Reconquista - The Last Kingdom of Islam - Part 1

[@FlashPointHx]

The story of the Reconquista continues!! Wanted to publish this before the Super Bowl is on - my 49's (yes thats right I own them =) ) are going to do some serious damage to the Chiefs - but to be fair I lived in Missouri and I know how proud (and rightfully so) Chief fans can be. Enjoy the video - the next one is coming out in about a week or so! Btw if anyone has good video footage of the Alhambra let me know - I could use it in the upcoming videos and I'll credit you in the video itself!

[@theodoresmith5272]

Love your productions. I went to Spain 4 years ago and fell in love with the history. Your the best at explaining it by far. Since then I have gone back to Spain to see all 16 providences on the mainland. Really cool to see all the different influences, cultures and history. From the middle ages castles of Aragon, to the Roman ruins in extremadora, to the Celtic area of Galicia, to the south with all the Moorish influence, wow what a country.

[@FlashPointHx]

@@theodoresmith5272 This is one of the reasons I'd love to retire here when I'm done with my work life (will be awhile). I'd have a ball with all that history in such a close proximity.

[@theodoresmith5272]

@@FlashPointHxI would love if, when you have exhausted your current theme of Islam/Spain, to do a few on Peru. The info about one of my favorite countries is very scattered and there isnt any thing even near what you do so well. to me, only peru, as far as places in the Americas, has nearly the history of the some of the Mediterranean countries. Although they havent got the timelines down like the Mediterranean countries do nor the written word, and probably never will, Peru has some of the oldest and largest(Chan Chan is the largest adobe city ever found and probably the largest city in the world at that time) ruins. The Inca get all the press put many much older civilization were there. Incas only started about 1,300. The norte chica have ruin right outside lima and are one of the oldest civilization known to man. Ruins are everywhere in a pretty country.

[@flyingspacerock8968]

Sorry 4 your LOSS. (😁😁😁😁)

[@SAarumDoK]

Wait, you own the 49ers ?!

[@calafiori]

I've learned more about Iberian history of this period of time than through my formal and complementary education. And I live and work between Portugal and Spain. Great work.

[@FlashPointHx]

Wow - thats so amazing to hear. Where do you work? Sounds like you have the best of both worlds there.

[@calafiori]

@@FlashPointHx I'm a vet, so I kind of have a traveling job. Excluding the Asturias in Spain, Algarve in Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra, I have costumers in every other region of the Iberia peninsula. Yes, it's a great place to live and work: culture, history, gastronomy, nice people and even the weather is fine, especially compared to other regions of Europe.

[@FlashPointHx]

@@calafiori My wife is Latina and I'm learning Spanish as best I can. We are both hoping to retire in southern Spain at some point. I think you found a nice job if you get to do this now.

[@calafiori]

@@FlashPointHx Your spanish pronunciation is quite good for an english native speaker. Andalucia is a beautiful part of the peninsula. But I find their accent the heaviest. Good luck with that. LOL

[@FlashPointHx]

Hahaha - thanks, I have had lots of practice. Trying to also raise our son bilingual. Good to hear my pronunciation is getting better

[@josephwamoto3529]

Its amazing how similar the final chapter of Islamic Spain is to the Byzantine Empire. The two relied on support from abroad to keep afloat. The Nasrids from North Africa and the Byzantines from Western Europe. At times these reinforcements took over. When the support was no longer forthcoming, it was game over. For me, in both cases, it was sad to see two civilizations that had a profound impact on our history come to an end. Amazing video. Can’t wait for the second part.

[@FlashPointHx]

Just like the Byzantine a great deal of the destruction welled up from within

[@zackamor8043]

I mean, if that area remained united Islamically than fractured like in this video, history would have been way different. It is unfortunate that hunger for greed became prevalent.

[@FlashPointHx]

Well said - a house divided can not stand

[@mojewjewjew4420]

Well Eastern Roman Empire fell because of the fourth "crusade" not because of lack of support.

[@zackamor8043]

@@mojewjewjew4420 It fell because of many reasons but not the fourth crusade.

[@Darth_Enigma]

Everyone: *Watching Superbowl* Me: *Watching Super Reconquista*

[@FlashPointHx]

Love this comment! I'm adding this to the next video

[@Darth_Enigma]

@@FlashPointHx Awesome! That would be a tremendous honor!

[@rext87able]

Jesus my dude the production quality of this is better than most documentaries on Netflix well done

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks! Would love to hear Netflix coming knocking =)

[@Mari-hy5oq]

I love your vids! As a muslim you don't get to hear a lot of muslim history so I'm so glad I found this channel. Also I think your pronunciation has gotten better 😁

[@FlashPointHx]

hahaha. Thank you - I'm happy that my pronunciation is improving

[@TheHistoryofSpainPodcast]

Many people sure would be surprised to hear how the Emirate of Granada became a vassal of Castile. Many other alliances between Christians and Muslims happened before too, making clear that realpolitik was far more important than religious differences.

