Siege of Constantinople 717-718 - Early Muslim Expansion 4K DOCUMENTARY

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Third season of the Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the Early Muslim Expansion starts with the aftermath of the battles against the Sassanid and Eastern Roman empires at Yarmouk and al-Qadisiyyah ( • Early Muslim Expansion... ) and battles of Ctesiphon, Alexandria, Nikiou, Jerusalem, Sufetula, Heliopolis, and Nahavand ( • Early Muslim Expansion... ). We are going to cover the aftermath of the beginning of the First Fitna (Civil War) in the Rashidun Caliphate ( • First Muslim Civil War... ) and the battle of Siffin of 657, which led to the rise of the Umayyad Caliphate ( • Battle of Siffin 657 -... ), external expansion continued with the siege of Constantinople in 674-678, but this didn't stop the Second Fitna from happening, leading to the battles of Karbala (680) and Marj Rahit (684) ( • Constantinople 674-678... ). We also previously talked about the conclusion of the Second Fitna and the rise and fall of the Zubayrid Caliphate ( • Second Civil War in th... ). In another episode the armies of the Caliphate return to the frontiers, clashing with the crumbling Byzantine Empire in Armenia and North Africa. In the latter, they would not find opposition not just in the Roman remnant, as the rise of a new warrior queen among the Berbers posed a serious challenge to Hassan ibn al-Nu’man’s conquering army in the Maghreb. And even as the Umayyads won victories on the battlefield and expanded ever further, the cohesion and unity of their empire continued to deteriorate on their Eastern frontiers, planting the seeds of their eventual collapse. And we will also discuss how Carthage was razed once again ( • Carthage Razed Again -... ). Next up we covered the first Muslim incursion into India, as we discussed the Sindh campaign that allowed the Arabs to gain a foothold in the subcontinent ( • First Muslim Incursion... ). Back west, the armies of the Caliphate were taking over the north Africa and advancing towards Visigothic Spain which led to the battle of Guadelete in 711, as we learned how the Muslims conquered Spain ( • How the Muslims conque... ). Events were also transpiring in the east, as the new Caliph Sulayman was eager to finally take Constantinople, leading to the siege of the Eastern Roman capital in 717-718.
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[@KingsandGenerals]

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[@ghostd69]

It was bezntyine who did all job.trevel is attack wasn't imperssive but a sudden skrmkish attacking without umayyad expection attacking from army behind who were tired and exposured illnesse due suffering from greatly cold weather and stravition, they aswell were unprepare and unaware of their incoming attack, trevel is attacks was multi stage relay not just once as video shown but rather he preform 2 attacks but everytime he would have get pushd back eventually he waiting at thrace for long for umayyad retreat to dare approaching consantinople. king and general in his old siege 717 he mentioned blugars their final attack occured after their retreat but new video its seems contradictory old video which that not acceptable even according historian paul the deacon and Theophanes the Confessor that blugars attacked them after they raised the siege

[@scrooge1374]

I assume the Muslim fleet ferried the troops across at the beginning of the siege.

[@unreleasedost5230]

could you redo the fall of consantinople siege?

[@KingsandGenerals]

@@unreleasedost5230 we will!

[@amirmn7]

May be one day you can do a video on Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Leo III: "The beacons of Thrace are lit! Constantinople calls for aid!" Tervel: "And Bulgaria will answer."

[@ghostd69]

It was bezntyine who did all job.trevel is attack wasn't imperssive but a sudden skrmkish attacking without umayyad expection attacking from army behind who were tired and exposured illnesse due suffering from greatly cold weather and stravition, they aswell were unprepare and unaware of their incoming attack, trevel is attacks was multi stage relay not just once as video shown but rather he preform 2 attacks but everytime he would have get pushd back eventually he waiting at thrace for long for umayyad retreat to dare approaching consantinople. king and general in his old siege 717 he mentioned blugars their final attack occured after their retreat but new video its seems contradictory old video which that not acceptable even according historian paul the deacon and Theophanes the Confessor that blugars attacked them after they raised the siege

[@Mirko1913]

​@@ghostd69 The destruction of the besieging Arabs by Bulgaria is a fact and it looks like some people cannot get over it even 13 centuries later.

[@ghostd69]

@@Mirko1913 The destruction of arabs during their sieging is already occured before blugars arrival nothing imperssive says people like you who came after 13th centuries wanted to give credits to someone he didn't playing a great role in siege😎

[@Mirko1913]

@@ghostd69 Still butthurt? Please...

[@ludotokamikadze]

@@ghostd69 you did the biggest butchery of history ... after Repulic of North Macedonia been named as country .... CONGRATS ....

[@diro91]

It's unbelievable how much Emperor Leo gets overlooked when speaking of history. He played the most integral role in saving his empire and stopping the caliphate at its peak with his genius and cunning. His name should be known as much if not more that Charles Martel (no offence)

[@mihailnikoloff2554]

Facts. Bulgarian Tervel is more known from this event as saviour of the European continent. Leo should be too.

