THE HISTORY OF EL CID, SAGRAJAS, AND ALMORAVID RULE - WOTW EP 7 P2

The Almoravids arrive in strength in Al Andalus and drive into the advance of the Christian Kingdoms. How long can they hold the tide? El Cid makes an appearance and shows that a good defense is a great offense.
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[@FlashPointHx]

People hope you like the video ! Put some serious time to make this one. Please share on social media and tell a friend or someone who loves history about the video podcast. It’s word of mouth from people who watch and like this content that allows a channel to grow! Cheers and thanks ahead of time if you helped contribute to making my channel grow!

[@adilfikri2151]

Excellent job

[@BXGUY73]

This is great! They also need to make a NEW & more accurate movie of "EL CID" (There was an "El Cid" movie done in 1961)

[@dexterdylan5781]

I guess I'm quite randomly asking but do anybody know a good site to watch newly released series online ?

[@taniekawest3151]

You fail completely to mention the west African origin of the almoravids

[@rulesnwitz]

​@@taniekawest3151he definitely states this, maybe just not during this video if you listen to the entire series while maybe time consuming definitely worth while.

[@pedrocarvalho3840]

Congrats man. I'm Portuguese and we not used to ear the other side of the story. Starting to read more about ancient history of Portugal which is intertwined with ghrab al-andalus. Really great job man. Subscribe today. I'll looking forward to see the rest of your channel. Fantastic quality

[@TheHypnogog]

I first read "The Legend of The Cid" when I was 13, and I've always wanted to know more of the history behind the legend. So glad I've been exposed to it, four decades later.

[@FlashPointHx]

When covid lets up, they have pilgrimage walking tours of El Cid's journeys as well

[@roscoehill4897]

Fascinating! I love military history and these encounters explain so much of the history between Christians Muslims and Jews unto this point in time.

[@TeteraBastarda]

Great work man. I've recommended your channel to my audience, even though most of them speak Spanish. One of the best history KZbin channels out there. Keep up the good work. You are doing great :)

[@FlashPointHx]

Hey thank you! Really appreciate you spreading the word. Doing all this research on Spain makes me want to travel out there again. Really happy you like my content.

[@TeteraBastarda]

@@FlashPointHx I LOVE It! I'm half Spanish half Scottish, and you'd be amazed how little Spanish people know about this period of history. So your channel does a great job bringing light to this subject. I hope you grow in time and with any luck you'll find someone to subtitle your videos :) keep up the great work!

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you! Spain (and Scotland) have an incredible history. Whats more - all the sites are literally a few hours drive away! I'd be in heaven if history was that accessible to me. Here in America, history is relatively limited@@TeteraBastarda

[@jsealejandro06]

I read the stories of "El Cid Campeador" when I was little at school. It was a pretty cool story. Like real life Conan. Good to see the history of the real man holds up to the myth.

[@natejoenate]

Absolutely fantastic again. I only wish you could clone yourself so these could come out more often.

[@FlashPointHx]

Trust me - wish I had more free time to create these videos. Love making them - for me it’s the perfect artistic outlet.

[@soos1885]

9:52 I didn't knew nepgya ruled the almoravids

[@elenivargis126]

Another fantastic video! Just luv the air balloons during the battle scenes! Great touch of humour

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you very much! I've since stopped doing the bubbles - but think I'm going to get back into that

[@nomeyodomar]

Wow! I didn't know a thing about this character. Thank you for such detailed and plausible vid!

[@FlashPointHx]

They offer tours in Spain where you can pilgrimage in his footsteps now

[@nomeyodomar]

@@FlashPointHx Great to know 🙂

[@FlashPointHx]

@@nomeyodomar think you’re systematically going through my entire library :)

[@JonnyDeadly]

Thank you for sharing your research with this great series on a topic of history I have been interested in for many years but never delved too deep into. Your presentation form is excellent. 👍🏻

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you !

[@MarioLuigi-zq5mn]

Great work higly profesionnal, I am a fan, I am watching all your video, keep up the good work.

[@FlashPointHx]

Awesome, thank you!

