A day in the life of a teenager in medieval Baghdad - Birte Kristiansen and Petra Sijpesteijn
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- Join siblings Hisham and Asma in medieval Baghdad as they prepare and gather supplies for the hajj, a holy pilgrimage to Mecca.
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It’s 791 CE. As the morning sun shines on the Golden Gate Palace, brother and sister Hisham and Asma prepare for the journey of a lifetime: the hajj, a holy pilgrimage to Mecca. They intend to travel with the big hajj caravan- but a last-minute mishap threatens to undo months of careful planning. Birte Kristiansen and Petra Sijpesteijn detail a day in the life of siblings in medieval Baghdad.
Lesson by Birte Kristiansen and Petra Sijpesteijn, directed by Mohammad Babakoohi.
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Islamic and Indian history is one of the most underrated history subjects in popular media. African history is totally overlooked.
But just a window in these subjects show how much is lost and how much is hidden.
How are they "overlooked"? Just because white people don't read them? Maybe you should stop centering your world around them and seeking approval from them
Because that history is written by Western people and outsiders
@@kolwaski8235 Why are you people so incompetent to write your own history then?
I remember seeing a video that showed some of African history was lost due to the system they used to record it. Basically, Some Africans used to record history using plaques that depicted images of major events in their history. The plaques were hung in chronological order to show the time. Unfortunately, a lot of the plaques were made up of gold so colonial soldiers took them. Of course, the soldiers never bother to record the order of the plates before removing them so now even if all the plaques were returned to Africa, the order is lost.
@@kolwaski8235 Correct
So basically, people in 8th century Baghdad also had to deal with last-minute complications for an important trip and had to run through a whole chain of people being unhelpful to fix their issue as time runs out?
Good to know we're not the only one this happens to.
Props to the cameraman for time traveling back in 791 CE for this.
It's hard work, but someone's got to do it
It's animated.
@@winzyl9546 whoosh
@@winzyl9546 no its not
This joke is 791 years old
I would gladly watch a 2 hour long movie about this story with this animation, it was simply stunning ☺️✨
any movie set on that age would interest me as well
right!!! this would've been a wholesome story like other iranian films i've seen
Nice to see that the A day in... series is still under production. It is one of the best series on the channel. Love your work guys. ♥️♥️
This is my first video with so many likes and a heart from Ted Ed. Thanks guys
Idk if youtube or ted ed did this, but the title translated the names into European names that clearly weren't used in Mid East
I really like these historical animated videos. ❤
3:18 Hisham, through his tears: p-please I just need a camel 😭
Scholar: nah son you need to know how to make a poultice.
Hisham, sobbing: please…just a single camel.
Scholar: hmm but have you ever considered Greek philosophy.
Guess they didn’t have a Rent-A-Camel 😂
*Hisham
This is basically what happens when I ask for directions at a flea market
@@Ohana9999 Thats my name lmao.
can we talk about how cute Hisham and Asma are in this animation though
Okay, let's talk about it
@@Mr_Valentin. I think it's a bit too late
@@upshift_actual no no, let's talk about it.
@@Mr_Valentin. okay, now talk
So, are we gonna talk about it or not?
It's such a shame we in Europe only get to study the European history, starting from the Greeks. As if Arabic, Persian, Indian, African history didint exist at all. Thank you TedEd for letting us fill those educational gaps with your insightful videos
If you think that's a Euro problem, go to Asia. We really don't study anything about your continent...
Result of colonialism and superior race mentality.
From the words of Dan Brown,"History is written by the victor."
we from outside of Europe also get to study your history extensively.
did you not have world history lesson?
@H. A. M. Fahim Kabir That's unfortunately so true..I've got a friend who lives in Mexico and she says they only study Mexican history from the moment when it was conquered by Spaniards- and from their point of view. That's heartbreaking....
I love these "a day in..." types of videos. I get a wholesome vibe from it and a sense of adventure.
