How did China lose Central Asia? ⚔️ Battle of Talas, 751 AD - ALL PARTS - Abbasid Caliphate vs China

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  • 🚩 The pivotal Battle of Talas pitted the rapidly expanding Muslim armies against the forces of the Chinese Tang Dynasty. The outcome of the battle changed Central Asia for millennia to come.
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    📢 Narrated by David McCallion
    🎼 Music:
    EpidemicSound.com
    📝 Sources:
    Bartold, Vasily (1928). Turkestan Down to the Mongol Invasion (Trans. T. Minorsky & C.E. Bosworth)
    Chen, Sanping (2012). Multicultural China in the Early Middle Ages
    Golden, Peter B. (1990). “The Kharakhanids and early Islam” in The Cambridge
    History of Early Inner Asia, vol. 1 (ed. Denis Sinor)
    Hoberman, Barry (Sept/Oct. 1982). “The Battle of Talas” in Aramco World, vol. 33 no. 5
    Ibn al-Athir, Ali (ca. 1231) The Complete History
    Sima, Guang (1084). Zizhi Tongjian.
    Soucek, Svak (2000). A History of Inner Asia
    Starr, S. Frederick (2004). Xinjiang: China’s Muslim Borderland
    #china #abbasid #historymarche

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  • @HistoryMarche
    @HistoryMarche  Рік тому +279

    After many requests from you guys, I merged all parts of the Battle of Talas mini-series for easier viewing. I hope you'll enjoy the video and thank you so much for watching!

    • @danielsantiagourtado3430
      @danielsantiagourtado3430 Рік тому +3

      Our pleasure, this is peak material!

    • @vitorpereira9515
      @vitorpereira9515 Рік тому +4

      Thanks mate!

    • @egoborder3203
      @egoborder3203 Рік тому +1

      why so many ads? And why don't you place them in natural breaks instead of letting UA-cam put them wherever?

    • @muhammedabbas4266
      @muhammedabbas4266 Рік тому

      Ah this explain how I have watched it before.

    • @PTG44
      @PTG44 Рік тому

      Do a series on the war of the Spanish succession or the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-1878

  • @TheGeneralGrievous19
    @TheGeneralGrievous19 11 місяців тому +182

    Arabs in 8th century: "Caliph, are we going to fight the Wisigoths, the Eastern Romans, the Franks or the Chinese now?"
    Caliph: *Yes.*

    • @MohamedMohamed-ws7mq
      @MohamedMohamed-ws7mq 11 місяців тому +25

      You forgot Indians, khazars,berbers,Turks and khazars

    • @Ppoim
      @Ppoim 9 місяців тому +1

      Zenata imazighen
      Akbar imjahden
      Tarik ibn Zaid
      Maghrawaden
      Al murabiteen
      Al mohwahideen
      Meriniden
      Wattasiden
      Abdelkarim khattabi
      Omar mohtar
      Mohamed amezian
      Ibn battuta

    • @Ppoim
      @Ppoim 9 місяців тому +1

      The visigoten, vikings where destroyed by imazighen
      And the also fight the franks etc

    • @ZaidKhan-su3ey
      @ZaidKhan-su3ey 9 місяців тому

      But Arabs nowadays are weak and their leaders are puppet... Saddam Hussein and Gaddafi tried to revive Arabs but the people who don't want unity of the Arabs and Muslims intervened and finished them through cons piracy and military

    • @user-ri1fh6jk2d
      @user-ri1fh6jk2d 8 місяців тому

      ​@@Ppoim stop spreading bullshits

  • @cavalier6094
    @cavalier6094 Рік тому +374

    Extent of caliphate was really magnificent, same empire fought against Franks and Chinese in same century.

    • @kalajari1749
      @kalajari1749 9 місяців тому +65

      Spanned from france to western china. Underrated (simply because most Christian's and westerners dont want to give credit or praise or recognition to an Islamic power) and the greatest empire and state of all time. Top 2 with rome and arguably better when you compare the odds both of them faced

    • @galihkumara1742
      @galihkumara1742 9 місяців тому +4

      @@kalajari1749 Does its really?

    • @kalajari1749
      @kalajari1749 9 місяців тому +1

      @@galihkumara1742 Does what really

    • @friederichaugustvonhayek1424
      @friederichaugustvonhayek1424 9 місяців тому +3

      Nah ottomans peak islam state

    • @jasonolivas2282
      @jasonolivas2282 9 місяців тому +35

      ​@@kalajari1749lol not the greatest empire or state of all time. Your rediculous.

  • @klaudioabazi4478
    @klaudioabazi4478 Рік тому +468

    Very few people know about this battle, but it changed the course of history.

    • @samsonsoturian6013
      @samsonsoturian6013 Рік тому +45

      All battles change the course of history.

    • @klaudioabazi4478
      @klaudioabazi4478 Рік тому +106

      @@samsonsoturian6013 Well not exactly all the battles, but specific battles. The ones which prove decisive in either winning a war or significantly causing political changes. This one The Battle of Talas was a decisive battle. The Tang Dynasty was at its peak, and almost immediately after the defeat had to deal with an internal rebellion, thus it was never able to expand westward as they had planned, leaving China in a position where it would become vulnerable to Mongol Invasion 200 years later, plus paper was introduced to the islamic civilization. So it really was a decisive battle.

    • @samsonsoturian6013
      @samsonsoturian6013 Рік тому +19

      @@klaudioabazi4478 Any murder forever changes the lineage of humanity. Different people making different choices. It doesn't matter which fool is in charge.

    • @domcawley5064
      @domcawley5064 Рік тому +14

      ​@Samson Soturian you're being too pedantic

    • @klaudioabazi4478
      @klaudioabazi4478 Рік тому +6

      @@samsonsoturian6013 Well yes. I was just speaking about the nature of decisive battles, and the way in which they affect civilization.