[@hadrianos1]

I'm from Spain and this is FANTASTIC!! So interesting, I wish it was thought this way at schools

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks!

[@yahyaschannel8334]

WOW! dude this video must have taken so much work and time! seriously dude your content is great. keep it coming!

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you!! Yes, this one took a serious amount of time. Just wanted it to come out really well. I really appreciate your comment.

[@HikmaHistory]

Makes me want to play Age of Empires again!

[@FlashPointHx]

hahahah! I loved that game. Thats right, they had a chapter dedicated to El Cid!

[@yahyagannour8486]

You'd better do my friend, now is the time as the online community is bigger than ever. Great times are to come my friend

[@brunomatos858]

Is fascinating to find good work about lesser know themes likes battles of the Iberian peninsula. Keep on with the good work. Suggestion: Aljubarrota Battle.

[@FlashPointHx]

I’m glad you like my series. My next episode is going to be on the rise of the Reconquista . I’ll get to later Portugal soon enough!

[@gonzaloluna1989]

Really enjoying this series. I have always wanted to know more about Spain and the history behind the bunch that came and conquered. I am from Mexico and was brought to the US when I was 6 years old. Now that I have the time I have found your videos so engaging and you just make history come alive. I watched your Punic war videos and enjoyed those also. Before I found your videos I had just seen some videos on the US Civil war and the 600,000 human carnage it had caused, I was taken aback when I thought of those numbers. I like your references to WW II, the US Civil War(Sherman, Lee ,Grant and Lincoln), the US Revolutionary war , and others. You sure know your history. I am making it a point o watch ALL of your videos out there. You are enriching my life. Peace brother and lets strive for a little 'Convivencia' in THESE times.

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you for sharing this about yourself. I think history is just the most amazing subject. I’m also a big fan of the American Civil War and I find it Incredible that 600,000 people - about 2% of the population - died in that war. I like to include references from other time periods to make the history that I’m talking about more accessible to people like you who are more familiar with those other times. I think you are spot on and what you say, If history teaches us anything we all need to learn to be more tolerant - a little Convivencia goes along way!

[@mistaman4638]

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[@Yolandamaria100]

Great work again!. Thanks for sharing.

[@FlashPointHx]

My pleasure!

[@manindark-xm8lv]

Your work is good Thank you

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks!!

[@omarsohal926]

I love to listen to the podcast when I wake up and when I go sleep it always helps me drift in the pages of history thank you for creating this podcast 😊👌🏻

[@FlashPointHx]

I am glad you like my content - for a second there, I thought you were about to say that my videos help you to fall asleep :) Again, I appreciate the kind words.

[@omarsohal926]

Flash Point History you have no idea I know this may sound a bit offensive but they do actually when I'm stressed out and I need to sleep early and my mind simply won't drift I love to listen to podcasts they help forget the stress and sleep well so in that sense it's actually helps A LOT Thanks man keeps up the good work I've shared this video with all of my friends

[@esulfab99]

Excellent narration of the Islamic period in the Iberian peninsula. This work deserves to be celebrated for separating facts from fiction.

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you ! Really appreciate that. I make it a point to research as much as possible to give as even keel a view as possible.

[@savioblanc]

@@FlashPointHx you seem to be one of the few history channels on KZbin that actually covers this era as accurately as possible. Usually the period is covered as "All Muslims good, all Christians bad, don't question it" This is then responded by Western/At Right/Christians as "All Muslims bad, All Christians good" It's nice to see a channel that says "Some good, some bad" After all, the truth is always much more interesting than fiction

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you! Yes, try as hard as possible to read multiple sources. That’s why it takes me awhile to come up with each episode. I just read Brian Catlas’s book on the Reconquista - “Kingdoms of Faith” - like him very much. He tries to keep it as neutral as possible as well.

[@RakeanAlBarra]

Wow, getting through all of these was just great. I've noticed that the more recent video accompaniments are nice improvements from the previous ones. Bravo! I'd recommend adding some text for anything quoted though, so it's easier to note for us viewers haha. Anyway, checking out this series only furthers my desire to visit Spain one day to see the remains of such a colorful past. It seems magnificent. Keep on working on these, they are just gems.