Me too
As an Iranian it was really nice to see some Persian script in good old style of artistic writing.
We love the Iranians!
@@johnsonsmith3421 yeah that's why you sanction them to death. That's some love you have for them
@@ssa3101 lmao
@@ssa3101 it's all beacase of our brutal regime I hope we get rid of it as soon as possible and replace it with a democratic one instead
Loving iranians aint mean loving the government@@ssa3101
Actually, women did join learning circles back then. There were many female students and scholars, of course their number doesn't compare at all to that of males, but they had a chance too. Even some of our greatest male scholars have female names in the list of their teachers.
Source ?
@@marcomarco7750 In the Wikipedia page of Ibn Taymiyyah you'll find: "The number of scholars under which he studied hadith is said to number more than two hundred, *four of whom were women* ".
Al-Suyuti is another example I can think of right now. Unfortunately his Wikipedia page in English doesn't mention female teachers, but the Arabic one does, check it if you can read Arabic.
These are 2 examples, and there are many more.
Cool
Exactly! It's just mind-blowing how even as far back as the middle ages, women in the Islamic empire could get such high quality education comparable to modern day Muslim women in Afghanistan in the 21st century! Four students taught by Ibn Taymiyyah alone! If all the other teachers were documented as well, perhaps we could count up to ten women across the empire who could read Quran!
The empowering influence of the Islamic culture can still be witnessed in the privileges that women hold all across the Islamic world, when compared to the non-Muslim nations!
The video is obviously biased in saying that a life of formal scholarship was not likely for Asma.
Islam is false.
As an African, I love learning the history of different countries and their cultures. Thank you for uploading a history of an Islamic era, hoping for another in the future.
İf you loved learning this search for Sokowo caliphate and Mali Empire of Mansa Musa. Those are small portion of Islamic history of Africa
lol whats the point of writing "As an African?"
@@samaich5545 OMG, did I wrote that? haha. By the way I'm Tanzanian
@@Lavender_Chan might as well specify your hometown and neighborhood and give your address
@@samaich5545 Jesus who pissed in your breakfast cereal
One my most favorite periods in history, the Islamic Golden Age. Missing the days when the Caliphs surrounded himself with poets, philosophers, physicians and scholars of "ancient science" while the ulama studied religious science. And then, the Mongols arrived and while Baghdad eventually became functionable again, the House of Wisdom is gone forever along with the knowledge that was thrown into the Tigris River.
And the final nail in the coffin was the advent of the Ashariites who eventually turned Arab from a forward thinking progressive realm to a land of regressive fundamentalists.
@@nathan-and-upam You do realized that Ibn Khaldun is a follower of Ash'ari school of thought too, right?
@@lerneanlion No I didn't. I am just a history enthusiast with a good internet connection 😛. As I understand Ash'aris did have the scientific temper at the beginning and they tried to prove Quran through science. But as inevitable when science progressed enough to challenge Quran they became Quran apologists and started condemning science. To quote famed historian Eduardo Sachhau 'Ashari and Ghazali were the reason that the Arab world didn't have Galileo, Newton or Keppler'. Whatever Ibn-Khaldun or any other person believes in is completely their personal matter but I am just talking about the big picture. Again I am no historian so if anything I said is wrong then please correct me. Curiosity above everything ✌️
@@nathan-and-upam Ghazali was not responsible for the fall of the "ancient science" in the Muslim world. He supported math and other scientific ventures. He simply viewed metaphysics as making no sense.
@@nathan-and-upam it might have been the sack of Bagdhad and the Nizamiyyah schooling system instead of Al Ghazali
A beautifully presented video. I'd only like to bring up one point, that scholarship was not reserved only for men; rather, in Islamic culture, men and women have been learning from each other throughout history. Happy to provide examples if anyone wants them.
