Loving your vid. I'd like to add that when TARIQ and his forces sailed into Spain, he was said to have BURNED THE BOATS so the small force knew that there was no turning back. This was in the year 711. Thus, the reason those numbers were and still are considered "lucky". (Thank you Tariq for 711 stores lol). In episode one, you noted Cortes burning his boats when reaching the Americas. I mentioned this because Tariq doing that in 711 is so legendary, that Cortes doing the same thing almost 1000 years later really brings this story full circle.
Both stories of Tariq and Cortex could have been made up. But the concept is interesting - both men were arriving in a new continent and about to fight an entrenched civilization for the glory of their own. Full circle indeed =)
Yeah we need to get you more subscribers and more views. This is absolutely amazing. I like detailed information, not 5 minute rundowns. Again absolutely amazing and thank you.
I am amazed how Hollywood and cinema in general has completely ignored this great chapter of human history. Such a rich history and a myriad of events and characters that are ripe for adaptation and with streaming services it is much easier now!
I can't believe that people still confuse moors with arabs!!! They are different races, ethnicities, language and culture, MOORS are the berbers (amazigh) of the ancient kingdom of MAURETANIA (nowadays MOROCCO).
Moors means only the amazighi North African people who live for centuries in this place, with a specific North Africa Dna of these people, the rest are migrants or slaves descendants. A Real Moor of Morrocco ⵎⴰⵙⵏⵙⴻⵏ 🇲🇦💪
@@FlashPointHx Great job. Honest. Giving credit where it is due. Keep up the good work. Most European and those brain washed by Europeans call Muslim expansion. You are the only one among those I heard call CONQUESTS of the known world.
I agree - it sets the mood and keeps the narrative fluid. Most of my budget goes to buying music or finding it on the internet for free. It’s hard to come across copyright free music that sounds right. For episode V, I pulled out all the stops and contacted the musician himself - definitely let me know what you think of the music on that one!
Love this! In Portugal a lot of us are Mouros, as in Moors, as in Morenos, as in Mauri, as in Mauro specially in the South. Were not different from Berbers a.k.a. Amazyh. Almoravids, Almohads, Ummayad Caliphate (Muslim Moors). But you're right we live in Europe therefore are Europeans and Moroccans and Algerians live in Africa and therefore are Africans. None of both represent a single ethnicity, culture or religion. But both us as Moroccans and Algerians share not only berber blood as Phoenician blood (Levante - Lebanon) as Arabic blood (Ummayad Caliphate conquered everything from 1AD to 15th Century. From Mesopotamia (Persian Golf) to Egypt to Mahgreb to Iberian Peninsula. The Reconquista weren't battles between different ethnicities but religions. Both Portuguese Kingdom and Spanish Kingdom incorporated millions of Moors that converted from Islam to Christianity. Search one of our first navigators João Vaz Corte-Real and the Corte-Real Family. Well that's a Portuguese Moor. Persian/Arabic looking AF. You can see it Cristiano Ronaldo, Cancelo, Daniela Melchior, Daniela Ruah, Sara Sampaio, Nelly Furtado and so on so on. Zidane could be Portuguese. We got a lot of Zidanes, Benzemas and Salahs too. Best Regards from Portugal ❤🇯🇵🇨🇳🇮🇳🇲🇿🇦🇴🇬🇼🇸🇹🇨🇻🇲🇦🇵🇹🇧🇷
I’ve read this too and initially I wanted to add it into the narrative as I would tie into Cortéz later , but I’m not sure if it is actually true. Tariq kept his forces near the port of Algeceras specifically so he could use the port to retreat if needed.
i always wondered what happened to Tariq Bin Ziyad (my nephew is named after him, ziyad) . because Musa bin Nusayr ended up being a beggar. the same ummayyad caliph did the same to the Muhammad Bin Qasim who conquered the southern part of the modern day pakistan. In the year 711 AD. My ancestors were the soldiers who who followed Muhammad Bin Qasim.
