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Yeah, I think that the idea of Vikings raiding and pillaging is the same idea as Mongols, Turks, etc. Any non sedentary group is gonna historically be seen this way.
Thanks man! One of my favourite tropes in history is unlikely combinations - the Vikings were an unlikely combo of savage warriors but a know-how of trading and ship-building!
@@HikmaHistory So true! I also like the trope of a group of "savage warriors" taking a place over and being tamed by the pre-existing civilization, so to speak. That happened in SE Asia with a group of Bugis pirates who later became Sultans in southern portions of Malaysia.
Your videos are woefully underappreciated, they are made with good illustrations, fantastic commentary and cover a part of history that isn't talked much about on most other history channels.
@@HikmaHistory If you keep up the quality you can easily reach 50 000-300 000 subs. Learn to do some more complicated editing and it could go up to millions
100% underrated. I love learning about Islamic history etc. I hated history in school because it was full Of B.S. JUST AS GOOD KINGS AND GENERAL ETC. GOOD WORK. 👍
Sweden was the staging area to go east, but people from all over Scandinavia went to serve the Byzantines. Possibly the most famous is Harald Hardrade, one of the early Norwegian kings.
This video was actually really good mate. Imagine how weird it must have been for the vikings when they first encountered the muslim world and discovered an entirely new people with different skin and language.
Thanks, mate! That's one of my fave things about history, the interactions between different peoples (Persians & Chinese; Slavs & Iberians; Indians & Arabs)
Hikma History my main interest has been on viking history as that is where my heritage lies and i find the mythology and achievements really interesting but i had no idea the muslim world was so advanced and powerful at this time. Definitely going to be watching more videos
I think differences in clothing, hairstyles and customs would've been more striking than the difference in skin tone. Middle Easterners aren't all that different from Europeans, we just think of them as distinct groups for cultural and historical reasons. The Norse did encounter black people though, and called them "blue men" because they looked so strange to them, not so much with Arabs.
@@johanrunfeldt7174 Pork only came later after the christianization of the north. It was the eventual trade with France that introduced it to the scandinavians. Also pork doesn't have any significant status in scandinavia culturally.
Thank you this is great to show my niece for Viking Day at school. Its important to know some of the Vikings actually embraced Islam and they were also overcome by Muslim armies during the battles in Spain - Seville.
What they did with the coins and other precious metals, was use it as "hack silver". Meaning, you carried it around in a pouch or perhaps wear it as jewelry. Then when you need to make a purchase you would literally hack off a piece. Ergo....Hack Silver. Not rocket science by any means, but it worked. Lol. Sometimes they would spare really nice jewelry and give it as gifts. But most of the time it was used to make purchases and/or actual Scandinavian jewelry. Jarls and Chieftains and so on would often hoard large caches of looted gold and silver. They found that chest in Gotaland full off arab coins.
8:05 How wealthy did someone have to be to afford a sword as a weapon? I always thought that swords were weapons only for the more elite soldiers and wealthy.
Good question - I always assumed the same, unless it was in the context of a warrior society like the Vikings where I'd imagine that same logic doesn't really apply.
@@HikmaHistory or maybe in a warrior Society like the Vikings, there was greater supply of Swords there for making them less expensive... Supply and demand. Or some might be inheritance if you might get your uncle's sword, your grandpa sword, your father's sword. Or, any given family might have multiple swords, just like some families today have multiple cars, 'your brother's not going out on this raid so take his sword instead of your spear'... just a few thoughts.
A specialized battleaxe wasn't that much cheaper than a sword. And if you're a warrior you don't necessarily have to BUY your weapons. Charlemagne put a moratorium on exporting swordblades from what is now the Ruhr region (Cologne, Solingen), but viking swords frequently have markings on them indicating a Frankish origin of the blade (e.g. Ulfberth). Either somebody didn't heed the Emperor's decree or the blades were won in battle.
