The Franks: the Birth of Modern Europe
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
- When the Roman Empire fell and the Franks, the barbarians, started uniting via alliances and conquests, no one could predict them to grow into a powerful kingdom that, thanks to outstanding kings - Charles Martell and Charlemagne - would conquer half of Europe. Watch the video to dive into the details of the Frankish conquest, their transformation from a kingdom into an empire, and the fall of this great power.
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You could imagine Charlemagne as an old man on his knees screaming every 5 minutes..........
SAXONNNNNYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!
I imagine charlemagne sitting on his throne and then you just have a Servant enter and before he can say a word
Charlemagne: it's the saxons isnt it
Servant: yes
Charlemagne: screams in Hadrian
I swear there is always a little known mountain pass.
They would have fucking loved Google maps
France's name in German is "Frankreich" , which means "Empire of the Franks".
More like "Realm of the Franks"
@@giovannimartin9576
Realm is the best approximation. Reich means either part or all of Empire/Realm/State.
It is a terrible word to have to translate accurately.
@@PipoZePoulp Realm is literally an accurate translation of Reich or Rijk
@@sebe2255 Yes, both are accepted
@@sebe2255 Maybe I have a wrong feeling for the words. But to me English "realm" feels like it refers more to the land (ruled by the empire/state) while the German word "reich" feels like it refers more to the political entity (the state itself). Doesn't feel like a 1:1 translation to me, although it's very close.
Saying Charlemagne the Great is like saying Karl the Great the Great
Indeed he is way to great of a great Charles 🤣🤣
😆it's either Charles the Great or Karl der Große. Maybe Karl der Große the Great 😉
Correct lol It's redundant 🤭
@@nicolasiiiletzar7984 Yes, Carolus Magnus in latin, but in his mother tongue it must have been something like Karl de Grode (or Groode).
Chai tea
I appreciate the fact you show the years on which the events take place at the bottom of the screen. I wish more channels did that!
Charlemagne was offered the title of Emperor by the Pope; it wasn't his idea, though some of his advisors might have suggested it. The Pope wanted a powerful backer so it was in his interest as much as anything else, especially since the Roman Emperor was the one who appointed / recognised Popes in the first place at that time.
The pope wanted to keep his power and break away from the original church, why the Eastern Romans were after to cut his toungue
Making france the heir of Rome
By having himself coronated by the Pope he made it so that the pope would legitimize the Emperor for centuries
@@strandedphilosopher The Pope didn't want to break away from the original church; the papacy was and is the original church. It is the Orthodox who broke away from the original because they went along with elevating the see of constantinople to primacy because that is where the Eastern emperor ruled from. From the establishment of the church on St. Peter was recognized as the head of the church; and after his death the bishop of Rome was recognized as the legitimate heir of St. Peters authority (even by the remaining Apostles). It was the power hungry/political prelates of the East who falsely elevated the see of constantinople and shifted spiritual authority to the emperor.
This is Carolingian humility propaganda lol. You don't just get ambushed on a ceremony and get crowned emperor by the pope without prearranging it prior
The production quality of this was very high. I'm an archaeologist specialized in the early middle ages, and could not discover any real inaccuracies. Well done.
The popular belief around « lazy kings » is a wrong analysis of history.
1. They were qualified as lazy much later when the Carolingians wanted to solidify their dominance.
2. They were thought lazy because we lost most source of their reign (due to conservation issues), but we know that all the Merovingian kings knew how to read and write, a thing that Charlemagne never achieved. Finally they held the Kingdom together without major civil war through smarter land division in very troubled times while the Carolingians disappeared soon after the death of Charlemagne.
charlemagne definitely knew how to read and write, he was fascinated by and promoted the various liberal arts in his subjects and officials. i mean his reign isnt associated with the carolingian rennaissance for nothing. you can see all this in eginard's (charlemagne's court chronicler) biography of charlemagne.
@@exodoalcunhaabridordemares He didn’t know how to write that is a well documented fact. He promoted education indeed and spoke multiple languages but couldnt read much and write.
You can even see pieces of paper where he tried.
@@exodoalcunhaabridordemares There are currently debates amongst historians concerning the Carolingian renaissance. It definitely saved quite a few texts and introduced a lot of innovations such as the "minuscule Caroline" which we still use today in writing, but the reason behind this entreprise Can be reinterogated. It is believed that many new texts and innovations were born because the Pippinids/Carolingians needed the extra prestige and legitimacy to strengthen a somewhat weakened position due to Pippin's coup. The reason Charlemagne was even crowned emperor would be to show that he himself was a rightful successornto the Roman throne, which was never doubted for Merovingian kings as they always administered their lands as Roman officials. Chideric (Clovis' father) was even an official in the Roman army and Clovis himself was named "consul" by the Emperor in Constantinople.
