Thanks! It comes with a sense of relief to finish episode V. But the next series of books on Cordoba have arrived at my door and the research for Episode VI now begins =)
Thanks for this series. As a spanish guy who loves history, i can tell you that even in our country, and even in the circles of young history nerds about our peninsula, these eras are not at all known. Your series has been very enlightening, and i commend your decision to work on those, even knowing about the meager popularity of this time period.
the video is full of inspiration, I forgot about History and just got inspired by the fashion, architecture and the colors. I really Need to visit those palaces.
Go! Take some awesome inspiring pictures of the Palaces! I’d be happy to post on the Flash Point History Facebook page if you’re willing to share and inspire others.
I have now watched all of the videos on the Punic Wars and am now this far in this series. I was going to start right at the Reconquista, but I am very glad that I didn't. These are all very, very well done and I am glad that you chose to add a video component to your podcasts or I may have never found you. Have a like and a subscribe!
I am so happy you like my content - the Punic wars was one thing - the Reconquista is a totally Different ball game. Hope you like it as well - let me know what you think
Very informative stuff. I watched all of the reconquista and the Al andaluz series and learnt a lot about the medieval world. Cheers mate and have a good one. Thank you for your effort!
For the first time in my life I'm hearing Christians talking about Crusading again - so it's interesting to revisit these times. Thanks for the effort you guys put into these episodes. Trying to bring a secular/godless perspective to this story is quite the errand LOL
You may not be familiar with the podcast circuit. This whole project started as an audio only podcast meant to be listened to via an MP3 player. A lot of people listen to history podcasts (or any podcast) while they are driving, working out, road tripping etc. You post your podcast on iTunes and people rate you and leave comments which helps your podcast get recognized and grow. I just really also loved the video aspect of things and started adding UA-cam videos. But, I have an entire series on Attila the Hun which is not on UA-cam if you want to check that out.
i am listening podcasts while i am working on my pc, but only if i do something "light" as i can't focus on more things at one time. I asked about itunes because i do not like to install it on my pc. But i will give it a try just to search your Attila podcast because i am sure will be worth it
Awesome - yeah if you have an iPhone it has its own podcast app which is purple so you don’t have to put iTunes on your PC. You can get podcasts via stitcher on an Android. I love to listen to podcasts while I run - makes an hour fly by. All the best - let me know what you think of Attila.
as weird as it sounds in this era.. i do not like "smart phones" and i work in IT, if i need something from internet i use a pc if i want to make a phone call i use an old nokia :P
Ah, all great things must come to an end eventually. One would only wonder what would have happened if the caliphate was more stable or if the sons of al manzor treated the caliph as a symbolic figure to keep the masses at bay, just like the tokugawa shogunate did with the emperor. There would be no need for the almoravids or the almohades (especially these guys) to intervene and eventually weaken al andalus. The entire world would look completely different.
It just goes to show that no matter how great you are, if you don't have a reasonable succession you don't have anything. Rome got lucky with several decent emperors - but the system was designed to fail. You can be a great conquer like Napoleon, Attila, or Genghis Khan, but your legacy can be wiped out in a generation or two. I think Al Andalus would have lasted longer had the sons of Almazor not been so foolish, but in lieu of the Crusades and a consolidating Christian Europe - time was going to run out at some point. I'll be starting the research for the next episode very soon.
The Umayyad were the de facto ruler's in Arab history in Al Andalus with there fall ended the Arab era Almoravids and almohades were purely Berber And almohades betrayed the last Arab dynasty in Seville the abbadid who ironically called them for help and there greed brought the destruction of the civilization the Umayyad brought from the east U can see Umayyad impact lasted more than any other Muslim dynasty in Iberia Arab ruler's weren't perfect but it was heaven compared to others who succeeded them Turks & Berber who were savage's Ottoman's were the only ruling family of Turkic origin who were merely successful (sulyiman the magnificent) Because of there ruthlessness and they were the cause of many brutality that were never happened during Arab rule
Keep it up brother this history from Spain is the lost Crusade unknown to mainstream history. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK LOVE IT. IM LEARNING MORE EVERYDAY ABOUT THE RECONQUISTA AND THIS MISCONSTRUDED PART OF HISTROY
@@FlashPointHx Yep and me as a history lover I like watching all kinds of different content , this videos were truly interesting , specially the the Vikings attacks and they becaming cheese makers and when Khalid straved the Camels to cross the desert . Thank you for covering such content :-) hope for your channel to see much more success !
