I hope one day you guys make a video on battle of gangwana between the Kingdom of marwar against the kingdom of Jaipur and mughal empire, where 1000 rathore horsemen fought against an combined army of 40,000. This battle is probably my favorite battle in history and it's the same level as that polish cavalry charge in spain during the Nepoleonic war.
1192 it wasn't Israel lmao it was just called Jerusalem and each city went by its own name. Israel wasn't even made up by British till the 20th century. Make your locations more accurate
I can't stress it enough - this art is so beautiful, the music is haunting and immersive, and this man's voice goes so perfectly with them both. This is quite easily one of the best history channels on RUclips.
Growing up my father who was teaching at the military academy I was attending. Gave the other students and I an assignment to do a report on instances where psychological warfare defeated conventional warfare. My father then gave us an example of what he meant using the history between the assassins and Saladin. “One night While on a campaign the Great Saladin went to bed surrounded and protected by his large army and his guards. Only to wake up to an assassin trying to put a knife into his chest. Saladin was able to deflect the knife and began screaming for his guards. The assassin hearing this ran away. And even though the assassin failed to kill Saladin that night. He did put enough fear into Saladin that he decided to abandon the campaign and return home. But a year later Saladins fear was under control and again launched the campaign from the previous year, and vowed that he would be successful this time. But with the attempt on his life the year before fresh in his mind. He placed his best guards around his tent, he had surrounded his tent with white chalk to detect any foot prints of an intruder, he even placed small breakable balls connected by a chain around the tent to ensure any assassin trying to enter would be easily heard. As a result Saladin went to bed that night feeling safe, protected, and confident in victory. But when he woke up he saw a plate with pastries on it and a written warning on a piece of paper that was held in place by an assassins knife.And once again The Assassins made an entire army abandon it’s s campaign”
That's actually fascinating. I need to read about more of these. Can you imagine the skill required to actually pull this off? The years of training. The ability to control your adrenaline at a time when a tiny miss step can get you killed or worse, tortured.
There's also the story of the assasins sending an envoy to Saladin and he sent away everyone but his two most trusted guards. When the talks went south the envoy looked at his guards and said if I give the order would you kill him and they both drew their weapons on him but instead of killing him all 3 left. It showed Saladin he couldn't trust anyone in his army.
@@0HOLSTER your absolutely right that is another great example. The story is a little off though. When the envoy the assassins sent to negotiate with Saladin had asked for the room to be cleared. Saladin order everyone except 1 bodyguard not 2. Out if the room Also when the envoy asked Saladin why he would not order the remaining bodyguard out of the room. He told the assassin that the guards loyalty to him was absolute and that he would never do anything that Saladin did not first command him to. The envoy responded not with words but with a single gesture to the bodyguard. Once given the bodyguard stepped forward, pulled out his dagger and stabbed himself in the chest. He died at Saladins feet After this happened the envoy looking at a shocked Saladin and said “loyalty is a river not a dam. It can change at any moment given the right conditions of nature. And As you can see great One. When it comes to the nature of men. My master is the wind that can change the flow and direction of the river. We humbly ask that you consider this when planning any future campaigns that might bring you into conflict with our order. It would be a shame for such a man as you to drown in a river of your own making.”
@@paperkites9101 no he wasn’t an Assassin the whole time. In fact he was actually an extremely loyal bodyguard to Saladin for most of his life. But when the possibility of conflict between Saladin and the Assassins had arose The Assassins were somehow able to enlist the guards help despite his loyalty to Saladin. Many people believe the Assassins had abducted some of the guards family members and used his love for them to enlist his assistance against Saladin. And it's believed that the reason the guard killed himself instead of killing Saladin or another member of Saladins inner circle. Is because even though he agreed to help the Assassins. He outright refused to kill Saladin who he had known and protected for most of his life. The Assassins were as skilled in winning without killing as they were skilled in killing in general. Not an enemy anyone wanted.
I struggle to believe that the Mongols were real. From such humble origins they went on to fight the Chinese Empire, the samurai, the Islamic caliphates, the Order of Assassins, and medieval European knights and they crushed them all. Well, the weather in Japan kept them away but they would have overrun Japan as well. Unbelievable. I can’t stress how much they came from nothing to conquer the entire world and convincingly so.
Wellll, The Islamic world at that time was fragmented and had been recovering from the ravages of the plague which had killed millions, the Assassins had been at a decline for a long time after the passing of their founders, not to mention, as the video states, their leader was murdered by his own son right before the start of the war, and the Samurai, with all due respect, got their martial reputation mainly by slaughtering unarmed Japanese peasants, and the best equipped and most organized European armies were in the west. So, Mongols were pretty hardcore undoubtedly, but they were also very, very lucky to find a unifying leader at the right place at the right time in history.
@@sbs2047 except..... the Japanese fought against each other. You underestimate how there's some battle hardend regular infantry soldiers. Oda Nobunaga for example made sure his army was well prepared. He trained his own Yari Ashigaru (spearmen) the levy peasants to be well trained and experienced. Along side with guns being brought he made sure they were put to use. The Oda clan was extremely a strong clan due to their fertile location which was Owari. Even a skilled samurai can be killed on the field by an yari ashigaru if not careful. The samurai also didn't just fight against peasants. They fought against each other in duels on the battlefield and or against each other during peace times or again Ronins ( Experienced retired samurai without masters, basically hirable mercenaries).
I have read a book about assassins. The two brunches, one based in Alamut, Persia and the other Masyaf, Syria, always brought terror to sounni Islam. In contrast to the beloved Assassin's creed franchise, assassin's rarely targeted crusaders.
They rarely targeted crusaders because their employers we’re almost always Muslim and sent them after Muslim targets. The Crusaders usually refused to deal with Muslims for anything military or to accomplish military goals. Even when it would have helped them. The first crusade was offered help from two diffident Muslim powers during their crusade. And despite the fact that both offers would have massively helped them at times when they really needed the help. They refused. But then again. Accepting help from non Christian factions may have resulted in the loss of support from other Christian nations and possibly even resulted in excommunication. So I think their hands were pretty tied. But there are some pretty big examples of the Crusaders using the Assassins further-down the line. There are claims that Richard the lion heart was not above using their services when needed. And there are claims the French used their services in the second Crusade. Due to the repeated failures of the crusade.
The assassins were successful in Islam because they were totally immersed within Muslim culture. Christian culture was significantly different enough to dissipate the assassins' ability to operate with ultimate fear.
I remember reading Conn Igguldens books on the Mongol Empire when I was 16. One of the most exciting parts of the book was when the Mongols encountered the "Hashashins (Assassins)". A clash of worlds, cultures and styles of warfare. It was the first time I learned that Assassin actually derived from the arabic word "Hashish" which basically means Cannabis. Can't wait to see what you're going to explore in this episode! Thank you.
Because marco polo claimed the hashashins were under the influence of drugs while comitting assassinations, hence the name. Arabic word but it came from the persian, nizari imailies shia sect who had a grudge with the sunnis and christians Hassan sabbah the infamous leader. The narrative still goes that assassins were Arabians, but for the most it was started by persians and spread by persians. Interesting stuff...
There is another theory on their name that says is derived from the word asasiyun (fondamentalists) because of their philosophy and that europeans misunderstood, as it always happened, the word and tried finding another etymology
It was a tremendous cost of human lives but the Mongols established a near global trade between the East and the West; a radical transformation of civilization!
If you’re into podcasts, check out Dan Carlins ‘Wrath of the Khans’. It’s long and goes into some detail. Only compLaint I had was he didn’t get to Kubula
I am mongol,writing from Mongolia.I want to say that,this empire was the most strong military state in human history,much more powerful than-Romans,Nazi Germany,Soviet Union and USA.Short rein of great khans -Ugedei 1229-1241,Guek 1246-1246,Munke 1251-1259 and 40 years civil war prevented to occupy all Eurasia,muslim countries in North Africa and Japan.It was real huge political-military monster👹👹👹 in our planet.