[@FlashPointHx]

it went back and forth so many times it makes ones head spin

[@thebrocialist8300]

Flash Point History The further south the Christian kingdoms advanced, the more complex the sociopolitical landscape became (though the politics surrounding the Spanish marches and the fickle character of the Vascones in Pamplona and Navarre had already set a bad precedent for all the subsequent diplomatic quandaries). It’s frankly a miracle that feudal Iberia was even capable of success in a national liberation struggle of this kind, let alone achieving the sort of national unification (barring the question of Portuguese separatism) it would take the rest of Europe centuries to develop. Iberia is certainly exceptional [in more ways than one] in Western history. One step ahead of Europe in many ways, yet two steps behind in others.

[@TheHistoryofSpainPodcast]

@@thebrocialist8300 Pamplona wasn't an exception though. The Kingdom of Asturias for instance also made alliances with several Muladis (like Ibn Marwan 'the Galician' or the rebels of Toledo of 852) to weaken the Emirate of Córdoba. These Muladis were the Islamic converts of the native Hispano-Gothic elite, just like the Banu Qasi (related to Pamplona) were. Something similar happened in the Marca Hispanica several times, where the pro-Hispano-Gothic faction (as opposed to the Frankish one) sought the military aid of Córdoba several times. And all this is just from the 9th century, the period I'm covering now.

[@fernandogarcia3957]

@@thebrocialist8300 You know why? Because feudal dominions were not so powerful (at first) in Castile. Short answer. For a long one, take a look at the videos of this other guy History of Spain podcast, he may have it...

[@andreascovano7742]

You are back with reconquista! YES!

[@FlashPointHx]

Yes sir!! this one is going for the long haul

[@Templarium]

Man, the History Channel should hire you to begin producing quality content once again. Excellent video as usual!

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks - yeah the stuff they have is just abysmal

[@yunopil7261]

Musa bin Abi Al-Ghassan Al-Ghassani, from Yemen ,the last Muslim warrior in Andalusia, who refused to surrender and fought the Spaniards until he was martyred .. He died after killing 15 Castilian knights .. He has a famous saying "Let the king of Christians know that the Arab had been born to the horse and the spear "

[@FlashPointHx]

an epic warrior

[@alfgui3295]

He attacked 15 Castilian knights, who proceeded to kick his ass, as anyone with half a brain would have known. After he and his horse were injured, he tried to flee crossing a river, but he died drowning. Sorry, it's not an heroic tale but a sad one.

[@theodoresmith5272]

This guy is the best. His overall focus and writing is awesome and the way he mixes in little bits of interesting info to complete a very good picture of the whole story going on is very good.

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you! I try to keep the narrative flowing and whenever I find a fascinating story - it goes in

[@CarthagoMike]

And the story continues! Looking forward to your future video's in this series :)

[@FlashPointHx]

oh yeah - gotta long way to go!

[@ryanwidjaja4252]

I'm glad that you finally released this video. This series about Granada would surely be interesting! Although we knew that it would have a pretty sad ending. The last war of the Reconquista was surely a great symbolic victory for the Catholic Monarchs, but a sad ending for the Muslims (especially for Emir Boabdil, as he saw the banners of Castile flying proudly above Granada from a hill). It would be nice for you to show both sides of the Reconquista in your videos about Granada, and how their relationship changed. I believe that there were times of truce and relative peace, and also times of conflict (such as the final conquest by the Catholic Monarchs).

[@FlashPointHx]

This episode will talk about the Muslim side of things - the next episode will be from the Castilian / Aragon side of things. Its sad even for me to come to the end of Al Andalus

[@kermitthethinker1465]

@@FlashPointHx Please speak more about Portugal

[@soaringblackbird4431]

History is so full of terrible things, so the only thing we can do is to learn which dangers of falling in the same traps are here today. As much as I love history, I have to say that history (specially historicism!) is always written by the winners, so I concur to your desire. There are more than two sides to the coin, even more, there is also the edge of the coin and all three surfaces give us complete picture and a warning. Lets make this world better with knowing and avoiding dangers, and that comes only from desire to know and learn.

[@FlashPointHx]

@@soaringblackbird4431 really well said - I posted this to the Twitter feed

[@Uncle_Fred]

I'd almost given up hope. Can't wait to watch this.

[@FlashPointHx]

No not at all! I just prefer quality over quantity - I spend a lot of time in research for this series - sorry for the long waits!

[@simplethingsmatter.7782]

Flash Point History cam you send the link of the next episode. Thanks

[@FlashPointHx]

@@simplethingsmatter.7782 I think I need to update these videos so that the next video is showed at the end. Otherwise, if you go to my KZbin page by clicking on my name in any of my videos and hit the playlist section - the videos will automatically play one after the other.

