Filled with Freemasonic History Telling their warped stories Like also this kings and generals adding their statements of bias "papermaking the abbasids had stolen from the chinese" ... what stolen?? Was it sitting idle in your chinese baba's shop waiting to be nicked by A Muslim under Abbasid rule ? Man, why not keep your subtle biased opinions that has no evidential merit not tangibly nor intangibly (as in rationally).
I am from China. During this war, a Tang Dynasty soldier named Du Huan was taken prisoner and met many Chinese papermakers, carpenters, and painters in Arabia, and here is my English translation based on ancient Chinese documents. [Record of Chinese Tang Dynasty captives living in Arabia] The name of the king of Arabia was Mamun, and he was born here. Arab women were tall and plump, with beautiful clean clothes and moon-like beauty. The women went out and covered their faces. Silks and pearls from various countries are in abundance in the markets. Camels and donkeys walk through the streets. Vases of Chinese porcelain are offered by merchants to noblemen at festivals. Rice and wheat flour are available here, just like in China. Here grapes are the same size as eggs. There was a love of spices. Weavers, goldsmiths, painters, Fan Shu and Liu Hua from Shaanxi, China, and Lv Li from the east bank of the Yellow River. They also drove with camels. Their horses, said to be born from the mating of a dragon and a horse in the West Sea, have small bellies and long legs, and can run a thousand miles a day. There is also the ostrich, which is 3 meters high and has feet bigger than a camel's hoof, so that a man can ride an ostrich. There are also palm trees, the fruit is like Chinese dates, can be pressed to produce oil, eating dates can prevent disease. The climate in Arabia is warm, no snow and no ice. People often suffered from malaria, and within a year, half of those who got sick would die. Arabia conquered more than 50 countries and sent troops to defend them. The westernmost part of the Arabian territory reached the Black Sea.
@@hangzhao8060 I think if Tang dynasty go head to head again with the combination of Abbasynian and Turkic, perhaps in history China wont even exist today.. Remember that the Chinese are fighting a combo enemy at their prime.
@@malaysia_67 Abyssinia is in Africa, you must have got something wrong. Turkic then has been kicked the shit of, the east has been a part of China and the west has already forced to march west.
Oh man!!! I was about to leave the house... Now I have to leave in 9 minutes 5 seconds time.... Yet another of my favourite historical battles... Such a captivating moment in Eurasian history.
Battle of Talas long-lasting effects: 1. Caused Buddhism to decline in the area and Islam to spread among the dominant Turk population, changing the religous and political demographics of a thousand square mile region. 2. The lack of land route for Buddhists leads to a divergence in the religion in India and China, leading to two very different branches being formed. 3. The Islamicist Turks lead to the Seljuk Empire, which took Jerusalem and triggered the crusades. 4. Another Turkic peoples, the Ottomans, conquered the Eastern Roman Empire and created one of the largest empires in the world across three different continents. 5. We are still feeling the effects of THAT empire collapsing down to the present day in the Middle East. But most importantly..... pApER sPReAd to eUrOPe.
@J Fuck off you can practice what you want in China. No one gives a shit until you start killing others. Islam is peaceful unless provoked. This is all the fault of Saudi extremism(Wahabism). If the west didn't fuck up the middle East and gave the Arabs an Arabian Empire like they promised the Sauds wouldn't have risen to power.
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We, the youth of the world, must reject racial hatred and racism. This is a history and we must respect others without abuse and accept each other. My greetings to all human beings. Greetings from Arabia
THey had battles and many more trade agreements and ambassies... that's how Black powder, Tee, and Paper found their way to the middle east and the wast
momomo mimi i previously thought the technical exchange of paper-making was peacefully conducted through trade between the east and the west, and here i am surprised. that's another reason i subscribed to this channel.
My teacher wanted me to watch a 75 minute podcast on this and so I just looked up "battle of talis" and this actually has good animation and is interesting. Thanks for the great video
whenever i watch your channel , i learn new things and i admire the effort you put on making these videos . keep it up man , piece and love from your moroccan muslim brother !
The good news is that we will release our next video on Thursday, the bad is that we will have less time to reply to your comments. But, we want you to know, that we do our best to read each one and answer to it and appreciate each and every one of you. Thanks!
I am also from Talas,Türkiye, where is sister municipality of Kyrgyzstan Talas. and it's name is comes from Talas, Kyrgyzstan..And one day I wish to come there..
Got plastered on new years a eve, and still managed to watch/understand this episode. 11/10 would recommend this channel for everyone, both drunk and sober.
My wife and I are kazakhs (qazaqs), the closest neighbours and next of kin to the karluk family people (uzbeks and uyghurs) who are the strait descendant people of that turkic tribes that chose the Party and Deen (Faith/Religion) of Allah during the events depicted in the video. Currently we qazaqs are inhabiting exactly the area where the Battle took place and significant part of the Talas river. In fact, the spouse is originally from that area. Thank you for the video. It is pretty informative and insightful.
so now i must give thanks thrice: Once to the supporter of this video, Fahad Al Mandil(i hope i spelled it right). i was always curious of this battle, but never went to actually buy books to learn of it. you truly made me wiser today, friend! Second, a big shout to the Abbasids. because of them, we no longer use sponges to wipe our rears with. papermaking is the reason why we all enjoy a slice of heaven whenever we use the porcelain throne :)) and thank you, K&G, for your content. you are one of the reasons why i love history so much these days :)
Wow! I am from Kazakhstan. And I had no idea that someone outside of my country even knows about Talas battle. My school and university teachers alway mantioned the importance of that historical event. If tans would win that battle than Central Asia would be more "asian" than Muslim. Thanks for video, good job!
Thanks for this video and remarkable explanation. I have been looking for information on the battle of Talas river for a couple of days, and this has been the best so far. Even Brittanica could not give much information. Great video :)
I am not Arab or Chinese but It is great seeing all the friendship this video has prompted people to express between the two cultures. I it shows that when people approach each of from a perspective of interest and curious a good fruit is sown even among people who had fought in the past. Peace to all.
Hi I am from Gilgit, Pakistan, I wasn't awared of the battle between Gilgit and China fourteen hundred years ago, thanks for making this precious video. 🌹
I am from Multan, Punjab. I heard only few accounts about it last year when i visited Hunza. I like history so i dig on it and found about Chinese invasion on Gilgit and Karimabad. There are also some racial mixing between biltistan, Mangol, Chinese, Turks and tibetian.
One of the major reason of why the Chinese Tang Dynasty and Arabic empire were hostile towards each other was because the Arabs invaded the Persians which was allied with China, Tang and Persia had great relations. After the Persian empire was destroyed, the Persian prince fled to China for asylum.
God Guides To His Light Whom He Wills ! Yes. They still had the remnants of the Sassanid court living in Chang'an. By the very nature of distance and having their own problems, the Tang couldn't have mounted an attack on the Arabs. Then the Arabs made a move on them, guess what happened next?
Having looked it up, the reasons for the battle may have been far simpler with the Sassanid royalty living in Chang'an being a convenient excuse/propaganda. The Umayyads deposed a local ruler in the region which resulted in a Tang response. The Tang sent an army to reinstate their vassal and succeeded, keeping several garrisons nearby to keep an eye on things. The Abassids then overthrew the Umayyads and wanted to consolidate the formers territories, cue confrontation.
The Tibetan Plateau stands over 4.5 kilometres above sea level and is surrounded by imposing mountain ranges that harbour the world's two highest summits, Mount Everest and K2. Marching an army of conquest in to this region with thoughts of victory is a fool's errand. The geography of the nation of Switzerland has much of the same defensive advantages, however not the same religious and political significance. The Tibetan Plateau is a natural fortress that any sane person would fear to attack. This video is an epic revelation to my former self. Great work KaG, Bravo.
Yes, but you have to also consider that the Tibetan Plateau can't sustain a sizeable population on their own because of how bare and unfertile is the land. Tibet was always destined to be a state influenced by one of their powerfull neighbours, China or India, just happened that the former was the winning side.
I love the ending when the far-reaching effects of the battle are discussed. If this ever comes up in future battles, I would like that you include it there as well!