[@ghostd69]

​@@mihailnikoloff2554 It was bezntyine who did all job.trevel is attack wasn't imperssive but a sudden skrmkish attacking without umayyad expection attacking an army from behind in their camp they were tired and exposured illnesse with low moral and Psychologically broken due suffering from greatly cold weather and begin straving had no capable of fighting, umayyad army in camp were unprepare and unaware of their incoming attack, trevel is attacks was multi stage relay not just once as video shown but rather he preform 2 attacks but everytime he would have get pushd back eventually he had to wait at thrace for long till umayyad withdrawl to preform his final attack during their retreat which he dare approaching consantinople. king and general in his old siege 717 mentioned clearly blugars their final attack occured during arabs retreat but new video its seems contradictory to old video which that not acceptable, according historian paul the deacon and Theophanes the Confessor that blugars attacked them after they shortly raise the siege

[@talal6983]

He lied because he knew his armies could have never won a siege

[@mihailnikoloff2554]

@@ghostd69 If Tervel didn't attack the Arabs, they would have stayed there. So don't undermine our contribution to their defeat.

[@ghostd69]

@@mihailnikoloff2554 the siege lasted for longer arabs couldn't break the walls and take over city, trevel attacked them after their withdrawl so arabs were already intend to raise siege before trevel attack, iam not trying to undermine anything but fact blugars playing no role in siege before rather than attacking and defeating an fleed army who were tired and sick suffering in hungry with low moral its funny how blugarian trying hard to amplify their achivement over siege like they did something big

[@nenenindonu]

Fun fact, a King of the Turk Shahis from Bactria named his son Fromo Kesaro (Rome Caesar) in honor of his friend Leo III's victory over the Caliphate which was their common enemy

[@erikeliasson4739]

Really? Thats awesome!

[@ArabianRazumZar]

Yeah they always try to please Europeans

[@nenenindonu]

​​@@ArabianRazumZar Or maybe they try to defend themselves from invaders ? The Bulgars that sided with the Romans were also Turks, mutual interest.

[@80Kalotaibi]

Turks 😂 !!

[@ghostd69]

​@@nenenindonu Dumb turk who want claim everything to turkn😂

[@stevengeorge1411]

Very impressed with the host's precise speech and correct pronunciation of the foreign names. Always a good job.

[@benknight7130]

Hes such a good narrator isn't he

[@riveraa903]

Somebody should do a movie about the seige of 717, one of the most important sieges of all time

[@staC-wh6ik]

Or perhaps a TV series that covers both the Eastern Roman Empire and the Muslim Caliphate.

[@riveraa903]

@@staC-wh6ik even better, hbo?

[@Latinkon]

@@riveraa903 If we can't get a Season 3 for HBO's Rome, this will be a good alternative.

[@silversoul2785]

nah.... it would have a lot of history fabrications. you will have black byzantians and asian soldies , and a superwomen who can defeat a 100 man with one swing.. and it will have a lot of bias to one side(the byzantians). NO NEED FOR MOVIES

[@silversoul2785]

@@IStevenSeagal yeah, forgot that.

[@thanosdrv6250]

I have the perception that most of us do not really realise the sharp decline in Byzantine/Roman demography and income after Justinian's reign, only to get worse with the Persian expeditions and the loss of urban centers to the Arabs. Although Heraclius and his successors are "unsuccessful" judging from the map and some battle outcomes, their contribution was monumental in sustaining the empire through 7th century. Especially after Justinian II's death, the situation was dire. Leo was the man of the hour, as Heraclius before him and Alexios Komnenos, few centuries later.

[@kakyoin9688]

It’s honestly insane the comeback the ERE after such a pitfall

[@jozzieokes3422]

Thanks for an amazing 21st birthday gift K&G !!!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Congratulations!

[@jozzieokes3422]

@@KingsandGenerals thank you so much!

[@MohamedMohamed-ws7mq]

@@KingsandGenerals why isn’t Bukhara and Samarkand in ummayad control in the map. Qutayba had conquered these areas

[@DeusEx2]

Arabs: We have an army and a fleet. Leo III: We have napalm.

[@Khookies-lp2lu]

Can't do jackshit when you're fleet's on fire now can you!