Man that's so sad there is no Rahman the fourth I'd write some of abu al baqa-rundi poem I hope u read it all bro . " Everything declines after reaching perfection, therefore let no man be fooled by the sweetness of a pleasant life. These are decrees that are inconstant: he whom a single moment has made happy, has been harmed by many other moments; Therefore ask Valencia what is the state of Murcia; and where is Jativa, and where is Jaen? Where is Cordoba, the home of the sciences, and many a scholar whose rank was once lofty in it? Where is Seville and the pleasures it contained, as well as its sweet river overflowing and brimming full " . And Abu al-Baqa al-Rundi was a contemporary Andalusian poet from the city of Ronda in south Iberia. In his poem, “The Fall of Seville”, he lamented the loss of a once great city, and further talked about the fall of Spain .
This is truly so sad. There are so many "what ifs". You can spend countless hours thinking about what could have gone differently. But let's look at it this way, the emirate was not supposed to survive the chaos that followed Abdul Rahman II, and Abdul Rahaman III gave it extended life. There's a saying I learned from religion, "Life is an extended gift, when you die you can only be grateful that you lived as long as you did." I think that saying fits into this story perfectly.
That is a beautiful saying! I always like to mention that “civilization is like a biological organism where extinction is the rule, and survival is the exception.” I’m amazed at how some rulers have that ability to extended a civilizations life, whereas others only hurry it along to its demise. I couldn’t make out by your first sentence whether you meant that the video was good or bad. Or rather, that you were saying that it was filled with sadness.
@@FlashPointHx I was referring to the demise of córdoba being sad. The video was ofc excellent. I watched other videos of Al-Andalus, but they weren't as detailed or narrated as well your video. I learnt a lot. The animations, maps, and visuals you include also supplement the narration very well.
Thank you! I will say that a lot of Arabic Speaking people have come forward to help out on this point. I must be really destroying your awesome language. =) @@MoroccoGamer
Thank you for the video, I felt like a good movie's ending, the question now if Almanzor never came to power even he made al Andalus as strong and stable as Abd alrahman III, but yet.....those they even think of long term?!, about getting ready to rule who's gonna come after them, that way they could avoid people like Almanzor himself to ascend to power.
I’m a firm believer that civilization has similarities to biology, where extinction is the rule and survival is the exception. It’s very difficult for a government to protect itself from the aspirations of those determined to gain power. It’s a double edged sword - you need to be ambitious to want to rule, and yet power needs to be held in check for the benefit of the majority. Any imbalance can cause devestation to the state.
I forgot that, any civilistaion has a begining and an end, none last forever and causes to its end are many. History is full of examples. Al andalus is one case. Please don't use again the music at 11:45. :)
Amine - I’m curious, what sound system do you use? Have you listened to any of this with decent headphones or a speaker system ? It sounds very different.
Flash Point History Thankyou. This is one of the best history shows on UA-cam. Probably the best. Very unbiased and highlighting everything that you actually need to know. Keep the good work up! :)
I would like to know how do you for example that the story of abdelrahman the first is true. For example when he swam that river, who reported this? Basically what makes a story become true and not only a story. Thank you very much for your video, All the best ❤️
Do you think if Almanzor didn't come to power, the caliphate of cordoba would have lasted longer? Sure, it might not have quickly sacked Leon and northern christian kingdoms quickly but it would have been more stable in the long run surely?