[@chrismasse3818]

Thank you so much, I've been watching your punic series for the 4th time, and your atila series was great watched it twice but by far my favourite one is the reconquista. Can't wait for the part 2

[@FlashPointHx]

Wow - thats a lot of time dedicated to my series! Happy that you liked it so much. Part two is coming up in about a week or so

[@Wilkse1]

This channel is brilliant. Absolute quality from the beginning to now. I have learnt so much in an unbiased way about an area in history which wasn't taught at school. Absolute quality .. did I mention its quality ?

[@FlashPointHx]

Ha! Thank you so much for the kind comment! Appreciate it !

[@benjaminplatt4109]

This is so awesome! I was just looking for some videos on the Reconquista. This is just another treat from my research yesterday

[@FlashPointHx]

Nice. What is your research on?

[@Porcas]

Muy bueno! Espero ansioso el próximo. Wonderfull work,

[@Uncle_Fred]

Great video. You've really taken it to the next level. I remember the days when I felt a bit lost without proper maps. Now you lay things out in great context and from every angle. If I had any suggestion, it would be this: I feel things would go from stunning to perfect if you could take a few minutes in your videos to narrow down the scope to a key, pivotal moment. This might be, for example, laying out the details of a key battle, or key meeting. Put us in the army of Alfonso X on his campaign into Grenada. How did he lose? What were the conditions? Who participated and what did they do? What did the order of battle look like? Think BazBattles, Epic History, or Historia Civilis. If you added this, you'd have both the greater context, which you do better than almost any channel out there and a deeper dive into a pivotal moment. It's a great formula to really weave a narrative around specific people and events. What do you think?

[@FlashPointHx]

I actually have that coming - the siege of Granada, the Battle of the Vega, and the Battle Rio Salado will be covered like this in the next two videos =)

[@afptoronto1]

It's always a pleasure to see another vid from ya!

[@FlashPointHx]

Hey thanks a lot !

[@EvilSmonker]

At long last! Love all your videos and be sure I at least am immensely grateful for these productions.

[@EvilSmonker]

Would love to see videos on Spain's early colonialist period, and how they administered such a large overseas territory without a precedent to guide them. Very little unbiased English material on the matter to my experience can be found, so anything made can be considered a service to the documentation and spreading of proper history.

[@FlashPointHx]

Happy you like the series, but I’m only getting up to the fall of the Inca. Then need to move elsewhere

[@jspetty1984]

LOVE your Spanish Reconquista videos!!! I watched them in the spring a couple of times and now re-watching them another time. Keep up the good work!

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you! So good to hear that you liked my content enough for a 2nd view.

[@elocti10]

The Alhambra is well preserved and you can visit it in Granada! Amazing place

[@krimzonstriker7534]

Got to give it to Granada, they embodied the spirit of Al-Andulus by coming back strong after anyone else might have given up and been swept away in the tides of history already.

[@FlashPointHx]

And not just coming back strong - but also culturally impressive. A civilization in decline - but still had time to create breath taking architecture and art

[@svenkaahedgerg3425]

I enjoy your series a lot. It is really impressive that you keep telling the events from both the winning and the loosing sides of the different conflicts. Even more impressive is that you keep the narrative neutral without demonising or glorifying either religious beliefs. Well done!

[@FlashPointHx]

You nailed it on the head. I want to keep this as neutral as possible and give the story from both perspectives - happy that you liked it

[@waseemhasan6546]

wow this was amazing! the delivery of the content and the map illustrations were amazing! KeeP up the good work, LOOKING FORWARD FOR PART 2!

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks! Will do and love the name btw =)

[@TheSamuraijim87]

Amazing video once again! The story of the Taifas and the collapse of the Cordovan Caliphs, and then the story of the second Taifa period and the Nasirids is a pretty salutary lesson in not making your security dependent on external factors. While it's always risky to criticize someone like Ibn Hud as an armchair general, you have to wonder what could have happened in the region in either of the Taifa periods had Al-Andalus been given a leader like Almanzor or Abd al-Rahman III when it needed one. The taifas could have been wielded back together into a singular Al-Andalus under Cordova and it seems that they had enough of an edge in economic, educational and technological factors to hold their own against the greater resources of the northern kingdoms. You tell a great story.

[@amrakunish5238]

¡Santiago y cierra, España!

[@gzpo]

Excellent details, I'm learning like never before. Thank you! 💖😎

[@FlashPointHx]

good to know !

[@steveswitzer4353]

Excellent as expected in this high quality series

[@FlashPointHx]

Appreciate it!

[@JasonDoe1000]

Yet another great video A shame though that we will reach the end of the Reconquista and this series soon

[@FlashPointHx]

Time is quick to spill its ink onto a new page. Conquistadors are next up. =)

[@JasonDoe1000]

@@FlashPointHx Oh very nice That's gonna be a good follow-up

[@kaloarepo288]

Pity that there wasn't a reconquista for the Anatolian peninsula (Turkey)This area was once the heartland of Christianity but lost to the Turks.