[@ghostd69]

It was bezntyine who did all job.trevel is attack wasn't imperssive but a sudden skrmkish attacking without umayyad expection attacking from army behind who were tired and exposured illnesse due suffering from greatly cold weather and stravition, they aswell were unprepare and unaware of their incoming attack, trevel is attacks was multi stage relay not just once as video shown but rather he preform 2 attacks but everytime he would have get pushd back eventually he waiting at thrace for long for umayyad retreat to dare approaching consantinople. king and general in his old siege 717 he mentioned blugars their final attack occured after their retreat but new video its seems contradictory old video which that not acceptable even according historian paul the deacon and Theophanes the Confessor that blugars attacked them after they raised the siege

[@thegamingwolf5612]

​@@ghostd69why you copy paste this

[@krassivanov4895]

@@ghostd69 Poor North Macedonian. His little heart is full with hate. Dont embarrass yourself anymore. Greeks and Bulgarians were enemies, now friends, but AWAYS respected each other. Something you know nothing about. You will not find one greek here who will agree with even if you paste this s h it hundred more times

[@henricoz_9745]

​@@ghostd69 Stop spamming this, you're wrong

[@Sifosthegreat]

I waited so long for this event to be documented by you guys!! Awesome and fascinating as always :)

[@mikekk4098]

Thank you!!( kings & General's team)I really love your history documentaries. I watch your shows like life my depends on it's that good!. After work allmost ever day. The voice of the guy talks so professional is so awesome,the way he describes every show! That's a true professional!😂

[@mikemodugno5879]

Awesome video. Speaking of the eighth century, could you guys cover the Carolingian empire in a series of its own?

[@YouhavetoBelieve3347]

Great idea would love that

[@Kili2807]

Maybe the Merowingian Realm before that

[@shohan5772]

they already have iirc

[@michaelporzio7384]

KZbinr and Naval Historiographer Drachinifel, did an excellent post in which he recreates various historically based formulae for (what was thought to be) Greek Fire. He tried several formulae, all the results were terrifying, even to a modern audience. Worth a look!. Well done K&G.

[@fouadhoblos3611]

Link plz?

[@therightarmofthefreeworld4703]

Drachinifel is way above shitty channels like this.

[@jorgebarriosmur]

Finally! Do you know how many times I have lost my rings while storming the wall of a city or castle? Good to know, somebody care for us, the common arrow-fodder!

[@recoil53]

I cannot tell you the hell I have caught from my wife after I lost my ring during a siege.

[@uningenieromas]

This siege was far more important than Poitiers. This delayed the expansion of Islam to southestern Europe for 600 years and prevented the control of the most important city on Europe at the time by the muslims. If the romans were defeated, I cannot imagine what would become of Europe.

[@totalwartimelapses6359]

I think the one obvious result is that the entirety of the Balkans would've converted to Islam, not just Bosnia and Albania And I'd wager the Muslims would've expanded into Bulgaria sooner or later and basically you'd have a Muslim Romania too You might be wondering "but wouldn't over expansion have stopped the Muslims at that point?" to which I'd say "well sure it would've stopped the Umayyads or Abbasids, but the thing with Muslims is that once they convert a population, that population continues the expansions, so even if the previous Muslim empire falls, the newly converted people carry on the torch and spread Islam further and further" Islam is probably the best political and military tool you can use to conquer and expand, since it provides a rather easy method of integrating the conquered peoples

[@rafsan1578]

Then the real fortune for you and your kind started when Ali(ra) and muyabiya started fighting each other. It was the time , when the Khilafa truly lost its inner- power.

[@chakir348]

IF THAT HAPPEND YOU WOULD PROBABLY WILL BE MORE NATIVE AMERICAN

[@Thabbe7]

@@rafsan1578 not really,the caliphate was at it’s peak with abd al malik as the ruler

[@TheDON2111]

@@rafsan1578 Yea I feel like if the Rashidun Caliphate continued for another 20 years they would've conquered Europe

[@polarbear3940]

been waiting for this, Another amazing video!

[@iwannisbalaouras1687]

i love your videos about roman history!

[@deron2203]

I've been waiting for this episode!

[@angusyang5917]

Given how long this series has gone for, will you eventually cover the Battle of Talas in 751?

[@KingsandGenerals]

In the 4th season.

[@someguysomeone3543]

What a coincidence I just watched your old video on the siege yesterday thinking if you would redo it.

[@FlintenJones]

Amazing work guys!!

[@brokenbridge6316]

Sulayman's ascendence to the throne probably helped end the Umayyad Caliphate sooner than it would've ended. Because doing away with many of the greatest champions of expansion for your own gains sounds self-defeating. I wonder what would've happened had Sulayman not removed any of them.

[@masterplokoon8803]

People don't live forever, eventually that golden generation would die out.

[@brokenbridge6316]

@@masterplokoon8803---That's true. But I get the feeing it went out too early. And hey nice name.

[@Arab-1995s]

During the reign of Hisham bin Abd al-Malik, the Umayyad state reached its greatest expansion in its history after the death of Suleiman bin Abd al-Malik.

[@Arab-1995s]

The reasons for the end of the Umayyad state are internal wars between the Umayyads themselves

[@braveheart7050]

The largest empire history have ever known was the Umayyad Caliphate during Hisham time!

