Early Muslim Expansion - Europe, North Africa, Central Asia DOCUMENTARY

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Third season of the Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the Early Muslim Expansion starts with the aftermath of the battles against the Sassanid and Eastern Roman empires at Yarmouk and al-Qadisiyyah (outu.be/r2cEIDZwG5M) and battles of Ctesiphon, Alexandria, Nikiou, Jerusalem, Sufetula, Heliopolis, and Nahavand ( • Early Muslim Expansion... ). We are going to cover the aftermath of the beginning of the First Fitna (Civil War) in the Rashidun Caliphate and the battle of Siffin of 657, which led to the rise of the Umayyad Caliphate, external expansion continued with the siege of Constantinople in 674-678, but this didn't stop the Second Fitna from happening, leading to the battles of Karbala (680) and Marj Rahit (684). We also previously talked about the conclusion of the Second Fitna and the rise and fall of the Zubayrid Caliphate. In another episode the armies of the Caliphate return to the frontiers, clashing with the crumbling Byzantine Empire in Armenia and North Africa. In the latter, they would not find opposition not just in the Roman remnant, as the rise of a new warrior queen among the Berbers posed a serious challenge to Hassan ibn al-Nu’man’s conquering army in the Maghreb. And even as the Umayyads won victories on the battlefield and expanded ever further, the cohesion and unity of their empire continued to deteriorate on their Eastern frontiers, planting the seeds of their eventual collapse. And we will also discuss how Carthage was razed once again. Next up we covered the first Muslim incursion into India, as we discussed the Sindh campaign that allowed the Arabs to gain a foothold in the subcontinent. Back west, the armies of the Caliphate were taking over the north Africa and advancing towards Visigothic Spain which led to the battle of Guadelete in 711, as we learn how the Muslims conquered Spain. Events were also transpiring in the east, as the new Caliph Sulayman besieging Constantinople in 717-718. In the west, the Arab movement continued into France where they fought in the battle of Toulouse against the duke of Aquitaine Odo. Their expansion continued in the next years, leading to the famous battle of Tours (Poitiers) in 732 against Charlemagne. In the fourth season we will talk about the Abbasid caliphate and the Arab-Khazar Wars.
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00:00:00 Intro
00:01:08 First Fitna - Battle of Camel.
00:19:37 Rise of the Umayyads - Battles of Siffin, Nahrawan.
00:38:42 Rise of the Zubayrids - Battles of Karbala, Marj Rahit.
00:59:07 Second Fitna - Battles of Ayn al-Warda, Khazir, Madhar, Harura.
01:19:41 Conquest of North Africa 698-702 - Battles of Meskiana, Tabarka.
01:43:49 Sindh Campaign 712 - Battles of Debal, Budiah, Jitor and Raor.
02:06:08 Conquest of Hispania - Battle of Guadalete
02:27:49 Siege of Constantinople 717-718
02:50:14 Revolt of Yazid ibn al-Muhallab - Siege of Basra and Al-Aqr.
03:00:52 Aquitaine Campaign - Siege of Toulouse
03:06:57 Transoxiana campaign - Day of Thirst, battles of Baykand, Karmajah and the Defile
03:19:03 Battle of Tours
03:23:23 Muslims in Septimania - Siege of Avignon and battle of River Berrre
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Note: For a generation, the Second Fitna stopped Muslim expansion in Central Asia. The lack of centrally appointed governors led to intertribal warfare among the Arab settlers in Khorasan, with local princes refusing to pay tribute and even launching raids into the region by the Hephthalite princes.The Mudari leader Abd Allah ibn Khazim al-Sulami established himself as the de facto ruler of Khorasan until 691, when the victorious Umayyads encouraged his rivals to revolt, ultimately leading to his death. Prior to that, he had massacred about 8,000 of his rivals from the Rabi'a and Bakr ibn Wa'il tribes. The surviving members of Abd Allah's followers

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