Has the Middle East ever been at Peace? | History of the Middle East 1600-1800 - 4/21

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[@alioshax7797]

I think people forget how recent is the idea of a long-lasting peace anywhere in the world. Up until the begining of the XIXth century, the whole world was in constant warfare. Even during "peacetimes" when no major power would fight eachothers, civil wars, small raids, baron's petty struggles, local banditry and factions rivalery were the norm.

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

It seems that you are reading the history of the Roman Empire

[@Sheikh_diane]

XIXth Century? Who are you? Latin 😂?

[@puraLusa]

Still is that way - nothing changed.

[@growthandunderstanding]

Especially Europe! They were waging wars upon wars for thee millennia!

[@alioshax7797]

@@growthandunderstanding Europe, Asia, Africa, America, the Middle East. All the same. War was normal, peace was an anomaly.

[@vangelisskia214]

Most Janissaries were from the Balkan peninsula (Slavs, Greeks and Albanians) and not Georgians or Circassians. The Mameluks were indeed mainly from the Caucasus region but not the Janissaries.

[@bumin7095]

mameluks were turcomans

[@vangelisskia214]

@@bumin7095 "It is hard to discern the precise ethnic background of the Mamluks, given that they came from a number of ethnically mixed regions, but most are thought to have been Turkic (mainly Kipchak and Cuman) or from the Caucasus (predominantly Circassian, but also Armenian and Georgian)." "Warrior kings: A look at the history of the Mamluks". The Report - Egypt 2012: The Guide. Oxford Business Group. 2012. pp. 332-334

[@vangelisskia214]

@@bumin7095 "Originally the Mamluks were slaves of Turkic origins from the Eurasian Steppe,[3][4][5][7][8][9][10] but the institution of military slavery spread to include Circassians,[4][7][8][9][11] Abkhazians,[12][13][14] Georgians,[4][7][15][16][17] Armenians,[4][7][8][18] Russians,[8] and Hungarians,[7] as well as peoples from the Balkans such as Albanians,[7][19] Greeks,[7] and South Slavs[7][19][20] (see Saqaliba). They also recruited from the Egyptians.[9]"

[@konstantinriumin2657]

Imagine living in a big city in a big empire and starving to death because some desert raiders just sacked all villages around (certified Ottoman moment)

[@ggoddkkiller1342]

You could be raided in countryside of England or especially Scotland, you could be robbed and killed in middle of London as well through entire history of British empire, so British empire couldn't control those lands? If Ottoman Pashas tried to suppress locals they become ''tyrannical'' while if Ottoman allowed locals to rule themselves it becomes middle east was always at war! Between 1600 and 1800 at least 20 million Europeans got killed as there were wars one after another especially religious wars were the worst. And he could come up with like half a dozen battles not even wars to prove middle east wasn't in peace? Few thousand casualties are enough to prove they were always at war?? Such a moronic bias i must say and middle east was in peace for 400 years under Ottoman rule. It wasn't perfect and there were problems for sure but not war and massive casualties without any question. In last 100 years more middle eastern people died because of conflicts than entire 400 years long Ottoman rule...

[@christianweibrecht6555]

really surprising how little control the ottomans had over their ME territory

[@christophernakhoul3998]

The Ottomans only got their act together in the 1800s when they finally decided to crack down on the petty kings and feudal lords of the region.

[@christophernakhoul3998]

@cenktuneygok8986 That's also true. Ethnic violence, pogroms, massacres and rebellions were common in the 19th and 20th century Ottoman empire

[@robert-surcouf]

The ottomans control start to collapse after Soliman, all the sultans were too bad or died too young to became great

[@icysaracen3054]

No different to the dying days of British empire ie Muslim Hindu clash in India, Hindu Buddhist clash in Sri Lankan, then Palestine maybe a few African colonies etc.

[@mint8648]

@@cenktuneygok8986The 19th century was when the Ottomans started centralizing control over Kurdistan, Iraq, and Hejaz.

[@anggi8699]

We can actually use the same question for Europe as well. I bought an encyclopedia of world history from a second hand book shop. I was surprised on how much of that thick book is just about the conflicts in Europe.

[@lunabear9871]

What's the name of the book

[@anggi8699]

@@lunabear9871 I thing it's called National Geographic Encyclopedia of the World History.

[@gamalsaad1545]

Europe is bloodiest place on earth in history the both ww1-ww2 alone are enough , let alone the other wars

[@jbb4105]

Proly written by Europeans

[@AizenIsKubo]

@gamalsaad1545 Your racism is showing. Most places on Earth were as violent. You are talking about an entire continent. Look at African tribal warfares over a period of 10,000 years and it would be non-stop for that 10,000 years.

[@anthonyrinaldi1331]

Hard to be a peace when you in the middle of the world continent.

[@ridhimalifestyle100]

Islam doesn't let peace exist Islam must be destroyed

[@bcvetkov8534]

And when you're dealing with a walking war crime of an empire.

[@jacobcantrell82]

I mean the Romans had a good hand on it when the Jews weren’t acting up. Also had a decent time under the Achaemenids.

[@El_Jefe_Maestro]

@@jacobcantrell82 Wasn't the Abbasid Caliphate also pretty peaceful? At least the early to mid part anyways.

[@Bubba___]

⁠​⁠@@jacobcantrell82 The Persians had to deal with some rebellions out of Egypt and Babylon but I suppose the Middle East was mostly peaceful during Achaemenid rule. Other than the Jews, I’m not sure of too many revolts in the Roman East (the Palmyrene empire I guess is a big one), but at the same time they were constantly warring with the Parthians and Sassanids.

