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  • @HistoryTime
    @HistoryTime  Před 5 lety +247

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    So that's it for a few weeks folks. I'm off travelling for a much needed holiday. Hoping to return with a bunch of finished scripts and then straight back into it. So much more to come on Early Medieval Italy, the Abbasids, the Umayyads, Byzantines, Franks, Lombards, Normans and much much more. Don't forget to like and subscribe and let me know in the comments what you'd like to see covered in the future!

    • @kiogeorge9805
      @kiogeorge9805 Před 5 lety +4

      Well deserved break. Enjoy !!

    • @keithplymale2374
      @keithplymale2374 Před 5 lety +5

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

    • @dirt0133
      @dirt0133 Před 5 lety +3

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

    • @Peristerygr
      @Peristerygr Před 5 lety +2

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

    • @romelnegut2005
      @romelnegut2005 Před 5 lety +5

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

  • @mbathroom1
    @mbathroom1 Před 5 lety +690

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

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  Před 5 lety +145

      History is a crazy place

    • @mariohostios
      @mariohostios Před 5 lety +208

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

    • @marinazagrai1623
      @marinazagrai1623 Před 5 lety +27

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

    • @Peristerygr
      @Peristerygr Před 5 lety +52

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

    • @Peristerygr
      @Peristerygr Před 5 lety +8

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

  • @scottie1038
    @scottie1038 Před 5 lety +201

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

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  Před 5 lety +80

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

    • @jamestang1227
      @jamestang1227 Před 5 lety +77

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

    • @Peristerygr
      @Peristerygr Před 5 lety +40

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

    • @Ricky-oi3wv
      @Ricky-oi3wv Před 5 lety +29

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

    • @scottie1038
      @scottie1038 Před 5 lety +14

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

  • @timuraktolga5698
    @timuraktolga5698 Před 5 lety +187

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

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  Před 5 lety +42

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

    • @TheSunderingSea
      @TheSunderingSea Před 5 lety +26

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

    • @Jejak_Pengangguran
      @Jejak_Pengangguran Před 5 lety +1

      Classic Turk struggle

    • @QHawk7
      @QHawk7 Před 5 lety +12

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

    • @marcillioficino4663
      @marcillioficino4663 Před 5 lety +10

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

  • @Liphted
    @Liphted Před 5 lety +100

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

    • @unitor699industries
      @unitor699industries Před 5 lety +1

      watch knowledgia

    • @gugu3436
      @gugu3436 Před 5 lety

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

  • @The_InfantMalePollockFrancis

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

  • @StefanMilo
    @StefanMilo Před 5 lety +150

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

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  Před 5 lety +18

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

    • @StefanMilo
      @StefanMilo Před 5 lety +5

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

    • @mgonzo3881
      @mgonzo3881 Před 5 lety +3

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

    • @shriyanv4407
      @shriyanv4407 Před 3 lety

      Holy shit its Stefan!

    • @maymorales4108
      @maymorales4108 Před 2 lety

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

  • @EpimetheusHistory
    @EpimetheusHistory Před 5 lety +90

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

    • @mgonzo3881
      @mgonzo3881 Před 5 lety +9

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

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  Před 5 lety +6

      Thanks man! :)

    • @EpimetheusHistory
      @EpimetheusHistory Před 5 lety +7

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

  • @nashmi-8609
    @nashmi-8609 Před 4 lety +59

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

    • @abdever2140
      @abdever2140 Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @nashmi-8609
      @nashmi-8609 Před 3 lety +23

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

    • @zouhairisksiou7685
      @zouhairisksiou7685 Před 3 lety

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

    • @BALLARDTWIN
      @BALLARDTWIN Před 3 lety +2

      @@nashmi-8609 they are from the same place as saudis right?
      Central arabia region

    • @nashmi-8609
      @nashmi-8609 Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @Delzak1
    @Delzak1 Před 5 lety +5

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

  • @aniksamiurrahman6365
    @aniksamiurrahman6365 Před 5 lety +67

    Your narration reminds me the old days of History Channel.