Thanks for these informations guys! I had never heard of this battle, and therefore, I was unaware of it's importance. To think that great shocks that seem to be indecisive, or at least, not so impactating at their time - Manzikert, Lepanto, etc - creates much larger repercussions over time. Once again, thanks. There should be more people acting like you guys in the world. Peace.
I had, but only recently. It might be less talked about because details about the battle are scarce, sources are conflicted, and it didn't result in much direct territorial changes.
No, they didin't, the Abbasids never extended that far, in fact the Tang and Abbadis quickly became allies afterwards. The current state of Tarim Basin was done by the Karakanid Turks who waged a jihad and took over the region then forcefully converted the locals to Islam. Google it
M Learn more history before making biased comments. Was China ruled by other ethnicities other than Han for the most part of the history? Come on, from Xia（夏） or Shang （商）to modern PRC. China was only partially ruled in the northern area by minorities in the period of five barbaric uprising(五胡乱华), then Liao(辽） and Jin（金) as well as defeated Japan. Only Mongols and Manchurian/Jurchens managed to take complete control of China in Yuan(元） and Qing dynasties(清). Xiongnu（匈奴）, Gokturks（突厥汗国）, Uyghur(畏兀儿；回鹘）Oirat(瓦剌）, and Zungaria(准噶尔） were influential nomadic regimes at the border, but they never managed to establish a recognized dynasty in Chinese heartland. Thus, the combined history of China under non-Han Chinese rule only count for about 1000 years. What about the other 3000 to 4000 years? It's still under the control of Han Chinese. If you count total control of China, only Mongols and Jurchens succeeded once respectively, and they were all driven back by Han in their demises. The other major dynasties in Chinese history like Qin(秦）, Han（汉）, Jin(晋）, Song(宋） and Ming(明） are completely ruled by Han Chinese. While Sui(隋) and Tang(唐）are paternally Han ethnicities and use pedigree of their fathers' families instead of their maternal lineages that contain Proto-Mongolic/Turkic/Caucasian genes. Just like you won't describe the kingdom of France is ruled by Austrian or Habsburg if they have mothers or queens from the House of Habsburg. Last but not the least, where's your so-called East Turkestan? It only managed to survive in a short period of time during the turmoil of late Qing dynasty or ROC and surrendered quickly as General Zuo Zongtang (Remember the taste/fear of General Tso's chicken? It's named after him) and General Wang Zhen marched back to Xinjiang. Today, there's only Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, but no such East Turkestan. Turkic ethnicities are living better and enjoy greater gender equality in modern China than under the rule of East Turkestan separatists.
What a well-made history documentary!! It is way better than some similar videos you can find on RUclips, made by those who apparently don't know what they are talking about.
@@KingsandGenerals Oh ,Sorry, I thought you ignored my writing, that's why I had to write many times, I appreciate you attention , I hope you won't ignore my request. Thank you so much.
I learned this battle in school in China. Arabian got the paper making technology from captured workers in Chinese army. There is one Chinese captive whose name is Du huan. He stayed in middle East for about 10 years and finally returned to China. He wrote a book about his experience but unfortunately the book was lost in history, but some of its contents were found in other books. It says he was captured in Talas and forced to join the Arabian army to fight in North Africa. He was allowed to return to home in 761, he then got on board a boat in Red sea and went back to Guangzhou, China via Srilanka.
Great! I have always been interested in the Battle of Talas and always remember the date, but really knew very little about the details, most importantly the role of the Turkish cavalry.
great video - chinese troops are pretty clearly Qin dynasty, not Tang (difference of about a millenia there), but good production as always. Shame theres no medieval chinese mods you could use instead for more accurate units.
Their is a mod on ancient China and middle East but it's for medieval 2 total war. I believe it was called asian empires mod. But it was in chinese language. The mod was based on the late ming dynasty and feature several eastern and steppe faction too
Ming(1368-1644) is too late to depict Tang(7th century-10th century) anyway. Tang units are notable for crossbows/heavy bows（连弩/震天弓) and heavy blades (唐刀,陌刀). I assume you can find mods in games like mount and blade.
SAMAND33 What he mean was that the troops depicted in the video and even the thumbnail, are Qin era troops. The banners in the video themselves even have the character 秦 'Qin' instead of 唐 'Tang'
@@ayoubkhalil1 still impossible. It is not about culture, language, ethnic or religion differences, it is about us being human. We would still have wars even if we had no difference from each other.
Don't be naive. Tribalism is in our blood. People will always find excuses to group up against each other. It's just how a social species like humans compete for resources.
I like these mini lectures so much! The plot, the graphics, the rewind to address multiple accounts, and the fact that you don't butcher all the names. In that vein, 唐 "Tang" sounds like "father," not like "angry."
تحية الدولة العباسية دولة العلم والعلماء والصناعة والطب والجيش والفتوحات والنصر ورحم الله هارون الرشيد واسكنه فسيح جنانه Greetings to the Abbasid state, the state of science, scholars, industry, medicine, the army, conquests, victory, and may God have mercy, Harun al-Rashid,
"muslims ottomans not the Turks" Turkic people, not just people of modern day Turkey. One empire after the next came into fruition; Seljuk Turks, Mamluk Empire, Khilji Dynasty etc. This battle almost breathed a new life into the tribal Turks of central asia. Gave them a vision, I think, they never had. Conquest, power and kingdoms.
BIGMrighthere the Manluk empire was caccaustion ( i don’t know how to spell it ) but yeah the Turkish people became Muslims and they after that became great in every term,sad though many Turks still hate Arabs even though they are Muslims and historical allies
@@o7016-c7i The Turkic people are a diverse bunch. There are those in central asia, there are also those from the caucuses region as you said, we've had them in medieval India as well. Mamluks were slave soldiers (not like americas idea of slaves doe lol), a lot of them were of turkic origins. Kazakstanis for example are of turkic descent and live in the Caucasus region. And you're right, the turks and arabs should have got a long but they allowed themselves to be played by the British. The British played old divide and conquer strategy; pit the Muslims against each other, destroyed the caliphate and walked off as the winner.
after the battle turks became muslim and served as a mercanery for the abbasids and after a century they took the whole control of the abbasids army. they invade persia and whole middle east and create a seljuk empire.
@@ahmedislam2580 Araplar, Türkistan da dahil olmak üzere Asya ülkelerini fethi olmasaydı .. Türklerin orijinal evi ... Türkler artık Müslüman olmazdı .. Araplar tüm İslam ülkelerinin fethetmişlar
They invade India too. Remember, Indian kings defeated mighty Abbasids, stopped them at sindh. But, Turks overpowered Indian kingdoms. Nomads are very powerful in battle.
Another important impact of this battle was that it helped trigger the infamous An Lushan Rebellion (755 - 763 AD), which marked the decline of the Tang Empire.
AlfredGanQuan hey! by any chance, do you know how the battle of talas led to technological and cultural transfer? I’m thinking it would be gunpowder and paper making, but I’m not sure. Thank you in advance!
This is just an inconsequential war. The leaders of the Tang Dynasty did not even know that such a war had taken place. What really changed the pattern of Central Asia was Anshi’s chaos
@@MrLi-fd4hs of course its "inconsequential", you guys lost lol losing war over territory that helped secure the Silk Road trade route was anything but "inconsequential".
@sick turrett Wrong, Christian empire which was Byzantium collapsed, and Zoroastrian empire which was Sassanid empire collapsed as well no hope for this to comeback that time, there was Omayad empire then came Abbassid empire and both are Islamic superpower of that time, so next must be Islamic to prevail. Thats what turks did 😊
@@AERoVALKYRiE if they convert to buddhism or christianity they might have gone the way of Manchu or Bulgars - essentially culturally extinct tho. Keep in mind turkish Bulgars =! slavic Bulgarians
Cenk Tüneygök Thats false, indo-europeans have dominared altaic people many times. In fact the scythians who were likely indo-european speakers mixed alot with north east asian women from the region were turkic people come from, its likely most of the west eurasian Y-dna in those modern turkic tribes come from these indo-european scythian males.