The fatimids were not great. I will tell an arabic poem that an andalucian shai said when they reached egypt. If you are an Arab here is the poem: شئتَ لا ما شاءتِ الأقدارُفاحكُمْ فأنتَ الواحد القهّارُو كأنّما أنتَ النبيُّ محمّدٌوكأنّما أنصاركَ الانصارُأنتَ الذي كانتْ تُبشِّرنَا بهِفي كُتْبِها الأحبارُ والأخبارُهذا إمامُ المتَّقينَ ومنْ بهِقد دُوِّخَ الطُّغيانُ والكُفّارهذا الذي ترجى النجاة ُ بحبِّهِو به يحطُّ الإصرُ والأوزارهذا الذي تجدي شفاعته غداًوتفجَّرَتْ وتدفّقَتْ أنهارمن آل أحمدَ كلَّ فخرٍ لم يكنْيُنْمَى إليهم ليس فيه فَخاركالبدر تحتَ غمامة ٍ من قسطلضَحيْانُ لا يُخفيهِ عنك سَرارفي جحفلٍ هتمَ الثنايا وقعهكالبحر فهو غُطامِطٌ زَخّارغمرَ الرِّعانَ الباذخات وأغرقَالُقنَنَ المُنيفة َ ذلك التَّيّارفالسهْلُ يَمٌّ والجِبالُ بحارلله غزْوَتُهم غداة َ فراقسٍوقد استُشِبَّتْ للكريهة ِ نارو المستظلُّ سماؤهُ من عثيرٍفيها الكواكبُ لهذمٌ وغراروكأنَّ غَيضاتِ الرِّماحِ حدائقٌلُمَعُ الأسِنّة ِ بينها أزهارو ثمارها من عظلمٍ أو أيدعٍيَنَعٍ فليس لها سواه ثِمارمن كلِّ يعبوبٍ سبوحٍ سهلبحَصُّ السيّاطِ عِنانُه الطيّارلا يَطّبيهِ غيرُ كَبّة ِ مَعْرَكٍأو هَبْوَة ٌ من مَأقِطٍ ومَغارسلطُ السنابك باللُّجين مخدَّمٌو أذيب منه على الأديم نضاروكأنَّ وفْرَتَهُ غَدائِرُ غادَة ٍلم يلقها بؤسٌ ولا إقتاروأحَمُّ حَلْكُوكٌ وأصفرُ فاقِعٌمنها وأشهبُ أمهقٌ زَهّاريَعقِلنَ ذا العُقّال عن غاياتِهِوتقولُ أن لن يخطُرَ الأخطارمرّتْ لغايتها فلا والله ماعلقتْ بها في عدوها الأبصاروجرَتَ فقلتُ أسابحٌ أم طائرٌهلاّ استشارَ لوقعهنّ غبارمن آلِ أعوجَ والصريح وداحسٍفيهنَّ منها ميسمٌ ونجاروعلى مَطاها فِتيَأ شِيعيّة ٌما إن لها إلاّ الوَلاءَ شِعارمِنْ كلِّ أغلبَ باسلٍ مُتخَمِّطٍكاللَّيْثِ فهو لقِرنه هَصّارقلقٌ إلى يوم الهياجِ مغامرٌدمُ كلَّ قيلٍ في ظباهُ جبارإنْ تخْبُ نارُ الحرْب فهو بفتكِهِميقادها مضرامها المغوارفأداتهُ فضفاضة ٌ وتريكهٌو مثقَّفٌ ومهنَّدٌ بتّارأسدٌ إذا زارت وجارَ ثعالبٍما إنْ لَها إلاّ القلوبَ وِجارحفّوا براياتِ المعزِّ ومن بهِتستبشرُالأملاكُ والأقطارهل للدُّمستق بعد ذلك رَجْعَة ٌقُضِيَتْ بسيفك منهُم الأوطارأضحوا حصيداً خامدين وأقفرتْعَرَصَاتُهُمْ وتعطّلَتْ آثاركانت جِناناً أرضُهم معروشة ًفأصابها من جيشه إعصارأمْسَوا عشاءَ عروبة ٍ في غِبطة ٍفأناخَ بالموْتِ الزّؤامِ شِيارواستقطع الخَفَقانُ حَبَّ قلوبهموجلا الشرورَ وحلّتِ الأدعارصدعت جيوشك في العجاج وعانشتْليلَ العجاجِ فوردها إصدارملأوا البلادَ رغائباً وكتائباًو قواضباً وشوازباً إن سارواوعواطفاً وعوارفاً وقواصفاًوخوائفاً يشتاقها المضماروجداولاًوأجادلاًومقاولاًوعواملاً وذوابلاً واختارواعكسوا الزَّمانَ عواثنا ودواخناًفالصُّبحُ ليلٌ والظّلام نهارسفروا فاخلتْ بالشموس جباههمْوتَمَعْجَرَتْ بغَمامها الأقماروهَمَوا نَدى ً فاستحيتِ الأمطاروتَبَسَّموا فزها وأخصَبَ ما حِلٌوافتَّر في رَوضاتِه النُّوّارو استبلوا فتخاضعَ الشُّمُّ الذُّرىوسَطَوْا فذَلَّ الضّيغمُ الزَّأآرأبناءَ فاطمَ هل لنا في حشرنالجأُ سواكم عاصم ومجار؟