Tariq dissapears from the records that I read. He and Musa ibn Nusayr were recalled back to Damascus and Musa was stripped of everything. If I had to guess - I’d say Tariq probably got executed for being his right hand man. Impressive that you can track you family lineage back the the 8th century!
to be even more precise. my ancestors were soldiers from the city of Areeha also known as Jericho. Read about Arain tribe if you get the chance. if you decide to do any video about Indian subcontinent.
Great content, as a Moroccan Berber descendant of Moors, Moor means 'Land' thus the name Morocco 'Mooroco'. Also Marrakesh, the capital of the Almoravid dynasty named 'Moor-Akoush' Moor = Land, Akoush =The Almighty God of Berbers 'Amazighs'. Most Moroccans are descendants of Moors and you'll notice the big similarities between the architecture in Morocco and Andalusia.
Thank you i am glad you like the show. I’ve been to Morocco - spent a month out there. You’re right, the medieval architecture in Fez and Marrakech are similar to what you have in Granada and Córdoba. Morocco was such a wonderful trip, I’d recommend to anyone to travel there.
@Ayoub That's pretty wrong. Moor is the word that designates North African Muslims that invade Hespania. Morocco is a Spanish / Portuguese pronunciation of the word "Merrakesh" , à city founded by the Lumtuna Almravids ( A berber tribe that INVADED Morocco and founded that city). The architecture in AL Andalus can be found everywhere I the maghreb please correct your information.
Imagine if the caliph suleiman didn’t tell tariq and Musa to turn back after they entered France... could’ve been a different world. Some say that the main reason and motivation for their conquest into Europe was to attack Constantinople from the western end rather than crossing the river form the eastern side. Small decisions/orders like that changes the world in so many ways. That’s what makes me so interested in history 😁 amazing show appreciate all the effort you put in this.
Yes! There are so many what if’s in history. What if Constantinople fell to the Early Islamic Conquest in the 7th century - or if the Mongols didn’t turn back in the 13th ? According to Gibbon - if Charles Martel hadn’t have won at the Battle of Poitiers / Tours in 732 - the Koran would have been taught at Oxford during the Renaissance. I’m really glad you like my series - spread word of it, if you don’t mind.
To be honest I don't think they would be able to consolidate their rule. It would end up something like the reconquest of the Iberian peninsula due to the decadence and softness of living in abundance.
Quote ''[...] I'm guessing that these men didn't have a very happy ending [...]'' Unquote.This got me laughing and I don't really understand why. The narration is sublime. Thank you for your work and keep it up.For my part, I love reading history. This allows me to transport myself into the past. And when watching your honey coated history podcast, my mind can't help taking care of dressing and giving faces to famous historical figures of long lost civilizations. I am about to meet them and know some of their defining moments.
Someone asked me earlier today why I liked history - this is exactly one of the reasons. It allows you to put yourself into the human experience that you might never get to experience otherwise. Thanks for sharing your insight !
Egypt, warred with Nubia, and Kush, to the point where they were absorbed into the Egyptian Empire. And Egypt fell, therefore rendering your comment inaccurate.
Banu Al-Ahmar bin Nasr Khazraj, supporters of the Arabs of Banu Umayyah, the Arabs of Banu Abbad, the Arabs of Bani Hood and Banu Tajib, and Al-Hajib Al-Mansour bin Amer Arabi, my name is Youssef, bin Ahmed bin Umair bin Abdullah bin Muhammad, Al-Khazraji Al-Ansari and we return to Fez, completed Andalusia, I went to the Hijaz Arabs, and I challenge you to leave We have the Amazigh title, or anyone mentioned in the history of Andalusia with this new name, Berber, Sunhaji or Zenati.
Harold had to fight off a Viking invasion at Stanford Bridge defeating a more experience and better equipped army. Then force marched his army to meet the King of France and caught an arrow to the eye.
14:30 the Berbers of Morocco are not black, they are still millions in Morocco and refuse to be Arabized.....there are black berbers but they live in the south of the sahara, if you do not know North Africa do not make a video about our history....Stop blackwashing!!!