[@FlashPointHx]

We're getting to the time of Mehmet II of the Ottomans - he felt that he was destined to do to the west what Alexander the Great did to the East

[@sahhaf1234]

At last.. After a very long wait !!..

[@FlashPointHx]

So sorry for the wait - had a bunch of side projects

[@fernandogarcia3957]

1 thing, Sierra Nevada, the top mountains in the Peninsula lie to the south of Granada city itself. It is another chain of mountains, but its only a small detail. You are absolutely right to indicate the importance of mountains and the terrain of Granada emirate, much more difficult than the western Andalucia, much much plainer due to the Guadalquivir river and basin. Geography has always been capital for geopolitics. Some experts even talk about the «Tyranny of geography» (apologies for any misspell errors) Thank you for this extraordinary series, that aid people to understand the history of Iberian peninsula, in a discourse that integrates the Christian Kingdoms into the history of Europe, a fact that is not always clear to many, many people. Cheers and keep it up!!

[@FlashPointHx]

I've gone through so many maps of Spain and the mountain ranges in the south are a bit confusing. it seems like each map has a different name for them. I ended up with Sierra Nevada as it was mentioned in the latest book I just read. Seemed credible enough. But you're right, geography shapes history. I personally think that any history book without maps - is not worth it. Thanks for the encouragement!

[@rebelac4926]

20 minutes felt like 20 seconds, amazing 👍🏻

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks !

[@hjs8092]

You are back!!! Thank you 🙏🇵🇹❤️

[@FlashPointHx]

Yes sir - sorry for the wait - next video up soon

[@hjs8092]

Flash Point History excellent work , waiting for the next chapter please! Thank you.

[@SebaIzu]

Amazing video. Can't wait for the next one!

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks - making the next one now =)

[@AssassinCreed108]

These videos are amazing but they're coming to a close, can you make a series about the Moroccan dynasties or a video about the emirate of Sicily? Thank you for your hard work. 😊

[@FlashPointHx]

Age of discovery and Conquistadors are coming next =)

[@disasterdisaster581]

We need a second reconquista, all through Europe.

[@SilverWave64]

I am so glad that they didn't destroy the Alhambra, because it's a masterpiece of architecture and one of the most beautiful palaces in all of Europe.

[@FlashPointHx]

I'm hoping to get out there at one point. Listen to my next video about the Alhmabra and Muhammad III

[@moroccoisback477]

they destroyed many masterpieces, every mosque palace in each town... such a loss, by the way there is the madrasa of Salé in Morocco built with same Alhambra architects

[@SilverWave64]

@@moroccoisback477 They didn't destroy everything. A lot of mosques were converted to churches and minarets converted to church towers.

[@Amadeu.Macedo]

Hurray Flash Point History! I must confess that I am falling in love with your channel, especially after having watched Part-1 of your magnificent RECONQUISTA video. Similar to your "Black Death" video, which I watched a few hours ago (thanks for your reply, by the way), my knowledge of Medieval History has been enriched. This is significant for me for three good reasons: 1. I am a life long lover of History of the Western Civilization, with emphasis on Europe, USA, and Brazil. 2. While I have always been proud of my knowlege of European history, I have always concentrated on the period between 1500 and 1914. Then I acquired a strong passion for antiquity, particularly Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria, the Hitite Empire, Mitanna, Egypt, Mycenae (as well as the later classical Grece) and the Roman Empire. As such, only recently I decided to dwell upon the missing 1000 years of the brutal, yet valliant Middle Ages (which render videos like yours and a couple of others so important to me). 3. Finally, the Iberian peninsula is personally important to me because I was born in Brazil, and decend from Portuguese aristocracy (albeit bastardised), that is, from the Vicounts and Counts of Mesquitela. Apologies for the long comment, and once again, thank you so much for this upload. I can hardly wait to watch parts 2 and 3. Cheers!

[@FlashPointHx]

Wow - it seems like there are a lot of people in this online community that can trace their lineage back to Spain and Portugal. First, I'm really happy that you liked my content so much - seems like you have seen a bunch of the videos. Second, thank you for sharing about your ancestry. You live in Brazil, but your history goes back to Portugal - there has GOT to be a good story there. 3rd, let me know what you think of parts 2 & 3 - note that I'll get Parts 4&5 out in July

[@Amadeu.Macedo]

@@FlashPointHx Thanks for your reply, but I left Brazil decades ago, and now reside in New York City, as a dual citizen of USA-BRAZIL. Cheers!

[@hamzazf]

thanks man, wonderful job

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you!

[@banishedfromars]

Once again great narration. Truly.

[@FlashPointHx]

appreciate that!

[@ahuse1]

great content as always. cheers!

