Why did the CRUSADES Fail???

[@tannertate6138]

This channel is AWESOME. Bravo on consistently producing quality work.

[@jimboy419]

You've explained it clearly in 15 minutes. My teachers never made it so understandable.

[@Justin.Martyr]

*DemonicRats who Own U-666-Tube !!! Vaporize ANY TRUTH !!!!* *I'm Soooo Thanks to GOD, that TRUMP WON !!!! Eugene, OR; Dec.25, 2024*

[@Wakobear.]

Muslims were at one of their most divided points in history during the first crusade, allowing it's success. Since the Seljuk empire had just shattered, with every city ruled by its own independent lord. Gradually the Muslims managed to reunify starting with Ilghazi, Zengids and culminating in the Ayyubids unifying both Egypt and Syria - making crusader defeat inevitable. Beyond that, muslims were faster and better at sieges due to having more men to expend in mining operations. While Christians used time consuming and timber dependant Siege towers. The muslims also seem to have learned how to avoid Christian heavy Cavalry, more than christians learned how to deal with muslim steppe tactics. And finally, the Mamluks were some of most professional and disciplined soldiers in the entire Medieval world. Led by some brilliant rulers like Baybars and Qalawun... Though Christians managed to maintain control of the eastern Mediterranean till the 16th century ottomans....

[@mrfootfxtish9430]

On the topic of sieges, they weren’t used as a way to enter the castle walls, but actually used as literal towers for which archers used. Basically, a European siege would be about the ladder, with mining/tunneling operations to level the wall to make the whole ladder process easier, or ofc make an entire breach. Siege towers existed to be used as suppressing enemy troops on the castle walls so that the infantry can climb up the ladders

[@jamescaan870]

By the time jihad became effective the militarily effective part of Muslim armies were largely heavy cavalry and horse archers were auxiliary.

[@alunevans380]

It must be hard to defend somewhere thats three thousand miles away from your own homeland.

[@andrewward5891]

Yup. The USA found that out in Iraq and Afghanistan

[@Justin.Martyr]

@@andrewward5891 *Try 8,000 miLes away, You MooooRON!!!!!*

[@MikeHunt-fo3ow]

@@andrewward5891 no they didnt.....afghanistan fed the military industrial complex for 20 years $$$ and stole all the resources of the country and their military was shit......look what usa did to a power house like japan .....diff goals ....vietnam wan another park and sit mission

[@mikeg2491]

@@andrewward5891Iraq was really a Sunni/Shia civil war with us trying to babysit the two, we won the war but lost the peace.

[@Ims51]

I was going to say the same thing. An interesting video to me would be about the logistics of the crusades, from western Europe all the way as far east as the furthest army made it. I think about that whenever watching something like this. Can you imagine traveling for 2-3 months on foot sometimes horsebac other timesbonn horseback with all your battle gear? Disease, the elements, ambush attacks and who knows what else just to get to the front line. It is undervalued as dar as content or documentaries on that matter.

[@Lemme1892]

Also, the Holy Roman Emperor who drowned is called Frederick Barbarossa, not Henry.

[@der110]

Correct he had a son called henry though. He died while prepairing his crusade ten years after Barbarossa. 🥴

[@francisebbecke2727]

Crusaders won battles but lacked sustainability to keep the place long term. Remember Vietnam.

[@Jayokay989]

Nothing like Vietnam guy they held their objective for 300 years…

[@williamsullivan3702]

That analogy is way off, in so many ways

[@garethjones7133]

We still got spain

[@donderstorm1845]

the crusaders lost plenty of battles as well

[@morriganmhor5078]

Its not So. The population West of Jordan was mostly Syriac Christians And later also Latin settlers. But the Latins were unable to replace the military losses - the population of muslim lands was just toho populous and their warriors easily replaceable.

[@archeanna1425]

The first crusade provided a stunning amount of spoils and, when the story got back to Europe, many were eager to go to the Holy Land to get their share. After the cities of that area were emptied out, it became too risky to go on such a long, difficult and dangerous trip if they might come back home with nothing to show. It was much more attractive to keep fighting other Europeans and capturing and ransoming each other. The cost of a properly fitted war horse was similar to a Maserati today. It was all about money.

[@bajohn09]

It was FREDERICK Barbarossa, not Henry who went on the third crusade. Fun fact, he went with his uncle King Conrad III to fight on the second cruzade. Soon after, Conrad allegedly handed him the title of king rather than his son. Only two people were present when Conrad died...

