The reason why the sister confusion originated is because Muslims normally refer to women who are not their relatives as sisters in deen (religion) and saladin might have claimed in his speeches that the crusaders desecrated my sisters.
I've been addressed as sister by local practitioners of Islam, and can confirm (as a pagan no less) that this does happen. It feels very welcoming to be addressed as such.
@Poop Poop unsurprising given that the many of the crusadings Knights have a reputations as uncontrollable and criminal, it mentioned that the crusades was a way for the pope to divert these individuals vises and bloodletting away and out of Europe
You got a point, we should've looked at it this way. Strategy against tactics , how things end up. Then look Saladin against Richard to know a good answer 👍
@@deeipomar2366 Fighting all the time about who should have way at this particular moment? UGH!. They'd need someone to play refferree or to have one outrank the other. Preferably the former.
To be fair his father wasn't exactly a candidate for the prize of " best father of the year" . With such a dysfunctional family I am not surprised he fought against his father and lived apart from his wife.
@@Daughterofminerva Yeah I think the Lion in the Winter sums up that screwd up family pretty well.... To also be fair to Henry while he was undoubtedly a asshole none of his sons were really fit to replace him.....Henry was a bad father and a bad husband ...but at least a pretty good king(if not maybe a bit too ruthless for his own good).
19:32 Great General: Conquers an empire so vast that it is remembered centuries later. Great Leader: Creates an empire so stable it’s still standing when the general’s empire is forgotten.
I imagine Saladin to be of a gentle nature, which was beneficial for his social and leadership skills, but made him also more vulnerable to mental health issues than say a fight-crazed brute like Alexander the Great or Sviatoslav the Brave 😏 I really love him for being a positive role model for men unlike let's say cynical and selfish Diadocchi. Strong without being oppressive, savage, or illiterate 🖖🏾 * Actually I interpreted his digestion issues to be related to psychic stress right away when I saw episode 4.
Saladin embodies that phrase "Sometimes you have to be a lion so that you can be the lamb you really are." He didn't like to bring out the aggressive side but he knew it was necessary for his people to be able to live in peace.
A point about the Fatimid Caliphate you talk about at the start of this video: Saying in the 900s it stretched from North Africa to Pakistan is incorrect. You are thinking about the Rashidun, Umayyad or Abbasid Caliphate, which were much earlier. So to try to summarise, after the death of the prophet Muhammad in 632, the Rashidun Caliphate was created and at its height controlled modern Tunisia, Egypt, the Levant, Arabia and Iran. They were followed in 661 by the Umayyads who extended the caliphate's reach along north Africa and into Spain. They were succeeded in 750 by the Abbasids, however a branch of the Umayyads fractured off and took the Iberian territory. The Abbasids controlled much the same territory that the Rashidun had done, but then gradually began loosing territory, until they were essentially just left with Mesopotamia, the Levant, Arabia and Egypt by the 960s. then the Fatimid invaded from what is now Tunisia and took control of Egypt, the levant and the western coast of Arabia, declaring themselves a caliphate. The reason they are significant is because they are one of the few if not the only Shia dynasty to declare themselves a caliphate. However, the Abbasids were also still around in Mesopotamia.
Suggestion for Thirty Years' War series: Rather than trying to cover the whole 30 years in such a small number of episodes, maybe split it into 2 or 3 seasons, averaging out at 10-15 years covered by season, depending how many seasons you opt to make.
21:45 That's a really interesting point about mental health, because it's something I've thought about from some of my readings as well. From the contemporary sources it seems extremely clear that Richard's behavior and temperament was changed after his captivity in Austria, and many of his described symptoms align pretty closely to modern diagnoses of PTSD. None of the things we talk about today in terms of mental health are new, they're continually present throughout historical sources, they just didn't have the terminology or study that we do today.
At first glance, I think you did a great job in the series of showing how Saladin is not an epic battle commander, but highly successful. The way you describe his leadership in this video is a great explanation, especially how he crafted his lucky breaks. It’s really interesting and easy to understand as a war and society historian despite how little background I have in the crusades
History is much more than facts. I love when EC team emphasizes "history repeats" moments (my moment is 1929-1933 and 2008 economical crisis) or shows bigger context.
