Khosrau Anushirawan - Like Father, Like Son - Extra History - Part 1

[@extrahistory]

Disaster had struck Iran. The power of the shah seemed in peril. Yet somehow this turbulent age gave rise to Khosrau Anushirawan, one of the greatest shahs of the Middle Ages. How did it all begin? Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/ExtraCredits

[@enderpup9289]

Extra Credits he needs to shave his pubescent mustache

[@quintenwhyte6660]

The Real life Prince of Persia?!

[@ShadowwingMD]

When was this? Starting year or something?

[@rogerherringolsen1064]

Do a series on Norway

[@alexandrejosedacostaneto381]

It would be cool if you guys made a series about the Paraguayan War. It's a rarely talked about war that was one of the most destructive wars in history in terms of population loss for one of the involved countries. The lowest estimate places Paraguayan population loss at around 15%. The highest estimate says 60% of the population was killed. It lasted for almost 6 years, heavily changed the history of South America (as it destroyed Paraguay, was a massive factor in Argentina becoming a more centralized country and caused the chain of events which took down the Brazilian Empire and led to the military coup which started the Republic).

[@benwalton8359]

What i love about this channel is that they cover thing that we most likely wont know about, instead of following well known stories.

[@AgentTasmania]

I for one am very glad to finally see something from someone where Persia isn't just the go-to enemy for European empires.

[@quixoticreptile6328]

It's very refreshing to learn something new!

[@squipy184]

Perfectly said! Love his channel so much!

[@m4sherman926]

Ben Walton I remember when they did that. Shame they don’t do that anymore

[@lucasbeck1391]

@@m4sherman926 they used to have integrity

[@EmperorTigerstar]

Sassanid Persia is seriously underrated. Thanks for making a series on Khosrau!

[@MerganNaidoo]

EmperorTigerstar people know very little of post Parthian pre Islamic Iran myself included

[@greatwolf5372]

Parthian Empire is even more underrated.

[@TheNorth15]

You know what's even more underrated? Whatever goes on in central Asia and Siberia.

[@skelliezappz1912]

Im more of a Safavid person myself.

[@guilherme77088]

This is probably a result of the lack of information on Post-Roman Pre-Charlemagne Europe, and as many countries are much more closely tied to the Germanic kingdoms then the Sassanids or Parthians, the resurrection of the Persian Empires are often overlooked. We especially see this when History teachers often skim over the late empire and consequently about 7 centuries of history along with it. I also am very saddened by this, the period in which all of this transpired is a very interesting one filled with characters like Khosrau or even Justinian

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

Otto von Bismarck: He made things happen. Kavadh: Things... kinda just happened to him.

[@Crick1952]

Trygve Plaustrum Don't forget him being a professional escape artist

[@kantermorris3420]

Otto von Bismark is the best

[@ali331978]

do you have anyone from germany at that time ? no because Bismarcks ancestors were living on top trees while thing kinda happened to kavadh like build a university back then .

[@ElBandito]

@@ali331978 "Tree tops".

[@JhonJhonson-c8s]

@@ali331978lol Germany has done more alone in the last 300 years than all Muslim countries combined in their entire history. Cope and seethe some more Ali.

[@Beriorn]

Our boy Kavadh broke out of Oblivion so often he's the closest we have to a real-life Hero of Kvatch.

[@kyuven]

Hmmm those names sound similar, don't they? :)

[@Chino56751]

both are real bosses

[@Channelthatprovidesplaylists]

Beriorn I love your thumbnail

[@shinebrightlikeadoitsu1120]

kyuven illuminati confirmed

[@Ayy_Doll_Fiddler]

Kavadh... Kvatch... kavadh... kvatch... could this be an easter egg?

[@Achillez098]

"Fortress of Oblivion" That has got to be the best name for a historical place ever

[@satyaanshary3281]

'prince Kavadh spend his childhood like most young boys do ....' 'Held hostage by his father's greatest enemy' 30 seconds to the video and LOL'ed so much, didnt see that coming xD

[@kiarashfarrahi2058]

I am iranian and so glad that you are making something about our history! Anushirevan is still a symbol of justice in our country. Thank you.

