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nurrrik & phoenix what do you think, muslim conquests in europe was for religion, i mean muslims main goal was to preach islam in europe or they just wanted to conquer lands to become great as all great empires in history became great by conquering other lands?
FAHIM TAJWAR It was pretty much for conquest and conquest alone, just like Mohammed the "peaceful prophet" who conquered Christian lands and was a glorified pedophile.
Dylan - no one called him pedophil before the nineteenth century, even his real enemies at his time did not mock him for that. Its like justin beiber is a glorified bastard, but no one today mocks him for that, no one today mocks the celebs for their adultery and fornications and homosexuality. maybe hundreds of years after if people get conservative they will mock them, just like thousands of years after prophet you love to call him as pedophil.
I am an atheist, so, of course, what I think will be insulting for you. Religion is a good excuse to attack and invade, and it always has been this way. The idea that Arab/Berber lords were different just because they belonged to a particular religion is illogical. People invade and conquer. They did it before religions fully formed, and they did that even after they embraced atheism. That needs to stop and change.
nurrrik & phoenix it is really insulting for me, because you think it will be insulting for me. But bro we cool i dont want to argue unless you want to, i love history too. And i also like to argue. People fight for religion like muslims. People fight despite being atheists like communist countries like north korea, russia, poi pot stalin you know what i mean. What i wanted to know is what you think? I think those were not fought for religion. If they were fought for religion they wouldnt fight amongst each other. The only religious war that any country is always willing to fight is Israel. If you cant make the oldest religious people become completely atheist you shouldn't be optimistic about anything. Since they are more advanced in science and technology you would not say anything about them that would be insulting towards them!
Sancho's maneuver was pretty much what Alexander did in gaugamela. I don't know if he intended it, but if he did, then props to him, the guy knows his military history.
It's fairly likely he was atleast someone educated on Alexander. The medieval latin really admired the ancient Greeks. It's also quite likely that he wasn't thinking so grandiose at that moment and the thought was more like "hey there is a hole, fuck it boys were going in."
By European standards of the time, the Spanish Christian kingdoms were very cultured due to constant interaction with a wider world than most of Europe was accustomed to at the time. Alfonso X "The Wise" of Castille would in the decades shortly after this battle turn Toledo into a center of literary collection and translation. As was expected of an Iberian king that has to navigate extremely complex relationships between communities, he was educated in Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin. These monarchs were in constant contact with the far-off coasts on the other side of the Mediterranean and the cold coasts of Northern Europe. The fact that many small Moorish kingdoms became vassals of Castille brought further contacts with the Islamic world. Castillians ordered their vassals to come to Toledo and copy their libraries there.
These videos are great. If you ever read history books, battles tend to be a little vague, and require recourse to geography books to get a real idea of what happened and where.
Thank you! Indeed, it is really difficult to pin down the battles. Landscapes do change, urbanization and industrialization also contribute to the situation.
ONE DAY ISLAM SHALL RISE AGAINST THE EUROPE. THE GLORY OF THE EUROPEAN CHRISTIAN DOM WILL LOST FOREVER; BECAUSE IN 2028 ISLAM WILL BE THE WORLD'S LARGEST RELIGION.ARE YOU JELOUS? ONE THING MORE. IN ONE DAY 1000 NON-MUSLIMS ARE COVERTING INTO ISLAM. YOU CAN SEARCH IN THE RELIGION CONVERTION CHART.
Millions of Muslims in the Middle East either secretly converted to Christianity or became atheists. Mostly because they are able to read the Quran and the Hadith now freely and question them on the basis of logic and morality. The apostates of Islam don't make this public, because then they would have to be executed according to Quran and Hadith: Sura 4:89 "They wish that you should reject faith as they reject faith, and then you would be equal; therefore take not to yourselves friends of them, until they emigrate in the way of God; then, if they turn their backs, take them, and slay them wherever you find them; take not to yourselves any one of them as friend or helper." (keep in mind Sura 4:65 in which ALlah commands full submission to his orders in the Quran) Sura 9:11-12 "But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due, then are they your brethren in religion. We detail Our revelations for a people who have knowledge. And if they break their pledges after their treaty (hath been made with you) and assail your religion, then fight the heads of disbelief - Lo! they have no binding oaths - in order that they may desist." Sahih Bukhari Volume 4, Book 52, Number 260: Narrated Ikrima: Ali burnt some people and this news reached Ibn 'Abbas, who said, "Had I been in his place I would not have burnt them, as the Prophet said, 'Don't punish (anybody) with Allah's Punishment.' No doubt, I would have killed them, for the Prophet said, 'If somebody (a Muslim) discards his religion, kill him.' " Sahih Bukhari (84:57) - [In the words of] "Allah's Apostle, 'Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him.'" Sahih Bukhari (89:271) - A man who embraces Islam, then reverts to Judaism is to be killed according to "the verdict of Allah and his apostle." al-Muwatta of Imam Malik (36.18.15)- "The Messenger of Allah said, "If someone changes his religion - then strike off his head." Reliance of the Traveller (Islamic Law) o8.1 - "When a person who has reached puberty and is sane voluntarily apostatizes from Islam, he deserves to be killed." Sura 16:101 And when We subtitute a verse in place of a verse - and Allah is most knowing of what He sends down - they say, "You, (O Muhammad), are but an inventor (of lies)." But most of them do not know.