    • @SisyphusJP
      @SisyphusJP Před 4 lety +5

      Anik Samiur Rahman back when they actually had good shit on

    • @elgeneral5279
      @elgeneral5279 Před 4 lety +1

      A time long passed

    • @barbatvs8959
      @barbatvs8959 Před 4 lety +2

      So you don't accept the atheistic ancient aliens myth to explain everything in the Bible that is miraculous?

    • @swarnadeepsen9123
      @swarnadeepsen9123 Před 4 lety

      Beggarul rahaman

  • @yetlin8386
    @yetlin8386 Před 5 lety +55

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

    • @yetlin8386
      @yetlin8386 Před 5 lety +10

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

    • @johnnynesbit8289
      @johnnynesbit8289 Před 5 lety +5

      Cry more

    • @junaid1040
      @junaid1040 Před 5 lety +3

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

    • @swarnadeepsen9123
      @swarnadeepsen9123 Před 4 lety +3

      @@junaid1040 racist muslim

    • @junaid1040
      @junaid1040 Před 4 lety +5

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

  • @user-fw5kb9qb1k
    @user-fw5kb9qb1k Před 2 lety +14

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

    • @SefniAsheforr
      @SefniAsheforr Před rokem +1

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

    • @invoked5114
      @invoked5114 Před rokem +2

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

    • @tonymoretti2347
      @tonymoretti2347 Před rokem

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

    • @joahua122
      @joahua122 Před rokem

      @@invoked5114 how about dubai?

    • @farooq3549
      @farooq3549 Před rokem

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

  • @AdamNoizer
    @AdamNoizer Před 5 lety +6

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

  • @MrChubbysuperhero
    @MrChubbysuperhero Před 5 lety +91

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

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  Před 5 lety +27

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

    • @mihailvelev7493
      @mihailvelev7493 Před 5 lety

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

    • @polandballhistorian8537
      @polandballhistorian8537 Před 5 lety

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

    • @elbentos7803
      @elbentos7803 Před 4 lety +1

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

  • @cletusvonmeth2961
    @cletusvonmeth2961 Před 5 lety +3

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

  • @ghaithamri9090
    @ghaithamri9090 Před 5 lety +33

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

  • @LilJdaSilva
    @LilJdaSilva Před 5 lety +4

    Fantastic content as always, keep it up!

  • @pieterverhaeghe5143
    @pieterverhaeghe5143 Před 5 lety +2

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

  • @qbbruno8279
    @qbbruno8279 Před 5 lety +4

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

  • @Uncle_Fred
    @Uncle_Fred Před 5 lety +7

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

  • @olivebranchbegum6557
    @olivebranchbegum6557 Před 4 lety +32

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

    • @kas7344
      @kas7344 Před 3 lety +8

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

    • @monstersamator5288
      @monstersamator5288 Před 3 lety +12

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

    • @Stringerbe11
      @Stringerbe11 Před 3 lety

      @@monstersamator5288 good point

  • @thedescriptor410
    @thedescriptor410 Před 4 lety +5

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

  • @maxrb67
    @maxrb67 Před 5 lety +4

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

  • @derekhugh
    @derekhugh Před 3 lety +4

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

  • @TheSamuraijim87
    @TheSamuraijim87 Před 5 lety +15

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

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  Před 5 lety +4

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

  • @DesertAres
    @DesertAres Před 5 lety +84

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

    • @acchaladka
      @acchaladka Před 5 lety

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

    • @TheLeonhamm
      @TheLeonhamm Před 5 lety +2

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

    • @TheLeonhamm
      @TheLeonhamm Před 5 lety +2

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

    • @corettaha7855
      @corettaha7855 Před 5 lety +4

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

    • @XXthekingofyouXX
      @XXthekingofyouXX Před 5 lety +5

      Walls work!

  • @SaltyChip
    @SaltyChip Před 5 lety +1

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

  • @christopherburgess96
    @christopherburgess96 Před 5 lety +161

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

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  Před 5 lety +11

      Christopher Burgess Thanks so much Christopher. Appreciate it!