Amazing. It's sad the Assassin's Creed went the direction it did. Would he awesome to see this history or similar being told on the game and not a viking assassin
There should be an AC game focused on a lone Assassin trying to avenge the fall of his order by killing Monkhe Khan during his campaign in Southern China, while being secretly aided by Khubilai--who has his own ambitions.
Little do most people know, the mongols were always a warrior society. Every man was summoned to fight for their clan. There were many clans in mongolia but they mostly fought each other or other turk clans. In history, they were united two times. The first time was the Huns. Huns were the Mongols' ancestors. Huns in mongolian translates literally to humans. The Huns almost defeated the Romans. The second time was when Genghis Khan unified all Mongol tribes through bloodshed. The Mongols were experienced warriors. And their warrior society ensured that all men of fighting age remained capable.
This was amazing, great work! Can't wait for the next episode. It's unbelievable that this is "user-generated content". This really sets a new bar for history and documentary content on RUclips and other platforms alike.
Man the Mongols are Unstoppable! There’s only one rule back in those days… don’t ever go against The Khan! Also this really brought me back to the first Assassins Creed game. I can’t believe the Mongols wiped them out single handedly and somehow made them bend at them knee? How is that even possible when they are willing to die on a mission without being questioned…
For quite a while the Mongols were unstoppable, yeah. Then they fell apart from within, and there was very little ambition within their culture after suffering many military defeats. 😔
The assassins were just in order of assassination with few hundred warriors they weren't powerfull, the mongols indeed were strong but they didn't face any united strong empire China at the time of mongols were at their weakest point being devided into three kingdoms Jin dynasty the declining song dynasty in the sounth and western xia, plus the khawarizmians weren't powerfull but weak with just 40000 soldiers lost of them mercenaries, when mongols face strong empires like Delhi sultnatanate of india and mamluks were destroyed
@@egriz4461 Don't be stupid. The Chinese still had the advantage in every way possible. China wasn't at their weakest, especially compared to the mongols. The khwarazmians had 600K soldiers. And you should also apply your stupid logic to the mongols as well like when they faced Delhi sultanate and mamluks, they were at their weakest, disunited, fragmented, and extremely outnumbered because 90% of the actual army went back to mongolia for kurutal. You just don't wanna give credit to mongols, the most tactical and brilliant army
@@feerlemon1181 if you really think that khawarizmians have 600k soldiers then I'm sure that you read history in online classes lol khawarizmians have a max of 50k soldiers and most of them were irregular turkic tribesmen and mercenaries who were devided in several fortresses as garrisons, China was at weakest point it was devided and song was a declining empire both jin and song didn't have a regular standing army like other chiness dynastys, but they only have a large army of untrained peasants with low moral with a smaller cavalry force who were the only regular regiments at the army, nevertheless its took the Mongols over half their milltary force some 700k soldiers plus the defection of Han chiness and several song commenders plus 70 years of constant warfare to bring a declining devided weak version of China, when Mongols face a non declining and powerful kingdoms with a powerful regular standing army commended by veterans commenders and kings like Aladdin khilji of delhi empire and baibars of mamluks the Mongol were crushed
i gotta say man, im really thankful that your putting all this effort into these videos man. this it top tier level work my dude. and the story flow is like as if im waiting for the next episode on an amazing season of a show. appreciate you my dude. thank you
The first Assassin's Creed game was actually based on real events except for the plot of the world of assassins and templars across the world beyond Asia minor.
The very word 'assassin' originated from this group. However, there is a distinct lack of credible information about them as we have very few records that aren't written by their enemies. This is similar to what happened to the Vikings as most of what we know about them are written from the very biased view of the people they raided. This lack of real knowledge often opens the door for fiction to fill in the gaps no matter how outlandish it might be and of course this liberal view of history is what makes it into the public conscience.
because, those assassin (pesrsian shia muslim) can't disguise themselves as monggols, and sneak into the mongols camp like they did to another generals
@@ReinhardtX57 That was the case when they attempted to assassinate the current khan at the time. ( very bad move) But in regards to this situation the assassins were not aware that the mongols had learned siege warfare from their chinese subjects. So fortifications were no longer the obstacle they would have been for them in the past.
@@HatchetHarry12 a fully armored knight would fck up a samurai and an assassin, maybe you are a weeb and like fancy cool sh1t that the media have made the assassin and the samurai look? Lmao
As always the artwork is absolutely stunning and frame-worthy, the narration perfectly done and the information succinct and we'll delivered. I am so impressed by you guys and hope to see many more incredible videos in the future
Gerdkuh castle held out the siege for almost 18 years Regardless the mistake of the Assassins was fortifying themselves in the mountains rather then Hiding there as a mobile entity with multiple hideouts / Fortresses can sooner or later be taken, *But If they can't find you, they can't get rid of you* / Zealots made same mistake against the Romans
AGREED. Assassins power come from stealth. and there's nothing stealthy about fortress in the mountain. a small monastery or academy in the middle of nowhere on the other hand....
@@alifkazeryu8228 I would even go further then that and consider caves or a tunnel network with multiple escape routes in case it's found, Also such places do not allow a conventional army to employ their full potential, so the first scouting party that enters it (checking if it's abandoned or not) could easily be trapped, ambushed and taken out before it could sent word back to it's HQ
I think what written in history books not suffice enough to really tell what happened to the order, the held 2 centuries given their remarkable knowledge on the importance of deceiving, I think they survived, and the death of the leaders bloodline mark they did infiltrated the Khan.
This is gonna be good, I love your work man very few people have the voice to make you not drone over, always keeping the energy even subtly. Learning so much actually history also
Good videos but he have a mistake .. Abu bakar Umar bin khattab Usman Ali bin abi talib They Are not islamic prophet they are khalifah (a leader, a imam, a wise/holy man walking in their time) If arabic man have a problem they ask them for advice, and told them what to do. Khalifah, not mia khalifa😅. They dont have a miracle of prophet had. Muhammad is the last prophet not the founder of islam.
I remember Assassin’s Creed Revelations teasing a conflict between the Mongols and Altair’s Assassin order in the flashbacks, which we unfortunately never got to witness.
Defeating the almut stronghold did not mean the total defeat of assassins. Because hashashin even existed in Syria. Look till this day many of the fortress of hashashin haven’t been found. But you know what’s the rumor local historian wrote. It was when the mongols found secret strong holds of hashashin they would’ve camped for 6 month eating there horses. And each day hashashin would’ve killed around 20 mongols that would’ve been 3600 mongols dead. In each campaign and the local historians said it wasn’t once that this happened it happened tens of times. Maybe even more than that. And this was the reason why mongol empire was short lived some argued. Because eventually when mongols reached Egypt the information the hashashin showed them about mongols was the reason why they won and killed ganghis khan. This is the secret history of hashashin and mongols war. and trust me if Iran even has find those fortress used to defeat mongol they wouldn’t show it in public. Because there’s some spy powers in those fortress that even the CIA or other agencies would have wet dream about. So the full story of hashashin mongol did not end in almut. If it did we would’ve looked like the central Asians. But western arrogance believes so but that’s a good thing. Assassin works even in passed shouldn’t be shown to public.
@@unknownwarrior5517Mongols lost in Egypt cuz some Mongols betrayed and joined with Mamluks read fucking history then talk. Even some Muslim countries had Mongol generals
This turned out great! Very happy to see how it came together. I definitely like how many of the details you managed to include or at least reference; well done!
Thanks for the help!! It’s not a terribly well-covered conflict, so poking through primary sources and scholarship was necessary to piece things together
The sound work is excellent, the chants of Europe, the singing of Islam and the throat song of the steppe. I am transported to a world of military and cultural titans in the ancient past.
Most people are unaware of Mongol history, other than a very basic understanding of who Genghis Khan was. I agree the Mongol history would make a great, (and sometimes horrifying) T.V. show or set of videos. People could learn a lot from the History of the Mongols. From the great Khan, throughout the Mongol empire was a fascinating period of history. Few realize how brilliant the Great Khan was, much less how brilliant his descendants were, and I'm sure still are.