Bruno Dumézil spoke about this in many scholar conferences that you can find on youtube. You can also read Alain Dierkens, Hartmut Hatsma, Regine Le Jan for more coming from German, Belgian or French academics.
They were lazy as in powerless.
Just like Charles the Bald wasn't bald, he was born without a crown to his name (unlike his brothers).
@@exodoalcunhaabridordemares No. Charlemagne is associated with the carolingian rennaissance because he couldn't read. He did that because he wanted to be able to read.
Until his reign being able to read was seen as an unimportant task. More like a juggler. If you want to be entertained you call the reader and the writer. 😉
That way on looking on reading and writing was also a thinking a long time after the carolingian rennaissance under nobles.
Probably out of the same reasons why children hate school today. It's hard to learn for most people and there are so many things to be done that are more fun.
Your videos are so visually pleasing and neat - - keep up the excellent work!
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Mass-produced garbage.
@@anypercentdeathlessbro get a life your leaving hate comments on a history channel
@@History_Mapped_Out if there was the year written in the corner somewhere at every point that would be sick
History is always like this. Some great man conquers vast lands/kingdoms, establishes new relationships, brings new reforms then great peace. His children ruins it by fighting each other or being so incompetent that other lords rebels which breaks apart the kingdom. After many years another great man comes and unites the people and conquers vast lands/kingdoms.
Excellent stuff, I've been looking for something that explains the movements of the Empire and this goes above and beyond!
Yes me too!
How do you only have 13k subs dude this is S-Tier content!?!
its autogenerated ai garbage bro
@@greenchair5615 Sure maybe your right, there are patches of ai generated content, but even without that his content script and historical map presentation is quite good. No doubt about that
Just subbed. Always love finding a good historical channel. Excellent work. Really enjoyed it.
In the video, at some points, the capital is incorrectly stated:
Paris (c. 509-771)
Aachen (771-840)
Non aix la chapelle n'a été capital que 795 a 814 c'est tout 😊
There were no capital cities at the Frankish time.
The center of power was Paris / Saint-Denis. Charlemagne developed his estate and spent more time in Aachen because it was convinient to fight the almost constant Saxon rebellions. The city of Aachen itself barely existed at that time.
The first frankish capital was in Belgium. Tournai
@@kenpe1455 Yeah back then you also had the kolenwoud/Silva Carbonaria now nothing is left only a few small forest in flanders or wallonia and biggest is Zoniënwoud/Sonian Forest..
For the lazy kings, it only started in 639 (Clovis ruled between 481 and 511 and the first lazy king was his great great great grandson) but it happened because the merovingians dynasty succession laws.
Every time a king died, his kingdom was split between all his sons so when Clovis died, his kingdom was split between all his sons in 511 but the last one alive (Clotaire 1) survived/killed all his brothers and nephews and unified it again in 558 but died soon after in 561.
The kingdom was once again split in four and began the "faide royale" (royal feud) between 561 and 613 with Clotaire sons.
Two of them (Sigebert and Chilpéric married quickly two wisigoths princess sisters (Brunehaut and Galswinthe) but Chilpéric mistress (Fredegonde) killed later Galswinthe then Chilpéric remarried with Fredegonde and really started the war between between Sigebert/Brunehaut and Chilpéric/Fredegonde while Gontran (Sigebert and Chilpéric's brother) was the third player in this war.
The war ended in 613 when Clotaire 2 (Chilpéric and Fredegonde son) murdered Brunehaut and her great grandson.
Unfortunately for the dynasty, the mayors of the palace (the frankish medieval prime ministers)
gained political powers because of the faide royale and became more powerful than the kings after Dagobert 1 (Clotaire 2 son) death in 639, which leads to the erovingian kings being figure head.
The translation is a little bit misleading they were called (by people with an agenda) faineants, with exactly mean "do nothing." That actually doesn't mean that they were lazy but #1 not much survived of their work #2 they had little power and were prevented for example by the mayors of the palace from doing anything.
My family is from a small Italian village in Sicily called Frankavilla. There's a Frankish ruin there from which the village is named.
