Jewish Pirates - Barbarossa’s Sidekick - European History - Part 2 - Extra History

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After being forced from Spain, many Sephardic Jews were left with few places to go. Many other countries in Europe had similar anti-Semitic bans. However, across the sea, North Africa and the Ottoman Empire's relatively lax laws that were religiously inclusive allowed people to set up shop in many port towns. And as tensions rose between Suliman the Magnificant and Charles V, the sultan was looking to raise an armada. Enter Barbarossa and his right hand man, Sinan Reis or as the Europeans called him, Sinan the Jew.
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[@markushaahr9194]

“Italian painter paint portraits if Barbarossa, but only with his companion.” Shippers even existed back in the renaissance era....

[@enaisberrios7482]

Hahahhahaaaa ....... Wait a minute. Even though i'm no shipper ,could this be true?!

[@robertoleary5470]

@@enaisberrios7482 might be. Pirate culture was not very straight

[@aneesahussein1522]

Spain has hairy legs

[@kashoutlenox]

@@robertoleary5470 they weren't English pirates lmao

[@robertoleary5470]

@@kashoutlenox what difference would that make?

[@No_Name6716]

Sank 128 ships without the loss of a single ship. Admiral Yi would be proud

[@MrMask-mw5fd]

@@kgw72 well we can confirm that it was 100 or atleast close to 100 if we are neutral

[@hewhoyeet4953]

@@kgw72 still a cool thing tho

[@kgw72]

And how do you know that the Ottoman is true while the other is not? In history, if figures clashes, you should say so, instead of taking one for sure.

[@ahmadfrhan5265]

@@kgw72 western sources are the most bias sources in all academia

[@connordorsey9959]

@@ahmadfrhan5265 not really

[@AncientAccounts]

The forgotten pirates of the Caribbean spinoff Pirates of the mediterranean: On Spanish Tides

[@James-en1ob]

Now that's what Disney should be filming not some unwanted remakes

[@oneevidence5153]

Pirates of the Mediterranean: Ottomen tell no tales

[@sidritkercyku6661]

Actually mediterranean pirates was way more damgerous than the caribbean pirates

[@jonjohns8145]

Actually, Done right, that would be an AMAZING movie.

[@alejandroojeda1572]

@@sidritkercyku6661 the Mediterranean was a fricking death sentence. To this day there's still towns just barely inland. It was an anti pirate measure.

[@theemries4766]

Jews: *Get expelled from Spain* Jews 2 seconds later: "Do what ya want 'cause a pirate is free, you are a pirate!"

[@_anonymous_creature_]

LOLOLOL YESSS

[@Meshakhad]

עשו מה שאתם רוצים כי פיראט חופשי! אתה פיראט!

[@judicatorhurayth1927]

@@Meshakhad ?!?

[@Meshakhad]

@@judicatorhurayth1927 It's "Do what ya want 'cause a pirate is free! You are a pirate!" in Hebrew.

[@judicatorhurayth1927]

@@Meshakhad Oh no. I'm finally a corsair! Thanks man

[@stevenn1940]

Spain: Ejects Jews and Muslims Jews and Muslims: Turns pirates/privateers against Spain Spain: shocked pikachu

[@cvaja_2t352]

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[@lukeclarke267]

I bet you would find that they would turn around and say "see we told you those Jews were evil!", even though the treatment of the Jews caused their piracy, not them being proven right that the Jews are bad. It's amazing how much one people group has been persecuted over the centuries..

[@Qba86]

By the way, sultan Bayezid II famously said on the expulsion of Spanish Jews and their subsequent arrival in the Ottoman Empire: “You venture to call [Spanish king] Ferdinand a wise ruler, he who has impoverished his own country and enriched mine!”

[@codysonic1]

Yeah bad move on Spain’s part

[@hewhoyeet4953]

Barbarossa: ramming his ships to win battles Ancient carthaginian, greeks and romans: hey ive seen this one, its a classic!

