Papadragon18 bit from aegyptus and tunis, those areas were fertile For diferent reasons, first for the nylus, and tunis because of the atlas mountains, tunis, north algeria and morroco still are fertile areas
dat doo Well, we could also blame the planet for having an axis shift that caused the once lush jungles of the Sahara to die out. Which likely caused a mass migration of people to Mesopotamia. But yeah, overgrazing certainly did a number on Northern Africa. And yes, I knew this before I made the original post.
That fertility grade is not about historical fact. It is more likely Slavic Religion benefit. You can check detail of religious building, 'Temple of Mokosh' from totalwar.wikia.com/wiki/Slavic_Paganism
You can turn the Northern Sahara Desert into a bread basket if you believe in Slavic Paganism enough apparently... Someone should bring this proposal to the United Nations.
north africa was once very furtile . after the romans took over carthage the romans filled their food supplies from the grain produced in carthage. a lot of lands are still very furtile in Tunisia . coastal regions grow among the best wines in the world. plus its top 3 in olive oil production
Guess you learn something new everyday. I'll repay the favor: black holes and neutron stars are created when a star collapses that has at least 1.4 times the mass of our sun. In contrast, our sun will end up as a white dwarf, which is still extremely dense, though not as much, as the other two end results.
Mobility is exactly why WW1 turned out the way it did. Or rather, lack of. While everyone there had railroad, it didn't change the fact most fighting bogged down to infantry combat. Mixed with old war tactics and new tech, the battles quickly turned into a slog match as both sides inevitably dug trenchs and entrenched themselves. Planes were still lacking and tanks only came into the picture halfway into the war and they still were not enough to end it. Hence why in WW2, a major reason for German success in the early parts of the war was the quick defeat of allied nation after allied nation. Blitzkrieg relied on using mobility and quick strikes to knock out the enemies ability to fight as quick as possible with the slower units left to the job of mopping up whats left. Tactics that are still used to this day as they are the most effective means of using mobile warfare(Tanks, armored infantry carriers, planes, etc.). Basically the best way to wage war, is to conduct it as quick as possible, to win as quick as possible with as little losses as possible. If you get into a endless war of attrition, your going to lose lots of manpower, resources, etc. You must win first then go to war before you go to war first than seek to win.
@@gabrielalejandrodoldan4722 are you joking? the Von schlieffen plan was based around mobility, and france's lack of it made them almost lose the maginot line.
I totally lost my shit at the 'Are you Genghis Khan or something' part XDDD Only if the poor old Temuchin had heard of the Alani horde... WORLD SUPREMACY WOULD HAVE FOLLOWED Alans may not be the best faction for 'floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee'. But sure as hell they'll charge at you like a horde of rhinos instead!
Started a new alans campaign because of this, just did a battle of 1500 vs 3100 and destroyed 3000 with 158 men lost. This video describes exactly how I feel.
Love the music and the cav micro. My real time skills are not at your level. But you also seem to know exactly how to derp out their AI :) Love all your vids, can't wait for the next one
I like to give my sincerest thanks to you. Because you used “Don’t stop me now”, I was exposed to Queen. That in turn exposed me to the greatest music I’ve ever heard in my life. You are responsible of one the greatest joys in my existence. It might not mean much but thank you for this.
Another Turkic tribe with which Alans came in contact in the 5th and 6th century was Bulgars and then Khazars who pushed the Alan state beyond the river Terek . Alania was a vassal state of Khazars for two centuries .
Oh yeah. A third pikemen to deter exactly that sort of brutal cavalry charge; a third sword and buckler fighters to provide them cover, and a third musketeers to... well, that's obvious. :p The significance of the name, as I heard from somewhere or read on Wikipedia or something, is that 'Tercio' referred to the thirds that said infantry square was divided into.
1:29 - "When you were youuuuuuuung and your heart...was an open book... You used to saaaaaaaaaaay live-and-let-live... But in this ever-changing woooooooooooooorld in which we live in, makes you give-in-and-cry... Say, *LIVE AND LET DIE!*
I'm just getting back into playing Attila and played the Alans a couple times but it was hard as shit to get a foothold somewhere. But I never thought about converting to Slavic Paganism. Imma have to try that.