[@ahsanashfaq4430]

Yo, can you plz tell me what's "Fortress of oblivion" in Farsi???

[@aryaa7069]

@@ahsanashfaq4430 Dezh e Faramoushi

[@ahsanashfaq4430]

@@aryaa7069 Thanks, I'm from Pakistan, so I got the Faramoshi part but didn't know fortress was dezh

[@aryaa7069]

@@ahsanashfaq4430 You're welcome bro!

[@Wolf6119]

I feel like the Hephtalites are the real heroes of this story so far, for being fairly chill about Iran attacking them three separate times, and still treating little Khosrau with decency afterwards.

[@gnomee9447]

Next story from their perspective, please ^^

[@davehoffman4659]

I know right? To both

[@ButterflyScarlet]

@PersianinSweden True but they did that because the king attacked them. They were allies until they fought over some land

[@سعیدشیرانی-ج6ح]

You are danky turk

[@سعیدشیرانی-ج6ح]

You are danky not wolf persians are real wolf's 😂😂😂😂😂

[@justafaniv1097]

The Fortress of Oblivion was easy to escape? I haven't been this disappointed by a name since the HMS Invincible was sunk...

[@rjfaber1991]

We're thinking of different HMS Invincibles, aren't we? Anyway, it is great Royal Navy tradition to use adjectives as names for their ships, and the more hilariously grandiose those adjectives are, the better. HMS Invincible was a splendid name, but HMS Illustrious was probably the best they ever used.

[@justafaniv1097]

Probably, I'm talking about the 1907 Battlecruiser sunk at the Battle of Jutland (though the 1765 and 1869 ships of the same name also sunk). I assume you're thinking of the carrier? And the names certainly sound great, but I feel like it's almost tempting fate to call your ship "invincible".

[@davehoffman4659]

Justafan IV What about the HMS Victorious? Not an ironic name, but a funny sinking. The Vice-Admiral in charge of it and ten other ships ordered a show-offy move where the two columns turning toward each other(the Victorious was head 6 ships, itself included, and the HMS Camperdown heading the other column of 5), but there was too little room. The Camperdown rammed into the Victorious, which sunk 10.5 minutes later.

[@alberum8442]

@@davehoffman4659 Well, then is obviously not ironic. It was Victorious. You can be defeated when you are sunk by your own ships, right?

[@davehoffman4659]

Alber Un yeah, no, that's fair

[@erictaylor5462]

Let me guess, the Fortress of Oblivion sat overlooking the Cliffs of Insanity. That is just INCONCEIVABLE.

[@erictaylor5462]

There is no Hell Valley. Death Valley, sure, but that is in California, not Iran.

[@merrittanimation7721]

Presided by the warriors of terror and captains of insanity

[@wingracer1614]

Don't forget that below the Cliffs of Insanity upon which sits the Fortress of Oblivion lies the Pit of Despair.

[@FlyingDominion]

And it guards the Portal of Power, which leads to the Plain of Peril (name that board game)

[@blockmasterscott]

Ok, that was funny. ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@boinkohh8394]

See this is why I highly enjoy this channel; The amount of historical figures I barely knew of, keeps me more and more intrigued!

[@corvus917]

So begins the story of the man who masterfully trolled Justinian I for so much of his reign. Oh this is going to be fun.

[@thornangel16]

I went back to the Justinian series to look for Khosrau, and I found him. Though the letter on his clothing was a C instead of a K as it should've been, upon learning that he was the one who engaged in all those bouts of master trolling right before the plague struck the Byzantines my excitement for this series quadrupled. We're gonna be seeing "Operation: Stick it to Justinian" from the Iranian perspective. And it will be glorious.

[@clayxros576]

You are a marvelous human being for looking into this. I am now hyped.

[@acebalistic1358]

phase 1. YOLO phase 2. GET RICH SON phase 3 . BE BETTER AT EVERYTHING phase 4. REPEAT

[@mattbyrne4568]

There are many different ways of spelling his name, some have been Khusro, Khusrow, Chosroes, Xusro etc. its interpretative.