[@henrypaleveda7760]

you might call it "classical warfare"

[@Foe-be4vg]

According to barbarossa himself. One of the reason he won he had superior cannons. Not just smash with boats

[@hewhoyeet4953]

@@Foe-be4vg thanks for the info

[@Accordian]

Hearing Matt say words with accents is oddly satisfying.

[@SoraHermit]

What ever happened to the other guy?

[@KingMatthewXV]

As a Jew it’s funny

[@bird_w]

@Agastya Rana whats the name

[@gack1015]

@Agastya Rana What channel?

[@jameslourenco8404]

Yes I love when left leaning people love things they would call racist if done by people not politically leaning in the same direction...

[@yahelgoren9111]

Fun fact: In modern Hebrew Spain is called Spharad and Jews whos ancestors were expalled from Spain are called Spharadi Jews

[@alejandroojeda1572]

Funnily enough The name of Spain itself has origins in Semitic Languages. In Hebrew it has survived as The word for hyrax. However sepharad has no connection to either.

[@herrmannmunster]

that would explain why Spanish public radio has a weekly programme about Jewish culture called Light of Sepharad! To be honest I never really thought about the background of that name

[@prestonjones1653]

Also, the region around the Rhine was called Ashkenaz, and Jews whose ancestors were expelled from France and Germany are called Ashkenazi Jews.

[@tagbarzeev3571]

@@prestonjones1653 correct and many settled in cities like Mainz Worms and Spyers

[@zlatasibonjic6379]

8:23 Amiral Yi must have been smiling down upon them that day

[@alexandersturnn4530]

This actually happened quite some time before the Imjin War. In fact, Yi probaby wasn't even born yet. However, I would argue that the Awesomeness of Admiral Yi transcended Space and Time itself to grant the two this Victory...

[@diarradunlap9337]

@@alexandersturnn4530 Him and Hank Morgan, who also hadn't been born yet.

[@pppgggr]

I would love to see a series on America's early contacts with Islamic powers, particularly The Barbary Wars. I'd never heard of them until recently, and they seem incredibly fascinating.

[@Yanzdorloph]

The first country to recognoze the independence of the USA was a muslim country(Morocco, althou it was probably just to piss off the brirts) , and there was muslim migrants since centuries ago, not forgetting that many slaves in the USA were muslim, so yeah, the USA had contact with islam since a long time ago

[@davidkelly4210]

@@Yanzdorloph And the line 'to the shores of Tripoli' in the Marine anthem as well as their sword (a copy of a gifted saber) are the result of the US ending the Barbary pirates after they ceptured an American warship and enslaved the crew.

[@andrewweitzman4006]

@@davidkelly4210 The Barbary corsairs were actually ended by the French invasion of Algiers in 1840.

[@pendragonxt3674]

Who won the Barbary Wars?

[@joshuawall646]

@@pendragonxt3674 Sweden, Sicily, and the US.

[@krankarvolund7771]

"This story is very messy" Well, it's a story about pirates, despite all the movies and novels about heroic swashbucklars and pirates, true pirates are always messy ^^

[@stevenn1940]

I mean, they're romanticized bandits, basically

[@SirDrakeFrancis]

encore là toi xD, salut !

[@KasumiRINA]

If you read on the time, pirates were LESS messy than actual government armies, like English navy treated sailors WAY worse than most pirate captains did and slavery was rampant, it's really hard to pretend pirates were the bad guys in most cases. Closer to antiheroes than the villainous empires of the era.

[@bradymenting5120]

oddly enough, most pirates were practically self-employed navy sailors. most pirate ships operated under similar rules as regular navy vessels, but with less formality and bureaucracy.