For those curious about Robin Hood, Overly Sarcastic Productions has an awesome video on the evolution of the stories, folklore and plays that contributed to the evolution of the mythos.
Concerning the ice smoothie, it is said in several references since the Omayyads, that the people of the mountains of Lebanon used to store the snow and ice in dark dank places enveloped with animal furs to keep them for the summer and trade them at a high price for the powerful and wealthy. So an ice smoothie in the summer would have been considered a very expensive luxury to offer to anyone. That tells a lot on the message Saladin was conveying to his captives.
Been following this channel for quite a while, this is my first comment. Love all your series and the Saladin one was great. Best part, your presentations have really made my son... who is primarily interested in video games... start showing an interest in history. I was super-excited to hear that the announcement of a series on Vlad Tepes. Wow, excellent. Balkan history is often overlooked and the Balkans prior to and following the fall of Constantinople was an absolute hotbed of activity. I would recommend "Dracula, Prince of Many Faces" by Professors Ray McNally and Radu Florescu of Boston College as a research tool. I had the privilege of studying under both men while I was at Boston College. The history taking place around Vlad Tepes is absolutely fascinating, with figures such as John Hunyadi, his son King Matthias Corvinus, Emperor Sigismund II, Mehmed the Conqueror, Stephen the Great of Moldavia, etc., and some of the preeminent Eastern European noble families such as Szilagy, Brankovic, and Bathory. Oh, as a related one off... please look into Skanderbeg (George Kastrioti). He's a fascinating figure who doesn't get nearly the attention he deserves. Keep up the great work!!!
The ice thing makes sense since you also talk about the problems of winter for the armies. Also deserts overall suck, you can get heat stroke in the day only to freeze at night, these extremes are what make desserts so inhospitable, not that they are simply hot and dry, in fact the biggest deserts is the Antarctic desert.
That is really interesting with the making ice. I know if you go underground around 6 feet the temperature there is a consistent 55F or 13C which is the same temperature of a standard refrigerator. This is why many places had store cellars for preserving food. Now I kind of want to try to make ice in my refrigerator without using my freezer.
You guys did a good job showing both sides. I am disappointed that the youtube channel Real Crusader History, politicise the crusades to fit a right wing ethnocentric narrative.
I mean , you can't really blame hum if he is directly using actual sources . He delves really deep into details and the justification behind some of the gruesome acts that the crusaders did. He is biased but if you genuinely think that he is twisting events to suit his narrative then give some examples and confront him about it in his videos.
The Hashemites are also still around chilling in Jordan, and fun tie in to the crusades, are the current custodians of Christian and Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem.
Hi Robert, this was a great series and I don't usually comment but I think you were right about the leprosy. I can't remember the source but I think it was featured in a video by the channel Real Crusades History. It was a description of Baldwin IV's diagnosis with leprosy as a child. He had been playing with other children when they tried a pain game to see who could take the most pain by holding their hands over a flame. Baldwin won easily and said he couldn't feel the pain at all at which point the court physician investigated and diagnosed him with leprosy. Leprosy is a degenerative infection which damages nerve endings which is why Baldwin couldn't feel pain. I know you won't make another lies episode but I thought you might be interested
Even though I'm not a Patreon supporter, here is something that you could do with the Thirty Year War: Separate it into three segments (kinda like how you did the episodes over Justinian and Theodora): the beginning, the middle, and then the end with each of them focusing on major events that happened during that period of the war (you could possibly even go beyond the war and talk about the fallout in the final segment).
Do a series on Baybars the slave who rose to power and stopped the mongol and ended the presence of the crusaders in the middle east, he really has a good story and there are no many documentaries on him.
I saw this documentary, I think it was "Fact or fiction with Tony Robinson" that also looked into the Robin hood legends. They finished off with a bombshell that there is a court document placing a Robin Hood, a Little John and a Will Scarlet in what I think was the same gallows. I'd try to look up some more but googling "Robin Hood Court Documents" turns up references to a rather later Robin Hood.
My recommended book: "Storici arabi delle Crociate" or "Die Kreuzzüge aus arabischer Sicht" or in English "Arab historians of the Crusades" by Francesco Gabrieli
Oh, I love me some lies. Saladin does seem like an interesting chap. How his memory is used now is also fascinating. He and Bismark deserve more screen time. I was always pro-John. He wanted the job and was willing to do it. He may not have been the best possible at it, but it needed doing and he was there and doing it.
