The Islamic World: 1000 Years in 18 Minutes

Medieval Islamic history condensed into one short video. The Conquests, Empires, Caliphs and Sultans of the Middle East - from a bird's eye view.
00:00 Introduction
00:58 Muhammad
02:12 Rashidun
03:47 Umayyads
05:19 Abbasids
07:34 Decentralization (Buyids, Fatimids)
09:34 Turks (Seljuks)
11:19 Crusaders (Ayyubids, Khwarazmians)
12:55 Mongols (Genghis, Hulagu)
14:29 Rulers from the Steppes (Mamluks, Ilkhanids, Timurids)
16:41 Ottomans (Safavids, Mughals)
18:21 Conclusion
Select Sources and Further Reading:
- Eamonn Gearon, Turning Points in Middle Eastern History (online course)
- Albert Hourani, A History of the Arab Peoples (1991)
- Thomas Asbridge, The Crusades: The War for the Holy Land (2010)
- Caroline Finkel, Osman's Dream: The Story of the Ottoman Empire 1300-1923 (2006)
- [Hebrew] האסלאם: היסטוריה, דת, תרבות, בעריכת מאיר מ' בר-אשר ומאיר חטינה (2017)
Music:
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@KeithOSullivanmusic

[@Trainer_Hareth]

A person said "(Allahuakbar)" later he said "(Subhanallah)" and after that he said "(Alhamdulillah)'' he again said "(Allahummagfirli)" he also said (la ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu minaz zalimin) in this he earned many many good deeds and that person is you💝

[@pinkz7911]

no thanks

[@parjanyasai7257]

Another person said...shut yo butt up

[@Lifegoeson166]

Ewww no thanks

[@TheEngineeringstruggle]

why in islam we dont keep family pictures ?

[@alvenathots]

1000 year history of knowledge and wisdom, and this is what muslims have been reduced to: collecting scraps of deeds online...

[@nghalioun]

Very well presented. Hundreds of years of Islamic history wonderfully summarized. Subscribed.

[@Exposing21]

He literally mentioned 1% of Islam. Skipped so many important and critical parts.

[@TrickXxl]

He didnt mention anything about central asia, Indonesia, South asia

[@HishamA.N_Comicbroe]

@@TrickXxl Crazy cuz South Asia is a really important part.

[@the_batmobile0.4]

Very well presented my a$$

[@Exposing21]

@@blindinglights6960 those are in books, it would be great if someone made a series of videos of Islams history

[@immuslimisupportqatar7591]

muslims world are not limited only by arab and turcs we have also african and other asian country you forgot a lot bro

[@muslimresponse103]

he mentioned in the video that he is focusing on the core area of Islam which is the middle east and surrounding area.

[@adydee2982]

True, theres a lot more muslim empire including in Africa, Russia, China and South East Asia.. in history they always show the one that are in the middle east

[@immuslimisupportqatar7591]

fun fat african muslims empire are so strong like mamelouk mali songhai almohades almoravides saadien and a lot even in asia like india or china and a lot of mangols became muslims @@adydee2982

[@mohammudyousuf622]

The caricature this person made about our prophet is offensive

[@immuslimisupportqatar7591]

caricature is haram for all prophetes @@mohammudyousuf622

[@Jawharqh__]

This is actually a very detailed and well summarized lesson of islamic history, I took all of this when I was in 7th grade and now I'm in 9th grade so I said why not just refresh my mind and see this video and turns out I still remember every detail of this important islamic history, nice video !

[@the_batmobile0.4]

U can't be serious, he purposely made this video as if islam was Arab alone, when in fact he left out Africa, Asia and many more

[@Jawharqh__]

@@the_batmobile0.4 that is true 100% and I know that he left out a lot of important historical parts of other countries but still all his facts are correct, the editing is amazing and he phrased everything well so why can't I like it ? he may purposely left out other countries as you said before but there's no need to make a fuss about it since he may have done a video on those equally important countries, other than that I appreciate that you pointed it out :)

[@benzi..5ucl..]

shutup rendi @@LatestPorkphet

[@TrickXxl]

​@@LatestPorkphetWe dont need to learn history from Indian pajjeet

[@cvhashim]

@@LatestPorkphet🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@stonerllc7585]

More videos, please! Excellent quality and informative while easily digestible.