[@daemondost7168]

The crusades didn't fail, they actually accomplished what they set out to do which was to conquer Jerusalem. They just couldnt retain it. But still they held it for over 2 centuries. It wasn't a complete failure. Also it delayed islamic advance into Europe for centuries. It also massively increased trade between the Middle East and Western Europe, making cities like Venice and Genoa very wealthy which in turn helped fuel the Italian Renaissance. You've left out many of the benefits of the crusades man.

[@merketarif126]

one century. they lost 100 year after capturing.

[@amsfountain8792]

La cruzada mas exitosa fue la reconquista de España. Esa tuvo un exito completo.

[@chartreusecircle1546]

It only took 700 years 😂

[@Clrcbst]

@@chartreusecircle1546 They still managed to get it done though. Same can't be said for Jerusalem.

[@chartreusecircle1546]

@Clrcbst verdad

[@insectslayer1374]

they are back

[@andrewmackowen943]

Everytime I hear of these Crusades, my heart cries for the fallen brethren.

[@donderstorm1845]

😂

[@virgil4marvolo5crowl]

You heart will cry even more as the same historical cycle is about to be reincarnated

[@adnanmambureh873]

Now rule by mr Netanyahu 😅😅

[@ligeringspirit1133]

Netanyahu is not a Muslim he is a jew Like wtf are you on about

[@Omer1996E.C]

Not for too long...

[@insectslayer1374]

laughing at these two replies lol one insulting the people who helped them get their land back to escape prosecution and elimination on foreign soil and another plotting to take them both out as commanded by his god and prophet and take the land for his ideology because he thinks anyone else's land will permanently belong to them as dar al-islam once they step on it

[@Endwankery]

​@cinesanti7 Oh yeah, cause the alternatives are so much better...

[@Lemme1892]

Another great video by a great creator. Keep it up.😊

[@andrewward5891]

It was more surprising the First Crusade was as successful as it was. Mostly because the Muslims were divided and taken by surprise. After the Turks had crushed the Byzantines in battle they weren’t expecting any attacks from the Christian west. And they probably thought the rabble of the People’s crusade (which they easily crushed) was the crusader army. And the Muslims were too busy fighting each other to oppose the crusaders. The Muslims who held Jerusalem during the crusader seige had only recently captured the city from another Saracen army.

[@mariosoto2588]

One thing that I don’t see much in this discussions is the impact the reconquista had. The first crusade was actually years before in Spain and through out it became more convenient cheaper and faster to go to Spain than to the Middle East. That took away much needed financial and military help.

[@PhoenixAnthem]

Ayrn the Knight Templar is such an under rated movie/series

[@nyqon]

Crusades were uneducated barbarians. Kept losing until Christianity was dropped in favour of Secular Colonialism. The Barbarians became educated but retained their cruelty.

[@KINGANIMEREVIEW]

False. If you count the start of colonialism as when the “New World” was rediscovered & permanently connected with the rest of the world. Then that was right after the Reconquista & Spain & Portugal were Roman Catholic kingdoms & not at all secular as shown by the inquisition. Muhammad’s followers would keep control over the holy land, while Christianity would spread & rule the entire western hemisphere, then Christian rule would return to the Holy Land 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧after defeating the trash Ottoman Empire & permanently ending the Caliphate. By the way Europe didn’t really secularize until around the French Revolution in the 18th century. The UK, Spain, Portugal etc were all Global Empires with some being Roman Catholic & others Protestant Christian. And Muhammad’s followers were the uneducated ones, they just piggybacked off of the advanced civilization they conquered. Most importantly innovations came from majority Christian societies.

[@istvanszoke381]

Why does each and every sentence feels like end of the story?

[@AlFonso-p6p]

The guy back home who can't afford clean clothes, "boy I'm glad I'm not that guy!" 😅 * Returns to farming life as peasant *

[@jarettmeyer4929]

Great video, only found your channel 2 days ago and binged almost all of them already. Hope you keep it up

[@MrLelepele]

A lot of nobility realized the fragility of their power and lands back home in their absence . Some abandoned the crusade to go back and either make a play for lands or defend their lands .

[@Nomad-XA]

It funny how people back then thought you could buy salvation with cash 😂

[@rursus8354]

Because of the geometry of Outremer. And because of the Venetians (Christians) inciting Crusaders (Christians) to attack the Bysantine empire (Christians).

[@TheManCaveYTChannel]

The patriarch in Constantinople did see himself as equal to the pope. The difference is that he and the other eastern patriarchs simply did not acknowledge the pope as having supremacy over all bishops. The pope simply had an honorific as “first among equals” but that did not mean he had supremacy over all bishops.

[@tuvia4082]

Well said, thank you.