I missed the whole fuckin' video cause I'm stoned and I sang along to the whole song feeling as fabulous and free (from aids) as Freddie himself! I gotta watch this again.
ALANS, an ancient Iranian tribe of the northern (Scythian, Saka, Sarmatian, Massagete) group, known to classical writers from the first centuries A.D. (see, e.g., Seneca, Thyestes 630; Annaeus Lucan, Pharsalia 8.223, 10.454; Lucian, Toxaris 51, 54, 55, 60; Ptolemy, Geographia 6.14.3, 9, 11; and other sources below). Their name appears in Greek as Alanoi, in Latin as Alani or Halani. The same tribes, or affiliated ones, are mentioned as the Asaioi (Ptolemy 5.9.16), Rhoxolanoi, Aorsoi, Sirakoi, and Iazyges (Strabo 2.5.7, 7.2.4; 11.2.1, 11.5.8; 7.2.4). In early times the main mass of the Alans was settled north of the Caspian and Black seas. Later they also occupied the Crimea and considerable territory in the northern Caucasus. The history of the Alans can be divided into three periods: (1) from the beginning of the Christian era to the great migration of peoples; (2) from that period to the Mongol invasion; (3) subsequent to the Mongol invasion. During the first period, the Alans appear as a nomadic, warlike, pastoral people who were professional warriors and took service, at various times, with the Romans, Parthians, and Sasanians. Their cavalry was particularly renowned. They participated in Mithridates’ wars with Rome (chronicled by Lucan), as well as in Roman campaigns in Armenia, Media, and Parthia in the 1st and 2nd centuries A.D. (see Josephus, Jewish Wars 7.244-51, Antiquities 18.97; cf. accounts in Moses of Khoren, History of the Armenians [Langlois, Historiens II, pp. 105-06, 125] and the Georgian Chronicle [Kartlis tskhovreba, in M. F. Brosset and D. I. Chubinov, Histoire de la Georgie I, St. Petersburg, 1849]). Ammianus Marcellinus (31.2) describes the Alans’ nomadic economy and warlike customs. The invasion of the Huns split the Alans into two parts, the European and the Caucasian. Some of the European Alans were drawn into the migration of peoples from eastern into western Europe. With the Germanic tribes of Visigoths and Vandals they passed into Gaul and Spain, some even reaching North Africa. The Alans fought on the side of the Romans in the battle of the Catalaunian Fields (A.D. 451), when Aetius defeated Attila, chief of the Huns. In 461 and 464 they made incursions into Italy. After Attila’s death they struggled, together with the Germanic tribes, to free themselves from Hun domination. Large Alan hordes settled along the middle course of the Loire in Gaul under King Sangiban and on the lower Danube with King Candac (the historian Jordanes sprang from the latter group). Another settlement is indicated by the name of the Spanish province Catalonia, which is but a slight deformation of Goth-Alania, “province of the Goths and Alans.” The French proper name “Alain” and English “Alan” are an inheritance from the tribe. The Alans also left an imprint on Celtic folk-poetry, e.g., the cycle of legends concerning King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table (see M. Hesse, “Iranisches Sagengut im Christlichen Epos,” Atlantis 1937, pp. 621-28; J. H. Grisward, “Le motif de l’épée jetée au lac: la mort d’Arthur et la mort de Batradz,” Romania 90, 1969, pp. 289-340). Part of the European Alans remained in the lands bordering the Black Sea, including the Crimea. The Caucasian Alans occupied part of the Caucasian plain and the foothills of the main mountain chain from the headwaters of the Kuban river and its tributary, the Zelenchuk (in the west), to the Daryal gorge (in the east). They became sedentary and took to cattle-breeding and agriculture. Towns developed, elements of state organization appeared, and political and cultural ties were established with Byzantium, Georgia, Abkhazia [see Abḵāz], the Khazars, and Russia. Dynastic marriages were concluded with these countries. From the 5th century on, Christian propaganda was conducted, first by Byzantine, later also by Georgian, missionaries. The Alans adopted Christianity in the 10th century, and an Alan episcopal see