[@FlashPointHx]

Rakean - I am really happy that you like my series and I'm impressed if you have made it up to this point - thats listening to me go on for 8 hours! I taught myself a new program for video editing a few months ago and I'm happy with the results. I'm one of those who loves learning new things so this was a nice thing to learn on the side. Still learning new functions of this program so I'm hoping to continue to adapt and change my videos as time goes by. I'll keep in mind what you have said about adding subtitles for the quoted text - I did this before and I thought that it was a bit distracting. But good to have this feed back. Definitely get to Spain - the culture is so vibrant and if you even know a small bit of Spanish they love you for it. My wife and I have been to Madrid, Toledo, and Barcelona - accumulating about a month total in the country. Can't say enough about the night life, the food, the wine, and the music! We are planning a Cordoba, Seville, and Granada circuit in the next few years or so. Again, thank you for the kind words and feedback - take care and all the best!

[@chawquee]

you Arab for sure are you happy of your traihson history ...without us the moors or the maghrebans you would have never ever dream of setting foot in Spain but you ost it because of your love for bey dance and empty things like today everybody is fucking you

[@shenvega6688]

This is the most underrated channel on KZbin

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks!

[@Rayza82]

I'm walking in the former river bed of the Turia river in Valencia while listening to this. Truly epic to think about. Those floods El Cid used to his advantage is the reason the place where the river was is now a park. A really bad flood in the 1960s I think, influenced the local authoriries to undertake a project to divert the flow of the river out of the city. Now it's a nice park with football pitches, paths to run, trees, birds.... The green lungs of Valencia they call it. It's strange seeing the medieval bridges still crossing over.

[@FlashPointHx]

How amazing! Jealous that you are there - but also so happy that you know the history behind all this. Doesn't it make the experience just mind blowing?

[@Rayza82]

@@FlashPointHx Your show I listened originally 2 years is ago is big reason why I traveled here. 👍

[@FlashPointHx]

@@Rayza82 Love this! Look up the pilgrimage route of El Cid - they have these walking tours that take you across Spain to visit all the places that are mentioned in his Epic Poem

[@anarquia201]

El Cid campeador In latín América we have to read his poem un school because the greates influence is to spanish literatura. I love his poem

[@FlashPointHx]

Nice! I just bought a copy - when I get a chance I’m hoping to read it as well

[@moroccoisback477]

do you know who was really the Cid??? i mean from Moorish sources and not catholic dumb propaganda

[@enriquepascual8767]

Hahahahahahahahahaaa

[@dreamcast3607]

love these videos

[@FlashPointHx]

Love making them !

[@mahadibrahim8836]

I been synching your videos from part one eager to watch more of yours i admire your work. Im a fan

[@FlashPointHx]

I'm very happy that you like my work! Wow - if you have been watching since episode one - that means 8 hours of watching! Impressive

[@maryamzrk945]

Loving this channel! I could NOT have read so much history

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks! Researching this took me a long time

[@FeedTheSheep144]

Interesting I’m watching this video considering what happen in Valencia Spain

[@rodfirefighter8341]

Love that, mop up operation!

[@inihessien5420]

Brilliant work my friend.

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you!

[@mehdifadli7316]

For the record : The famous Al-Ghazali also known to have written a fatwa against the Taifa kings of Al Andalus, declaring them to be unprincipled, not fit to rule and that they should be removed from power. This fatwa was used by Yusuf ibn Tashfin to justify his conquest of al-Andalus

[@almuhalab90]

He fabricated his claim and it was truly based on greed 😂😂

[@KiarenGrae]

Great!

[@pfrstreetgang7511]

All your series about Portugal, Spain, and "Moors" are very informative. 95% of everything you present was never a part of my education.

[@ridwanrahman6063]

This channels great you have a new sub!

[@dansmith3343]

Im not sure how I missed this episode. Anything in El cid is awesome. I cant wait to see what the future holds. I hope to see something on thebes owning sparta and european crusades ( against excommunicated european kingdons ) you're my favorite history channel. I'll become a patron as soon as Im able.