  • @meg5042
    @meg5042 9 місяців тому +12

    The real results of Talas battle was the gradual conversion of the Turks to Islam,whom took the torch and the banner from the Arabs in the leadership of the Islamic world, and did a HECK of a job. Establishing a magnificent Islamic empires throughout the world,starting with the Seljuk empire,followed by the Khawarizmi empire, ended with the magnificent Ottoman Empire

  • @levinb1
    @levinb1 Рік тому +292

    The first three days of battle is basically a game of chess (first version of the battle). Both armies about equal, both flanked by a river and a mountain forcing a frontal confrontation, and both well commanded and led by smart generals.

    • @ghostd69
      @ghostd69 Рік тому +11

      There is a mistake in abbssid revolt narrated by historymarchee abu muslim didn't mainly lead revolt and deeply marching in that far, as he was only captured merv and stayed at khoursan during abbasid revolt,it was Qahtaba ibn Shabib al Tai who played a big role in taking over entirely khoursan and iran leading expedition aganist umayyad, in battle of zab it was lead by aballah ibn ali not abu muslim as most sources agreed it according to historians al tabari and ibn khalkan and ibn kathir it was mainly lead by abdallah no mention of abu muslim

    • @crocrox2273
      @crocrox2273 Рік тому +2

      ​@@ghostd69 ridicolous names that all sound the same

    • @danemon8423
      @danemon8423 Рік тому +33

      @@crocrox2273 ridiculous comment

    • @dextew69
      @dextew69 11 місяців тому

      The main difference is the asians are just physically inferior

    • @lavozdelsur168
      @lavozdelsur168 11 місяців тому +4

      @@jaredbradley1796 china > u

  • @kyrgyzsanjar
    @kyrgyzsanjar Рік тому +270

    I'm so grateful to you for covering this battle. Talas is located in modern day Kyrgyzstan, where I am from. We have so many folkloric and epic tales which include Talas one way or another.

    • @sultanmomenofzenata177
      @sultanmomenofzenata177 Рік тому +10

      what does the folkloric and epic say about the battle ?

    • @nexus7507
      @nexus7507 Рік тому +5

      Brother what is the epic tales from your side

    • @ghostd69
      @ghostd69 Рік тому +9

      There is a mistake in abbssid revolt narrated by historymarchee abu muslim didn't mainly lead revolt and deeply marching in that far, as he was only captured merv and stayed at khoursan during abbasid revolt,it was Qahtaba ibn Shabib al Tai who played a big role in taking over entirely khoursan and iran leading expedition aganist umayyad, in battle of zab it was lead by aballah ibn ali not abu muslim as most sources agreed it according to historians al tabari and ibn khalkan and ibn kathir it was mainly lead by abdallah no mention of abu muslim

    • @stever4128
      @stever4128 Рік тому +2

      Very cool.

    • @abcd9283
      @abcd9283 Рік тому +6

      Please describe one folkloric tale.I am from Bangladesh.

  • @kata3436
    @kata3436 Рік тому +4

    Comment for the algorithm!
    This is my favorite history channel on youtube for both it's consistently exciting scripting and (though this is more subjective) it's stellar narration. Keep up the great work!

  • @ProtectorOfDemocracy1
    @ProtectorOfDemocracy1 Рік тому +18

    @HistoryMarche I Have no words for this video. Simply amazing and interesting animations. I am sure a lot of people learn something from this. Those battles we don't know are extra interesting. Love your content and keep on making content about battles in our history. I will thank you in the name of all your viewers that you indeed make amazing content. Oh and by the way you EARNED AN ACTIVE SUBSCRIBER.

  • @LOL-zu1zr
    @LOL-zu1zr Рік тому +167

    You guys should definitely do the Mongol invasion of Jin and the Song. The Jin almost destroyed 50,000mongols in an encirclement but got double encircled. There song defence of diaoyu city was also textbook siege defense.

    • @KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking
      @KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking Рік тому +18

      _Long live Song Dynasty!_

    • @ghostd69
      @ghostd69 Рік тому +4

      There is a mistake in abbssid revolt narrated by historymarchee abu muslim didn't mainly lead revolt and deeply marching in that far, as he was only captured merv and stayed at khoursan during abbasid revolt,it was Qahtaba ibn Shabib al Ta'i who played a big role in taking over entirely khoursan and iran leading expedition aganist umayyad, in battle of zab it was lead by aballah ibn ali not abu khoursani according to most sources agreed it according historians al tabari and ibn khalkan and ibn kathir it was mainly lead by abdallah no mention of abu muslim

    • @anneramsey4655
      @anneramsey4655 Рік тому +17

      They also killed a Khan with early cannon

    • @long19990
      @long19990 Рік тому

      ​@@anneramsey4655 很大程度上毁灭了蒙古帝国。

    • @batujack2784
      @batujack2784 Рік тому +17

      ​@@anneramsey4655 That khan is Mongke Khan, who is the biggest contributor to the territory of the Mongol Empire. Many people are unaware of this.

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Рік тому +41

    Yes! Love your compilations! They are incredible!🎉🎉🎉

    • @ghostd69
      @ghostd69 Рік тому +1

      There is a mistake in abbssid revolt narrated by historymarchee abu muslim didn't mainly lead revolt and deeply marching in that far, as he was only captured merv and stayed at khoursan during abbasid revolt,it was Qahtaba ibn Shabib al Tai who played a big role in taking over entirely khoursan and iran leading expedition aganist umayyad, in battle of zab it was lead by aballah ibn ali not abu muslim as most sources agreed it according to historians al tabari and ibn khalkan and ibn kathir it was mainly lead by abdallah no mention of abu muslim

  • @ilikemyshoes4318
    @ilikemyshoes4318 Рік тому +9

    thank you for uploading, this looks amazing!

  • @Frenchylikeshikes
    @Frenchylikeshikes Рік тому +61

    Those videos are just incredible. So well narrated, and well illustrated. It is so helpful to see the maps of where everything took place, and the battle unfold in real time. Gives a much better understanding of everything.

    • @hoarder1919
      @hoarder1919 9 місяців тому

      it's not well illustrated. The exact location of the battle isn't known so the map doesn't really tell or achieve anything other than to score some internet points.

    • @NeidlichesSchwert
      @NeidlichesSchwert 18 днів тому

      Not well narrated. Virtually every single Chinese word idiotically mispronounced.