[@texmexexpress]

​​​@@mattbyrne4568There's nothing "interpretative" about it, just a lacking uniform spelling of his very common Persian name in Latin. Persian likewise doesn't care for names like "Caesar" and spells it with different variations.

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

Of course Oblivion is a bad prison. Mehrunes Dagon keeps trying to invade the world from there

[@chaosherald8879]

Duke of Lorraine YOU SHOULD NOT BE HERE MORTAL!

[@andyb1653]

Oblivion isn't a prison, it's a plane of reality (though, to be fair, there are a LOT of prisons there...)

[@void_wyrm]

why let a bad prison get in the way of a good crusade

[@brendanbethlehem999]

Yeah. We cool.

[@HyakuSh1ki]

Kavadh took the sigil stone and ran away

[@alsardar2740]

As an Iranian I thank you for making a video about one of the greatest and fairest ( to people at least) kings in the history of the world that so many people know so little about! It's said that he had a huge bell installed on the door of his castle so the people could ring the bell and go straight to the king himself! It's like u go to The Whitehouse ring the bell and just walk straight to the president 😂 He was just powerful

[@kasinokaiser1319]

Khavad: I have an idea Aristocrats: We don't like your idea Khavad's relatives: Oh boy here we go

[@FRAV661]

As a Zoroastrian - It makes me happy to hear it mentioned in a Extra History video. Keep it up I love these videos.

[@FRAV661]

Zoroastrianism is a dualistic religion - Meaning we believe in 2 opposing forces, Ahura Mazda (yes like the car company) and Ahriman - a lord of wisdom and creation and a devil hell bent on destruction. If you ever attend a ceremony carried out by a Zoroastrian, you'll see us praying to a fire, but don't get it twisted, we aren't fire worshippers. We believe that prayer and fire brings down the presence of god. When Alexander the Great rolled through Persia and brought Islam in, our religion was split. There are the Parsi's which are people who moved to India/Pakistan area to avoid persecution and have since set up shop there. There are Irani's, who as the name implies, stayed in Iran and. faced the persecution, and then people who abandon the Zoroastrian faith to become Muslim to become integrated into the society. In all honestly, I'm not the best person to ask about it. I can tell you there's only 200k of us left in the world. I can tell you that the high priesthood mentioned in the video is pasted down from the father's side. Other than that, we're just regular people. Wikipedia might be your best bet lol.

[@wu1ming9shi]

all very interesting but i don't think it was Alexander the great that brought islam into the middle east. I think you meant hellenism. It is only with the invasion of 900 ad that islam officially came to the middle east by nomads from afghanistan.

[@stevenchoza6391]

rayknariman But Islam didn't exist until centuries AFTER the lifetime of Alexander the Great.

[@DEAD1270]

emmmmm i am pretty sure that alexander bring hellenism to iran and became polytheistic for a time islam only attack the region during the rise of islam in the 7 century. i got thing wrong?

[@onelowerlight]

I think you mean the Rashidun caliphate, not Alexander the Great. There's a thousand year gap between the two, and Zoroastrianism was the state religion of Persia until Khosrau II was defeated by the Muslims.

[@patrickdees5256]

Poor fortress of oblivion. Such a intimidating name, yet it was all for show.

[@kilpatrickkirksimmons5016]

To be fair Kavadh was a god tier escape artist (in more ways than one).

[@TheCenturion]

God I love you people... Caesar? "Naw." Industrial Revolution? "Naw." Khosrau Anushirawan? "Ya, lets do him." Please never change, the obscure to one is the life and meaning of another. Extra Credits (Extra History) will always be one of my (if not my most) favorite channel on KZbin.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

The series are voted on Patreon. Caesar was one of the options at one poll but lost to Great Northern War. Hopefully he will get series at one point since it's so interesting, I think a mix of known topics to unknown should be 1/3 or so.