أنتم أحِبّاءُ الإلهِ وآلُهُخُلفاؤهُ في أرضهِ الأبرارأهلُ النبَوة ِ والرِّسالة ِ والهدىفي البيّناتِ وسادة ٌ أطهاروالوحيِ والتأويلِ والتَّحريمِوالتَّحليلِ لا خُلْفٌ ولا إنكارإن قيل من خيرُ البريّة لم يكنْإلاّ كمُ خلقٌ إليه يشار لو تلمسونَ الصَّخرَ لانبجستْ بهِ أو كان منكُمْ للرُّفاتِ مُخاطِبٌلبَّوا وظنّوا أنّه إنشارأمُعِزَّ دينِ الله إنّ زمانَنابكَ فيه بأوٌ جلَّ واستكبارها إنّ مِصرَ غداة َ صرْتَ قَطينَهاأحرى لتحسدها بك الأقطاروالأرضُ كادت تفخَرُ السبْعَ العلىلولا يظلُّكَ سقفها الموّارو الدّهرُ لاذَ بحقوتيكَ وصرفهو ملوكهُ وملائكٌ أطواروالبحرُ والنِّينانُ شاهدة ٌ بكمو الشَّامخاتُ الشُّمُّ والأحجاروالدَّوُّ والظُّلمانُ والذُّؤبان والـغزلانُ حتى خزنقٌ وفرارشرُفت بك الآفاقُ وانقسمت بك الـأرزاقُ والآجالُ والأعمارعطِرت بك الأفواه إذ عذبت لك الــأمواه حينَ صَفَتْ لك الأكدارجلَّتْ صِفاتُكَ أن تُحَدَّ بمِقوَلٍما يصنْعُ المِصْداقُ والمِكثارو الله خصَّكَ بالقرانِ وفضلهواخجلتي ما تَبلُغُ الأشعار
If you are not an Arab here is just the first 2 verses: If you wanted then the dinteny wanted and rule becouse you are the only great one. As if you are mohammed and your helpers are the ansar.
@@kareemtheeb1478 No I am not an Arab thank God neither are those Egyptians Arab they just lost their language which they should revive the Coptic language. I will research more on the fatimid rather than making a view off a UA-cam comment.
My ancestors were Swedes from near Gamla Uppsala. I'd like to think one of them took part these adventures across the known world and meeting strange, amazing and at times, terrible people. Who knows, i could even have very distant kin in the muslim world as a result. Vikings were well known ladies Men, lol. Anything is possible.
That probably unlikely happened. I meant in the case of meeting directly between the Rus Vikings and the Muslims in the Steppe, it was always between Merchants. So as we know that merchats were mostly Men. But in case of women though, they were mostly as one of the selling products, unfortunately. So rather than some men flirt on some women, i'd imagined that the view were most likely looks like this : Homies from differents cultures were shouting towards eachother by using their own cussing language, because they just couldn't get into the price agreement.
Dear Hikma History.First lesson:Word Rus comes from Slavic word for red.Red hair was often found in Vikings and in Slavic people.Funny think . Second lesson:Word Slav comes from Slavic word for Famous=Slavan.