    • @tarafahomsy
      @tarafahomsy Před 4 lety +2

      I found it very lame though .. Just my opinion

    • @j.a.weishaupt1748
      @j.a.weishaupt1748 Před 3 lety

      @@tarafahomsy Your life is very lame

    • @tarafahomsy
      @tarafahomsy Před 3 lety

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

    • @j.a.weishaupt1748
      @j.a.weishaupt1748 Před 3 lety

      @@tarafahomsy Your typing skills are very lame

  • @MrTravisCS
    @MrTravisCS Před 5 lety +5

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

  • @theblackprince1346
    @theblackprince1346 Před 5 lety +1

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

  • @friendofzeus
    @friendofzeus Před 5 lety +41

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

    • @nakedsnake6076
      @nakedsnake6076 Před 5 lety +2

      hhhhhhhhh nani

    • @liFE-gt6or
      @liFE-gt6or Před 5 lety +9

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

    • @someone-wi4xl
      @someone-wi4xl Před 5 lety +8

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

    • @kesorangutan6170
      @kesorangutan6170 Před 5 lety

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

    • @someone-wi4xl
      @someone-wi4xl Před 5 lety +16

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

  • @amger3067
    @amger3067 Před 5 lety +3

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

  • @creakychair9387
    @creakychair9387 Před 5 lety +110

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

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  Před 5 lety +20

      Lord Erik Yes absolutely. One of my specialties.

    • @creakychair9387
      @creakychair9387 Před 5 lety +2

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

    • @schechter01
      @schechter01 Před 5 lety

      @@creakychair9387 Alamanni = "all the men"

    • @creakychair9387
      @creakychair9387 Před 5 lety

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

    • @boahkeinbockmehr
      @boahkeinbockmehr Před 5 lety +1

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

  • @seafratrue
    @seafratrue Před 4 lety +1

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

  • @shanekonarson
    @shanekonarson Před 5 lety +1

    Love this channel. Thankyou Mate .

  • @wendellfugate4088
    @wendellfugate4088 Před 4 lety +3

    What an excellent piece of work. Well done!

  • @mig-stallion1359
    @mig-stallion1359 Před 5 lety +6

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

  • @SunsetSeekers
    @SunsetSeekers Před 5 lety +1

    All of your videos are fascinating and well done!

  • @livewithapurpose5651
    @livewithapurpose5651 Před 4 lety +1

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

  • @cheydinal5401
    @cheydinal5401 Před 5 lety +11

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

    • @yavyav2281
      @yavyav2281 Před 5 lety +2

      Cheydinal like if youre looting London basically

    • @cheydinal5401
      @cheydinal5401 Před 3 lety

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

  • @faroukmalika
    @faroukmalika Před 4 lety +3

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

  • @SgtFoster
    @SgtFoster Před 5 lety +2

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

  • @willjsoden
    @willjsoden Před 5 lety +32

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

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  Před 5 lety +11

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

    •  Před 5 lety

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

    •  Před 5 lety

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

    •  Před 5 lety

      @kiril marinov Ok troll

  • @mohammadnoman7310
    @mohammadnoman7310 Před 4 lety +49

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

    • @Flex2212
      @Flex2212 Před 3 lety +3

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

    • @Flex2212
      @Flex2212 Před 3 lety +3

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

    • @Flex2212
      @Flex2212 Před 3 lety +3

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

    • @Flex2212
      @Flex2212 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @abc_cba
      @abc_cba Před 3 lety

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

  • @LionKing-ew9rm
    @LionKing-ew9rm Před 5 lety +4

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

  • @wanahmad7100
    @wanahmad7100 Před 5 lety +2

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

  • @dimitris9684
    @dimitris9684 Před 5 lety +2

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

  • @imedmeghraoui797
    @imedmeghraoui797 Před 5 lety +6

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

  • @Brahmdagh
    @Brahmdagh Před 5 lety +94

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

    • @99reeko99
      @99reeko99 Před 5 lety +49

      Kinder Egg World calm down pussy

    • @rteetfghhv3785
      @rteetfghhv3785 Před 5 lety +24

      you r the fox he was a lion

    • @alosaimi2229
      @alosaimi2229 Před 5 lety +5

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

    • @abodalashkar5686
      @abodalashkar5686 Před 5 lety +2

      @@rteetfghhv3785 he was dog

    • @Kiravenic
      @Kiravenic Před 5 lety +31

      Abod Alashkar your mother is a pig.