[@Gargoiling]

In the later 1600s, London was struck by the Great Plague which killed a quarter of the population and was only the most virulent of a number of outbreaks over the century. The Great Fire of London burned down sixty percent of the city in 1666. The Little Ice Age, peaking from 1649-1666, meant that frost fairs could be held on the Thames. Oh, and the Dutch sailed up the Medway, humiliating the British Navy. And this was the period when it really took off. If a town is on the up, it takes a lot of stopping.

[@JabzyJoe]

And that's why this period was called the "The General Crisis" for all of Europe... Nobody argues it was a time of peace - but people do argue that the Middle East used to be a peaceful place before WW1. And importantly - the Crisis in Europe ended and states centralised. That never happened in the Middle East.

[@Gargoiling]

@@JabzyJoe I wouldn't argue with you there. I'm just saying "there was an earthquake and a plague" isn't (necessarily) enough to explain a city's decline.

[@JabzyJoe]

@@Gargoiling oh I dont think that's explanation enough. Just once you add up the numbers involved, the raids in the countryside and a great deal more. Then the sheer lack of infrastructure, trade and taxation to rebuild. Then it makes a lot more sense.

[@Gargoiling]

@JabzyJoe Fair point. It's just one factor. And I'm not disagreeing with the central point.

[@ggoddkkiller1342]

@@JabzyJoe You could be raided in countryside of England or especially Scotland, you could be robbed and killed in middle of London as well through entire history of British empire, so British empire couldn't control those lands? If Ottoman Pashas tried to suppress locals they become ''tyrannical'' while if Ottoman allowed locals to rule themselves it becomes middle east was always at war! Between 1600 and 1800 at least 20 million Europeans got killed as there were wars one after another especially religious wars were the worst. And you could come up with like half a dozen battles not even wars to prove middle east wasn't in peace? Few thousand casualties are enough to prove they were always at war?? Such a moronic bias i must say and yes, middle east was in peace for 400 years under Ottoman rule. It wasn't perfect and there were problems for sure but not war and massive casualties without any question. In last 100 years more middle eastern people died because of conflicts than entire 400 years long Ottoman rule...

[@theskycavedin9592]

What excellent timing. This video could not be more relevant.

[@ggoddkkiller1342]

You could be raided in countryside of England or especially Scotland, you could be robbed and killed in middle of London as well through entire history of British empire, so British empire couldn't control those lands? If Ottoman Pashas tried to suppress locals they become ''tyrannical'' while if Ottoman allowed locals to rule themselves it becomes middle east was always at war! Between 1600 and 1800 at least 20 million Europeans got killed as there were wars one after another especially religious wars were the worst. And he could come up with like half a dozen battles not even wars to prove middle east wasn't in peace? Few thousand casualties are enough to prove they were always at war?? Such a moronic bias i must say and middle east was in peace for 400 years under Ottoman rule. It wasn't perfect and there were problems for sure but not war and massive casualties without any question. In last 100 years more middle eastern people died because of conflicts than entire 400 years long Ottoman rule...

[@talatq719]

Oh nooooooo, it can't be even more relevant!!!!!

[@Game_Hero]

Now I get why the Thousand and One nights are filled with betrayal, especially from vizirs.

[@yunusemresansar3391]

Again, an amazing video! Thank you for your work. (Great timing too)

[@TheEmiljoergensen]

In your last videos I notice you including more n more time-/place-markers like pointing out cities, regions, time intervals or people via visuals. This is so incredibly helpful. Just know every time you put one in it really helps me not lose track of where we are/what's happening + gives context for those of us not too familiar with arabic place-names eg. Also thank you for yet another incrrredibly both compact and somehow still thorough overview of a part of history which is so overlooked (especially considering how modern problems can be much better understood through it). I have no idea how you research this much this fast, same with the China series, truly impressive.

[@nicbahtin4774]

Damn it's hard to believe this is all one empire. They are litterly at war with it self. Forget peace first have law and order

[@ggoddkkiller1342]

You could be raided in countryside of England or especially Scotland, you could be robbed and killed in middle of London as well through entire history of British empire, so British empire couldn't control those lands? If Ottoman Pashas tried to suppress locals they become ''tyrannical'' while if Ottoman allowed locals to rule themselves it becomes middle east was always at war! Between 1600 and 1800 at least 20 million Europeans got killed as there were wars one after another especially religious wars were the worst. And he could come up with like half a dozen battles not even wars to prove middle east wasn't in peace? Few thousand casualties are enough to prove they were always at war?? Such a moronic bias i must say and middle east was in peace for 400 years under Ottoman rule. It wasn't perfect and there were problems for sure but not war and massive casualties without any question. In last 100 years more middle eastern people died because of conflicts than entire 400 years long Ottoman rule...

[@nSikandar]

Wow what a treat, a 15 part series and incredibly topical

[@bigbootros4362]

As always a very well researched video 👍

[@abhyudayasinhchauhan6499]

Really informative video💯

[@ChanceKearns]

There is a dark irony that a conflict in the middle east erupted in the middle of this series

[@BallawdeQuincewold]

These videos are invaluable. Keep it up!

[@Killersanchez256]

I really enjoyed the video. It would help us better understand your presentation if you add labels of where the even is located or even a zoomed in area like damascus or raqqa.

