetSeekers 5 лет назад +1

    All of your videos are fascinating and well done!

  • @lyndaanneshop
    @lyndaanneshop 4 года назад +2

    You are a true teacher. What a blessing to the future. And to the present. ;) Thank you.

  • @Lucas199BR
    @Lucas199BR 5 лет назад +16

    Misleading title, it was just a raiding party and they never got past the aurelian wall, it was just 2 churchs outside the walls

    • @blaccbeard
      @blaccbeard 5 лет назад +12

      Yep, this video was just a ploy to get more white supremacists to subscribe, which judging by a lot of the comments seems to have worked. "omg the arabs have been raping us forever guyz seeeeeee".

    • @fionnmoules7620
      @fionnmoules7620 5 лет назад +6

      @@blaccbeard what shite are you even talking get out of here

    • @darthhoovy8332
      @darthhoovy8332 5 лет назад +5

      Well it was called the sack of Rome by the primary sources, so the title isn’t misleading. Blame the writers of the primary sources.

    • @Lucas199BR
      @Lucas199BR 5 лет назад +1

      ​@@darthhoovy8332 not really, nah, nothing terribly wrong getting a little clickbaity thou, just pointing out

    • @sebastianszeliga935
      @sebastianszeliga935 5 лет назад +4

      that's right Kids don't be ISLAMAPHOBIC BIGOTS to our peaceful Arab invaders burning down churches and killing civilians, it was only a "peaceful raiding party"

  • @alphawolf3275
    @alphawolf3275 5 лет назад +4

    Arabs never plunder but crusaders and Britishers did

    • @Airtime2030
      @Airtime2030 5 лет назад +1

      @@АндрейДенисов-т6к we fuck crusade 😂😂😂

  • @anamz88
    @anamz88 5 лет назад +12

    Those were not mere "pirates"!! that's utter nonsense and falsification!!! You can't simply discard the mightiest super global power at the time "Abbasid Khalifate" by saying the raiders were "pirates" and their origins is not important!

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  5 лет назад +3

      Ahmad Mahfouz Yes. They were pirates. Just like there were pirates throughout Europe and the Mediterranean at this time. These guys had very little to do with the caliphate, which was based half a world away and had already run out of military steam by this time, being more focused on society rather than outward expansion.

    • @adamatlas1113
      @adamatlas1113 5 лет назад

      It's total BS indeed.

    • @johnsoudas1741
      @johnsoudas1741 5 лет назад

      You are right
      The abbasids were responsible for this

    • @krixpop
      @krixpop 5 лет назад +3

      Those pirates raided only non Islamic cities paying their due tribute to whatever Caliphate or Sultanate they worked for ! ... while practicing their peaceful religion !!!

    • @silvermurex8009
      @silvermurex8009 5 лет назад +1

      i agree .. calling arabs simple pirates this is european leftwing liberal antiChritsian ProIslam propaganda they use to whitewash Islam .. the arab armies were Fatiheen ( conquerors ) attacking europe to destroy christianity and spread islam ..all attacks were aimed at destroying christians and not dumb pirates attacking for materialistic gain

  • @explorer1968
    @explorer1968 4 года назад +1

    The city of Rome was more like a rural town but remained the capital of Western Christendom. Pope Leo IV really saved the day rebuilding and augmenting the city's defenses plus pleading to Italian cities to send a navy to avoid military and spiritual disaster!!

  • @husamabed6527
    @husamabed6527 4 года назад

    This Chanel does not deserve to be called history Chanel. History is supposed to be science pure facts, not sentiment.

  • @OvermindBG
    @OvermindBG 5 лет назад +6

    29:57
    That's king Simeon I of Bulgaria

  • @ssa3101
    @ssa3101 5 лет назад +4

    Apparently every non western navies are pirates and armies are nomadic barbarians. And west is a victim of every other aggressive culture. The part where he described the rise of Macedonian dynasty made me lol. Dramatic much?

  • @youhavenoprivacyandownnoth8289
    @youhavenoprivacyandownnoth8289 4 года назад +3

    29:52
    that is a Bulgarian tsar, not a Macedonian.
    Tsar Simeon I the Great.
    But nice try, macci.

  • @namAlexander
    @namAlexander 5 лет назад +1

    subscribed all channels , been on this a while and its very good.

  • @wattlebough
    @wattlebough 4 года назад +2

    The mention of raiding for camels might give some people the impression that camels was the main way the Arab army got around, but contrary to the stereotype we’ve all come to accept the arabs conducted most of their warfare on horseback: the arabian horse. Islamic historical sources widely document that while Muhammed himself owned hundreds of camels, when on his military expeditions and raids around the Hejaz region of western arabia he and a majority of his army did this on horseback. Camels were used largely for supply and logistical transport for his army. The histories of Ibn Kathir, Al-Tabari and Ibn Is’haq inform us that Muhammed the prophet of Islam owned seven war horses that he would use to ride in to battle and command his fanatical army.