[@krankarvolund7771]

@@KasumiRINA In treatment of their crewmates? Yeah, that's how pirates recruited most of their crew, because sailors deserted the Navy and went rogue. But in treatment of their prisonners? I'm not sure ^^' And here we're only talking of a specific period o history, the Golen Age of Piracy. I was making a general statement from the ones who captured Julius Caesar, to the somalians who pirate near Suez Canal ;)

[@elirodriguez4411]

CROSSOVER TIME!!! So good to see my man Suleiman the Magnificent once again. *CEDIN DEDDEN INTENSIFIES*

[@heroicbreak2952]

Agreed. The extra credits universe is morphing into the real world, and it's fascinating to watch

[@MrMask-mw5fd]

Oh yeah

[@TheWastelander86]

*YELKENLER INTENSIFIES*

[@aaronsirkman8375]

@@heroicbreak2952 Always has been

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

@Heroic Break Crossovers are always really fun and if the chronological playlist was more on point we could slowly see a proper narrative forming. We need more ancient history beyond Mediterranean, Europe during and after Western Rome fell, more Renaissance era, any actual series in India and Central-America, exploration series and series set just before industrial revolution the most.

[@christopherg2347]

What are the chances his father made Sinan Reis swear a bloodoath: "Never be a friend to spain"?

[@agentg7227]

Lol

[@frankharr9466]

Yes! I didn't notice THAT, but I have seen other ancient parallels.

[@christopherg2347]

@Ork Just before crossing into Spain 😊

[@technicallythecenteroftheu1349]

It's actually against jewish law to do that. You can't harm yourself, especially not via cutting.

[@iamseamonkey6688]

just the fact that the jews were able to keep their culture and language for two thousand years despite being spread so thinly and facing constant opposition. they are probably the most resiliant culture in human history

[@ayanlethesomali7357]

I mean, isn’t it easier for a culture to survive if it’s spread to many places? I would say the Samaritans are more of a mystery, as to how they survived being in a single place.

[@childeryeeter4202]

@@ayanlethesomali7357 there’s only 860 left tho

[@Petepeatpeet]

This is so rad. My family is Sephardic and I had no idea Sephardic piracy was even a thing. Great video as always

[@stephengardner3650]

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[@stephengardner3650]

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[@jalilhaqiqi1889]

@@stephengardner3650 I have a million dollars I would like to invest with Mr. Bill. Send me the bank account info to deposit it in

[@Citrakite]

Spain: GET OUT! Jews: But what will we do? Spain: Don't care. Just leave *Jews becomes privateers against Spain* Spain : Not that!

[@robertjarman3703]

Should I remind people that King Francis of France had tried to win the imperial title of Roman Emperor himself and lost to Charles? Probably helped give him a grudge against him and why he allowed weapons to be sold here.

[@krankarvolund7771]

THat and the fact that he made an alliance with Suleyman, alliance which lasted for several centuries until Napoléon invade Egypt (wich although not officially part of the empire was a subject of the Ottomans), and they fougth together several times ^^

[@jordinagel1184]

One of the most pivotal elections in history...

[@robertjarman3703]

@@jordinagel1184 Henry the VIII, yes, that one, tried too. Imagine if he had won.

[@GormTheElder]

It very likely had more to do with the Italian Wars, on which the HRE and France had found themselves on opposite sides throughout a few monarchs and a little less to do with the imperial title, which Francis really had no good claim on.

[@welcometonebalia]

France was litteraly surrounded by territories ruled by Charles V, which motivated the alliance with the Ottoman Empire.

[@RandomOrthodoxMan]

Muslims: You and I are not so different Jews: And so it would seem Muslims: Want to go bully Spain? Jews: Y E S

[@kevinsullivan3448]

I'm Sinan! No, I'm Sinan! No, I'm Sinan! Well I'm Sparticus...

[@deeipomar2366]

Not many will get the idea behind this comment but I do and it's freaking genius :D

[@a_human8489]

Suleiman and Justinian are my 2 favourite EH series’s. Especially the narrative of the Suleiman ones

[@glacier1253]

1:19 The upper half of Scotland and Norway: Aight, Ima head out

[@Bidmartinlo]

Change da world my final message. Goodb ye

[@diranbodossian6061]

Norway just upset there's a series about pirates in Europe that's not about them!

[@heroinboblivesagain5478]

Norway wasn't invented until 1819.

[@Artur_M.]

This is certainly a very fun series, however, (or perhaps, because of that) I like the part when you reminded the audience to not ideolize its "heroes" too much, as they were slavers and piracy and war are always messy businesses. BTW, for anyone interested in Jewish history I can recommend a relatively new channel of an outstanding HistoryTuber Sam Aronow.