Soy navarro, nuestro escudo conserva aun las cadenas que en aquella batalla nuestro rey rompió para entrar donde el líder moro. Hoy están en Roncesvalles, por donde entra a España el Camino de Santiago. Pura historia....
The chain thing is mostly understood by modern historians to be a myth based on a mistranslation (it wasn't a literal chain, but a closely knit formation). Sorry man. That's a fake.
Apparently no one ever showed this to the Caliph O This is Darius /|\ Darius ran away in the midst of the battle after Alexander charged at him /\ Darius lost the battle (and his kingdom) because of that Don't be like Darius
NickDG Who knows what really happened they are all only speculating at the end . even in near past or current wars you will hear more lies than truth .
What does Darius has to do with muslims ? Just don't forget the battle of Carhai when they captured the Roman empire and step on his head to ride a horse
@@TheOldBlackShuckyDog Gomes Ramires was not only the Grandmaster of Portugal but the Headmaster of the orders from Iberian kingdoms. So he's the only knight at this army that was blessed by the pope and gave him salvé.
@@salazarway I'm fairly certain there is no 'Grandmaster' of Portugal. When it comes down to regions they're just called masters. It's only the man at the very top who's called the grandmaster (e.g. Hugh of Payens, Robert of Craon, Jacques of Molay)
Reconquista would make an excellent setting for a Total War game or campaign pack. There used to be an excellent reconquista mod for Medievial Total War 1.
"medieval tw 2 Hispania in the middle ages" is an amazing mod (and really well done) that you can play in it all of the shown epochs in the video, with all the factions possible.
They need to make an Assassins creed game about the reconquista, preferably between the years 711 to the 1212 battle of Las Navas de Tolosa. They can also make an AC Creed game about the 1492 Spanish takeover of the caribbean and then the mainland
"Archbishop, we die today here, me and you!" The words of King Alfonso to the Archbishop of Toledo before charging with his knights to help the first line that was running away
Was the time for spa ish people to shine in Europe in The world, then french, then German and British. Sadly Spanish history is ignored and plagued of black legend.
غير صحيح هو لم يكتشف أمريكا، اقرأ كتاب “Africa and the discovery of Amirca” للكاتب البروفيسور ليون فيرنيل لجامعة هارفارد يقول فيه : إن كريستوفر كان واعياً الوعي الكامل بالوجود الإسلامي في أمريكا.
En to caso viva Castilla, Navarra y Aragón no? España no existía, Portugal y León pasarón como de la mierda, incluso el último aprovechó para atacar Castilla por la retaguardia, vamos unidad cristiana española mis cojones, Juego de Tronos a la Ibérica por 800 años más bien
Thank you for watching. To be honest, I created this video due to the nostalgia feels. I spent part of my honeymoon in Barcelona and what happened there 2 weeks ago made me incredibly sad and angry. And the fact that ISIS claimed that it is some kind of retribution for the Reconquista was the last drop. Such a beautiful city, how can anyone be there and not fall in love with it? Anyways, unfortunately, I don't have enough viewers from Spain and Portugal, so if you have a chance, please, share the video on your social networks.
@@robertmitchell8630 , haven't you ever seen a Western film? Haven't you ever seen how "Americans" killed native Americans". How many native Americans are left in the USA? On the contrary, how many native Americans live nowadays in countries like Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Bolivia, etc? Don't you think that you are completely wrong? Who made that big genocide were Britain and his son: The USA!
Another great video. Reminded me of my college semester in Spanish History. I really like how you brought the most dramatic turning point to life with your animated map. I hope that you also will cover other historically important engagements, including those that were naval. I suggest that you should examine the War of Sicilian Vespers if you do another documentary concerning Spain.