[@businessdevelopmentofficej2747]

No air support

[@keke1587]

proud to be christians

[@markrunnalls7215]

Excellent as ever, Henry fantastic content . Interesting stuff.

[@billyjackson2605]

Tactics is for amateur’s and logistics is for strategists

[@dionysise5008]

☦️We'll be back✝️

[@sasapjanic663]

So now christians need to fight jews!?

[@A123A56D]

First increase your church attendance 😂😂😂

[@Chiga-lt6vq]

You fools save your countries first You guys are literally being outbred by newcomers

[@Truthbetold47477]

@@A123A56Dthe people are the church

[@KulinBan777]

You’ll never be back on a Muslim land.

[@heinzfischer2710]

The reasons are quite obvious: European supremacy was not there yet, this began with industrialisation in the 16th if not 17th century. In the 11th to 14th century Europe came out of the dark ages and was rather less developed than the Islamic world. 2nd the cooperation with orthodox Byzanz did not work, Christians fought rather gainst each other than with another if you look at cooperation between orthodox Byzanz and catholic Western Europe. Even today there is unfortunatly little solidarity for Armenia attacked by Erdogan and turkish speaking Aserbeidschan, the plight of Armenians under attack and pressure from turkish speaking Aserbeidschan and Turkey is hardly noticed by Western media and politics. (Even though you do find reports on KZbin and other sources in the internet). Only in at the time catholic Western Europe Christian cooperation worked and ended in the reconquest of the Iberian peninsula as well as Sardinia and southern Italy.

[@offBeatRock777]

My favourite history channel

[@faubourglincoln]

The crusades did not fail, Orient and Occident learned a lot about each others and how to appreciate the other culture/religion. They were more close than we are today with all the transportations and internet.

[@TexanAstarte]

The crusades did succeed, the west dictates the MEs every move.😂

[@sullathehutt7720]

The West dictated the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi? Or Shah Pehlavi? Or the assassination of Anwar Sadat?

[@ziyadrgb9584]

No it did fail because they couldnt take it forever about modern day west is seculare so its not crusade

[@TexanAstarte]

@ziyadrgb9584 secular? That's cute🤣🤣

[@cephasoj108]

Because they were a stupid idea from the first place

[@AlFonso-p6p]

Yeah somehow making an insanely far trip without support for months to years into a hostile desert with little resources ended up being a flop for some reason 🫣

[@morriganmhor5078]

Nope. They blocked muslim advanced for 200 years.

[@Omer1996E.C]

The ottomans never cared about jerusalem when it entered europe first ​@@morriganmhor5078

[@cephasoj108]

Turks kept advancing pretty steadily though, especially with help from the crusaders themselves after they sacked Constantinople.

[@saeiddavatolhagh9627]

They shouldn't had indulged in cannibalism.

[@Jayokay989]

Who said they failed? Lmfao they literally took Jerusalem and held it for 300 years…

[@t700e]

That period of “300 years” was very intermittent and turbulent. If we look deeper than that, we see the Crusades were ultimately a failure.

[@TheGbass87]

These wars has nothing with the Holy Bible nor the Israelites but their own greed and ambitions

[@sniperviper4922]

Stop muslim advances into Europe

[@saewonyi]

The crusades didn't fail. It saved Europe from Islamic conquest. People forget why the crusades happened in the first place. It was because for centuries Muslims conquered and massacred every inch of that territory. It was a necessity of self defense and thank God Europe isn't part of the caliphate today.

[@ciaranbrk]

Back then yes they controlled a large portion of Spain, Sicily and invaded southern France but were repelled. As well as the Byzantine Empire constantly coming under attack . But it was also for greed a lot of second sons wanting land seen a chance to acquire land in the holy land and were told they could purge their sins in Jerusalem.

[@BistriBogdan]

Logistics

[@charliepoag9151]

Imagine just how far we, as humans, would have progressed without religion.

[@AlFonso-p6p]

Humans will end up worshipping something. It's inevitable. Religion has some code of ethics but even then people are still going to be sh!t and not follow anything right. Religion, like politics, is just the thing on the exterior. The problem is humanity. Even if you manage a paradise someday some jerk will find a way to ruin it and convince a few million people to do something horrible. It's an endless cycle and we're trapped inside this world until we die... 😰

[@TheGmoneyless420]

That may be one of the dumbest statements I've ever heard! Congratulations 🎉

[@Nintendofan184]

The church was responsible for most early universities and hospitals and was pivotal for maintaining many ancient texts. You have a very teenaged world view, you should consider maturing before continuing to embarrass yourself

[@bobbydigital8056]

Imagine that, Christians not acting very Christian. Mind blowing.

