The Conquest and Fall of Constantinople - Parts 6 - 13 - History of Byzantium

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Created a compilation video for parts 6-13 in The Conquest and Fall of Constantinople Series. We journey through an immense period of time with a side quest into the Crusades and the great confrontation of Richard the Lion heart and Saladin. This all leads up to sinister Fourth Crusade.
2:40 Aftermath of the first Crusade
4:50 Fall of Edessa and the call for the Second Crusade
11:06 Attack on Damascus and the Failure of the 2nd Crusade
14:20 Emperor John II "The Beautiful"
17:45 Death of John II and the Rise of Emperor Manuel I
25:35 End of the Komnenian Restoration. Nuraddin comes to power
31:06 The Rise of Saladin
41:01 Guy of Lusignan and Raynald of Chatillon
46:30 Battle of Hattin
50:00 The Siege of Jerusalem and Balian of Ibelin's speech
56:40 Richard I
1:07:38 A new king of England
1:09:25 Frederick Barbarossa - Germans go to war!
1:15:30 Richard I in Sicily
1:20:33 Conquest of Cyprus
1:29:14 Conrad of Monserrat and the Siege of Tyre
1:40:00 The Siege of Acre
1:43:20 Massacre at Acre
1:50:00 The Battle of Arsuf
1:55:00 Jaffa and the first advance on Jerusalem
1:58:45 Conrad assassinated
2:00:00 Richard's Final March on Jerusalem
2:04:10 Battle of Jaffa
2:13:30 Magna Carta
2:15:21 Pope Innocent III
2:18:25 Tournament of Ecry and the calling of the Fourth Crusade
2:23:00 Contract with Venice
2:31:00 Doge Dandolo gets confrontational and then takes up the Cross
2:34:10 The Attack on Zara
2:43:03 Angeloi Dynasty
2:48:00 Prince Alexios' Offer
2:52:00 Fourth Crusade Arrives at Constantinople
3:02:50 Alexios III fails
3:14:30 Alexios IV in trouble
3:17:00 Reprisal for the Latin Massacre and the Great Fire of Constantinople
3:21:30 The Death of Alexios IV
3:25:00 The Fourth Crusade attacks and Alexios V defends the City
3:28:00 The Fourth Crusade attacks again
3:30:00 The Fall of the city
3:33:10 Successor states
3:35:00 The Latin Emperor
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Warriors of God - James Reston
Constantinople 717 -718 - Si Shepard
Byzantium - Judith Herrin
Fourth Crusade - Jonathan Phillips
Manzikert 1071 - David Nicolle
Fourth Crusade - David Nicolle
First Crusade - Thomas Asbridge
A Short History of Byzantium - John Julius Norwich
The Fall of Constantinople 1453 - Steven Runciman
The Siege and the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 - Hanak
1453 The Holy War for Constantinople - Roger Crowley
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Excellent documentary, but what about the period between 1204 and 1453? When can we expect those chapters?

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no no no the advance of the german crusade was stopped by an epidemic of antioch, not the death of the emperor! the prince was a great commander the troops were loyal to him! Frederick of Swabia

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"Present your shield, swords, arrows, and spears to them, imagining that you are a hunting party after wild boars, so that the impious may learn that they are dealing not with dumb animals but with their lords and masters, THE DESCENDANTS OF THE HELLENES (GREEKS) AND THE ROMANS." Constantine Palaologos XI speaks in front of his officers and allies before the final siege of Constantinople by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed Bey George Sprantzes - The Fall of the Byzantine Empire 1453 - primary source from the war.. "Καὶ οὕτως λογίσθητε ὡς ἐπὶ ἀγρίων χοίρων καὶ πληθὺν κυνήγιον, ἵνα γνώσωσιν οἱ ἀσεβεῖς ὅτι οὐ μετὰ ἀλόγων ζῴων ὡς αὐτοί, παράταξιν ἔχουσιν, ἀλλὰ μετὰ κυρίων καὶ αὐθεντῶν αὐτῶν καὶ ἀπογόνων ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ καὶ Ῥωμαίων." Ὁμιλία τοῦ Αὐτοκράτορα Κωνσταντίνου ΙΑ’ Παλαιολόγου πρὶν τὴν ἅλωση τῆς Κωνσταντινουπόλεως Ἀπὸ τὸ Χρονικὸν τοῦ Μεγάλου Λογοθέτη Γεωργίου Σφραντζῆ ἢ Φραντζῆ Ἐκδοθὲν ἐν Κερκύρᾳ ἔτει 1477

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Where can I find the rest?

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Not made yet - plan to get back to this in the future

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Thank you ! Really happy that you liked it

[@ohNojames]

A crusader told the citizens of Zara that the other crusaders wouldn’t attack them because they were Christians. They are the ones who decided to fight. Poor citizens. I think Venice was 100% responsible for the disaster of the fourth crusades. Kind of gross if you ask me.

[@kennethharris3932]

Sure, but the Crusades were in response to the surge of militant Islam that arose after the death of Mohammad. From 620 onward, Churches and Temples across Syria, Turkey, and Northern Africa and Spain were destroyed. That was kind of gross too.