was created. In 244/857 Boḡā, a general of the caliph of Baghdad, invaded Transcaucasia and the northern Caucasus, devastating Georgia, Abkhazia, the Alan country, and the Khazar lands. The Alans soon recovered, however, and restored their state. They are often mentioned by medieval writers, both western (Procopius of Caesarea, Menander, Theophanes of Byzantium, Constantine Porphyrogenitus) and Arab and Persian. The latter use the name “Alān” or “Ās”; and in Russian chronicles and Hungarian sources the form “Yas” is found. In the 4th/10th century the Arab historian Masʿūdī indicates that the Alan kingdom stretched from Daghestan to Abkhazia. He describes its prosperity: “The Alan king (can) muster 30,000 horsemen. He is powerful, very strong and influential (among?) the kings. The kingdom consists of an uninterrupted series of settlements; when the cock crows (in one of them), the answer comes from the other parts of the kingdom, because the villages are intermingled and close together” (trans. V. Minorsky, A History of Sharvan and Darband, Cambridge, 1958, pp. 156-60). The anonymous Ḥodūd al-ʿālam (trans. Minorsky, pp. 83, 161, 318, 445) describes Alania as a vast country with 1,000 settlements; the people included both Christians and idol-worshipers, mountaineers and plain-dwellers. The text makes the important statement that, in the north, the Alans bordered on the Hungarians and the Bulgars (the ancestors of the Chuvash). In the east they gave their name to the Daryal gorge, called “Gate of the Alans” (Arabic Bāb al-Lān, Persian Dar-e Alān, hence Daryal). The Mongol invasion of the 7th/13th century and Tamerlane’s wars in the 8th/14th proved fatal to the Alan state. Its organization was destroyed, and the population suffered heavy loss. Ebn al-Aṯīr reports: “The Tatars attacked the Alans; they massacred them, committed many outrages, plundered and seized prisoners, and marched on against the Qipchaqs” (XII, p. 252; for the events of 1221 A.D., see Camb. Hist. Iran V, p. 311). The remnants of the Alans broke up into three groups. One retreated into the foothills and gorges of the central Caucasus and lives there up to the present [see Ossetes], numbering some 400,000. The people of their eastern branch call themselves “Ir”, those of the western branch “Digor.” The name “Alan” survives among them, in the form “Allon”, only in folklore. (Russian “Osetiny” is from Georgian Oseti, “Alania.” The Georgians had long called the Alans Os- or Ovs- and their country Oset-.) A second group of Alans migrated with the Qipchaqs (Comani) into Europe, settling in Hungary. The territory they occupied is to this day called Jászság, “province of the Yas;” and its capital is Jászberény. They preserved their language and ethnic identity until the 15th century, but gradually adopted the Hungarian language and became assimilated. The third group took service under the Mongol khans. According to the Chinese chronicle Yuan-shi, these “Asu” played an important role in further Mongol expansion. The Catholic missionary John de Marignolli, who spent five years in China, states that there were up to 30,000 Ās there (H. Yule, Cathay and the Way Thither III [Hakluyt Society, second ser., no. 37], London, 1914, pp. 180ff.). In the course of time they perished in warfare or were absorbed into the local population. The name “Alan” is derived from Old Iranian *arya-, “Aryan,” and so is cognate with “Īrān” (from the gen. plur. *aryānām). The ancient Alan language may, to some extent, be reconstructed on the basis of modern Ossetic (after excluding the latter’s Turkic and Caucasian additions). The Alans created no writing, and no texts survive in their language except an inscription in Greek letters on a tombstone from the headwaters of the Kuban (Grund. Iran. Phil. I, Anhang, p. 31). A few sentences are recorded by the Byzantine author Tzetzēs (Gerhardt, “Alanen und Osseten,” pp. 37-51). Various personal, ethnic, and place names are also known (see M. Vasmer, Die Iranier in Südrussland, Leipzig, 1923, pp. 25-29). This material at least indicates clearly the Iranian character of the Alan language.