Please do! ❤
That's why the video shows the female character also learning :)
🤡
Indeed, this is quite true, however the particular scholarly culture of Baghdad during the time of Harun Ar-Rashid was one from which women were excluded. This was not true in other parts of the Abbasid caliphate at the time, and was not true of Baghdad in all times, but I think the writers here were very specifically focused on one particular time and place when telling their story
But indeed, one of the major factors of Islamic history in general, going back to its earliest years, is the general openness to having women in positions of scholarly mastery. This, alongside the diversity of cultures and peoples that quickly became invested in the Islamic project, likely contributed greatly to the rapid ascent of academic progress during the Islamic Golden Age
The fact that I can read the script in the animation makes me happy to my core :) beautiful Persian language.
As An Indonesian (Muslim) WHAT DOES IT SAY?!
yea it's weird they used Persian script when Baghdad was an Arab city
@@yuzan3607 This is a modern children's story, not a medieval text.
The illustrator may be persian @@yuzan3607
@@matina4552 A modern children's story that is based on an Arabian city... Might as well put in English script in there.
I love the sound immersion in this! Great way to include those with poor vision who can’t see the beautiful animation story.
I hope that they see this comment so they can add it into their other animations!
I watch these videos everyday, and I'm so happy and feel very represented now that you've animated a story from the islamic age. Thank you
As a Muslim, me too
We don’t need woke videos from the west with music and souls representations to feel « represented ». Get up from your knees.
As an arab
I had tears in my eyes
Its too emtional for me to see who my grandfathers lived peacfully and united
Not like us their is genocide in gaza and we cant do any thing about it
To all Islamic people reading this, have a wonderful fasting.
Untuk hadirin yang beragama Islam, Selamat menunaikan Ibadah Puasa.
Monkey mode activated
Assalamwalaikum!!!
@@Pfyzer He expects from u more than a monke!!!
These are stories I grew up hearing, thank you for illustrating this beautifully and sharing it with us!
Poor Hisham literally just went into the library for directions to the nearest camel vendor only to be read and lectured by people. Sure knowledge is fun but none of it exactly helped him at the moment
I still see your 9 year old comments, really puts into perspective a change of time
@@Hoellz I'm surprised youtube hasn't imploded on itself through all this time
poetry and stories has been an essential element throughout history😍
OMG. Saykoji the rapper? Wow!
much respect to Saykoji. One of the sickest Indonesian rappers. His raps are supersick and a big part of my childhood. Well versed lyrics must come from a learned man such as Saykoji.
The amount of work you put into these videos are amazing. These videos truly make my day.
We definitely need a part two to this video that talks about the rest of their journey
the character design for this one is great!!
What a incredible animation you are making . Proud to be a ted ed fan. I really appreciate your hard work keep on going. Love your work
I'm very interested in learning about the Islamic Golden Age and adore the A Day in the Life series! Thank you for making this video and temporarily satiating my curiosity. Can you please make a video based on Chinese history for the series?
This is honestly one of the most charming Ted-Ed vids I have ever seen! really deeply enjoyed the story and the animation is aesthetically brilliant, I love how it feels like a children's book but references an illuminated manuscript style. Excellent work on this.
This looks like a game that is ancient themed fantasy where you try to find a artifact
Assassin's Creed Mirage
Its actually referencing old muslim style books/illustrations from that era, super cool choice
I hope they make a game like that!
Animation reminds me of old arabic books.
Ted-ed animators are so creative.
I love these "A Day In....Series " makes me feel as if I'm actually there!Also as an African I appreciate learning the history of Africa and other cultures,refreshing from European
These A day in... videos showing life back in time is extremely well illustrated/spoken.
In today's world, we are the least developed race. I can't believe we are the successor of people who literally had knowledge of seven skies. By the way, you guys are the best, you cover almost all race, culture and traditions of the world in your videos. That's really great.
Every civilisation has its peak and fall
The byzantines were more advanced than the muslims though.
@@redeemededward not in the middle ages, the Islamic Civilization was the best in the world!
@@anisa2273 No, they were not.
The Byzantines had better technology in pretty much every area. Better ships, better weapons and better architecture.