[@WelshFiremanSam]

I like your channel, keep up the effort 👍💯

[@HandiasTobil]

you could have 100x more views by counting each infractions for each sides and adding PING soundeffect each time you counted.

[@BiggestCorvid]

I've been telling Drachinifel this for years.

[@Jalayir]

In the social hierarchy there were clear distinctions of status and power between “ Turks ” ( atrak ) , the term usually applied by native Egyptian writers to both Ottomans and Mamluks , and the Arabic - speaking indigenous population whom those in power often lumped together as " peasants " ( fallahin ) regardless of occu- pation or residence . Whereas Egyptian writers sometimes casti- gated the " Turks " as bad Muslims due to the often unruly behavior of the Ottoman forces garrisoning Egypt , the “ Turks ” in turn regarded native Egyptians as a servile population unfit for politics or war . In the contemptuous words of one Ottoman governor , " I will not give [ military ] salaries to fallahin . Salaries are for the Turks . " 3 From the Egyptian side literary works from both the Mamluk and Ottoman eras indicate that literate Egyptians had not totally submerged their identity within Islam , but retained an awareness of Egypt's distinctiveness as a uniquely fertile region of the Muslim world , as a land of great historical antiquity and splendor , and more recently as a citadel of Islam against external assault . Egypt: A Short History James P. Jankowski · 2000 · p.60, 61

[@ggoddkkiller1342]

Originally Mamluks were Turkic mercenaries who were hired by Egyptians and in time they became a great military power and began controlling Egyptian politics so it makes sense they were using Turks for both of them at least for early Ottoman era. In later centuries Mamluks were just an Egyptian political elite and their Turkic origin was just a past.

[@user-ny7bt5jg6f]

Of course, Turk here does not imply nationality, because there was no such understanding by the time, but being from the ‘state’ or abroad I guess?

[@ggoddkkiller1342]

@@user-ny7bt5jg6f It is implying nationality, first usage of Türk word as a national identity was in 552 with establishment of Göktürk empire. Since then there has been always some kind of national understanding between Turkic people. For example Ottoman defeated Mamluks and could banish them from Egypt then establish a new political elite, loyal to them. But they didn't even if it was harmful simply because of their Turkic origin. Ottoman was fair towards everybody as long as they stayed loyal to the empire and punished those who rebelled. But even if Mamluks rebelled several times they weren't punished so it makes sense local Egyptian writers didn't see much difference between them..

[@AL_AFGHANI1]

Mongolian

[@rushyscoper1651]

@@user-ny7bt5jg6f false

[@tahaaydin3259]

Ottoman autonomy was crucial at the beginning of their journey. They started as a single village to get larger you need soldiers.the tolerance that they have allowed them to get locals to support their cause even though they are orthodox Greek and Slavs

[@pabloromeropico7840]

Great video man, Is there any particular bibliography you followed? I would love to check it out as extra info

[@cyrusthegreat1893]

Achieving peace in Middle East is a miracle!

[@robertjonsson474]

According to the book World War Z, all we need to achieve peace in the middle east is a zombie apocalypse! :D

[@anneeq008]

I suppose you're commenting from Europe? The instigator of the two world wars and a continent that experienced the IRA "troubles", ETA, breakup of Yugoslavia and now the Ukrainian war? During your supposed "peace time"? Why do holier than though with your city States and single countries with 7 co equal prime ministers who obviously aren't in that ultra awkward arrangement due to a history of peaceful coexistence? Not to forget the very soon Flemish state in that fake country that is Belgium and rebellious Scots of the UK?

[@1650th]

@@robertjonsson474 alright, give me 2 weeks

[@AL_AFGHANI1]

Nope kid

[@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl]

​@@ErikReichno not really. He was just a conqueror

[@ConservativeArabNet]

Marathon of excellence

[@psychosytheXmediaXco]

7:00 That is one HELL of a statement to just drop and keep on going.

[@Game_Hero]

agree

[@shooter5503]

Is he wrong though? A state must either decentralize like the Persian empires or centralize by unifying under a single culture like the French, when faced with multiculturalism.

[@Samuil-iq6eb]

​@@shooter5503 The Sassanids, Saffarids, Samanids, Buyids, Ghaznavids, Ghurids, Anushteginids were centralized.

[@Game_Hero]

@@shooter5503 Or, you know, let the other cultures go and enjoy what they themselves have and wouldn't give away, a state.

[@mint8648]

@@Samuil-iq6ebBuyids weren’t centralized but ok

[@m.a.9571]

Man this video is making me hype for the new eu4 dlc 🎉

[@HistoriaenCeluloide]

*Now one about the Americas, greetings from Perú🧐*

[@eark3425]

Cool video

[@jackholt2364]

It's kinda funny that the guy who thought himself as the messiah was arrested 1666

[@muhammadadeel8639]

But his followers went underground and still exist today. It is thought that Free masonic, rosicrucian and other such secret societies were formed around same time (1666) by his followers (very imp year in occult societies).

[@seank2251]

im very interested in watching your history but im never going to pay for ads. are you on nebula? i would watch it on nebula but youtube is telling me i cannot watch your content without an expensive subscription. if this is enforced we cant watch this.

[@BiggestCorvid]

Great video. If every ruler always tried their hardest to do what was best for everybody, it goes poorly. If a society tries to be hands off, it'll go poorly. If it tries to go full mongol, it will go poorly. It's easy to wonder if this is the human condition, or if this is just what happens when you do all those things while assuming you are beloved by a single god and your priests say you're doing great.