  • @samwisegamgee8318
    @samwisegamgee8318 Рік тому +105

    I'm loving the more spherical map style you use on this channel - the shift at 7:45 from central asia back to the mid-east really made me feel like I was moving along a globe.

    • @ghostd69
      @ghostd69 Рік тому +1

      There is a mistake in abbssid revolt narrated by historymarchee abu muslim didn't mainly lead revolt and deeply marching in that far, as he was only captured merv and stayed at khoursan during abbasid revolt,it was Qahtaba ibn Shabib al Tai who played a big role in taking over entirely khoursan and iran leading expedition aganist umayyad, in battle of zab it was lead by aballah ibn ali not abu muslim as most sources agreed it according to historians al tabari and ibn khalkan and ibn kathir it was mainly lead by abdallah no mention of abu muslim

    • @samwisegamgee8318
      @samwisegamgee8318 Рік тому +12

      @@ghostd69 you need to use punctuation, i had to go to the hospital after reading that

  • @calvanoni5443
    @calvanoni5443 Рік тому +2

    Great vid on a very important War, & the effects!

  • @ZxZ239
    @ZxZ239 Рік тому +38

    It was widely recored right after Talas Chinese influence in Central Asia didn't really diminishes, China truely lost Central Asia afterwards from the An Lushan Rebellion, after that they were too weak to do any power projection and the whole menality of China changed from that point.

    • @JonJamzy
      @JonJamzy 9 місяців тому +12

      “The whole mentality of China changed afterwards” the caliphate influence expanded in that region because of this war hence why Turkic tribes starting adopting Islam hence Y the caliphate started the golden age

  • @michaelsinger4638
    @michaelsinger4638 Рік тому +148

    Underrated battle. More people should know about it.

    • @ghostd69
      @ghostd69 Рік тому

      There is a mistake in abbssid revolt narrated by historymarchee abu muslim didn't mainly lead revolt and deeply marching in that far, as he was only captured merv and stayed at khoursan during abbasid revolt,it was Qahtaba ibn Shabib al Tai who played a big role in taking over entirely khoursan and iran leading expedition aganist umayyad, in battle of zab it was lead by aballah ibn ali not abu muslim as most sources agreed it according to historians al tabari and ibn khalkan and ibn kathir it was mainly lead by abdallah no mention of abu muslim

    • @HeyImLucious
      @HeyImLucious Рік тому +12

      You can say that about most battles

    • @weirdno.1uniqueno.173
      @weirdno.1uniqueno.173 Рік тому +18

      Nah, Battle of Talas was an overly exaggerated battle, more like a big random skirmish which change nothing at all.

    • @Alex-tx2em
      @Alex-tx2em Рік тому +4

      @@weirdno.1uniqueno.173 Stop coping, you guys cry when we say the same about the Battles of Tours.

    • @weirdno.1uniqueno.173
      @weirdno.1uniqueno.173 Рік тому +18

      @@Alex-tx2em No, battle of Tours had nothing to do with Talas. The fact is that the so called islamic sources came 400+ years to 500+ years after the Battle of Talas happened, while the Chinese documents were filed by the Anxi region governor after the battle itself.
      The Anxi region government had all the data about the troops and everything, while the islamic history about the battle which were written roughly half a millennia later were based on various oral traditions and legends, hence the story telling like nature with religious propaganda. While the Chinese history about the Battle of Talas was compiled by from the documents produced by the government that worked in Anxi region, it was the first earliest primary sources about the battle itself.
      Even the famous al-tabari who was born roughly almost half a century after Battle of Talas didn't even mention a single thing about the battle, if it was so important, nothing will be left out. Just like Chinese historical sources that only gave a single sentence about the battle which show how unimportant it was. And in fact, the "Middle Tang" power only grew in western Central Asia after the Battle of Talas and reached its peak in early 755. I'm not even mentioning the inaccuracies of the islamic history about the Battle of Talas that can be debunked away.
      The Battle of Talas river changed nothing, at most it gave the transfer of paper to the west, but even this is debatable. The area around the Talas river was still in Chinese hand after the battle itself, not in abbasid possession, the Chinese withdrew only when a civil war broke out in year 755. And the caliphate didn't even have real power around there, it was later taken by Tibetans and after that by the Turks.
      If there was only significant thing about the Battle of Talas was that the battle managed to get the caliphate out of precarious situation before the battle as those kingdoms in western Central Asia were always rebellious from the beginning of the caliphate control.

  • @AgusNizami
    @AgusNizami 7 місяців тому +10

    It means the Islamic empire defeat the Roman, Persian, China, India, and also the Western Europe, Spain and Portiuguese

    • @pigman6420
      @pigman6420 Місяць тому

      Yeah its very cool of their reach however i argue that with the romans, persians and iberians that they where already weakend from war so the arab attacks where the final nail i think if the sassanids or romans where at full strength we would not know of these events as they would have been kurb stomped

    • @kayvan671
      @kayvan671 13 днів тому

      Not really

  • @mostabdrabou
    @mostabdrabou 2 місяці тому +2

    The key to understand the astonishing Arab conquest is by understanding Islam and its impact on them as a nation , the progressive conquest was sustained by locals converting into Islam.

  • @halmuradturghun1048
    @halmuradturghun1048 Рік тому +1

    I freaking love you videos. Especially your maps. Battle maps.

  • @nenenindonu
    @nenenindonu Рік тому +109

    Islamic & Sinitic cultural competition over the region reemerged four centuries after this battle between the muslim Turkic dynasties and the Western Liao

    • @KaiHung-wv3ul
      @KaiHung-wv3ul Рік тому +8

      Well, the Liao were not really Chinese. They were of the nomadic Qitan(I hope I spelt that correctly) tribes to China's north.

    • @nenenindonu
      @nenenindonu Рік тому +29

      @@KaiHung-wv3ul They were ethnic Khitans but patronized Sinitic culture

    • @yusufs1878
      @yusufs1878 Рік тому +5

      You are an interesting figure I must say. Having encountered you on many different occasions in these comment sections, I felt compelled to write to you. I must say that I admire your passion and your hunger for knowledge.

