To those who think they don't count as Romans, take these facts into account - - Romans could come from anywhere in the Empire, not just Italy. For example, citizenship was granted to Britons, Gauls, Egyptians, etc. - It wasn't like the Holy Roman Empire, which got the pope to declare them the legacy of the Romans. It was founded BEFORE the fall of the west. They were both Roman states. It was kind of like an East/West Germany kind of deal.
@@Geoguy678 and later on, Italy was united by Rome and those living there became subjects of the Romans. Then after some conflict they became Roman citizens and got the right too call themselves ‘Roman’. Then Rome expanded, and as conquered provinces became more and more subservient and began to like Roman Culture more and more, they got Roman citizenship too, and the right to call themselves ‘Romans’.
Post Manzikert sections in Anatolia are by far the most accurate depictions I've ever seen. Very impressive research, *so much time* must have been spent just on research for the whole video.
@@saikrishnak8631 We were in Anatolia before the Battle of Manzikert in 1071 and the Battle of Pasinler in 1048, but we did not intend to acquire a homeland. Exploration and looting. In a serious sense, the spread of Turks to Anatolia in masses happened after the Battle of Manzikert. Alp Arslan told the Turkish commanders, "Go make a conquest. The conquered place belongs to the conquest commander," he said. Thus, the conquest of a vast geography was completed in a short time.
@@kaankaymaz9745 but the lands lost by romans is due to the gifting of the land seized by ally turkic states in civil wars between doukid and other dynasties.
@@kaankaymaz9745 no it wasn't, settling and taking fortified cities within a year is impossible. How do you explain the sources that clearly tell when which city fell?
This video is by far the best mapping video of the medieval part of greek history. great music that isnt just kevin macleod or so on, lots of effort, actually shows the enemy nations instead of hiding them, shows way more, and has more effort and even shows emperors and flags. wonderful. bravo
Too few soldiers, too few food, climatic change, survived three deadly diseases, survived four invasions and still made it for over 1000 years.... we all can learn lot from ROMAN BYZANTINE EMPIRE....
Very impressive! I loved whenever the Halo music came on haha. I also loved the fact that the western Balkans were marked unknown or generally Slavic until the 11th century. I go crazy seeing how many other people make videos pretending that there are sources saying that Bosnia belonged to Croatia or Serbia - when there was dead silence for like 400 years after the arrival of the first Slavs to the western Balkans. So this was such a relief to see that not everyone is crazy.
I don’t know if the channel creator still reads these comments but I think they should make more mapping videos, the style is great and it’s no wonder this vid was an overnight success
@@OrthoKarter He isn't saying they're not greek. He's saying that they're Roman. Roman was a nationality while Greek is an ethnicity. "97% of their chronicles and texts are in medieval greek." So? Would you refer to Trajan as a Latin Emperor?
It's ironic that what is traditionally considered the "Fall of Rome" actually in many ways was seen as the reunification of Rome by the Romans, with West once again being united with East, only with a client ruler(Odoacer).
@@biggibbs4678 Because an anti-Roman administration gained power in the Kingdom of Italia, and the new king Theodoric refused to recognise the east as having any sovereignty over Italy, even actively funding and helping Rome's adversaries like the Vandaliric/Alanic Kingdom.
@@reubenmatthews5615 And that's specifically why Justinian had his skilled line of writers talk about a "Fall of Rome" to fully justify the Invasion as many Roman citizens were a bit uneasy about Invading the home province of Italy. Over exaggerated stories of Gothic mistreatment of the Roman population (it did happen but not on a massive scale) & it would be these writing about a "Fall of Rome" that people still heavily lean into to this day. Britain, Spain & Gaul may have been lost but Italy was (in theory) officially reunified when Odoacer gave Romulus's regalia to Zeno
@@iDeathMaximuMII Tbf the Goths were openly opposing the rule of Rome, but yeah I agree. The Gothic Wars were a mistake, cost way too much only to gain so little. IMO the empire should have focused on reconquering Spania and even Southern Gaul, while diplomatically negotiating with the Goths for a foederati status.
Justinian II's first reign: Tries to restore the glory of Rome by any means necessary. Even if it means cracking down on opposition. Justinian II's second reign: Gets revenge on everyone: the people, the cities of Ravenna and Cherson, the Khazars, and more. For no reason.