My favorite thing about post-rome European history is that they were pretty evenly matched with a lot of the other world powers, even in spite of the pedestal pop-culture likes to put them on. But then they discovered that this game has a tech tree, and haven't looked back since.
Romanian pronounciation course for vlad the impaler : First vowel is always accented Ă-is like the e in Robert Â/Î-is like the turkish İ (I dont know how to explain it Ț-is ts Ș-sh C+e- is che C+i- is chi C+h+i- is ki C+h+e- is ke G+e- is ge like in,,Georgia" G+i- is gi like in ,,giraffe" G+h+e- is like the ge in ,,georgopol" G+h+i- is like ghe but instead of e it's I
Baldwin was described as having leprosy in a historical novel that I've read, The Knight Templar by Jan Guillou. He's a Swedish author and journalist and the book was published in 1999. So regardless of how true it is; the idea of Baldwin having leprosy was around before Kingdom of Heaven. edit: Following a source from Baldwin IV's Wikipedia page; apparently William of Tyre wrote about it in his chronicle "Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum" and describes how the disease was first discovered in Baldwin when he played with some friends as a young boy and didn't feel when they pinched him on a part of his right hand.
A Richard the lionheart / Prince John series would be great. I remember learning at school that when Prince John was king and was fleeing he lost the Crown Jewels off the coast of Norfolk. And I think Richard died from a crossbow bolt from a little boy who he was amused by as he was using a frying pan to deflect incoming arrows. Richard pardoned the boy but his men may have still executed him ( might not have been the same Richard but I know it was a king who spent more time in France than in England)
if you like the story on climbing the Matterhorn, you should also look into the climbing of the Eiger Nordwand, which was a very deadly route to climb and took well i to the 20th century until it was done.
He really should appear in a series on the Magna Charta! I love William Marshal but I doubt that Extra History is ever going to do a series on him : he is not as famous as Richard the Lionheart or Eleanor of Aquitaine 🙁
Hi man, thanks for the great work. As a Muslim here, you were not entirely wrong about Jerusalem being the second holiest city in Islam. So, contrary to common belief, Medina itself is not a holy city in Islam. The Mosque of the Prophet in Medina is the second holiest mosque in Islam (mainly because prophet Muhammad PBUH is burried there) , but the city itself has no intrinsic holiness. So, city-wise: Mecca is the most holy followed by Jerusalem. Mosque-wise: The Holy Mosque in Mecca, followed by the Prophet Mosque in Medina, followed by Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
Both Richard and Saladin were great men. Pretty sure there’s a source out there (don’t quote 5o as I can’t remember the name lol) which depicted Saladin conveying to Richard that if ever he lost Jerusalem, it would have been to him, after Richard vowed to come back.
Also a william marshal video would be great, also called the greatest knight. Was originally part of eleanor of aquitaines entourage, and then all of her son's...
I guess it may be hard but could do you do a series on Mississippian culture and/or early Spanish exploration of North America (modern US)? It seems most people believe there was nothing between the conquest of the Aztecs and the foundation of Jamestown. Obviously that's wrong.
As far as 'Kingdom of Heaven' goes; it was a great movie (particularly the extended edition), but its history is a bit muddled, to say the least. Also; a series on Henry and Eleanor - and their sons - would be fascinating. What a family!
Really enjoyed the whole Crusades topic. The only other documentary series to approach this level of accuracy was Terry Jones'. Kudos! ... My brain hurts...🤕
So Im curious why all the Necrons? I use to play Necrons for two reasons, awesome space terminator zombies and gauss weapons were broken. Three reasons, I was just learning to paint and they were really easy to paint.
With Richard vs Saladin I think it’s a great tactician vs strategist. Not that Richard was a bad strategist, taking Egypt would have crippled Saladin but Richard’s army doesn’t allow him to be a good strategist.
I believe the leprosy was an educated guess on what congenital disease he had, as per the descriptions of the chronicler of the Kingdom if Jerusalem (and his tutor... I believe ) who was an influential churchman It's an interpretation much older than Kingdom of Heaven. I'd have to look up my MA notes to check though.