    • @ghostd69
      @ghostd69 Рік тому +2

      There is a mistake in abbssid revolt narrated by historymarchee abu muslim didn't mainly lead revolt and deeply marching in that far, as he was only captured merv and stayed at khoursan during abbasid revolt,it was Qahtaba ibn Shabib al Tai who played a big role in taking over entirely khoursan and iran leading expedition aganist umayyad, in battle of zab it was lead by aballah ibn ali not abu muslim as most sources agreed it according to historians al tabari and ibn khalkan and ibn kathir it was mainly lead by abdallah no mention of abu muslim

    • @takiranayaki7870
      @takiranayaki7870 Рік тому

      ​@@ghostd69 stop spamming, you shia freak 😅

  • @KHK001
    @KHK001 Рік тому +14

    Thanks for you hard work HM!

  • @heartzm4478
    @heartzm4478 Рік тому

    AS ALWAYS WHAT A GREAT CONTENT THANK YOU!

  • @carlosariel1909
    @carlosariel1909 Рік тому

    Great video as always. The sferic map was a nice touch.

  • @Warmaker01
    @Warmaker01 Рік тому +56

    As with any of the large empires of the ancient and medieval world, there comes a point where just can't push any further. The Romans dealt with that. The logistics, distances involved were too much an issue. There was also the question of stability. The Romans had their own revolts and civil wars. Not to mention threats from foreign attack. China in its long history has had many civil wars or prolonged periods where it wasn't under a single unified power. Tang Dynasty was one of China's great dynasties and even they had limits on how far they could reach. That they were able to send an army this far out into Central Asia is an accomplishment, but it's just too far to truly bring the weight of the empire to bear.

    • @kakerake6018
      @kakerake6018 10 місяців тому +1

      i personally think they matter in which these empires projected power is what limited them they often went with large armies occupying larger swaths of land. requiring complex, resource intensive and long supply chains. which put everything between point a and b at risk for raid or revolt or simply being bogged down.
      i like small professional armies with massive navies. heavily fortify your core regions and only expand with your navy.

    • @frankxu4795
      @frankxu4795 9 місяців тому

      Exactly. It takes months just to resupply the frontline and with the limitation of communication technology, the generals/governors of the expedition forces could easily become the de facto king of their legion and region. It is just unrealistic to maintain control over a distant land in ancient time and there is little real incentive other than personal ambition of the aristocracy.

  • @user-df4uo8uk1o
    @user-df4uo8uk1o Рік тому +15

    Four years after this battle, the seven-year Anshi Rebellion occurred in the territory of the Tang Empire, which caused devastating war damage and lost a large number of people.

  • @unifieddynasty
    @unifieddynasty 11 місяців тому

    It's great that you detail the different accounts. A very responsible approach to history.

  • @misterinternational1739
    @misterinternational1739 Рік тому +1

    Great info and story telling, thank you

  • @rdf4315
    @rdf4315 Рік тому +5

    This was a great video since I never heard anything about this battle, you should do a video on the Tibetan empire since I haven't seen too many UA-cam channels cover them .

  • @johnnacovitch9752
    @johnnacovitch9752 Рік тому +10

    love the content!

  • @plussum3255
    @plussum3255 Рік тому

    Super interesting, thanks for this video!!!

  • @windchange8680
    @windchange8680 Рік тому

    Wow, you guys outdid ourselves yet again. Amazing video.

  • @ahzamrasheed1208
    @ahzamrasheed1208 Рік тому +9

    I loved how you coloured their region, matching the colour of their banner. They were Abbadassids!

  • @John3.36
    @John3.36 Рік тому +12

    Boys back then had all the T-shirts and gear saying, "You better thank the Caliphate, or you'd be speaking Chinese right now!" That was popular back in the 800s.

  • @BattleMarche
    @BattleMarche Рік тому

    Bro these videos are becoming cooler and better I seriously learn a lot from it I love it so much I wish you the best of luck making this!!!😊😊❤❤🎉🎉

  • @robbabcock_
    @robbabcock_ Рік тому

    What a terrific series, all the better for being combines into one program.⚔🔥🏹

  • @dominiquecharriere1285
    @dominiquecharriere1285 Рік тому +10

    I had no idea but read about it in Guerres & Histoire, probably the best History magazine in french language. Hail to Colonel Goya, the creator of the magazine and many very interesting books and articles.

  • @54032Zepol
    @54032Zepol Рік тому +42

    Keep up the great work, i hope to see more videos about non western nations. 🎉😊

    • @Fallout3131
      @Fallout3131 Рік тому +2

      🥴🥴🥴

    • @QuintusFabiusMaximusVerr-vf9sb
      @QuintusFabiusMaximusVerr-vf9sb Рік тому +3

      ​@@Fallout3131 cry

    • @Fallout3131
      @Fallout3131 Рік тому

      @@QuintusFabiusMaximusVerr-vf9sb Nice one kiddo, ill get you a toy sword to go with your Roman cosplay nerd.

    • @QuintusFabiusMaximusVerr-vf9sb
      @QuintusFabiusMaximusVerr-vf9sb Рік тому

      @@Fallout3131 bro this kid really thinks everything revolves around the west, the rest of the world has history as well, im not saying the west has bad history, but y'all dont need pretend the rest of the world was stone age barbarians 2000 years ago, look at the islamic golden age and the ancient chinese and Indian civilisations, europe back then was a cold, poor and unjust place stuck in the stone age. Also at least im not called ryan you little white npc

  • @rikezambacher301
    @rikezambacher301 5 місяців тому

    Awesome video !! Well done once again

  • @plussum3255
    @plussum3255 Рік тому

    Just finished watching the vid in its entirety. What an epic video with its implications of such thundering knock on effects from a seemingly small irrelevant battle.