[@LS-kg6my]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I was trying to understand Hungarian history and realized that I couldn’t understand it without understanding the Ottoman Empire. Then I realized I couldn’t understand the Ottoman Empire without understanding the rise of Islam and its relationship to the Byzantine empire. I really wish I had learned all this in school. The only thing I wished you would have gone into more detail on was the rise and fall of Islam in Spain. I went to Spain and fell in love with Islamic art, architecture and astronomy there. Anyway, thank you again for such a rich, clear description. Now I have a framework and timeframe to do more research.

[@shariqsiddique1557]

Nothing last forever, neither happiness nor sadness. - Ali bin Talib (ra)

[@rajatbhaskar6995]

But fighting amongst muslims will last forever

[@xyzr_3808]

​@@rajatbhaskar6995there is less fighting in islam than there is between the castes of hinduism

[@rajatbhaskar6995]

@@xyzr_3808 fitna,Shia sunnin

[@yassine073t]

He never said this stop lying

[@Rusty1756]

except muslim people killing others in the name of islam. started 1400 years ago and is still done by isis

[@ManifestingExcellence]

I truly enjoyed that and was captivated by the dynamic art and animations used for representation of movement, change, action, or clarification. Masterfully presented. Looking forward to exploring more topics in your future videos.

[@ismetpoyraz8749]

as a Turk I'm very grateful to my ancestors who served and took Islamic flag up more than 700(ottoman, Seljuks ) years🇹🇷 ‏الحمد لله

[@TAKE_ME_TO_CURCH]

Arap değiliz!!

[@ctsd623]

Why?

[@MrMelomalo]

@@ctsd623 Compare the spread of Islam to the spread of Christianity. Islam is a military/political campaign pretending to be a religious crusade. Whereever Islam lands they talk about peace until their numbers are great enough and then they talk about Sharia law and kick out all non-Muslims. This happened most recently in Sudan/South Sudan. Islam is a political crusade- nothing more. This video does not go into the Arab/Muslim Slave Trade.

[@khalidarsalanbaibars2722]

Where are you from?

[@White90ice]

I bet you havent read the whole quran in a language you understand

[@Void_Thameem]

I was checking for this video for whole 2 weeks. Finally I found it. Great documentary. Expecting more like this.

[@yourdad5523]

Beautiful, Beautiful! the way it is al summarized , it has been made easy to understand, its so well presented, im grateful to consume this knowledge. thank you for yet another informative history video!!

[@adrienpoirier2641]

Very well summarized. Great job, please consider making more history content!

[@snehashispanda4808]

Islamic rule in India was a form of colonialism, characterized by the imposition of a foreign islamic culture, religion, and political system on the Indian subcontinent. Muslims were foreign invaders who came to India and imposed their Islamic faith and culture on the indigenous population. They point to examples of the destruction of Hindu temples, the imposition of Jizya tax on non-Muslims, and the forced conversions to Islam as evidence of this colonialist mindset. Muslim social attitudes on modern issues have caused controversy everywhere. Islam to be incompatible with secular society, and that, unlike other religions, Islam positively commands its adherents to impose its religious law on all peoples, believers and unbelievers alike, whenever possible and by any means necessary. Islam allows to propagate abuses, such as the mistreatment of women and homosexuals, and slavery. They also state that multiculturalism allows a degree of religious freedom that exceeds what is needed for personal religious freedom and is conducive to the creation of organizations aimed at undermining secular values. According to poll, high people had an unfavourable view of Islam, higher than for any other religion.

[@nibrasalchoufi3450]

The developed world is a dying world based on its fertility rates meaning its standards cannot fulfill a fundemental need for a self sustaining society so how could the secular society be a proper reference to judge the muslim society? Also if you were even listening to the video's content you should have realised that Islam does not imply spreading it by any means.

[@ricardo-2022]

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[@pinkz7911]

@@snehashispanda4808 agreed

[@quickquranrecitations3091]

@@snehashispanda4808 Im not gonna answer what you've said yet, cuz who made those facts, but answer this, What do u think the europeans did?

[@JamesPeach]

Accurate information in History and Science that is insightful and rich combined with great animation and pacing, you earned a new supporter. Keep up the great work, I am excited to see your new videos.

[@D_0ktor]

I found this channel by a sheer coincidence, but boy am I glad I did! This looks to be very promising source of education, keep up the good work

[@Joshuaxton]

You're back! 🎉

[@AshfiaNaheed]

The summary of the Islamic history that I have been on the lookout for a while is finally discovered here. Thanks for the timelines.