Hey I have a suggestion about the emblems for Chinese nations, but it’s just my opinion so u can disagree as much as u want. I understand that as China did not use national banners in the same way as the west, u use the name of the dynasty in an emblem, although sometimes there was never that exact emblem in use. Instead of using the kaishu 楷书calligraphy font for the characters, you could use the Seal Script (篆体字 zhuantizi）which we’re used on seals and stamps. Sometimes this font was used on banners. It could make the emblems/icons for Chinese armies or nations in your maps more authentic
After the Persia king Yazdegerd III was beheaded by the Arabs, his son, Peroz III, the last Sasanian king and a large number of Persians fled to China. The Chinese emperor was married to Peroz’s sister and pledged to restore him to his throne. Peroz fight many battles as a commander of the Tang armies. However China withdrew from Central Asia after the An Lushan Rebellion of 755-763 wiped out a quarter of its population. On his death bed Peroz told his people they can never go home and they are to become Chinese. For centuries after his death Peroz’s fiefdom in China was known as The Realm of the Western King.
Rashidun,Umayyad,Abbasid,Fatimid,Cordoba,Almoravid,Almohad,Ayyubid,Mamluk,Khwarezmia,Seljuk,Ifriqiya,Ghurid,Ghaznavid,Delhi,Khilji,Qabajah,Mughal,Golden Horde,Timurid,Hafsid,Ottomans,Safavids,Mali,Mysore,Tugluqid,Rum and many many more...
jovenus20 Sounds like a good idea. This war does shape the rules of East Asia. Just hope there will be less number of triggered nationalists under this topic. (China-Japan-Korea trilateral relations are messes.)
Bize Türkiye'de öğretiyorlar. Araplarla birlikte kazandığımız savaş olarak biliyoruz. Maalesef Araplara Osmanlıya ihanet eden Mehmet Ali Paşa ve Şerif Hüseyin'den başka kim öğretiliyor ki?
Alfred The West is dying, we must save it Tge west is dying cause your not even religious your all gays... To retain western civilization u need Christianity
Thank you Kings and Generals for covering this battle. It's sad that this battle is rarely talked about, because it's one of the most significant in world history as it altered control over Central Asia forever. China had (on again, off again) impacted that region since the Han Dynasty centuries earlier, but the Tang's defeat at Talas permanently transferred Central Asia out of Chinese hands. Subsequent Chinese dynasties (except the Yuan, but that was ruled by the Mongols) would never again gain any control over Central Asia.
I would like to thank you for and fahad for his suggestion and I suggest the battle of Hattin led by Salahuddin and the legendary battle Ain Goliath, led by Saifuddin Qatz
Hi im from in Kazakhstan Province Talas. It runs through the city of Taraz in Zhambyl Province of Kazakhstan and vanishes in the Muyunkum Desert before reaching Lake Aydyn.
@Ger Many بل تركيبه عقليتك هيا سبب تخلف شخصيتك وجعلتك تعتقد أن الإسلام به تناقص وما الي ذلك كل الكتب بها أخطأ الا القرآن ذلك الكتب لا ريب فيه هدا للمتقين الله يصلح حالك يجاهل
Better than watching a war movie. Love your videos. Though the paper making technology wasn't stolen, technology was transferred through the silk route trades, and books became a tradable commodity in those days. But thanks for epic videos. Really enjoy your work.
Kings and Generals. I am big fan of Tamerlans "work", so reading it is quite an enjoyment. Big recomendation for all history nerds outhere . Even tough it dates pre WWII and many ,mostly archeological discoveries came afterwards it is still masterpiece of step history
Natashark dodo I watch videos like .Roman empires invasions. Mongol empire invasions . Chinese empire invasion ...extra and I never complain . sometimes I don't even find videos about Muslims invasions . But when Muslims give a title about a battle. A racist like you come and give his opinion to something not even close to argue with .this is a history channel a very great history channel .no lies and bullshit . There is a lot of other channels don't do anything about Islam . goodbye 😐😐😐
This is a big underrated battle in history. It's the greatest most powerful empire's of the century(8th century)going at each other randomly in the middle of Asia. 3 empires all different in culture but the mightiest in the world at the time.
This is because the rulers of China were not very concerned with the continued expansion of the empire, we did not have a strong interest in areas unsuitable for farming, and the war did not affect the stability and strength of the empire. It was also because the Chinese rulers did not know very well what the world was like in Central Asia further to the west, which was too far away for China.
@@luisromanlegionaire mongols were lucky because Muslims at that time they were fighting within themselves if they come b.c 700 we can destroy the mongols and already we destroyed them battle of ain jalut
@@luisromanlegionaire abbasids win the wars because the bureaucracy was in the hands of the Arabs after the persians took the bureaucracy and abbasids falled
Hello. I'm from Kazakhstan. When Arabs came to CA, turkic nations didn't understand fought with them. Then when Chine Empire came, arabs came anf helped turkic nations. After Atlah battles, turkic nations reverted to Islam peacefully. Converting to Islam started in 752 and ended in 13-14 century. Also some chinese people reverted to Islam. They are dungans now who live in Kazahstan, Kyrgyzstan and China
Peacefully? Rather forcefully id say, there were two big massacres committed against Turks by Arabs to convert them to Islam, and Turks were sold into slavery to serve in the abbasid army, get your facts right.
Very nice video! It is recommended that you get to know Su Dingfang, another general of the Tang Empire, and I also look forward to your making a video about Su Dingfang. thanks.
The wrong politics of the Chinese have brought the Turks to the Arabs. Battle of Talas was the most effective reflection of it. Another educational presentation with correct informations. Respect your will. Thank you
One of the most amazing battle ever happened in Asia or even in the world in my humble opinion. The clash between two of the biggest empires in the world at that time, Tang army was definitely not to be easily mess with; if it is not the betrayal of their allied force, who knows what the outcome would be.
it would have definetly been a win for the Tangs. granted the arabs were probably better in skill but the tangs teamwork and hard sheilds prevented them from suffering against the Arabs
similar to the early days Romans, China would absorb new cultures, capable generals would adopt their fighting styles, making new settlers get use to new climate and terrain
Daisy Wong Turkic People are East Asians who moved Westwards but they are not Chinese. West Asian Turks like Anatolians, Azerbaijan ... are not Ethnic Turkic only in Language. They are Turkified Turkic People. The Turks in Central Asia are more related with Ancient Turkic People but they are an Admixture between Turkic, Mongol Tribes and some an Admixture between Iranian people like Sogdians. The Most Ethnic Turkic People are Salar they shared most common Haplogroups with Ancient Turkic People. Turkic Haplogroups Haplogroup D, O2, O3, C Modern Turks have Sogdian r1a from Iranian Tribes in Central Asia. West Asian Turks J2 Typical for Middle Eastern. R1b Typical for West European. G Typical for People in Caucasia and E1a for North Africans. Same thing in Azerbaijan. The Majority is non Turkic. The Turkic People in West Asia were since Ancient Times an Minority. The Elite Class was Turkic in every Khagante in West Asia. Cumans, Bolgars ... were all non Turkic in Ethnicity. They absorbed Turkic Culture and Language thats all.
Screaming Wind Culture revolution did not wipe out all the cultured Chinese. And Han culture is reviving today in China, talking about connections with the past peoples, Turkish people have less than 15% ancient turk DNA, which means Turkish are conquered Europeans assimilated by East Asians.
@@screamingwind3559 The cultural revolution did not erase all their culture and histories, while some are lost but most of the cultures destroyed back then are retrieved today
The Chinese always call themselves the descendants of the Loong(Chinese dragon), the descendants of the Yan and Huang Emperors , and you are not Chinese, not qualified to speak.
I never heard about this battle. Your channel are amongst the best youtube hidden gem
Thanks!
I agree.
This is 100X better than what History channel is giving nowadays.
Thanks!
HIstory channel is biased and wants to control information
Filled with Freemasonic History Telling their warped stories
Like also this kings and generals adding their statements of bias "papermaking the abbasids had stolen from the chinese" ... what stolen?? Was it sitting idle in your chinese baba's shop waiting to be nicked by A Muslim under Abbasid rule ?
Man, why not keep your subtle biased opinions that has no evidential merit not tangibly nor intangibly (as in rationally).
I am from China. During this war, a Tang Dynasty soldier named Du Huan was taken prisoner and met many Chinese papermakers, carpenters, and painters in Arabia, and here is my English translation based on ancient Chinese documents.