Alans are Turkic, their King's name were "Bahatur" and their Queen's name was "Altun" which we Turks have those names even now. Bahatur means brave hero, Altun means gold or golden. Also Arabic travelers who visited Alans told that Alans are speaking Pecheneg Turk's language also in medieval Arabic book called Kitab-al Jughrafia says Alans are Turkic according to eye witness.
![An Actual Guide to the Alans [Total War: Attila]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/-9xipwq3nrs/mqdefault.jpg)
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good god look at all the horses
You know the rules, now you have to do a Total war: Attila review.
JRHNBR
We're all just HORSIN AROUND :P
That's what the Chinese said. :D
@@ElBandito -Right, weve gotten rid of the horse nomands that were plaging our lands, so all is good
*distant throat singing*
-Dammit
*Sahara has rich fertility*
Wot
Back then northern Africa was very fertile. Most of Rome's grain in the days of the late Republic and Empire came from northern Africa.
Papadragon18
True, I just did not think that the Sahara itself would have rich fertility.
Papadragon18 bit from aegyptus and tunis, those areas were fertile For diferent reasons, first for the nylus, and tunis because of the atlas mountains, tunis, north algeria and morroco still are fertile areas
dat doo
Well, we could also blame the planet for having an axis shift that caused the once lush jungles of the Sahara to die out. Which likely caused a mass migration of people to Mesopotamia. But yeah, overgrazing certainly did a number on Northern Africa.
And yes, I knew this before I made the original post.
That fertility grade is not about historical fact. It is more likely Slavic Religion benefit.
You can check detail of religious building, 'Temple of Mokosh' from
totalwar.wikia.com/wiki/Slavic_Paganism
You see the alans, I see rohan
"Now for wrath, now for ruin, and the red dawn!"
@@justanobadi6655 DEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATH
Da na nah na na nah na nah nah naaah
2 years later: «And Rohan will answer!!!»
So what does that make the Vandals?
You can turn the Northern Sahara Desert into a bread basket if you believe in Slavic Paganism enough apparently... Someone should bring this proposal to the United Nations.
The Avenger at Ilipa have you heard of slav yisus and the Sahara miracle?
north africa was once very furtile . after the romans took over carthage the romans filled their food supplies from the grain produced in carthage. a lot of lands are still very furtile in Tunisia . coastal regions grow among the best wines in the world. plus its top 3 in olive oil production
Guess you learn something new everyday. I'll repay the favor: black holes and neutron stars are created when a star collapses that has at least 1.4 times the mass of our sun. In contrast, our sun will end up as a white dwarf, which is still extremely dense, though not as much, as the other two end results.
@@erloriel This exchange of information is wholesome
Yeah but neither Carthage or Egypt are in Sahara... @@koubaasofien9264
That poor guy at the end😂
Your PP shows my reaction to that 😂😂😂😂
"Die with honor, men! [man] There is no shame in this for us!"
he actually proceeded to solo that army
"yep thats me! you're probably wondering how i got in this situation"
@@TheSimmr001 he survived we did not see a body
"are you Gengis Khan or something" 10/10
420 likes, nice
Your channel is a needle in a haystack. It really feels like you make your montages with passion and love
When you turn every battle into cannae
Or even better: *Carrhae*
Even better Kalka
@Junius Argonon but it doesn't make sense
@Junius ArgononIt be cannae Battle
@UCF7VPSvcOfb-_qQnc29ekQg Time to calm down lol, I'm talking about the strategy and troops used, cavalry ambush and persecution like in carrhae
Holy fuck, shit. I'm dying
FUCK YEAH< FINALLY TOTAL WAR MEMES!
Andrei Skobtsov it was time
I started a Alans run yesterday and had a hard time defining how it feels to play them, thank god this video exists!
Great work!
Every once in a while, my recommendations shows me something golden.
Im really not commenting often but, damn son! These are some high quality memes boi. Keep it up Yrridian!
Mobility, one of the most underappreciated yet possibly the most important aspect of warfare.
VlaDDrakkeN WWI dissagrees with you
Mobility is exactly why WW1 turned out the way it did. Or rather, lack of. While everyone there had railroad, it didn't change the fact most fighting bogged down to infantry combat. Mixed with old war tactics and new tech, the battles quickly turned into a slog match as both sides inevitably dug trenchs and entrenched themselves. Planes were still lacking and tanks only came into the picture halfway into the war and they still were not enough to end it.