That’s an excellent question. I think that just like with any type of monarchy or empire where you have a single person in charge, it is operator dependent. The size of the state determines how much adversity It can take. In the case of the Caliphate, It crashed spectacularly. Which meant that it was more fragile then something like the Roman empire. It would only be a matter of time before you ended up with somebody that was awful. I personally would not have given it more than 100 years or so,
Flash Point History Thank you for your response. Weren’t empires such as the Roman and ottoman empires monarchies with a single person as the head of state? Why did they last hundreds of more years? Furthermore, the northern Christian kingdoms were also monarchies if I’m not mistaken, as was many other european states aside from Córdoba, many of which lasted very long including the Spanish empire itself later on. Given this, what was it particularly about Cordoban emirate/caliphate that you think made it particularly fragile for collapse?
A whole PhD thesis could be written around your first question. I would have to say that in general the larger the state the more room but it has to make errors. Take for example Rome during the Punic wars. Rome lost one battle after the next To Hannibal. Any other state would have collapsed. However, she had man power reserve to persist. The Ottomans also dealt with a lot of adversity but were able to take punches and then give them back. You are right about the Christian kingdoms. They were all monarchies - but they too were racked with problems and would grow and shrink depending on the ruler in charge. I’m producing an episode now on Alphonso X - known as the Wise King - during his reign he nearly destroyed the powerful state of Castile three times. But managed to keep it together by the skin of his teeth. Cordoba had multiple ethnicities, vying states and nobility. A strong king / caliph could keep it together but a weak one could not. In many ways Cordoba reminded me of the Balkans in the 19th and 20th centuries. They were a powder keg waiting to explode. And we’ve seen what happened to the AustroHungarian Empire after WW1 as a result.
I think Abd Al Rahman III quote at the end came from a verse in Quran, but Im not quite sure which verse and chapter because of my unfamiliarity with biblical (or maybe shakespeare-an..??) english language... CMIIW
very nice series .....the fall of al andalos is a complicated issue, and i think it has a lot to do with the general decline of arab culture everywhere around the same time .the fall of al andalos, the crusades, and the mongol invasion are probably the consequences , and not the causes of that decline. i could also point out earlier signs, like the disintegration of the abbasid caliphate ,and the saljuk ascent. the causes are extremely debatable, with religion the prime suspect another andalusian story illustrates it, the life of ibn rushd, also known as averroes great job on the series keep it up !
Thank you - Al Andalus as a political entity would go into decline, but it’s cultural legacy was profound and would influence the Renaissance and Latin Europe for centuries to come.
His title is Almansour not Almanzour .. as if it pronounced like that it would give different meaning than the real meaning of the victourious 🙂 Thanks for you .. I appreciate your episode to the extreme .. you are one of the best history channels on UA-cam
You are right! My sources at the time had it spelled with a "Z" instead of an S - picked this up later. Plus there were many al-Man-sors after this so I had a chance to say it again with the S - I'm happy you like my channel!! Thank you.
Almanzor is the Castilian or Romance version of the name, as usual slightly deformed from the original Arabic. Similarly Abd al-Rahman becomes Abderramán, Ummayad turns Omeya, etc.
I have no recollection of flourished cities in North Africa. I see no legacies the Muslims left behind. Good riddance we don’t have them in the Iberia peninsula
I've read multiple references that say to the contrary. Almanzor wouldn't have dared expand the dead Caliph's palace - he wanted that distinction between him and the royal family to play the charade that he was but a servant. Abd Al Rahman III's son expanded it.
Alejandro belived in zeus and conquered Caesar belived in venus and conquered Constantino belived in jesus and conquered Rahman bemived in allah and did it also Amazing podscat for the belivers
You pronounce Al-mansur name instead of Al-mansur you say ‘’Al-manzor’’ which is funny because the way you pronounce his name means in Arabic ‘’one who is been looked upon with envious and greedy intentions’’.. I guess in the end that name fits him better!!
14 days of happiness - sheeesh LOL Maybe he needs a new philosophy coz that one seemed to fail him. Once I understood that we are responsible for our own happiness it became easy LOL I've been happy every day since. Apparently taking responsibility for our state of mind is a challenge that has long faced us all.
@@darrelnay1501 this is a ‘more money more problems’ mindset for sure - not to mention being at the top can be exhausting. What did Napoleon say? To lead is to exhaust. Personally I’d find plenty of ways of having a great time. I remember back packing through Europe on $10 bucks a day and having a ball.