[@theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658]

Tervel was hailed as the Savior of Europe after the battle and Justinian ll awarded him the title of kaisar (Caesar) which is second only to the emperor and was the first foreign ruler in Eastern Roman history to receive such a title.

[@bosertheropode5443]

Common bulgar W

[@ghostd69]

It was bezntyine who did all job.trevel is attack wasn't imperssive but a sudden skrmkish attacking without umayyad expection attacking from army behind who were tired and exposured illnesse due suffering from greatly cold weather and stravition, they aswell were unprepare and unaware of their incoming attack, trevel is attacks was multi stage relay not just once as video shown but rather he preform 2 attacks but everytime he would have get pushd back eventually he waiting at thrace for long for umayyad retreat to dare approaching consantinople. king and general in his old siege 717 he mentioned blugars their final attack occured after their retreat but new video its seems contradictory old video which that not acceptable even according historian paul the deacon and Theophanes the Confessor that blugars attacked them after they raised the siege

[@theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658]

​@@bosertheropode5443 Nice seeing you here.

[@bosertheropode5443]

@@theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658 The same can be said about you lmao

[@nordkrom4270]

@@ghostd69 Sperg moar :D Arabs seemed very impressed with Bulgarian cavalry .And I am not very impressed with your spergy copy paste :D

[@Alexui78]

Hands down one of the best videos I've ever seen ima share

[@Conan_the_Based]

Great video! Now do the taking of Toledo in 711.

[@seantomlinson3320]

what an incredible story. I love that we have two good and contrasting reports on what happened.

[@firestorm1088]

The Umayyad campaign against Constantinople seems like yet another example of an empire beginning to rot and trying to shore up it’s crumbling system with a grand foreign war that ultimately, only accelerated it’s collapse.

[@stefanbirsan3320]

niiice!

[@brianfitzpatrick1215]

Awesome show as always

[@user-rw1cf4xe6f]

Stunning description for the ring betwean the Caliph and Costantiapole defenders. Liked the ad. Mix 😂

[@friedzombie4]

Lol this is the kind of sponsorship I can get behind, one that is utterly irrelevant due to my occupation forbidding the use of rings. Now if only Ridge would take their wallets and add a method to carry keys and then I'd be interested in their product. Thanks again K&G for your high quality documentaries as always.

[@KingsandGenerals]

There is an option with the key carry, check out their site

[@friedzombie4]

Ahhh I see, looks like it carries 2-6 keys which isn't enough for my needs but it does look great.

[@Henryk6203]

The most best direct video that I have ever encountered 5:48

[@ikman3410]

This channel is loaded with gems. I think these guys might be studying history books 247. Bravo.

[@mannyobinero973]

this stuff is so interesting. keep it up

[@kurtsteiner901]

Oh yes, oh yes. Finally a video about the Great Siege. Thank you so much. 😍😍😍

[@Theodorivs]

Leo and Constantine were of equal importance to Charles Martel in terms of preserving Christian Europe, imo

[@Nigel_Camilleri]

which Constantine are you referring to? both Constantine IV and Constantine V were important in preservation of Christian Europe

[@robertleon4323]

They were more important than Charles Martel

[@mohammedhasan8388]

what preserving the christian europe. Arabs would never be able to conquer entire europe it was too big and unruly to conquer even if they would have defeated martel.

[@ebonymaw8457]

@@mohammedhasan8388 Maybe not, but if the Arabs were able to conquer more, then their successors, i.e. the Moors and especially the Turks after them, would have been in a better position to besiege Christianity than they were. Even with the 700 years that the Romans bought for the rest of the Christians, the Ottoman Turks were still only a few victories away from Rome at their peak, which would have been a death blow to Christianity. Thankfully, God had other plans.

[@ibrahimmustafa2481]

​​​@@ebonymaw8457 God did indeed have other plans 😂. There's no Christian Europe anymore, it's Athiest country now.

[@Churhli]

Excellent work

[@amirulrasyid8740]

THANKS K&G

[@robbabcock_]

What a fantastic video & series! ⚔🔥👏

[@namenloser7026]

the early muslim were astonishing. From people who were 100 years ago in mecca persecuated to people who besieged constantinople. Unique in human history.

[@tanveeriqbal5840]

Thank you sir for enlightening me.

[@georginhoweahvic3977]

Thank you!

[@filipgradinariu7925]

I like to see more videos about Caesar post civil war please ❤😊

[@sidjoosin6549]

When khalif Umar bin Abdul Aziz was visited by one of his friend while in his office writing something about the affairs of the state, he used to extinguish candle that belonged to the state and lit up his personal one.

[@amori11100]

great video

[@c.h.9547]

I have an exam literally tomorrow on this, it couldn’t be more perfect

[@AlpArslanTheSeljuk]

Transcript the video with software and let chatgpt rephrase and summarize.