Thanks for being with us. :-) We are working on a documentary about a naval battle right now, and more on the Spanish history is planned for future. :-)
Provocateur: Unlike in the movies, battles aren't over in five minutes, they could go an entire day. Or even longer. Soldiers didn't battle like a great big streetfight either, ideally men were getting rotated in and out of the battle. So usually they had time to ask their neighbors what was going on. But you are right in the fact that it was very hard to know what was going on other than right in your vicinity. Just the other day I was reading a medieval historian writing about how the soldiers knew absolutely everything that happened in the battle THE DAY AFTER it was over. Immediately after the battle they don't know squat other than what they saw for themselves. Great point you made. Hope I wasn't patronizing you with the explanation...on this site you could be a Professor of Military History at West Point or you could be a sixteen year old who likes Game of Thrones, so I may have overexplained.
@@KingsandGenerals When naming kings of Aragon you should use they translated names if not the original. I am saying this because in this video you name Peter II of Aragon "Pedro", which is the Spanish translation. Spanish was not even official in the crown of Aragon, and most of its monarchs where culturally catalan, so the name should be "Pere" or maybe in this case "Pero". The rest of kings signed as Jaume, Alfons or Anfós, Pere, Joan, Martí... It feels like an anachronism to give them Spanish names as they where not (modern Spanish is what used to be called Castilian). Love your videos, by the way!
But it is funny that the Muslims took Spain in only two years, while the Spaniards tried to recover it in 800 years, and they succeeded when they deceived the last ruler that they would enter the city and would not kill anyone, and the Pope signed this, and when they entered, they killed the Muslims and took the city.
@@isprikitikburkabush6200 there are films about crusades, aren't they islamophobic? It's history, mate... I'd like to know how muslim films are ( about religion war topic ) so I guees you're not in the better place to talk, no offense im just wondering
@@zamirroa Every gift has a catch. Moreover, many of the colonies got lost. I'd be fine with everything EXCEPT what Portugal did to Timor. Brazil had to clean up the dirt after the worst had happened, what big pile of crap Portugal became...
@@Ansalion Yes only Spanish from America's though, Spanish from Castilian suffered economically because they were the one with the heavier taxes because the wars in Europe. 80% taxes and anything extracted from Americas was reinvested in the American provinces ( no colonies ). That is why Spain could develop in Erica so fast and the factor of integrating the natives into the society as spaniards was also desicive. Natives could go to university and schools, same for any Spaniard born in America The cpatila of new Spain ( today mexico) was so advanced and rich that was called the new Madrid because it superpaaes the capital of the empire. Man why people hate so much Spanish fuck just take books not.the same stuff that is based on propaganda. It's sad that Spanish history is distortioned, Spain ( and i mean everyone one from America and Spain Europe too) have a rich story but propaganda outlive the empire and still present today , whre countries like french got rid of it, Spain not
My ancestor Anton de Arguello fought in that battle as one of the 300 knights from Castilla, whom as shown in the video fought in the middle. Our ancestors since than until the seventeen century belonged to the Knights of Santiago, the largest military order.
Sorry to sound dubious, it's just very difficult to trace your ancestry back so far (granted it's easier if they were a person of great renown). How did you come to find such a thing?
@@TheOldBlackShuckyDog In Spain it's not so dificult if you belong to a noble house, because of the old obsesions with purity of blood ( neither jewish nor moorish antecesors) and "villania" (no antecesor in 6 generations earning a living from his own hands) many of them keep extrembly well preserved records. In the past ( untill Borbonic Spain) these records were required in orther to acces any relevant position ,usualy granted total tax exceptions and allowed a professional military career.
@@carlospla6757 He probably is descended from at least one of those knights, if not more, because so much time has passed. Honestly though there are probably hundreds of thousands, if not millions of descendants of those knights
As a muslim i salute your channel for making youtube worth logging in and i send my respect to the spanish people for the spectacular history that we share .
11:25 Aquí fue donde el rey Sancho se quedó como "botín de guerra" las cadenas que protegían al califa. Esas cadenas estaban en el escudo del antiguo Reino de Navarra. Ahora está en el escudo de España. Si ustedes ven el escudo de España podrán ver lo siguiente: -Un Castillo que simboliza al Reino de Castilla. -Un León que simboliza al Reino de León. -Un Escudo de barras verticales rojas y amarillas que simboliza a la Corona de Aragón. -El escudo de las Cadenas del Reino de Navarra (Recordando la importancia que tuvo las Navas de Tolosa) -La flor de la parte de abajo representa la incorporación del Reino Nazarí de Granada. -La simbología del medio representa a la Casa de Borbón.