@@FlashPointHx I noticed you mentioned that around the year 1000 the usual end-of-the-worlders were out in force. It's fun watching the current generation of Malthusians dribbling about global warming. Historians notice these types of things so maybe you have too. History is fun for me but science is my thing so when I realised that I'd fallen for the climate apocalypse con I had to laugh at myself. I guess the truth is that we can all be fooled with a pea and a couple of walnut shells LOL Have a sweet Christmas mate.
ua-cam.com/video/QRa3gliik9I/v-deo.html Saqaleba : The name Arabs used for the Slavs at that time, so I guess you should say Berber and Slavs, btw:The name for Russia in Arabic is Al-Ruoss which became later Russia very close from Kievan Rus', but in Arabic it means those who ''paddle'' their canoe as the first contact with the Slavic tribes was made in center Asia when they came for raiding/trading in small canoes in the rivers. rass = who paddle, single, male rossia = those who paddle (verb in present tense - plural ) the final 'a' is for pertinence
Im just Happy that a man of Muslim Yemeni Decent reached all those places with his mind he outsmarted the Caliph the Hajib and The greatest general of the time and defeated the Christian kingdoms one by one
If the Abbasids didn’t overthrow Ummayyad they would’ve been able to conquer France and Italy then all the way into Germany the Umayyad Abbasid Muslim civil war made the army disperse into regional states Umayyad and Ottomans were only centralized strict Caliphates designed for expansion
Vous avez un très bonne religion , qui donne amour et paix dans les pays chrétiens conquis avec des fleurs et du miel . Heureusement que L'Hypocresie ne tue pas si non vous seriez des millions de musulmans a mourir. Vous êtes là peste de l'humanité Votre secte cet propagé par les guerres dans les terres Chrétiennes. Vous avez tué au nom de Allah Pas au nom de DIEU. DIEU n'aime pas les voleurs . Votre Allah= 😈. DIEU =❤️
Just got home from work and was greeted by the new episode!! Awesome!
Thanks! It comes with a sense of relief to finish episode V. But the next series of books on Cordoba have arrived at my door and the research for Episode VI now begins =)
Oh, oh, Cordoba next! Hurry with that one! :) In the meantime, I'll rewatch the series over the weekend.
@@FlashPointHx Who's the Kennedy you're quoting, when describing Almanzor?
Huge Kennedy - he is a professor of Islamic studies in St Andrews
@@FlashPointHx: Are you sure ya don't mean "Hugh", #LOL!! #winks
Thanks for this series. As a spanish guy who loves history, i can tell you that even in our country, and even in the circles of young history nerds about our peninsula, these eras are not at all known. Your series has been very enlightening, and i commend your decision to work on those, even knowing about the meager popularity of this time period.
I feel the same and account for the same level of popularity here in Portugal.
the video is full of inspiration, I forgot about History and just got inspired by the fashion, architecture and the colors. I really Need to visit those palaces.
Go! Take some awesome inspiring pictures of the Palaces! I’d be happy to post on the Flash Point History Facebook page if you’re willing to share and inspire others.
Thanks so much for great info
You are so welcome!
I have now watched all of the videos on the Punic Wars and am now this far in this series. I was going to start right at the Reconquista, but I am very glad that I didn't. These are all very, very well done and I am glad that you chose to add a video component to your podcasts or I may have never found you. Have a like and a subscribe!
I am so happy you like my content - the Punic wars was one thing - the Reconquista is a totally Different ball game. Hope you like it as well - let me know what you think
good stuff! i'm relistening all your videos.
Nice - you got a long way to go:)
This whole series is just awesome
Hey thanks !
Very informative stuff. I watched all of the reconquista and the Al andaluz series and learnt a lot about the medieval world. Cheers mate and have a good one. Thank you for your effort!
For the first time in my life I'm hearing Christians talking about Crusading again - so it's interesting to revisit these times. Thanks for the effort you guys put into these episodes. Trying to bring a secular/godless perspective to this story is quite the errand LOL
I enjoyed this podcast series and i can't wait for more, i think i got addicted
P.S: why itunes?
You may not be familiar with the podcast circuit. This whole project started as an audio only podcast meant to be listened to via an MP3 player. A lot of people listen to history podcasts (or any podcast) while they are driving, working out, road tripping etc. You post your podcast on iTunes and people rate you and leave comments which helps your podcast get recognized and grow. I just really also loved the video aspect of things and started adding UA-cam videos. But, I have an entire series on Attila the Hun which is not on UA-cam if you want to check that out.
i am listening podcasts while i am working on my pc, but only if i do something "light" as i can't focus on more things at one time. I asked about itunes because i do not like to install it on my pc. But i will give it a try just to search your Attila podcast because i am sure will be worth it
Awesome - yeah if you have an iPhone it has its own podcast app which is purple so you don’t have to put iTunes on your PC. You can get podcasts via stitcher on an Android. I love to listen to podcasts while I run - makes an hour fly by. All the best - let me know what you think of Attila.
as weird as it sounds in this era.. i do not like "smart phones" and i work in IT, if i need something from internet i use a pc if i want to make a phone call i use an old nokia :P
Hahhaa - to each their own - it makes total sense to me, if you’re surrounded by tech all day for your job, you’d want to get away from it at home.
My God that was amazing Episode, thank you
I’m really happy that you liked it - the final words of Abd Al Rahman III are profound, no?
@@FlashPointHx ohh yes they are.
Great podcast like always.
Hey, my pleasure - I'm happy that you liked it .
I am waiting for the focus on the narrative to shift to the Christians since this is a podcast about the Reconquista.
That is definitively coming
Beautiful. I'm sure I'm not the only one impressed!
amazing series
Thanks!
Ah, all great things must come to an end eventually. One would only wonder what would have happened if the caliphate was more stable or if the sons of al manzor treated the caliph as a symbolic figure to keep the masses at bay, just like the tokugawa shogunate did with the emperor. There would be no need for the almoravids or the almohades (especially these guys) to intervene and eventually weaken al andalus. The entire world would look completely different.
It just goes to show that no matter how great you are, if you don't have a reasonable succession you don't have anything. Rome got lucky with several decent emperors - but the system was designed to fail. You can be a great conquer like Napoleon, Attila, or Genghis Khan, but your legacy can be wiped out in a generation or two. I think Al Andalus would have lasted longer had the sons of Almazor not been so foolish, but in lieu of the Crusades and a consolidating Christian Europe - time was going to run out at some point. I'll be starting the research for the next episode very soon.
@@FlashPointHx Al-Andalus lasted for over 700 years, that's far more than the Ottoman occupation of the Balkans.
The Umayyad were the de facto ruler's in Arab history in Al Andalus with there fall ended the Arab era
Almoravids and almohades were purely Berber
And almohades betrayed the last Arab dynasty in Seville the abbadid who ironically called them for help and there greed brought the destruction of the civilization the Umayyad brought from the east
U can see Umayyad impact lasted more than any other Muslim dynasty in Iberia
Arab ruler's weren't perfect but it was heaven compared to others who succeeded them Turks & Berber who were savage's
Ottoman's were the only ruling family of Turkic origin who were merely successful
(sulyiman the magnificent)
Because of there ruthlessness and they were the cause of many brutality that were never happened during Arab rule
Keep it up brother this history from Spain is the lost Crusade unknown to mainstream history. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK LOVE IT. IM LEARNING MORE EVERYDAY ABOUT THE RECONQUISTA AND THIS MISCONSTRUDED PART OF HISTROY
Thanks! Will do! So happy that you like my content
Anyone know the name of the painting at 7:11 ???
Its the 'Nubian Palace Guard' - an orientalist painting by Ludwig Deutsch
@@FlashPointHx Beautiful. Your story telling coupled with your photo essay is impeccable.Keep it up :))))
5:20 lol man , great video by the way , watched all of your video mostly , unfortunately people that cover such topics don't get much views :-(
Such is life - but the story and the history is so compelling that it still needs to be told.
@@FlashPointHx
Yep and me as a history lover I like watching all kinds of different content , this videos were truly interesting , specially the the Vikings attacks and they becaming cheese makers and when Khalid straved the Camels to cross the desert .