Quality graphics and suitable pacing! Good job!
What great content! The presentation method is innovative and comfortable for the eyes and helps to understand the explanation, in addition to the wonderful narration method and the background music is more than wonderful. Keep it up !!!
this is actually very well told storywise. very clear and causal. thank you
Just discovered this awesome channel! 👌🏼👌🏼 Blessings!
Wij in Nederland hebben een gezegde , frank en vrij , maar dat betekent dus allebei hetzelfde , interessant .
Das Wort haben wir hier in Franken auch… Frank und frei…👍
Some say Charlemagne was german,others say he was french.
he was japanese
@@Tortuga-nt4pmgood,bc I believe he was Mongolian.
He was Japanese, the father of Julia Boin.
Charlemagne, Karl der Große, Carolus Magnus or Charles the Great.
It's always funny to me how Germany and France see him as the Father of their States but always being at war with eachother. Still, a little bit like Charlemagne's own children. Like toddlers. For over thousand years trying to prove who is the better son...and just failing on a daily basis.
Neither Germans nor the French actually do. He is just seen as a significant figure for both of them. France goes back even further with their ridiculous claims to Clovis
@@sebe2255 It is not a ridiculous claim. Clovis is the first King of France. It is history.
@@phlm9038 Except king of the Franks in the 6th century and king of West Francia (later France) aren’t remotely the same thing.
Reframing history to fit a modern nation state perspective is not history, it is ridiculous
@@sebe2255 It is not reframing history at all. Clovis was the first King of France and at the same time a descendant of the Kings of the Franks of the 6th century.
@@phlm9038 He was an ancestor to the Merovingian Frankish kings sure, but none of them were kings of France and neither was Clovis. He wouldn’t even have known what France is
This was really well done. I had no idea so much of this occurred. Thank you for putting it together. It is interesting to see the parallels across different parts of the world and times.
Incroyable cette vidéo ! Je me souviens des cours d'histoire à l'école, en France.
Ton travail est très très bon, très bien illustré, ça pourrait servir dans l'éducation ! Beau travail, vraiment 👏
King: hey, I'm a king
Charlemagne: nope, you're a monk
Charlemagne’s dad*
The actual bloodiness of Charlemagne's rule was something I was unaware of. I'm not surprised though.
Consider Charlemagne a brute whose expansionism and forced conversion of Saxony and Frisia 770s to 800s likely caused Scandinavian vikings to commence raiding Catholic holdings during the 790s. (Lindisfarne 793 - had close ties to the Franks - Charlemagne supposedly visited the monestary), Ireland 796, Aquitaine 799 the most known) Saxon and Frisian ties to Scandinavia were centuries old thru trade and intermarriages. Pretty sure Catholic expansion was viewed an existential threat by King Godfred of Denmark and his fellow pagan Scandinavians as fortifications (Dannevirke) was reinforced just North of Saxony across the main land and construction of ring-fortresses was begun at least five different locations inside Denmark in the immediate aftermath (Aggersborg, Fyrkat, Trelleborg etc.) Charlemagne essentially caused a 2 centuries long all-out war between Nordic pagans and Catholics (The Viking Era) - A war that lasted until King Harold bluetooth of Denmark converted to Christianity around 985 after loosing a battle to the Holy Roman Empire on the border to Saxony. When Harolds grandson Knut/Canute became king of England 1016 - Now a Christian - The Viking Era was de facto over. Hastings 1066 being the end is a later adoptation probbably made by the Plantagenet Dynasty as propaganda for their rule.
The history as most know it is very biased by Christian narratives.
Even if he did start the viking period, which is a highly questionable claim, he still took out a significant part of the pagan Germanic world (all of northern Germany) and because of this his descendants were eventually able to convert Denmark and later all of Scandinavia.
The raids and invasions of Britain, while definitely a major setback for them, did ultimately lead to a viking defeat as well. And wouldn’t really be the concern of Charlemagne anyway
@@sebe2255 Yes and that Viking defeat was the battle of Hastings, 1066AD, The Norman Conquest. The Normans did much for Europe!
I like the maps and the video in general. Good information. I do NOT like the AI-generated images when there are faces in them. Extremely off-putting the way they melt and morph, like a nightmare
Get used, I think is gonna be the new norm for this kind of content.
@@discoverlight I didn’t finish this video, and I won’t finish others that do this. There are plenty of other videos with this information that don’t do it.