[@Obi_boy]

Compared to what the Muslims did, Christians look like saints

[@eabdyrakhmanov]

@@Obi_boy did muslims massacre entire quarters of Jerusalem when they conquered it? Kingdom of heaven might not be historically accurate, but it portrays all crusaders. They literally had to add Tiberius to have at least one good crusader 😂

[@saewonyi]

​@edilbekabdyrakhmanov Do a little research on what Muhammad allows for Muslims when it comes to taking slaves, taking women, rape, prisoners, and taking of property. Why do you think Islam is just at violent and barbaric today when it comes to their modern day subjugation? Islam feeds on the depravity of man, especially when it comes to the treatment of non Muslims and tragically women.

[@lahire4943]

@@eabdyrakhmanov Kingdom of Heaven demonized the crusaders while it portrayed the Muslims under a good light. Using this movie as an example is nonsense. Saladin had 200 knights brutally executed after the battle of Hattin and he enslaved thousands of Christians after the fall of Jerusalem. A massacre was avoided only because the defenders threatened to execute the Muslim prisoners and destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque. And the Muslims had their fair share of massacres. The massacre of the population of Acre is a good example.

[@doctoronishispsychosislab1474]

Good stuff. no music just info. Be wary of info delivered with music.

[@_ShahriarKabir]

Because God willed it 😂😂

[@abdirahmanbadal781]

Crusaders achieved their goal albeit for the short time(capturing the holy land).They won the battles at first coz the Islamic world was beginning to weaken. Once the stituation stabilized ,it was the beginning of their end.

[@Achillez098]

It's fascinating how the Orthodox Christians in the holy land DIDNT support the crusaders. You know who DID support the crusaders during the first crusade? Sunni Muslims, they supplied the crusaders before they attacked Jerusalem, cause thr city was in Shia Muslim hands...

[@andrewward5891]

The Byzantines considered the crusaders to be dangerous heretic barbarians. And considering the 4th crusade sacked Constantinople they had a point.

[@dr.hasdan]

It was never really about religion for the people who initiated the crusades. It was always for money. Wheras the muslims actually had spiritual attatchment to the holy land and wanted to take it back for the sake of god.

[@KINGANIMEREVIEW]

False, you need to do research on the Crusades. It was very costly to travel that far to retake land. The main reasons for the Crusades were religious, to rebuild & protect the Church Of The Holy Sepulchre, to protect Christian pilgrims & to liberate the Christians of the Holy Land. You can get off of your high horse, you seem like the same type of person who’d cry about the Israel-Palestine issue while bragging about Crusades that you think you won against. Well I got news for you Christians not only won the first Crusade & kept the holy land for about a century we then went on to conquer the entire western hemisphere after winning the Reconquista. Then after making Christianity the most popular/followed religion worldwide we returned to our holy land & liberated it again 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇮🇱 then the UK gave some of it to the “Jews”. Who rules Jerusalem now?

[@dr.hasdan]

@KINGANIMEREVIEW lmao the crusades were practically useless. They contributed nothing to what it is today. I'm assuming you're Christian right? I've got news for you, Jews literally despise Jesus, mate and bragging that it belongs to them isn't a flex lil bro. When you look into some of the crusaders, a lot of them weren't at all noble and were ruthless barbarians who had no honour, they raped and pillaged for the spoils of war and enforced conversions to Christianity. In Islam it is forbidden to do these sorts of things. You should do some research and open your blind heart.

[@dr.hasdan]

@@KINGANIMEREVIEW mald more lil bro. Jews hate you, choose wisely who you worship and praise.

[@anubis_411]

11:53 it's wrong. Friedrich I. NOT Henry genannt Barbarossa. 😊❤ Grüße vom Fuße seiner Burg Kyffhausen. ❤

[@MrJoebrooklyn1969]

I have begun to pray for the reunification of The Holy Apostolic Catholic Church and our separated brothers The Christian Orthodox.

[@MichaelOBrien-ci2ne]

Wonderful explanation thank you very much

[@Alexander753.]

Sad!

[@kaziklubey9000]

Le titre en français mais il parle en anglais, super ! 0 !

[@sheilah4525]

Logistics and unadaptable equipment.

[@majpalmer2158]

Did they? Obviously, they failed in the Eastern Mediterranean. But the Crusades succeeded in the Western Mediterranean in the Iberian Peninsula and in the Central Mediterranean in Sicily. Two out of three ain't bad. And shortly after Islam did succeed in the East, the Mongols rolled in and devastated the area. Then came the Timurids who did it again.