[Record of Chinese Tang Dynasty captives living in Arabia]
The name of the king of Arabia was Mamun, and he was born here. Arab women were tall and plump, with beautiful clean clothes and moon-like beauty. The women went out and covered their faces. Silks and pearls from various countries are in abundance in the markets. Camels and donkeys walk through the streets. Vases of Chinese porcelain are offered by merchants to noblemen at festivals. Rice and wheat flour are available here, just like in China. Here grapes are the same size as eggs. There was a love of spices. Weavers, goldsmiths, painters, Fan Shu and Liu Hua from Shaanxi, China, and Lv Li from the east bank of the Yellow River. They also drove with camels. Their horses, said to be born from the mating of a dragon and a horse in the West Sea, have small bellies and long legs, and can run a thousand miles a day. There is also the ostrich, which is 3 meters high and has feet bigger than a camel's hoof, so that a man can ride an ostrich. There are also palm trees, the fruit is like Chinese dates, can be pressed to produce oil, eating dates can prevent disease. The climate in Arabia is warm, no snow and no ice. People often suffered from malaria, and within a year, half of those who got sick would die. Arabia conquered more than 50 countries and sent troops to defend them. The westernmost part of the Arabian territory reached the Black Sea.
Thats really nice to know thanks for translation im arab (: and would like to know the name of the book so i can read more about this Chinese captive
Thank you from a Palestinian Arab
@@samnatt248 You are welcome
@@Aaron_1428You are welcome
@احسن واحد 《经行记》杜环
No Arabic version
Im from Talas,, I read about this war in Talas but I didn’t know that it was a important that much ...really useful video,,thanks
Thanks for watching!
well it's not very important if there is no rebellion in Tang Dynasty
@@hangzhao8060
I think if Tang dynasty go head to head again with the combination of Abbasynian and Turkic, perhaps in history China wont even exist today.. Remember that the Chinese are fighting a combo enemy at their prime.
@@malaysia_67 Abyssinia is in Africa, you must have got something wrong. Turkic then has been kicked the shit of, the east has been a part of China and the west has already forced to march west.
@@malaysia_67 lol , it is the Turkic army that cannot go deeper into Chinese teritories. China was a superpower at that time.
"On the fifth day, at dawn, look to the East!"
not Gandalf
Turks
xD
ancient Chinese soldier: yeah, we fucked.
Tang were also Turks, not Hans. Indeed Hans were second sort people during Tang dynasty.
Vianna Ctuhlhu Lol someones mad that Turks are not getting bad comments
Oh man! That one was good...XD
Hi im from in Kyrgyzstan province talas.
Yiğit kardeşlerimiz
Welcome
Vive chaina
My hometown's name is also Talas, they are sister municipalities.
Welcome my son ... i hope to visit this city .
*Mohammed Talas*
Oh man!!! I was about to leave the house... Now I have to leave in 9 minutes 5 seconds time.... Yet another of my favourite historical battles... Such a captivating moment in Eurasian history.
Leaving the house is for the weak, or something like that. :-)
Kings and Generals if I wouldn't leave home to school or to bring stuffs from market my parents would kill me
And they will be right, probably. :-)
Kings and Generals ya lol xD
Ah Jesus. You two should do a collab
Battle of Talas long-lasting effects:
1. Caused Buddhism to decline in the area and Islam to spread among the dominant Turk population, changing the religous and political demographics of a thousand square mile region.
2. The lack of land route for Buddhists leads to a divergence in the religion in India and China, leading to two very different branches being formed.
3. The Islamicist Turks lead to the Seljuk Empire, which took Jerusalem and triggered the crusades.
4. Another Turkic peoples, the Ottomans, conquered the Eastern Roman Empire and created one of the largest empires in the world across three different continents.
5. We are still feeling the effects of THAT empire collapsing down to the present day in the Middle East.
But most importantly.....
pApER sPReAd to eUrOPe.
Paper is by far the most important event
@J Fuck off you can practice what you want in China. No one gives a shit until you start killing others. Islam is peaceful unless provoked. This is all the fault of Saudi extremism(Wahabism). If the west didn't fuck up the middle East and gave the Arabs an Arabian Empire like they promised the Sauds wouldn't have risen to power.
Nicely done Josh!!!
@J I was talking about central asia. Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, etc.
All the lies in your comment its amazing how insecure white christian males are.
I always looking forward to watching these, congrats on your success!
Thank you very much, my friend. :-) Same here, I have been watching your videos forever, it is nice to see you breaking out finally. :-)
Alex The Rambler! Omg Alex it’s you, you’re like my bae
Alex The Rambler! You again ?
Hey rambler
Alex The Rambler! O
Talas is one of the most important unknown battles in history. Thanks for covering it!
Thanks for watching!
wc
I liked the diligent dual account story line. It adds credibility to the documentary claim.
It's nice to see someone raising the bar among the elite of RUclips storytellers. Your in my top 5 for favorite channels to watch every time I see an upload.
The YT bots really should show your uploads more as suggested content within the category of intellectual, interesting, and entertaining alt-media. This content is easily better than the vast majority of #trending content ;)
-Jake
Thank you very much, Jake :-)
You can enable notifications when ever he uploads.
What are the other four?
Yeah i'm interested of what are the other 4 favorite channel of yours? I'd like to check it out too
Anyone knows what Game used as war ilustration?
We, the youth of the world, must reject racial hatred and racism. This is a history and we must respect others without abuse and accept each other. My greetings to all human beings.
Greetings from Arabia
ونعم فيك
ادفع بالتي هي أحسن ، فإذا الذي بينك وبينه عداوة كأنه وليٌ حميم 😍
وش يقولون الاجانب في التعليقات
Amen to that.
That's the most wise comment may Allah bless you brother
didn't know Chinese and Arabs once had a battle before, thank you, your channel is amazing!
THey had battles and many more trade agreements and ambassies... that's how Black powder, Tee, and Paper found their way to the middle east and the wast
momomo mimi i previously thought the technical exchange of paper-making was peacefully conducted through trade between the east and the west, and here i am surprised. that's another reason i subscribed to this channel.
Black Moon so does the Chinese, it doesn't matter at all.
Black Moon
Let me guess you are not an arab right?
Black moon
لا تضحكني.الخلافة العباسية عربية رغم انفك.تزوير التاريخ صعب.اجري تلعب
Awesome video. I am from Talas, Kyrgyzstan home of the great hero Manas. Salam Aleikum to all my GokTurk brothers.
wa allekm al salam from egypt my brother
Alaykumselam from Iran Turkmens
Be Turk dont be muslim
Mehmet Demirci most Turks are Muslim religion and race are 2 different things
Zaeem Sheikh Why ? Could be Christian (Ortodoks Gagauzians) or Jew (Karaims) Turks!
My teacher wanted me to watch a 75 minute podcast on this and so I just looked up "battle of talis" and this actually has good animation and is interesting. Thanks for the great video
Thanks for watching!
whenever i watch your channel , i learn new things and i admire the effort you put on making these videos . keep it up man , piece and love from your moroccan muslim brother !
Thanks for watching!
خالد دحمي وش يقولون الاجانب
Mosa Mohammed قاعد يسبون ال سعود
kåzânòvā Sáîf هههه هههه
Mosa Mohammed هههههه 😂
The most important battle most people never heard about.
Exactly. But researching it was pain. :-)
Kings and Generals thanks for good job!! My home town near by Talas
Lot’s of Turks became muslim after this war
Seemed very inconsequential.
Cemal Özarslan no actually, Uzbek khan made bigger impact in Islam for turks
The best day is when there is a notification about this channel.
The good news is that we will release our next video on Thursday, the bad is that we will have less time to reply to your comments. But, we want you to know, that we do our best to read each one and answer to it and appreciate each and every one of you. Thanks!
Keep it up guys! You doing an amazing job!
Thank you for your support!
Kings and Generals Hello sir, Are you planning to do a video about the battle of Didgori? :D Waiting for it from the first time I saw your chanel.
Didgori is getting closer.
Kings and Generals :)
Honestly! This the best English channel that talks about Chinese history. This channel definitely did a lot of research on Chinese history !