DO A ROBIN HOOD SPECIAL ON EXTRA MYTHOLOGY!!! edit: Let me just add the magic word here. Please. Pretty please with sugar on top? Edit 2: DO NOT TAKE THIS INTO CONCIDERATION FOR FUTURE PLANS! because i want my words to be as honest and unpolluted by personal wishes as possible: I am Commander Shepard, and this is my favorit channel on UA-cam.
The reason why the sister confusion originated is because Muslims normally refer to women who are not their relatives as sisters in deen (religion) and saladin might have claimed in his speeches that the crusaders desecrated my sisters.
I've been addressed as sister by local practitioners of Islam, and can confirm (as a pagan no less) that this does happen.
It feels very welcoming to be addressed as such.
that's actually a sensible explanation
@Poop Poop unsurprising given that the many of the crusadings Knights have a reputations as uncontrollable and criminal, it mentioned that the crusades was a way for the pope to divert these individuals vises and bloodletting away and out of Europe
@Poop Poop implying that jihadis didnt do worse to their fellow muslims.
@@chairmanmeow8481 a foreign invading army will always be more cruel
Saladin: Strategist
Richard: Tactician
Both can do the other, but this is their focus really in their military style
Imagine Saladin and Richard as allies!!
You got a point, we should've looked at it this way. Strategy against tactics , how things end up. Then look Saladin against Richard to know a good answer 👍
@@deeipomar2366 That could make for a nice alternate history novel
@@deeipomar2366
Saladin & Richard vs Aliens
@@deeipomar2366
Fighting all the time about who should have way at this particular moment? UGH!. They'd need someone to play refferree or to have one outrank the other. Preferably the former.
With Richard to quote Sir Steven Runciman: "he was a bad son, a bad husband, and a bad king, but a gallant and splendid soldier"
To be fair his father wasn't exactly a candidate for the prize of " best father of the year" . With such a dysfunctional family I am not surprised he fought against his father and lived apart from his wife.
@@Daughterofminerva Yeah I think the Lion in the Winter sums up that screwd up family pretty well....
To also be fair to Henry while he was undoubtedly a asshole none of his sons were really fit to replace him.....Henry was a bad father and a bad husband ...but at least a pretty good king(if not maybe a bit too ruthless for his own good).
@@chain3213 my goodness, the attempted wedding scene in that movie is awesome 🤣🤣
And a terrible Englishman!
@@mankytoes Mostly as he was French in all but name.
His chronic abdominal pain could be of a psychosomatic cause, even, considering all the stress he was under
Sure. Mine is just an hypothesis
Maybe the real Lie were the cities we didn't take along the way
19:32
Great General: Conquers an empire so vast that it is remembered centuries later.
Great Leader: Creates an empire so stable it’s still standing when the general’s empire is forgotten.
Considering the fact that we still remember Alexander's empire, I don't think great leaders have ever existed.
@@Alexander-tu3iv no they have.
"A lot people into history goes through a Crusades phase".
I have been spared from this.
How deep did you get in to the Napoleonic Wars, tho?
@@Ghonosyphlaids still today, deeply.
I suppose the closest I got was playing the Saladin campaign in Age of Empires II.
watching Stardust Crusaders was my latest phase before this series.
I went through a feudal Japan phase lmao
So King Lion Heart, Saladin, Dschengis Kahn and Barbarossa all lived at the same Time? Nice
I imagine Saladin to be of a gentle nature, which was beneficial for his social and leadership skills, but made him also more vulnerable to mental health issues than say a fight-crazed brute like Alexander the Great or Sviatoslav the Brave 😏 I really love him for being a positive role model for men unlike let's say cynical and selfish Diadocchi. Strong without being oppressive, savage, or illiterate 🖖🏾 * Actually I interpreted his digestion issues to be related to psychic stress right away when I saw episode 4.
Well said
Saladin embodies that phrase "Sometimes you have to be a lion so that you can be the lamb you really are."
He didn't like to bring out the aggressive side but he knew it was necessary for his people to be able to live in peace.
A point about the Fatimid Caliphate you talk about at the start of this video:
Saying in the 900s it stretched from North Africa to Pakistan is incorrect. You are thinking about the Rashidun, Umayyad or Abbasid Caliphate, which were much earlier.