The swedes did not just travel east willy nilly all by themselves.the rurikid family d.n.a project showed that rurik and his brothers were finnish on thier fathers side According to thier y chromosome.which means the rus themselves might have been Scandinavianized finns.the finns knew the river systems the langs and had contact with all the tribes between here and there.its time we started giving credit where credit is due.the rus and varangian s originally were finno ugric tribes.the Greeks referred to finns as wsrruor merchents.
Ohh so those were vikings from sweden who raided muslim lands then started trade..amazing.Personally i think muslims cd ve been more merciful to them since they werent much civilised n needed stuff for survival for their families.
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Turns out the Vikings weren't just hellbent on raiding and pillaging, they were pretty efficient traders!
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"You are a trader; legendary!"
~General Tozen, city of Koto
Yeah, I think that the idea of Vikings raiding and pillaging is the same idea as Mongols, Turks, etc. Any non sedentary group is gonna historically be seen this way.
once caliphate kicked their behinds, their software got updated
Nice video man! Thanks for being part of Vikings Month
It was a pleasure, learnt a lot!
Need to see a History Time X Hikma History collab!
This is so fascinating. I honestly didn't realize that Vikings were involved so heavily in trade in that region. Great vid!
Thanks man! One of my favourite tropes in history is unlikely combinations - the Vikings were an unlikely combo of savage warriors but a know-how of trading and ship-building!
@@HikmaHistory So true! I also like the trope of a group of "savage warriors" taking a place over and being tamed by the pre-existing civilization, so to speak. That happened in SE Asia with a group of Bugis pirates who later became Sultans in southern portions of Malaysia.
Your videos are woefully underappreciated, they are made with good illustrations, fantastic commentary and cover a part of history that isn't talked much about on most other history channels.
I appreciate that, hopefully 2020 we'll see continued growth
@@HikmaHistory If you keep up the quality you can easily reach 50 000-300 000 subs. Learn to do some more complicated editing and it could go up to millions
@@randomiapaskaa that's the dream!
100% underrated. I love learning about Islamic history etc. I hated history in school because it was full Of B.S.
JUST AS GOOD KINGS AND GENERAL ETC.
GOOD WORK. 👍
Sweden was the staging area to go east, but people from all over Scandinavia went to serve the Byzantines. Possibly the most famous is Harald Hardrade, one of the early Norwegian kings.
Cool video, you hear that the Vikings got around a lot but this is nice to see something a little bit more in-depth than what they did.
Thank you, they were a fascinating bunch!
I thought this video would be about the cheese traders in al andalus, but still a great video
Lol I wish we had the necessary sources on the Viking cheese traders!
This video was actually really good mate. Imagine how weird it must have been for the vikings when they first encountered the muslim world and discovered an entirely new people with different skin and language.
Thanks, mate! That's one of my fave things about history, the interactions between different peoples (Persians & Chinese; Slavs & Iberians; Indians & Arabs)
Hikma History my main interest has been on viking history as that is where my heritage lies and i find the mythology and achievements really interesting but i had no idea the muslim world was so advanced and powerful at this time. Definitely going to be watching more videos
I think differences in clothing, hairstyles and customs would've been more striking than the difference in skin tone. Middle Easterners aren't all that different from Europeans, we just think of them as distinct groups for cultural and historical reasons. The Norse did encounter black people though, and called them "blue men" because they looked so strange to them, not so much with Arabs.
And then to find out these strange people neither drank beer nor ate pork.
@@johanrunfeldt7174 Pork only came later after the christianization of the north. It was the eventual trade with France that introduced it to the scandinavians. Also pork doesn't have any significant status in scandinavia culturally.
hope you sir make vid about Trade between Middle East and China. it's fascinating
Thanks for the videos.. oledade could you recomend Books on subject
Thank you this is great to show my niece for Viking Day at school. Its important to know some of the Vikings actually embraced Islam and they were also overcome by Muslim armies during the battles in Spain - Seville.
Thanks!