  • @namAlexander
    @namAlexander Před 5 lety +1

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

  • @justinjinks3582
    @justinjinks3582 Před 2 lety +1

    You do really good work, my friend.

  • @user-oq8my3po7c
    @user-oq8my3po7c Před 5 lety +9

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

    • @user-oq8my3po7c
      @user-oq8my3po7c Před 5 lety

      Hugo Holesch all?? Your wrong pal

    • @Judge_Magister
      @Judge_Magister Před 2 lety

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

    • @user-oq8my3po7c
      @user-oq8my3po7c Před 2 lety

      @@Judge_Magistercan you prove that?

  • @lazohd7280
    @lazohd7280 Před 5 lety +39

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

    • @shahidachoudhury6925
      @shahidachoudhury6925 Před 4 lety

      @BLUE DOG
      Nope.Just for oil and wealth.

    • @nativelatinosfooktrump5348
      @nativelatinosfooktrump5348 Před 4 lety

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

    • @nativelatinosfooktrump5348
      @nativelatinosfooktrump5348 Před 4 lety

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

    • @nelloovie1734
      @nelloovie1734 Před 4 lety +1

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

    • @scooby1235
      @scooby1235 Před 4 lety

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

  • @amanrusom9498
    @amanrusom9498 Před 4 lety +1

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

  • @pamelahomeyer748
    @pamelahomeyer748 Před 4 lety +1

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

  • @StormLaker
    @StormLaker Před 4 lety +3

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

  • @HoundofOdin
    @HoundofOdin Před 5 lety +5

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

    • @ezzovonachalm7038
      @ezzovonachalm7038 Před 4 lety

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

  • @tsafa
    @tsafa Před 4 lety

    Great Video!

  • @paulh2468
    @paulh2468 Před 5 lety +1

    Good job, man!

  • @germanicus8342
    @germanicus8342 Před 5 lety +3

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

  • @donaldmurray4350
    @donaldmurray4350 Před 5 lety +6

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

  • @hilmicooper840
    @hilmicooper840 Před 4 lety

    Thank You for this beautiful video.

  • @user-zo4th8hz4e
    @user-zo4th8hz4e Před rokem

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

  • @cnawan
    @cnawan Před 5 lety +8

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

    • @omarn7650
      @omarn7650 Před 3 lety +3

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

    • @nirvanic3610
      @nirvanic3610 Před 2 lety +4

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

    • @nirvanic3610
      @nirvanic3610 Před 2 lety +5

      Islamic empires reached as far as the Arctic

  • @homersimpson9062
    @homersimpson9062 Před 3 lety +7

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

  • @antivalidisme5669
    @antivalidisme5669 Před 5 lety +2

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

  • @jeremybds1901
    @jeremybds1901 Před 4 lety +1

    Love this channel

  • @3452te
    @3452te Před 5 lety +4

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

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  Před 5 lety +1

      Thanks for watching ! Appreciate it

    • @3452te
      @3452te Před 5 lety

      @@HistoryTime you're welcome. :)

  • @tahamenji6837
    @tahamenji6837 Před 2 lety +4

    They were not pirate but they more like an army

  • @sergical5
    @sergical5 Před 4 lety

    Awesome work

  • @paulwilliams9726
    @paulwilliams9726 Před 4 lety

    Love your work bro

  • @TheGravey1980
    @TheGravey1980 Před 5 lety +4

    History Time: I'd like to see your take on the Scottish Wars of Independence as well as the consequent Anglo-Scottish Border Wars.