[@FlashPointHx]

Hey thanks! !

[@elwerouno1]

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

[@M.T.Z.P]

My patience have been finally rewarded :)

[@FlashPointHx]

thanks for being patient

[@Mizreg]

Another amazing video! Looking forward to watching the rest!

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you! Work in progress even now

[@dejavue3013]

Really appreciate your wonderful work 🙏🙏

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you!

[@ryanmonteith5480]

The portion about the silk productions definitely has me more interested in how these ancient cities flourished back then.

[@FlashPointHx]

I found this part on silk production to be fascinating. Considering the time, some chroniclers have the silk farms at the time of the Almohad - which predates Marco Polo's trip. You'd think silk production would have been a tightly guarded secret by the Chinese. Alas, I didn't have time to look into it further, but there are multiple sources that talk about the splendor of silk made in Al Andalus. If you come across something interesting - please let me know!

[@ryanmonteith5480]

Flash Point History any knowledge of books for what life was like in Muslim Spain?

[@ryanmonteith5480]

Flash Point History or more importantly this portion of Muslim Spain. Thanks if any.

[@FlashPointHx]

Menochal has a book called Ornament of the World, Lowney has one called A Vanished World. But I didn’t go into too much detail about the average life in Islamic Spain. To get this I’d hit up twitter and ask the authors. Brian Catlos - a professor of Islamic studies in Colorado who wrote ‘Kingdoms of Faith’ is very approachable - I asked him for help with my current Nasrid series . These authors could tell you more

[@ryanmonteith5480]

Flash Point History what time period is this and your next video?

[@ulf___]

Fuck yeah! Sponsor! That means more videos!

[@FlashPointHx]

it allowed me to upgrade my software

[@laenorvelaryon5835]

Yaaaay Granada in da house!!!! Although I don't like that part of history much (maybe because it's just sad and depressing, a swan song like so many great civilisations before it) but I admire the emirate for keeping its independence for 250 years surrounded by powerful enemies, it's not unique really (Venice and Dubrovnik) but always admirable.

[@FlashPointHx]

Listen to the next part - there is always something to be said about rooting for the underdog.

[@moroccoisback477]

they were behaving bad with Morocco, at the end they paid it

[@danieltsiprun8080]

Will you make a video about the inquisition?

[@FlashPointHx]

I will - in time - but you will never expect it - as Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!! :)

[@BurimiruB]

@@FlashPointHx Spanish inqusition (hope I wrote it correctly) was tragic event therefore you cannot laugh or smile over it

[@FlashPointHx]

@@BurimiruB True - like many aspects of this time period It has plenty of tragedy involved.

[@ilyasaintomar3071]

Your work is priceless.. I just recommend though that you use more historically and culturally accurate music: Native Moroccan Ala (aka classical Andalusi music) OR Granadan style called Gharnati (still present mainly in Tlemcen, Oujda and Tetuan) OR Morisco style known as San'a in Algiers and "gharnati" among hornachos of Rabat and Salé OR Malouf style native to Constantine (different from Tunisian and Lybian Malouf)

[@ilyasaintomar3071]

Some musicians for you to look at: Omar metioui Eduardo peniagua El arabi serghini and Said belcadi (Ala) Cheikh el ghaffour Amina alaoui Ahmed piro Françoise atlan and Lamiae maadani (gharnati and san'a) Salim fergani (malouf mainly)

[@FlashPointHx]

I appreciate that! I've actually listened to some of the genres that you have mentioned. It is just very difficult finding music that is copyright free. Many of the people that you have mentioned would require me to get permission and pay hefty royalties. A lot of KZbin channels go down for using music that is used without permission. If you can find me any tracks that are copyright free, I'd love to use them.

[@ilyasaintomar3071]

@@FlashPointHx That's too bad.. I'll do my best tho to find some. Still the most important thing is the content and I appreciate it very highly. Keep it up ❤️💕

[@jkool3366]

Precise, clear, you rock

[@henrybothwell3666]

Fantastic!!!

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you so much!

[@henrybothwell3666]

@@FlashPointHx Been telling all my historian friends too...keep rockin it man!

[@OutlandishSamurai]

Good video! I was wondering how the emirate of Granada dealt with plate armor in future centuries. Where they early adaptors of gunpowder or did they also wear heavy armor?

[@FlashPointHx]

Good question - they were not big fans of heavy plate and traded protection for speed in many cases. They adopted gunpowder as soon as it was available - but used it more on the defense than offense. At this point in history Gunpowder in the use of a siege was still limited. But that would change when Alphonso XI came to power (more on him in part 3) - later Castilian Kings would hone offensive gunpowder tech in time

[@metwalymagdy264]

@@FlashPointHx I've always had the same question. Also did the plate armour have a big hand in christian victories against muslims at that time?