The Chinese documentary Hexi Corridor made a few episodes about the Mongols They’re surprisingly progressive in their portrayal, dramatizing the Mongols as being informed and in favor of Buddhist learning and dissemination
@@glennjames7107 Not so great in the eyes of the people and civilizations the Mongols destroyed. Not great at all...Not to mention so many books and scientific works which were burned by the Mongols.
They still might. It's already part of the story. In AC 2 one of the tombs under Monteriggioni is dedicated to Qulan Gal, the assassin who killed Genghis. Amunet (Aya) was another statue and we got to see/play her in Origins. In Revelations one of the Altair memories has him and his son returning to Masayaf after helping Qulan Gal deal with Genghis. So, wouldn't be surprised to see a game where we play as either Altair again or as Qulan Gal with Altair as a mentor.
@@fibblit2394 with the direction that Ubisoft is taking I wouldn't hold your breath. We've asked for a Japanese or Chinese assassin game but they kept shooting it down. Luckily Sucker Punch gave us what we wanted.
This is by far my favourite history related youtube channels. The pace of the narration, the crescendo, the musical underscore! O my days, how you move my soul. Gonna go hit gym because of this video now.
Why don’t schools teach more Mongolian history, this shit is way more interesting than learning about king Farquhad XII and how he was a hemophiliac because his parents were cousins
@@billcipher3946 As a Mongolian, i will prefer Aztec over Maori. There is nothing cool or fierce about sticking tongue out. It is just confusing and funny.
What also made the Mongols so terrifying and deadly was their experience with the pinnical of civilization at the time. China who taught them how to destroy the greatest of fortresses in the world
man the mongols peak lasted for about a century but man those years were probably the worst years in humanity's history if you were enemies of the mongols
The art in this video, voice of this guy, background music. Make these videos seem like an amazing documentary which literally transports you to the actual spot where all of this bloodshed and brutality is taking place. Hats off!
Man what I love about this channel is you pick such amazing unknown niche topics and I learn so much and love it I knew about the Mongols and assassins but had no clue they ever met thank you!
These videos are incredible....especially this one. Been wanting to learn more about the Assassins ever since I read the Genghis Khan biography, and this brought them to life with incredible art, music and narration. Thank you!!!!
The fun in making these videos is I'm in the same boat. I read about certain things and want to "see" and "hear" what those events would have looked like.
that fool should've just listened to his dad and let that battalion of Assassins kill off the entire mongol court / But no, instead he murders his own dad and counsels to suck the cock that pisses on his order
I've never seen never heard like mongol warrior who make fear to whole earth 🌍 so strong 💪 so powerful . So quickly arise . So easily defeat their enemy. Unchallenged everywhere. They spell other as cutting grass. So ferious so violent . That's why never seen never heard. Like ferious storm of Ghengiz khan.
This is absolutely superb, thank you. Anything regarding the Mongols, I will be there in seconds. And this was one of the most heart stopping and powerful videos I've ever seen. The Mongols have always been the most fascinating empire to learn about for me, but this story was more savage and heartless than I saw coming. The Persians would never be the same after angering the Mongols....
Yeah my ancestors were ruthless. I can’t and won’t justify or glorify that. It is what it was back then. If you mess with us or even dated to kill our envoys then god have mercy on your soul. Because we won’t 😅
Nonthing less than I expected. This is truly marvelous and an interesting way to learn about historical facts. Romanticized, down-to-the facts and entertaining. I can foresee myself looking up for more information about it. Great job!!!
I personally visited one of the Assassins castles in Syria. The castle of Misiaf. It was featured in the first assassins creed game. I decend from one of the secretive religious groups in the Middle East that are very close to the Ismaelies which the assassins come from. We call each other cousins.
Wow.... dude this series and style you have been doing are just so damn good. This one... this one tells the tale not heard to this much detail. This is most excellent. Well done!
In Assassin Creed universe. Mongols beside Edward Kenway are probably the only opponents that both templar and assassin factions decided to put their differences aside to fight.
Some ideas ; conquistadors vs aztecs , conquistadors vs incas , conquistadors vs mapuche , conquistadors vs tlaxcalans , conquistadors vs japanese pirates , conquistadors vs phillipinos , conquistadors vs ottomans , conquistadors vs tainos , conquistadors vs caribbeans , conquistadors vs Amazon natives , pizarro conquistadors vs almagrista conquistadors.
@@ultrainstinctshaggy2361 It is to way academic but as far as I could understand it talks about Sultan Masoud's glory and talks about people having a comfortable, happy and great life under his reign and lastly says about another Sultan In Baghdad.
I am Mongolian, and this is mind blowing for me!!! Big respect for Video maker!!!!!! I can see that he put lot of efforts! Therefore, I heard some rumor about Netflix started research for Mongol empire war movie but they are lack of budget and real Mongolian directors and artist, actors mostly.
Additionally, I think our Mongols came in Arabian territory at the right time cause just 80 years before of our invasion there was held of Crusader I war between Christian and Muslims, Khwazarim empire were already in huge loss and tired of endless war. Subudei and Zev generals also war artists who have been into lot of battles. Therefore, they reached Jerusalim easily without huge loss.
We do, but we’ve sort of accidentally spammed the Mongols these past few months. This and the Khwarazmian Empire episode were supposed to be the only Mongol ones this year, but we were asked to do Project Ukraine and selected a Mongol topic there, too. We’ll be taking a break from the Khans until at least late fall, just to keep things varied.
@@HistoryDose hey I’ve been loving it no complaint there. But if I may suggest some history in Mesoamerican specifically the Inca Twins. Feel like that era of history is overlooked too often
Watching this with my home speakers on was amazing. Literally had goosebumps the whole time. Nice narrating and amazing artwork. Definitely will be watching more of your videos. Great job !
This was a superb job, everything from the storytelling to the arts and music were incredible! I'm persian and didn't know any of this stuff. Definitely one of the coolest and simultaneously saddest parts of persian history in my opinion.
Do read up on Farhad Daftary's "The Ismailis: their history and doctrine", his description of the nizari-ismailis and their state is astounding!! Side-note: to this day, they still exist as a shi'a community and currently have their 49th imam, Aga Khan IV :)
The quality of this content is frankly above RUclips, this is outstanding work in every way. This type of content has a timeless quality to it, I cannot praise you enough History Dose thank you
Man I absolutely love this artwork, and am greatly interested in Mongol history, especially thanks to the Mobile game Game of Khans. Please tell me there's more Mongol history on the way.
It's not about the men they would kill, it's about the message it would send. If you are the leader of an army at the gates of a city, surrounded by nothing but the most vigilant and well trained guards in the lands, your death would change little, the command structure would adapt and a new head would take it's place. The walls would be torn down by the army, the city left as rubble. However, if you are in your chambers, surrounded by locked doors, steep cliffs, barred windows and armed guards, and you wake up to find a knife stuck at the foot of your bed, with a message dangling from it stating "seize the attack", it plays into a paranoid terror that you don't easily forget. A voice that whispers "your armies don't matter, nothing can protect you". When killing a man is easy, when no one is untouchable, to leave him alive with a warning sends a message more powerful than any opposing army could hope to be. And many a man heeded the warning, armies turned back, for no one conventional enemy was untouchable before the reach of the Assassins. However, the Mongols were no conventional enemy, and the Assassins learned that the hard way. Through seas of blood left to boil before the fires that rendered enemy lands ash and ash alone.
Great video! So Kwarsha betrayed his kin. First allowing the kill of fierce leader his dad, second giving up while the assassins want to fight, putting him as a leader with subordinates rowing in another direction
imagine if the order of assassins still exist to this day, we wouldn't even know that they are just theyre lurking in the shadows away from the virtual world.
