What if the Byzantines won the Battle of Manzikert?

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  • čas přidán 1. 03. 2024

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  • @georgios_5342
    @georgios_5342 Před 3 měsíci +12

    Many people forget this but Byzantium was actually on its way to recovery under the very successful Komnenos dynasty, reclaiming lands in Anatolia and rebuilding the economy. It was the Fourth Crusade that ruined Byzantium for good, not Manzikert

  • @LOKgr
    @LOKgr Před 3 měsíci

    A great video...!!

  • @rasaltpeso1466
    @rasaltpeso1466 Před 3 měsíci +2

    What if the German Empire united with Austria Hungary in 1871?

  • @angelb.823
    @angelb.823 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I once read it in a post, but Manzikert was not the immediate cause of the loss of Asia Minor by default, but the aftermath and the instability in Constantinople was. Emperor Romanos was unpopular with the local populance and the army, and wanted a victory against the Seljuk Turks to increase his prestige and legitimacy as Roman Emperor. After he was defeated and returned to Constantinople, after he was abducted and treated well by Alp Arslan, he was executed by court officials and the nobility of Constantinople. As the Turks advanced and settled in Anatolia, the Byzantine nobility was still caught in civil strife among themselves for the leadership of the empire. It took years of political instability until Alexios I restored order and consolidated some of the surviving gains to the Byzantine Empire.
    In short, the Byzantine Empire was doomed when the Byzantine nobility, which was checked by Basil II, started to act on their own accord and convenience.
    Had the Byzantine Empire won the battle, the empire should have implemented reforms to keep the nobility in check and reinforce the army and the frontiers against potential invasions from the East.

  • @otaviofaria6671
    @otaviofaria6671 Před 3 měsíci

    Make a video of “What if the Protestant Reformation never happened” please

  • @Psychoshell
    @Psychoshell Před 3 měsíci

    Your next video should be what if the us lost war in Iraq in 2003

    • @charlestheblursed2670
      @charlestheblursed2670  Před 3 měsíci +4

      This is an alternate history chanel
      I can't just make Videos of stuff, that already happened

    • @Psychoshell
      @Psychoshell Před 3 měsíci

      @@charlestheblursed2670 true on that

    • @Psychoshell
      @Psychoshell Před 3 měsíci

      @@charlestheblursed2670or you could do a about what if Nixon became president for life

  • @Jhonnyoliv
    @Jhonnyoliv Před 3 měsíci

    What destroied the Byzantines were the depopulation, the empire stop to take care of his own population which decreased and ended up assimilated

    • @ItsjustTNT123
      @ItsjustTNT123 Před 3 měsíci

      No it was the plague that killed of the population.
      Not really anything an early medieval kingdom could have done about it.

  • @historyfactsshorts22
    @historyfactsshorts22 Před 3 měsíci +1

    What if Islam did never exist?