[@HazyJ28]

You can tell the Illiac Bay area of Tamriel took a LOT of inspiration from this area and it's culture 🤯 (from around this time period). Very 🆒, d00d

[@kevintierney5711]

Kinda surreal to see the Romans and the Bulgarians on the same side. Alliances were really kinetic I suppose

[@GandalfderDauerblaue]

@@UltramanII The European middle ages are mostly dates to begin with the fall of Western Rome in 476 or about 500 AD, so the Bulgars are a medieval people

[@Takmatikbaspapaz]

@@UltramanII But they were known as Seven Slavic tribes at that time, not as Bulgarians.

[@nenenindonu]

Bulgars* those were Tengrist Oghur Turks and wouldn't become Orthodox Slavic Bulgarians until the late 9th century

[@balrawg5990]

Bulgars. Not Bulgarians.

[@scourgeofgodattila579]

Bulgars***

[@MichaelTreharn-cy4vz]

Hey love your guys vids and was wondering if you guys would do a vid of John hunyadi

[@Miamcoline]

Missed opportunity to make an amazingly detailed video this time I would say.

[@adamsnow4979]

Sadly I agree

[@marcello7781]

It's impressive how fast the Islamic empire expanded in such a brief time just like it's impressive how many times Byzantium was besieged. I also find very interesting taking into account the two narratives of both sides, to give a wider and better understanding of the events.

[@kingt0295]

Same for Alexander the Great my guess is everyone was pretty centralised in the Middle East for thousands of years before those conquests the infrastructure and governmental systems were already in place you just needed to put your own men in those positions and lower taxes once you took over to keep your new citizens happy.

[@zippyparakeet1074]

@@kingt0295 That is exactly how it was. It was both the reason behind the rapid rise of Islam and the equally rapid collapse of the various caliphates. When the Muslims conquered formerly Roman and Persian territories they kept the administration and bureucracy intact because they were so fine tuned and well made over hundreds of years. All they did was switch up the leadership positions such as governors/generals from Roman/Persian to Arab. Even then, they kept many Roman senators and Persian nobles in their positions simply asking for their loyalty in return and lavishing them with gifts and positions in the new Arab Empire which was successful initially in keeping these new areas pacified but it was also the source of rebellions as the Arabs tried to Islamise these lands due to the different religions and cultures of the established powerful men. As a matter of fact any citizen living in, for example, Umayyad Syria would simply think they are still living in the Roman Empire but the official relgion is now Islam. The administration, officials, tax collectors, local leaders, governors, bishops etc were still Latin and Greek and everything continued as it was. Another example of this continuity can be seen even in Umayyad art and architecture such as the Dome of Rock in Jerusalem built by Byzantine artisans in the Byzantine style and the great mosque of Damascus which literally looks like Roman/Byzantine church with columns, domes, frescoes, Byzantine style ornamentation, etc but an Islamic building. Things really started to switch up under the Abbasids which is why they ended up losing controls of all lands except Mesopotamia eventually.

[@zippyparakeet1074]

@@muslimresponse103 I know but it's not easy to condense 500 years of history in one youtube comment.

[@zippyparakeet1074]

@@muslimresponse103 First of all, North Africa was Byzantine territory. Go read about the Exarchate of North Africa where Heraclius came from and the Mauro-Roman Kingdom which was a Roman state ruled by Berbers. Al Andalus was indeed different which is why it was the first major territory to declare itself free from the Abbasids. I'm talking about the administrative aspects which is why I did not cover the external factors, I thought it would be obvious. Also, the Byzantine reconquests had little effect on the fall of the Abbasids since by the terrtiroies reconquered by the Romans were already free from Abbasid or (later) Fatimid control such as crete, Cyprus, Hamdanid Syria, etc. Abbasid rulers were indeed weak because they lot of legtimacy and respect among the arabs for relying on Persians (such as the Buyids) more.

[@mkj8913]

What a treat when Eid is tomorrow too!

[@marniusvanderlubbe]

This is gonna be a good one

[@ragael1024]

damn... Leo III was smth else. it's like the balance in the Force, of sorts. the Ummayyads were too powerful, the romans too weak. without Leo III, the roman empire would have fallen then and there. and his brilliant diplomacy is so unreal, it became legendary. bringing another rival and bitter foe into the fight to share the glory... cheers to Leo III and Tervel. if there is an Afterlife, i'd like to meet them.

[@constantinexii8182]

The queen of cities is victorious

[@balrawg5990]

She always is

[@constantinexii8182]

​@@balrawg5990most of the times

[@carlosfilho3402]

Thanks Tô This Vídeo.

[@melvinjones3895]

Thanks a lot I love it.

[@kaloyanradkov8962]

Thank you very much for covering the much more important assault on Europe this time, and covering the Bulgarian actions in this siege!!!