Also those ai generated images are historically inacurrate as fuck
Such an overlooked and underrated time period in history. Most movies and media only look at the periods before and after the Franks, the fall of the Western Roman Empire, or during the Viking Era. But rarely between the two
The Carolingian Renaissance was the first (of three) Renaissance(s) in history. Which was during the reign of the Carolingians of course
These Franks defined Europe. Sure, Western Europe really, but they did play a part in the rest of Europe.
From the spread of Christianity, ultimately spreading it to Eastern Europe. Defeating and weakening the Umayyads from Spain (which allowed Asturias to rise). The Franks ultimately gave way and defined The Normans which would then go on to conquer England and define English for the centuries. The borders splitting after Charlemagne would influence the borders throughout most of history. And of course founded The Holy Roman Empire, which lasted almost a thousand years (being a very influential title, whoever was the Kaiser, politically.)
The Franks literally essentially founded (european) feudalism as we know it, which was the whole of Europe for centuries. When land was granted to "knights" in exchange for military service (as shown in the video after the Frankish king wanted his own heavy cavalry after fighting the Arabs)
Full plate armor doesn't exist until after 1420. "Heavy cavalry" doesn't exist until the bigger horses appear (thanks to selective breeding) a couple hundred years later after Charles Martel. The arab cavalry is considered lightweight cavalry.
Heavy calvary is older than Christianity, not in Europe but in Persia against the Steppe peoples. There's no doubt that was noted by everyone who had access to histories.
@@geordiejones5618 What heavy persian cavalry ?
Big horses don't exist outside of western Europe until about the late early middle ages/ early high middle ages.
The full scale armor sarmatians, the most armored people of the ancient world, were light cavalry.
Even the polish winged hussars were medium cavalry.
Could you do something about Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth?
Of course, if we see interest in this topic from the audience under your comment 🫡
@@History_Mapped_Out I support that.
@@TheRezro Me too !
Crazy that French and Germans used to be the same people. Imagine what could have been if the Frankish empire had prevailed
No they weren't the same, they were just under the same empire. Each region had their own identity since then.
@@midare39 but they came from the same place originally
@@starfox300 No they don't
@@kimashitawa8113 they did
@@starfox300 The French were mostly Romanised Gauls, the Germans Germanic.
How were they ever the same people? Being under the same empire doesn't really mean anything here.
This was great. Good job!!!
A mistake : Charlemagne chose Aachen as his capital. The Carolingians were from Austrasia, the eastern part of the Frankish kingdoms.
Multiple inaccuracies calls the research and quality controll of this video into question, "heavy cavalry" earlier in the video would not have had full plate maile as that wasnt invented until much later, chain maile would've been the dominant form of armour in this period. But displaying empress Irene as a scandinavian-esque blonde, when she was historically born of a *greek* noble family in Athens is an incredible oversight to make. I'm saying this as a scandinavian myself. Very sloppy.
The franks are so great that foreigners continued to refer to europeans as franks even as far as 17th century.
We arabs called them الفرجنة which means the Franks !
This is true.
Doubt it, most people refer to the strange people as how they introduced themselves. Given how the Franks didnt contribute at all with exploration of the world this is very very unlikely.
@@jemoedermeteensnor88 then where would the words, Faranj, Farangi, and Folanggi, which are what used in the islamic, indian, and chinese civilizations to refer to europeans come from?
@@oblivion5390 Faranj is actually "used" but Thailand isn't the entire world. Farangi for the Crusaders isnt that weird since the Anjou family wasn't only the main sponsor but also the "ruler" of Jerusalem. But to call them great is far off, the French were the biggest bunch of retards. Why? Because their proud always came before their common sense. I'm glad Folanggi made it to the French dictonary but I doubt it, it's in the Manderin one.
It's the word all islamic, indian, and chinese civilizations to refer to europeans use, combined with the other 12.000 ofcourse, but you believe what you want to believe.
Saxons: *rebel*
Charlemagne: “How many times must we teach you this lesson, old man?”
Birth of western Europe
You should really put a disclaimer that the script was partially made with AI. It is obvious enough that only a few minutes in I felt the need to pop the transcript into AI detection tools. Even your channel description was made with AI 😭
I am sure the franks name came from their weapon the 'francisca' throwing axe, only after their conquest of Soisson that the salian confederation came to be known as Franks, the famous french saying "step into France soil, and be a freeman" is thought to have originate from this era, a reference to Franks abolishing slavery in northern Gaul.