So to try to summarise, after the death of the prophet Muhammad in 632, the Rashidun Caliphate was created and at its height controlled modern Tunisia, Egypt, the Levant, Arabia and Iran. They were followed in 661 by the Umayyads who extended the caliphate's reach along north Africa and into Spain. They were succeeded in 750 by the Abbasids, however a branch of the Umayyads fractured off and took the Iberian territory. The Abbasids controlled much the same territory that the Rashidun had done, but then gradually began loosing territory, until they were essentially just left with Mesopotamia, the Levant, Arabia and Egypt by the 960s. then the Fatimid invaded from what is now Tunisia and took control of Egypt, the levant and the western coast of Arabia, declaring themselves a caliphate. The reason they are significant is because they are one of the few if not the only Shia dynasty to declare themselves a caliphate. However, the Abbasids were also still around in Mesopotamia.
Suggestion for Thirty Years' War series:
Rather than trying to cover the whole 30 years in such a small number of episodes, maybe split it into 2 or 3 seasons, averaging out at 10-15 years covered by season, depending how many seasons you opt to make.
Good idea
Genghis Khan and Saladin.. I love Age of Empires 2.
And don't forget Frederick Barbarossa!
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Also don't forget Joan of arc
Wololo
@@vladertx43 AHHH-
I’m in your command.
This was a particularly great series. Very enjoyable. Excellent work.
I'd recommend the video on Robin Hood by Overly Sarcastic Productions
Was gonna say that. Well done 👍
And I'd recommend the Robin Hood episodes done by the Our Fake History podcast!
Robin Hood: Men in Tights is really just about Saladin.
21:45 That's a really interesting point about mental health, because it's something I've thought about from some of my readings as well. From the contemporary sources it seems extremely clear that Richard's behavior and temperament was changed after his captivity in Austria, and many of his described symptoms align pretty closely to modern diagnoses of PTSD.
None of the things we talk about today in terms of mental health are new, they're continually present throughout historical sources, they just didn't have the terminology or study that we do today.
Personally, I would love more on Saladin!
"Be strong, strong like Salah ad-Din!"
Richard knows how to win battles in foreign lands, Saladin however has another focus than just that and had a lot more responsabilities.
At first glance, I think you did a great job in the series of showing how Saladin is not an epic battle commander, but highly successful. The way you describe his leadership in this video is a great explanation, especially how he crafted his lucky breaks. It’s really interesting and easy to understand as a war and society historian despite how little background I have in the crusades
He's like a Middle Eastern George Washington
History is much more than facts. I love when EC team emphasizes "history repeats" moments (my moment is 1929-1933 and 2008 economical crisis) or shows bigger context.
For those curious about Robin Hood, Overly Sarcastic Productions has an awesome video on the evolution of the stories, folklore and plays that contributed to the evolution of the mythos.
Raiders: raid Saladin sister's caravan
Saladin: yur free trial of life is over
Your paid trial of living has ended.
Concerning the ice smoothie, it is said in several references since the Omayyads, that the people of the mountains of Lebanon used to store the snow and ice in dark dank places enveloped with animal furs to keep them for the summer and trade them at a high price for the powerful and wealthy. So an ice smoothie in the summer would have been considered a very expensive luxury to offer to anyone. That tells a lot on the message Saladin was conveying to his captives.
Shoutout to Trazyn the infinate, the best Pokemon collector in the galaxy!
Traitor
I see you are a men of culture as well
"Inquisitor Greyfax, I choose you!"
That bit with Prince John not being as much of a bad guy is interesting, stuff like this is why I like the lies episodes following a series.
Y’all see that piece of paper on the table just to his left? It’s the coat of arms of Egypt, formerly known as the Eagle of Saladin.
Been following this channel for quite a while, this is my first comment. Love all your series and the Saladin one was great. Best part, your presentations have really made my son... who is primarily interested in video games... start showing an interest in history.
I was super-excited to hear that the announcement of a series on Vlad Tepes. Wow, excellent. Balkan history is often overlooked and the Balkans prior to and following the fall of Constantinople was an absolute hotbed of activity. I would recommend "Dracula, Prince of Many Faces" by Professors Ray McNally and Radu Florescu of Boston College as a research tool. I had the privilege of studying under both men while I was at Boston College.