  • @emresahindance
    @emresahindance 10 місяців тому +5

    I remember us covering this at my highschool history class in Turkey verbally. Having this visualised in such a way pictures the occasion in a clearer way which I appreciate @HistoryMarche

    • @darfri
      @darfri 8 місяців тому

      The reason why China pays attention to this area is that Turks may unite with Tubo to attack China. When the Turks had no influence, the Chinese emperor sent troops to occupy half of the territory of Korea. The Eastern War ended, and the Tibetan Kingdom sent troops to occupy China's affiliated states. The Chinese people failed in the war against Tibet, which led to the rebellion of the Turks and the establishment of the country. When China defeated the Turks again, the Tibetan army was also suppressed by China. But Tubo is still very powerful. During the war, China had 10 powerful legions. There is only one legion in Central Asia. The other four were used to suppress Tibet and its affiliated states in Yunnan. Two of them were used to monitor the Uighurs and other Turks who surrendered to China, and two were used to monitor the subordinate Khitans. A legion used to prevent the Chinese people from rebelling against themselves

  • @patrickmccarron2817
    @patrickmccarron2817 Рік тому +51

    Would love to see more content on China in the future! Maybe something from the Han dynasty or 3 kingdoms period?

  • @buddybuddy3530
    @buddybuddy3530 Рік тому

    I use this to study keep it up man 🎉❤

  • @thalleseduardo8041
    @thalleseduardo8041 Рік тому

    Amazing, love your contents

  • @hoshmandrashid6090
    @hoshmandrashid6090 Рік тому +6

    Well done

  • @arturoliveira748
    @arturoliveira748 Рік тому +4

    Excelente documentário como sempre.

  • @Jesse_Dawg
    @Jesse_Dawg Рік тому

    Fantastic video. Please more

  • @viliusaleskevicius1346
    @viliusaleskevicius1346 Рік тому

    finali new video. thanks !!!

  • @keithstevens5614
    @keithstevens5614 Рік тому +6

    Spears were like Tomahawk missiles back then. They rained unexpectedly and with GPS precision - down to few meters. They were made of composite materials - wood, rope, flint, iron. Technologically a thousand years ahead of time. Spearmen could jump 50 feet in the air propelling through the medium by doing bicycle movements with knees and feet and throw spears from above as well as below. This was unmatched for a thousand years.

  • @Jonijonh
    @Jonijonh Рік тому +9

    This geographic area is so often overlooked in western history, it's to refreshing to watch a video on it. Really good stuff!

  • @matthewwang6394
    @matthewwang6394 Рік тому +1

    感谢 视频作者 了解一段精彩的历史

  • @josephphoenix1376
    @josephphoenix1376 Рік тому

    Excellent Episode 👍

  • @SolidAvenger1290
    @SolidAvenger1290 Рік тому +42

    I am glad that HistoryMarche is briefly going back to Asian history/battles. Not many channels (excluding Baz Battles & hints of Ks&Gs) cover the Asian theatre beyond WW1/WW2.
    I know many viewers are demanding & pressuring HistoryMarche to do more Hannibal, but you got to understand that many channels need to branch out to increase traffic, relevance, and reputation. Be patient. They will work & release the next Hannibal video.

    • @Khookies-lp2lu
      @Khookies-lp2lu Рік тому +1

      BazBattles is a god sent

    • @edwardkim8972
      @edwardkim8972 Рік тому +1

      Kings and Generals do Asia.

    • @SolidAvenger1290
      @SolidAvenger1290 Рік тому

      @@Khookies-lp2lu indeed it is.

    • @SolidAvenger1290
      @SolidAvenger1290 Рік тому

      @@edwardkim8972 Ks & Gs have their pros and cons regarding videos. Not to mention in the past, they have been called out by viewers regarding the sources/missed creditable pieces of events they used in their content. K&Gs is more in tune with covering the modern era of events versus the ancient past.
      I am more aligned with either Baz Battles, HistoryMarche, and other channels that get overshadowed by bigger channels like EPTV and Kings & Generals, which have millions of subscribers. They all are good in their own fields.

    • @edwardkim8972
      @edwardkim8972 Рік тому +2

      @SolidAvenger yeah, but at least they cover East Asia.

  • @paulceglinski7172
    @paulceglinski7172 Рік тому +7

    Well done! All hail the Algorithm! Cheers from Tennessee

  • @pkparck
    @pkparck Рік тому

    Amazing video!🎉

  • @streetscholar3539
    @streetscholar3539 Рік тому +1

    I've seen another video like this from K&G who also have great content but as always HM just do it better, the narration and background music just sets them apart, as well as the greater depth of historical detail, 1st class work guys 👌

  • @saeedal-wahas6155
    @saeedal-wahas6155 Рік тому +3

    Proudly those are my ancestors. While conquering central asia, at the same time the arabs have already conquered Iberian Peninsula and were marching towards France.
    Thier legacy remains till today and forever; language, alphabet, and most importantly Islam.

  • @seb2750
    @seb2750 Рік тому +7

    Wish I could play a Total War campaign for this, this is quite exciting. Imagine playing the Muslim Civil War on the side of Abbasids and another campaign as the Chinese to subjugate as many territories as possible in the 3 year span before the Abassids muster a counter attack after they won the Civil War.

  • @freedom1480
    @freedom1480 Рік тому

    Thank you 🙏🏽

  • @Lostvikingdigitalart
    @Lostvikingdigitalart Рік тому +2

    I love your video series! I'm just curious to know what software you use to produce these amazing videos. I'd like to start making my own for personal uses that I won't be sharing pubicly. Thanks so much!

  • @mohammedsaysrashid3587
    @mohammedsaysrashid3587 Рік тому +6

    Informative and clearly explained historical coverage video that new political, military footage of ( umayadd & Abassed) in Central Asia which caused ejection of Chinese empire dominant & weaknesses on Central Asia...it was a decisive introduction for violent emigration of Turkish, Turkmen & Mongolian tribe's to MiddleEast and eastern Europe ...(History Marche) Channel always introduces an excellence historical episode's like this one 8:21

  • @hasanalhasan3084
    @hasanalhasan3084 Рік тому +50

    Thanks guys!
    That's a great video!!
    I think it would be more informative if it was mentioned that:
    - Umayyad fled to the west of the caliphate and start their rule in Al-Andalus (modern-day Spain and Portugal) which is why the Abbasid focused their effort on the east.
    - The meeting between the Umayyad general Qutaibah and the emperor of China.
    - How this small battle affects us more than we would think. For example, People in the Middle East and Europe used to write on papyrus, but history books remember that in this battle the Abbasids captured some Chinese soldiers. These soldiers leaked the secrets of making paper, which paved the way for what is later known as the golden age of Islam and the European Renaissance. (It's already there, my bad!)
    - How the Chinese Muslims, known as Hui people formed with marriage between Arabs, Persians, and Chinese.
    - The story of the first mosque built in China Huaisheng Mosque just before this battle.
    - Name of several books written by both ethnicities about each other. There is one about a Chinese man who lived in Kufa for 20 years!