[@wb8695]

Come to think of it, our modern history is still just as messy, one nation's hero is another nation's villain

[@jeremy1860]

You know, the Mediterranean never really had a quiet day, did it? 😅

[@Eoniclipse]

It's odd that these kinds of things (the jews being expelled from Portugal) is something that we never learned in our history classes Kind of a shame.. sure learning what we discovered is fun.. but learning of mistakes or unfairness is also helpful

[@iceify6181]

When you were scrolling on KZbin, and find a fresh new video on history, it's too tempting. Edit: How in the heck did I get over 100 likes, that's the most I've every gotten-

[@CosmicAggressor]

Early comment and few people bother to set newest comment to show first instead of most popular. So you end up with those first few comments getting seen and thus more popular and thus seen in a positive feedback loop that I hate.

[@Accordian]

Suprisingly i got over 200 likes on my comments. Not to brag..

[@arvantsaraihan5777]

that closing soundtrack sounds really beautiful, a traditional Jewish folk piece with a bit of Latin flair from the Portuguese guitar.

[@zainsalhani4705]

“History of Jewish Pirates in Spain” Me: *Very interesting* “Barbarossa and Sinan beat the Spanish” Me: *Visibly bubbling cuz of how good it is*

[@gintoki9104]

But Barbarossa is a Muslim sinan is the Jewish one

[@zainsalhani4705]

@@gintoki9104 Yeah I know I am a Syrian Muslim so I love Barbarossa, so it was fun seeing Sinan mentioned. Also Nice profile pic

[@artemisgoldheart6791]

How does one visibly bubble?

[@gintoki9104]

@@artemisgoldheart6791 what ?

[@artemisgoldheart6791]

@@gintoki9104 OP said they were visibly bubbling so I was just asking how a human can visibly bubble

[@ArsanCraft]

I really like how the illustrator put an extra chin on the Habsburg King. The love of your work shows in those details :D

[@GeldtheGelded]

Imagine being the most powerful man since Charlemagne, a great ruler, general, and a pious mam, and yet you get remembered mostly for your chin

[@ArsanCraft]

@@GeldtheGelded Humbling, isn't it. You can aim to be the best version of yourself, but others still may never see it. On the other hand: Without the infamous inbreeding he may be remembered a lot less.

[@daniel_sannguyen]

8:28 yi sun shin: finally, a worthy opponent

[@TycoonTitian01]

Hello everyone! Hope you have a great weekend!

[@theomaryoussef]

Thanks, you too

[@michaelzhang5841]

You too

[@doyouseeafloatingsandwich4301]

Found out my spanish side is descended from conversos so i'm completely fascinated by this

[@AaronOrtiz]

Does Queen Letizia's last name of Ortiz descend from them? (I've heard rumors)

[@thethirdsicily4802]

I just need to see the battle of lepanto, I don't know if it will factor into the series on Jewish Pirates (I don't know how many jews were on Ottoman ships 40 years after Barbarossa) but it'd be so cool to see even one episode on the battle.

[@ignacio1171]

I don't think they'll show it as it would make Spain look good

[@iarroganti]

It might work well as a series going from the Siege of Malta through Cyprus to Lepanto.

[@blaster915]

I can't tell you how much I appreciate you putting your sponsorship at the END of the video!!! It really makes us the viewers feel appreciated!!

[@erikrungemadsen2081]

this felt more like an appetizer than a full episode, I am happy but left wanting more.

[@LoudRevised]

Suleiman the Magnificent: *Flashback intensifies*

[@TeeBui143]

Depression intensifies

[@rufushanna4489]

Always happy to see an extra history vid.😁

[@colindunnigan8621]

Actually, a EC History on Charles V would be way cool.

[@abcdef27669]

Certainly would be! That guy kickstarted Spain as a global power.