[@z.p9997]

😂

[@shzarmai]

The Ottomans should have been implementing Georgist policies in the empire tbh. Also please include more Sources in your videos.

[@timclinton9427]

Depends on what you mean by peace... External Peace or Internal Peace.... When you're at War with yourself??...... Your not making friends......

[@thomasburns6289]

I think it was peaceful for like 12 minutes at one point

[@jonathanrotem251]

It is a great video, but why do you pronounce Druze as Druj?

[@peterdagata1610]

He mispronounces a lot of things. As a Jew, I can tell you that I don’t think he pronounced a single Jewish name or term correctly. I can only imagine that the names of other ethnicities were similarly mispronounced.

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

​@@peterdagata1610Are you talking about Iranian Jews because the original Jews became Christians and Muslims?

[@asxprua6879]

Damn man you can tell this video strikes a nerve amongst some. All he does is point out simple truths about the region during certain time periods. He’s not putting anyone or their religion down

[@talatq719]

Lil bro shadowboxing. Who you beefing with blud?

[@julianblacksmith8539]

@@talatq719 profound

[@Game_Hero]

I personally find the apology of assimilation policies against historical minority groups, with all the pain and suffering associared with it, to be pretty questionnable, don't you?

[@tbando2253]

@@talatq719on god these animals are really creating enemies in their head 😂 like no one knows he exists 😂

[@tbando2253]

U got beef with who?

[@shzarmai]

The Ottoman Empire should have implemented Proto-Georgist policies tbh in the Middle East and Balkans

[@EmisoraRadioPatio]

So in reality, the Ottomans had little control over much of their empire. Their true territory was actually much smaller it seems.

[@puraLusa]

So long everyone payed taxes to the ottomans there was litle incentive to actual exert full authority. This formula actually made them last a long time, manly cause everyone else was fighting one another - a lot of tribalism perhaps.

[@jotaro2690]

Is there any videos about zionism?

[@AssyrianFire]

The Badr Khan Massacres of 1843 & 1846 best be mentioned in a future video!

[@Emanon...]

To be fair, no part of the world has been at peace historically.

[@kianbehmanesh7775]

Other than when people not from the area keep fucking with our business, we usually battle it out until an empire rules over the whole thing and we chill for a couple of centuries.

[@JabzyJoe]

When would you say people from the area last ruled the Middle Eastern nations?

[@rushyscoper1651]

​@@JabzyJoe most arab feel like the mongol was the start of the end. the persian arabic understanding was made the area peaceful, but turk where new side whos yet to establish such understanding hence more tension rose and it didn't help that turk had enemies who exploited that tension. it took sometimes for islam to quill ethnicity in both persian and arabic, time that did have for ottoman which renewed the whole tension of are we muslims or x group and is this empire for muslims or x group.

[@puraLusa]

​@@rushyscoper1651maybe that's an occurrence due to geographic location where everyone meet: africa, asia and europe - making new arrivals a constant.

[@theArab__]

Btw it’s “Druz" with a Z like Zap not Druže

[@BigBroTejano]

Short answer: No. Long answer: Also no.

[@nathanielzarny1176]

Its mote exausing to learn about, but id say the power dynamics between the local governers and families is more interesting than feudal nobles in europe. Here it seems there is much more success in rebellions, if you had a couple thousand men follow you you could really get stuff done. Where in europe things are much more stable and scheming.

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

Europe What: The rulers of the kingdoms in Germany, Hungary, Central Europe, and Britain 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@alioshax7797]

We don't use the word "interesting" in history. Everything is intersting, just not to you maybe. As for stability, I'd say both situations were quite comparable. This mess makes me think of XVth and XVIth century Italy.

[@nathanielzarny1176]

@@alioshax7797 yeah man I'm saying personally, like for myself. I'm not making a broad historical claim here.

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

@@nathanielzarny1176 If you want to learn about chaos, you should read the history of the Holy Roman Empire (Germany).

[@GlizzyGoblin757]

theres no way you genuinely think that. european history is far more interesting than this.

[@nijadbahnam9859]

9000 years of bloody war . Due to it's location and importance , peace was never an option .

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

Caesar: The Romans are from the Middle East and anyone who says no is a liar

[@JohnDoe10350]

27:35 "not all of these emirates were Kurdish as some were Yazidi-led" If you've bothered to look up these emirates then you should know how nonsensical this line is. The Bohtan emirate started off as Yazidi, and ended up as Islamic, or "Kurdish". What happened was that the leaders converted to Sunni Islam. This goes for many other Kurmanji speaking tribes and emirates, such as the Barzani / Badinan. They started off as Yazidi but converted to Islam later on. Yazidism is Pagan Kurdish beliefs mixed with some Islam, Christianity and Levantine Paganism.

[@joshtaylor9626]

I like another potential crusade that never happened was mentioned

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

The popular prayer campaign against the pagan European countries

[@Strettger]

All this has happened before. All this will happen again.

[@arifahmedkhan9999]

Indeed. InshaAllah.

[@Strettger]

@@arifahmedkhan9999 Indeed, shalom.

[@caseclosed9342]

22:15 I wonder if he influenced the Book of Mormon

[@marceldavis5600]

Everything falls apart within a sec in the middle east. The middle east is such a meme region. Just like the balkans.