Arabs and the Chinese fighting in central Asia! Wow! Way to go Kings and Generals. Love it that you guys cover some unique events in history
WithAStick AngryWhiteMan yeah absolutely. This event in history is like a scenario of a game if you ask me.
and turks smoked at that time watching how the battle went on😂
Saqlain Siddiqui its muslims and chinese
Ablaikhan Bennett LMFAOOO
I only thought it was possible in Age of Empires Multiplayer XD
Very good video this is by far one of the best history channels and I wish it would get more support (by way of subscribers)
Thank you! :-)
Kings and Generals you are welcome 🤗
As a Chinese college student,I have to say your video is very objective and fascinating.The information you convey is the same as I have
exposed to.
I'm from Talas. It is a beautiful place, welcome everybody.
Glad to hear that :-)
I am also from Talas,Türkiye, where is sister municipality of Kyrgyzstan Talas. and it's name is comes from Talas, Kyrgyzstan..And one day I wish to come there..
@@KingsandGenerals PLEASE SONG FINAL
Got plastered on new years a eve, and still managed to watch/understand this episode. 11/10 would recommend this channel for everyone, both drunk and sober.
My wife and I are kazakhs (qazaqs), the closest neighbours and next of kin to the karluk family people (uzbeks and uyghurs) who are the strait descendant people of that turkic tribes that chose the Party and Deen (Faith/Religion) of Allah during the events depicted in the video. Currently we qazaqs are inhabiting exactly the area where the Battle took place and significant part of the Talas river. In fact, the spouse is originally from that area. Thank you for the video. It is pretty informative and insightful.
Love Kings and Generals
U deserve 1 million subs
We'll get there, thanks to you. :-)
so now i must give thanks thrice:
Once to the supporter of this video, Fahad Al Mandil(i hope i spelled it right). i was always curious of this battle, but never went to actually buy books to learn of it. you truly made me wiser today, friend!
Second, a big shout to the Abbasids. because of them, we no longer use sponges to wipe our rears with. papermaking is the reason why we all enjoy a slice of heaven whenever we use the porcelain throne :))
and thank you, K&G, for your content. you are one of the reasons why i love history so much these days :)
Wow! I am from Kazakhstan. And I had no idea that someone outside of my country even knows about Talas battle. My school and university teachers alway mantioned the importance of that historical event. If tans would win that battle than Central Asia would be more "asian" than Muslim. Thanks for video, good job!
Thank you for watching!
Talas War is teached in Turkey in schools for a long time, it is quite important one.
@@devrimvemuratyerlivemilli2361
Give me PR I will help in it.
@@ayazahmad2502 PR ?????
@Nadir Kuleli no Azerbaijan would be lovely.
Thanks for this video and remarkable explanation. I have been looking for information on the battle of Talas river for a couple of days, and this has been the best so far. Even Brittanica could not give much information. Great video :)
I am not Arab or Chinese but It is great seeing all the friendship this video has prompted people to express between the two cultures. I it shows that when people approach each of from a perspective of interest and curious a good fruit is sown even among people who had fought in the past. Peace to all.
Great comment! :) Peace to all.
Hi I am from Gilgit, Pakistan, I wasn't awared of the battle between Gilgit and China fourteen hundred years ago, thanks for making this precious video. 🌹
I am from Multan, Punjab. I heard only few accounts about it last year when i visited Hunza. I like history so i dig on it and found about Chinese invasion on Gilgit and Karimabad. There are also some racial mixing between biltistan, Mangol, Chinese, Turks and tibetian.
One of the major reason of why the Chinese Tang Dynasty and Arabic empire were hostile towards each other was because the Arabs invaded the Persians which was allied with China, Tang and Persia had great relations. After the Persian empire was destroyed, the Persian prince fled to China for asylum.
Mamluks Ball no the four kings after prophet Mohamed dead are relatives and umywad and Abbasid were cousins too so maybe it is one of the reasons
Does not seem likely. The Muslim leaders hated each other even more than some foreign Chinese Dynasty.
God Guides To His Light Whom He Wills ! Yes. They still had the remnants of the Sassanid court living in Chang'an. By the very nature of distance and having their own problems, the Tang couldn't have mounted an attack on the Arabs. Then the Arabs made a move on them, guess what happened next?
Vitalis gotta love how Persia is a fellow civilization that was at least respected by the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire/Republic
Having looked it up, the reasons for the battle may have been far simpler with the Sassanid royalty living in Chang'an being a convenient excuse/propaganda.
The Umayyads deposed a local ruler in the region which resulted in a Tang response. The Tang sent an army to reinstate their vassal and succeeded, keeping several garrisons nearby to keep an eye on things. The Abassids then overthrew the Umayyads and wanted to consolidate the formers territories, cue confrontation.
The Tibetan Plateau stands over 4.5 kilometres above sea level and is surrounded by imposing mountain ranges that harbour the world's two highest summits, Mount Everest and K2. Marching an army of conquest in to this region with thoughts of victory is a fool's errand. The geography of the nation of Switzerland has much of the same defensive advantages, however not the same religious and political significance. The Tibetan Plateau is a natural fortress that any sane person would fear to attack.
This video is an epic revelation to my former self. Great work KaG, Bravo.
Thanks! :-)
China didn't agree =D
Kings and Generals Great video! I has never heard of this Battle before, so im thankful that you took the time to make this so people can learn.
What's up Mary.. Unfortunately I should inform you, Dwarf Fortress is not planned for foreseeable future :(
Yes, but you have to also consider that the Tibetan Plateau can't sustain a sizeable population on their own because of how bare and unfertile is the land. Tibet was always destined to be a state influenced by one of their powerfull neighbours, China or India, just happened that the former was the winning side.
I love the ending when the far-reaching effects of the battle are discussed. If this ever comes up in future battles, I would like that you include it there as well!
Thank you, will do!
@@KingsandGenerals Hello,can you make a video about Aksu battle please,
I watched this video again, love this channel. Arguably the very best channel on youtube when it comes to historical battles.
Thanks for these informations guys! I had never heard of this battle, and therefore, I was unaware of it's importance. To think that great shocks that seem to be indecisive, or at least, not so impactating at their time - Manzikert, Lepanto, etc - creates much larger repercussions over time. Once again, thanks. There should be more people acting like you guys in the world. Peace.
"The Conflict became inevitable". You know it is the start of something epic when you hear this
:-D so true! We looove this on Kings and generals.
yeah it is the best thing to hear because you know there will be an epic showdown
Interesting, I've never heard about this events.
that is why this channel is great
I had, but only recently. It might be less talked about because details about the battle are scarce, sources are conflicted, and it didn't result in much direct territorial changes.
No, they didin't, the Abbasids never extended that far, in fact the Tang and Abbadis quickly became allies afterwards. The current state of Tarim Basin was done by the Karakanid Turks who waged a jihad and took over the region then forcefully converted the locals to Islam.
Google it
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Learn more history before making biased comments. Was China ruled by other ethnicities other than Han for the most part of the history? Come on, from Xia（夏） or Shang （商）to modern PRC. China was only partially ruled in the northern area by minorities in the period of five barbaric uprising(五胡乱华), then Liao(辽） and Jin（金) as well as defeated Japan. Only Mongols and Manchurian/Jurchens managed to take complete control of China in Yuan(元） and Qing dynasties(清).
Xiongnu（匈奴）, Gokturks（突厥汗国）, Uyghur(畏兀儿；回鹘）Oirat(瓦剌）, and Zungaria(准噶尔） were influential nomadic regimes at the border, but they never managed to establish a recognized dynasty in Chinese heartland. Thus, the combined history of China under non-Han Chinese rule only count for about 1000 years. What about the other 3000 to 4000 years? It's still under the control of Han Chinese.
If you count total control of China, only Mongols and Jurchens succeeded once respectively, and they were all driven back by Han in their demises. The other major dynasties in Chinese history like Qin(秦）, Han（汉）, Jin(晋）, Song(宋） and Ming(明） are completely ruled by Han Chinese. While Sui(隋) and Tang(唐）are paternally Han ethnicities and use pedigree of their fathers' families instead of their maternal lineages that contain Proto-Mongolic/Turkic/Caucasian genes. Just like you won't describe the kingdom of France is ruled by Austrian or Habsburg if they have mothers or queens from the House of Habsburg.