[@user-lb8km5nv5q]

Siege of Constantinople 717-718: 🙄 Siege of Constantinople 1453: 💀☠

[@mohammadslz8067]

Great job

[@qwertyguy12345]

Great video! Very well researched!

[@steelfist9993]

Will the battle of Akroinon be mentioned? Considering it’s the first field battle the Byzantines won against the caliphate.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yep, down the line

[@proconsul6840]

It was not. Heraclius (brother of Tiberius III, not the Emperor who lost Syria) defeated two Umayyad armies in open battles. Even before that, Armenian leader Theodore Rshtuni led a combined Armenian-Byzantine force to victory over the Rashiduns (Rshtuni later defected to the Rashiduns however). There were a few others also, but not enough to halt the advance of the Caliphate. Akroinon was still important as it was the most decisive pitched battle won against the Caliphate at the time, but it was not the first victory.

[@vitorpereira9515]

I saw the Dabuyids in the map and i couldn't help to notice a similarity with the kingdom of Asturias. They are both remnants of a fallen state but while the kingdom of Asturias managed to resist and eventually start the centuries long reconquista, the Dabuyids were eventually annexed by the arabs. I am going to start a Dabuyid campaign in CK2 and restore Eranshahr... as a Nestorian.

[@ghostd69]

Both state had difficult and good climate such hills top and mounation which is why is quite hard for umayyad to climb up and fight back

[@amazinggaming9870]

But sadly for Dabuyids they were closer to caliphate core regions compared to Asturias

[@melophoroi917]

actually the Dabuyids didn’t lose to Arabs but to Persian Muslims.

[@MohamedMohamed-ws7mq]

@@melophoroi917 that’s not true they lost to Abbasids

[@melophoroi917]

@@MohamedMohamed-ws7mq The abbasids came to power through persian muslims and they’re army were persian muslims. The actual rulers were the barmakid family the abbasid werde actually mostly just rulers in name most if the time.

[@hakikiwicaksana7231]

Eid Mubarak!

[@mouadelhanine3092]

Yes sir more videos like this

[@kenkaneki9138]

Looking at the size of the Roman empire after it lost almost the whole of the Middle East to the Muslims I am surprised it was still called an empire. More astonishingly how Constantinople could hold back the Muslims for so long. Is there a video explaining what made Constantinople so protected?

[@user-rq2ly4bf1w]

It still was arguably an imperial state. Under later emperors such as Nicephorus II, Tzimiskes, Basill II, the Romans would go onwards to conquer new lands like Bulgaria, Armenia, Syria, Serbia, Italy. Or at least partially. Some historians such as A. Kaldellis argue that it was a nation state at this point in time (like in the video). It is debatable, I would argue that it was always an empire because the imperial court in Constantinople never let go of its intent to reunite the whole Roman Empire, even until the late 14th century.. It was laughable that some in Constantinople thought that they would reunite the Roman Empire even after Anatolia was lost.

[@aidanator8008]

It would expand further in the future, but even in 717 (when the Siege happened) they still had Greeks, Slavs, Isaurians, Armenians, Italians, and Sardinians under their rule, among others. It didn't really become a solely Greek state until after 1204.

[@mahmoudabdulmaksoud7075]

بسبب مهارة المعماريون الروم واختراع النار اليونانيه

[@dimitrisssst]

@@aidanator8008greeks were the significant majority since the 400’s

[@AKAZA-kq8jd]

Im waiting for Tours 732⚔

[@matheusrondelleite8015]

I love these episodes with CK2 soundtrack

[@markusskram4181]

Love The vid

[@Ihavpickle]

As an American, an early Muslim conquest of the Byzantium empire would be interesting

[@kenkaneki9138]

Check out the Yarmouk battle and earlier ones, very interesting especially they were conquering the Roman empire as well as their archrival the Sassanian Persian empire at the same time except the Persian empire did not have a Constantinople.

[@iulianion4746]

If I have to choose one battle that stands as the most important battle for our civilization this is easy the one. Really Greeks finest hour. I would argue that the fact that the Greeks held on to Anatolia and Constantinople in the first 100 years of Caliphate is nothing less than a miracle, being so close to their base of operation. I mean, you just have to look how easy the Caliphate extended in all directions, all but this one. And the pressure... my God... was just immense, with incursions, invasions and raids year after year after year for almost 100 years. We would have been still in 7th century if not for their heroic stand. These people are my heroes, these people are everyone heroes, even if they don't know it. Thank you Greeks! Thank you heroes! Forever ❤.

[@mahmoudabdulmaksoud7075]

لان شمال افريقيا كانت تحت احتلال البيزنط أما الاناضول فهى أساس الدوله ولديها عدد كبير من السكان ساهموا فى ايقاف الجنود العرب واتعابهم

[@Curdle7]

Such a great one

[@colemitchell587]

Hi k&g im wondering if you would consider doing a series on the seven year war since theres not much content of your style on that war on KZbin

[@KingsandGenerals]

It is planned!