[@TheCenturion]

Agreed, and I already knew they did the Patreon votes, It's just nice they 1. Even let the community choose and 2. Dont shoot down obscure ideas. Like if we are being honest they would get WAY more views if they covered controversial and or common topics, but these obscure topics cater to the actual fans of history, not just passing viewers.

[@davehoffman4659]

And I would enjoy some of the minor campaigns that still could've changed the course of the Civil War, such as the Pilot Knob raid. Yes, I know I should bug Patrons for that, not commenters, but still.

[@StephanePare]

@@sarasamaletdin4574 Even more awesome: they did such a great job making these lesser known stories fun that they conditioned us patreon users into being more excited to learn something completely new, rather than just being retold a different way something we felt we knew

[@zacknoble1]

Khosrow was already one of my favorite historic emperors simply because of his hilarious campaign through the Byzantine Empire. I'm really excited for this series.

[@simeonnovkov406]

A T-shirt : I escaped the fortress of oblivian, twice

[@namingisdifficult408]

Simeon Novkov yep

[@clayxros576]

Sell it and I will buy it

[@frond8951]

"I escaped the fortress of oblivion twice and all I got was this lousy t shirt"

[@azelfdaboi5265]

@@clayxros576 same

[@badoodadoodadoo7653]

I ESCAPED THE FORTRESS OF OBLIVION TWICE *WITHOUT ANY MILK*

[@jacobvanderhoeven1008]

Thank you Extra History! The Sassanians are so underrated and I'm glad this wonderful monarch is finally getting the attention he deserves.

[@msxavier8519]

Khosrau, justinian, theodora, belisarius! So many giants living at the same time!

[@jordansteele9199]

I'm so excited that Iranian/Persian history is being covered. Love y'all.

[@barryboushehri1707]

Thank you for videos about the great Shahanshah Kosrow Anushirawan.

[@extrahistory]

It's my pleasure!

[@sax87ton]

Man, this episode has some sweet ass hats

[@varana]

Fancy crowns were a hallmark of Sasanian kings (like so: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Bas_relief_nagsh-e-rostam_al.jpg ), and I'm really glad they're using that in this series. :D

[@johanoskarsson8209]

God damn do I love this series. From Admiral Yi to Shaka Zulu and Hiawata, I love the way it brings up the history beyond Europe's borders.

[@merrittanimation7721]

Choo-Choo! All aboard the history train!

[@gianlucaborg195]

2 extra history series at once? Thank you Santa!!!!!!

[@jalapenoofjustice4682]

Every time you do one of these I think "man, someone should make a tv series out of this"

[@Artur_M.]

I'm super happy and excited to see you cover Persian history, and in the same period as your old series about Justinian. It's really cool to see a related story from opposite perspective! My dream topic for your series is Kościuszko, which would have Catherine the Great essentially play the role of a "big bad" villain in the narrative.

[@blugaledoh2669]

Artur M. That interesting.

[@Artur_M.]

Blugale Doh Yeah, I don't want to dwell to much on it, as it's completely unrelated to Khosrau, but it would be an epic story, combining the birth of US and the destruction of Poland-Lithuania (and desperate last attempts at saving it, which accidentally helped revolutionary France).

[@funnysillyclown]

When the start of an extra history series doesn't even really talk about the person about it, you know you're in for a long one.

[@airmanon7213]

SaraBLQ Buckle up?

[@funnysillyclown]

@Airmanon Please keep your hands, arms, and legs inside the ride at all times, thank you.

[@spiritedrenee9895]

I love learning about this time. Turbulent ages of Iran.

[@spiritedrenee9895]

Nawid N, I pacifically mean ancient Turbulent Times. :)

[@jumbocatstudios7239]

Poor dan. The fortress of oblivion does sound awesome.

[@dimimitrijenogic1272]

Aww, Khosrau is so cute

[@losersinc7973]

Omg you’re right

[@CBRN-115]

All the characters are cute

[@Ethan-mp7wr]

Zacharie Guillerey So cute, so cute

[@TheCreepypro]

oh snap! a whole episode to show the birth of our main character now you have my attention

[@krzysztofprzybylski2750]

I love when you cover less known, but very important part of history!