Last but not the least, where's your so-called East Turkestan? It only managed to survive in a short period of time during the turmoil of late Qing dynasty or ROC and surrendered quickly as General Zuo Zongtang (Remember the taste/fear of General Tso's chicken? It's named after him) and General Wang Zhen marched back to Xinjiang. Today, there's only Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, but no such East Turkestan. Turkic ethnicities are living better and enjoy greater gender equality in modern China than under the rule of East Turkestan separatists.
Me too
What a well-made history documentary!! It is way better than some similar videos you can find on RUclips, made by those who apparently don't know what they are talking about.
Thank you!
Thank you tell the history of Chinese and Arab.I had read it in chinese history book.Chinese and Arab are both great people.
Bei Wang
We were a great people but now 🤦♂️💔
@@TH-ry2yd يزلمة اسكت بدك تفضحنا
So On
تفضحنا ؟! ههههه سمعة الكنادر احسن من سمعة العرب واذا بذايقك كلامي فهذا واقع روح حل مشكلتك معو
Achaemenid Parthian Sassanid Safavid Empires Commie’s happened,
PLEASE SONG FINAL
I almost dropped a tear for our great history thanks for this great video
Thanks for watching!
@@KingsandGenerals Hello,can you make a video about Aksu battle please? Between Chinese and Arabians forces
@@mregoist5045 can you stop posting the same comment?
@@KingsandGenerals Oh ,Sorry, I thought you ignored my writing, that's why I had to write many times, I appreciate you attention , I hope you won't ignore my request. Thank you so much.
I am Chinese muslim😂I am the result of the history😂
khalifirst Can man give up his income to be a western pauper？Hah
@Viral Viroli China has millions of muslims , the problem is on the west part ,others are fine
It's not only for muslim.
for⛪for🙏for🎓for everyone.
communism ing……
XD shang that’s not true even the han muslim tribes face huge harm them mosques are under 24 hours that’s if nor demolished
have you escaped from china
I learned this battle in school in China. Arabian got the paper making technology from captured workers in Chinese army. There is one Chinese captive whose name is Du huan. He stayed in middle East for about 10 years and finally returned to China. He wrote a book about his experience but unfortunately the book was lost in history, but some of its contents were found in other books. It says he was captured in Talas and forced to join the Arabian army to fight in North Africa. He was allowed to return to home in 761, he then got on board a boat in Red sea and went back to Guangzhou, China via Srilanka.
so interesting ... one day both side of history we will read i think
Great! I have always been interested in the Battle of Talas and always remember the date, but really knew very little about the details, most importantly the role of the Turkish cavalry.
Thank god I subscribed your channel. Made my Sunday
great video - chinese troops are pretty clearly Qin dynasty, not Tang (difference of about a millenia there), but good production as always. Shame theres no medieval chinese mods you could use instead for more accurate units.
Yep, unfortunately. :-(
Their is a mod on ancient China and middle East but it's for medieval 2 total war. I believe it was called asian empires mod. But it was in chinese language. The mod was based on the late ming dynasty and feature several eastern and steppe faction too
If the thumbnail can show a Tang era cataphract that would be cool though
Ming(1368-1644) is too late to depict Tang(7th century-10th century) anyway. Tang units are notable for crossbows/heavy bows（连弩/震天弓) and heavy blades (唐刀,陌刀). I assume you can find mods in games like mount and blade.
SAMAND33 What he mean was that the troops depicted in the video and even the thumbnail, are Qin era troops. The banners in the video themselves even have the character 秦 'Qin' instead of 唐 'Tang'
Westerners: We want papers too
Abbasids: Hold my turban
PLEASE SONG FINAL
the mongols : would u want the song dynasty paper money with that too?
@@angelabby2379 1227 Song dynasty:we invited paper money
Mongols:and we will put it in your a**
😂😂
While I go get your 📃 papers he did the job 👍
😂😂😂
Afghanistan'nin ozbek turkdan bütün turklera selamlar 🖐🏻
Sana da selam Turk balasi. Isveçten selam olsun Tum Turk yurtlarina!
İstanbul'dan selamlar
Voleykum assalom, bizani afgonistondigi uzbeklarimiza so'g bulishsin
Aleyküm selam kardeşim
Ismaeel Khan aleykum selam kardesim.
I am chinese, i respect diferent culture and nations, we should live peacefull together
It's impossible the difference of ideologies will always divide us
@@ayoubkhalil1 still impossible. It is not about culture, language, ethnic or religion differences, it is about us being human. We would still have wars even if we had no difference from each other.
I thouth China baned youtube...
Indeed But not all men Will be willing for that
Don't be naive. Tribalism is in our blood. People will always find excuses to group up against each other. It's just how a social species like humans compete for resources.
I like these mini lectures so much! The plot, the graphics, the rewind to address multiple accounts, and the fact that you don't butcher all the names. In that vein, 唐 "Tang" sounds like "father," not like "angry."
تحية الدولة العباسية دولة العلم والعلماء والصناعة والطب والجيش والفتوحات والنصر ورحم الله هارون الرشيد واسكنه فسيح جنانه
Greetings to the Abbasid state, the state of science, scholars, industry, medicine, the army, conquests, victory, and may God have mercy, Harun al-Rashid,
Actually this battle is very important for the history of Turks. It triggered many events
muslims ottomans not the Turks
It would be interesting if you could explain us more.
"muslims ottomans not the Turks"
Turkic people, not just people of modern day Turkey. One empire after the next came into fruition; Seljuk Turks, Mamluk Empire, Khilji Dynasty etc. This battle almost breathed a new life into the tribal Turks of central asia. Gave them a vision, I think, they never had. Conquest, power and kingdoms.
BIGMrighthere the Manluk empire was caccaustion ( i don’t know how to spell it ) but yeah the Turkish people became Muslims and they after that became great in every term,sad though many Turks still hate Arabs even though they are Muslims and historical allies
@@o7016-c7i The Turkic people are a diverse bunch. There are those in central asia, there are also those from the caucuses region as you said, we've had them in medieval India as well. Mamluks were slave soldiers (not like americas idea of slaves doe lol), a lot of them were of turkic origins. Kazakstanis for example are of turkic descent and live in the Caucasus region.
And you're right, the turks and arabs should have got a long but they allowed themselves to be played by the British. The British played old divide and conquer strategy; pit the Muslims against each other, destroyed the caliphate and walked off as the winner.
after the battle turks became muslim and served as a mercanery for the abbasids and after a century they took the whole control of the abbasids army. they invade persia and whole middle east and create a seljuk empire.
savaş 751 senesinde oldu türkler anadoluya 1071 de geldi amk araplar türklere üstünlük kurdu
@@ahmedislam2580 Araplar, Türkistan da dahil olmak üzere Asya ülkelerini fethi olmasaydı .. Türklerin orijinal evi ... Türkler artık Müslüman olmazdı ..
Araplar tüm İslam ülkelerinin fethetmişlar
They invade India too. Remember, Indian kings defeated mighty Abbasids, stopped them at sindh. But, Turks overpowered Indian kingdoms.
Nomads are very powerful in battle.
@@rudman97 do you know muhammad ibn qasim ?
@@rudman97 you wrong , I don't think the indians had won any of their battle against Arabs Muslims !!!
Love Arab，from China
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We love you too
@@srxanmansuroglu5440 ne alaka la djdjsbsbshshdb
@@srxanmansuroglu5440 peki
Thank you friend
@@srxanmansuroglu5440
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I never know about this history... Now, know new knowledge... Thanks for adding the Malay subtitles... I'll sub your channels
Another important impact of this battle was that it helped trigger the infamous An Lushan Rebellion (755 - 763 AD), which marked the decline of the Tang Empire.
AlfredGanQuan hey! by any chance, do you know how the battle of talas led to technological and cultural transfer? I’m thinking it would be gunpowder and paper making, but I’m not sure. Thank you in advance!
This is just an inconsequential war. The leaders of the Tang Dynasty did not even know that such a war had taken place. What really changed the pattern of Central Asia was Anshi’s chaos
An Lushan is a Turk.