Today historians agree that Pelayo was a local Asturian leader. Neither basque nor visigothic. Muslim sources call it Belay al-Rumí. Pelayo "the Roman" (in opposition to godo, that is to say a ciristianized celtic) . On the other hand, there are no indications of Visigothic domain in Asturias. On the contrary, Astures and Visigoths were still at war only 80 years before.
Nice work guys. In my opinion, the best, short, history documentary series. A nice background story and in-depth battle with a clear presentation. Keep up the good work, guys.
Battle of guadalete 711-Battle of Sagrajas 1086-Battle of Alarcos1195-Battle of Écija 1276- Battle of Alcácer Quibir1578- Battle of Annual 1921 You all lost in it
@@uptown_rider8078 took you 800 years lol and muslims were fighting alone in iberia while you were crying to whole europe and the church to help you and still got smoked and solo’ed while having the advantage in number and gear
Muslim castles were insanely built, but we conquered them. Its said that once a Portuguese soldier trew him self to the Arab gate that was being closed, the soldier died but we were able to conquer the Castle
@@sorrymosquito3897 Those castles were built in tall mountains or elevations for obvious reasons, have a lot of walls whit breechs for archers. Some entrances were in zigzag going up to keep invader tired (having ramps and stairs), also interior was somethimes like that. And including big open areas for catapultes. some castles would force you to go up a bridge above the soil which would go around the castle or alf of it, soldiers would show their side until they tried to reach the gate. (easy targets, slowly moving, falling from the bridge). And the usual Hot water dropping into the entrance. and the huge hole around it (traditionally used in Castles) Well the Arabs castles have similar characteristics to other castles. But they really used the creativity to make them "weard" Well, the guy i mentioned, trew himself to the gate preventing it to fully close, allowing the other guys to lift it up and getting in, but of course they had to face arrows being shoot from tiny holes in walls and water
The history of Spain is wonderful, I think if they made them in the film some director like Spielberg or Peter Jackson would be amazing. It is like a game of thrones full of kingdoms and kings and great battles.
And seen that the castle of the "kingdom of heaven" is that of Loarre in Aragon, Spain. Magnificent. I also believe that the Holy Land was soon lost because Spain spent many centuries fighting alone against Islam, may have brought many strong and very Christian courageous soldiers. And I suppose the old "Constantinople" would not have been lost either. A greeting.
Except at Gaugamela that was the plan while here, in good ol Iberian fashion they just went in without much of a plan. "well see when we get there" is a common say here.
@@jmbrosendo Being able to improvise on the spot is also a quality of great generals. Alexander had to do it numerous times, since he would be on the frontlines quite frequently. That saved him at the Hyspades River battle and in other occasions.
El Sid was a great hero - his wife Jimena Diaz was equally supportive to him. When El Cid was dead in an unlucky skirmish with Berbers , her wife , strapped El Cid's body to his horse , and stationed him atop the castle of Valencia, lied to the people that he was still alive, and commanded the army of Valencia , herself and defeated the Berbers. El Sid used to be a knight in the kingdom of Castillion, and when the jealous king Alphonso banished El Sid , his wife and daughters were jailed in dungeons of Castellion - however the banished El Sid soon found support from Muslim Emirs , and freed his family.
@@faizanhashmi389 despite their untouchable reputation, Abu Bakr ibn Ibrahim ibn Tashfin and Yusef's nephew Abu 'Abdullah Muhammad both failed to defeat El Cid. Yusef then sent Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali al-Hajj, but he was not successful either. In 1097, on his fourth trip to al-Andalus, Yusef sought to personally dig down and fight the armies of Alfonso VI, making his way towards the all but abandoned, yet historically important, Toledo. Such a concerted effort was meant to draw the Christian forces, including those laying siege to Valencia, into the center of Iberia. On August 15, 1097, the Almoravids delivered yet another blow to Alfonso's forces, a battle in which El Cid's son was killed. Muhammad ibn 'A'isha, Yusef's son, whom he had appointed governor of Murcia, succeeded in delivering an effective pounding to the Cid's forces at Alcira; still not capturing the city, but satisfied with the results of his campaigns, Yusef left for his court at Marrakesh, only to return two years later in a new effort to take the provinces of eastern al-Andalus. El Cid had died in the same year, 1099, and his wife Jimena had been ruling until the coming of another Almoravid campaign at the tail end of 1100, led by Yusef's trusted lieutenant Mazdali ibn Tilankan. After a seven-month siege, Alfonso and Jimena, despairing of the prospects of staving off the Almoravids, set fire to the great mosque in anger and abandoned the city. Yusef had finally conquered Valencia achieving dominance over eastern al-Andalus. He receives mention in the oldest Spanish epic Poema del Cid, also known as El Cantar del Mio Cid.