[@Mtioo1]

Greetings from the balkan

[@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl]

That is Europe historically. It is the Europeans that started we 1 and 2

[@marceldavis5600]

@@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl we had a long peace until ww1 and we had peace in most countries after ww2

[@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl]

@@marceldavis5600 until ww 2 every period of peace was just prep time for the next war to be ten times worse {and these times of peace weren't that peaceful because they had wars buy it was limited} Talk all you want about how much of a meme middle east supposedly is but it's your people that spawned the worst wars of human history and were know even before that for endless war

[@omaraboal-azm8705]

​@@marceldavis5600 What peace? Italian unification wars and German unification wars and Spain and France were in constant revolution where is that peace Britain maybe

[@ThatRandomGuy0]

Yes? No? Maybe? I don't know...

[@makwansayed1503]

Good content. I do want to emphasize as a Kurd other Kurds and many Yezidis see themselves as Kurds of another religion. The Yezidi religion is said to be the religion of the Kurds prior to the spread of Islam. They are distinct, but they are still Kurds.

[@icysaracen3054]

Did Saladin practice yazidi or Islam? What mosque did he go to and how did he rule over Syria and Egypt but not Kurdistan?

[@makwansayed1503]

@@icysaracen3054 he was a Muslim Kurd. You cannot divide an ethnicity based on religion. There are Muslim Kurds, Shabak Kurds, Christian Kurds, Zoroastrian Kurds, and yes Yezidi Kurds

[@icysaracen3054]

@@makwansayed1503 ah I see sounds similar to Romani people in Europe. I met a few Muslim and Christian gypsy. It’s like they had their own religion and mixed with either Islam or Christianity

[@makwansayed1503]

@@icysaracen3054 I have friends who are Gypsy. They’re a great people. They’ve told me in person themselves when they were younger they’d say they’re Kurdish. Most use Romani/Roma/Gypsy as an insult. They’re people as are we all. Kurds are vastly by majority Muslim. I don’t believe the same to exist within their societies. Our lineages are also completely different. Cyrus the great is said to have been born from a Median Princess. The supposed ancestors to the Kurds. So being half Kurd genetically if not by name Saladin is ethnic Kurd from the city that exists today of Tikrit in modern Iraq. He spoke Kurdish and Arabic. The symbol of an eagle of Saladin is depicted on the Egyptian flag. Many Kurds migrated into modern day Palestinian Territories during his time. Al Kurdi is a common last name in several Arab countries. Typically showing lineage from the Kurdish people. We have a distinct history and people. Majority of our history mixing with that of our surrounding Arab and Persian neighbors. Within a very tumultuous region majority of Kurds will refuse to separate our ethnic kin the Yezidis. Romani/Roma/Gypsies are a people that have migrated from north west India and into many modern day Balkan countries. Completely different people groups

[@JohnDoe10350]

@@icysaracen3054 Saladin was a Sunni Muslim. He most likely followed the Shafi'i madhab. Kurdish tribes were dependent on agriculturalists since they themselves were mainly pastoralists, and this lead to Kurdish dynasties being formed in areas where the settled farmers were of a different ethnicity, much like the Turco-Mongol nomads. They would therefore rule or seek to rule in Armenia, Georgia, Syria, Egypt, Central Iraq(Tikrit), and Azerbaijan.

[@mdshaukijoestar1584]

During ottoman rule, middle east was in relative peace with little event of war up until the age of colonialism and aftermath of ww1. While europe conterpart was constant with conflict which enjoy peacefulness fully after ww2. My take is we human start to value peace after the ww2 event. Yeah despite there are wars after that, but it did not leave massive impact such as ww3 and nuclear war and people keep protesting for peace.

[@bakonajm1136]

Please do a Kurdish history video

[@theArab__]

Blank video

[@kral16643]

​​@theArab__ Nah, Kurds have history (not as amazing as Turks but still). But since you Arabs even believe that you're the natives of Judea, I'm not surprised you wrote that😂

[@4CelciusDegree]

​@@theArab__Funny kid😂😂

[@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl]

​@@4CelciusDegreetheir history starts roughly around time of arab conquests

[@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl]

​@@kral16643I don't think you know what being arab means. It's based on speaking Arabic language. Not belonging to a Arab tribe. That is the reason black Sudanese are considered arabs despite being not from Arabia

[@doyouknoworjustbelieve6694]

Has Europe ever been at peace?

[@jhonshephard921]

seriously no double takes around 20:41 his name was Joseph NAZI?

[@CMitchell808]

The Ottomans in Africa and Arabia were more of a suggestion than a master.

[@hishamsawza1532]

And today Iran is trying to fill the vacuum of power left by the ottoman’s, Brit’s, and American’s in that region. Although only time will tell if they can manage such a feet.

[@jaredthehawk3870]

Turkey is also trying to flex their muscles in the region too.

[@merothehero6359]

Lol what a ludicrous statement

[@4CelciusDegree]

​​@@jaredthehawk3870 We've got more serious problems than dealing with middle east, we'd count us lucky if we could just stop Kurds having a state cuz their claims in Turkey includes our all natural water resources. This is why Turkey goes outside of the country to fight Kurds in Syria so that they can't centralize. And our PM is stupid enough to threaten US in this last Israel-Palestine war. He literally does a military showoff near US fleet

[@BiggestCorvid]

And earthquakes hit both countries with enough frequency that they have massive internal fights about corruption pretty regularly. Those states are both regional powers, their power comes from how much they can withhold from the superpowers.