I always thought there was need for video which includes not only Byzantine Empire territories, but also on enemies surrounding it, showing how much resilience Empire had
Once you see Manuel I Komnenos die you know it is doomed. I blame Andronikos I and the Angeloi. Without those self interested traitors and with a more suitable regent for Alexios II at least there could have been a chance for the state. However history is full of what ifs and quite frankly Nicea did well to recapture Constantinople before imploding on itself as external pressure came to bear down upon it.
Brownworth referred to Andronikos as a "deeply flawed savior", with "all of the brilliance, but none of the restraint" of his predecessors. I guess the lustfulness cancelled out any good qualities.
I blame the Crusaders in the first place. The Sack of Constantinople in 1204 was a blow Rome could never really recover from, especially with the Turks invading Anatolia
@@TheIronChancellor Isaac II was deposed by his brother and was experiencing a break away event with the Bulgarians that was not resolved by the time the fourth crusade happened. Croatia and Serbia had already thrown off the overlord status Manuel I had over them. The central control was not able to cope with the multiple issues after Isaac II and arguably he did expect his deposition.
The research in this is unparalleled, I can see why it took a year to create. But MY WORD why is the last map so distorted? It's a physical pain to look at, geez. You spent days compiling obscure invasions of Benevento yet drawing a new map in an hour or two would take too long?
You’re a genius. When the Holy Roman Empire appeared and I heard that sweet master chief cutscene audio action u put in there I was like damn that’s just on point lol 😩
Bulgaria after the death of Symeon in 927 returned the lands that captured in Thessaly , so the borders between 927-975 are for sure wrong in Greece region.
Wow this is very well researched. I'm curious : Is there a lot of guesswork involved in which areas are being colored exactly during wartime or during a rebellion? Because I imagine in books written by historians you will get a good account of what cities were taken when and you get the occasional map made by a historian for a snapshot in time, but how can you really know if a certain rebellion occupied a certain stretch of land during an exact month
The rebellions were probably guessed via the themes, he probably took a reference map of it, or just made the maps of the themes based on historical descriptions.
Damn, I really appreciate and respect the dedication, but you’ve made the same mistakes present in every map vid time lapses on the Byzantines. You really messed up on the 900s, a lot of the what I call “pop culture” mistakes are present throughout the whole vid, Bulgaria is a prime example. For generally more accurate borders I recommend Reading • A Companion to Byzantine Italy for Italy • Byzantium, Venice and the Adriatic for Dalmatia • Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood for Anatolia • Byzantium’s Balkan frontier Or •The Bulgarian Byzantine Wars for Medieval Balkan hegemony For the Balkans • A History of the Byzantine state and society for everything but it’s outdated tbh. All the Halo music is a trip lol
@@SDArgo_FoCI was never notified of this reply. Thank you for the advice. I’ve still been procrastinating about it as I’ve failed a few times. I’m trying to be as detailed as I possibly can with every campaign & movement that makes sure I’m not missing something
Why didnt Byzantine and Sassanid just work together instead fighting each other. This mean sassanid focus on their eastern borders and Byzantine on their european border.
@@thatromanguy1906 he clumsily arranged the list. I found it after a while, and as for you, instead of trying to appear smart by pointing out the obvious, you could've just wrote to me which soundtrack it is.
What's the source for Benevento being a Byzantine client state from 663 to 675? I did some googling, but found nothing. I also saw maps elsewhere that marked the Illyrian coastline as being, at least nominally, controlled by the Byzzies in the 7th century, by the way of city states; I assume that this is bogus?
Seljuk Sultanate of Rum never became a Byzantine vassal. Interestingly, i see this only from Greek mappers' maps on web. Note: still, i like the video.
@@Michael_the_Drunkard they were defeated in the battle but didn't become vassal. I never readed about a vassalage they only paid tribute. If you count tribute as vassalage, then Habsburg Empire and Russian Tsardom should be Ottoman vassals. Seljuks and Byzantium were two powers for their neighborhood like Russia and Ottomans, you need more reason to count them as the others vassal.
I'm afraid you are confusing between arabs and muslims! Not all muslims were arabs and not all arabs were muslims. Maybe they were the same at the beginning but only at the time of the four successors of prophet Mohamed where later on there were muslims that were not arabs especially at the time of Andalousia, who were muslims but not necessarily arabs, and for sure not Abbassids either
And? People can do the same. Just in different ways. In Khey's, they only show the Romans on the map. This guy showed way more countries & is a bit more detailed in some parts
@@iDeathMaximuMII Fair enough. I suppose it's just my bias towards his mapping style, but I have to admit seeing the wars going on is convenient. At the least he could've listed them for extra context, like the Ottoman Empire every month video does.