"(...)the muslims never mounted a serious offensive into Christian Spain(...)". I guess that when muslims invaded with 67,000 men in 1340, being defeated in the battle of Río Salado, they were just joking around...
They pronounce all Spanish words with a very heavy English accent, but that's natural for someone who doesn't speak Spanish. Theirs is not even the worst, I remember an American speaker pronouncing "de" (in Spanish) as "dee" (in English). Generally, English or German accents sound particularly funny in Spanish, I think it is mostly the English "e" and the English or German "r" (both sound horrible in Spanish, but the German r particularly). Speakers of most other European languages (sans French) can usually roll the "r", so their accents don't sound as funny in Spanish.
Athalwulf (Ataúlfo) Primer Rex Gothorum Hispaniae. Padre fundador de la Patria España y también de la monarquía española, la más antigua del mundo, monarquia y nación fundadas en el siglo V después de Cristo. Hispania, la hija mas grande de Roma. ¡ARRIBA ESPAÑA, VIVA EL REY! .
I sense a bit of racism when you talk about Muslims in Spain and you fail to mention that Muslims in Spain where the richest of their kind and that the richest part of Europe was Islamic Spain. Islam in Spain arrived on interracial marriages and conversion of natives, while the other side that was racist calls for purification on blood and the initiation of confession torture sessions. if you want to know what those confession torture sessions looked like please go and watch the movie Braveheart while muslims allowed non-muslims to thrive. let's not forget the contributions Muslims have done in Spain which was the pavement of Europe to exist the dark ages through science and engineering and the innovation. the fall of Islamic Spain was like the fall of Carthage at the hand of the Romans. it was a bloody Holocaust. if you were to do a DNA test right now to the Arabs and the natives of North Africa you will find a third at least of them are having Spanish blood. a compensation and retribution is due to those people.
@@ghfg4402 the Mongols did a disservice to humanity, the knowledge in Bagdad Library was valuable, and was the groundwork on which Christopher Columbus was able to calculate the voyage to America, all the science held in there was lost, including the medical advances.
Portugal is a tiny country and ruled a good portion of the new world, Africa & Asia. The templars fled from France had a BIG importance on it. A video about this would be interesting.
False, you did not have an empire. You only had commercial ports in some cities. You did not rule any country, but just some cities. And Brazil was initially conquered by Spain buy was GIVEN to you as a consequence of the Tratado de Tordesillas. Spain left 25 UNESCO World Heritage sites in their Empire. What did you leave there? Nothing. Because your only goal was economic.
@@jaimedegonzaga9722 1- Brazil wasn't conquered it was colonized 2- Portuguese empire did certainly exist. In fact The Portuguese Empire was the first worldwide empire in history, and the oldest and longest-lasting of the Western European colonial empires. 3- At the height of our empire even without Brazil, Portugal controlled a landmass nearly equal to the size of Europe 4- Portugal has 17 World Heritage Sites just within our borders today 5-you can and should use Google to search things up before you comment
@@jaimedegonzaga9722 we actually had great enemies not stone rock oponents like the spanish... brasil is enormous, because we gained territory every time you tried to conquer us in europe... we didn't grew in europe, but in brasil. We actually won against the combined spanish and french in the fantastic war, without an army... people with weapons... hahaha nah... then napoleon, you made them enter iberia, and supported napoleon, until the french put his brother in power... and then it was the portuguese and the british that saved your's asses... bah... yes... we managed to have the indian ocean for us for 150 years... and it was our king and your's that fucked it up... like using our boats to go into england... it was not your's ships but our... maybe 60% portuguese, and you fucked it up... we could be bigger spain and portugal... united... but the likes of you makes it impossible... :D blablabla spain in great... bah...
Greetings from Cordoba, Spain. Today, thanks to God, we are all Catholics and as a symbol of the reconquest we have a Christian cathedral in the middle of the mosque in Cordoba (the largest in the Iberian Peninsula)
In fact the mosque of Cordoba was built on top of a visigothic church, so it was recovered for Spain. And the mosque of Cordoba was built by Spaniards that changed religion. The big rocks were brought from Roman Constaninopla (christian).