Hence why in WW2, a major reason for German success in the early parts of the war was the quick defeat of allied nation after allied nation. Blitzkrieg relied on using mobility and quick strikes to knock out the enemies ability to fight as quick as possible with the slower units left to the job of mopping up whats left. Tactics that are still used to this day as they are the most effective means of using mobile warfare(Tanks, armored infantry carriers, planes, etc.).
Basically the best way to wage war, is to conduct it as quick as possible, to win as quick as possible with as little losses as possible. If you get into a endless war of attrition, your going to lose lots of manpower, resources, etc. You must win first then go to war before you go to war first than seek to win.
Wait, who doesn't appreciate mobility? Like seriously, which military doesn't care about that?
@@erloriel
The frenchs and germans in ww1
@@gabrielalejandrodoldan4722 are you joking? the Von schlieffen plan was based around mobility, and france's lack of it made them almost lose the maginot line.
I totally lost my shit at the 'Are you Genghis Khan or something' part XDDD
Only if the poor old Temuchin had heard of the Alani horde... WORLD SUPREMACY WOULD HAVE FOLLOWED
Alans may not be the best faction for 'floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee'.
But sure as hell they'll charge at you like a horde of rhinos instead!
Fun fact: Alans actually fought for the Golden Horde and even the Mongol Yuan dynasty.
Guess that's what made the Golden Horde that much more OP. :D
Volcano4981 nah
@@Volcano4981 that was until they got neft by the Bubonic plague Patch :(
What do you mean? Genghis did archieve world superiority in the world he knew.
Nobody:
Noob: you can’t win with all cavalry
Alan: laughs in equestrian
A masterpiece.
Every once in a while I come back to rewatch this video for some good feels.
10/10 would horse again.
#MakeAttilaGreatAgain
"nomadic tribal " .. Said by someone who is from Slovaqia !!
#MakeAttilaMongolAgain
Malay Archer Can’t fix what was made broke
@Oompa Loompa oh god finally someone with historical knowledge!
@@neYroDz25 wtf they aren’t Mongolians
Started a new alans campaign because of this, just did a battle of 1500 vs 3100 and destroyed 3000 with 158 men lost. This video describes exactly how I feel.
Love the music and the cav micro. My real time skills are not at your level. But you also seem to know exactly how to derp out their AI :)
Love all your vids, can't wait for the next one
Holy shit man. Just found this.
It's so damn perfect.
The description alone was worth the like.
Your channel needs to blow up , this is my new favourite channel.
The ending It's just so beatiful I love this !
This mans taste of music is gold 👌🏻
The greatest threat you face as the Alans is the urge to auto resolve. Never auto resolve. Kill them to the last man.
thatsnumberwang100 I think that’d be facing the Hunnic doom stacks. The horse archers are gonna destroy the Alani cavs
Or a wall.
Most god damn under-rated channel ever.
Fun fact this strategy also works with Dong Zhuo in Three Kingdoms. once you have full Xiliang heavy cav, there's no force in China that can stop you.
This is like playing Armenia in Rome total war 1, horse archer spam destroying and decimating entire armies 2 at a time
Keep making these videos, they will help your channel grow for sure.
I like to give my sincerest thanks to you. Because you used “Don’t stop me now”, I was exposed to Queen. That in turn exposed me to the greatest music I’ve ever heard in my life. You are responsible of one the greatest joys in my existence. It might not mean much but thank you for this.
Queen, Total War, they just go together.
I can tell that it must have been a great journey, as I had been in such a situation too.
just found this channel... such underrated.. love your content.. produce MORE
that ending fade was gold
The archer's like "I just need to reach the boundary line, then the horses cant follow me"
Kingdom Of Rohan at it's finest moments.
AMAZING EDITING I LOVE THESE VIDEOS. GIVE ME MORE!!
Gotta say, I felt this when I booted up my old Alan campaign last night.
Plot Twist: They didn't killed the guy at the end of the video. They captured him and made him a part of the cavalry.