These are like short movies holy shit. The music and everything is awesome. I was falling asleep in bed after work and my phone turned to this video and I couldn't sleep I got so engaged not even looking at the screen , just listening to it.
I knew a fair bit about this subject being a major fan of the Assassin's Creed series, I'm so glad you made such a great video on it explaining this history in such amazing detail
@@aceghostrus122 Here we go again, the 3000 years old ancient home. Palestine was minted on coins during the 18th century. Palestine was a region, just like Syria and was called Canaan. A neighbouring region to their kin in Phoenicia. Israel was a small kingdom in modern northern Israel and was inhabited by semitic people, completely different to todays Israelis. But why are we even arguing this? The video said Israel 1192. Lmao.
These are so freaking rad, seriously. The art really brings it to life too. I would love to get a glimpse as to what these ancient cities actually looked like, or the siege of the mountain forts.
The only reason why mongols was so obsessed by the order of assassins is the fact they heard stories about their tactics which made the mongol leaders in state of paronoia which made them obsessed with get rid of all the assassins and eliminate them for good
I highly recommend reading these 2 books: Samarkand by Amin Maalouf and Alamut by Vladimir Bartol. Same history seen through different lenses. Just beautiful
@@spoodurmin9742 it's about the best three friends in history, one who ruled the world, one who terrorised it, and one who observed it. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samarkand_(novel)
@@spoodurmin9742 forgot to mention that both books address the historical birth of the order of assassins. Samarkand touches a bit of the origin of the name, but it's debatable.
I always thought the reason why the assassins werent as succesful with the mongols is due to the fact that most of them are middle easterns.. which makes it harder for them to blend in.. I mean have you heard of the stories when their enemies are middle easterns or europeans? Makes u wonder why those couldn't happen with the mongols.. Maybe it was harder for them to blend in and penetrate
Mongols: sends emissaries for diplomatic relations to other nations and empires Others: neglects or kills their emissaries Mongols: "So be it" and obilirates in response...
It’s unfortunate that the Mongols burned the libraries at Alamut. Just imagine the dark wisdom that was destroyed. My black, history nerd poli-sci major’s heart skips a beat🫣🥶
@@etykespeer2230 not just that, but make the assassins out to be good people and the Templar’s as the bad guys. Talk about radicalization on another level.
Great video; honestly I'd love to see you guys do a retelling of The Battle of Clontarf; the art, oration and everything else would fire up my Gaelic blood.
I like the rhythm and eloquence of the narrator in this video. Only reminds me more that the Lord himself never lacked courage when challenging any leader of assassins in ancient Rome or at any time. All he gained at first while doing so was for example near the end of his efforts during his first visit here was then to be seeing all of his immediate family members saying to all in public there that he was only a crazy one after his mother only 3 years prior had told all to obey him instead. When all looked to be lost anyway despite how his own mother had tried to disguise his true wisdom to another leader of the assassins so he could live for another day while getting away whole - his father didn't disappoint him then by only leaving him in his grave.
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I hope one day you guys make a video on battle of gangwana between the Kingdom of marwar against the kingdom of Jaipur and mughal empire, where 1000 rathore horsemen fought against an combined army of 40,000. This battle is probably my favorite battle in history and it's the same level as that polish cavalry charge in spain during the Nepoleonic war.
Hey History Dose could you guys make a video on the history of the conflict between Turkey and Kurdistan.
One of the most underrated history channels out.
1192 it wasn't Israel lmao it was just called Jerusalem and each city went by its own name. Israel wasn't even made up by British till the 20th century. Make your locations more accurate
Was there a account of how they faired in a straight on fight? The assassins I mean
I can't stress it enough - this art is so beautiful, the music is haunting and immersive, and this man's voice goes so perfectly with them both. This is quite easily one of the best history channels on RUclips.
Honestly the best channel anyday 🔥
@@erastusolumuyiwa7682 yep
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Isn’t it just! Superb stuff, absolutely love it.
@@watnou346 why did you say up in stfu?
Growing up my father who was teaching at the military academy I was attending. Gave the other students and I an assignment to do a report on instances where psychological warfare defeated conventional warfare.
My father then gave us an example of what he meant using the history between the assassins and Saladin.
“One night While on a campaign the Great Saladin went to bed surrounded and protected by his large army and his guards. Only to wake up to an assassin trying to put a knife into his chest. Saladin was able to deflect the knife and began screaming for his guards. The assassin hearing this ran away.
And even though the assassin failed to kill Saladin that night. He did put enough fear into Saladin that he decided to abandon the campaign and return home.
But a year later Saladins fear was under control and again launched the campaign from the previous year, and vowed that he would be successful this time.
But with the attempt on his life the year before fresh in his mind. He placed his best guards around his tent, he had surrounded his tent with white chalk to detect any foot prints of an intruder, he even placed small breakable balls connected by a chain around the tent to ensure any assassin trying to enter would be easily heard.
As a result Saladin went to bed that night feeling safe, protected, and confident in victory.
But when he woke up he saw a plate with pastries on it and a written warning on a piece of paper that was held in place by an assassins knife.And once again The Assassins made an entire army abandon it’s s campaign”
That's actually fascinating. I need to read about more of these. Can you imagine the skill required to actually pull this off? The years of training. The ability to control your adrenaline at a time when a tiny miss step can get you killed or worse, tortured.
There's also the story of the assasins sending an envoy to Saladin and he sent away everyone but his two most trusted guards. When the talks went south the envoy looked at his guards and said if I give the order would you kill him and they both drew their weapons on him but instead of killing him all 3 left. It showed Saladin he couldn't trust anyone in his army.
@@0HOLSTER your absolutely right that is another great example. The story is a little off though.
When the envoy the assassins sent to negotiate with Saladin had asked for the room to be cleared. Saladin order everyone except 1 bodyguard not 2. Out if the room
Also when the envoy asked Saladin why he would not order the remaining bodyguard out of the room. He told the assassin that the guards loyalty to him was absolute and that he would never do anything that Saladin did not first command him to. The envoy responded not with words but with a single gesture to the bodyguard. Once given the bodyguard stepped forward, pulled out his dagger and stabbed himself in the chest. He died at Saladins feet
After this happened the envoy looking at a shocked Saladin and said “loyalty is a river not a dam. It can change at any moment given the right conditions of nature. And As you can see great One. When it comes to the nature of men. My master is the wind that can change the flow and direction of the river. We humbly ask that you consider this when planning any future campaigns that might bring you into conflict with our order. It would be a shame for such a man as you to drown in a river of your own making.”
@@landonlacy1954 so the trusted bodyguard was an assassin the whole time?
@@paperkites9101 no he wasn’t an Assassin the whole time. In fact he was actually an extremely loyal bodyguard to Saladin for most of his life. But when the possibility of conflict between Saladin and the Assassins had arose The Assassins were somehow able to enlist the guards help despite his loyalty to Saladin.
Many people believe the Assassins had abducted some of the guards family members and used his love for them to enlist his assistance against Saladin. And it's believed that the reason the guard killed himself instead of killing Saladin or another member of Saladins inner circle. Is because even though he agreed to help the Assassins. He outright refused to kill Saladin who he had known and protected for most of his life.
The Assassins were as skilled in winning without killing as they were skilled in killing in general. Not an enemy anyone wanted.
The amount of work and creativity that goes into these is astounding. Loved the artwork and storytelling!
Thank you so much, man. Plenty more content on the way.
Yea The art work pieces are absolutely amazing
I struggle to believe that the Mongols were real. From such humble origins they went on to fight the Chinese Empire, the samurai, the Islamic caliphates, the Order of Assassins, and medieval European knights and they crushed them all. Well, the weather in Japan kept them away but they would have overrun Japan as well. Unbelievable. I can’t stress how much they came from nothing to conquer the entire world and convincingly so.