[@Vrykion15]

So for people wondering who the hepthalites were they were also known as the White Huns. As for the Fortress of Oblivion, the Persians had a thing for theese kind of name as their priests were known as Magi

[@Finkeren]

Well... “Magush” in old Persian simply means “powerful”. Our word “magic” is simply borrowed from Persian.

[@Archimonde256]

Magush is also means: "don't listen (to the secrets)"

[@sisovarao2535]

Dnd vibes over here

[@matina4552]

Well the word "magic" is derived from Magi/Magus, as the greeks assumed the persian priests to be sorcerers.

[@Cibohos]

Oh hell yeah, a new series

[@GideonGleeful95]

A while back i suggested the Yemeni-Ethiopian conflict between the kingdoms of Himyar and Axum for a series. While I still hope for that someday, the Sassanians were actually involved in those wars during Khosrau's reign, so hopefully we should still see them :). In any case, I find this era of history in this part of the world fascinating so I am really glad about this series :D

[@extrahistory]

You will indeed see them! They aren't the focus of the episode so it doesn't quite go in-depth about what was going on down there but they absolutely play an important part.

[@rjfaber1991]

That was a weird one... To somebody who's not that familiar with Classical history, the idea that Persia and Ethiopia once went to war must seem very odd indeed; I know I was surprised when I first read about it...

[@wingracer1614]

I would love to see a series about Axum.

[@markhenley3097]

Finally one where I haven't heard a lot about the guy before. It seems we mostly learn about Rome over Parthia and Sasania. It feels weird when you say Iranians instead of Persians.

[@JanSanono]

You guys were the best part of KZbin Rewind!

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

Way to damn them with faint praise. :/

[@Aravaganthus]

Not a hard thing to accomplish this year.

[@asalways1504]

This part of history is so new to me, I can't wait to see the rest of Khosrau's story!

[@bkjeong4302]

You’ve seen part of it w/ Justinian series.

[@JamesSmith-dw1uz]

Saw youtube rewind, was like "Wow this sucks" and then I saw you guys got a spot, best channel!

[@atreides213]

Welcome to Khosrau's Better Version of the Comment Section.

[@basilofgoodwishes4138]

and newer version.

[@tonts5329]

I am interested and excited in this look at Iran's history, and of this new figure, in our world's history. That's what I love about this series, it covers everything, from the life of a brilliant, yet Ostracised Admiral, with Admiral Yi. To the preparation and execution of wartime events, like D-Day and Hunting the Bismarck Warship. Looking forward to this new series of videos, keep up the good work.

[@a.a4943]

Love Persian history. Please make more. Specially about the Achaemenid and Safavid. Pleaseeeeee

[@merrittanimation7721]

Fortress of Oblivion. Well it's nice to know that people hundreds of years ago were capable of being over dramatic with their names

[@johannesytterdahl4339]

So awesome! I am currently writing my masters thesis on this very period of Roman-Persian religious relations! So I love seeing the awesome folks at EC have a go at it. Hope you get to the Anastasian war, som many interesting things happened!

[@FlyingRazzo]

Sassanid history? Unusual an welcoming! And White huns are in it too! ❤

[@elveemused]

Goodness, finally! My favorite Sasanian Empire! You've instantly improved my festive mood.

[@mr90999]

It's rare for me to follow a certain utube channel and then watch everything they ever made. Thank u for the great effort and beautiful content😍🌹

[@pooyashirazi1991]

as an Iranian this was thoroughly enjoyable for me. thanks

[@modernhistoryencyclopedia7588]

Oh, so this is the guy that took Antioch and made "Khosrau's Better Antioch", right?

[@claudiu-mihaipuiu1221]

Yes it is!

[@AegixDrakan]

6:37 "Became a Masdek-kite" ...OH MY GOD. THAT PUN. XD Between that and the FORTRESS OF OBLIVION being a very leaky prison, I had a blast listening this week. I wonder if they spend all the money on the scary name and some spikes on the walls, and not enough on the prison guards. :P

[@Silverhawk100]

"Wait, are you telling me you didn't just patch the giant hole in the wall that Khavad left the LAST time he escaped from the Fortress of Oblivion? What were you doing?" "We were gonna get around to it. It's just... well, you never really paid for the repairs." "And whose job was it to buy those materials?" "The Shah's."