@@MrLi-fd4hs of course its "inconsequential", you guys lost lol losing war over territory that helped secure the Silk Road trade route was anything but "inconsequential".
@Communist iron fist lmao, no, absolutely not. The Chinese never ever fought in the middle east. And they only fought against arabs once, in talas.
I never knew of the second account of the battle! Very interesting!
Thanks for watching!
Because of this war Turks joined Islam and they become a superpower for hundreds of years.
@sick turrett
Wrong, Christian empire which was Byzantium collapsed, and Zoroastrian empire which was Sassanid empire collapsed as well no hope for this to comeback that time, there was Omayad empire then came Abbassid empire and both are Islamic superpower of that time, so next must be Islamic to prevail. Thats what turks did 😊
they were on their way to become a superpower regardless which religion they adopt. perhaps if they adopted Buddhism, Islam wouldn't be as popular.
@@AERoVALKYRiE No their conversion to Islam was the best thing that could have happened to them. m
@@AERoVALKYRiE if they convert to buddhism or christianity they might have gone the way of Manchu or Bulgars - essentially culturally extinct tho.
Keep in mind turkish Bulgars =! slavic Bulgarians
The turk was mangols farmers the Arab save them and they betrayed the arab caliphate
Just amazing guys how you resume and present our history !! Thanks
damn that Chinese music, playing with my emotions.. Anyone knows the name?
Writes in the description :)
Turks. Everywhere.
@@JohnKastoras Nobody is pure blood. Specially Greeks because Turks have conquered your country and today Greeks have at least %15 Turkish Blood
Cenk Tüneygök Many foreign men also marry and have children with turkic women
Cenk Tüneygök Thats false, indo-europeans have dominared altaic people many times. In fact the scythians who were likely indo-european speakers mixed alot with north east asian women from the region were turkic people come from, its likely most of the west eurasian Y-dna in those modern turkic tribes come from these indo-european scythian males.
too many turks. lol. I am happy to be 100% indian
@@none23517 🤮
Hey I have a suggestion about the emblems for Chinese nations, but it’s just my opinion so u can disagree as much as u want. I understand that as China did not use national banners in the same way as the west, u use the name of the dynasty in an emblem, although sometimes there was never that exact emblem in use. Instead of using the kaishu 楷书calligraphy font for the characters, you could use the Seal Script (篆体字 zhuantizi）which we’re used on seals and stamps. Sometimes this font was used on banners. It could make the emblems/icons for Chinese armies or nations in your maps more authentic
Admittedly, I know very little on this topic, but I will look into that, thank you!
Awesome video!! cheers from Brazil!
I've been waiting for this video for a long time. I enjoyed viewing
After the Persia king Yazdegerd III was beheaded by the Arabs, his son, Peroz III, the last Sasanian king and a large number of Persians fled to China. The Chinese emperor was married to Peroz’s sister and pledged to restore him to his throne. Peroz fight many battles as a commander of the Tang armies. However China withdrew from Central Asia after the An Lushan Rebellion of 755-763 wiped out a quarter of its population.
On his death bed Peroz told his people they can never go home and they are to become Chinese. For centuries after his death Peroz’s fiefdom in China was known as The Realm of the Western King.
Johny Ricco This story would make a Good movie.
no, yazdegerd iii was not beheaded by arabs. He was killed by his own armies which refused to attack Arabs again.
This historically inaccurate on so many levels and was just popularized in pop history books in modern times.
@@dildaarad4964 thats what the muslims told you
CCTV made this story in a documentary
I have a history exam tomorrow!!!!
Cool.
What is the topic? :-)
The history of Islamic empires
Rashidun,Umayyad,Abbasid,Fatimid,Cordoba,Almoravid,Almohad,Ayyubid,Mamluk,Khwarezmia,Seljuk,Ifriqiya,Ghurid,Ghaznavid,Delhi,Khilji,Qabajah,Mughal,Golden Horde,Timurid,Hafsid,Ottomans,Safavids,Mali,Mysore,Tugluqid,Rum and many many more...
Azaz Ahmad You got me here I wanted to say Arabian Empires
Rayan Hachem don't worry nearly half of the ones mentioned are Arab 😄
5:44 Fantastic details, I had not seen this before, well done! Also 8:38, it seems you guys have even incorporated the modao, amazing work
wow, super cool episode!
if its about Asia.... i wish we could allso see something about Korea or Japan (and ofc. more on Mongols)
Planning to. :-)
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Imjin war please
jovenus20 Sounds like a good idea. This war does shape the rules of East Asia. Just hope there will be less number of triggered nationalists under this topic. (China-Japan-Korea trilateral relations are messes.)
And more of India also please
As an Arab they never taught us about this battle but thank you really to spot light this battle.
Thank you for watching :)
Your such a lier or you didnt go to school
talk about yourself
Nobody was taught this battle in school lol it’s such an obscure but cool event
Bize Türkiye'de öğretiyorlar. Araplarla birlikte kazandığımız savaş olarak biliyoruz. Maalesef Araplara Osmanlıya ihanet eden Mehmet Ali Paşa ve Şerif Hüseyin'den başka kim öğretiliyor ki?
لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله
Same words, no meaning except extremism.
Alfred The West is dying, we must save it Tge west is dying cause your not even religious your all gays...
To retain western civilization u need Christianity
Muhammad never existed, Islam is a tool and a poison made by the Arabs to control people
@@Sir_Wolfoo why do you have an arabic name
@@Sir_Wolfoo shut up donkey
Thx for Malay Subtitles, this video bring more knowledge to me and all of us
7:56 the knowledge start spreading to my brain
Thank you Kings and Generals for covering this battle. It's sad that this battle is rarely talked about, because it's one of the most significant in world history as it altered control over Central Asia forever. China had (on again, off again) impacted that region since the Han Dynasty centuries earlier, but the Tang's defeat at Talas permanently transferred Central Asia out of Chinese hands. Subsequent Chinese dynasties (except the Yuan, but that was ruled by the Mongols) would never again gain any control over Central Asia.
新疆不是中亚？
@@剑心符文 East Turkestan is NOT china. UYGURS are NOT han chinese.
这场战争并不是能真正影响中国对中亚的控制，真正影响的是五年后的安史之乱，这场帝国内部的叛乱使帝国抽调了几乎所有的军队回去平叛，使唐帝国再也无力继续向西前进了
中国是56个民族@@1212-m6b
@@1212-m6b we govern it
Both sides afraid of fighting each other:
Turks:
Allow us to introduce ourselves
Sneaky betrayal attack
Wrong
ourselves*
I don’t think so
Not afraid but the powers are the same and Turks come when the tang army Are tired
@J the turks were fighting side by side with chinese dynasties. They only get treated badly by the communists.
I would like to thank you for and fahad for his suggestion and I suggest the battle of Hattin led by Salahuddin and the legendary battle Ain Goliath, led by Saifuddin Qatz
Hi im from in Kazakhstan Province Talas.
It runs through the city of Taraz in Zhambyl Province of Kazakhstan and vanishes in the Muyunkum Desert before reaching Lake Aydyn.
الإسلام دين ارتضاه الله لعباده،وهو الحل الوحيد لكل مشاكل العالم حاليا، فهو رحمة ومنهاج حياة. وطراز دقيق.
هو دين الحق والعدل ؛ ليت بني آدم يعرفوه حق معرفة كي ينصفوه بحق ، فغايته هو المنشودة من كل الناس ، كيف لا وهو الوحي الخالص من رب الكون .
@@snakex555 بربري.
@@snakex555
هل تعتقد أن العري والعلمانية هيا الحل ياحفيد داروين...؟
@Ger Many
بل تركيبه عقليتك هيا سبب تخلف شخصيتك وجعلتك تعتقد أن الإسلام به تناقص وما الي ذلك
كل الكتب بها أخطأ الا القرآن ذلك الكتب لا ريب فيه هدا للمتقين
الله يصلح حالك يجاهل
@@snakex555
لماذا يوجد سلاحف نينجا في دبي؟؟
I’ve never been interested in this period of history... I am now, thankyou
Better than watching a war movie. Love your videos. Though the paper making technology wasn't stolen, technology was transferred through the silk route trades, and books became a tradable commodity in those days. But thanks for epic videos. Really enjoy your work.
