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

📜 The History of Khosrau Anushirawan ushered in a golden age of Iran, but only after his father Kavadh suffered through the near collapse of the empire. Once he broke free from a controlling minister and radical religious reformer, Kavadh realized that the empire needed to change.
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[@extrahistory]

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

[@enderpup9289]

Extra Credits he needs to shave his pubescent mustache

[@quintenwhyte6660]

The Real life Prince of Persia?!

[@ShadowwingMD]

When was this? Starting year or something?

[@rogerherringolsen1064]

Do a series on Norway

[@alexandrejosedacostaneto381]

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

[@benwalton8359]

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

[@AgentTasmania]

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

[@quixoticreptile6328]

It's very refreshing to learn something new!

[@squipy184]

Perfectly said! Love his channel so much!

[@m4sherman926]

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

[@lucasbeck1391]

@@m4sherman926 they used to have integrity

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

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

[@Crick1952]

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

[@kantermorris3420]

Otto von Bismark is the best

[@ali331978]

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

[@ElBandito]

@@ali331978 "Tree tops".

[@user-ee2ub1lp5n]

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

[@Beriorn]

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

[@kyuven]

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

[@Chino56751]

both are real bosses

[@thechannelthathasfithteens6792]

Beriorn I love your thumbnail

[@shinebrightlikeadoitsu1120]

kyuven illuminati confirmed

[@Ayy_Doll_Fiddler]

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

[@EmperorTigerstar]

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

[@MerganNaidoo]

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

[@greatwolf5372]

Parthian Empire is even more underrated.

[@TheNorth15]

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

[@skelliezappz1912]

Im more of a Safavid person myself.

[@guilherme77088]

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

[@Wolf6119]

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

[@gnomee9447]

Next story from their perspective, please ^^

[@davehoffman4659]

I know right? To both

[@ButterflyScarlet]

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

[@user-sw6tz1hr8s]

You are danky turk

[@user-sw6tz1hr8s]

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

[@justafaniv1097]

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

[@rjfaber1991]

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

[@justafaniv1097]

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

[@davehoffman4659]

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

[@alberum8442]

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

[@davehoffman4659]

Alber Un yeah, no, that's fair

[@satyaanshary3281]

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

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

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

[@chaosherald8879]

Duke of Lorraine YOU SHOULD NOT BE HERE MORTAL!

[@andyb1653]

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

[@void_wyrm]

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

[@brendanbethlehem999]

Yeah. We cool.

[@MrManfhis]

Kavadh took the sigil stone and ran away

[@erictaylor5462]

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

[@erictaylor5462]

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

[@merrittanimation7721]

Presided by the warriors of terror and captains of insanity

[@wingracer1614]

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

[@FlyingDominion]

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

[@blockmasterscott]

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

[@Achillez098]

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

[@thornangel16]

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

[@clayxros576]

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

[@acebalistic1358]

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

[@mattbyrne4568]

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

[@newestflameneverdies]

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

[@corvus917]

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

[@patrickdees5256]

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

[@kilpatrickkirksimmons5016]

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

[@TheCenturion]

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

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

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

[@TheCenturion]

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

[@davehoffman4659]

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

[@StephanePare]

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

[@kiarashfarrahi2058]

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

[@ahsanashfaq4430]

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

[@aryaa7069]

@@ahsanashfaq4430 Dezh e Faramoushi

[@ahsanashfaq4430]

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

[@aryaa7069]

@@ahsanashfaq4430 You're welcome bro!

[@kasinokaiser1319]

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

[@simeonnovkov406]

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

[@namingisdifficult408]

Simeon Novkov yep

[@clayxros576]

Sell it and I will buy it

[@frond8951]

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

[@azelfdaboi5265]

@@clayxros576 same

[@badoodadoodadoo7653]

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

[@alsardar2740]

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

[@boinkohh8394]

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

[@Vrykion15]

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

[@Finkeren]

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

[@Archimonde256]

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

[@sisovarao2535]

Dnd vibes over here

[@Silverhawk100]

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

[@merrittanimation7721]

"KHAAAAAAAVAAAAAAD!"

[@zacknoble1]

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

[@msxavier8519]

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

[@merrittanimation7721]

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

[@stanj85]

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

[@marvelfannumber1]

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

[@stanj85]

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

[@sisovarao2535]

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

[@atreides213]

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

[@basilofgoodwishes4138]

and newer version.

[@sax87ton]

Man, this episode has some sweet ass hats

[@varana]

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

[@modernhistoryencyclopedia7588]

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

[@claudiu-mihaipuiu1221]

Yes it is!