The history taking place around Vlad Tepes is absolutely fascinating, with figures such as John Hunyadi, his son King Matthias Corvinus, Emperor Sigismund II, Mehmed the Conqueror, Stephen the Great of Moldavia, etc., and some of the preeminent Eastern European noble families such as Szilagy, Brankovic, and Bathory.
Oh, as a related one off... please look into Skanderbeg (George Kastrioti). He's a fascinating figure who doesn't get nearly the attention he deserves.
Keep up the great work!!!
I love the point that a military leader is more than just your ability to win battles
The ice thing makes sense since you also talk about the problems of winter for the armies. Also deserts overall suck, you can get heat stroke in the day only to freeze at night, these extremes are what make desserts so inhospitable, not that they are simply hot and dry, in fact the biggest deserts is the Antarctic desert.
Y'all need to make a series about Baibars.
That is really interesting with the making ice. I know if you go underground around 6 feet the temperature there is a consistent 55F or 13C which is the same temperature of a standard refrigerator. This is why many places had store cellars for preserving food. Now I kind of want to try to make ice in my refrigerator without using my freezer.
A refrigerator cools between 4-3C, not 13
You guys did a good job showing both sides. I am disappointed that the youtube channel Real Crusader History, politicise the crusades to fit a right wing ethnocentric narrative.
A tale as old as the Crusades themselves, unfortunately.
How
I mean , you can't really blame hum if he is directly using actual sources . He delves really deep into details and the justification behind some of the gruesome acts that the crusaders did. He is biased but if you genuinely think that he is twisting events to suit his narrative then give some examples and confront him about it in his videos.
@@lamogio7938 I have responded. In his latest poll he is pushing the narrative that saladin was defeated.
@@lamogio7938 he gotta admit his bias. Muslims do the same with their military “heroes” as well.
so the snow-drink in the desert was just an epic flex? gotta say, very impressive.
Last time I was this early, the third crusade was still happening
The Hashemites are also still around chilling in Jordan, and fun tie in to the crusades, are the current custodians of Christian and Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem.
While im typing this no one else but the eh crew has watched this video fully!
Cant wait for Teddy series. And really hype for Vlad Tepes episodes
Hi Robert, this was a great series and I don't usually comment but I think you were right about the leprosy. I can't remember the source but I think it was featured in a video by the channel Real Crusades History. It was a description of Baldwin IV's diagnosis with leprosy as a child. He had been playing with other children when they tried a pain game to see who could take the most pain by holding their hands over a flame. Baldwin won easily and said he couldn't feel the pain at all at which point the court physician investigated and diagnosed him with leprosy. Leprosy is a degenerative infection which damages nerve endings which is why Baldwin couldn't feel pain. I know you won't make another lies episode but I thought you might be interested
Respect the necron sigil on your laptop 10/10 would reanimate and watch again
Saladin seems like he would have done well leading a revolution
Even though I'm not a Patreon supporter, here is something that you could do with the Thirty Year War:
Separate it into three segments (kinda like how you did the episodes over Justinian and Theodora): the beginning, the middle, and then the end with each of them focusing on major events that happened during that period of the war (you could possibly even go beyond the war and talk about the fallout in the final segment).
I love your passion in this subject!!!
The Hashemite dynasty did not end in the 1920s. The King of Jordan is a member of that dynasty.
And in the 1930s Iraq was independent until 1942 to invade Iran
Very important point. Its official name is the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for a reason.
Do a series on Baybars the slave who rose to power and stopped the mongol and ended the presence of the crusaders in the middle east, he really has a good story and there are no many documentaries on him.
13:20 Maybe the English had such a high opinion of Richard _because_ he was never there? 😋
I love the bonus game of looking for new Warhammer stuff in the background.
I saw this documentary, I think it was "Fact or fiction with Tony Robinson" that also looked into the Robin hood legends. They finished off with a bombshell that there is a court document placing a Robin Hood, a Little John and a Will Scarlet in what I think was the same gallows. I'd try to look up some more but googling "Robin Hood Court Documents" turns up references to a rather later Robin Hood.