Exactly
came from steppes
Wellll, The Islamic world at that time was fragmented and had been recovering from the ravages of the plague which had killed millions, the Assassins had been at a decline for a long time after the passing of their founders, not to mention, as the video states, their leader was murdered by his own son right before the start of the war, and the Samurai, with all due respect, got their martial reputation mainly by slaughtering unarmed Japanese peasants, and the best equipped and most organized European armies were in the west. So, Mongols were pretty hardcore undoubtedly, but they were also very, very lucky to find a unifying leader at the right place at the right time in history.
Communist Chinese still live in fear of the memory of the Khans!
@@sbs2047 except..... the Japanese fought against each other. You underestimate how there's some battle hardend regular infantry soldiers.
Oda Nobunaga for example made sure his army was well prepared. He trained his own Yari Ashigaru (spearmen) the levy peasants to be well trained and experienced. Along side with guns being brought he made sure they were put to use.
The Oda clan was extremely a strong clan due to their fertile location which was Owari.
Even a skilled samurai can be killed on the field by an yari ashigaru if not careful.
The samurai also didn't just fight against peasants. They fought against each other in duels on the battlefield and or against each other during peace times or again Ronins ( Experienced retired samurai without masters, basically hirable mercenaries).
I have read a book about assassins. The two brunches, one based in Alamut, Persia and the other Masyaf, Syria, always brought terror to sounni Islam. In contrast to the beloved Assassin's creed franchise, assassin's rarely targeted crusaders.
Sunni*
They rarely targeted crusaders because their employers we’re almost always Muslim and sent them after Muslim targets. The Crusaders usually refused to deal with Muslims for anything military or to accomplish military goals. Even when it would have helped them.
The first crusade was offered help from two diffident Muslim powers during their crusade. And despite the fact that both offers would have massively helped them at times when they really needed the help. They refused.
But then again. Accepting help from non Christian factions may have resulted in the loss of support from other Christian nations and possibly even resulted in excommunication. So I think their hands were pretty tied.
But there are some pretty big examples of the Crusaders using the Assassins further-down the line. There are claims that Richard the lion heart was not above using their services when needed. And there are claims the French used their services in the second Crusade. Due to the repeated failures of the crusade.
So not much change from today's terror then.
I love brunch
The assassins were successful in Islam because they were totally immersed within Muslim culture. Christian culture was significantly different enough to dissipate the assassins' ability to operate with ultimate fear.
I remember reading Conn Igguldens books on the Mongol Empire when I was 16. One of the most exciting parts of the book was when the Mongols encountered the "Hashashins (Assassins)". A clash of worlds, cultures and styles of warfare. It was the first time I learned that Assassin actually derived from the arabic word "Hashish" which basically means Cannabis. Can't wait to see what you're going to explore in this episode! Thank you.
Because marco polo claimed the hashashins were under the influence of drugs while comitting assassinations, hence the name.
Arabic word but it came from the persian, nizari imailies shia sect who had a grudge with the sunnis and christians
Hassan sabbah the infamous leader.
The narrative still goes that assassins were Arabians, but for the most it was started by persians and spread by persians.
Interesting stuff...
I’m reading those right now, they’re so good
There is another theory on their name that says is derived from the word asasiyun (fondamentalists) because of their philosophy and that europeans misunderstood, as it always happened, the word and tried finding another etymology
@@jadaoun03 like with most history sadly.
I remember reading these then playing Assassin's creed and realising it was the same setting, very cool stuff!
The story of the Mongols is one of the most interesting periods of history. Thank you for presenting it in a factual and beautiful way
It was basically a world war
Except all vs 1
And everyone still mostly lost
It was a tremendous cost of human lives but the Mongols established a near global trade between the East and the West; a radical transformation of civilization!
@@BHuang92 closest thing to a global order we got pre gunpowder age
He who controls the spice controls the world
If you’re into podcasts, check out Dan Carlins ‘Wrath of the Khans’. It’s long and goes into some detail. Only compLaint I had was he didn’t get to Kubula
I am mongol,writing from Mongolia.I want to say that,this empire was the most strong military state in human history,much more powerful than-Romans,Nazi Germany,Soviet Union and USA.Short rein of great khans -Ugedei 1229-1241,Guek 1246-1246,Munke 1251-1259 and 40 years civil war prevented to occupy all Eurasia,muslim countries in North Africa and Japan.It was real huge political-military monster👹👹👹 in our planet.
Amazing. It's sad the Assassin's Creed went the direction it did. Would he awesome to see this history or similar being told on the game and not a viking assassin
You’re not even an assassin in the last 2 games
Imagine playing as a nizari Ismaili in assassins Creed mongol empire
@@JamesSmith-ny2gb LITERALLY
Same with Naruto. Ninjas and assassins are supposed to do dirty jobs.
Couldn’t agree more
There should be an AC game focused on a lone Assassin trying to avenge the fall of his order by killing Monkhe Khan during his campaign in Southern China, while being secretly aided by Khubilai--who has his own ambitions.
An Assassin’s Creed that’s actually about Assassins. Imagine that.
The franchise been a joke the first game wasn’t even a Muslim protagonist even tho history says all of them were 😂
Lol, Ghost of Tsushima except it’s not China. And not assassins.
Cringe
@@calcaleb7041 the first one was muslim tho
Little do most people know, the mongols were always a warrior society. Every man was summoned to fight for their clan. There were many clans in mongolia but they mostly fought each other or other turk clans. In history, they were united two times. The first time was the Huns. Huns were the Mongols' ancestors. Huns in mongolian translates literally to humans. The Huns almost defeated the Romans. The second time was when Genghis Khan unified all Mongol tribes through bloodshed. The Mongols were experienced warriors. And their warrior society ensured that all men of fighting age remained capable.
This was amazing, great work! Can't wait for the next episode. It's unbelievable that this is "user-generated content". This really sets a new bar for history and documentary content on RUclips and other platforms alike.
Love the Mongols. They fought the samurai, assassins, knights or virtually any badass army in their way.
Even survived Russian Winters
If their horses hooves can ride on it, they can survive it.
I think the Japan campaign was a flop
@@dravenocklost4253 they live in Siberian winters😂
@@gallowglass3764 who can beat typhoons? Come on
I could easily see you guys becoming the biggest history RUclips channel! Production quality is on another level. Keep it up👏
Thank you! All about the algorithm 😬
It doesn't get better than this channel.
The narrative, the visuals and the art is just pure beauty.
Thank you History Dose
Man the Mongols are Unstoppable! There’s only one rule back in those days… don’t ever go against The Khan! Also this really brought me back to the first Assassins Creed game. I can’t believe the Mongols wiped them out single handedly and somehow made them bend at them knee? How is that even possible when they are willing to die on a mission without being questioned…
For quite a while the Mongols were unstoppable, yeah. Then they fell apart from within, and there was very little ambition within their culture after suffering many military defeats. 😔
There is actually quite a few times they were stopped
The assassins were just in order of assassination with few hundred warriors they weren't powerfull, the mongols indeed were strong but they didn't face any united strong empire China at the time of mongols were at their weakest point being devided into three kingdoms Jin dynasty the declining song dynasty in the sounth and western xia, plus the khawarizmians weren't powerfull but weak with just 40000 soldiers lost of them mercenaries, when mongols face strong empires like Delhi sultnatanate of india and mamluks were destroyed
@@egriz4461 Don't be stupid. The Chinese still had the advantage in every way possible. China wasn't at their weakest, especially compared to the mongols. The khwarazmians had 600K soldiers. And you should also apply your stupid logic to the mongols as well like when they faced Delhi sultanate and mamluks, they were at their weakest, disunited, fragmented, and extremely outnumbered because 90% of the actual army went back to mongolia for kurutal. You just don't wanna give credit to mongols, the most tactical and brilliant army
@@feerlemon1181 if you really think that khawarizmians have 600k soldiers then I'm sure that you read history in online classes lol khawarizmians have a max of 50k soldiers and most of them were irregular turkic tribesmen and mercenaries who were devided in several fortresses as garrisons, China was at weakest point it was devided and song was a declining empire both jin and song didn't have a regular standing army like other chiness dynastys, but they only have a large army of untrained peasants with low moral with a smaller cavalry force who were the only regular regiments at the army, nevertheless its took the Mongols over half their milltary force some 700k soldiers plus the defection of Han chiness and several song commenders plus 70 years of constant warfare to bring a declining devided weak version of China, when Mongols face a non declining and powerful kingdoms with a powerful regular standing army commended by veterans commenders and kings like Aladdin khilji of delhi empire and baibars of mamluks the Mongol were crushed
i gotta say man, im really thankful that your putting all this effort into these videos man. this it top tier level work my dude. and the story flow is like as if im waiting for the next episode on an amazing season of a show. appreciate you my dude. thank you
I feel like you can open up an art exhibit with just this video alone given the amount of quality work that went into this video! Amazing.