One of the opening images in this video is of the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi, an Iranian poet credited for preserving the Persian language in the 11th century. It has nothing to do with Andalusia or the Moors.
@@FlashPointHx It does. My comment was not intended to diminish the excellent and very detailed history of Al-Andalus. You are to be commended for this fine work.
Being a melaninated female from America, i can hear exactly what you’re saying. This is MORE proof that my ancestors were never slaves. They have always been “displaced” people. Always making the best of what they had...no matter where they lived. Can u guess the name of my hometown????
Andalusia.... Whenever I asked our local so called historians where that name came from, they would never say or bring up any Muslims. Everything is Spain this and Spain that....but no Islamic reference at all. I had to research the name on my own.
Yes pretty much. I have always enjoyed history, and this is the first time that I have really tried to take in and understand the initial spread of Islam.
Inviting Tarik and musa to Damascus was a massive mistake from sulayman they'd conqueror all Europe if they stay in charge, and thank u for the video u are the best
one should ideally not underestimate the desire for self rule and liberty of a people; the franco-germanic tribes had been able to resist a millenia of roman conquest and rule, they were used to foreign conquerors with lofty ideals coming to their land in search for glory and power so it is not as cut and dry as you might think.
Flash Point History if u start throwing stones at every barking dog in ur way, u will not reach ur destination. Also Ali Bin Abi Talib (4th muslim caliph) says: “The moment you start arguing with an ignorant fool, you have already lost.” So please ignore any stupid ignorants, ignorants listen you to answer you and show you down, while wise listen you to learn from you. So keep up the good work (neutral work). and reply only positive people, people who appreciate ur efforts or the ones who want to share more reasonable knowledge.
Thank you for your kind words - trust me, I usually have a thicker skin. What is it that Rumi said? ‘ yesterday I was clever so I tried to change the world, today I am wise so I am changing myself’ - all the best my friend!
Of all the reasons to thank you for the effort you go to in these, showing tactical focus to the battles in history, thank you for also speaking in a standard speed instead of the tendency of so many youtubers to nerd rattle their dialogue. That is, they speak like they’re talking to people who are as familiar with the topic as they are. Instead by speaking at a normal pace you allow people who arent already interested or familiar in the topic to access it by not feeling overwhelmed. This also makes for clearer, better closed captioning.
Thank you for saying this. I try my best to make the history accessible. I try to give the videos a balance between providing information for both the new comer and those who have good insight into the time periods I talk about.
I love this podcast now and the video component. Just wanted to mention I would often skip over the show because of the title. I love binging epics like Dan Carlin puts out and I thought flash point meant it was going to be a quick look with not a lot of depth. I was obviously the most wrong you can be, love the show. I misunderstood the meaning of the show title on the Spotify suggestions. So happy i found the RU-vid version
Thank you! Happy you like the content. I used the title more to indicate monumental and pivotal points in history. I didn't want to be tied down to any particular topic (e.g. History of Rome - or whatever). Plus flashpoints can be associated with more than military but cultural watershed moments. Again, happy you like the podcast!
I’m currently reading more and more about this time period. It is so fascinating. I am the result of these cultures coming together. You have a new subscriber. Great videos!
The towel snapping and whip of the red cloth of the bull guider (España) represents slavery of the slave and the animal. The chancla hitting the door was to wake up the slave (peasant) and his dog or horse for work (while the slave or son would be the one to go to the military order). The Moors were the slavers while the Iberians were the guiders and warriors before the enslavement of the indigenous people of España.
En Inglaterra hablan del rey Arturo y Ginebra y Merlín. Todos personajes inventados.😂😂❤ En España tenemos a Don Pelayo y al Cid Campeador, personajes historicos.😊🇪🇸
Just made a patreon account just for this channel. I never thought I’d pay for a youtube channel but I’ve never seen one quite like yours. Do you mind if I ask if you have an academic background in history? In any case, your videos are what I’d expect from an academic. Insane content, keep it up and thank you for this channel!