Saladin Richard.. Pop crusades
Beibars.. Underrated
Both Beibars and Qutuz are underated
My recommended book: "Storici arabi delle Crociate" or "Die Kreuzzüge aus arabischer Sicht" or in English "Arab historians of the Crusades" by Francesco Gabrieli
That's an excellent book! #1 recommendation.
I will write down the title. Am I speaking with a fellow Italian, since you recommend a book written by an Italian author?
Is that the Coat of Arms of Egypt on the table? Ooo
Oh, I love me some lies.
Saladin does seem like an interesting chap. How his memory is used now is also fascinating. He and Bismark deserve more screen time.
I was always pro-John. He wanted the job and was willing to do it. He may not have been the best possible at it, but it needed doing and he was there and doing it.
My favorite thing about post-rome European history is that they were pretty evenly matched with a lot of the other world powers, even in spite of the pedestal pop-culture likes to put them on.
But then they discovered that this game has a tech tree, and haven't looked back since.
Romanian pronounciation course for vlad the impaler :
First vowel is always accented
Ă-is like the e in Robert
Â/Î-is like the turkish İ (I dont know how to explain it
Ț-is ts
Ș-sh
C+e- is che
C+i- is chi
C+h+i- is ki
C+h+e- is ke
G+e- is ge like in,,Georgia"
G+i- is gi like in ,,giraffe"
G+h+e- is like the ge in ,,georgopol"
G+h+i- is like ghe but instead of e it's I
This deserves more likes
So real talk I just realized you have a Trazyn poster. Fan of best Necron. I approve
Think it's from The Infinite and The Divine the book Rob wrote
@@mariusdire huh that's rad. I also noted his Grimghast Reapers in the background. Nice to see a fellow Nighthaunt player
I’d love to see a series on Eleanor of Aquitaine. William Marshall, who served in her court, would also make for a fascinating run of episodes.
Baldwin was described as having leprosy in a historical novel that I've read, The Knight Templar by Jan Guillou. He's a Swedish author and journalist and the book was published in 1999. So regardless of how true it is; the idea of Baldwin having leprosy was around before Kingdom of Heaven.
edit: Following a source from Baldwin IV's Wikipedia page; apparently William of Tyre wrote about it in his chronicle "Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum" and describes how the disease was first discovered in Baldwin when he played with some friends as a young boy and didn't feel when they pinched him on a part of his right hand.
This channel deserved to be bricked after 2019
A Richard the lionheart / Prince John series would be great. I remember learning at school that when Prince John was king and was fleeing he lost the Crown Jewels off the coast of Norfolk. And I think Richard died from a crossbow bolt from a little boy who he was amused by as he was using a frying pan to deflect incoming arrows. Richard pardoned the boy but his men may have still executed him ( might not have been the same Richard but I know it was a king who spent more time in France than in England)
this is off topic but when will u guys do a series about Ceaser !!!!
if you like the story on climbing the Matterhorn, you should also look into the climbing of the Eiger Nordwand, which was a very deadly route to climb and took well i to the 20th century until it was done.
Please do a prequel to this
Jewish... pirate... series... Oh man am I excited
Arrrr vey
whos the pirate
I heard Jewish pilot(pilot as in test serie)
@@samuelterry6354 😄
14:06 Richard: Far Frome Home
Richard homecoming
Richard: Never At Home
GRRM: Rob Stark won every battle but lost the war to Tywin Lannister. Saladin was like a Stark-Lannister combo. Can't beat that.
Baldwin IV needs more recognition
Anyone else thought this video was 3 years old only to realise it was posted today?
Adam Ragusea made a great video about early ice technology.
Dude, Iran was sunni back then and up until more than 300 hundred years later, when Safavids violently converted its ppl to Shi'ism.
Yes, but what he is saying is that becuz now its shia he is hated there.(now not back then)
@@AbdelEmperor Well, he should´ve worded it better bc he implied that he was talking about the immediate impact.