In France, slavery was made illegal by Queen Bathilde, wife of Clovis II, in 657 A.D. She decreed that any slave who entered French territory would automatically become free. The queen herself bought back several slaves from their masters to free them.
Pepin the short wasn't actually short that was just a nickname that his critics gave him many years later he was actually taller than average
same happened to Napolean
The greatest franks were from what is now called Belgium. Clovis, the first king of the franks. Charles Martel and of course his grand son charlemagne
* Western Europe not all of Europe
Western Europe is best Europe.
@leonarddonohue1418 only in the last 250 year for more that 2,000 years southern Europe was the best
It's more birth of the first proper nation state
@@GeorgiosLeoWestern Europe sometimes includes half of Southern Europe, and it does here because the Franks controlled Italy too ;)
@@sebe2255 I am not talking about italy but about Greece and Anatolia
I love history
Nice content
Appreciate the video. I was wondering if there's a reason why you prefer to say AD instead of CE? Keep up the good work!
Hey bud, cool video, there is a mistake though…you keep calling Harold of Bavaria Gerald…or maybe the graphic is a typo
Anyway..not a big deal
This is an amazing video… I often hear people say diversity isn’t a strength but look how diverse Europe was.. more tribes there than Africa at one point
You're right, Europe has enough diversity
Theyre still white. It's the other kind-of diversity that's dumb.
Did you miss the constant warfare and burning of towns?
The tribes of Europe were still genetically and culturally close to one another
All white
So it really is just like Crusader Kings 3.. putting down rebellions and dissolving of Kingdoms after death
10:14 'in 777 the Saxons agreed to peace at Paderborn.' did this place even exist back then? some say, the town was founded in 795 by Charlemagne as a bishopric.
The arabs didn’t conquer the Iberian Peninsula in 732, they first disembarked in 711. It’s a misleading phrase.
He didn't say they conquered the Iberian peninsula then. He said they invaded the franks then
Man you deserve at lot more sucribers
Very well summarised. Thank you! Im french and had a hard time getting a proper grasp of this period. Especially given the historiography of this period, even modern, is very tainted with pious and nationalist interpretations of everything.
I must always encourage and applaud an appreciation of past times and the lessons within them.
Keep in mind though, no historians are without bias (even if it is a necessary bias). So when you read the sources, treat them the same way you treat sponsored content mowdays
Can someone explaine why is eastern border of Frankish empire was called Serbium linium
History videos need constant placement along the timeline. Could you have put a year in the corner of your maps so we know when exactly you are talking about?
It’s not difficult to know where these places are, modern day France, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Italy & Slovia. Maps face North.
you deserve more followers
Excellent maps. Well animated and accurate. Get rid of the AI slop in your videos. It just makes the video look cheapmand half assed.
Really appreciate the level of detail.
Nice video. Thanks for sharing
Wow I'm surprised to learn about charles martell. I always thought charlemagne created his own empire and was a famous conquerer but he inherited all his lands basically from great predecessors.
Thank you for excellent and audible English skills
Too much AI, they usually just made anachronistic images everywhere
Impressive production quality
Very well made, thank you.
Roland, yeah, he was sourlt defeated, no hero, just a romanticized figure by French historians. The true legend was the deed the rural Basque tribes pulled on the strongest army in Europe at the time.
Just imagine, world history could change drastically if Charles Martel change his mind. Let say, he choose open field againts the Moor Army.
Then, thanks to Charlemagne and his wars against Saxons, it started the migration which originated England.
Nein, das ist nicht richtig ! Charlemagne ~ 800 AD
Anglo-Saxon et. al. Migration ~ 450 AD.
Hence, Charlemagne simply slaughtered the Saxons, perhaps to please the Pope, and forced Catholicism on the Saxon, who were pagans. They didn't want Christianity at all. They hated it. But, well, GOD ALMIGHTY, the all knowing emperor in the sky, told the Pope to tell Charlemagne to ravage the Saxons and force them into loving the wonderful lord of the sky.
Now, the great sky God, and the Pope, and Charlemagne became very, very happy.
And everyone lived happily ever after. The End.
I would love another video about old France!
Nice video actually
why can't this video be added to my watch later playlist??
I’m in awe of this video.
Mistakes only make you stronger….
The person who founded France being ACTUALLY STRONG 💀:
Is there a movie or documentary series about the Empire of Charlemagne? I haven't been able to find anything and have become interested in this era of history.
Plus, this looks like the plot-line of a really good book series.
This channel is great! I love the way you utilize the maps!