[@merrittanimation7721]

"KHAAAAAAAVAAAAAAD!"

[@outtagoodnamesdangit]

Why let a Fortress of Oblivion get in the way of a good Persian Dynasty?

[@ceej2198]

OuttaGoodNamesDangit You mean Fortress of "Oblivion"****?

[@wingracer1614]

"I'm gonna fade into Bolivia."

[@chralexNET]

Did he meet the Emperor Uriel Septim VII at the Fortress of Oblivion? - Also, the Fortress could have a been a great prison, I just think some loyalists set him free every time, and perhaps the royal family had always known secret ways out of there, you kinda learn that from being imprisoned every generation.

[@grodon909]

It was probably Walpole

[@killerOfMoons]

Even the fortress of oblivion could not stop Bismarck who always had a plan! It could also not stop Walpole from becoming the warden after he crashed the prison economy. The fortress always was no match for Yi's turtle ships. Then at the end even Bolivar could not create a lasting union between the prison gangs.

[@burnerheinz]

and why let a measly inprisionment get in the way of a good dethroneing.

[@ShimSham.]

r/therewasanattempt

[@Monkey-l8s]

Moon Seal thank sky that fortress does not

[@justinleecw]

What let temporal boundaries get in the way of a good crusade?

[@RAID3N_2013]

I feel Dan's pain about the Fortress of Oblivion. How could a place with such an epic name be such a letdown as a prison for royalty?

[@andrewsuryali8540]

Oblivion as in "forgetfulness", not "disappearance". A coarser translation would be "Fortress to which we send people we want to forget existed". They probably forgot about not just the prisoners but also general upkeep, and Kavadh was rich.

[@dara6179]

Actually it was a quite solid prison, one of the most powerful sassanid royals died in that prison.

[@WitherBossEntity]

And I can't even find anything about it in the interwebbs, except that P'awstos Buzandac'i's "History of the Armenians" said that it also was called Andmeshn fortress.

[@MTLHR]

More Middle East History!!! Yes! One topic I would love to have atleast one episode on would be the 1920 Syrian constitution and the government it tried to found. Others could be the Urabi Revolt, the 1906 Iranian Revolution, Black September ects.

[@matthewarmstrong1609]

Yeah man, and some Ancient Egypt

[@coolbanana750]

Thanks!

[@extrahistory]

Thanks so much for supporting the Show!

[@coolbanana750]

@@extrahistory Love your work !❤

[@captiantitus6510]

I love this show, you never know what you're going to get and they introduce you to interesting aspects of history from around the world that you may never have known about unless you were taught it at school or had a specific interest in that type of history

[@fedelede2]

Oh my God!! You're doing Sassanid history!!! This is amazing. It's all my dreams come true. I love you EH

[@Rert]

Who could set up a place that sounds as cool as " *The Fortress of Oblivion* " That totally fails to contain people, wait a minute, WALPOLE!!!

[@nopeland1470]

As an Iranian, got to say, it feels so good to see u guys make these videos. Hey, true that we are not taking part in globalisation, but history lives on.

[@persianguy1524]

People need to start making films about Persian history more. So many stories and legends to be told.

[@dancingpotplant]

I'm really looking forward to this. It's a setting I know nothing at all about and makes a welcome change from the oh so familiar bits of mainly European or American history. Yay Extra History!!!

[@malstorm5]

that third time almost killed me

[@extrahistory]

To be fair, it *did* kill Kavadh's father!

[@seeyouchump]

@@extrahistory too soon

[@jahdielwharton2778]

@@extrahistory lol

[@phelanii4444]

Yay more Extra History! Just rewatched the Mary Seacole videos and shed a tear. You guys do a great job!

[@mustafa2001ali]

Love your narration style. Keep up the good work. Peace, from Pakistan.