  • @aminebou
    @aminebou Před 4 lety +5

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

  • @the4seasons4ever
    @the4seasons4ever Před 5 lety +1

    love your style.i subscribed. Steve in Clearwater.

  • @TheTurk321
    @TheTurk321 Před 5 lety +2

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

    • @mahamedaden7237
      @mahamedaden7237 Před 5 lety +2

      This is fiction aka Western Media

    • @marathonman1205
      @marathonman1205 Před 3 lety

      The sources are everywhere.

    • @TheTurk321
      @TheTurk321 Před 3 lety

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

  • @harrowingsparrow7948
    @harrowingsparrow7948 Před 2 lety +4

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

  • @Irfan--Khan
    @Irfan--Khan Před 5 lety +20

    The Aghlabids were governors of Abbasid Empire. 😊

    • @sayedjaffarabbas3420
      @sayedjaffarabbas3420 Před 4 lety

      Yes true

    • @granda2126
      @granda2126 Před 4 lety

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

    • @Irfan--Khan
      @Irfan--Khan Před 4 lety

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

    • @aykay6778
      @aykay6778 Před 2 lety

      Yes yes big up kashmir

  • @goldzerox
    @goldzerox Před 5 lety +2

    Good video, please don't stop history must be told the correct way.

  • @k.m890
    @k.m890 Před 5 lety

    great work.

  • @collintrytsman3353
    @collintrytsman3353 Před 5 lety +26

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

    • @orionbarbalate4350
      @orionbarbalate4350 Před 5 lety +1

      He has a video on the hittites

    • @MeoVatosLocos
      @MeoVatosLocos Před 5 lety

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

    • @KD-jb9pq
      @KD-jb9pq Před 5 lety

      @@MeoVatosLocos Europeans are descended from neanderthals.

    • @aksbeixhev
      @aksbeixhev Před 4 lety

      Sumerians too.

    • @aksbeixhev
      @aksbeixhev Před 4 lety

      @@KD-jb9pq only 1-3%

  • @user-qk1ix7sf4e
    @user-qk1ix7sf4e Před 4 lety +8

    Do you know the difference between pirates and army?

  • @bedouinknight9437
    @bedouinknight9437 Před 4 lety +1

    Wow i have never known that, great work thank you.

  • @expertman9921
    @expertman9921 Před 3 lety +3

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

    • @Yakine_12
      @Yakine_12 Před 3 lety

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

  • @jjgf8412
    @jjgf8412 Před 5 lety +5

    Would be amazing a video about the visigotic kingdom,always a time in the iberian peninsula not much spoken

    • @mouadbouzaid7174
      @mouadbouzaid7174 Před 3 lety

      nothing interesting in there

    • @canadianmmaguy7511
      @canadianmmaguy7511 Před 2 lety

      @@mouadbouzaid7174 nothing interesting?
      Vikings migrated through Greece and Italy and settled in Spain , and that's not interesting?
      Visigoths and Norman Descendents create the Knights Templar and sack Constantinople, shifting European power to the Atlantic and Rus? (Vikings)
      Sort of interesting idk

  • @eavaharris3519
    @eavaharris3519 Před 4 lety

    Congratulations...LOVE your narration

  • @TheJennick13
    @TheJennick13 Před 4 lety +1

    Love the use of the word "ferocious "!! Fantastic descriptor!!!!😍

  • @BootsMcGee3
    @BootsMcGee3 Před 4 lety +3

    2:40 the biggest state of Italy on the Mediterranean side was actually just called “Welcome”

  • @perspii2808
    @perspii2808 Před 5 lety +73

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

    • @Citadin
      @Citadin Před 5 lety +38

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

    • @james_baker
      @james_baker Před 5 lety +8

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

    • @davebeecher6579
      @davebeecher6579 Před 5 lety +2

      Perspeii maybe not my native- Americans? lol

    • @notbot8830
      @notbot8830 Před 5 lety +21

      The Roman sack of Rome was absolutely barbaric

    • @corettaha7855
      @corettaha7855 Před 5 lety +13

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

  • @acchaladka
    @acchaladka Před 5 lety +2

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

  • @lyndaanneshop
    @lyndaanneshop Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @deanbuss1678
    @deanbuss1678 Před 5 lety +2

    Another great video ! Congratulations for your achievement! ( Doing this full time). Certainly well deserved. I've learned a lot since subscribing 👍.
    Yours is a VALUABLE service to " lay- people such as myself. 😁🙋

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  Před 5 lety +1

      Thanks very much my friend. Appreciate the support!