Thank you for covering such content :-) hope for your channel to see much more success !
It makes sense. Most muslims aren't english speakers. If this series was in arabic it would get millions of views. And trust me they do.
Game of thrones at the highest level
Wait till you get to episode X - you aint seen nothing yet!
😂😂 clash of kings @@FlashPointHx
Nice vid, the fall of al-andalus at its peak is a huge history misstep
Man that's so sad there is no Rahman the fourth I'd write some of abu al baqa-rundi poem I hope u read it all bro .
" Everything declines after reaching perfection, therefore let no man be fooled by the sweetness of a pleasant life.
These are decrees that are inconstant: he whom a single moment has made happy, has been harmed by many other moments;
Therefore ask Valencia what is the state of Murcia; and where is Jativa, and where is Jaen?
Where is Cordoba, the home of the sciences, and many a scholar whose rank was once lofty in it?
Where is Seville and the pleasures it contained, as well as its sweet river overflowing and brimming full " .
And Abu al-Baqa al-Rundi was a contemporary Andalusian poet from the city of Ronda in south Iberia.
In his poem, “The Fall of Seville”, he lamented the loss of a once great city, and further talked about the fall of Spain .
This is truly so sad. There are so many "what ifs". You can spend countless hours thinking about what could have gone differently. But let's look at it this way, the emirate was not supposed to survive the chaos that followed Abdul Rahman II, and Abdul Rahaman III gave it extended life. There's a saying I learned from religion, "Life is an extended gift, when you die you can only be grateful that you lived as long as you did." I think that saying fits into this story perfectly.
That is a beautiful saying! I always like to mention that “civilization is like a biological organism where extinction is the rule, and survival is the exception.” I’m amazed at how some rulers have that ability to extended a civilizations life, whereas others only hurry it along to its demise. I couldn’t make out by your first sentence whether you meant that the video was good or bad. Or rather, that you were saying that it was filled with sadness.
@@FlashPointHx I was referring to the demise of córdoba being sad. The video was ofc excellent. I watched other videos of Al-Andalus, but they weren't as detailed or narrated as well your video. I learnt a lot. The animations, maps, and visuals you include also supplement the narration very well.
The video nithin is comforting to my eyes
I’m always happy that you like the videos !
Hopefully to your ears as well 😜
Flash Point History 👍🏼👍🏼
Awesome video
Thanks ! Trying to learn this new software while publishing this video at the same time
Greag video as always
Thank you!
If you need any help with arabic words or moroccan names let me know 😁
Thank you! I will say that a lot of Arabic Speaking people have come forward to help out on this point. I must be really destroying your awesome language. =) @@MoroccoGamer
Thank you for the video, I felt like a good movie's ending, the question now if Almanzor never came to power even he made al Andalus as strong and stable as Abd alrahman III, but yet.....those they even think of long term?!, about getting ready to rule who's gonna come after them, that way they could avoid people like Almanzor himself to ascend to power.
I’m a firm believer that civilization has similarities to biology, where extinction is the rule and survival is the exception. It’s very difficult for a government to protect itself from the aspirations of those determined to gain power. It’s a double edged sword - you need to be ambitious to want to rule, and yet power needs to be held in check for the benefit of the majority. Any imbalance can cause devestation to the state.
I forgot that, any civilistaion has a begining and an end, none last forever and causes to its end are many. History is full of examples. Al andalus is one case.
Please don't use again the music at 11:45. :)
Exactly - didn’t like the music ? Well it’s copyrighted from Karunesh, so I won’t be using it in he future. ;)
Thank you.
Amine - I’m curious, what sound system do you use? Have you listened to any of this with decent headphones or a speaker system ? It sounds very different.
What is the music at the end?
It’s called Ali Baba by a musician known as Karunesh
Flash Point History Thankyou. This is one of the best history shows on UA-cam. Probably the best. Very unbiased and highlighting everything that you actually need to know. Keep the good work up! :)
@@MohammadAli-xm1vx Thank you so much!
I would like to know how do you for example that the story of abdelrahman the first is true. For example when he swam that river, who reported this?