To those who think they don't count as Romans, take these facts into account -
- Romans could come from anywhere in the Empire, not just Italy. For example, citizenship was granted to Britons, Gauls, Egyptians, etc.
- It wasn't like the Holy Roman Empire, which got the pope to declare them the legacy of the Romans. It was founded BEFORE the fall of the west. They were both Roman states. It was kind of like an East/West Germany kind of deal.
You don't know history? Romulus created Rome, and we can say that Romans came from 7 village that he united
@@Geoguy678 and later on, Italy was united by Rome and those living there became subjects of the Romans. Then after some conflict they became Roman citizens and got the right too call themselves ‘Roman’. Then Rome expanded, and as conquered provinces became more and more subservient and began to like Roman Culture more and more, they got Roman citizenship too, and the right to call themselves ‘Romans’.
Truly the most resilient empire ever
Post Manzikert sections in Anatolia are by far the most accurate depictions I've ever seen. Very impressive research, *so much time* must have been spent just on research for the whole video.
He really messed up on Bulgaria and the Balkans in the 900s thou
the expansion of turks wasnt of manzikert though
@@saikrishnak8631 We were in Anatolia before the Battle of Manzikert in 1071 and the Battle of Pasinler in 1048, but we did not intend to acquire a homeland. Exploration and looting. In a serious sense, the spread of Turks to Anatolia in masses happened after the Battle of Manzikert. Alp Arslan told the Turkish commanders, "Go make a conquest. The conquered place belongs to the conquest commander," he said. Thus, the conquest of a vast geography was completed in a short time.
@@kaankaymaz9745 but the lands lost by romans is due to the gifting of the land seized by ally turkic states in civil wars between doukid and other dynasties.
@@kaankaymaz9745 no it wasn't, settling and taking fortified cities within a year is impossible. How do you explain the sources that clearly tell when which city fell?
This video is by far the best mapping video of the medieval part of greek history. great music that isnt just kevin macleod or so on, lots of effort, actually shows the enemy nations instead of hiding them, shows way more, and has more effort and even shows emperors and flags. wonderful. bravo
kevin macleod does slap tho icl
Probably the best videomap on the Eastern Roman Empire! A spiritual successor to Tominus Maximus’ Rome video
Too few soldiers, too few food, climatic change, survived three deadly diseases, survived four invasions and still made it for over 1000 years.... we all can learn lot from ROMAN BYZANTINE EMPIRE....
bros trying to sneak “roman” lol
Very impressive!
I loved whenever the Halo music came on haha.
I also loved the fact that the western Balkans were marked unknown or generally Slavic until the 11th century. I go crazy seeing how many other people make videos pretending that there are sources saying that Bosnia belonged to Croatia or Serbia - when there was dead silence for like 400 years after the arrival of the first Slavs to the western Balkans. So this was such a relief to see that not everyone is crazy.
I don’t know if the channel creator still reads these comments but I think they should make more mapping videos, the style is great and it’s no wonder this vid was an overnight success
They couldn't get a break from getting rebels or attacked, this is what made Byzantine Empire powerful, they won most of them!
No such thing as Byzantine
Not Byzantine
Roman
As a Romaboo, I declare this the best E.R.E history video so far.
@@OrthoKarterCry me a river.
@@OrthoKarter Instead of trying to show your argumentative skills, try to read a historical source, mr. "ad hominem" 🤓
@@OrthoKarter He isn't saying they're not greek. He's saying that they're Roman. Roman was a nationality while Greek is an ethnicity.
"97% of their chronicles and texts are in medieval greek." So? Would you refer to Trajan as a Latin Emperor?
@@OrthoKarter You are stupid or trolling if you think "Roman" is a language or an ethnicity. "Roman" was based on citizenship.
FINALLY someone remembers that the western half of Rome was a client state of the eastern half once it fell in 476
It's ironic that what is traditionally considered the "Fall of Rome" actually in many ways was seen as the reunification of Rome by the Romans, with West once again being united with East, only with a client ruler(Odoacer).
@@reubenmatthews5615then why did Justinian have to invade
@@biggibbs4678 Because an anti-Roman administration gained power in the Kingdom of Italia, and the new king Theodoric refused to recognise the east as having any sovereignty over Italy, even actively funding and helping Rome's adversaries like the Vandaliric/Alanic Kingdom.