This channel is like no other.!!👍👍
I'm from Kyrgyzstan, Talas
Sweet. Curently reading Rene Grousset's Empire of the steps. Amazing book, gives europe- centric history better understanding of " barbarian invasions" and " bigger picture" historic view.
I have been told to read it by a friend. :-)
Kings and Generals. I am big fan of Tamerlans "work", so reading it is quite an enjoyment. Big recomendation for all history nerds outhere . Even tough it dates pre WWII and many ,mostly archeological discoveries came afterwards it is still masterpiece of step history
Salam aleikum from Kyrgyzstan to our Arab brothers!
Din Din
وعليكم السلام ❤️
Wa alikum salam
وعليكم السلام😘
وعليكم السلام أخي ❤❤❤
Salam Kyrgyzstan from Egypt
وعليكم السلام
I am so impressed by your coverage on Muslim and Hindu history. Please keep up.
We will, thanks for watching!
Hi ! Please do the battle of Ain jalout between mamluks and mongols !!!
100% they will get lot of views for this battle, the decisive defeat of the mongols for the first time
Urban Student Prepper So can we, now fuck off.
Natashark dodo I watch videos like .Roman empires invasions. Mongol empire invasions . Chinese empire invasion ...extra and I never complain . sometimes I don't even find videos about Muslims invasions . But when Muslims give a title about a battle. A racist like you come and give his opinion to something not even close to argue with .this is a history channel a very great history channel .no lies and bullshit . There is a lot of other channels don't do anything about Islam . goodbye 😐😐😐
binima bina
How hulaghu khan fucked your stupid caliph?
Would really like to see a video on the battle of Ain Jalut.
Arabs Vs. Chinese
Not so much talked about!
Peace t to China from an Arab
You can be Arab but didn't an Muslim
The Arabs saw the Great Wall of China and immediately retreat lol
@@KJ-is5ug
The battle happened at Talas in central Asia, no where near the Arab or Chinese homelands just on the edge of their empires.
But many powers are hoping for the china-arabic confliction
It's one of rare occasions where Arabs and Chinese conflicted
This is a big underrated battle in history. It's the greatest most powerful empire's of the century(8th century)going at each other randomly in the middle of Asia. 3 empires all different in culture but the mightiest in the world at the time.
This is because the rulers of China were not very concerned with the continued expansion of the empire, we did not have a strong interest in areas unsuitable for farming, and the war did not affect the stability and strength of the empire. It was also because the Chinese rulers did not know very well what the world was like in Central Asia further to the west, which was too far away for China.
turks, arabs, tibetians, chinese. this is like the ultimate showdown.
@abcde fghij mongols are learning ride a horse at that time LoL
and Chinese general Gao Xianzhi is a Korean descent
@abcde fghij not yet, you will see them few hundred years later. as for the players, it would just be the Mongols vs everyone else
@@luisromanlegionaire mongols were lucky because Muslims at that time they were fighting within themselves if they come b.c 700 we can destroy the mongols
and already we destroyed them battle of ain jalut
@@luisromanlegionaire abbasids win the wars because the bureaucracy was in the hands of the Arabs after the persians took the bureaucracy and abbasids falled
Cool video! Can you make videos on Tang-Turk War, Tang-Goguryeo War, Mongol-conquest of Southern Song China, and Imjin War?
Thank you. Not an expert on the Chinese history, but I will look into that.
Thank you!
Hello. I'm from Kazakhstan. When Arabs came to CA, turkic nations didn't understand fought with them. Then when Chine Empire came, arabs came anf helped turkic nations. After Atlah battles, turkic nations reverted to Islam peacefully. Converting to Islam started in 752 and ended in 13-14 century. Also some chinese people reverted to Islam. They are dungans now who live in Kazahstan, Kyrgyzstan and China
You must learn something about Qutayba ibn Muslim.
Peacefully? Rather forcefully id say, there were two big massacres committed against Turks by Arabs to convert them to Islam, and Turks were sold into slavery to serve in the abbasid army, get your facts right.
Mate, you have to know how those Dungans did in China and why did they come to your country. :
Peacefully? Are you kidding? So many battles were fought, peoples slaughtered, and cultures destroyed over the centuries to follow!
And Dungans fled China only until 19th century.
Very nice video!
It is recommended that you get to know Su Dingfang, another general of the Tang Empire, and I also look forward to your making a video about Su Dingfang. thanks.
The wrong politics of the Chinese have brought the Turks to the Arabs. Battle of Talas was the most effective reflection of it. Another educational presentation with correct informations. Respect your will. Thank you
this war affected all world history and Turkıc history
As an Arab i am very surprised how we had such a great minded leaders in the past and how dumb and Unworthy we are in the modren Days ...
بعقيلتك المنكسرة و الخنوعة لن تنهض الأمة
أعمل و دعك من التثبيط
@@someone-wi4xl حقك علي .... لكن بلا شك هذه الاوقات اوقات مظلمة .
God does not change people untill they change themselves.
طيب اسطب تعليقك لأنك بتبين إنه نحن العرب ضعاف، كل الشعوب مرة بهيك مرحلة اشطب تعليقك المخيب للأمل أحسن!
@@abdalrahmanalassaf7989 مافي داعي بالاخر مين انا و انت ؟! مجرد تعليق يعبر عن راي بسيط
One of the most amazing battle ever happened in Asia or even in the world in my humble opinion. The clash between two of the biggest empires in the world at that time, Tang army was definitely not to be easily mess with; if it is not the betrayal of their allied force, who knows what the outcome would be.
it would have definetly been a win for the Tangs. granted the arabs were probably better in skill but the tangs teamwork and hard sheilds prevented them from suffering against the Arabs
similar to the early days Romans, China would absorb new cultures, capable generals would adopt their fighting styles, making new settlers get use to new climate and terrain
@@thekinghmimidou7001 Good joke
@@williamrobert9898阿拉伯有屁技术？
@@剑心符文 ???
congrats to my turkic ancestor, by the way in our school program in Kazakhstan we study this episode of history. Hi to my turkic friends.
Salem bauyrym!
Uğurlar olsun kardeşim
Qardashim sana da salamlar.
Daisy Wong
Chinese arent we brothers and never since 639 JIESHEQHUAI
Daisy Wong Turkic People are East Asians who moved Westwards but they are not Chinese. West Asian Turks like Anatolians, Azerbaijan ... are not Ethnic Turkic only in Language. They are Turkified Turkic People. The Turks in Central Asia are more related with Ancient Turkic People but they are an Admixture between Turkic, Mongol Tribes and some an Admixture between Iranian people like Sogdians. The Most Ethnic Turkic People are Salar they shared most common Haplogroups with Ancient Turkic People.
Turkic Haplogroups
Haplogroup D, O2, O3, C
Modern Turks have Sogdian r1a from Iranian Tribes in Central Asia.
West Asian Turks J2 Typical for Middle Eastern. R1b Typical for West European. G Typical for People in Caucasia and E1a for North Africans. Same thing in Azerbaijan. The Majority is non Turkic.
The Turkic People in West Asia were since Ancient Times an Minority. The Elite Class was Turkic in every Khagante in West Asia. Cumans, Bolgars ... were all non Turkic in Ethnicity. They absorbed Turkic Culture and Language thats all.
Chinese history is always interesting.
Screaming Wind Culture revolution did not wipe out all the cultured Chinese. And Han culture is reviving today in China, talking about connections with the past peoples, Turkish people have less than 15% ancient turk DNA, which means Turkish are conquered Europeans assimilated by East Asians.
@@screamingwind3559 The cultural revolution did not erase all their culture and histories, while some are lost but most of the cultures destroyed back then are retrieved today
@@screamingwind3559 bullshit
The Chinese always call themselves the descendants of the Loong(Chinese dragon), the descendants of the Yan and Huang Emperors , and you are not Chinese, not qualified to speak.
@@screamingwind3559 every dynasty change would kill millions.cultural cant be killded. there are billions Chinese.
Talas is one of the 6 regions of Kyrgyzstan. When i was child i used to hang out with my friends nearby that Talas river
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That meme will probably live forever - can be used everywhere.
I think it start to be salty and boring... it is everywhere!
😂