[@outtagoodnamesdangit]

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

[@ceej2198]

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

[@wingracer1614]

"I'm gonna fade into Bolivia."

[@jumbocatstudios7239]

Poor dan. The fortress of oblivion does sound awesome.

[@chralexNET]

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

[@grodon909]

It was probably Walpole

[@l0stndamned]

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

[@killerOfMoons]

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

[@burnerheinz]

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

[@ShimSham.]

r/therewasanattempt

[@et496]

Moon Seal thank sky that fortress does not

[@justinleecw]

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

[@FRAV661]

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

[@FRAV661]

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

[@wu1ming9shi]

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

[@stevenchoza6391]

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

[@DEAD1270]

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

[@onelowerlight]

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

[@Rert]

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

[@malstorm5]

that third time almost killed me

[@extrahistory]

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

[@seeyouchump]

@@extrahistory too soon

[@jahdielwharton2778]

@@extrahistory lol

[@funnysillyclown]

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

[@airmanon7213]

SaraBLQ Buckle up?

[@funnysillyclown]

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

[@jalapenoofjustice4682]

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

[@johanoskarsson8209]

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

[@merrittanimation7721]

Choo-Choo! All aboard the history train!

[@xiahoupaul19]

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

[@andrewsuryali8540]

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

[@dara6179]

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

[@WitherBossEntity]

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

[@dimimitrijenogic1272]

Aww, Khosrau is so cute

[@losersinc7973]

Omg you’re right

[@CBRN-115]

All the characters are cute

[@Ethan-mp7wr]

Zacharie Guillerey So cute, so cute

[@spiritedrenee9895]

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

[@spiritedrenee9895]

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

[@dara6179]

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

[@welatxwese8074]

Dara yeah, Iran is the only acceptable name.

[@Fafnd]

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

[@dara6179]

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

[@vincentgibson2543]

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

[@elementallynx493]

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

[@Nomand55]

This sounds like a playthrough of CK2 ...

[@Carewolf]

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

[@davidkelly4210]

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

[@tavasp]

or maybe ck2 is based of of this.

[@stephenscribbles]

@@tavasp Or this was based on CK2

[@jacobvanderhoeven1008]

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

[@AegixDrakan]

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

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

"Fortress of Oblivion" Damn, that's a bad ass historical name

[@kingmonster]

Ya' know, right? Shame it was bad at it's job.

[@aptspire]

TFW you spend more time in prison than on the throne (sorta) :(

[@jordansteele9199]

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

[@hexcraftgaming]

The fortress of oblivion sounds like a dark souls location

[@lucasbeck1391]

Tes 4 actually

[@FlyingRazzo]

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

[@GideonGleeful95]

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

[@extrahistory]

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

[@rjfaber1991]

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

[@wingracer1614]

I would love to see a series about Axum.

[@DLAlucard]

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

[@Healermain15]

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

[@DLAlucard]

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

[@madaranotsoanonymousnowuch1539]

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

[@markhenley3097]

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

[@shlabulax9047]

4:10 Best mass effect reference ever!

[@persianguy1524]

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

[@Nyghtking]

That sounds like a D&D campaign setting, the Fortress Of Oblivion. For all I know it is.

[@a.a4943]

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

[@arian1926]

A common misconception is that the Hephthalites probably looked alot more like the Sogdians than the Mongols (even though they’ve been known to have been at least semi-nomadic). So personally I think the Hephthalite design is abit off. Otherwise, great stuff!

[@psychedelicjedi9151]

i like the face of Kavadh's uncle when he got deposed

[@gianlucaborg195]

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

[@Artur_M.]

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

[@blugaledoh2669]

Artur M. That interesting.

[@Artur_M.]

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

[@Mints951]

Is this the khosrou who trolled Justinian by bathing in the mediterranean?

[@airmanon7213]

Otto Niven yes, it's him.

[@badoodadoodadoo7653]

WHY LET A LITTLE PEACE TREATY GET IN THE WAY OF A GOOD CRU- ERRR... BATH?

[@Royal-sd8eh]

@@badoodadoodadoo7653 why let almost making a crusade joke get in the way of a good bath

[@collinpace6522]

Crusader Kings 2 in a nutshell.

[@fwg1994]

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

[@Aravaganthus]

Gotta say, I didn't expect Iran of all places to have invented both hippies and communists a millennium and half ago.

[@antoniolewis1016]

Hippies and communists have existed for thousands of years. There was a group of hippie communists 400 years later, also in Iran, and they were savage. They were the Qarmatians.