@@reubenmatthews5615 And that's specifically why Justinian had his skilled line of writers talk about a "Fall of Rome" to fully justify the Invasion as many Roman citizens were a bit uneasy about Invading the home province of Italy. Over exaggerated stories of Gothic mistreatment of the Roman population (it did happen but not on a massive scale) & it would be these writing about a "Fall of Rome" that people still heavily lean into to this day. Britain, Spain & Gaul may have been lost but Italy was (in theory) officially reunified when Odoacer gave Romulus's regalia to Zeno
@@iDeathMaximuMII Tbf the Goths were openly opposing the rule of Rome, but yeah I agree. The Gothic Wars were a mistake, cost way too much only to gain so little.
IMO the empire should have focused on reconquering Spania and even Southern Gaul, while diplomatically negotiating with the Goths for a foederati status.
The sequel to Tominus Maximus' month by month.
Yeah, he just neglected the Eastern Empire altogether.
Dude, this is so underrated!
Great work, really underrated channel
oh hey phocas how is hell? i'm joking
@@thatromanguy1906 It's quite hot, not gonna lie
@@fordfokas9230 Hot As a Spicy Cheto
bravo, you earned a sub!
hi byzansimp ✝️
Stunning work
bravo very underrated, can tell a lot of effort put into this and very accurate.
One of the best mapping videos ever. The amount of patience and care shown is immeasurable
I agree , they show almost everything.
agreed
Justinian II's first reign: Tries to restore the glory of Rome by any means necessary. Even if it means cracking down on opposition.
Justinian II's second reign: Gets revenge on everyone: the people, the cities of Ravenna and Cherson, the Khazars, and more. For no reason.
Dude got his nose chopped off. He was mad at the world
I always thought there was need for video which includes not only Byzantine Empire territories, but also on enemies surrounding it, showing how much resilience Empire had
It's a great video, and the detail is immaculate.
However, posting your sources would have been useful, especially for an hour long video
Did not expect to hear a piano version of 'The good the bad and the ugly' in a Byzantine map video.
the choice of music was amazing, very nicely done sir
Once you see Manuel I Komnenos die you know it is doomed. I blame Andronikos I and the Angeloi. Without those self interested traitors and with a more suitable regent for Alexios II at least there could have been a chance for the state. However history is full of what ifs and quite frankly Nicea did well to recapture Constantinople before imploding on itself as external pressure came to bear down upon it.
Brownworth referred to Andronikos as a "deeply flawed savior", with "all of the brilliance, but none of the restraint" of his predecessors.
I guess the lustfulness cancelled out any good qualities.
I blame the Crusaders in the first place. The Sack of Constantinople in 1204 was a blow Rome could never really recover from, especially with the Turks invading Anatolia
They could have Greece, if not for the 14th century after civil war.
Not really Isaac II. Was a pretty good emperor, the empire was still strong until the crusaders came
@@TheIronChancellor Isaac II was deposed by his brother and was experiencing a break away event with the Bulgarians that was not resolved by the time the fourth crusade happened. Croatia and Serbia had already thrown off the overlord status Manuel I had over them. The central control was not able to cope with the multiple issues after Isaac II and arguably he did expect his deposition.
It would be epic 1 hour. Thanks !
59:28 WOAH! Can we have a jumpscare warning next time?!
I thank you immensely for this, king.
Great job !
The madman finally did it complete
Why aren’t you miku. Isn’t she a history buff?
Also been waiting for this for a year
Wtf lol
@@maude7420 Lmao
We needed something like this. Thank you.
Music choices were.....odd
Bulgaria vs Estern Roman Empire, one of the longest rivaliries in the history
The research in this is unparalleled, I can see why it took a year to create. But MY WORD why is the last map so distorted? It's a physical pain to look at, geez. You spent days compiling obscure invasions of Benevento yet drawing a new map in an hour or two would take too long?
Huh
It's an excellent video showing the Galatia rebellion.
ΡΩΜΑΝΙΑ 🇬🇷☦️
I-it's... Just perfect...
Exceptional!! 👏👏
You’re a genius. When the Holy Roman Empire appeared and I heard that sweet master chief cutscene audio action u put in there I was like damn that’s just on point lol 😩
Literally trying to go through the map and nit pick mistakes but I can't... I concede defeat to the map making goat
There's 1 error. In 685, Constantine IV reconquered Cilicia, which the Romans held until the Battle of Sebastopolis in 692.