Most important battles for Christendom: Navas de Tolosa Siege of Vienna Battle of Lepanto Siege of Malta Battle of Tours ( First battle of Poitiers). God bless Charles Martel, John of Austria, Eugene of Savoy and Jean Parisot de la Valette, for saving Christendom.
@@makky6239 Why? The Moors were a pretty amazing people tbh, conquering and violent in places maybe, but it's not as if you're playing as the Nazi's as a sympathetic faction or anything lol. As I'd say to some butthurt (not saying you are) Muslim complaining about the Crusades, it was almost a millennia before our time just enjoy the kick-ass stories we're left with.
@@makky6239 That's true, although tbh wouldn't kill them to open up a little bit and explore both sides of the conflict maybe. AC series has kinda been doing the same thing now for quite a few years and kind of seems like every story is the same. That's why I felt Rogue was such a disappointment, it was the same thing but just mirrored (and just the exact same thing gameplay-wise). That all being said I am one of those people who are vehemently against the RPG-isation of the franchise lol. But yeah fair enough. Given more thought I agree as it's currently structured an Assassin's creed game would feel out of place and wouldn't work in this setting after all the set up from previous games
Assassin's Creed is anti-Christian so they will probably target the Crusader King to murder him and cast Europe forever in to the Darkness of the demonic islam.
Yeeeepp morocco lost 0-1 to Portugal and made a draw 2- 2 against spain but got eliminated cause he lost against iran with autoGoal..... too bad 😔 Great video by the way , except for the almohad King was not a caliph but rather a sultan.......the only légitimate caliph was in Bagdad and hulagu was coming for him ....
"Legitimate caliph..".....bufffThat sounds very medieval and "fascist" thats the truth. It's like the medieval kings in Europe who were kings "by the grace of God" .... that's history but saying that today and believe it is either being an idiot or being an ultra-rightist fascist (or both). In the Islamic world I see that this medieval conception persists. The truth is that your mentality is so scary.
For the record, I would like to point out some significant inaccuracies in the video: 2:25 What we know about Pelagio of Asturias points out that he was actually a Hispanic-Roman noble from a family with a very probably Asturian background. He was not basque. And the stories about Pelagio descending from a Visigothic king were written centuries later, mainly to strenghthen the position of the Castilian and Leonese monarchies and so as to lend some propagandistic support to the Kingdom of Castille - seen as the "heir" of the old Visigothic Kingdom - by validating in the eyes of the people its wars during the late stage of the muslim presence in the Iberian Peninsula. Also, the borders of the Asturian Kingdom have been drawn too shifted to the east. 4:03 During the period 824-924 a.C., Burgos (and the rest of the county of Castille) remained as a Leonese territory. It was not until the XI century when Sancho III Garcés (King of Navarre) took control of the county of Castille. 5:52 The intervention of Sancho III Garcés in the Kingdom of Leon is still an object of discussion. It is mainly meant nowadays to have been made to support the ruling of child-king Bermudo III (nephew of Sancho III). After the intervention, it was Urraca (mother-in-law of Bermudo III, sister of Sancho III) who assumed the regency of the kingdom, supported by the remaining Leonese nobles who were still loyal to them. With almost entire security, it was therefore the response of a help request based on the existing familial alliance between Urraca and Sancho, not a truly conquest. Also, Bermudo III is not related to the divison of Sancho III's domains among his sons, because he was not actually his grandson; he was son of the first wife of the previous king of Leon (Alfonso V) not a direct descendant of Sancho III. 7:00 After the battle of Sagrajas, Toledo was still held by Alfonso VI - despite he had lost the most part of his army - because the almoravid emir Yusuf ibn Tasufin returned to Africa inmediately when he heard about the dead of his son. Obviously, not such a large territory was lost by Alfonso VI - he almost did not lost any of it, actually. 7:30 The northern Leonese-Portugese border has been drawn too shifted to the north. Finally, I must say I would have liked to watch a bit more about the battle itself, the previous movements of Sancho trying to cross Sierra Morena, the castles attacked before and after the battle, how the french crusaders abandoned the allied army because Alfonso VIII denied them to slaughter the defenders of Calatrava (Spanish are not always the most intolerants, you see), the murder of Muhámmed an-Násir as a result of his complete failure, ... Talking less about the beginnings of the Kingdom of Asturias and more about the expansion of the Almohad Caliphate in the Iberian peninsule, the internal revolts, the disintegration of the Caliphate or a more detailed coment on the battle of Alarcos would have lead to make the content more relevant, too. Although I love your vids, I think you have tried to compress a too long period in just a few minutes, allocating few time for the battle itself and the related events, making this video not so consistent and compelling as others.