How does he get all this art? Is he doing it himself??
@@cam5816 it's two brothers on the team, one of them does all the art by hand. They are both incredible at what they do, truly inspiring!
I thought Assassin's Creed was just a fantasy game. Didn't know there is "a hint of truth in every myth".
They’re the origin of the word “assassin”. The game made them less interesting, in my opinion, although the games are still entertaining.
What ? Lol..truth is more fascinating than games.
Me either
The first Assassin's Creed game was actually based on real events except for the plot of the world of assassins and templars across the world beyond Asia minor.
The very word 'assassin' originated from this group. However, there is a distinct lack of credible information about them as we have very few records that aren't written by their enemies. This is similar to what happened to the Vikings as most of what we know about them are written from the very biased view of the people they raided. This lack of real knowledge often opens the door for fiction to fill in the gaps no matter how outlandish it might be and of course this liberal view of history is what makes it into the public conscience.
Assassins: No one can attack our mountain fortresses.
Mongols: Challenge accepted.
because, those assassin (pesrsian shia muslim) can't disguise themselves as monggols, and sneak into the mongols camp like they did to another generals
@@ReinhardtX57 That was the case when they attempted to assassinate the current khan at the time. ( very bad move) But in regards to this situation the assassins were not aware that the mongols had learned siege warfare from their chinese subjects. So fortifications were no longer the obstacle they would have been for them in the past.
Assassins, Samurai and Knights Templar...great adversaries that the Mongols faced.
Not the Knights
@@HatchetHarry12 oh yes ...they faced each other in more than one theatre of battle
@@wilhelmhesse1348 ik they just weren't one of the mongols greatest adversaries.
The mamluks as well...
@@HatchetHarry12 a fully armored knight would fck up a samurai and an assassin, maybe you are a weeb and like fancy cool sh1t that the media have made the assassin and the samurai look? Lmao
As always the artwork is absolutely stunning and frame-worthy, the narration perfectly done and the information succinct and we'll delivered. I am so impressed by you guys and hope to see many more incredible videos in the future
Thanks!
Gerdkuh castle held out the siege for almost 18 years
Regardless the mistake of the Assassins was fortifying themselves in the mountains rather then Hiding there as a mobile entity with multiple hideouts / Fortresses can sooner or later be taken, *But If they can't find you, they can't get rid of you* / Zealots made same mistake against the Romans
AGREED. Assassins power come from stealth. and there's nothing stealthy about fortress in the mountain. a small monastery or academy in the middle of nowhere on the other hand....
@@alifkazeryu8228 I would even go further then that and consider caves or a tunnel network with multiple escape routes in case it's found, Also such places do not allow a conventional army to employ their full potential, so the first scouting party that enters it (checking if it's abandoned or not) could easily be trapped, ambushed and taken out before it could sent word back to it's HQ
I think what written in history books not suffice enough to really tell what happened to the order, the held 2 centuries given their remarkable knowledge on the importance of deceiving, I think they survived, and the death of the leaders bloodline mark they did infiltrated the Khan.
@@aburoach9268
Good riddance..they were a tribulation..n their descendents survived..who are now humanitarians.
@@snowmoon7385 they would've come in handy to keep scum like Tamerlane & Nader shah in check
This is gonna be good, I love your work man very few people have the voice to make you not drone over, always keeping the energy even subtly. Learning so much actually history also
Good videos but he have a mistake ..
Abu bakar
Umar bin khattab
Usman
Ali bin abi talib
They
Are not islamic prophet they are khalifah (a leader, a imam, a wise/holy man walking in their time)
If arabic man have a problem they ask them for advice, and told them what to do.
Khalifah, not mia khalifa😅. They dont have a miracle of prophet had.
Muhammad is the last prophet not the founder of islam.
I remember Assassin’s Creed Revelations teasing a conflict between the Mongols and Altair’s Assassin order in the flashbacks, which we unfortunately never got to witness.
Mongols literally defeated the first ever terrorist group. Man Mongol warriors are the one hell of a killing machines of that era
Defeating the almut stronghold did not mean the total defeat of assassins. Because hashashin even existed in Syria.
Look till this day many of the fortress of hashashin haven’t been found. But you know what’s the rumor local historian wrote. It was when the mongols found secret strong holds of hashashin they would’ve camped for 6 month eating there horses. And each day hashashin would’ve killed around 20 mongols that would’ve been 3600 mongols dead. In each campaign and the local historians said it wasn’t once that this happened it happened tens of times. Maybe even more than that.
And this was the reason why mongol empire was short lived some argued. Because eventually when mongols reached Egypt the information the hashashin showed them about mongols was the reason why they won and killed ganghis khan.
This is the secret history of hashashin and mongols war. and trust me if Iran even has find those fortress used to defeat mongol they wouldn’t show it in public.
Because there’s some spy powers in those fortress that even the CIA or other agencies would have wet dream about.
So the full story of hashashin mongol did not end in almut. If it did we would’ve looked like the central Asians. But western arrogance believes so but that’s a good thing.
Assassin works even in passed shouldn’t be shown to public.
@@unknownwarrior5517that’s Muslim propaganda shit broo
Civil war lead Mongols empire to destruction.
@@unknownwarrior5517Mongols lost in Egypt cuz some Mongols betrayed and joined with Mamluks read fucking history then talk. Even some Muslim countries had Mongol generals
@@rekt3619 A talking racist worm
This turned out great! Very happy to see how it came together. I definitely like how many of the details you managed to include or at least reference; well done!
Thanks for the help!! It’s not a terribly well-covered conflict, so poking through primary sources and scholarship was necessary to piece things together
The sound work is excellent, the chants of Europe, the singing of Islam and the throat song of the steppe. I am transported to a world of military and cultural titans in the ancient past.
Glad that stuck with you. We get kind of obsessive about getting the sound, art, narration to flow together to create an ambience.
@History Dose wonderful job, the effort you put into the video shines brightly.
@@HistoryDose getting the sound from where? I'm curious 😀
as a Mongolian i want hollywood to make a movies or tv series about our rich history. Even game developers should recognize our history now.
CCP won't allow that. Your social credit score has been reduced by 500 points.
Most people are unaware of Mongol history, other than a very basic understanding of who Genghis Khan was.
I agree the Mongol history would make a great, (and sometimes horrifying) T.V. show or set of videos. People could learn a lot from the History of the Mongols.
From the great Khan, throughout the Mongol empire was a fascinating period of history. Few realize how brilliant the Great Khan was, much less how brilliant his descendants were, and I'm sure still are.
The Chinese documentary Hexi Corridor made a few episodes about the Mongols
They’re surprisingly progressive in their portrayal, dramatizing the Mongols as being informed and in favor of Buddhist learning and dissemination
@@glennjames7107 Not so great in the eyes of the people and civilizations the Mongols destroyed. Not great at all...Not to mention so many books and scientific works which were burned by the Mongols.
There's one Netflix series in the mongol era with Kublai as the Khan the show is Marco Polo
Man, Assassins Creed should've done a game on this instead. This would've been perfect. The story, the missions, the art...maaan.
They still might. It's already part of the story.
In AC 2 one of the tombs under Monteriggioni is dedicated to Qulan Gal, the assassin who killed Genghis. Amunet (Aya) was another statue and we got to see/play her in Origins.