This is what cured my depression
*RESPENDIAL INTENSIFIES*
That was an emotional rollercoaster
Queens Don't Stop Me Now makes it even better
Another Turkic tribe with which Alans came in contact in the 5th and 6th century was Bulgars and then Khazars who pushed the Alan state beyond the river Terek . Alania was a vassal state of Khazars for two centuries .
Hmmm yes.
This was foreshadowing none of us would ever understand until 3 years later.
Having a fun time watching your videos because I like rats like this keep it up , hope u make a living doing this is fun to watch also good stragery
This is beautiful
I know this is late, but
... I love you.. and..
This EPIC CONTENT!
These are too good, you should make 10 minute videos like this
Upvoted for the Queen music.
Great choice of music bro👍👍👍👍👍👍
Go Alan! such a great guy
Now I get why the spanish came up with the tercios.
Oh yeah. A third pikemen to deter exactly that sort of brutal cavalry charge; a third sword and buckler fighters to provide them cover, and a third musketeers to... well, that's obvious. :p
The significance of the name, as I heard from somewhere or read on Wikipedia or something, is that 'Tercio' referred to the thirds that said infantry square was divided into.
@@Volcano4981 tercio in Spanish means 1/3 part of something
@@danielfraiz74 Yep, that confirms what I was saying then. :p
Immediate sub.
dude, same
This guy must be one of great generals back then
Best video ever.
Make more of these please they are so great lol
Lol, a TW classic. Great vid xd
1:29 - "When you were youuuuuuuung and your heart...was an open book...
You used to saaaaaaaaaaay live-and-let-live...
But in this ever-changing woooooooooooooorld in which we live in, makes you give-in-and-cry...
Say,
*LIVE AND LET DIE!*
I love this guy!
I'm just getting back into playing Attila and played the Alans a couple times but it was hard as shit to get a foothold somewhere. But I never thought about converting to Slavic Paganism. Imma have to try that.
So good.
This is great.
This is so sentimental
RIDERS OF ROHAN
The_ FlayedMan CZcams DEATH!
Holy shit these videos are great.
I missed the whole fuckin' video cause I'm stoned and I sang along to the whole song feeling as fabulous and free (from aids) as Freddie himself! I gotta watch this again.
1:37
*record scratch* *freeze frame*
Yup, that's me - you're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation.
Can't listen to this song without the image of Alani Yrridian immediately inviting himself to the party.
ALANS, an ancient Iranian tribe of the northern (Scythian, Saka, Sarmatian, Massagete) group, known to classical writers from the first centuries A.D. (see, e.g., Seneca, Thyestes 630; Annaeus Lucan, Pharsalia 8.223, 10.454; Lucian, Toxaris 51, 54, 55, 60; Ptolemy, Geographia 6.14.3, 9, 11; and other sources below). Their name appears in Greek as Alanoi, in Latin as Alani or Halani. The same tribes, or affiliated ones, are mentioned as the Asaioi (Ptolemy 5.9.16), Rhoxolanoi, Aorsoi, Sirakoi, and Iazyges (Strabo 2.5.7, 7.2.4; 11.2.1, 11.5.8; 7.2.4). In early times the main mass of the Alans was settled north of the Caspian and Black seas. Later they also occupied the Crimea and considerable territory in the northern Caucasus.
The history of the Alans can be divided into three periods: (1) from the beginning of the Christian era to the great migration of peoples; (2) from that period to the Mongol invasion; (3) subsequent to the Mongol invasion. During the first period, the Alans appear as a nomadic, warlike, pastoral people who were professional warriors and took service, at various times, with the Romans, Parthians, and Sasanians. Their cavalry was particularly renowned. They participated in Mithridates’ wars with Rome (chronicled by Lucan), as well as in Roman campaigns in Armenia, Media, and Parthia in the 1st and 2nd centuries A.D. (see Josephus, Jewish Wars 7.244-51, Antiquities 18.97; cf. accounts in Moses of Khoren, History of the Armenians [Langlois, Historiens II, pp. 105-06, 125] and the Georgian Chronicle [Kartlis tskhovreba, in M. F. Brosset and D. I. Chubinov, Histoire de la Georgie I, St. Petersburg, 1849]). Ammianus Marcellinus (31.2) describes the Alans’ nomadic economy and warlike customs.