    • @eodyn7
      @eodyn7 Рік тому

      It's sad what the CCP is doing to Muslims and Christians in China.

    • @VicmundLim
      @VicmundLim Рік тому +3

      Umayyad general never met the emperor of china. Hui community of china was largely due to Arab and Iranian male and female marrying into Chinese populace. So the hui are a product of marriage rather than conversion

    • @beb6c2a
      @beb6c2a 11 місяців тому

      mashallah! that is so cool!

    • @reteguy7338
      @reteguy7338 11 місяців тому

      ​@@VicmundLim male and FEMALE? I highly doubt it. I mean as far as i know back then the only type of groups who brave enough to ventured far beyond their geographical sphere of influences were non other than the reckless Merchants. And most, if not all of the merchants back in the day were all Dudes.
      So the most likely real scenario were like this =
      The brave and adventurous (and probably also h**ny) male MidEastern merchants of various religions (yes, there were Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians as well in whoms also into trading in China), got permission to marry the local ladies.

    • @VicmundLim
      @VicmundLim 11 місяців тому

      @@reteguy7338 yes there are records of foreign female merchants in china. You don't know need permission to marry someone. You just court or woo them

  • @staceyannequin
    @staceyannequin Рік тому

    Very interesting, thank you

  • @ZenLeadstoDragonGate
    @ZenLeadstoDragonGate 11 місяців тому

    So accurate, Well made!

  • @KaiHung-wv3ul
    @KaiHung-wv3ul Рік тому +76

    Can you do a series on the An Lushan rebellion, which happened just a few years after Talas, and killed a larg portion of the world population, almost as much people as WW1 by some estimates, and led to the decline of the Tang Empire.

    • @artemo.shapovaloff5577
      @artemo.shapovaloff5577 Рік тому +4

      ++, the video I would like too)

    • @anneramsey4655
      @anneramsey4655 Рік тому +6

      And in the rebellion, the most decisive battle of Jixiangsi

    • @VFella
      @VFella Рік тому +1

      Sure!!! Yeah, I have no idea about that. You definitely piked my curiosity.

    • @long19990
      @long19990 Рік тому +2

      非我族类其心比异😢,1000多年前han chinese就证明了这一点。

    • @long19990
      @long19990 Рік тому +2

      @@alexanderchenf1 你不是智人,你是尼安德特人。😂

  • @sherlock1124
    @sherlock1124 Рік тому +5

    i dont understand how you make these amazing maps, like they're so good!

    • @ChristianAuditore14
      @ChristianAuditore14 Рік тому

      From my understanding theses channels buy the maps, the text and the voice over lol

  • @oguznur32
    @oguznur32 Рік тому +1

    thank you guys

  • @Thyranel
    @Thyranel 9 місяців тому

    Great video!!!!

  • @dorjeepalden86
    @dorjeepalden86 11 місяців тому +3

    Video ends in Tibetan empire push into tang territory leading to capture of tang capital xian by Tibetan empire 763.
    Also sending 2 princess to Tibet and signing peace treaty with Tibet.
    Has Pilars in both capital stating “Tibetans r happy in Tibet and Chinese r happy in China”

  • @dawidwojacki5049
    @dawidwojacki5049 Рік тому +6

    Largest European Medieval Battle: estimated 40-70 thousand men in the field
    Regular Chinese army 700 years earlier: half a milion.
    Bruh

    • @gbnexofa5483
      @gbnexofa5483 Рік тому

      Sui dynasty before Tang there reinforces conscripts to invade Korea you know that about 2M people omggg

    • @yohopirate
      @yohopirate 7 місяців тому

      that's the entire military though. Still pretty good

  • @anthonyklanke1397
    @anthonyklanke1397 9 місяців тому

    So awesome to see this area of history covered! I admit i know very little about it ❤

  • @Juanhop
    @Juanhop Рік тому

    I love your vids. But also love your sneaky Wilhelm in all of them ;).

  • @huiyu6739
    @huiyu6739 Рік тому +8

    China's own records say 10,000 Tang heavy infantry and 20,000 nomadic power cavalry.
    One of the nomadic tribes in Tang's sphere of influence defected and attacked the rear of the army.

    • @user-wb7ur4yp6z
      @user-wb7ur4yp6z Рік тому +1

      Karluks 葛逻禄 which is the uyghurs today

    • @user-kh2tm9fh7o
      @user-kh2tm9fh7o 11 місяців тому

      ​@@user-wb7ur4yp6z no they were the Turks who later accepted Islam

    • @user-hy1ok4ss3i
      @user-hy1ok4ss3i 9 місяців тому

      那不是游牧骑兵,那是仆从军他们叛变了

  • @Khaled-uh4zm
    @Khaled-uh4zm Рік тому +5

    Excellent work. greeting from Saudi Arabia.

  • @PDTeter
    @PDTeter Рік тому +1

    The Wilhelm screams are such a nice touch😅

  • @klyviobarros
    @klyviobarros Рік тому

    Vídeo perfeito, grande aula!

  • @gandaberunda6267
    @gandaberunda6267 Рік тому +3

    Kashmir, Khotan, Turk Shahi kingdoms played a massive role fighting Arabs and Tibetans by allying with Tang Dynasty.
    Lalitaditya Muktapida of Kashmir and Phromo Kaesaro of Turk Shahis were Heroes in these wars.

  • @benedictjajo
    @benedictjajo Рік тому +3

    Would love to see you do the battles of the era of the three kingdoms based on the historical accounts and not the romanticised version.