[@ricardo-2022]

Do you belive that Mohamed was massenger from god

[@TonyMoscato]

I always look up your first video to see if you posted. I’m so happy that it wasn’t a one time thing and you are okay! I wish you all the best.

[@firedemond]

Best summary I've seen and I've seen a lot. Good job mate

[@das_daily_]

i was just stunned to the whole video 100% focus and it all so clearly and amazingly summarized. make more.

[@apocalypticskepticus3299]

Very informational, unbiased and extremely fun to watch. Thank you for your work!

[@eesa]

There are biases, though subtle. For example, to say Mohammmed pbuh "waged wars against the polytheists" is misleading. Initial wars were defensive (Battle of Badr, Battle of Uhud, Battle of the Trench, etc.), and wars waged later on were to get ahead of other tribes who were likely to wage war on the muslims displayed in their actions. Some tribes were flat out caught being treacherous and breaking agreements (even in the middle of battle sometimes), which would not go unchecked in any former or modern society.

[@apocalypticskepticus3299]

@@eesa First it is necessary for you to learn what being biased means, because you clearly do not understand the concept. You are telling me the Muslim version of the conflict with the polytheists of Arabia, we have no other source to confirm whether everything you say is correct or not. To think that you can accuse others of being ''biased'' by using a ONE-SIDED source is truly paradoxical.

[@AbdurRahmanabubakar5527]

​@@apocalypticskepticus3299Read about Muhammad pbuh yourself and you'll see what @eesa is trying to say

[@AbdurRahmanabubakar5527]

​@@apocalypticskepticus3299I won't say its bias, I will say its over simplified to the core. It makes it sound as if Muhammad was a strong man bullying Arabia and we know it was quite the opposite. He and his state were always in the brink of extermination until the last few years of his life and even then, a new threat, the byzantine and Persians.

[@AbdurRahmanabubakar5527]

​@@apocalypticskepticus3299@eesa is to some extent right. Although I don't believe the video is bias, I believe its over simplified, but that was the point of the video 😅 to summarise it. But what we do know is Muhammad wasn't going around waging war on people, that would have been a terrible mistake infact, the whole of Arabia was pretty much against him, would be not wise to make new enemies, he was always in a defensive posture, but his defiant attitude caused him to triumph. Read about him, very interesting man. His religion is a great one as well. Very interesting religion which intrests me alot. I'll suggest you read about the man and his legacy. Peace be upon him.

[@nerdy4172]

This channel has only two videos on two very different topics. And both are impeccably well explained.

[@alaabashiyi3346]

Im not sure why you don't have a 100,000 subscribers!! very very well presented and summarized. subscribed!

[@wasnt.here.3853]

Excellent way to present continuity of history by giving the timeline. I also wish you would always have a date on screen for reference

[@fahimrezwankhair7344]

It is so beautiful!!! Really well-made!

[@Vyom330]

Editing is really good 👍 👌

[@wiqasahmad7536]

amazing and very easy to understand the history and all information are accurate nothing hide..appreciate efforts

[@ShafaitUrRehmanAbbasi]

True and Informative. As a Muslim I appreciate your Great Work. Subscribed 👍

[@jehanzaibzafar9506]

Amazing. Hats off for such a brlliant informative video.Thankyou

[@shahidahmed1834]

Highly informative ❤

[@deeny447]

This is superb! Thanks for such a historic piece.

[@adamz7282]

Amazing video, great story telling, and beautiful animation. Thanks for the history lesson

[@MB-pd8gt]

This was so informative and entertaining. Thank you! I learned lots :)

[@prototropo]

This seems like a level, objective summation. Thank you.

[@semeunacte]

Really well presented, thanks for your work.

[@whoknocks7]

what an awesome video pls make more of this. enjoyed a lot watching this

[@msk.2954]

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[@user-cd4bx6uq1y]

Watched until the Seljuk part, went outside to think just how insane gold this channel is, went back to finish watching

[@TimeTraveler691]

The videos offers a captivating journey through centuries of history, culture, and innovation. A concise yet enlightening exploration that leaves viewers informed and inspired.

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[@farahahmed8201]

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[@heshamsultan511]

It's Israeli channel 🥴

[@farahahmed8201]

@@heshamsultan511 Da hell really??