[@Alexander-gy4dd]

communism is a word/term we have used for the last couple hundred years to define a concept that has been around for much longer than that, theres a reason why it convinces many people to join their ranks. I would say it tries to fix the systematical inequality that occurs in every society ever, unfortunately it seems to always lose its purpose in the process of making a society more equal.

[@antoniolewis1016]

Novusod already with the Islam hate? Also, you conveniently ignored that the man who invented algebra was an Iranian Muslim? Nevermind that. Let's keep pretending Islam was worse than the dark ages.

[@apudharald2435]

Wait till you find out about Omar al Khajjam...

[@TheCreepypro]

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

[@Swordkirby9999]

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

[@snaky115]

I share your disappointment in the Fortress of Oblivion. :(

[@isaac1670]

snaky115 Such a great, great name wasted. . .

[@Cibohos]

Oh hell yeah, a new series

[@poop-for-brains]

Mazdak is welcome as a revolutionary homie in any of my vanguards.

[@TheJuanTrueKaiser]

Uphold the Immortal Science of Mazdakism comrades!!

[@krzysztofprzybylski2750]

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

[@StudioNama]

Let the Fortress of Oblivion live on eternally!

[@MTLHR]

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

[@matthewarmstrong1609]

Yeah man, and some Ancient Egypt

[@Philip_of_Santos]

Please do a series of a Byzantine Emperor named Heraclius who probably saved the Byzantine Empire from the brink of collapse during the early 7th century before his defeats against the Arabs. It would be great to create one especially that from being a victorius ruler at his youth to becoming a scapegoat to all Arab Conquests in the Levant and Egypt

[@bluewardog]

they have done a series on Justinian The Great so i think its unlikly to happen in the near future. also there topic is chosen by there patreon supporters.

[@Philip_of_Santos]

bluewardog well I hoping you can be the one who sponsored the episode, haha just kidding

[@asalways1504]

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

[@bkjeong4302]

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

[@danthemann5655]

The fortress of oblivian ( DUN DUN DUNNNNN!)

[@yourmajesty1361]

Yesss... PERSIAN history !!!!

[@ee4142]

He was in the kurdish national anthem ey reqib

[@mehrdad5767]

@@ee4142 lol

[@JanSanono]

You guys were the best part of KZbin Rewind!

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

Way to damn them with faint praise. :/

[@Aravaganthus]

Not a hard thing to accomplish this year.

[@GallowglassAxe]

The Iranians should have taken advise from Uriel Semptim VII (i.e. Patrick Stewart), "Find him...and close shut the jaws of Oblivion."

[@jac1871]

I saw you in KZbin rewind!

[@adamantiostampouratzis627]

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

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

yes that's the one

[@mustafahussain1638]

The funniest bit was showing the wars with rock paper siccors 😅😅

[@tonts5329]

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

[@Kuudere-Kun]

This video never gave any dates. The way my brain works when watching one of these i need to immediately begin contextualizing it in what I already know about History, or else I'll be lost.

[@chainsawgood123]

Kavadh reigned from 473CE to 531CE.

[@Hilja1suus]

I think they said third century-ish

[@ibbi30]

I had the same problem, think this guy is Khosrow I, born in 496. Edit: Oh right, that is the son of this episode's guy.

[@extrahistory]

This episode takes place in the late 400s CE to early 500s CE! It does come up briefly in the video but I'll do better at making it obvious in future series. -Soraya

[@stonereviews4738]

This is in my top 5 for extra history series.

[@elite4702]

The sassanians are so interesting too! Their cavalry is even better too!

[@VoxPopulasse]

The Hephthalites were also an Iranic people (mainly Eastern Iranian speakers with some allies such as Turks).

[@eruyommo]

I love peace. They're delicious.

[@andyb1653]

Wiv some butter!

[@Ethan-mp7wr]

Andy B no cream cheese is better Fight meh

[@funandgames3187]

Why not just plan

[@yamiyomizuki]

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

[@trollhunter864]

Brilliant storytelling

[@savageantelope3306]

6:43 SMILES IN MARXISM

[@mr90999]

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

[@JamesSmith-dw1uz]

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

[@Adventurer32]

3:27 , my math class.

[@thetntsheep4075]

Sukrah was executed and THEN removed from the board? Jeez, h that Shah must have really hated him 😂

[@adamlee6435]

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

[@barryboushehri1707]

Thank you for videos about the great Shahanshah Kosrow Anushirawan.

[@extrahistory]

It's my pleasure!

[@phelanii4444]

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

[@illyreon5316]

1:22 Good thing he didn't get captured