Amazing video, this channel is awesome for those who loves history and military achievements. I think that you should make a video about D. Afonso Henriques, the first King of Portugal, because it was him who conquered the majority of Portugal territory from the Muslims, and I believe that it was thanks to his conquests that made the tie change to the Christian armies. The battle of Lisbon is awesome, and an important key to the reconquista. Keep the good work 😊😊😊😊
R u an ethnic Moroccan I’ve never heard of a non foreign Christian Moroccan. But yes as a Moroccan I must respect the perseverance and dedication of the Iberian people to protect their land and culture we have done the same
as a european christian i am thankfull to you...that you stand against them. The biggest threat still today to this world. :( (and i dont mean the morrocans with that)
Well it was now for more than 800 Years Arabic land thats why it was impossible to get that part. But if you think that Arabs were in Spain for 700 years is astonishing
Reconquista goes both sides for your info WE will reclaim ROME As the last Islamic caliphate then we will handle the Flag to Jesus-christ to finish the falseness
Navarra´s current flag is a conmemoration of that charge. The muslim troops were anchored by chains to prevent them from running and formed a wall of spears. However Navarra´s knigths charge with the horses at 2 feet and break the line. Because of that, Navarra´s flag is a chain. Cheers!
Thanks for the comment! I knew about this connection, but it seems to be a legend. Again, it is hard to know the complete truth, but I haven't seen Almoravids or Almohads using this before. Seems highly unlikely. Similar to the legend about the Croatian flag. The claim is that it looks like chessboard, because the Duke of Croatia won the land in the game of chess.
i think he got it from there, i donnu if its true about the mohad army as they were decent warrior and were able to conquer many places in africa especialy in the harsh conditions of the great sahara
I honestly would believe that. The Libyan resistance against the Italians in the 1920s did the same thing, where they tied one leg at the ankle and the thigh to stop themselves from running away.
I am muslim..... this war is called the battle of egab.....muslims were defeated......not because they were weak....but because they were not good muslims any more in that time....besides there were local issues and civil war in Andalus...
Yeah, every time muslims win = god on our side, woho, best religion, wallayallabahahidulla! When there's a loss = Unlucky, we were busy, we didn't really care, argh we'll come back >=( We are stronker, we just tripped on a rock :(
Great videos K&G, one little thing to notice though. Pelagius (Don Pelayo in Spanish) was not a vascon, vascones did not resist because they did not live in the mountains. Pelagius was an Astur, who did live among the mountains of what today is called Asturias. There has been controversy over if Pelagius was a former Visigotic king or an Hispano-roman, and the evidence of his name tips the balance over an hispano-roman origen. But in anyway, he was not vascon but astur. On another topic, I think it would be of interest if you could tell us the number of troops in each side of the armies, it is my understanding that until Spanish armies were big enough they suffered losses at the hands of troop which sometimes double their size.
Fue la batalla más importante y decisiva. Los reinos hispánicos lucharon con gran coraje y le dieron a los invasores la mayor de sus derrotas. El Islam nunca podrá olvidar la gran hazaña de nuestros padres. Gracias a esta gran victoria fue fácil luego la expulsión de los invasores. Quedaron casi aniquilados.
Ayoub Khribech la uica gran hazaña del Islam ea que desde el 1400 han sido derrotados todo el tiempo en todos los frentes solamente costantimopla pudieron invadir y mas humillante que viena o lepanto, un pais pequeño llamado Israel lespateo el culo a todos juntos varias veces
@Ayoub Khribech Cabe subrayar que el ultimo emperador en Constantinopla murio combatiendo los turcos cuando entraron en la ciudad mientras el ultimo rey de al andalus se rindio a los cristianos y lloro durante todo el viaje de vuelta, eso ilustra perfectamente las diferencias entre los cristianos y los musulmanes. Y la verdadera caida de Constantinopla occurio en 1204, los cristianos decidieron atacar a constantinopla y mas de 1 año despues lo habian logrado, a los turcos le han faltado 250 años mas para conquistar un imperio ya vencido jaja.