Been meaning to respond to you for a few days - been trying to finish the next video. Thank you for this amazing remark! I’m so happy that you find my series to be to your liking. To answer your question, the focus of my education and career are completely outside of history. I did get a minor in it. However, I lived in several countries and have always been exposed to history growing up. Now it is a passion of mine to travel and explore - and of course to read extensively on the history of the places I go to. Again, I really appreciate the kind remark and I think I’ll add this comment to the next video as well. All the best!
Flash Point History no problem, you deserve it! The only improvement I could think of would be a source list in the description, but I know it could get tedious to do that. In any case, thanks again! And whatever you do, keep posting :)
The Visigoths came from the North into what was Dacian territory. Dacia was situated above (North) of Danube when the Romans conquered it at the end of the third of Dacian Wars (AD106). Today’s Romania is a continuation of the Thracian/Dacian people of before and after Trajan’s victory. Herodotus attested it. The Visigoths were not the people residing there.
Was that actually Solomon's table? I guess it is kind of a debate as to whether not he even existed, but I was wondering if was an obvious fake like all those "Joshua's tomb".
@@achrafbenkhouy9401 لا، اسم المور هو لكان طالقينو الاروبيين على ساكنة شمال افريقيا المسلمة و معندوش عرق محدد. العرب سبب كبير في نشأة الاندلس، هذا لا يمكن نقضه. "Moor, in English usage, a Moroccan or, formerly, a member of the Muslim population of what is now Spain and Portugal. Of mixed Arab, Spanish, and Amazigh (Berber) origins, the Moors created the Arab Andalusian civilization and subsequently settled as refugees in North Africa between the 11th and 17th centuries." "Today, the term Moor is used to designate the predominant Arab-Amazigh ethnic group in Mauritania (which makes up approximately three-fourths of the country’s population) and the small Arab-Amazigh minority in Mali." encycloppedia britannica.
@@achrafbenkhouy9401 هههههههه و اصلا نتا تناقضتي مع راسك. قلتي العرب ديجا عندهوم سمية و هما العرب، و حتى الامازيغ ديجا عندهوم سمية هههه. I think you should be more worried about these african americans trying to hijack our history.
@@haitamc5611 لن أطيل معك الحديت وانا ادعوك لكي تتقف نفسك قليلا في هده الصفحة التي تتكلم عن التاريخ الموري المغربي facebook.com/MoorishHistory/ فان كان لديك تعقيب او مصادر تكدب كلامي تعال و ناقشني في هده الصفحة
I too appreciate your accuracy of this content especially the representation of moors. Who were brown to dark skinned in colour. As a descendant of a moorish background through my father. I was wondering if you can do a critique on the history of Croatia. As my fathers ancestral origins goes back to Arabic speakers of Morocco and Croatia. Then eventually back to Saudi Arabia.
I’m really happy that you like the content. It usually takes me quite a bit of time to do the research behind these videos. I would love to do the history of Croatia, but I don’t know if I will have the time. I will have a map video coming out pretty soon that I think you might like.
Moors means only the amazighi North African people who live for centuries in this place, with a specific North Africa Dna of these people, the rest are migrants or slaves descendants. A Real Moor of Morrocco ⵎⴰⵙⵏⵙⴻⵏ 🇲🇦💪
About the collapse of visigothic kingdom: it was written into its bone. I mean, the problem of visigothic kingdom wasnt the lack of army reserves, it was its flawed governing and administrative system. As most of post roman kingdmon, visigothic was authoritian, integrated ang highly centralised. Meaning, deccision werent made by a large decision making board, but by a small court, and this small court was both the leaders of the army and the high officials of the kingdom. Also meant the local government werent run by locals, it was run by the mentioned court high officials. This system was good for the kings (helped him keep in power), but was fragile against major defeats. If a major defeat occured, then the kingdom lost its officials, so there werent anybody to start to organise a new army, defence of cities and towns. In contrary, the roman republic could survive all its major defeats by its political and administration system. Having a senate of some hundred man, many of them ex officials of the republic meant they had the potential men to appoint to reorganise the army and enforce the alliance even after a major defeat. And election held annually meant even the loss of members of senate was fastly replanished....