Basically what makes a story become true and not only a story.
Thank you very much for your video,
All the best ❤️
isn't it Napoleon that said, History is a pack of lies agreed upon ;)
11:41, do you know what does that mean? it means come to success. the best sentence to describe what Muslim Spain was.
Do you think if Almanzor didn't come to power, the caliphate of cordoba would have lasted longer? Sure, it might not have quickly sacked Leon and northern christian kingdoms quickly but it would have been more stable in the long run surely?
That’s an excellent question. I think that just like with any type of monarchy or empire where you have a single person in charge, it is operator dependent. The size of the state determines how much adversity It can take. In the case of the Caliphate, It crashed spectacularly. Which meant that it was more fragile then something like the Roman empire. It would only be a matter of time before you ended up with somebody that was awful. I personally would not have given it more than 100 years or so,
Flash Point History Thank you for your response. Weren’t empires such as the Roman and ottoman empires monarchies with a single person as the head of state? Why did they last hundreds of more years? Furthermore, the northern Christian kingdoms were also monarchies if I’m not mistaken, as was many other european states aside from Córdoba, many of which lasted very long including the Spanish empire itself later on.
Given this, what was it particularly about Cordoban emirate/caliphate that you think made it particularly fragile for collapse?
A whole PhD thesis could be written around your first question. I would have to say that in general the larger the state the more room but it has to make errors. Take for example Rome during the Punic wars. Rome lost one battle after the next To Hannibal. Any other state would have collapsed. However, she had man power reserve to persist. The Ottomans also dealt with a lot of adversity but were able to take punches and then give them back. You are right about the Christian kingdoms. They were all monarchies - but they too were racked with problems and would grow and shrink depending on the ruler in charge. I’m producing an episode now on Alphonso X - known as the Wise King - during his reign he nearly destroyed the powerful state of Castile three times. But managed to keep it together by the skin of his teeth. Cordoba had multiple ethnicities, vying states and nobility. A strong king / caliph could keep it together but a weak one could not. In many ways Cordoba reminded me of the Balkans in the 19th and 20th centuries. They were a powder keg waiting to explode. And we’ve seen what happened to the AustroHungarian Empire after WW1 as a result.
@@FlashPointHx Thank you for the detailed reply, much appreciated, looking forward to your video on Alfonso the tenth!
@@AdamNoizer you ask some really good questions - let me know what you think of the Alphonso X
I think Abd Al Rahman III quote at the end came from a verse in Quran, but Im not quite sure which verse and chapter because of my unfamiliarity with biblical (or maybe shakespeare-an..??) english language... CMIIW
👑RÍOS FAMILY 👑 it refers to the ROYAL HOUSE OF ASTURIAS where the RÍOS👑 last name most likely originated from.👑
It seems al-Rahmed came to the same conclusion all the other wise old kings came to, the power of the peace of God.
Yes - in the grand scheme of things, be good to everyone and don't put your faith in materialism
very nice series .....the fall of al andalos is a complicated issue, and i think it has a lot to do with the general decline of arab culture everywhere around the same time .the fall of al andalos, the crusades, and the mongol invasion are probably the consequences , and not the causes of that decline. i could also point out earlier signs, like the disintegration of the abbasid caliphate ,and the saljuk ascent.
the causes are extremely debatable, with religion the prime suspect
another andalusian story illustrates it, the life of ibn rushd, also known as averroes
great job on the series
keep it up !
Thank you - Al Andalus as a political entity would go into decline, but it’s cultural legacy was profound and would influence the Renaissance and Latin Europe for centuries to come.
Abd Al-Rahman is one phrase, so you can't Devide it and say "Rahman III", it should be " Abdul-Rahman III"
"He... was an IDIOT."
His title is Almansour not Almanzour .. as if it pronounced like that it would give different meaning than the real meaning of the victourious 🙂 Thanks for you .. I appreciate your episode to the extreme .. you are one of the best history channels on UA-cam
You are right! My sources at the time had it spelled with a "Z" instead of an S - picked this up later. Plus there were many al-Man-sors after this so I had a chance to say it again with the S - I'm happy you like my channel!! Thank you.