istaagaa ku riyoonaysaa malaha, muslim hadaanahay cristanka waligeenba dubaanu madaxa kala dhici jirnay Taariikhda lama hayo cristan muslim ka adkaaday haday dhacdana waa dhif iyo naadir
They were Celtiberian and Basques Too DNA is the same in all the country according with studies. Basque Language was a Language of a people of Navarre mountains who were not under Latin culture
+Gustavo Ferreira unfortunately I don't speak Spanish, (I hope I am right and it is not Portuguese :-) ) but I guess you liked the video. Thanks for watching and welcome to the channel! :-)
It is Portuguese, but there is no problem, i just said that this channel is very good and i never had so much interest in learn about great historic battles, thanks for the welcoming
@مسلم عربي Aisha 6 Mohammed 53 Age difference between the two of them 47 years Mohammed when he molested Aisha 57 Aisha 9 In conclusion Mohammed was a pedophile lol
Nope! Visigoths never had any power in Asturies but the Vandals and then the Suebi. Pelayo would have never been followed if he had been a Visigoths, and, on the other hand, his name is Roman, Pelagius means man of the sea, not Germanic. He must have been a sort of Astur chieftain or nobleman. The Visigoth thing was 'invented' during the Fascist rule to present him as the continuer of the Visigoth Kingdom, but it seems most unlikely.
@@spades9681, the Visigoth oc ancestry of Pelayu could have been an invention to legitimate his rule and kingdom as a continuity of Visigothic monarchy. But, as I've said, Asturies was Suebi, not Visigoth, and a foreign person ws unlikely to be followed.
One of the most epic battles of the Middle Ages!!!! This one should be on the list with the battle of Hastings, the battle of Agincourt and the liberation of Orleans
Daniel Pierik yes we were you fucking idiot the enslavement of spanish Christians was a documented thing. Watch the video I put in the link and stop whitewashing your own version of history. In my blood I have Arabic but my family is no where near that how do you explain that? I’ll tell you that came from rape and enslavement. Do your research.
@@danielhernandez-vo9zc No wrong. While enslavement was a thing, the iberian peninsula was NOT enslaved as a whole. You keep trying to get this persecution complex going of wrongs comitted against your ancestors which in your mind validates something. I have done my research, and you are fucking wrong. Now shush.
I absolutely don't agree about all the vasques' stuff. Where did that information come? Asturias hace never been vasque and neither was don Pelayo, who probably was a visigotic noble. Moreover, as far as I know, the visigotic kingdom included the whole Hispanic Peninsula in the end. It seems to my that you have not researched enough and have been misled by some kind of vasquist false propaganda. That kind of things rather annoys me, as Spanish patriot and Navarrese that I am. Besides, Pamplona is not well located on the map. I am from Pamplona, by the way. Good videos, otherwise. Y viva España.
It is said that Al-Nasir had a elite guard of black africans who were tied by chains, so they'd fight to death. So when the navarrese knights charged and defeated them, they took the chains as a symbol of victory and added them to their flag. es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escudo_de_Navarra
You forgot one important detail: the accampment of the Caliph was protected by thousands of chained slaves willingful to sacrifice to Islam. Their iron chains were gilden and attached to sharpen logs that were deeply fixed in the ground in order to stop a cavalry assault. Sancho directly attacked with the heavy cavalry and longer lances that usual, maybe employing also cavalry archers. That's why king Sancho VII after the victory changed his coat of arms drawing an 8 points star made of golden chains.
I would say based on the people commenting and some bad pronunciations, other than the the animation it was not that well put together. And missing Pelayo as a basque is a very bad error considering the topic
Fun favt most of the people in Morocco have some sort of Iberian ancestry from this time period, since alotof Al andalus' spanish muslims retreated to Morocco.
LjFJDhs you sound biased af, the Iberians of Spain have definitely intermingled with Maghrebis during Muslim rule of Spain whether you like it or not, it’s a well known fact, your biased opinion won’t change a past history no matter how many times you try to convince yourself that you don’t have anything in common with Maghrebis, I’m not Spanish nor Maghrebi, I just studied history well unlike you
LjFJDhs you just proved me that you don’t know anything about your “own” history, once again your biased opinion won’t change real facts, if you didn’t know Muslims comprised almost 80% of total population of Al Andalusia by 11th century, 5% were Jews and remaining were Mozarabs (Christians). Ethnically majority of Muslims were in fact local Spaniards who converted to Islam and/or had mixed Arab origins who were known in society as Muladies and minority were ethnical Arabs and Berbers, but as long as Muladies were Muslims they had no problem assimilating onto Arabic culture and even having to identify partially as Arabs. Muslim men could marry Christian women very easily because that’s allowed in Islam (something you didn’t know). See I don’t like people (Arabs) who exaggerate the history of al Andalusia in their favor and I also don’t like people like you who try to minimize the history and presence of Arabic/Muslim rule in their biased history views. Only people who study true unbiased history deserve recognition for their work.