Historically speaking this is good content and a nice video... but maybe you should tone down the use of AI (or "AI"), because it shows to the point of being off putting... and more importantly, inaccurate, because for example, there's an Asian in the court of Clovis
It's not a mistake. It was recently discovered that Clovis had a pen pal from China named Li Wang
Awesome Video and great visuals
This is a very good history video 👏👏👏
Excellent video. Please keep it up!
thank u but info, numbers are not correct for the battle of poitiers
My full name is Francine - meaning "female member of the Franks tribe".
The name Salian has no etymological ties with salt water as far as it is known, it is derived from a region in the non-coastal part of the Netherlands that in the day of the early Franks was likely called Sall(a)heim, and today is called Salland.
Or from Oldenzaal (Olden:former)(z/saal) A very old cult place/town. Who knows?
Great video! Earned a new subscriber! :)
Nice video!
Très bien imagé. Magnifique carte ! : )
19:35 Those lands were fought over into the 20th century.
Pretty sure most know when Christmas is...
The details are cool, the summations not well founded.
the AI footage really dropped me. could be a nice video tho.
The map and visuals are great, the narration is not very good.
15:51 Charlemagne stays in his capital, you show Paris. Shouldn't it be in Aachen/Aix-la-Chapelle ?
Cavalry existed for nearly millenia before Charle Martel , The Romans has a cavalry which Julius Caesar used to defeat the allied barbarians of Gaul
Wrong ! The Roman cavalry was weak but their legions were outstanding. The most powerful cavalry was Parthian.
@@antoinemozart243 why is it people make up argument out of nowhere and things that doesnt makes sense.
IQ much?
Weak or Strong its a cavalry nonetheless.
and you need listening or comprehension skill touch up before writting something . he says founder of European Calvalry , which doesnt makes sense since The romans have Cavalries.
@@asahel980 No, you said :"the Romans had a cavalry which Julius Caesar used to defeat the Gauls " . I said ...Wrong. Caesar didn't use his cavalry to defeat the Gauls. The Gauls had a stronger cavalry. Caesar defeated the Gauls by siege......huge difference. Before posting, read history !
You have made plenty of mistakes but the presentation was good
Did he just say Chill Derrick the third?
Childeric
@@janbayart2250 ay yo dis my man chill Derrick.
Saxony. 400 years old. Hobbies include Rebelling
Saxons are documented by the Romans before the Franks were and were known to life among each other around that time.
I cannot fully agree with some statements made. “The birth of Modern Europe”? Europe never was and will never be only the Western part of the continent and people should stop ignoring the full history of our common continent by slicing it somewhere in the middle. The Byzantine empire stopped many times the invasions of Arabs at the same period, returned lands in Italy and North Africa, created the codexes of Justinian, converted half Europe and etc. Bulgaria and Kievian Rus have been established as big countries, not less important than the Kingdom of Franks, and therefore for the establishment of modern Europe. Bulgarians and Byzantines smashed Arabs near Constantinople in 718 - way earlier in a greater and more important battle for the city of world desires! That’s why Arabs moved to Iberian peninsula. And then the Franks had battles with them.
Good point Kiyv was one of the world's largest cities up untill the Mongolian invasions when it was utterly destroyed. And worked as a trade route between Northern and eastern Europe to the Mediterranean.
By 718, the arabs had already been 7 years in Hispania
They funded Europe through christianity extension and the salic law spread.
Check out their video called The Migration Period, the birth of Europe. They cover all of those items you mentioned.
"Returned lands in Italy and North Africa, created the codexes of Justinian" that might be very intersting for the "Byzantium" Empire but had 0 influence on the rest.
"Converted half Europe" countries like Kazachstan are not really considered to be European. Countries that are and were converted had nothing to do with them.
"Bulgaria and Kievian Rus have been established as big countries." Bulgarians existence has been relativly short and unimportant to the rest of the world, the for Kievan-Rus. At that time they were not that populated at all except for Kiev. The only reason you know about them is because the city of Muscow and modern day Bulgaria claimed their history.
The Arabs got Iberia because there was a civil war before that they stood no chance.
Beside that every invention from the past 1500 years (except for the last ~100) in the world is pretty much from Italy, Spain, France, Germany or England. You might not like it but it is reallity.
This helped me a lot
VerDUN... What's up with the AI pronunciation?
I never knew the Iberian Arabs ever got that far north
bravo videoooo
well done video! kept me well entertained!