When Francia was shown, (near the end of the conquest of Italy) it was divided still and was only reunited in 560
Sassanid Persian also had more claimants in Arabia during the same time frame.
Bulgaria after the death of Symeon in 927 returned the lands that captured in Thessaly , so the borders between 927-975 are for sure wrong in Greece region.
@@Michael_the_Drunkard The area top right of Cyprus?It shows it got caught by the Arabs in 692 like what u said
I liked the video ended. Sudden and arupt... like how the Byzantine empire died.
No such thing as a Byzantine empire
Wow just wow you earned a sub
This video gave a chill at the end when the Roman logo jump scared me and the music suddenly stopped!
Great!
W video
very good work 😀
What apocalyptic scenario looms between the reigns of Justin II and Constantine IV
Heraclius' successors with the exception of Justinian II, led the empire well through the 7th century. It could have fallen then and there.
@@Michael_the_Drunkard Justinian first reign was ok
The Roman Empire was it's name. Hieronymus Wolf classification is wrong.
Did you change the music in the Fourth Crusade?
I just noticed too, I kinda prefer the other song
The guardian of the Christian Europe
Amen ✝️☦️
42:34 music?? i love it but cant find it in description
Cockeye's theme from Once Upon a Time in America
Wow this is very well researched. I'm curious : Is there a lot of guesswork involved in which areas are being colored exactly during wartime or during a rebellion? Because I imagine in books written by historians you will get a good account of what cities were taken when and you get the occasional map made by a historian for a snapshot in time, but how can you really know if a certain rebellion occupied a certain stretch of land during an exact month
In the sources the several themes where events took place are mentioned. Some guesswork is still needed though.
The rebellions were probably guessed via the themes, he probably took a reference map of it, or just made the maps of the themes based on historical descriptions.
Damn, I really appreciate and respect the dedication, but you’ve made the same mistakes present in every map vid time lapses on the Byzantines.
You really messed up on the 900s, a lot of the what I call “pop culture” mistakes are present throughout the whole vid, Bulgaria is a prime example.
For generally more accurate borders
I recommend Reading
• A Companion to Byzantine Italy for Italy
• Byzantium, Venice and the Adriatic for Dalmatia
• Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood for Anatolia
• Byzantium’s Balkan frontier
Or
•The Bulgarian Byzantine Wars for Medieval Balkan hegemony
For the Balkans
• A History of the Byzantine state and society for everything but it’s outdated tbh.
All the Halo music is a trip lol
Byzantium and Byzantine do not exist
Nice video i liked it
Great video.
Well done!
42:09 anyone know the music?
I have no clue I tried finding it also
@@thathistoryfam794 if I find it I’ll be sure to reply to ur comment
@@adrianbruno3846 ok
@@thathistoryfam794 I found it it’s called do you love this world
@@adrianbruno3846 thank you
Got Damn crusaders
You forgot the Baliar islands (East of Spain).
I'm at 0:00, and I already like it more than Khey Pard's version.
Maybe includes different countries, right?
Or co emperors?
every video Khey makes = super inaccurate and made up borders and that’s just the tip of the iceberg
@@1_rma how? but i know the Parthian empire is not full of arsaces as said in one of khey pard videos.
Khey pard Byzantine Leo ii till 491 ! Impossible, how!
27:48 "Tayk" is a name that the region got when it was under the occupation of Armenians, its real name is Tao (not Tayk).
Damn the 4rth crusade doomed the empire
They could have saved atleast Greece, had they avoided civil war in the 14th century.
Love it
Now trying to make one myself
I looking forward to seeing one 🙂
@@thathistoryfam794 Thank you. It's rather difficult I'm honest. And I've been having a stroke on deciding if I should do the West or East lol
@@iDeathMaximuMII just do east
@@iDeathMaximuMII Do all, more peace of mind.Can also do set number each day of research/years or months to not get burnt out
@@SDArgo_FoCI was never notified of this reply. Thank you for the advice. I’ve still been procrastinating about it as I’ve failed a few times. I’m trying to be as detailed as I possibly can with every campaign & movement that makes sure I’m not missing something
34:30
38:05
48:14
Why don’t you show regents?
1/10 video, i cant see anything because of my tears all over the screen
Why didnt Byzantine and Sassanid just work together instead fighting each other. This mean sassanid focus on their eastern borders and Byzantine on their european border.
Nobody anticipated the Arab threat.