[@Donotlookatmyprofilepicture123]

I mean they did it seence antiquity they were allways the superpower of the middle east and so they whant that title back

[@oj5218]

So after listening for 30+ minutes: TLDR: No

[@antoniomiguelsimao]

Was Europe?

[@Thatturtlethatsaysmeanthings]

To save you time the short answer is…..No

[@danbartov867]

Was the world ever peaceful ?

[@madizo9056]

Short answer: no.

[@fuzzley911]

Don’t be ridiculous.

[@christophernakhoul3998]

The guys arguing with you in the comments have no idea what they're talking about. Sorry, but saying the Middle East was peaceful when horrific violence like the 1860 civil conflict in Mount Lebanon and Damascus and battles like Anjar and Ain Dara occured under their rule is a complete contradiction.

[@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl]

Yeah but you should also compare Europe during that time. They were far worse

[@christophernakhoul3998]

@@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl That is true. I was just debunking the claim that the area was peaceful before Sykes-Picot

[@mint8648]

@@MohamedRamadan-qi4hlYeah the Franco-Prussian alone caused almost a million casualties i think

[@alioshax7797]

@@mint8648 Not even close. It didn't even reach 200 000 casualties. Also, this is outside of the time scope.

[@rushyscoper1651]

@@christophernakhoul3998 peaceful compared to what? saying it wasn't peaceful when it was more peaceful then most area hinge on misrepresentation and giving false image.

[@searaider3340]

Yes middle east had peace time to time

[@PapaDalbec]

10 seconds in and no in case you were wondering lmao

[@user-vk3gv2nf1g]

"Peace" is just a modern illusion

[@pebystroll]

It's not an illusion in Ireland, we used to have such intense Guerilla fighting and bombing but it's stopped now

[@user-vk3gv2nf1g]

@@pebystroll That's what I'm saying. We live a world of illusion were we decided to freeze borders of all nations and declare the "end of history". But there's no such thing, we are just living in borrowed time

[@lbjordan5082]

I thought Jared took care of this. Where is he? No where huh!

[@bothsidesofthehill69]

Yeet

[@barryirlandi4217]

Has anywhere been a peaceful place?

[@neroatlas9121]

China when it was unified arguably. Japan also arguably. One could also argue ironically the Achaemenid Empire, the Nubian Kingdoms during their long peace with the arab world. Europe during "Le belle epoque" Lets be honest the US technically at many points of its existance. CANADA. Sweden after the decline of the swedish empire. Switzerland, and most importantly, lets not forget India technically.

[@Game_Hero]

The Moon

[@neroatlas9121]

@@Game_Hero have you seen thode craters caused by the war between th Moonite Principality and Venusian Federation against the Martian Empire

[@Game_Hero]

@@neroatlas9121 Now that you say it, yeah, you're right, the Selenites still suffer trauma from this event.

[@neroatlas9121]

@@Game_Hero Ikr, the only place truly peaceful is the Plutonian State under Glorious Leader Ping Kong Pedong

[@ailediablo79]

These are tiny stuff that happens at the backyard and in the shadow. Not to mention you talking about a long period of time and those happens occasionally. It is fine until 1908.

[@shooter5503]

Wait so are going to ignore the Ottoman Sultans claiming to be Shahanshah of Iran and fighting 8 wars over it?

[@ailediablo79]

@@shooter5503 first that is an occasion thing plus those wars are different than today and mostly outside cities in skirmishs. Second, they are tiny plus we talking about 14 centuries. Even if we talk about Ottoman time in the area of 4 centuries the fighting in middle east is very min and mostly on borders areas not effecting civilians.

[@rushyscoper1651]

@@shooter5503 all of those where short lived war with not much civilian death, is it peaceful? well nothing is, is it more peaceful compared to others? yea maybe less civilian death. when good thing about middle east war that civilian often suffer less and actually cared less about the war hence the use of slave as an army because convincing them to fight someone who they don't hate was an issue.

[@navylaks2]

The short answer is no

[@Fam98KK]

This is the most Biased video ever Europe,China,India,Africa The entire world history was about conflict between empires and tribes

[@everettseay8505]

Truth Spoken👍Man's Obsession to rule, control and dominate others! Who wants to die or exist as a slave⁉️ This is the sad condition of Mankind's destructive heart. When the majority of Humanity. Just want to live this short sweet life in peace! Trying to survive with crop failure, earthquakes, floods disease and droughts! Man's contribution has only made this struggle a invitation for misery and more death. I know we are much better then This.☮️🙏

[@wehosrmthink7510]

I’ve slogged through your videos, and you seem to revel in conflict and dissension. After watching this, the people of this region must have been crying out for Enlightened Europeans to save them, colonize them, and settle them. Who do you work for?

[@stinkystink9830]

Topical

[@wambuirk]

there must be something good about this land because the fighting just doesnt make sense especially when you share the same genetics,the same father Ibrahim and this fact is not even in dispute Dont like your brother but then dont kill him!!

[@eca3101]

What’s interesting to note is that the Middle East was more stable and prosperous than Europe during this time period. What a curious title for your video

[@SCA440]

More stable??? Did you watch the video???

[@psychosytheXmediaXco]

It's almost like it's on a platform that specifically pushes clickbaity titles or something... That aside, endemic warfare is not mutually exclusive with stability or prosperity.

[@martinvanburen4578]

How was it more stable and prosperous? 1700's it could not be. 1800's ...absolutety not.

[@adamsnow4979]

@@martinvanburen4578more stable but equal level propsperous only in industrial period the West surpassed.