[@aotoda486]

Oo, yknow what the spanish inquisition and the 1521 revolt of the comuneros would be cool topics to cover

[@jordinagel1184]

They’ve already got his chin down

[@FaffyWaffles]

I can't wait until we learn about Sinan's Giant Space Laser

[@fandomcake5158]

Welcome to Admiral Yi Sunsin video peart 2 electric boogaloo

[@diranbodossian6061]

Prior Q of Annon: The *Great Jew* will strike at Christendom from the heavens with his unholy celestial fire! Trust in the plan of Pope Donaldus, and credit not Pope Joseph for he is an antipope in league with the Devil!

[@shahranhussain6037]

i completely forgot about the Jewish space laser

[@Citrakite]

@@shahranhussain6037 Pepperidge Farm remembers.

[@aleynamutlu4206]

@@shahranhussain6037 what’s that ?

[@kissbencebarnabas316]

8:23 Admiral Yi: To a legend to another

[@NoName-hg6cc]

Could you cover Italian trade empires in Middle Age? The Maritime Republics?

[@halkiierid4084]

Don't mind me, just putting some ideas in my mental pockets for my swashbuckling early-modern D&D setting.

[@radicalrazel9156]

adank to the Extra History team for covering this obscure bit of Jewish history!

[@LiterallyCanada666]

A few of the last series felt a little stale, but so far this feels so refreshing

[@kazeshinin]

FYI, Reis is also a surname in Portugal and Spain. If there were a number of pirates in north Africa with that name chances are that at least one of the families that was expelled from Spain had that surname.

[@AaronOrtiz]

Reyes? (in Spanish)

[@everywone6715]

Reis in portuguese. That's a good point!

[@mohamedeljallouli4726]

Arais in North Africa meaning a boss or leader

[@thedemongodvlogs7671]

Great! Just a small note tho the plural for sephardi is sephardim

[@matantan1111]

In Hebrew that is true, in English the correct word for both singular and plural is Sephardi or Sephardic

[@arvantsaraihan5777]

ahhhh, like cherubim?

[@thedemongodvlogs7671]

@@arvantsaraihan5777 yes alot of Hebrew words do this

[@arvantsaraihan5777]

@@thedemongodvlogs7671 I have a question, what does goyim mean in Hebrew?

[@aaronsirkman8375]

@@arvantsaraihan5777 Literally, "Nations"; figuratively, "Non-Jewish people".

[@AynenMakino]

Oh, I'm very much looking forward to an episode related to Dutch history!

[@James-en1ob]

Your animation just keeps getting better and better

[@atifspahic1179]

Protestant galley slaves was like eco fuel in those times.

[@atifspahic1179]

@Yzdjan Ali Bosniaks⚜️ Albanians🇦🇱 and Turks🇹🇷 are brothers. Long live the broderhood.

[@mathiastaddonio3694]

I love how he says italian nouns, he's just too good

[@benjaminfeldman689]

Until you posted these videos, I had no idea about this part of Jewish history at ALL. This is intensely fascinating!

[@MerkhVision]

Wow the art in this episode was really good! Much more cinematic than usual!

[@PHRCpvh]

4:22 "Reis" is a very common surname in portuguese and spanish speaking countries, it's the literal translation of "kings" in both languages; it's no surprise that it had so many with the same "title".

[@arvantsaraihan5777]

reis came from an Arabic word "ra'is" which means chief or leader which came from another Arabic word "ra's" which means head. nowadays Arabs used the word for presidents.

[@SavageGreywolf]

I don't know if it's even particularly accurate to call the 'Barbary corsairs' pirates. They were not outlaws, they were acting with the approval of the Ottoman sultan, and they were not primarily concerned with the theft of wealth and goods being transported by ship. The primary reason they were doing what they were doing was to capture slaves for the Ottoman slave trade, and often did so by raiding coastal settlements. We should probably call them 'slavers'.

[@shehryarashraf5840]

privateers. state sanctioned pirates. like francis drake.

[@ahmedelhachemiblidia85]

I can't say totaly true, The primary motivation was to save the andalusians from the inquisitions ...

[@kgw72]

The primary motivation was to raid, steal & capture slaves. There is a reason why most of the Southern coast of Spain and Portugal was mostly deserted until the 19th century and all the big cities hold strong forts or castles.