I’m glad to have come across your channel. I’m a visual learner and your explanations coupled with the images really engage my imagination and keep me locked in. Keep up the work! Will definitely be spreading the word. In reference to this episode, I’m curious as to where the name Moor comes from. You didn’t speak on the origins of the name.They just appear during their battle with the Visigoths.
Thank you so much! I’m really happy that you liked my video. I am like you, I believe that in order to really understand the history on must be able to visualize it. Thus, I spent a lot of time to create the Maps for the series. In reference to your question, I mentioned it in a previous episode. The term Moors Comes from the Roman name for the province of northwestern Africa - Mauritania . This area was heavily populated by the Berber tribes. Eventually the name was abbreviated to Moors.
@@Sovnarkom Numdia was a kingdom just to the SW of Carthage. It was integrated into the Roman Republic and later empire. I wouldn't know the exact specifics of how they were directly related. But I'd have to say that there must of been a lot of Berber tribes in the area that would later join the Islamic Conquest of the 7th century
@@FlashPointHx It seems like both the Mauri and Numidians were Berber people who spoke a mutually intelligible language but they formed separate states due to some geographic distinctions, predating the formation of Carthage. This separation continued through Cananite, Roman, Arab and European domination and exists today with the distinct Maghrebi power centers of Morocco and Algeria. I never understood what this deep-rooted political difference was, if it didn't extend to the spheres of language and religion.
Fall of Roman civilization not civilization herself. The dark ages were terrible for europeans. But in places like africa and maybe mexico they were flourishing
They came from present day Mali republic and Mauritania, Senigal, Sudan. But their centre of organisation was Mali. They where mainly nomads called Tuareg, and the name Tariq is Tuareg.
Good video. I was surprised you mention the Salomon´s Table. There is a leyend which says after the batle of Guadalete, the remains of the King army was destroyed trying to protect the Table. There were some musluns writings about what happened after that, saying there was a confrontation between Tariq and Muza about the table. During the dicssion, Tariq broke a leg from the table an took it with him. For several generations, his family was welthy. Did ytou know this second part of the story?
I love this story - it’s obviously just a legend. I didn’t have time to mention the dispute between Tariq and Musa in detail - but yes that is what is supposed to have happened. Happy you liked the video!
I initially discounted your work because of your really poor pronunciation of Arabic place names and events. I regret underestimating your sincerity and knowledge on this bit of history for such a trivial reason. Bravo!
I’m really happy that you gave the series another chance. From someone who does not speak Arabic, it was hard for me to learn the words. There are certain sounds that I still have difficulty hearing. I reviewed all of the names with some friends who are native speakers. I even had one of my fans record the names and send them to me so I could practice. I felt like in time I got a little better. Hope you enjoy the rest of the series!
@Flashpointhistory. You are one of the best quality history podcast one can find. This is Dan Carlin level but please man you could do yourself so much more good to put in some structure. I've been busy all day just trying ordering all your "Muslim reconquista videos " because its very difficult to watch these chronological correct from the start of the Muslim conquest in Arabia until the end of the reconquista. Is that something you can do in the future ? Thanks
Thanks for that! Good company to be compared to. There are two ways about this. If you’re into audio you can download the episodes from where ever you get your podcast from and they will be in order. Alternatively, if you go to my main page by clicking on my icon, you can hit my playlists and the Videos will be in order as well. I hope that helps. Again, thanks for the awesome comment
First of all, I’m loving this series so far. Thank you so much! Second: Bro how do you pronounce all of the Arab names correctly but butcher all of the Spanish ones. You even mess up the English versions of every Spanish word. Pe”lay”o? Really??