[@the3zoooz1]

it is those were small wars@@SCA440

[@bros1183]

Thought top comment missed a good joke *Hard to be peaceful when your in the middle of the East*

[@AMultipolarWorldIsEmerging]

Has Europe ever been at peace? Hasnt there always been a war happening in some part of europe

[@GlizzyGoblin757]

but what about europe?!?!?!!!!!

[@GlizzyGoblin757]

Yes. Europe was mostly at peace for just under a century under the Pax Brittanica.

[@rushyscoper1651]

@@GlizzyGoblin757 peace isn't objective metric how many wars in span of 100 years for it not to be peaceful, its misleading to say an area wasn't peaceful when it was much more peaceful then all areas around it. its not really good whataboutism it factual critic to such bad metric that give false image, if didn't knew any better i would have thought that middle east around that was a mess more mess then most of the world which is false.

[@user-ll2dd9vv9y]

Answer: NO.

[@benatsabando1123]

Me encanta este tío pork habla flow racista pero komo hiperlokal

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

Jesus: Go to hell

[@LailandiAdventures]

So in short, yes.

[@kral16643]

Nader Shah and his Afsharid Empire wasn't Persian but Turkic.

[@223sushi]

It was turko-Iranian, afterall alot of Iranian dynasties and rulers were turkic, but they always called their nation Iran, adopted Iranian cultural customs and language and led the Iranian nation, while keeping to their turkic roots. It got to the point that the lines between the ethnicities blended by the time of the Qajars, another turkic origin dynasty, but very Iranian in nature.

[@Game_Hero]

@@223sushi interculturalism in the works right there. They integrated well.

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

Again some Turk nationalist. But they forget to mention these Empires promoted Persian culture. Same with Mughals and delhi sultanate. That's why urdu has majority Iranian and Arabic words not turkic

[@EsfandiarNokhodaki]

Turkic But He Was Iranian Turkic Which has nothing to do with Turkey 🦃 He Was Against Ottoman and Uzbeks And He Was Patriot 🇮🇷🦁☀️

[@kral16643]

@ShubhamMishra-xg7ug 1. I'm not Turkish but Kurdish 2. What does "promoted Persian culture" mean? Are the Ottomans Arabs for spreading Islam? It's always the case, that the barbarians adopt some aspects of the conquered high cultures, doesn't matter in Iran, China or Greece for example. But that doesn't make them part of a nation.

[@teamsalvation]

Spoiler….answer is no 😂

[@akramkarim3780]

These unrest in the Middle East must be placed in its historical context and compared to Europe, otherwise some very smart people will do what they always do, which is to attribute everything bad to Islam Europe was also going through turmoil and wars, and the situation was not different. It is possible that the difference was that the authority of the state was weaker in the Middle East compared to Europe due to the presence of many Nomads, deserts, and mountains which makes gangs and banditry more common , but in general there was no difference, but the Middle East Now it is troubled by the remnants of colonialism. I will not say that without colonialism and its remnants the Middle East would have been a garden of prosperity and peace, but what is certain is that it would have been much stable than it is now

[@dusk6159]

3 AKs have been awarded to your score

[@Fatherofheroesandheroines]

Did you even watch the same video?

[@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl]

​@@Fatherofheroesandheroinesdo you know anything about European history?

[@remilenoir1271]

1/ There are mountain ranges in Europe. 2/ Europe also had its share of raiders, bandits, and nomads throughout its history. In fact, and funnily enough, a good chunk of them were muslim (ravaging european coasts and taking european people into slavery), contributing to a widespread atmosphere of terror and insecurity across virtually all coastal provinces throughout Europe, until colonialism put an end to it. 3/ The remnants of arab colonialism in Spain didn't stop it from centralising and becoming a powerful state.

[@akramkarim3780]

@@remilenoir1271 The mountainous regions of Europe were where bandits were most prevalent, such as Italy, Greece, and even some areas in Germany and Switzerland. So my theory is correct, and Europe had a lot of banditry until the 18th century and perhaps until the 19th century AD, which was only slightly less than that in the Middle East, and nomadism disappeared in Europe after the year 1000 AD, and it is nice that you are against the Muslim pirates and what they did to the Europeans, but what about the Viking pirates and what they did to the Europeans, or are they allowed to do that because they we re blond? As for Spain, there are no remnants of Islam in it since its Muslim population was forcefully Christianized, and those who refused were expelled, and this despite the fact that they were indigenous to their country, like all Spaniards, the only diffrence was that they converted to Islam

[@joshfeehan6929]

It's not nice but peace brings decline.

[@prsimoibn2710]

NEVER SURRENDER, DIE FREE, DON'T LIVE A SLAVE. all enemies shall go

[@MbisonBalrog]

No more or less than Europe. China probably have longest periods of peace to due empire and tributary system.

[@kasugaryuichi9767]

Decisive Tang strategic victory moment

[@hiimryan2388]

@@kasugaryuichi9767Ngl the siege of suiyang looks horrifying but then again the KD ratio was 7k defenders dead against 120k besiegers (which was like the whole rebel army)

[@donkdump8807]

Tyrannical, authoritarian peace followed by explosive violence of unprecedented scale. Sounds good

[@Game_Hero]

then breaking apart.

[@mint8648]

Yeah China was so peaceful that it became isolationist

[@shzarmai]

Hopefully, though it probably needs a Supranational Union of mutual political & economic cooperation between middle eastern countries and with the promotion of pan-islamic sentiment then maybe things could change for the better.