[@Aragorn_Arathorns_Sohn]

Also Kreuzzüge Crusades sieht man in der Geschichtswissenschaft die "Orientkreuzzüge" an. Diese endeten 1291 mit dem Fall Akkons. Es gab noch einen letzten späteren überschaubaren Versuch in der Levante Fuß zu fassen, aber den lasse ich mal weg. Die Reconquista gehört nicht zu diesen Kreuzzüge. Auch nicht der Wendenkreuzzug oder die Niederlage und der Niedergang des Deutschen Ordens bei Tannenberg. Der Mongolensturm wurde übrigens nicht nach der Vertreibung der Kreuzfahrer aus der Levante, sondern während diese noch vor Ort waren. So gab es noch Bündnisbemühungen zwischen Christen und Mongolen. Die Mongolen verloren aber 1261 entscheidend bei der Schlacht bei ʿAin Dschālūt. Wobei wie üblich in der Zeit die Christen um Bohemund VI. von Antiochia sich auf die Seite der Mongolen stellte und das Königreich Jerusalem sich auf die Seite der Mamluken schlug. Die Timuriden hatten mit der Levante nichts zu tun.

[@ChinonsoNnadozie]

Good video by the way

[@martinmillar7998]

Proves there is no god.

[@ziyadrgb9584]

Not really losing or winning do not prove existence and no existence of god

[@newenglandrider3189]

Bye-Zan-teen? You mean BIZ-AN-TINE?

[@Lucazdouma]

I think you mean ROMAN

[@g7dsent666]

bi-zantine

[@antoniotorcoli5740]

Shortage of man power and shortsight diplomacy.

[@exoplanetnomad]

The crusaders failed because they faced Islam! Islam defeats oppression, and Jesus was the first Muslim! He was a rebel against oppression, never turning the other cheek to the oppressors; the Pharisees!!!

[@KINGANIMEREVIEW]

🤡🤡🤡 Who rules the Jerusalem now? Is your trash “god” weaker than the God of Israel?? Jesus is God. Muhammad was not a prophet. By the way do you know who ended your trash Caliphate? 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 UK defeated the trash Ottoman Empire.

[@SyedAmaan-r4u]

Hi from India

[@darkushippotoxotai9536]

Yo bhaai ! Nice to meet a fellow Indian !

[@SyedAmaan-r4u]

Thanks bhai

[@SyedAmaan-r4u]

Where are you from

[@wanderingnomad1]

Kaun hai re tu?

[@Rako10127]

It was not ther land

[@ziyadrgb9584]

The earth isnt ours (humans) its for god and all other creatures

[@amsfountain8792]

Numbers. The majority rules over the minority.

[@AN-fv2zv]

It was Allahs will 😂

[@technoverse101]

Is it Allah's will that the Islamic realm is trapped in the Dark Age? Although I do respect the fact that Muslims reject the rainbow flag

[@ciaranbrk]

Infighting poor leadership and foolish tactics to fight in areas away from water eg hatin.

[@delifisektuxedo]

Us, Turks

[@poormansgunz8032]

Greed and power. Men. 🤣😂 failure

[@davidjackson2690]

They didn't.

[@jamescaan870]

It's somewhat misleading and overstated to emphasize Christian numerical inferiority. The fact is that they weren't significantly outnumbered. We have to remember that the region was used to having foreigners rule over them and at the time this was exactly the situation. None of the ruling powers in the region were natives. For the vast majority of the region it was the case of tiny turkic elites ruling over Muslim and Christian natives. Not much different from the crusaders. The crusaders had almost as much chance as the turks to rule the region

[@donswearingen9805]

Fatigue

[@bigk4968]

Greed

[@Sun-live1978]

Crusaders were hubris and learned nothing from their Muslim enemies

[@ligeringspirit1133]

Like you serious about now?most of the modern war it literally take rules from Quran dude -no harming kids -no harming civilian -no harm elderly -no harming pregnant lady Learn nothing?

[@bigsarge2085]

Interesting.

[@BlackyBrownDestruction9337]

I thought Israel are the crusader victors fighting off the entire Muslim empire

[@ziyadrgb9584]

Isreal is jewish and there is no muslim empire anymore

[@wanderingnomad1]

Great video

[@xotem]

they didn't fail

[@markrunnalls7215]

Wow.. had to watch it again and it's mind blowing..

[@RudyJob-o9w]

Great story unfortunately same story religious nonsense 🥱

[@abdihassan9105]

I can tell your probably a atheist your heart needs belief thats why you watch these videos brother may allah guide you ❤