Plus the Persians wanted to recreate the Achaemenid Empire, the Romans actually wanted peace.
Human nature.
44:28 Rage quit
He was taken by the neck.
Music at 32:00? Shazam can't recognize it...
it's literally in the description
@@thatromanguy1906 he clumsily arranged the list. I found it after a while, and as for you, instead of trying to appear smart by pointing out the obvious, you could've just wrote to me which soundtrack it is.
@@YTuseraL2694 are you serious rn? i was saying it's in the description
@@thatromanguy1906 oh Jesus 🤦🏻♂️...
@@YTuseraL2694 mine too let's go to church
Idk how did the East survive so long? It was on its last legs for the last 900 years. Lol
No only for certain periods of time. From the 6th to the 8th century, from the 9th to the 11th century, the empire was doing well.
Why cuz one word : Anatolia
This is lot true. Slavs didn't came on Balkans, they were natives along
Slavs were not native. They mixed though with the natives
48:01-48:13 What is the name of the music?
Eastern Roman History ending I think
Andronicos the third called
Like for stilisathion
What's the source for Benevento being a Byzantine client state from 663 to 675? I did some googling, but found nothing.
I also saw maps elsewhere that marked the Illyrian coastline as being, at least nominally, controlled by the Byzzies in the 7th century, by the way of city states; I assume that this is bogus?
Wdym? The islands in Dalmatia? The Dalmatian islands aren’t shown on the map
What the hell is a byzantine
@@stevenjames6830 Good question! ;)
The coin of Romanos IV is actually Romanos III
*Roman empire...
basil ii is the goat
Epoc
43:01
not byzantine his name is roma (east roman empire)
We Greeks do not care about your opinion. We call our ancestors Byzantines nowdays. We can call them as we like.
ROMA·INVICTA
ROMA·VICTRIX
Seljuk Sultanate of Rum never became a Byzantine vassal. Interestingly, i see this only from Greek mappers' maps on web.
Note: still, i like the video.
It became vassal between 1162 and 1175, when Manuel defeated them before Iconium in 1162.
@@Michael_the_Drunkard they were defeated in the battle but didn't become vassal. I never readed about a vassalage they only paid tribute. If you count tribute as vassalage, then Habsburg Empire and Russian Tsardom should be Ottoman vassals. Seljuks and Byzantium were two powers for their neighborhood like Russia and Ottomans, you need more reason to count them as the others vassal.
25:53
Goodbye Byzantium 58:00
Byzantium ended in 330 A.D
You mean the eastern governed Romans. Byzantine is a modern inaccurate name for people that would have called themselves Roman.
Yes but is it TODAY mostly known as the byzantine empire and it is called that for the sake of simplicity and to avoid confusion.
@@peppiping Today most don't realise that they saw themselves as Romans & Byzantine is actual a mistaken name from more recent history that stuck.
@@joebanks9529 Exactly, most dont, which is why byzantine empire makes sense in layman terms, because everyone knows it means the greek roman empire
@@peppiping ditch the "greek" in the title. That was a designation for pagan polytheists.
We Greeks do not care about your opinion. We call our ancestors Byzantines nowdays. We can call them as we like.
And all because of Phocas, without him maybe inhuman islamic barbarism could have been destroyed and civilization prevailed
Ave Roma
Lol
@@Michael_the_Drunkard ?
@@Michael_the_Drunkard ???
Horse go brrrrr
Anatolian Turks=/=Turkic
@@Michael_the_Drunkard copium
@@Michael_the_Drunkard Lol Turks of course Turkic.
Machine guns and big steel boats go brrrr
Greek fire Goes Brrrrr
I'm afraid you are confusing between arabs and muslims! Not all muslims were arabs and not all arabs were muslims. Maybe they were the same at the beginning but only at the time of the four successors of prophet Mohamed where later on there were muslims that were not arabs especially at the time of Andalousia, who were muslims but not necessarily arabs, and for sure not Abbassids either
Khey pard already did this though
And? People can do the same. Just in different ways. In Khey's, they only show the Romans on the map. This guy showed way more countries & is a bit more detailed in some parts
This is a much better and up to date, than his version.
much better in my opinion
@@iDeathMaximuMII Fair enough. I suppose it's just my bias towards his mapping style, but I have to admit seeing the wars going on is convenient. At the least he could've listed them for extra context, like the Ottoman Empire every month video does.
@@Michael_the_Drunkard Khey's style was much better, but this one is better in terms of accuracy and data.