[@colemitchell587]

@@KingsandGenerals awesome look forward to seeing it 😀

[@isahamid5979]

Love ur vids k & g; can u make a series on Salahuddin, with the Muslim/ayyubid side of the story of course?

[@TheSuperhoden]

I recently bought a book about the first Jihad, can't wait to read it.

[@darthvader4338]

Yes, I'm here

[@mazarajr]

We can't ignore the fact that Leo was only 30-33 years old when he protected Constantinople.

[@nenenindonu]

Sorry but that's nothing special at all just an average age for a medieval ruler Mehmed the Conqueror besieging Constantinople at 21 is an actual thing

[@mazarajr]

@@nenenindonu Mehmed didn't make an achievement, everyone was expecting it.

[@BarryAllen__1A23]

@@nenenindonu Bruh attacking Constantinople is like kicking an old guy and calling it a victory. The Byzantine Empire at that time is already at its lowest point, the same situation that the western half experienced many centuries ago. The previous civil war really drained all hope of restoring it to its glory days. Mehmed merely did a mercy killing hence it wasnt special

[@senseishu937]

​​@@mazarajr more of an achievement than you'll ever make... On a more serious note, it was a shadow of it's former self but the fall of Constantinople was still significant nonetheless. And it wasn't like they gave the city. It still took a beating. Edit: oh and 33 is nothing still. You had rules like Baldwin the leper king who was 16 when he fought against Saladin, or King Charles XII who defended and even advanced against a three way alliance of Denmark-Norway, Polish-lithuanian commonwealth, and Russia. Now those are kings were young.

[@mazarajr]

@@senseishu937 Well, learning about a dude like Leo who fought against the strongest army in the world, is something.

[@joeywheelerii9136]

The 700s are my 2nd favorite era of Byzantine history.

[@ebonymaw8457]

What's your first favorite?

[@-RONNIE]

Thanks for the video

[@mishal5918]

Omar bin abdulaziz had a bigger role and impact than what was mentioned, though great work overall!

[@mihailnikoloff2554]

Amazing video once again from Kings and Generals. The only mistake I think they made is presenting the western Byzantine lands as ''Slavic controlled'' they wasn't controlled by Slavs, there was no Slavic political entity, Slavs just moved there to populate these lands which were Byzantine territory, the lands were devasted previously by the Avar raids so the Byzantine Empire had to repopulate them. On the map they should be shown as light purple, as part of Byzantium.

[@Survival87]

They were devastated by both Slavs and Avars, they both destroyed 17 cities in the Balkans built by Romans and Greeks.

[@historymapped4293]

I mentioned your video in my video :)

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

[@historymapped4293]

@@KingsandGenerals I did it my new Umayyad Caliphate video :)

[@verscarii3238]

Please cover the Isaurian dynasty, at least Leo III and Constantine V

[@asparuhgenchev]

Bulgaria had way more involvement here it is said that bulgaria saved the Byzantine empire also idk who said it arab that they were scared of 3 things the sea, god and the Bulgarians also bulgarians massacred like 30k troops

[@EnclaveEmily]

Muslims: "We're going to take Constantinople" Leo III: *maniacal laughter*

[@WOLF36554]

Are the Battles of Toulouse and Tours next?

[@georgeabraham5672]

The advertisement is really good😅

[@ursleiter5611]

It's interesting how I've quite recently watched a video on this siege of constantinople, going into some detail on roman politics directly before, the deals with the bulgars, how different outcomes would have affected the "western world", etc.; And now, this video shows almost none of that, but instead gives the arab perspective. Interesting how one can learn so much (though I probably won't memorize a lot of it) from two different takes on the same topic!

[@thefunder1]

Thanks

[@connor4366]

I have a question. The roads on the maps, are they real medieval roads or are they just imagined for artistic sake?

[@ansi4ek]

Romans always defended the Christendom and utterly saved it from Arab conquest and annihiltion. It is a pity modern day Europeans know about it so little and do not celebrate Roman bravery and heroic deeds that made possible for the life in modern Europe.

[@silentbyte196]

Modern Europeans don't have christian Identity anymore. They are national and secular states.

[@SOMEONE-eq5bu]

​@@silentbyte196very true Thay take bible as the book of fables

[@mohammed44_]

I think even in an alternative timeline where muslims gain all of europe, europe would end up being secular once again.

[@lerneanlion]

After seeing the Second Siege of Constantinople by the Arabs, I somehow figured out how the Battle of Fort Slava will go if Paradis joined the Marley Mid-East War on the side of the Allies in Attack on Titan. In other words, it will be a victory for the Allies. Thanks Kings and Generals for this video!

[@brettstarks1846]

He should do the Battle of Fort Slava and other Attack on Titan content on Wizards and Warriors.

[@zxera9702]

What, don't be cringe boy

[@lerneanlion]

@@zxera9702 ?