What they did with the coins and other precious metals, was use it as "hack silver". Meaning, you carried it around in a pouch or perhaps wear it as jewelry. Then when you need to make a purchase you would literally hack off a piece. Ergo....Hack Silver. Not rocket science by any means, but it worked. Lol. Sometimes they would spare really nice jewelry and give it as gifts. But most of the time it was used to make purchases and/or actual Scandinavian jewelry. Jarls and Chieftains and so on would often hoard large caches of looted gold and silver. They found that chest in Gotaland full off arab coins.
8:05 How wealthy did someone have to be to afford a sword as a weapon? I always thought that swords were weapons only for the more elite soldiers and wealthy.
Good question - I always assumed the same, unless it was in the context of a warrior society like the Vikings where I'd imagine that same logic doesn't really apply.
@@HikmaHistory or maybe in a warrior Society like the Vikings, there was greater supply of Swords there for making them less expensive... Supply and demand. Or some might be inheritance if you might get your uncle's sword, your grandpa sword, your father's sword. Or, any given family might have multiple swords, just like some families today have multiple cars, 'your brother's not going out on this raid so take his sword instead of your spear'... just a few thoughts.
@@lexington476 I guess, yh that makes sense
@Anders ᛖᛚᛁᚨᛋᛖᚾ that makes sense, someone equivalent to modern middle class could afford a decent to nice weapon.
A specialized battleaxe wasn't that much cheaper than a sword. And if you're a warrior you don't necessarily have to BUY your weapons. Charlemagne put a moratorium on exporting swordblades from what is now the Ruhr region (Cologne, Solingen), but viking swords frequently have markings on them indicating a Frankish origin of the blade (e.g. Ulfberth). Either somebody didn't heed the Emperor's decree or the blades were won in battle.
This channel is so underrated
Favourite type of comment, thanks James!
Great video thanks. Please consider making a video about the Great Fatmids Imams like Abdallah Mahdi Al Muizz Al Mustansir
Most definitely, I've been meaning to delve into the Fatimids!
The fatimids were not great.
I will tell an arabic poem that an andalucian shai said when they reached egypt.
If you are an Arab here is the poem:
شئتَ لا ما شاءتِ الأقدارُفاحكُمْ فأنتَ الواحد القهّارُو كأنّما أنتَ النبيُّ محمّدٌوكأنّما أنصاركَ الانصارُأنتَ الذي كانتْ تُبشِّرنَا بهِفي كُتْبِها الأحبارُ والأخبارُهذا إمامُ المتَّقينَ ومنْ بهِقد دُوِّخَ الطُّغيانُ والكُفّارهذا الذي ترجى النجاة ُ بحبِّهِو به يحطُّ الإصرُ والأوزارهذا الذي تجدي شفاعته غداًوتفجَّرَتْ وتدفّقَتْ أنهارمن آل أحمدَ كلَّ فخرٍ لم يكنْيُنْمَى إليهم ليس فيه فَخاركالبدر تحتَ غمامة ٍ من قسطلضَحيْانُ لا يُخفيهِ عنك سَرارفي جحفلٍ هتمَ الثنايا وقعهكالبحر فهو غُطامِطٌ زَخّارغمرَ الرِّعانَ الباذخات وأغرقَالُقنَنَ المُنيفة َ ذلك التَّيّارفالسهْلُ يَمٌّ والجِبالُ بحارلله غزْوَتُهم غداة َ فراقسٍوقد استُشِبَّتْ للكريهة ِ نارو المستظلُّ سماؤهُ من عثيرٍفيها الكواكبُ لهذمٌ وغراروكأنَّ غَيضاتِ الرِّماحِ حدائقٌلُمَعُ الأسِنّة ِ بينها أزهارو ثمارها من عظلمٍ أو أيدعٍيَنَعٍ فليس لها سواه ثِمارمن كلِّ يعبوبٍ سبوحٍ سهلبحَصُّ السيّاطِ عِنانُه الطيّارلا يَطّبيهِ غيرُ كَبّة ِ مَعْرَكٍأو هَبْوَة ٌ من مَأقِطٍ ومَغارسلطُ السنابك باللُّجين مخدَّمٌو أذيب منه على الأديم نضاروكأنَّ وفْرَتَهُ غَدائِرُ غادَة ٍلم يلقها بؤسٌ ولا إقتاروأحَمُّ حَلْكُوكٌ وأصفرُ فاقِعٌمنها وأشهبُ أمهقٌ زَهّاريَعقِلنَ ذا العُقّال عن غاياتِهِوتقولُ أن لن يخطُرَ الأخطارمرّتْ لغايتها فلا والله ماعلقتْ بها في عدوها الأبصاروجرَتَ فقلتُ أسابحٌ أم طائرٌهلاّ استشارَ لوقعهنّ غبارمن آلِ أعوجَ والصريح وداحسٍفيهنَّ منها ميسمٌ ونجاروعلى مَطاها فِتيَأ شِيعيّة ٌما إن لها إلاّ الوَلاءَ شِعارمِنْ كلِّ أغلبَ باسلٍ مُتخَمِّطٍكاللَّيْثِ فهو لقِرنه هَصّارقلقٌ إلى يوم الهياجِ مغامرٌدمُ كلَّ قيلٍ في ظباهُ جبارإنْ تخْبُ نارُ الحرْب فهو بفتكِهِميقادها مضرامها المغوارفأداتهُ فضفاضة ٌ وتريكهٌو مثقَّفٌ ومهنَّدٌ بتّارأسدٌ إذا زارت وجارَ ثعالبٍما إنْ لَها إلاّ القلوبَ وِجارحفّوا براياتِ المعزِّ ومن بهِتستبشرُالأملاكُ والأقطارهل للدُّمستق بعد ذلك رَجْعَة ٌقُضِيَتْ بسيفك منهُم الأوطارأضحوا حصيداً خامدين وأقفرتْعَرَصَاتُهُمْ وتعطّلَتْ آثاركانت جِناناً أرضُهم معروشة ًفأصابها من جيشه إعصارأمْسَوا عشاءَ عروبة ٍ في غِبطة ٍفأناخَ بالموْتِ الزّؤامِ شِيارواستقطع الخَفَقانُ حَبَّ قلوبهموجلا الشرورَ وحلّتِ الأدعارصدعت جيوشك في العجاج وعانشتْليلَ العجاجِ فوردها إصدارملأوا البلادَ رغائباً وكتائباًو قواضباً وشوازباً إن سارواوعواطفاً وعوارفاً وقواصفاًوخوائفاً يشتاقها المضماروجداولاًوأجادلاًومقاولاًوعواملاً وذوابلاً واختارواعكسوا الزَّمانَ عواثنا ودواخناًفالصُّبحُ ليلٌ والظّلام نهارسفروا فاخلتْ بالشموس جباههمْوتَمَعْجَرَتْ بغَمامها الأقماروهَمَوا نَدى ً فاستحيتِ الأمطاروتَبَسَّموا فزها وأخصَبَ ما حِلٌوافتَّر في رَوضاتِه النُّوّارو استبلوا فتخاضعَ الشُّمُّ الذُّرىوسَطَوْا فذَلَّ الضّيغمُ الزَّأآرأبناءَ فاطمَ هل لنا في حشرنالجأُ سواكم عاصم ومجار؟أنتم أحِبّاءُ الإلهِ وآلُهُخُلفاؤهُ في أرضهِ الأبرارأهلُ النبَوة ِ والرِّسالة ِ والهدىفي البيّناتِ وسادة ٌ أطهاروالوحيِ والتأويلِ والتَّحريمِوالتَّحليلِ لا خُلْفٌ ولا إنكارإن قيل من خيرُ البريّة لم يكنْإلاّ كمُ خلقٌ إليه يشار
لو تلمسونَ الصَّخرَ لانبجستْ بهِ
أو كان منكُمْ للرُّفاتِ مُخاطِبٌلبَّوا وظنّوا أنّه إنشارأمُعِزَّ دينِ الله إنّ زمانَنابكَ فيه بأوٌ جلَّ واستكبارها إنّ مِصرَ غداة َ صرْتَ قَطينَهاأحرى لتحسدها بك الأقطاروالأرضُ كادت تفخَرُ السبْعَ العلىلولا يظلُّكَ سقفها الموّارو الدّهرُ لاذَ بحقوتيكَ وصرفهو ملوكهُ وملائكٌ أطواروالبحرُ والنِّينانُ شاهدة ٌ بكمو الشَّامخاتُ الشُّمُّ والأحجاروالدَّوُّ والظُّلمانُ والذُّؤبان والـغزلانُ حتى خزنقٌ وفرارشرُفت بك الآفاقُ وانقسمت بك الـأرزاقُ والآجالُ والأعمارعطِرت بك الأفواه إذ عذبت لك الــأمواه حينَ صَفَتْ لك الأكدارجلَّتْ صِفاتُكَ أن تُحَدَّ بمِقوَلٍما يصنْعُ المِصْداقُ والمِكثارو الله خصَّكَ بالقرانِ وفضلهواخجلتي ما تَبلُغُ الأشعار
If you are not an Arab here is just the first 2 verses:
If you wanted then the dinteny wanted and rule becouse you are the only great one.