[@markippo]

Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against the history of the crusades, but if you're making the video about the fall of the Constantinople - do one about how it fell (and it's fine with me, that is a longer story, that starts earlier and talks about the "milestones" in the journey to the end, because empires do not fall in one day) , then do a different series about Crusades. Half of the video is about the the 3rd crusade, that had nothing to do with the fall of the Byzantine Empire. Apart from that after 3rd comes 4th - disastrous one. Growing resentment? Yes maybe, but since the west fell, there was always a resentment between east and west. Major part of this video doesn't touch Constantinople at all and in my opinion, it's a major flaw... Maybe I'm sounding harsh but I'm a great fan of your content and just... Keep going!

[@tharrrrrrr]

I, for one, am grateful that this turned into a Crusades documentary. I've never been interested in the Crusades, for some reason. I've always found ancient Rome and Greece to be far more interesting than the Medieval period. The way this transformed subtly into a story about the Crusades has really gotten me hooked on them now!

[@chriskeiffer5861]

My man i have never Heard someone be able to tell the story so well all around!! If history teachers would tell a story like you do every kid would luv history. Side note you could probably tell me a story about a pencil and at the end charge me $200 I would be happy to buy it😂keep it up we luv the content

[@FlashPointHx]

hahaha - really happy that you liked my video. You're comment cracked me up. A good friend of mine dared me to start history podcasting when we were in an airport waiting for a layover - he said something similar to what you said.

[@terrenceolivido741]

a coupla comments: 1) the "mud flood" theme is real and powerful. it is briefly mentioned in "Matrix one" and i have always claimed that movie was a gift to us and not a mere artistic story. the mud flood theme asks if our history is distorted. Phillip K. Dick , whose short stories eventually were turned into 5 movie/programs asked " How do we know our memories are real?" Well, that theme is even stronger with "his-story". another theme which questions history is the "Mandela effect." 2) my second comment is praise for the work of this series and it's creators. I avoid youtube in controversial topics because it censors like Facebook, Twitter , Wikipedia etc.. Like the mass-media, it will give you a false view of reality in controversial subjects. having said that, some of the great content creators here on youtube are "price-less" in their efforts and the knowledge they provide. love to all.

[@FlashPointHx]

Insightful comment - Im curious what you mean by the 'Mud Floor'

[@flashgordon6670]

Noah’s Flood was a cataclysmic Mud Flood. Think about it, how would the Dinosaurs and creatures become fossilised? Pls watch Dr Kent Hovind seminars and the Standing for Truth channel. The rock layers of the geological column, were formed laterally, simultaneously, not vertically over unknown eons. Proven by Flume water and deposition experiments. The rate of erosion by weathering would destroy the rock layers before they would’ve formed, according to the mainstream Secular Science. Natural Selection, deselected from existence, all the transitional species, between the Chromosome Family Kinds. I rest my case and I hope you enjoy the videos on Standing for Truth. God bless you, bc nothing else will. What is your Salvation?

[@flashgordon6670]

P.s. Dr Walter Veith also has a fantastic series called Creation and Evolution.

[@aristophanesghost3839]

Took back; not invaded.

[@eliasmelo9698]

Good ninght

[@Chibob55]

SSDD ~ Stephen King

[@sandrabunn3627]

I meant 145?

[@FlashPointHx]

You mean 1453? Yes that was the final fall - haven’t gotten there yet ;)

[@jaronimo1976]

I only like the Sultans of Swing..

[@yousefdarweesh4128]

It is called Istanbul 🤍🇹🇷🤣

[@dinosolder6454]

So when ottomans ?

[@FlashPointHx]

Going to finish up the Reconquista first =)

[@dinosolder6454]

@@FlashPointHx ok cool

[@mickeymouse1697]

To avoid calling the Romans Greeks , you call them Byzantines .

[@trophinel]

folosesti pre multe qoutes , desi nu sunt quotes , doar le inventezi

[@richardbarton8685]

Crusade? In the name of God? Hardly. Men must stop killing each other in the name of God, those who do are completely mislead. In fact those who kill life act against the Lord our God. One day I pray all war amongst men cease forever.

[@fiddleback1568]

The whole thing was one big shame, for the Western World.

[@kriskris998]

I don’t know why the person who is talking is different from Attila and Justinian series. Those series where addicted. I listen the whole things for 7 and 3 hours(Attila doesn’t even have a video but was amazing ). I’m sorry but I think that you are little boring 😔 . You are focusing more on the crusaders, specially on Richard that have nothing to do with the Eastern Roman Empire. I hope that you are not British mo*on or something.Any way thanks for the hard work and please excuse my language.

[@wakkbewok430]

🫰

[@romant7204]

Guess you got burned out from these series

[@FlashPointHx]

Nah - just needed to finish the Reconquista

[@ol6halodude577]

And we westerners, are baffled by The Middle Eastern muslims’ hatred of us.

[@EVANGELOSS54]

Τhe "westerners" ie Greek Hellenistic Kingdoms and the Romans (the Res Publica and then the Principate and the Dominate and the Eastern Roman Empire) had been ruling the region since 330 BC ... the Muslim Arabs showed up as contestants about 1000 years later ... the only culture with sufficient historical legitimacy in the region is the Persian (Achaimenid, Parthian, Arsacid, Sassanid empires)

[@kurbanislam8228]

তোরা পুরাপুরি বাদ।।

[@muhammadalrubah8672]

idk whos james reton is but the guy's accounts are messed up and totally inaccurate :s

[@williamseale971]

Palastine never existed its judea. FYI.

[@naveedsultani5464]

Richard he had heart of a rat 🐀