[@shehryarashraf5840]

@@kgw72 it is a crime to raid steal and enslave slavers raiders and thieves ? Spain slaved, raided and stole resources from the Americas.

[@ahmedelhachemiblidia85]

@@kgw72That is an unfaire judgment. Who transported the ibirian refugies to the north african coastes? did they do it for slaves?

[@foam3132]

I am seeing some MAD combos Also did anyone see Charles V's jawline?

[@MichelFialloPerez]

That Hapsburg heritage...

[@mortache]

You can see that jawline from space lol

[@dr.nosborn6330]

Some mad jaw there.

[@Dandy_Ratt]

Amazing video as always! I would love to see the monster of rasenei covered.

[@odedsayar4345]

Just here to note that "the Old Hebrew term for Spain" has remained in contemporary Hebrew, as we still call it Spharad

[@MrTapierwithmustache]

Love the detail of the Habsburg chin

[@noahwarmink7881]

i haven't seen it fully but i already love it

[@vivetv3710]

Muslims: Do you want to form an alliance with me? Jews: *Takes one look at the Spaniards* Absolutely I do. Muslims: Good. Good. Excellent.

[@ahmadrahman456]

Back then Muslim and Jews were Allies and fought together in several wars against European.

[@kittylover3597]

This is so cool, thanks for making this content

[@Ryu_D]

Thank you for the episode.

[@MrMantis32]

Matt can read the phone book and itd keep me interested. Great vid all! Cant wait til ep 3

[@jesseberg3271]

So was the story about Barbarossa rescuing Sinan Reis's son from the Italians one of those stories that was floating around but wasn't true, or was it just cut for time?

[@robinhahnsopran]

Can we talk about the pure excellence of the way they drew Doria's chin? It's MASTERFUL.

[@TheAnalyticalEngine]

Come to think of it, Charles V probably deserves his own Extra History series

[@95bekirable]

Hayreddin Barbarossa definetly deserves one too, he is the man behind the Ottoman naval domination of Mediterranean and wished to sail to Americas as well. He faced with the Conquistadors who have been to New World, even with Hernan Cortes.

[@egemenesen3447]

Kind of funny that they had to chase footnotes to figure out what reis meant when it is glaringly obvious to a native speaker.

[@ArkadiBolschek]

I think they meant that they had to chase footnotes in order to tell which mentions of a "Sinan Reis" referred to _their_ guy, and which were about some other guy with the same name.

[@lightinghound]

Obviously This is what happens when you don't speak the language.

[@matantan1111]

But imagine 20 people calling themselves Sinan reis makes it a bit more complicated...

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

OK don't be to harsh, I mean most people aren't familiar with the title

[@egemenesen3447]

@@Pavlos_Charalambous it wasn't my intention to sound harsh. I genuinely found it funny that they were so confused by something so obvious to native speaker.

[@anonomyspizza9460]

Just a small question, would you guys ever consider covering more recent history, something like operation Desert Storm?

[@TheFusselmonster]

Habsburg jaw added. Nice

[@fandemusique4693]

3:30 this chin though.

[@deeipomar2366]

Mehmet the conqueror: Move ships on land to bypass the chain!! Spanish fleet: hehe, ship goes crack crack :D

[@satyarajkapapa]

Waited for this, whole day.

[@austura272]

It has been so long since I've watched these guys.

[@MorgadoElOriginal]

4:15 , Reis in portuguese (and spanish) means "Kings" and its a surname probably from jewish heritage dedicated to the book of kings

[@niceoj8996]

Im always happy to see Extra history. But I would love them to do a video on Zayed the great and how he prevented Saudi from controlling the entire gulf.

[@TheCreepypro]

man this topic just gets more and more interesting with no end in sight

[@andromeda331]

Great video!

[@auroraborealis1060]

I actually read a book on this. Very interesting stuff. Cool video!

[@Tokahax]

This may be the most looked forward to episode I've ever known to date...