[@dariokamyar]

As a Persian who raised in the Islamic republic, I have never known that there is even this much information about the pre-Islamic kings of Iran. Thank you so much and please continue to create more videos on the Sassanid dynasties Like Shapur the first, and Bahram V, the womanized king.

[@dara6179]

As an Iranian, I want to thank you, finally in English someone called it Iranian empire, not the Persian empire :)).

[@welatxwese8074]

Dara yeah, Iran is the only acceptable name.

[@Fafnd]

Eh it's not like alot of politicos in Iran didn't mind letting others think Iran was just a continuation of everything Persian since Xerxes. They think that it gives the government an air of history and tradition. It is misleading information cause the governmental systems are not that old but pomp and circumstance have it's place.

[@dara6179]

Fafnd I'm sorry, I cannot understand your question? But I can say that the term of Persian empire is a western term which we are not using it when we are talking about our history, it is not political or related to the government. Also, you mentioned Xerexes, I don't know why you think the Iran's history is starting from Greco-Persian wars and why Iranian government shall emphasis that era, I need more explanation.

[@vincentgibson2543]

Sorry, I call it the Persian Sassanid empire, but call it Persian for short.

[@elementallynx493]

Both are incorrect. Iran didn't exist until after the Qajar Empire. Saying the Sassanid Empire is the same as Iran is nonsensical.

[@fisstaschek]

I'm so happy you're doing a series on Iranian histoty. I feel this topic is so very underexplored in western literature in general, and especially in my native tongue. Good job guys!

[@aidanhall3230]

Great video! Also congrats on being the only good part of KZbin Rewind.

[@schmidtyMC]

On a totally unrelated note, congrats on making it to youtube rewind! My jaw dropped and I was so happy to see you guys at the end of it!

[@mylesj4380]

Congrats on your part in KZbin rewind even if it was short👍🏻

[@Azoctoph]

Hey there! I'm a big fan of your extra history show. I just wanted to tell you guys that I really love how you make history so funny and relatable. I'm always interested in learning things about the past and I think you guys do an awesome job at telling, not only your standard history class stuff (example: 1st WW) but also things that are often left out or even neglected (Mary Seacole, Hiawatha, Suleyman the Magnificent). I'm always super hyped everytime you upload a video and I'm super excited about this series in particular. Keep up the awesome work! Much love from Switzerland ❤

[@extrahistory]

Thank you so much! We love being able to bring so many different parts of history to light, and hopefully we hit a good mix of great stories about times you've heard of before and great stories about times that are new to you!

[@Nazthro]

I only see 1 problem with this video . . . i have to wait till next saturday to see the next one. i love the history videos, easily some of my favorite content on youtube hands down. keep up the good work.

[@adamlee6435]

This is like a side campaign to the main one of a strategy game. Awesome!

[@adamantiostampouratzis627]

Is that the same Khosrau from the Justinian series? If so,this ought to be a tad bit more fun than it seems. Keep up the good work boys at EH!

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

yes that's the one

[@sealofapoorval7437]

AAARRGGH I NEED MORE!! It's like I am addicted to watching this channel

[@DLAlucard]

You know, this episode made me wonder something. How have we not had a Vlad the Impaler series yet? Surely a grizzle little story like his that birthed such a lurid icon of popular culture would be a fun series to do for the channel. :D

[@Healermain15]

It would make for good material for a one-off. Then again, EH tends to go for the less well-known individuals.

[@DLAlucard]

Well true, but I've found more people know of Dracular then Vlad the Impaler. So I think going behind the myth to bring out his history to the masses could be interesting for the channel. Plus it could make for a fun Halloween episode sometime.

[@madaranotsoanonymousnowuch1539]

Your wish has be accepted, tho its been three years since :p

[@l0stndamned]

That Fortress of Oblivion sounds like it's an old-time version of Arkham Asylum. Nasty place to send big-name prisoners. Hard to live in but easy to escape from.

[@Nomand55]

This sounds like a playthrough of CK2 ...