[@heshamsultan511]

@@farahahmed8201 ادخلي على لمحة كدا وشوفي اللوكيشن

[@ziyad359]

A beautiful educational proposal that I claim is as objective as possible. Thank you for your efforts.

[@realtnanetwork]

Amazing work!!

[@zaidinho6338]

Great vid subscribed and patiently waiting for part 2

[@hayimalsahra]

Great video! You’ve explained it so clearly and detailed. Subscribed and waiting for you next video 🤝

[@Abdullah-ew9zz]

Great video 👍

[@user-ph4fr7lf3m]

please keep making more history videos. Great video

[@jaseelmuhammedk5681]

WOW!! Beautiful explaining❤

[@gamystation]

everything about this video was well made thans so much for your efforts to show us in details and in great video the islamic history

[@vladniculae6114]

Not usually leaving comments but I'll do this one for the algorithm. Well done! (EDIT: A couple more like this and I promise to subscribe)

[@say.shakir_]

wow bro excellent work thank you so much ❤ .Easy to understand

[@zee34ian]

Very clear and impressive narration. Subscribed

[@abdulm5081]

Great Video, But it is crucial to mention the Islamic history of India prior to the Mughals, The expansion by Muhammad Ghori, The Mamluks of North India, Creation and Expansion of the Delhi Sultanate, Kingdoms in the Deccan and Southern India including Golconda, Berar, Ahmednagar, etc and continuation of Muslim Rule even after the Mughal Decline.

[@rickhastings6063]

True. It was a horribly cruel and bloody period.

[@iqnisrosevelt4706]

@@rickhastings6063 compared to their non muslim counterpart, they are saint.

[@surajs5913]

​@@iqnisrosevelt4706if you read the self accounts and court records of islamic rulers of India, you will know how inhumane they were. While non islamic rulers wanted to nurture the good will of the people they ruled over, islamic rulers competed to ensure who killed, enslaved and forcibly converted more hindus than the previous ruler. Islam is the plague of the earth....

[@si-level]

what happen ?

[@arveenmogun8774]

​@@iqnisrosevelt4706 even in bloodshed, muslim vs non-muslim ..as usual

[@mando73204]

The Ottoman Empire made the crusades regret their existence 😂

[@hadrian318]

how's that working out today?

[@mando73204]

@@hadrian318 all the way to half Russia are Muslims now when it was by the swords Muslims were winning because it was a man to a man but since yo cowards invented guns that’s what made the difference but we are coming back now the future is in the Middle East yo becoming history

[@Khattab511]

⁠@@hadrian318 how is the crusades working out today ? Are there even any real Christians left ? 😂

[@enceladus4900]

@@hadrian318 i mean empires rise and fall,thats how it always been in history.ottoman empire was one of the greatest and in top 3 for me personally. lasting 600 years and falling in ww1 which is called "graveyard of empires" is a great way to go out

[@_BugzZz_]

Egypt was a big obstacle for the Crusaders

[@immortalbeast7718]

woooooow bro, so so good video. I normally don't watch so much history vids, bc im of bored of it. But this iss soooooooooooooooooooooo good. alhamduillah

[@IsmarKunic]

Good quality content and well presented

[@Badrimuslim313]

Very well presented, I appreciate your effort, well summarised

[@abu.reyhan]

لقد رفع الإسلام العلوم إلى أعلى درجة. لقد حقق العلماء المسلمون أهم الاكتشافات والاختراعات الأساسية في تاريخ العلم. الرياضيات والهندسة والفيزياء والكيمياء والجيولوجيا والجغرافيا وعلم الفلك والطب والتشريح والتاريخ والأدب وفقه اللغة والخ. لقد أتقنوا آلاف التخصصات بالطريقة المثالية.

[@AngryMetalhead98]

Όλα αυτά προήλθαν από τους Αρχαίους Έλληνες και την Ελλάδα γενικότερα. Ξεχνάς πολλά ή δε σας τα μαθαίνουν σωστά στο σχολείο μου φαίνεται.

[@good-frog]

​@@AngryMetalhead98 Claiming that everything invented in 16 centuries of history is stolen from Greeks is straight out delusional. Are you okay?

[@perishedfirestorm555]

​@@AngryMetalhead98 each contributed in a different way, many discoveries were influenced by the other side while many were not. All empires contributed to knowledge and science in a certain form. Both of you are wrong for claiming everything came from one side. Remove the hatred and think objectively.