[@theodoresmith5272]

@@metwalymagdy264 plus and minus. Most battles it was of great value to the spanish when they picked a battle field that limited maneuverability or surprised the Moorish forces. The European heavy Calvary charges by the Spanish or groups like the normans was very effective. On the other side Moorish armies were often bigger and faster. if the battlefield allowed them to flak or surround the Spanish the heavy armour was a problem. Overall I would say yes. The Spanish development of tactics based on there heavy armour definitely helped them win battles. Think of it this way. The weapons were about the same. The Spanish were harder to kill. That is an advantage. As long as they were deployed in a good location, they were hard to beat. The problem early on was the kingdom's of Spain were to small to field big enough armies. After 1030, when the emirate fell apart that finally allowed the Spanish kingdoms to field big enough armies to really face off with the moors. Also the Spanish tactics were based on beating the moors. Often the big moor armies had just come up from North Africa and still were fighting north African style.

[@FlashPointHx]

@@metwalymagdy264 there is a famous adage in history - speed is life. The Spaniards would take their heavy plate to the new world where the mounted Comanche would run circles around them and drive their conquests to a halt.

[@OutlandishSamurai]

Did both societies use the printing press or was it forbidden like under the Ottomans?

[@timgroothuis1217]

Great video!

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you so much!

[@alorikkoln]

Muchos gracias

[@FlashPointHx]

De nada!! =)

[@RandomExlcusiveTM]

Glad your getting sponsored!

[@FlashPointHx]

I put it all back into the show. Just upgraded my software thanks to this

[@Mellali009]

Am Moroccan berber Proud to watch this

[@FlashPointHx]

I've been to your country! Beautiful!

[@MisterCOM]

Verry nice

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you!

[@corylarsen5788]

Another great video. I've really gotten into this channel over the past 6 - 8 months. Am I crazy or did you say at one point that you did the history of the Reconquista as a prelude to doing a series on Spain in the New World?

[@FlashPointHx]

That’s correct - this is all the precursor to the conquest of the Aztec and the Inca. My goal is that my audience will know the mindset of the conquistadors when their leather boots hit mesoamerican soil. But this series started with the Early Islamic Conquest

[@corylarsen5788]

@@FlashPointHx Wow! This channel will continue to be a fantastic ride!

[@skpjoecoursegold366]

well done.

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks!

[@dannyalex5866]

That is great video

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks!

[@gunnarmason6866]

Hey! I was wondering the source for that atlas map at 1:15? I would love it for research! Also, you guys are incredible!

[@FlashPointHx]

Its from a cartographer named Van Der Hagen. If you go to wikimedia commons there are a lot of antique maps like this. What kind of research are you into?

[@gunnarmason6866]

@@FlashPointHx I'm researching into specific countries of medieval europe to track characters of my story and to get a better idea of the terrain as well as the borders. Right now I'm reading on the "Low Countries in the Hundred Years' War 1328-1347" as my book revolves mostly about King Edward III. The book has a similar fashion of the cartography of medieval Belgium and the Netherlands as well as the statecraft! I will absolutely show you guys when I'm done :)

[@FlashPointHx]

Sounds fascinating - 100 years war was a brutal time. Some of that conflict spilled over into Castile with the war of the two Peters. With both regents being backed up by either France or England. Good luck and let me (only one guy doing this channel) know what you come up with.

[@Crafty_Spirit]

This one particular ad that keeps showing up before enjoying War of the Worlds... do you guys also get this preacher who,talks off a business opportunity?

[@crtune]

I really enjoy this wonderful graphic and lecture presentation. What graphics/animation tools were used to create these wonderful animated graphics? I would enjoy explaining economic and accounting concepts using similar techniques.

[@FlashPointHx]

I use power point to create my maps and PNG files, then I use Apple Motion to create all the animations - I basically taught myself how to animate using KZbin Tutorials - what you see is after a year of just dabbling with it. If you are devoted to learning, you can pick it up a lot faster. Then you combine it all together with iMovie. It sounds more complicated than it actually is. But email me if you have questions

[@crtune]

@@FlashPointHx Those are some great skills you developed. By the way, I do have a soft bound book of maps and images of the Alhambra called "Ver Y Comprender" which has some wonderful photos of the Alhambra. I'm thinking I'm going to try and scan the pictures in. I got to visit the Alhambra while performing at the 1992 worlds fair in Seville. Wonderful memory. FYI.

[@FlashPointHx]

@@crtune I'm truly jealous - Seville is a place I'd love to visit - but being their during the worlds fair must have been amazing. As for the images - if they are from a book then they are likely copyrighted =( - I've thought about doing this from some books I have of the Alhambra - alas KZbin would crucify me on items like this.