As if you are mohammed and your helpers are the ansar.
Till this day the egyptians say( the first of the poem is disbelief).
It is said when something appear bad from the start.
And it is about this poem.
@@kareemtheeb1478 No I am not an Arab thank God neither are those Egyptians Arab they just lost their language which they should revive the Coptic language. I will research more on the fatimid rather than making a view off a UA-cam comment.
saqalebah may mean people from Sicily which is seqelliah in arabic .
My ancestors were Swedes from near Gamla Uppsala. I'd like to think one of them took part these adventures across the known world and meeting strange, amazing and at times, terrible people. Who knows, i could even have very distant kin in the muslim world as a result. Vikings were well known ladies Men, lol. Anything is possible.
That probably unlikely happened. I meant in the case of meeting directly between the Rus Vikings and the Muslims in the Steppe, it was always between Merchants. So as we know that merchats were mostly Men. But in case of women though, they were mostly as one of the selling products, unfortunately.
So rather than some men flirt on some women, i'd imagined that the view were most likely looks like this : Homies from differents cultures were shouting towards eachother by using their own cussing language, because they just couldn't get into the price agreement.
What's this music called?
This makes me curious about the Muslim reaction to the Normans taking Sicily and even part of north Africa.
I've wanted to make videos on Normans for a while now, super fascinating group!
@@HikmaHistory That's great, I don't think I've ever seen a video about their interactions with the Islamic world from a Muslim perspective.
I'm watch 13th Warrior AGAIN!!!
Dear Hikma History.First lesson:Word Rus comes from Slavic word for red.Red hair was often found in Vikings and in Slavic people.Funny think .
Second lesson:Word Slav comes from Slavic word for Famous=Slavan.
The 13th Warrior 1999 movie Antonio Banderas . So true history is really hidden from all shocking
The swedes did not just travel east willy nilly all by themselves.the rurikid family d.n.a project showed that rurik and his brothers were finnish on thier fathers side According to thier y chromosome.which means the rus themselves might have been Scandinavianized finns.the finns knew the river systems the langs and had contact with all the tribes between here and there.its time we started giving credit where credit is due.the rus and varangian s originally were finno ugric tribes.the Greeks referred to finns as wsrruor merchents.
The trade was usually one sided
yes they used to came to Bagdad when islam was in golden age
Btw golden age isn't the best age of islam
Alhamdulillah
Poor slavic ppl were sold too by vikings to the muslims..Many converted later.
I really think you can grow big, I’m trying to be a history channel but, I only have 45 subscribers and I only use my IPad lol
Thanks man, just keep being consistent!
Hikma History :)
enjoyed.
Thanks!
Ohh so those were vikings from sweden who raided muslim lands then started trade..amazing.Personally i think muslims cd ve been more merciful to them since they werent much civilised n needed stuff for survival for their families.
weren't civilized? wtf?
Muslims are raiding Viking in return of previous raids by the Viking.
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Lol no...nah i dnt think so
@@snowmoon7385 ignorance is bliss
Olaff needed a few more goods that he had to pay for with money.
Hoor A Halala
Ali G!!
Sick
What they trade it ???