In Revelations one of the Altair memories has him and his son returning to Masayaf after helping Qulan Gal deal with Genghis.
So, wouldn't be surprised to see a game where we play as either Altair again or as Qulan Gal with Altair as a mentor.
@@fibblit2394 with the direction that Ubisoft is taking I wouldn't hold your breath. We've asked for a Japanese or Chinese assassin game but they kept shooting it down. Luckily Sucker Punch gave us what we wanted.
@@joeclaridy this didn't age well
I don't think you realize the first one was based off of this, although the plot differs you can see a resemblance in 1:36 of a similar mission.
Another kid praising assasin's crap...
This is by far my favourite history related youtube channels. The pace of the narration, the crescendo, the musical underscore! O my days, how you move my soul. Gonna go hit gym because of this video now.
Why don’t schools teach more Mongolian history, this shit is way more interesting than learning about king Farquhad XII and how he was a hemophiliac because his parents were cousins
Mongols,Comanches,vikings,and Māori are far more interesting & awesome compared to soft American history
@@billcipher3946 As a Mongolian, i will prefer Aztec over Maori. There is nothing cool or fierce about sticking tongue out. It is just confusing and funny.
@@billcipher3946 does America even have a history?
@@18890426 It does but it’s a complicated one.
@@18890426 Yes, it does. Silly little gen z
What also made the Mongols so terrifying and deadly was their experience with the pinnical of civilization at the time. China who taught them how to destroy the greatest of fortresses in the world
Pinnacle
Pineapple
lol china the pinnacle of civ got pwned by a bunch of random horse fuckers
They never destroyed a western European castle
@@Originalchili a western European castle is NOTHING compared to the great ancient Chinese fortress cities
man the mongols peak lasted for about a century but man those years were probably the worst years in humanity's history if you were enemies of the mongols
The art in this video, voice of this guy, background music. Make these videos seem like an amazing documentary which literally transports you to the actual spot where all of this bloodshed and brutality is taking place.
Hats off!
Man what I love about this channel is you pick such amazing unknown niche topics and I learn so much and love it I knew about the Mongols and assassins but had no clue they ever met thank you!
These videos are incredible....especially this one. Been wanting to learn more about the Assassins ever since I read the Genghis Khan biography, and this brought them to life with incredible art, music and narration. Thank you!!!!
The fun in making these videos is I'm in the same boat. I read about certain things and want to "see" and "hear" what those events would have looked like.
@@HistoryDose how about Alexander spending 6 months making the bridge to Tyre?
It’ll come. Don’t know when, but trust me
Khwarshah , his friends and familiy were all killed simply because Khwarshah had a disagreement with a Mongold envoy? Man the Mongols were ruthless...
that fool should've just listened to his dad and let that battalion of Assassins kill off the entire mongol court / But no, instead he murders his own dad and counsels to suck the cock that pisses on his order
I've never seen never heard like mongol warrior who make fear to whole earth 🌍 so strong 💪 so powerful . So quickly arise . So easily defeat their enemy. Unchallenged everywhere. They spell other as cutting grass. So ferious so violent . That's why never seen never heard. Like ferious storm of Ghengiz khan.
This was very entertaining to watch. A great historical battle that I’m sure not many people are aware happened
Just wanted to say I like your delivery and overall imagery. Great work.
This is absolutely superb, thank you. Anything regarding the Mongols, I will be there in seconds. And this was one of the most heart stopping and powerful videos I've ever seen. The Mongols have always been the most fascinating empire to learn about for me, but this story was more savage and heartless than I saw coming. The Persians would never be the same after angering the Mongols....
Yeah my ancestors were ruthless. I can’t and won’t justify or glorify that. It is what it was back then. If you mess with us or even dated to kill our envoys then god have mercy on your soul. Because we won’t 😅
@@Toroonoo1 Mongols got their backends handed to them eventually by the Persians, their empire was short lived
@@outlawfly664 So is every other empire in human history. You daft tw at
@@Toroonoo1 And that was my point, go figure
@@outlawfly664 haha that’s not exactly what you said innit you dipshi t
Nonthing less than I expected. This is truly marvelous and an interesting way to learn about historical facts. Romanticized, down-to-the facts and entertaining. I can foresee myself looking up for more information about it. Great job!!!
I personally visited one of the Assassins castles in Syria. The castle of Misiaf. It was featured in the first assassins creed game. I decend from one of the secretive religious groups in the Middle East that are very close to the Ismaelies which the assassins come from. We call each other cousins.
Druze?
Wow.... dude this series and style you have been doing are just so damn good. This one... this one tells the tale not heard to this much detail. This is most excellent. Well done!
In Assassin Creed universe. Mongols beside Edward Kenway are probably the only opponents that both templar and assassin factions decided to put their differences aside to fight.
Some Ideas ; Crusaders vs Mamluks, Bulgars vs Romans, Khitans vs Turcomans, Varangians vs Cumans, Normans vs Franks
Some ideas ; conquistadors vs aztecs , conquistadors vs incas , conquistadors vs mapuche , conquistadors vs tlaxcalans , conquistadors vs japanese pirates , conquistadors vs phillipinos , conquistadors vs ottomans , conquistadors vs tainos , conquistadors vs caribbeans , conquistadors vs Amazon natives , pizarro conquistadors vs almagrista conquistadors.
@@conquistador5228 Conquistadors vs Comanche's ???
Oh wait, I forgot, they terrified the Spanish
@@aburoach9268 shouldnt you be trying to recapture andalusia by swiming to ceuta in this moment?🏊♂️ Abu Roach al insect
As Abu Roach said conquistadors vs comanche should be added. Also Abu Roach needs to swim to ceuta first than he may sneak into andalusia
@@conquistador5228 Abu roach had by passed the border control decades ago
It's a shame that I was missing this piece of History. So, real Assassins were really cool the way are shown in the game.
I'm Iranian and can read the letter in 3:02.Good job
What does it say?
@@ultrainstinctshaggy2361 It is to way academic but as far as I could understand it talks about Sultan Masoud's glory and talks about people having a comfortable, happy and great life under his reign and lastly says about another Sultan In Baghdad.
The Assasins: terror is our primary weapon
Mongols: is that so?..
Movies need to be made out of these stories
Especially this one!!
I am Mongolian, and this is mind blowing for me!!! Big respect for Video maker!!!!!! I can see that he put lot of efforts! Therefore, I heard some rumor about Netflix started research for Mongol empire war movie but they are lack of budget and real Mongolian directors and artist, actors mostly.
Additionally, I think our Mongols came in Arabian territory at the right time cause just 80 years before of our invasion there was held of Crusader I war between Christian and Muslims, Khwazarim empire were already in huge loss and tired of endless war. Subudei and Zev generals also war artists who have been into lot of battles. Therefore, they reached Jerusalim easily without huge loss.
@@khuderdoyod4070 They were not able to conquer Jerusalem though, primarily thanks to the Mamluks.
You guys really love the Mongols
We do, but we’ve sort of accidentally spammed the Mongols these past few months. This and the Khwarazmian Empire episode were supposed to be the only Mongol ones this year, but we were asked to do Project Ukraine and selected a Mongol topic there, too. We’ll be taking a break from the Khans until at least late fall, just to keep things varied.
@@HistoryDose hey I’ve been loving it no complaint there. But if I may suggest some history in Mesoamerican specifically the Inca Twins. Feel like that era of history is overlooked too often
Joe and I did just travel to Mexico City and that got a lot of ideas going with regard to Aztecs. I’d also love to do something on Tupac Amaru.
@@HistoryDose where can we get this artwork? And one without the title?
It looks very dope
@@thewayofthestoic1243 we link the artwork in the description. Will upload the art from this one in around a day!
I honestly can't wait for when you do the Mongol sacking of Baghdad. Top tier story telling.