Almanzor is the Castilian or Romance version of the name, as usual slightly deformed from the original Arabic. Similarly Abd al-Rahman becomes Abderramán, Ummayad turns Omeya, etc.
The pronunciation is in line with its castillian version.
I have no recollection of flourished cities in North Africa. I see no legacies the Muslims left behind. Good riddance we don’t have them in the Iberia peninsula
Error, there is only one Medina Zahara, Almanzor simply expanded it
I've read multiple references that say to the contrary. Almanzor wouldn't have dared expand the dead Caliph's palace - he wanted that distinction between him and the royal family to play the charade that he was but a servant. Abd Al Rahman III's son expanded it.
Alejandro belived in zeus and conquered
Caesar belived in venus and conquered
Constantino belived in jesus and conquered
Rahman bemived in allah and did it also
Amazing podscat for the belivers
Grandpa: for caliph and allah! Ev’one: almanzur rocks!!! Grandson: call me 🤙 crownie 😀😎🤓. ev'one: wait a minit...u goin' down , little sancho!!
You pronounce Al-mansur name instead of Al-mansur you say ‘’Al-manzor’’ which is funny because the way you pronounce his name means in Arabic ‘’one who is been looked upon with envious and greedy intentions’’.. I guess in the end that name fits him better!!
hahaha - Sorry to butcher arabic - but you're right
14 days of happiness - sheeesh LOL Maybe he needs a new philosophy coz that one seemed to fail him. Once I understood that we are responsible for our own happiness it became easy LOL I've been happy every day since. Apparently taking responsibility for our state of mind is a challenge that has long faced us all.
@@darrelnay1501 this is a ‘more money more problems’ mindset for sure - not to mention being at the top can be exhausting. What did Napoleon say? To lead is to exhaust. Personally I’d find plenty of ways of having a great time. I remember back packing through Europe on $10 bucks a day and having a ball.
@@FlashPointHx
I noticed you mentioned that around the year 1000 the usual end-of-the-worlders were out in force. It's fun watching the current generation of Malthusians dribbling about global warming. Historians notice these types of things so maybe you have too.
History is fun for me but science is my thing so when I realised that I'd fallen for the climate apocalypse con I had to laugh at myself. I guess the truth is that we can all be fooled with a pea and a couple of walnut shells LOL
Have a sweet Christmas mate.
Ibrahim al cohol al fabet al kalin al fanumerik al legori al bum al titude al legashun al lijans al lerjik al ligator al locate
Garcia........
#Al Manzoor
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Saqaleba : The name Arabs used for the Slavs at that time, so I guess you should say Berber and Slavs,
btw:The name for Russia in Arabic is Al-Ruoss which became later Russia very close from Kievan Rus', but in Arabic it means those who ''paddle'' their canoe as the first contact with the Slavic tribes was made in center Asia when they came for raiding/trading in small canoes in the rivers.
rass = who paddle, single, male
rossia = those who paddle (verb in present tense - plural ) the final 'a' is for pertinence
Yemenis were great in the past.
Hope they become great again❤.
Look how they massacred my boy.
#Al Malik
Im just Happy that a man of Muslim Yemeni Decent reached all those places with his mind he outsmarted the Caliph the Hajib and The greatest general of the time and defeated the Christian kingdoms one by one
He came in at just the right time - just as Ferdinand III would do 500 years later
If the Abbasids didn’t overthrow Ummayyad they would’ve been able to conquer France and Italy then all the way into Germany the Umayyad Abbasid Muslim civil war made the army disperse into regional states Umayyad and Ottomans were only centralized strict Caliphates designed for expansion
Vous avez un très bonne religion , qui donne amour et paix dans les pays chrétiens conquis avec des fleurs et du miel . Heureusement que L'Hypocresie ne tue pas si non vous seriez des millions de musulmans a mourir. Vous êtes là peste de l'humanité
Votre secte cet propagé par les guerres dans les terres Chrétiennes. Vous avez tué au nom de Allah
Pas au nom de DIEU. DIEU n'aime pas les voleurs .
Votre Allah= 😈. DIEU =❤️