[@FlashPointHx]

Yeah the more I read about El CID, the more I want to do his Camino. Apparently some company in Spain has some sort of tour where you walk in all the places that he went to. Really happy you like my content!

[@dansmith3343]

@@FlashPointHx I always thought his willingness to look past religious differences made him a slick businessman. The 30 years war , is that something you might do in the future? Nothing on youtube besides podcasts. Man a series like your reconquista series on all the phases would be awesome.

[@FlashPointHx]

I’ve been really meaning to do the Mughal empire after this. But I might do something on WW2 instead - Was thinking the life of Rommel

[@dansmith3343]

@@FlashPointHx that'd blow up so fast. Everyone loves rommel and nazi engineering. Put then together and you'll have one heck of a win. Will you be starting with at ww1? He was a badass in that war too. Favorite tank? I'd say either the tiger or panther. My great grandfather said when the tiger alarm went up, you could almost see the fear spread in the tank crews. ( he commanded a Sherman. ) and those boys were brave as soldiers came. Thanks for taking the time to reply.

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you for sharing this about your family. Yes those tigers were impressive! Especially the Tiger II’s. I could totally Sherman drivers worried about them. Also, I can tell by your response that this would be a good series

[@johnvonshepard9373]

Fascinating.

[@mohaamar4106]

Youssuf ibn tachfine is the real legend here.

[@thaddeusbahl5115]

I'm not sure if it is a fact but the people who made Age of Empires tend to do their research. If it us true, you totally should have brought up the battle of his death! Where he was positioned on his horse while dead to inspire his troops! El Cid deserved a full episode

[@FlashPointHx]

In retrospect, I think you’re right. Personally I want to do the hike where you follow in his footsteps in Spain. They have companies that set this up for you.

[@savioblanc]

@@FlashPointHx is that the Camino that you speak of or is there another trek?

[@FlashPointHx]

Not the Camino to Santiago de Compostela - it’s another trek that takes you from Burgos to Valencia. The same path that El CID took. If you look up El Cid tours or something, it will come up.

[@savioblanc]

@@FlashPointHx did not know that. Definitely will look it up. Been looking into doing the El Camino for a while now

[@FlashPointHx]

I would totally do the Way of St James (Camino de Santiago) once in my life as well! Take a month or two off and take your time and do it well

[@AuthenticDarren]

Anticpating Part VIII ;) . PS Nice outro music.

[@FlashPointHx]

Creating it now ! I’m happy you like the series - the bonus episode on the First Crusade is out if you want to take a listen. Yes, love the music. Surprisingly it’s on the KZbin Archive.

[@wailrimouche1171]

Come on you gotta give it to the Arabs, They're good at naming battles.

[@FlashPointHx]

And they sound so menacing! Some of the battles of Khalid Ibn al-Walid were the same way

[@amazigh8776]

The almoravids are not arabs lololol

[@FlashPointHx]

They were Berbers

[@bahaaayman5231]

Wail Rimouche non of all of them were arabs , they are all africans and Iberians

[@mindyourbusiness4440]

@@amazigh8776 any brown people are arabs for some. so sad

[@luifernando4002]

Campeador translates a little better to Championer. The weird spelling of champion as championer instead is intentional, since that is exactly the same in Spanish with the normal word being campeón. Spanish is my first language but I’m not from Spain so I’m not that familiar with the story and why it might be different

[@japhfo]

'Campeador' comes from the verb 'campear' - to campaign, to take the field in open battle (See 'Campo'- a field, open country). 'Campeon' is also cognate with 'campear' originally meaning someone who triumphs, is victorious on campaign, on the field of battle. 'The Champion' isn't a bad translation. 'The Battler,' is perhaps more accurate (notwithstanding Alfonso 1of Aragon's title "El Batallador') but less colloquial. 'Great Warrior' has the best sense of it.

[@FouadFouad-tl4lh]

Thx for the video Anytime I see blood in a bottle field I question God saying ohhhh God there must be something you have could done to prevent bloodshed!!!!