[@abcdef27669]

Painted his own beard with his brother's blood. This is so Metal that my coffee mug nearby the computer now has a skull engraved.

[@sars910]

Henna. Not his brother's blood. Henna is a red pigment.

[@Typhy7]

Lol what? Watch the video again. He dyed it with henna. If he had dyed it with blood, he would have caught some serious bacterial diseases and would have died.

[@diranbodossian6061]

Skull cup? Krum the Horrible approves

[@Pfyzer]

Spanish inquisition: Kills Muslims and Jews Muslim and Jews: *Rams Armored ship at Spanish*

[@stephanieaustin2809]

Last time I was this early,Spain was divided into Castile and Aragon

[@scribejay]

@Yzdjan Ali Last time I was this early, Spain was Celtiberian.

[@diarradunlap9337]

Last time I was this early to an EC video, Iberia hadn't even seen a Carthaginian yet.

[@thomasnessen1]

This YT channel is just amazing! Every episode I'm watching I feel more inclined to join the patreon page. Does anyone know what's the minimum mouthy payment ( still looking for a job)?

[@slmlm4264]

Hey what was the end of sinan reis story? Do we know anything about his last years?

[@rustamsahabuddin5727]

Ah, two friends, a jew and a muslim sailing united against oppressors. When will the days return

[@mione12gft71]

Not soon

[@ciclossickasssideshow]

I've learned more history from Extra Credits than I ever did when I was at school.

[@Moses_VII]

Ditto

[@springtrapnibba]

I learned how racist extra credits is because they compared my race to orcs.

[@Yingyanglord1]

@@springtrapnibba that wasnt the focus of that episode though. And two tolkien did base urk hai off of blakc poeple as well as Mongolians or as he sated "mongoliod people" in his memrior and intevriew

[@davidkelly4210]

You should have paid attention then.

[@NAYRUthunder99]

@@springtrapnibba orcs are cooler than boring humans

[@animelover2.051]

Love your vids

[@t.w.mackay11]

3:58 George Costanza coulda taken care of him. But seriously, great video and series, folks! :)

[@malekaltayari3936]

Nice video love from Tunis City

[@soetkinjehaes5040]

Could you please do an episode / serie on Artemisia I of Caria?

[@dimaE965]

I love Charle the V sitting on two chairs at once

[@samuelforesta]

Jewish Pirates! Epic. I didn't know Jewish people were pirates at one point and I'm Jewish.

[@ahmadrahman456]

Well Jews were also general and hold high administration in Muslim nation during those periods. Because back then Muslim were conservative and secular unlike Europe.

[@eleSDSU]

To be fair, do you know much about Jewish history or history at all? If not then it's not very surprising isn't it? The more we know :)

[@HamzaBaqoushi]

If the city of Nice is a french town today, it is mainly thanks to Khayerddin Barbarosa and his algerian pirates, who took it from Savoy duchy to give to it willingly to French king François 1st in 1543, as this latter was the best ally of Suleiman the magnificient.

[@F4Effort]

I picture Spain with the surprised Pikachu face when the groups they forced out of the country start to help the enemies of Spain in wars against them

[@kayceebingham8242]

Love the Hapsburg chin on Charles 🤣

[@_Azurael_]

Correction at 07:05 - The Chain was not rammed by a "big galley", but by a Portuguese Galeon named São João Baptista, better known as "Botafogo" ("spit fire" or "fire spiter"). This was the biggest ship at the time, with more than 350 cannons. The spanish specifically requested that ship for this battle.

[@pietro3477]

Please make a video on Temerlane

[@nihilistcoomergang7046]

Scariest combo I've ever seen

[@AruwakEM]

Would be awsome if you make a part 3 about the Jews that settled in Curaçao.

[@jacintovski]

Could you guys do a video of the battle of Diu? And the early Portuguese empire? It's a pivotal point in history and Portugal's role in History gets massively overshadowed. You've already mentioned Portugal's role in Angola versing Nzinga, but it never took a protagonist's role just the antagonist in this case

[@KasumiRINA]

I JUST noticed that you have Walpole in the tags))) XD