The invasion of the Huns split the Alans into two parts, the European and the Caucasian. Some of the European Alans were drawn into the migration of peoples from eastern into western Europe. With the Germanic tribes of Visigoths and Vandals they passed into Gaul and Spain, some even reaching North Africa. The Alans fought on the side of the Romans in the battle of the Catalaunian Fields (A.D. 451), when Aetius defeated Attila, chief of the Huns. In 461 and 464 they made incursions into Italy. After Attila’s death they struggled, together with the Germanic tribes, to free themselves from Hun domination. Large Alan hordes settled along the middle course of the Loire in Gaul under King Sangiban and on the lower Danube with King Candac (the historian Jordanes sprang from the latter group). Another settlement is indicated by the name of the Spanish province Catalonia, which is but a slight deformation of Goth-Alania, “province of the Goths and Alans.” The French proper name “Alain” and English “Alan” are an inheritance from the tribe. The Alans also left an imprint on Celtic folk-poetry, e.g., the cycle of legends concerning King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table (see M. Hesse, “Iranisches Sagengut im Christlichen Epos,” Atlantis 1937, pp. 621-28; J. H. Grisward, “Le motif de l’épée jetée au lac: la mort d’Arthur et la mort de Batradz,” Romania 90, 1969, pp. 289-340). Part of the European Alans remained in the lands bordering the Black Sea, including the Crimea.
The Caucasian Alans occupied part of the Caucasian plain and the foothills of the main mountain chain from the headwaters of the Kuban river and its tributary, the Zelenchuk (in the west), to the Daryal gorge (in the east). They became sedentary and took to cattle-breeding and agriculture. Towns developed, elements of state organization appeared, and political and cultural ties were established with Byzantium, Georgia, Abkhazia [see Abḵāz], the Khazars, and Russia. Dynastic marriages were concluded with these countries. From the 5th century on, Christian propaganda was conducted, first by Byzantine, later also by Georgian, missionaries. The Alans adopted Christianity in the 10th century, and an Alan episcopal see was created.
In 244/857 Boḡā, a general of the caliph of Baghdad, invaded Transcaucasia and the northern Caucasus, devastating Georgia, Abkhazia, the Alan country, and the Khazar lands. The Alans soon recovered, however, and restored their state. They are often mentioned by medieval writers, both western (Procopius of Caesarea, Menander, Theophanes of Byzantium, Constantine Porphyrogenitus) and Arab and Persian. The latter use the name “Alān” or “Ās”; and in Russian chronicles and Hungarian sources the form “Yas” is found. In the 4th/10th century the Arab historian Masʿūdī indicates that the Alan kingdom stretched from Daghestan to Abkhazia. He describes its prosperity: “The Alan king (can) muster 30,000 horsemen. He is powerful, very strong and influential (among?) the kings. The kingdom consists of an uninterrupted series of settlements; when the cock crows (in one of them), the answer comes from the other parts of the kingdom, because the villages are intermingled and close together” (trans. V. Minorsky, A History of Sharvan and Darband, Cambridge, 1958, pp. 156-60). The anonymous Ḥodūd al-ʿālam (trans. Minorsky, pp. 83, 161, 318, 445) describes Alania as a vast country with 1,000 settlements; the people included both Christians and idol-worshipers, mountaineers and plain-dwellers. The text makes the important statement that, in the north, the Alans bordered on the Hungarians and the Bulgars (the ancestors of the Chuvash). In the east they gave their name to the Daryal gorge, called “Gate of the Alans” (Arabic Bāb al-Lān, Persian Dar-e Alān, hence Daryal).