[@aliatanan7509]

i loved this video it's clearly that you put too much time and effort to make it but the man at 7:52 is not yussuf ibn tashfin but ismail alaoui the second king of alaoui dynasty

[@FlashPointHx]

I happy you liked the series. Yes researching those images is a bit daunting to find the exact picture. I try to cross reference it with what’s available in English - but sometimes the resources are limited

[@abdelrhmanemira2480]

However the battle details a little different from the Arabic source but good job 👏

[@FlashPointHx]

I’m sure, but I don’t read Arabic unfortunately. I’m glad you like the series !

[@abdelrhmanemira2480]

Flash Point History haha indeed The only difference is the Arabic source said the andulcain hold their position then the rest as you said happened exactly and only 500 of the Castilian army could ran away I will watch it from the beginning to continue But you really deserve more and more viewers and subscribers I hope make a series about the caliphate conquers of notrth Africa from Egypt to Morocco 😄 Good job bro

[@abdelhafidbeqqali3277]

​@@abdelrhmanemira2480 can you tell me whitch egyptian caliphate conquers of notrth Africa? the fatimid never reached morocco

[@abdelrhmanemira2480]

Chung Trapatini I mean The Rashidun Caliphate then the Umayyad caliphate conquest of Egypt and the rest of North Africa , however Fatimid started from Algeria but they didn’t control Morocco

[@elwerouno1]

👑RÍOS FAMILY 👑 it refers to the ROYAL HOUSE OF ASTURIAS where the RÍOS👑 last name most likely originated from.👑

[@sundayreason3794]

Great video series, but where is the final episode that recounts the completion of the Reconquista?

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks - still being made. I’ve started episode XI now which covers the Nasrid and then Episode XII will be about Ferdinand and Isabella and the end of the Reconquista

[@moroccoisback477]

@@FlashPointHx and Alarcos?

[@FlashPointHx]

I cover that one too

[@marylee8372]

I seemed to have missed Part I. Is it posted somewhere?

[@FlashPointHx]

Go to my KZbin home page and look up playlists - its all in there

[@Evrenos75]

Sagrajas in Arabic is Azzalaqa (Zalaqa) and the Spanish name is probably just a deformation of the Arabic one.

[@FlashPointHx]

You know - you’re probably right. Seems like a lot of current names are just Spanish variants of their Arabic roots

[@Trikipum]

Most of those arabic names are actually deformations of the original names....

[@abdelhafidbeqqali3277]

@@FlashPointHx Azzalaqa its in a moroccan dialect deformed from arabic whitch mean The Slide

[@fadertyasa3576]

Alzalaca

[@ultrainstinctgoku6412]

@@abdelhafidbeqqali3277 even in arabic it is pronounced azzalaka not al zalaka there is no deformation here mister

[@BeyondTHEstat]

Morocco ❤

[@Zakariya3603]

Dude, Sagrajas is epic, over 80,000 Castillian soldiers defeated by a force of 48,000 Muslims.

[@FlashPointHx]

I must of been if the blood shed was so great that people were slipping on it

[@Zakariya3603]

@@FlashPointHx In general the Reconquista is kind of like the hundred years war, with the bulk of the conflict taking place between 1086 to 1212. Sagrajas and Alarcos are probably the worst defeats the Christians ever suffered too, remember that at Hattin the Christian forces only numbered 20,000 men according to contemporary sources, whereas they numbered over 80,000 men at Sagrajas and 100,000-150,000 men at Alarcos. Saladin is also a very overrated commander, he was unable to score a decisive victory at Montgisard and Arsuf despite having a numerical and strategical advantage, and at Hattin the Crusaders were fatigued and not even able or willing to fight.

[@Dr_oz11]

Is there a part 1 to this?

[@FlashPointHx]

Got to my YT home page and go to my war of the worlds playlist

[@Dr_oz11]

@@FlashPointHx Got there in the end! Appreciate your reply 😊

[@iseeyou5061]

Almoravid and Almohad (and Avars) being bad at siege is something that baffle me. For simple reason how do they make empire when they are bad at siege?