  • @novacombatarts
    @novacombatarts 10 місяців тому +1

    Literally one of the best channels ever. All the animations are great to. Thanks for the work

  • @siratshi455
    @siratshi455 11 місяців тому +26

    I'm Kazakh, this battle is talked and tackled a lot in our history books because it is a cornerstone and a turning point in our history. The fate of whole region of Central Asia was defined by it and we eventually became Muslim and not Buddhist. Thanks God to that. We still have a city of Taraz near the river Talas and the word talas itself means "battle" or "fight", so for us Talas battle sounds a bit funny

    • @kevinrich5222
      @kevinrich5222 10 місяців тому +13

      If you became a Buddhist, you would also thank the Buddha. Of course, you may also be grateful that you are an atheist. This is what history does to humanity

    • @charles2521
      @charles2521 10 місяців тому

      Abrahamic religions belong to the Mediterranean, and Buddhist philosophy and practices (meditation) were copied from Taoism/Chinese folk religions. Turks should honor their true ancestors and their shamanic roots (whether with tengrism or other free spirituality).

    • @zeynepakopyan8264
      @zeynepakopyan8264 8 місяців тому +3

      Who cares if you are Kazakh? It happened in Kyrgyzstan

    • @alansamuel8076
      @alansamuel8076 8 місяців тому +3

      Welcome bro, and don't bother with the zionist/nazi comments above

    • @servant-of-the-federation
      @servant-of-the-federation 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@@charles2521
      U are following🏳️‍🌈

  • @lotrlmao1648
    @lotrlmao1648 Рік тому +10

    Can you do research on the last fortress of Song dynasty against the mongol invasion? It is written in such epic way that it withstand mongol invasion for several decades and even cost a death of Great Khan. Later on when the fortress finally fell, the last government member of Song dynasty escape to the boat but got boarded by Mongol. So a government member decide to throw the emperor of Song dynasty (a young boy) into the river just so mongol cannot capture him.

    • @zhengyunli800
      @zhengyunli800 Рік тому

      The Song prime minister tied the young emperor to himself and jumped into water to suicide.

  • @donovanbaine8842
    @donovanbaine8842 Рік тому

    im still waiting hannibal and thank you

  • @yashashgc3488
    @yashashgc3488 29 днів тому

    Great work. Central Asia played a very pivotal role in medieval times. Glad you are covering it.

  • @user-xk6uf7mm4x
    @user-xk6uf7mm4x Рік тому +3

    Greetings from Kyrgyzstan🇰🇬 . Thank you for enlightening

  • @ricardocanizales2200
    @ricardocanizales2200 Рік тому +5

    Wtf I never knew China and a caliphate had a war. This notified me on my phone at work and I've been giddy to watch it all day and I must say Soo worth it. Great video

    • @samirdizco2759
      @samirdizco2759 Рік тому +4

      The strong historical relations between China Arabs and Muslims overcame this clash and made the Abbasids diminish this victory.
      In the end, the Turks are the beneficiaries of this battle, not the victorious party (the Abbasids).

    • @primarch02
      @primarch02 Місяць тому

      The Chinese general Gao xian zhi was ethnically korean. korean name is Go Sun-ji. decendent of Goguryeo dynasty. and family name 'Go' was Goguryeo king's family name.

  • @miketacos9034
    @miketacos9034 Рік тому

    Such a cool turning point!

  • @yuvalperes900
    @yuvalperes900 Рік тому +2

    Thanks!

    • @HistoryMarche
      @HistoryMarche  Рік тому

      Thank you so much for the support. Very kind of you.

  • @lionelhutz5137
    @lionelhutz5137 Рік тому +5

    Tang Army: "All your base are belong to us!"
    Ziyad army: "Not quite"

  • @martinboskovic1009
    @martinboskovic1009 Рік тому +5

    Important to know how deep are roots of today's geopolitical situation in Central Asia.

  • @nebulairan1494
    @nebulairan1494 Рік тому

    مطالب جالبی بود ممنون🙏

  • @rivermanchenchen8219
    @rivermanchenchen8219 Рік тому +3

    What's more interesting is that after the outbreak of the An-shi Rebellion, Abbasid Arabia sent troops to aid Tang China.

  • @beachboy0505
    @beachboy0505 Рік тому +5

    Wow, what an amazing film Hollywood can make.
    Two technological different fighting cultures fighting.
    I have seen 'the great Wall of China ' but this would be amazing

    • @JohnDoe-gw7pu
      @JohnDoe-gw7pu Рік тому +1

      Er that movie was real shit. I'm surprised anyone liked it

  • @author_of_pain4038
    @author_of_pain4038 10 місяців тому

    Great Video as always...
    Any idea on background music, especially at the end?? 20:10

  • @user-RanSolo
    @user-RanSolo Рік тому

    Extraordinaire documentation

  • @CoolAdam247
    @CoolAdam247 Рік тому +18

    Amazing content as usual Historymarche ! 😎👍⚔
    The Battle of Talas was truly a clash of civilisations which changed the course of history and is the reason why the majority of Central Asia is muslim today.

    • @weirdno.1uniqueno.173
      @weirdno.1uniqueno.173 Рік тому +7

      The Battle of Talas changed nothing, the mid Tang power actually strengthen during this and reach its peak in early 755, four years after the battle took place. It was more of like a quite big random skirmish without any consequences, the battle was started and just an extension of the quarrel between Tashkent and Ferghana.
      Western Central Asia didn't become muslim dominated area after this, islam manage to spread slowly but quite steady in those place was when Karluk Turks began to convert to islam as their religion between 900 c.e. to 1000 c.e., while most of Eastern Central Asia still remain mostly out of islamic reach. And Eastern Central Asia only became majority muslims during 15th to 16th century, and islam is wearing off now in Eastern Central Asia, as people become far more educated and becoming secular, also a portion of those returning to their native religion of Tengrism, Shamanism and even Buddhism which is actually a sign of very good thing.
      And if you're talking about the clash of civilizations which didn't actually happened, then you may add that the earlier ummayad caliphate was beaten by the Tang and by Tang vassal, the Turgish, and the abbasid was also beaten numerous time by Tang allies and vassals and by Tibetan Empire as well.

    • @pugilist102
      @pugilist102 Рік тому +3

      It also changed the history of the Middle East. Centuries later, Islamicized Turks will come to rule the Middle East until the fall of the Ottoman Empire.