[@AnjellaLema-sz3lh]

​@@AngryMetalhead98Greek were taught by kemet before they were conquered by babylonians

[@AnjellaLema-sz3lh]

​@@perishedfirestorm555And did Muslim invented

[@nurturead]

Amazing video! Thank you !!

[@user-cp6rh7pf5h]

Very interesting and concise. Good job 👏

[@Armor7677]

1.7 k subscribers and this much quality Bro your quality is very good

[@BlackMoon4200]

yea

[@billukhan2954]

I thought they copied the video.. 😅

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[@Aronshmuli665]

GREAT COVERAGE,THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK

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amazing video, this kind of quality vidoes will get millons of view. I also see you becoming top tier youtuber in the future.

[@LogenBogen]

Great video! Super explanation and demonstration ❤

[@soloturk2470]

I see that some commenting about that he missed important parts to mention in detail but imo he made a really good summary just in 18 min. Well done sir 👏

[@mtsardar]

Shirt and sweet, Very nicely composed and beautifully summarized

[@oreosaurs2658]

Ah cool, nice to see you again!

[@wajahatmushtaq6583]

Why so less subs. What a beautiful Video

[@Don_Puparo]

few

[@fahdbough767]

Best historical presentation ever

[@shabirwaziri6563]

Brilliant video ❤.

[@Robnas621]

Incredible video. Well done

[@Safi525]

Very good explanation of middle East history in simple words...

[@exorcistt7651]

as a history student, good video dude

[@bayramkucuker3149]

What a fantastic informative yet fun video to watch good work

[@aliframdani_]

This is very excellent! I love it. Subscribed

[@Jalayir]

The famous belle-lettrist Abu Hayyan al-Towhidi (d414/1023) quoted Ebn al-Moqaffa* (d.142/759) as stating the following differences between peoples: The Persians are masters of politics, civility, rules, and protocols. The Greeks have science and philosophy. The Indians have thought, reflection, discernment and magic, and the Turks have courage and audacity. The Africans have joy, endurance and labour. The Arabs have valour, hospitality, loyalty, heroism, generosity, humour and eloquence.10

[@AngryHistorian87]

This was a great video. If I may ask, what is the background music you used for the part of the Mongols?

[@How-So]

Thank you. The track is called Conquest - The Mongol Empire, by Keith O' Sullivan.

[@AngryHistorian87]

@@How-So you are most welcome. And thank you for the track’s name.

[@Umayyad-Caliphate]

@@How-SoBrother We as Sunnis accepted Ali as our fourth caliph but the Shias didn’t accepted the thee first caliphs as legitimate rulers and they see Ali as holy but we see only the Prophets as holy.

[@ahmeddarwish4584]

Thank you for the video so much

[@mistu2741]

Underrated vid it was awsm and you explained it well

[@final__storm1682]

What a topic! Let's goo

[@Nawaf-qk9mu]

I want to note that AlHasan was the fifth caliph, and ruled for 6 months, making it 632-662

[@Mr.Adlag.]

True

[@mohammudyousuf622]

The caricature this person made about our prophet is offensive

[@teukufadel8293]

​@@mohammudyousuf622that's the thing when people rely too much on Orientalists' view of Islam

[@1nv1nc3ble]

He was interim (placeholder for Ali's position), until Mu'awiya became the Caliph.

[@Nawaf-qk9mu]

@@1nv1nc3ble He is within the 30 years the prophet foretold. He also fulfills a second prophecy in his abdication. He also had the full support of the muslim base. He is the legitimate fifth caliph.

[@mohammedgt8102]

Great video. Well done

[@kauejuniorneckel606]

Very good! A tip: you could name the sources that you get the images and texts, just to arouse curiosity for those who wished to get deep into your details.

[@saucter1859]

Didn't check the view or subscriber count before watching. Was extremely surprised to see that you you have less than even 6k subscribers with this much quality. Definitely deserve and will receive more. Just keep going mate. Subscribed

[@andrasvago2053]

A beautiful video - thank You! it might miss some details, it has it's own point of view - but love it nevertheless! It is a wonderful overview!

[@karlschneebauer-montronix2114]

Fantastic .....best summary ever❤

[@bopeybef]

super well made video. we owe a lot of our modern lives to the discoveries made in cities like Baghdad

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

A similar view was held by the 11th century Arab historian Sa'ed Al-Andalusi. In his book "Category of the nations" he said the following about the Turks: "And their virtue which they skilled in is warfare and its means/tools, they are the best nation when it comes to chivalry, archery and swordsmanship" In another part of the book he says that the Chinese used to refer to the king of the Turks as "The king of the lions".