[@Carewolf]

I dont know. I have never been deposed and they been able to rend my neighbours superior army to recapture the land I lost in CK2.

[@davidkelly4210]

Only becuase it's GO if your unlanded. I've seen banished courtiers come after me plenty of times. In fact my own brother just tried to take Ukraine from me with an army he gathered in India, the fucker.

[@tavasp]

or maybe ck2 is based of of this.

[@stephenscribbles]

@@tavasp Or this was based on CK2

[@blasto652]

I dont know why but i love this extra history on Khosrau that i keep comming back ocationaly to both listen and just watch it (love the abckground images :) )

[@Peanutjoepap24]

Did not know any of this story 10 minutes ago and now I am super excited. Are we sure Game of Thrones wasn't based on this instead of medieval England?

[@clayxros576]

Well to be fair, this king actually survives meanwhile everyone in Europe dies an early, usually gruesome, death so...probably still based on medieval times.

[@GonsalvoDeCordova]

Hey guys, thanks for doing this. Sasanian Persia, one of my favorite topics, and you are doing a good job with it.

[@stonereviews4738]

This is in my top 5 for extra history series.

[@ahippo503]

Saw you were in KZbin rewind! Congratulations.

[@Swordkirby9999]

I like how there is a bit more expression than usual coming from the Dan's little Avatar.

[@pzg_kami6472]

Pros about this videos series : - Smooth/fun narration which is detailed but not too detailed so everyone can follow and enjoy - It is balanced and not biased towards any sides of the conflict (usually these kind of historical documentary are very romano-greek centric) - Names and clothings are correct. This is especially noticeable regarding Iranian customs ! no more turban-wearing - *Iran* is finally used instead of incorrect name of _Persia_ ! This one I've seen really rarely done in any documentary youtube or not @Extra Credits Really enjoyed the whole series. looking forward to more videos series like this. Good luck :)

[@stanj85]

Fortress of Oblivion? That's why you always need to be careful when handing out kick-ass names. The subject needs to be able to live up to it. I'm not going to name my kitten the "Beast of Obliteration", because I'd be setting the little guy up for failure...

[@marvelfannumber1]

The Persians were badasses at giving names to places they held their captives. Khosrau II for example, after being disgraced and forced to abdicate spent his final days in the (I'm not kidding) "Tower of Darkness" where he died.

[@stanj85]

marvelfannumber1+ It's almost like they were daring future Role Playing Game designers to make a story out of them.

[@sisovarao2535]

Actually Beast Of Obliteration seems pretty suited, Their cute and deadly, trust me, I have one napping right in my lap and kneading me

[@hexcraftgaming]

The fortress of oblivion sounds like a dark souls location

[@lucasbeck1391]

Tes 4 actually

[@bentley2678]

I love the Extra History series, you guys do a really great job

[@adoredpariah]

You are one of my favourite academics Soraya. People get so caught up in contemporary geo-politics and propaganda, they seem to forget the humanity of it all, no nations are perfect and history isn't or shouldn't be about simple glorification so much as a matter of education and general knowledge, so that we might learn something from lives already lived and societies that have risen and fallen. EC is doing wonders bringing these historical perspectives to light with an academic approach to the world to be viewed freely. Putting a price on education is one of the saddest aspects of our contemporary world, every human and therefore every bit of information scribed by a human contain bias by virtue of being born into a specific space and time in the world, we should be working toward expanding perspectives and continuously and reflexively "bettering/educating" ourselves communally, not restricting information behind paywalls. Truly, my heartfelt thanks to you and the team for continuing to do these history episodes.

[@yamiyomizuki]

It does my heart good to hear you saying Sassanian rather than Sassanid

[@DBeiki]

I thank you deeply for making this series, Persian history is so large and fascinating, and mostly untold unfortunately.

[@mistared4021]

good god,i love this series(the fact that my country is getting some love is helping too)

[@collinpace6522]

Crusader Kings 2 in a nutshell.

[@fwg1994]

The game actually just got an achievement for playing the last of the White Huns and restoring the Hephthalite borders of their heyday.