[@taniekawest3151]

Almoravids were West africans that founded a great empire they came from west Africa to take Morocco then Spain they were not just arabs and African bystanders

[@japhfo]

If you call the Anti-Atlas of modern Morocco as West Africa, then yes

[@serenisma3402]

Hello there ! Magnificent video. You got the flag of the Almoravids wrong, you used the Almohad flag, the Almoravids one is white with an Arabic inscription saying the words of the prophet. Excellent video (from a Moroccan)

[@scalion44y22]

he knows, the whita flag kept looking like a surrender flag so he tried to find another one

[@deltatrippers]

Why so few likes and views? This is equivalent or better than most KZbin history channels out here. Just grabbing at straws ..... could it be that most of your content was Muslim history at first.

[@FlashPointHx]

This was originally a podcast on iTunes that I cross platformed to KZbin. On iTunes, I had a perfect five star rating - until I started talking about Islamic history. Suddenly I got a bunch of crap ratings - despite the fact that I had greatly upgraded my recording equipment and had better scripted narrative. So be it - I’m committed to telling this history.

[@deltatrippers]

Flash Point History I respect your commitment. As you well know, many try and have changed history to fit their agenda. You do xlnt work. I love history, told from a non-biased perspective.

[@FlashPointHx]

This story is exceedingly difficult to tell - the sources are a bit murky and the opinions of what really happened are wide. Each episode requires quite a bit of reading to find that plausible middle ground - But I’m glad you like it

[@Cervando]

@@FlashPointHx It is sad that people treat either an entire race or religion as one and the same. The facts are that the Moors greatly benefited Spain at a time when Europe had gone backwards during the so called Dark Ages. The Almohads were very accomodating of other religions and in many old churches, synagogues and mosques it is evident that craftsman of all faiths worked together as they used signature workmanship and iconography of their own religion. In fact when the Christians recaptured Toledo, the vast scholarly literature of the Moors that was captured helped kick start the Renaissance, as scholars from as far as England and Italy came to study at Toledo. The Moors took what they captured ftom the Greeks and their scholars advanced their studies even further, which is why we still use Arabic numerals.

[@mindyourbusiness4440]

@@FlashPointHx that is sad. But I'm gald you are committed. I've enjoyed your videos so much.

[@rusticus6393]

The portuguese version of El Cid would be Gerald the fearless.

[@ahmedamineeddarkaoui7974]

The most important thing in war its the nombre of warriors that you didn't mention, i think that you told us the story from Spanish viewpoint.. But anyway I get some new informations, thanks 👍

[@FlashPointHx]

only so much one can fit into a small video. =)

[@LuisAldamiz]

What? No mention of the "jura de Santa Gadea", which, per the legend at least, was the cause Vivar was exiled?

[@FlashPointHx]

only so much you can put into a short vid

[@SimoWise]

Actually the chess board flag used belongs to Almohads not the Almoravids

[@justinleecw]

Las Navas next?

[@FlashPointHx]

Oh yeah - but bonus episode on First Crusade - just to get an idea of contemporary events on the other end of the Med

[@francisdrake6622]

When you refer to Kennedy's quote - are you referring to Paul Kennedy?

[@AbdelEmperor]

no it's Hugh N Kennedy, an english professor who specialises in islamic history

[@Justin5s]

What do you use to make the map animation?

[@FlashPointHx]

I use power point to design my maps and then a program called Apple Motion - which is perfect for me on that it’s relatively inexpensive, doesn’t require a lot of time to learn, and can create some decent content.

[@beyondheartmindsoul3443]

You forgot that Muhammad ibn Tumart was very versed in Islam, he learned from All Muslim groups, he was among most versed in Islam, and memorized all books of Faith's of even most heterodox groups, he debated Christians, Jews, All Muslim sects scholars and won over them and didn't lose any scholarly religious debate at all in court of Ali ibn Tashfin of Al-Andalus, he became so full of himself that he thought of himself as the Mahdi, the Prophecized redeemer of Islam, highest title equivalent of that of messiah. He was so sure that he went and debated all of Maghreb region and defeated all scholars with evidence and gain so much followers, he became even stricter than Almoravids, he even accused his very extremist fellow Sunni Maliki Almoravids of being very corrupt and leanient in Islam and so he issued a Fatwa( Religious decree) against Almoravids calling them apostates and thus have to be killed without mercy. He killed over 100,000 Almoravids in Maghreb. LOL what a man he was! His extremism knew no boundaries!! But his successor Abd-Al-Mu'min ibn Ali was less strict.