@Poop Poop Yeah because the safavids wanted to rule the Iranians not replace them with Azerbaijani Turks.
would absolutely love to see a series on William Marshall and how he connects with Lionheart
He really should appear in a series on the Magna Charta! I love William Marshal but I doubt that Extra History is ever going to do a series on him : he is not as famous as Richard the Lionheart or Eleanor of Aquitaine 🙁
@@Daughterofminerva they did one on the south sea bubble so i doubt its completely off the cards, fingers crossed
Yeah, you are right. 🤞
Hi man, thanks for the great work. As a Muslim here, you were not entirely wrong about Jerusalem being the second holiest city in Islam. So, contrary to common belief, Medina itself is not a holy city in Islam. The Mosque of the Prophet in Medina is the second holiest mosque in Islam (mainly because prophet Muhammad PBUH is burried there) , but the city itself has no intrinsic holiness. So, city-wise: Mecca is the most holy followed by Jerusalem. Mosque-wise: The Holy Mosque in Mecca, followed by the Prophet Mosque in Medina, followed by Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
Both Richard and Saladin were great men. Pretty sure there’s a source out there (don’t quote 5o as I can’t remember the name lol) which depicted Saladin conveying to Richard that if ever he lost Jerusalem, it would have been to him, after Richard vowed to come back.
Hell yeah make a Saladin Prequel 🙌
Also a william marshal video would be great, also called the greatest knight. Was originally part of eleanor of aquitaines entourage, and then all of her son's...
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Can you do a series on Khalid ibn Waleed?
I guess it may be hard but could do you do a series on Mississippian culture and/or early Spanish exploration of North America (modern US)? It seems most people believe there was nothing between the conquest of the Aztecs and the foundation of Jamestown. Obviously that's wrong.
Please do something on mughals
As far as 'Kingdom of Heaven' goes; it was a great movie (particularly the extended edition), but its history is a bit muddled, to say the least. Also; a series on Henry and Eleanor - and their sons - would be fascinating. What a family!
Really enjoyed the whole Crusades topic.
The only other documentary series to approach this level of accuracy was Terry Jones'.
Kudos!
... My brain hurts...🤕
Surprised they didn't mention them calling Friedrich Barbarossa "King" rather than Emperor - was that deliberate or not?
Like John Green said he was the not so holy not so roman not so imperial Holy Roman Empire.
Please, please, please do an Eleanor of Aquitaine series! She is so fascinating!
16:20 *scribbles notes for plot of trope subversion Robinhood game* Suggestion accepted.
"Jewish Pirates"
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All the 40k and Fantasy in the room make me happy.
Don't think I didn't see that Angus McBride pic in the background 👀 Good to see that you guys are men of culture.
So Im curious why all the Necrons? I use to play Necrons for two reasons, awesome space terminator zombies and gauss weapons were broken. Three reasons, I was just learning to paint and they were really easy to paint.
2:10 did home boy really just suggest that the Fatimid empire at its height stretched to modern day Pakistan??!!
Yeah, it never passed the levant
I outlined this in a comment as well. They are mixing up the Fatimids with the Abbasids.
With Richard vs Saladin I think it’s a great tactician vs strategist. Not that Richard was a bad strategist, taking Egypt would have crippled Saladin but Richard’s army doesn’t allow him to be a good strategist.
A prequel of Salah u Deen would be amazing!!!!
I believe the leprosy was an educated guess on what congenital disease he had, as per the descriptions of the chronicler of the Kingdom if Jerusalem (and his tutor... I believe ) who was an influential churchman
It's an interpretation much older than Kingdom of Heaven. I'd have to look up my MA notes to check though.
Someone is getting really into W40K!! One of us! One of us!
Given he wrote The Infinite and The Divine for Black Library I think he's been really into it for a while.
Ordo Xenos and Adeptus Mechanicus want to know your location for owning xeno tehchology
Runciman didn't make the book recommendation list???
the 30 years wars with at least 10 episodes I hope
Balwin having leprosy is in the theatrical release of Kingdom of Heaven. I have seen it more than once since 2005 hehe.
The Infinite and the Divine is an awesome book, NECRONS!!
Please do Eleanor of Aquitaine, she was amazing and would be great for a video or series!
If Barbarossa made it to Acre alive would that have been game over for Saladin?
King Richard , Saladin , King Philip of France , King Baldwin all at the same time literally the best leaders in the middle ages
DO A ROBIN HOOD SPECIAL ON EXTRA MYTHOLOGY!!!
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Please. Pretty please with sugar on top?
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