[@crtune]

@@FlashPointHx Right. I thought about the (C) issue. Thought I'd mention it. I am going to keep them around especially since some of the repeating pattern mosaics are fascinating. Heck, all the images are fascinating. Yes, the Seville experience was excellent. The USA put us up on an airbase in Moron de la Frontera. We also traveled down to Jerez (the band people got pretty drunk on brandy). It was a very receptive crowd at the US paviliion. The food was also fantastic. Got to see the real Spanish folklore dancers every night on the way to the car.

[@FlashPointHx]

@@crtune Impressive! Thats the best - you got to travel AND have someone else pay for it! I'm hoping to get out to Seville then head over to Cordoba and finish my tour in Granada once my boy is old enough to travel.

[@matthewmann8969]

Bravo

[@BlackDew747]

Had you done any chapter on Aragon and the Principe de Viana? How this kingdom was stolen by Fernando?

[@FlashPointHx]

Not yet

[@carltonbauheimer]

Good times!

[@srsanchez3095]

You will cry like a woman for what you could not defend as a man Bobdils mother during the final retreat of the Moors from Spain

[@saifyousif53]

simply amazing

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks - happy that you liked it

[@AllSeerAugustus]

Awesome

[@FlashPointHx]

thanks! =)

[@ESLongoria]

Awesome job! Go Chiefs! =D

[@FlashPointHx]

ha! nice!

[@almirante_kiko]

Al-andalus wose name come from the ancient seafarer people who plundered home,after the arabs meet them

[@saeedalwan2540]

We hope to translate the text into Arabic and publish the video in Arabic Thank you❤️

[@FlashPointHx]

Give me credit and send me a link

[@saeedalwan2540]

@@FlashPointHx Contact me on the email [e-mail]

[@bosbanon3452]

Why did the granadan never controlled north africa

[@FlashPointHx]

They owned a part of it - see part two to see what happened

[@bosbanon3452]

Watching this again is Ibn Hud related to Hud of Zaragoza?​@@FlashPointHx

[@ivartorr1469]

Ho wcome you didnt focus on portugal? the first to do and complete the reconquista

[@egutiguti3337]

Si parar o conformarte con lo alcanzado por ti, es terminar la reconquista…. Bueno…. Yo creo que más bien es dejar de intentar reconquistar y dejar ese trabajo a los demás reinos cristianos.

[@khubza8999]

NOT the last kingdom or did you mean “Caliphate”…. Even so…..the Ottomans?

[@FlashPointHx]

Well as the title implies - it was the last kingdom of Islam for the Reconquista

[@9and10]

Give it a play - play Give it a like - like our video Give it a listen - listen Love your videos. Give it X gives me earcancer though.

[@shotpoter1453]

Came From My Teacher

[@FlashPointHx]

What do you mean?

[@shotpoter1453]

@@FlashPointHx Im A Student of History of Science and She Sugested to Watch this Video. I Had a Visa Today :P

[@FlashPointHx]

@@shotpoter1453 gotcha

[@georgejenkins3371]

Too bad Alphonso X's ego and selfishness led him to waste so much time and resources pursuing the title of emperor.

[@hadtrio6629]

1st when u said Ibn-HUD was a prince of Muslims that's not wrong yet it's not true the true definition is prince of believers a title still held by the king of morocco till this day it's based on the hierarchy of belief in Islam that true belief could be achieved by non-Muslims and being a Muslim is only secondary to being a believer it also gave the right to the ruler of a Islamic place power over the other faiths in that place much like the Moroccan Jewish community that has to do the البيعة for the ruler the live example is from my country morocco in which the king hold power over other community's of other faiths and they answer to him I mean they have their own leaders but they still have to answer for him 2nd the Marinids didn't have Christians in their army's yes unlike the moravids المرابطين and almohades الموحدين they didn't came via religious calling they came via an effective alliance of Amazighs and Arab and arabified clans which they made up their makhzen المخزن this world means in Arabic a store house but to us north Africans it means the regime much like american call their deep state uncle SAM it has a long history of why we call it makhzen المخزن but it's not the point the only foreign powers that is recorded to serve in the Moroccan army's after the amazighs revolted on the Ummayades are Turks in saaidian السعديين era and when مولاي اسماعيل of the allaouites العلويين dynasty that still rules till this day bought an entire market of slaves in Sudan and made it the Moorish version of the Janissary which their descendants still lives and serves in the Moroccan royal family palaces till this day

[@FlashPointHx]

Hahaha - yes !

[@hadtrio6629]

@@FlashPointHx am just holding my place till I finish the video and I can tell u have something's wrong again

[@hadtrio6629]

@@FlashPointHx I edited it check it out and stop making mistakes

[@CarthagoMike]

@@hadtrio6629 Nobody is perfect, not even historians are, let alone stand-alone content creators. Although there is nothing wrong with correcting mistakes others make, demanding something like 'stop making mistakes' is just unreasonable.

[@hadtrio6629]

@@CarthagoMike So U say I should say keep doing them?