[@deadsoul473]

andelmoumen made massacre in tlemcen , marrakech and bejaia

[@almuhalab90]

Unfortunately there method were brutal and didn't took the more liberal Islamic way of the Umayyad who tried to co-exit with natives Almoravids were to Arabs like the ostrgoth invasion of Rome

[@bosbanon3452]

Waiting this again, i notice that Ibn Tashfin place the Taifa army on the front of his, and between his and there was a ditch between them, why he seems using the Taifa Army as fodder. Alphonso also do something similar by placing Aragonese in the front but there's no ditch between them, by looking how the muslim didn't attack first can we asumsi that the Christian has stronger army? About Almoravid, you said there's no separation between state and church, i think Islam doesn't have that concept, Christians also only have that concept after the following centuries

[@almuhalab90]

Yes he wants to weaken the taifa kingdoms he was ambitious and betrayed the one who called him for help Greed to them by surprise 😂

[@nazeem8680]

Almoravids are'nt messing around

[@Gojoseon]

How did El Cid die? Was it during a siege?

[@LuisAldamiz]

Unclear. Wikipedia says: "his death was likely a result of the famine and deprivations caused by the siege", he was 56, somewhat old of the period. It was during the siege of Valencia by the Almoravids, indeed.

[@ciuyr2510]

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[@matildegarcia9466]

Se need Cid’s all over Europe today !!

[@yasinjamal7517]

both Andalusis and Almoravids were berbers right?

[@FlashPointHx]

No - Andalusis also included people from along the breath of the Caliphate

[@quikskoprbro968]

The almoravids were from west Africa the almohad were berbers from north Africa.

[@deadsoul473]

you forgot talking about the battle of Fraga

[@FlashPointHx]

I mention it in another video - the mighty king of Aragon will go down

[@amak3]

I wish you would answer my question if you can and want to take your time for. Before the battle of Sagrajas/marqat Zalaqqa. There were messages between Alfanso and Yusuf ibn Tashfin, Yusuf sent "You wanted to fight me here I'm. I will give you three options, convert, Jizya or war. What's your choice?" Alfanso obviously picked war but also tried to trick Yusuf. He wrote that Friday is the holiday of the Muslims and Sunday is for the Jews and Saturday is for the Christians let's delay the battle.".The Taifa leaders told Yusuf it was an obvious trick and that Alfanso will attack on Friday. I know October 23, 1086 was a Friday and Alfanso obvious did the first charge but was the attempted trickery true?

[@FlashPointHx]

I have not heard this account - getting even simple information about what happened during the battle was difficult to find and the sources had a tendency to conflict and be vague. Now I will say this - Alfonso was a smart shrewd man. I’m pretty sure he orchestrated his brothers assassination. He was also exiled to Toledo before his rise to power and had considerable experience with the culture of the Moors and Islam - with that knowledge I wouldn’t put it past him to use the holy day against them. If El Cid waited till after Ramadan to attack at the Battle of Cuarte then why wouldn’t Alfonso use Friday as well?

[@amak3]

Unfortunate that we can't get definitive about it but still I'm grateful for you trying. I had curiosity about that account because it had alot of coincidences in it's favor like you typed.

[@FlashPointHx]

Yes this is actually true - and Alphonso is not the only one to use knowledge of his enemies to attack them. El Cid attacked a muslim force after ramadan knowing that they had fasted and were weak from hunger.

[@FlashPointHx]

@Alinero bright I can not read arabic - I have met a lot of people online who follow my show that have been very generous with their time and have translated for me. What your friend asked is true - Friday was used as a trick. As I also mentioned - other christians used their knowledge of islam to attack - EL CID attacked after Ramandan was over - knowing his opponent would be weak after a month of daytime fasting.