Man even after the mongols Baghdad like Jerusalem keeps getting invaded by other empires the Timurids And Other empires
The animation, music, pacing, narration, writing, EVERYTHING about this video is INSANE. Well done History Dose!
Watching this with my home speakers on was amazing. Literally had goosebumps the whole time. Nice narrating and amazing artwork. Definitely will be watching more of your videos. Great job !
This was a superb job, everything from the storytelling to the arts and music were incredible! I'm persian and didn't know any of this stuff. Definitely one of the coolest and simultaneously saddest parts of persian history in my opinion.
Why saddest?
@parsa_afshar Hassan I-Sabbah wasn't a Persian, my friend.
Yet another fine addition to my “Based Mongol Ownage Compilation” playlist.
Bro where is that playlist
Do read up on Farhad Daftary's "The Ismailis: their history and doctrine", his description of the nizari-ismailis and their state is astounding!! Side-note: to this day, they still exist as a shi'a community and currently have their 49th imam, Aga Khan IV :)
Yes i france.
What makes me like this channel is the artwork, did you guys make It yourself?
Yes I make all of the artwork
There's an amazing novel about Alamut and the entire order of the assassin's or "hashashin,حشاشين"
Called Alamut written by Vladimir partol.
Hm
The quality of this content is frankly above RUclips, this is outstanding work in every way. This type of content has a timeless quality to it, I cannot praise you enough History Dose thank you
Thanks so much. More to come!
Man I absolutely love this artwork, and am greatly interested in Mongol history, especially thanks to the Mobile game Game of Khans. Please tell me there's more Mongol history on the way.
It's not about the men they would kill, it's about the message it would send.
If you are the leader of an army at the gates of a city, surrounded by nothing but the most vigilant and well trained guards in the lands, your death would change little, the command structure would adapt and a new head would take it's place. The walls would be torn down by the army, the city left as rubble.
However, if you are in your chambers, surrounded by locked doors, steep cliffs, barred windows and armed guards, and you wake up to find a knife stuck at the foot of your bed, with a message dangling from it stating "seize the attack", it plays into a paranoid terror that you don't easily forget.
A voice that whispers "your armies don't matter, nothing can protect you".
When killing a man is easy, when no one is untouchable, to leave him alive with a warning sends a message more powerful than any opposing army could hope to be.
And many a man heeded the warning, armies turned back, for no one conventional enemy was untouchable before the reach of the Assassins.
However, the Mongols were no conventional enemy, and the Assassins learned that the hard way.
Through seas of blood left to boil before the fires that rendered enemy lands ash and ash alone.
What a fantasticly put piece of history.
Great video! So Kwarsha betrayed his kin. First allowing the kill of fierce leader his dad, second giving up while the assassins want to fight, putting him as a leader with subordinates rowing in another direction
Excellent Episode 👍
I learned more about Mongol Commander Kit Buqka🤔Good to know he did more in his career than lose at Ain Jalut👍
Agreed!
I coom
imagine if the order of assassins still exist to this day, we wouldn't even know that they are just theyre lurking in the shadows away from the virtual world.
The nizaris are actually still around, and the present imam is from the assassin line.
These are like short movies holy shit. The music and everything is awesome. I was falling asleep in bed after work and my phone turned to this video and I couldn't sleep I got so engaged not even looking at the screen , just listening to it.
Möngke Khan: "and I took that personally"
I love the story. You’ve got a great voice for story telling. The artwork used is amazing. Great work!
I knew a fair bit about this subject being a major fan of the Assassin's Creed series, I'm so glad you made such a great video on it explaining this history in such amazing detail
Love the mongol content! Keep it up !
bro this channel... thank you
"May your blade be hidden in the chest of our enemies, as we are hidden in the shadows"
Correction: in 1192 nobody called it Israel. Israel was established in 1948.
see the corrected note on the place names in the description
@@HistoryDose thank you for this. Your videos are outstanding. I look forward to each one.
Actually the land was called Israel. It was conquered by Rome and the province was named Palestine. Palestine was never actually a country.
@@aceghostrus122 Here we go again, the 3000 years old ancient home. Palestine was minted on coins during the 18th century. Palestine was a region, just like Syria and was called Canaan. A neighbouring region to their kin in Phoenicia. Israel was a small kingdom in modern northern Israel and was inhabited by semitic people, completely different to todays Israelis. But why are we even arguing this? The video said Israel 1192. Lmao.
These are so freaking rad, seriously. The art really brings it to life too. I would love to get a glimpse as to what these ancient cities actually looked like, or the siege of the mountain forts.
A brilliant video 📹
The Mongols were a complete new alien 👽 foe.
The assassins didn't have time to set up dastardly acts.
the music and story telling sends shivers in my skin
9:30
he should've said
his father was poisoned by the enemy
just like ramsy bolton hahahahahah
The Nazari probably didn't expect to face an empire which used fear tactics like they did, but on an apocalyptic scale XD
The only reason why mongols was so obsessed by the order of assassins is the fact they heard stories about their tactics which made the mongol leaders in state of paronoia which made them obsessed with get rid of all the assassins and eliminate them for good
I remember seeing the Hashashin in Marco Polo, which was one of the most interesting parts of the first season. Keep it up!!
0:17 No, It was Palastine. Nobody from that era ever heard of a country called Israel.
see name correction in the description
Whatever you do to make these videos, just keep doing it
They are amazing
This period of history has so many hidden gems!
I highly recommend reading these 2 books: Samarkand by Amin Maalouf and Alamut by Vladimir Bartol. Same history seen through different lenses. Just beautiful
What’s Samarkand about?
@@spoodurmin9742 it's about the best three friends in history, one who ruled the world, one who terrorised it, and one who observed it.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samarkand_(novel)
@@spoodurmin9742 forgot to mention that both books address the historical birth of the order of assassins.
Samarkand touches a bit of the origin of the name, but it's debatable.
@@HM-2011 Interesting, thank you
I always thought the reason why the assassins werent as succesful with the mongols is due to the fact that most of them are middle easterns.. which makes it harder for them to blend in.. I mean have you heard of the stories when their enemies are middle easterns or europeans? Makes u wonder why those couldn't happen with the mongols.. Maybe it was harder for them to blend in and penetrate
I honestly just wish you guys would write non-fictional audiobooks and deliver them in this format. I could listen to and watch these videos all day
Mongols: sends emissaries for diplomatic relations to other nations and empires
Others: neglects or kills their emissaries
Mongols: "So be it" and obilirates in response...
This is an amazing work of art! Can’t wait to see your video on their assault of Baghdad!
Always blown away by how brilliantly narrated and illustrated these are
It’s unfortunate that the Mongols burned the libraries at Alamut. Just imagine the dark wisdom that was destroyed. My black, history nerd poli-sci major’s heart skips a beat🫣🥶
Your level of creativity and effort is astonishing- keep it up!
This is the COOLEST history channel on RUclips. He really makes you feel like you’re living it. 😮
This could be easily another Assassins Creed trilogy but ubisoft will rather disney around
@@etykespeer2230 not just that, but make the assassins out to be good people and the Templar’s as the bad guys. Talk about radicalization on another level.
Wow this was amazing!! Looking forward to more Mongol stories!! Such a great empire!!
Great video; honestly I'd love to see you guys do a retelling of The Battle of Clontarf; the art, oration and everything else would fire up my Gaelic blood.
I like the rhythm and eloquence of the narrator in this video. Only reminds me more that the Lord himself never lacked courage when challenging any leader of assassins in ancient Rome or at any time. All he gained at first while doing so was for example near the end of his efforts during his first visit here was then to be seeing all of his immediate family members saying to all in public there that he was only a crazy one after his mother only 3 years prior had told all to obey him instead. When all looked to be lost anyway despite how his own mother had tried to disguise his true wisdom to another leader of the assassins so he could live for another day while getting away whole - his father didn't disappoint him then by only leaving him in his grave.
the music and theatrics are so immersive. please keep going
I love mongol history they were amazing stories like these always make me enthralled