[@powasjington4262]

Seems like it could be moving in that direction

[@Game_Hero]

and how is this going to impact religious minority groups on a nation defined by a religion?

[@Orlando_P]

That's the key.@@Game_Hero . They still can't

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

@@Game_Hero How much did you say that a Berber should not talk about things he does not know?

[@shzarmai]

​@@Game_Hero who knows really

[@longhairdontcare122]

The world will never willingly allow a peaceful independent middle east or Asia to take root. Think of the game risk an you'll see why. Ffs worlds still pissed at how op North America an Europ are.

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

Blaming imaginary forces. Peace will happen when people and leaders want it. Europe gained peace through these process too

[@mastermokond2633]

@@ShubhamMishrabro lol aren't u naive

[@grahamstrouse1165]

Maybe take some responsibility for your own BS, dingus.

[@grahamstrouse1165]

@@mastermokond2633Aren’t you a pretentious fool?

[@OmegaFares]

I dunno, has it ? Obviously not . What about Europe? Certainly not , we even have another serious war right now. What's the point of the question? There's no region in the world which has been aways at peace.

[@tenanaciouz]

he's pushing the idea that arabs are violent tribals to help push jewish/isrealie sentiment in the wake of the Hamas (((Attacks))) it's just more goy puppet shilling

[@BeedrillYanyan]

Nobody ever said it was, mate.

[@christophernakhoul3998]

​​@@tenanaciouzAs a lebanese person everything he said was true. We actually take this in school, so I don't know what you're blabbering about

[@shooter5503]

This question fundamentally dismantles the Neo-Ottoman imperialist claim of a peaceful Middle East under the Ottomans.

[@tabo01]

See animation This land is mine.

[@matthewmagda4971]

I'm unsure if you attempted to answer the question. Instead, it sounds like you're just reading from a textbook :/

[@parsarustami774]

As an iranian, i would never ever call those dynasties you mentioned as persia a persian. Real history of Persia/Iran is only achaemenids empire and parthian empire and sassanids empire and saffarids and the last one samanids. It was a peak of culture and art and architecture and militaristic era. And it wasn't an fucked up area just like today which is the results of turban civilizations such as ottomans and arabs and safavids. In the past it was only persia and rome. and today it's like a chaos

[@the3zoooz1]

🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@anneeq008]

Oh another rose tinted Aryan sorry "Iranian" Persian supremacist who thinks his civilization was all flowers and rainbows before the Arabs came and conquered. Exactly as you guys for many a year and failed with the Greeks after trying for hundreds of years. Need a stool to be in more comfort whilst you're blowing the white man? 🙄. Your people have done enough harm to Islam by giving us your toxic variant: the Shi'as. So don't be too bitter 🙄

[@TheRatOnFire_]

Greetings from Byzantium, Persian brother

[@parsarustami774]

@@TheRatOnFire_ 👍❤

[@kral16643]

During this period, only the Zand and Hotaks were Iranians. The rest were barbarians.

[@abriefsummaryofhistory7449]

Again a lot of fools in the comments blaming Islam. Even before the religion existed the middle east was in constant war,just think of all the Persian and roman wars or the Persian and Greek wars. The middle east has alsways been a unstable region do to its Geography.

[@TheRatOnFire_]

Actually, the Romans and Aechemenids had a pretty peaceful control over the area (aside from a few Roman wars with the Sassanids). But it's not Islam's fault either. Abbasids held a pretty peaceful rule over the area. It's when the Turks came that problems started to increase

[@LucasDimoveo]

@@TheRatOnFire_you forgot the part where the Romans and Sassanids set fire to their respective countries and leg the way open for the Islamic conquests

[@grahamstrouse1165]

@@TheRatOnFire_The Abbasids had a pretty good run. They were on the decline, though when the Mongols showed up to the party. Those guys really suck. Islam hasn’t done much to improve itself since then, though. Geography was definitely a factor, certainly.

[@ShiaRafidhiAkhbariIslam]

History🥱

[@tomcat4321]

Turks were Asian looking people. But the modern Turks look white. Looks like the Original Turks could not keep their hands off of eastern euro slave women. Their offspring over generations looked nothing like the original Asian looking Turks.

[@suhelmallick]

no, the original Turks and turans were whites from central asia and east china regions. tey mixed with mongolooids. turkiye today is just 60% armenian and greek with little central asian ancestry

[@tomcat4321]

@@suhelmallick Turks were mixed with Mongoloids long before they attacked Anatolia. Turks were Asiatic race. Even Prophet Muhammad described Turks as people whose faces looked like shields. Look for the Hadith on this. The minority Turks that attacked Anatolia took many wives from Eastern Europe. The Mongoloid element in Turks disappeared as Turk dna got diluted due to them having kidnapping so many Euro women and having babies with them. Each Turkish Sultan had hundreds of Euro women in their harem. Soldiers of Turks had only 10 or 15 of them in their slavery. Most Turks are Armenian and Eastern euro by blood because Turkish rulers and soldiers could not keep their hands off of Eastern euro women. Eastern euro men were sold into slavery in Middle East and North Africa. This is why Syrian and Jordanian people look pretty much Eastern European. When slave genetics take over the actual Levant people who were much darker before Ottoman rule started.

[@suhelmallick]

please read gain what i wrote. they mixed later and after coming to eastern europe they started mixing again like the avars bulgars, polskys and seljuks@@tomcat4321

[@RustScarcelli]

It was peaceful before Mohamed