The Mongol invasion of the 7th/13th century and Tamerlane’s wars in the 8th/14th proved fatal to the Alan state. Its organization was destroyed, and the population suffered heavy loss. Ebn al-Aṯīr reports: “The Tatars attacked the Alans; they massacred them, committed many outrages, plundered and seized prisoners, and marched on against the Qipchaqs” (XII, p. 252; for the events of 1221 A.D., see Camb. Hist. Iran V, p. 311). The remnants of the Alans broke up into three groups. One retreated into the foothills and gorges of the central Caucasus and lives there up to the present [see Ossetes], numbering some 400,000. The people of their eastern branch call themselves “Ir”, those of the western branch “Digor.” The name “Alan” survives among them, in the form “Allon”, only in folklore. (Russian “Osetiny” is from Georgian Oseti, “Alania.” The Georgians had long called the Alans Os- or Ovs- and their country Oset-.) A second group of Alans migrated with the Qipchaqs (Comani) into Europe, settling in Hungary. The territory they occupied is to this day called Jászság, “province of the Yas;” and its capital is Jászberény. They preserved their language and ethnic identity until the 15th century, but gradually adopted the Hungarian language and became assimilated. The third group took service under the Mongol khans. According to the Chinese chronicle Yuan-shi, these “Asu” played an important role in further Mongol expansion. The Catholic missionary John de Marignolli, who spent five years in China, states that there were up to 30,000 Ās there (H. Yule, Cathay and the Way Thither III [Hakluyt Society, second ser., no. 37], London, 1914, pp. 180ff.). In the course of time they perished in warfare or were absorbed into the local population.
The name “Alan” is derived from Old Iranian *arya-, “Aryan,” and so is cognate with “Īrān” (from the gen. plur. *aryānām). The ancient Alan language may, to some extent, be reconstructed on the basis of modern Ossetic (after excluding the latter’s Turkic and Caucasian additions). The Alans created no writing, and no texts survive in their language except an inscription in Greek letters on a tombstone from the headwaters of the Kuban (Grund. Iran. Phil. I, Anhang, p. 31). A few sentences are recorded by the Byzantine author Tzetzēs (Gerhardt, “Alanen und Osseten,” pp. 37-51). Various personal, ethnic, and place names are also known (see M. Vasmer, Die Iranier in Südrussland, Leipzig, 1923, pp. 25-29). This material at least indicates clearly the Iranian character of the Alan language.
Georgia and abkhazia is not quite right. West Georgia was called Abkhazia
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Why did you write a 7 paragraph comment? Also, was that copypasted or is original research?
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PremiumKILLER Ossetians aren’t Alans
perfect way to end it
like a movie that one archer is going to make an army of his own and have an epic showdown and lose horrifically... agian
Oh yeah they're great! Best campaign I had
Bohemian rhapsody coming to theaters near you
these are quite entertaining
Can you make more of these please? It's been too long!
Oh man, the end 😗👌
Spectacular
And this kids is what they call a pro gamer move
you've only been doing 1 tactic that Hannibal did.
"MEH PINCER"
QUEEN
1:27 Man, those Slavic Paganism bonuses are so strong.
Are you Gengis Khan or something?
That killed me
I didnt think of these. I should try it
The thumbnail is the best.
You are god of tactics
beatiful
As a Rohan player in third age I know this feel my friend
WRE is actually my favorite faction
BECAUSE OF THE CHALLENGE
Thank you for having been born :)
You can do this in Rome 1 with Carthage too. Well less can and more have to.
Ahh, the video that started it all
Ah, I get it. The Alans are Iranian, and so is Freddie Mercury!
No, my friend they are Turkic.
dumbass random turk comment, alans are iranic by language and origins. i.4pcdn.org/pol/1493227855537.jpg
Alans are Turkic, their King's name were "Bahatur" and their Queen's name was "Altun" which we Turks have those names even now. Bahatur means brave hero, Altun means gold or golden. Also Arabic travelers who visited Alans told that Alans are speaking Pecheneg Turk's language also in medieval Arabic book called Kitab-al Jughrafia says Alans are Turkic according to eye witness.
Huns are also not turkish, but keep on telling yourself that.
Because a similar name and the word of an arab 300 years later makes it the truth... :D
My favorite tactic in Med II. Hordes of horsemen.
lmaooo i love this. what do you use to record and edit?
Maybe if there any total war tornament
This guy will be numba 1
I Love it hahahhahaha so funny man nice one
Another quality video
Impressive best sir