[@mustafaakkus8530]

Kral yine sahada tarihini savunuyor

[@HardCore_Islamist]

Turks here looked similar to mongols and persians not modern turkish Republic turks

[@nazmul_khan_]

@@HardCore_Islamistthese “Turks” are actually Greeks and Armenians who forgot their language and religion after getting their ass whooped by the real Turks

[@user-ir2hx5bd9j]

Al andlus is 100% arab with little berber , nothing tur*kc about it

[@KoroushRP]

The American missionary Eli Smith and G. H. O. Dwight, who traveled through turkey at the beginning of the nineteenth century observed that the turkomans were generally called Turks by the Ottomans, who abhorred the name Turk and proffered to be called Musalmans (Muslims). To the Ottomans, “turk” was a name that belonged to the people of Turkestan and the nomadic hordes who roamed the steppes of khurrusan. They considered themselves civilized Ottomans, and could not understand why Europeans called them Turks. As a sophisticated ruling class, the Ottomans looked down upon the Turkish peasantry, calling them esek Turk (Donkey Turk), and kaba turk (stupid turk). Expressions like “turk-head” and “turk-person” were contemptuously used by ottomans when they wanted to denigrate each other.”

[@mehmethanylmaz8220]

Amazing content! I was hoping to see how Islam reached to far east, to countries like Malesia and Indonesia. Yet its still pretty informative.

[@yeezwow3207]

wow that was a very well made video!

[@mahammedforjani1234]

Amazing video, subscribed

[@muslimresponse103]

very well made video summarising islamic political history.

[@mohammudyousuf622]

The caricature this person made about our prophet is offensive

[@muslimresponse103]

@@mohammudyousuf622 where? I didnt see it!

[@patrioticindian7685]

@@muslimresponse103he is a bot and probably a fake one don’t react

[@deathberry.2674]

Getting more and more interested about islamic world and this was a very informative video. Excellent job!

[@ElCrackMauri]

Watch a Christian video

[@TheWalkthroughistYT]

Need more content definitely ❤

[@warfarehistoryofficial]

amazing video keep it up

[@H.o.b.e]

As a muslim, I am very sad. Why didn't you mention "Khaled Ibn Al-Walid" or on other say "Saif Allah Al-Masloul" He is one of the greatest leaders who were able to overcome the Romans and the Persians.

[@azzamziply3039]

He is indeed one of the greatest general and strategist in history... but this is about kingdoms' historical description and timeliness rather than a focused specific timeline

[@Bunyourdesires]

@@abtinnavid6903you just proved that Muhammed ﷺ was not killing innocent people 😂😂

[@Bunyourdesires]

@@abtinnavid6903 he deleted his comment

[@riowhi7]

The "gunpowder empires" period is a very interesting aspect of the early modern period that I think many of us tend to ignore. Europe was exploring, East Asia was isolating, but we never really pay attention to what happened in between these two opposites of Eurasia: the parts that stood on the once prosperous silk road. People often just call the Ottomans after the 1500s the "sick man of Europe" and treat the Safavids and Mughals in a similar way but I think that ignores the genuine stability and prosperity they experienced during this time period.

[@theodormalte5729]

Ottomans were called the "sick man of Europe" much later, in the 19th century. They remained a powerhouse until their losses against the Russians in the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774. During the 19th century, amidst internal instability, external pressures, and territorial losses, this term gained prominence, reflecting their weakened state compared to the European powers.

[@Tena-city]

Mughal empire we're seen as a powerful rich empire than whole Europe entirely up until 18th century as the Europeans were considered small fish at the time

[@kayj8976]

Was part of the motivation behind European exploration, as trade routes, taxation, and travel were fully controlled by these empires

[@revelacol2149]

Never forget the attrocities comitted by the ottomans to their own christian population, namely genocide, which is still denied by Turkey to this day

[@Tena-city]

@@revelacol2149 also never forget European territories were under Ottoman rule without any forced conversations unlike Safavid persia

[@user-lp9mt9te6i]

best video i watched in a while ,,, thanks a lot

[@king_055]

Great video. Well done creator.

[@Osamakhan050]

Very well made summary! Loved it