[@marloyorkrodriguez9975]

Everyone is watching Netflix me? Reconquista

[@FlashPointHx]

hahaha - reconquista and chill . . .

[@markgarin6355]

? Pronunciation of Spanish city names??? Traditional pronunciation is accent on second of three syllables, unless otherwise accented. ( Gre-NA-da was spoken correctly, but Cordoba wasn't) Unless there's some historical different pronunciation.

[@FlashPointHx]

gotcha

[@Brahmdagh]

One thing. Never spell/say the 'D' in the end of dynasty names. I don't even know why it even exists, or where it came from. Just say Nasiri, Safavi etc. (That's how its said and WRITTEN in arabic/farsi/urdu/turkci etc)

[@FlashPointHx]

interesting - this is the first time I've heard this. In almost all lectures / videos / etc the D is stressed

[@Brahmdagh]

@@FlashPointHx I just googled it, a quora answer says it comes from Greek. Where ‘Peleiad’ means ‘son of Peleus" Atreid means ‘son of Atreus’. We both learned something cool today.

[@FlashPointHx]

@@Brahmdagh hmm . well this episode is already pre-recorded - perhaps for the next one?

[@Brahmdagh]

@@FlashPointHx lol don't mind. Your work would be awesome regardless of this little common thing.

[@fernandogarcia3957]

In Spanish we say «Dinastia Nazarí» or to Persia in XVI «Safaví». But from foreing influence we also say «Dinastia Safávida». But as the Nazarís are from Spain and they are familiar to Spanish people, we would never say «Dinastía Nazarida». It depends on the country I guess...

[@kameel28]

Jesus is King ❤

[@Crafty_Spirit]

Ah funny, emir Muhammed I was born in the year of the last great Almohad victory in 1095

[@johnnyjoaster820]

ah late again damit

[@FlashPointHx]

Trying to create the videos as fast as I can

[@QHawk7]

*How can it be a reconquesta if Phoenician Arabs and Berbers were there first in South 'Iberia' and in Sicilly before the Visigoths* It's an invasion. Same for the levant, Muslims didn't invade what the byzantine occupied, they liberated their own arab land since it was Arab /Semetic since 3000 b.c or earlier .

[@FlashPointHx]

I'm curious how others would respond to this

[@QHawk7]

@@FlashPointHx 😂 me too.

[@QHawk7]

This is just one piece of the puzzle, kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5Klg2RuZb1rptU Assyrians were Arabs/Semitic people, same as Babylonians and Canaanites , Arabs were two groups , Adnani Arabs in the Levant and North Arabia.. and Qahtani Arabs in South Arabia and East African horn. That trade route between Yemen and Levant is much older than you think. You may consider the Bible as a reliable source but I don't, that's one of our differences in studying history, which we can't look at it from only one angle only. And Why a 1200 years of Phoenicia that existed in northen Africa , Levant, Southern Iberia, Crete, Sicily is forgetten or rarely focused on by historians Also consider studying burial sites in Oman and Arabia and see the similarities with Phoenicians. Also language study, comparing between old Yemeni languages and writings and Phoenician alphabet, sounds, and words. Why Yemen's archeological sites were rarely studied or looked into by archeologists , and now is being destroyed by israeli/ american proxy war while the world is doing nothing to protect it, same thing, total world silence when Syrian and Iraqi archeological sites were being destroyed. And compare that with the worldwide uproar after the Notre Dame cathedral fire in Paris.

[@QHawk7]

@Dannebrogs Søn By the way . Phoenicians lived in South Iberia approx from 1200 BC (or before ) to 200 ad, right? Who were the people living there before them.. did they have any civilization there?

[@hiddenhist]

I think ‘reconquista’ is used along religious lines- christian rulers re establishing dominance. Curious for opinions of others though.

[@thispodcastisnotimportant6667]

First.

[@3OOF_7RB]

I felt the carnage as the Inquisition marched through Spain YES OR NO?

[@fernandogarcia3957]

NO The Inquisition was not present in Castile at that time. It was the Catholic Kings who asked the papacy around 1480!! to grant them the right to establish it as a political tool as well as a religious one. Inquisition could NOT act towards other religions, only, only with those who were Christians or feigned to be. You are welcome.

[@fernandogarcia3957]

Conclussion: the carnage you felt was a good movie in your head.

[@3OOF_7RB]

@@fernandogarcia3957 Is the torture machines in the Madrid Museum a good movie?

[@3OOF_7RB]

@@fernandogarcia3957 So what did the Inquisition do to Muslims? Nothing, or did they force them to Christianity?

[@3OOF_7RB]

@@fernandogarcia3957 Short transformations of Christianity Watch the video and thank you very much kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6DLZpyjo66mf8k

[@rbeygarcia]

It hurts my ears, with how many city and kingdom names you’re BUTCHERING! I had to stop watching. Disgraceful.

[@alexfertal7252]

God, such a gross language and accent..