  • @Jazmillenium
    @Jazmillenium Před 5 lety +27

    I had no idea Arabs sacked Rome. Huh.

    • @truthcannotbemade6602
      @truthcannotbemade6602 Před 4 lety +6

      Muslims defeated byzantine empire

    • @placeholder8768
      @placeholder8768 Před 4 lety +6

      arabi sau how the fuck does him not knowing everything make him a ‘brainwashed white nerd’?
      Did you know about the battle of Aizkraukle?
      No, you didn’t, but that doesn’t make you a ‘brainwashed Arab nerd’.
      What makes you brainwashed is your apparent aggressiveness to anyone who doesn’t know about the glory of Arabic Islam.

    • @RageTeam2014
      @RageTeam2014 Před 4 lety

      arabi saud shut the fuck up before we Sykes Picot 2.0 your shitty desert nation

    • @khalednajada2514
      @khalednajada2514 Před 4 lety +3

      @@RageTeam2014 mmm do you like to get a perfect jihadic conquest

    • @canadianmmaguy7511
      @canadianmmaguy7511 Před 3 lety

      @@RageTeam2014 the west is getting haavara agreement 2.0'd right now so chill

  • @Guyfawx42
    @Guyfawx42 Před 4 lety +1

    Had no idea this even happened. Great vid

  • @qboxer
    @qboxer Před 5 lety +1

    A truly outstanding video. I'd love to see you do a feature on the Macedonian Dynasty of the Romans.

  • @thewessexbretwalda5865
    @thewessexbretwalda5865 Před 5 lety +10

    The Norman’s sorted them out sooner or later

    • @yoshilorak5897
      @yoshilorak5897 Před 5 lety +1

      They did more than that.

    • @jollygoodyo
      @jollygoodyo Před 5 lety +4

      So sad to see Western descendants of today are so ashamed of their great and proud history. I blame the weak leftists.

    • @thearabsword1
      @thearabsword1 Před 5 lety +4

      Alexander Best Arabs & Muslims ruled the Mediterranean Sea from 800-1700 CE and then Europe and now America & Israel.
      we ruled more than you. 😆

    • @thewessexbretwalda5865
      @thewessexbretwalda5865 Před 5 lety

      @good good i would rather spend eternity in hellfire than raise my ass to Allah

    • @mahamedaden7237
      @mahamedaden7237 Před 5 lety +2

      @@thewessexbretwalda5865 rott to hell Satan's son!

  • @aksmex2576
    @aksmex2576 Před 5 lety +10

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

  • @captainkolding
    @captainkolding Před 5 lety

    I love your channel "History Time". Many historic subjects that are overlooked in other places. I also love you accent. Is it scottish? I ask because it reminds me of Ewan Macgregor. I am from Denmark, so I may be wrong in my guess.

  • @mrJohnDesiderio
    @mrJohnDesiderio Před 5 lety +1

    Yay for History Time!

  • @lewistaylor2858
    @lewistaylor2858 Před 5 lety +51

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

    • @supernova5293
      @supernova5293 Před 5 lety +7

      @Syed Ahmed The middle east is nothing like that.

    • @supernova5293
      @supernova5293 Před 5 lety +7

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

    • @supernova5293
      @supernova5293 Před 5 lety +7

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

    • @supernova5293
      @supernova5293 Před 5 lety +1

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

    • @MacSmithVideo
      @MacSmithVideo Před 5 lety +2

      must have felt like Mad Max