[@tinamanoukas2106]

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[@mohameddegheidi4594]

Who knows where this intro music from ?

[@FlashPointHx]

Its from the KZbin archive - its called 'Eyes of Glory'

[@EricWilliamsYO]

All Moorish Palaces being shown.. All Cretans lived in wooden barns..

[@crownchak-yah6094]

The Moors: their faces were as black as pitch , the most handsome among them was as black as a kettle , their eyes shone like candles .

[@almuhalab90]

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[@alkhatabi1]

The Amazigh Moroccans conquered Andalusia and spread Islam in Europe 800 years We as a Moroccans are determined to return to the land my ancestors conquered

[@enriquepascual8767]

And we will kick your arse back to Africa again.

[@Eagle-bl8cm]

As a Moroccan I tell you can you just shut the fuck up

[@AM-yt3yj]

I like your work but it’s crazy how much you mention North Africa instead of Morocco, the Almoravides were Moroccans so it should be mentioned as Morocco not North Africa 🇲🇦

[@japhfo]

Did Morroco exist in the C12th?

[@AM-yt3yj]

@@japhfo Morocco exist since the 8th century

[@japhfo]

@@AM-yt3yj Was there a polity or region named ''Morocco" in the 11th-12th centuries? Did the Almoravids use the name? did they call themselves "Moroccan" (which given that these are English terms deriving from the Castilian 'Marueco' seems unlikely)?

[@suronjunghosh3445]

u used music from " 0 ad ". its a open source rts game better than age of empires.

[@FlashPointHx]

Love this music - I reached out to the creator for permission - nice guy as well

[@hichamsaha1722]

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[@RCSVirginia]

At the height of their religious fervour, the Almoravids took the city of Cordoba, one of the crown jewels of the Islamic world, and they were horrified at the luxury, beauty, culture and refinement that they saw there. The splendour of that metropolis offended their staunch, Islamist, fundamentalist beliefs. The Jihadists went of a rampage: burning the palaces, villas, business establishments libraries and pleasure gardens. Indiscriminately, they slaughtered civilians: Muslim, Christian and Jew, men, women and children; old and young alike. The Jihadists, then, turned their eyes to the great Palace of Cordoba, a complex renowned and revered throughout the Arab Muslim world, that had been the home of the Umayyad Caliphs, and torched it with all its buildings, residences and gardens. When they left, Cordoba was a smoldering ruin with corpses' littering the streets. Only the Great Mosque of Cordoba and other mosques, out of all the prominent buildings, were left untouched.

[@hishamehisho1430]

You didn't support your words with a single prove.. Especially all sources mentioned people welcomed almoravids....

[@littleandre4957]

(14:40) muslims actually gain more weight during ramadan because they stuff themselves after sunset.

[@FlashPointHx]

hahaha - but after a month I'm sure you feel it - especially in the middle ages where food may not have been so abundant

[@littleandre4957]

@@FlashPointHx perhaps you have a point, but muslims were pretty rich back then from looting across Northern Africa and in Iberia itself of course, and food shortages in the rest of Europe during medieval times did not affect them (at least not so much). Fasting also doesn't work like that. I've fasted for almost a month once [not because I'm muslim tho] without eating day OR night and as soon as I ate again I felt my strength coming back again. As soon as you eat again you immediately feel rejuvenated which is exactly what muslims would have felt after they ate after the sun went down.

[@alexc.c.4025]

Why do you keep the Jews out of the picture when they were as much as present, involved and affected by all this just like the Muslims & Christians. You barely mention the Jews even if they were all over Spain, Portugal at this time. You do this in practically all your videos. What´s the deal??? It´s very hard to take in all your hard work knowing that not all the truth is shared and presented.

[@top10africa46]

what of the black african warriors that fought under yussufs army. Why are they omitted. this is a rubbish historical piece.

[@hichamsaha1722]

You are not telling the truth.

[@FlashPointHx]

ok - please tell us the truth

[@yugomotion5874]

Al cid was of maroccain origin