[@lerneanlion]

@@thomasmarren2354 I know that the battle featured weapons from the time of World War I but the Galipoli campaign did not involve anything related to a fortification. But I also looked at the battle's strategy as well. By putting Fort Slava into the position of Constantinople and Paradis entered the war in the same manner as the Bulgurs, that is how I see the Allies will be able to secured their victory at Fort Slava with the Allies still be able to protect its last war fleet in order to challenge what left of the Marleyan Navy later on.

[@lerneanlion]

@@ibrahimmustafa2481 How do you know that? Because you only saw just one trooper being racist to Falco? That's just like saying that all Merlayans are like Gross and that they loved to kill all Eldians everyday by their own hands for entertainment instead of using them for warfare, which is not much better. Heck, did you already forget those two guards who were nice to Gabi before Sasha shot them? I am pretty sure among the peoples of the Mid-East, there are some of them who are like those two gate guards for sure. And what I see is a model simulation of the other outcome of the Battle of Fort Slava if Paradis joined the Allies by using the Second Siege of Constantinople by the Arabs as the blueprint.

[@miralemvelic8035]

You should do a series on the Bosnian war from the Bosnian perspective

[@sgt.jonsenssgt.jonsens743]

what game are you using for the animations of the troops and whatever?

[@user-js6qx5ll2w]

Constantinople was at its strongest, unlike during the time of the Ottomans. In the time of the Ottomans, the Byzantine Empire ended, leaving only Constantinople, and there were only 20,000 fighters inside it.

[@AlexC-ou4ju]

To be fair, the islamic conquest came at a fortunate time for the arab conquerors as both Rome and the Persians had been thoroughly exhausted by centuries of war draining manpower pools and treasuries as well las the long lasting legacy of the Justinian plague. but you are right the Byzantines of 700 were stronger than the byzantines of 1453 although that is due to the slow but steady expansion of vaarious Turkic authorities into the former Roman lands.

[@user-js6qx5ll2w]

@@AlexC-ou4ju This is a silly argument that is always used to justify the defeat of the Romans and Persians, because the Arabs at that time were in civil wars, and they were called wars of apostasy, in which 200,000 Arabs were killed. Nevertheless, the Arabs were less than the Romans and Persians in every battle and they were victorious.

[@Luca-wt4dn]

Constantinople was at its strongest before the Justinian plague

[@mihailnikoloff2554]

The sources are divided on the details of the Bulgar participation in the siege: Theophanes and al-Tabari report that the Bulgars attacked the Arab encampment (likely because of their treaty with Leo), while according to the Syriac Chronicle of 846, it was the Arabs who strayed into Bulgarian territory, seeking provisions. Michael the Syrian on the other hand mentions that the Bulgars participated in the siege from the beginning, with attacks against the Arabs as they marched through Thrace towards Constantinople, and subsequently on their encampment. The siege had clearly failed, and Caliph Umar sent orders to Maslama to retreat. After thirteen months of siege, on 15 August 718, the Arabs departed.

[@tuso4ever]

I like you did the comment on the ring it was funny and good 😂😂

[@iseeyou5061]

Every video comment when there is Roman in it : I too is something of a Romanphile myself

[@markmesseha4518]

I still wonder why the Copts defected, considering the byzantines and them saw each other as heretics, was it due to increasing oppression by rulers in Egypt?

[@disgame2492]

Yeah I'm surprised too

[@muhammadadeel8639]

Perhaps due to taxes. Initially Muslims didnt ask for much taxes from local populace and taxes were much less than what Romans charged from them. But later Muslim rulers got greedy and corrupt and started charging more and more taxes It is important to note that the Christians in Syria and Egypt were persecuted by Romans and Muslims had done agreements with these Christians that their faith would be protected as People of Book. Muslims were perhaps seen as just another sect of Christianity since Muslims also believe in Jesus but as a Prophet and Messiah only

[@AshenAshAshy]

Multitude reasons, I highly doubt they were as oppressed under the Arabs considering a large part continued to support and became loyalist to the Umayyad’s. It was probably due multitude of factors from factionalism, religious indifference, bribery, race, etc. Let’s no forget many Christian and Zoroastrian’s for similar reason defected to the Rashiduns regardless if they were the exact same sect or not.

[@markmesseha4518]

@@AshenAshAshy i mean the ummayads liked to make taxes heavy during war periods, and the fact that constantinople had significant importance to christians

[@AshenAshAshy]

@@markmesseha4518 oh I misunderstood and thanks.

[@adamsnow4979]

Kings and generals are you going to cover the turgesh wars in transoxiana and why the map doesn’t show transoxiana as part of caliphate realm

[@Timurid1370]

because it wasn't a part of it

[@adamsnow4979]

yes it was what are you talking

[@commanderjet]

I love the add is good and funny 😁