    • @Ghazi682
      @Ghazi682 Рік тому

      @@weirdno.1uniqueno.173 no one asked for your analysis American boy, your country didn’t exist during all of this, your country doesn’t have a history

    • @areebachewa8318
      @areebachewa8318 Рік тому +1

      @@weirdno.1uniqueno.173 Really hope to see Central Asia will start embracing their ancestors belief from Buddhism, Tengrism, Shamanism where they should be proud of their belief not the Arabic belief who have invaded them ....

    • @weirdno.1uniqueno.173
      @weirdno.1uniqueno.173 Рік тому +1

      @@areebachewa8318 They will need a lot of neutral educations on the matters and an introductions to their lost roots, because as i'd seen now in virtually every islamic dominated countries whether the respective countries practiced the sharia law or not, especially when the government support or at least too tolerate islam to some ridiculous extent, it is always hard for the people who practiced their native believes and cultures to express themselves freely, so for people who had become muslims and lived in majority muslims countries, the chance is very low for them to turn back to their roots, due to government or islamic organizations interferences.
      But for people who migrated to non muslim dominated countries, it will be much easier, with a good educations and logical thinking, i'd seen lots of former muslims or christians who abandoned their faiths when they were exposed to their illogical religious texts.
      As time passes, i believe when people are getting more educated and becoming smarter, their chance for leaving abrahamic faiths will be much higher.

  • @Mur76ad70
    @Mur76ad70 Рік тому +31

    Freedom for Palestine and Gaza and Kashmir und Turkestan and Africa not just Ukraine

    • @ALLAHwithdaughterALLAT
      @ALLAHwithdaughterALLAT Рік тому +3

      kaboom snackbar police be upon him

    • @LOL-zu1zr
      @LOL-zu1zr Рік тому

      Allah be with you

    • @user-mv6yv9ec1b
      @user-mv6yv9ec1b Рік тому +3

      Jerusalem is the capital of Israel

    • @Ghazi682
      @Ghazi682 Рік тому +2

      @@user-mv6yv9ec1b but not for long

    • @the180degreerule3
      @the180degreerule3 Рік тому

      @@user-mv6yv9ec1b in their zionist dreams maybe but in reality even crows know you're invaders who are killing and extorting the majority of isralites who were never chased away by the romans and remained there and some of them converted to christianity, islam, and adopted arabic.
      while the few isralites who were chased away were mostly living within the roman empire and moved to muslim ruled territories to avoid christians bad treatment towards the jews and those people are the arab jews because they too adopted arabic and majority of them adopted Islam.
      but somehow white europeans and americans and a few black african jews claim that land as theirs just because they're jews when the real isralites are either the ones who were living in the islamic world or the ones who remained in jerusalem and converted to christianity or reverted to Islam and somehow they're accused of not being from those lands because they adopted arabic while white people from europe and america and black people from africa claim they are the right owners of those lands which is ridiculous to say the least.
      y'all killed and extorted your own brothers simply because they adapted to the changes of history while most of you are fake jews to say the least.

  • @emrealtay6825
    @emrealtay6825 Рік тому

    Best vid ever.

  • @temogen2
    @temogen2 Рік тому

    excellent

  • @JC-mx9su
    @JC-mx9su Рік тому +2

    HistoryMarche, there are more two parts battles to combine on video to make such as:
    Battle of the three kings, 1578 AD
    First Battle of Tarain, 1191 AD ⚔ The First Islamic Conquest of India and Second Battle of Tarain, 1192 AD ⚔ Muhammad of Ghor Returns.
    Battle of Targoviste, 1462 AD
    Battle of Cynoscephalae, 197 BC
    Battle of Poitiers, 1356 AD
    I hope you can voice and narrate the battles of Poitiers and Targoviste that would be awesome to see your next video. And I hope you narrate the first part of How did Rome Conquer Italy? the Battle of Cynoschephalae, 197 BC by Knowledgia when you combine the second part of the video.

  • @muhammadadeel8639
    @muhammadadeel8639 Рік тому +9

    This battle is important as it helped Muslims re-establish control in central asia leading to conversion to Islam of the Region and of Turkic tribes from the steppes that came into contact with the Islamic Central asia.
    Had Muslim lost this battle, Central Asia would be devoid of Muslim influence. Jeopardizing the conversion of the extremely Important Turkic tribes like Seljuk, Khawarzm, Oghuz Ottomans, Ghaznavids, Ghurids, Mamlukes and even Mongolian elite that accepted Islam after ruling the central asia. Timur, Mughals ......

    • @robertleon4323
      @robertleon4323 Рік тому

      And since then that region is ruined

    • @muhammadadeel8639
      @muhammadadeel8639 Рік тому +6

      @@robertleon4323 The Region kept flourishing until Mongol invasion in 1221. Mongols committed a Genocide in central asia (25% population killed) and all major cities destroyed.
      Islam stayed but the region remained under Mongol successors till 1900 when Russia/Communism took over.
      Islam came to region in 700s and from 700 to 1200 was Golden age of Central asia.
      Though Mongols became Muslim but they remained war-like and not developed economy.

    • @waleed8530
      @waleed8530 Рік тому +4

      @@robertleon4323 Just like Andalusia, central Asia flourished and entered the golden age after the reach of the Islamic influence.

    • @batujack2784
      @batujack2784 Рік тому

      ​@@muhammadadeel8639 The spread of religion does not necessarily mean prosperity. Do you think the Crusades and modern European colonization brought prosperity to the Middle East?
      Because the Arab Empire not only spread Islam, but also brought advanced cultures from ancient Greece, Rome, Europe, Persia, and ancient India to Central Asia.
      This is fundamentally different from Western and European colonizers.

    • @batujack2784
      @batujack2784 Рік тому

      ​@@waleed8530 The spread of religion does not necessarily mean prosperity. Do you think the Crusades and modern European colonization brought prosperity to the Middle East?
      Because the Arab Empire not only spread Islam, but also brought advanced cultures from ancient Greece, Rome, Europe, Persia, and ancient India to Central Asia.
      This is fundamentally different from Western and European colonizers.