@@redeemededward is that why they lost Constantinople to the Ottomans?
its cool to see the history of other people and there different view points hopefully baghdad my beloved home will be back to its glory days
Inshallah the glory days will come back brother
A fascinating glimpse! I hope there are more of these.
Totally loved the storytelling, Arabic pronunciation of our cities, and the details made for everything mentioned . It really made me -a person raised in Makkah in the 21st century - feel like I was in Baghdad at that time!
I really *NEED* the audio (or background music) of this video!
The music is so traditional and calm imo... Great vid and amazing animation Ted-Ed ! I really love these 'a day in...' kinds of videos
I tried to look it up for you, but to no avail.. It seems like it was composed or commissioned by the director of the video Mohammad Babakoohi. If you're still looking for the background music, I would recommend reaching out to him directly :).
In addition to the accessible and fascinating narration, the animation is beautiful and perfect for shaping the story. Thank you for allowing us to get to know a culture that is unknown to us, sometimes strange but always fascinating. Greetings from Venezuela🇻🇪
I’ve always been obsessed with this subject I’m from a European family and since I was 10 I was studying Arabic history.
The attention to detail in this animated video is so cool... you guys even made, the flipping of pages and sequence of characters from right to left like how most middle eastern country write and read... that is so cool.
This is so informative. Thank you for making videos on topics people don't talk about 💖😊
Wow! What detailed animations! Loved the inclusion of traditional styles!
I find strange that Medieval Islam scholars were so interested in Classical Greece, but today Islam World tend to disregard it and only focus on Muhammad story and XVIII century conservative reinterpretations.
Why is it such a pain in the back for you about who reads what?
I don't think Muslims don't care about classical Greece , but they got a lot more to focus on and the statement about Mohammad is kinda true because it's their prophet so why not
@@nayyarrashid4661 it's just a stating of a point
Actually there are many countries in the islamic world(like the maghrebian ones) that have philosophy as a main subject in public schools and it's included in all the branches
@@LeverhoodTruth so am I.
watched this video two days before i ran away a year ago. it was what made me finally take the leap to do what i’ve wanted for so long.
All I could do to appreciate is
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thank you
You mean you are speechless?
I love the animation, it's really amazing. "A day in life.." series are one of my favourite of this channel other than "myths around the world". It's nice to see you covered a history of Islam, in Ramadhan too.
The Arabic pronunciation is spot on.
Love the art style and narrator
Bagdad before the invasion of the mongols was considered the library of the world! The islamic world were technologically, economically and intellectually more advanced then the west
Thank you for showing the sheer vibrancy and diversity of the Islamic Golden Age
wow.. we want more from Baghdad
This was so good! Makes me want to learn more about the Islamic Golden Age.
Dont search for any molana and mufti written history
They hate baghdad
the beauty of farsi literature is of another level, there are so many literature and poetry works done by many wise and knowledgeable scholars. if anyone is interested then they could checkout the following books, (if you can't read farsi then no problem because they are all translated into various languages!)
1- gulista/the rose garden by sheikh sa'di (my personal favorite, it has both stories and poetry on very intresting topics, highly recomended!)
2- the masnavi by jalal uddin rumi
3- busta by sheikh sadi
I love how they made this video so close to Ramadan
the name of the book they showed in the beginning..
maqamat alharery ..is a languistic miracle
The fact there is actually Persian translation of script is written on the scroll is so awesome
It is not in Arabic
It’s Farsi I think
It's actually persian
@The scarlet king it's different than arabic, it has more letters. It's nothing like Greek or roman
@The scarlet king and Persians do not write in Aramaic, they write using an extended arabic script (with 4 more letters)
Loved him kindly refusing poetry 🤣
I was reading the Farsi writings in the video. It always feels so good to see my language
Happy Ramadan to All Muslims 🎉😊
I recommend the books ''Seal of the Prophet" to anyone who's interested
I wish just like them me and my sis can make a pilgrimage to Makkah .
That's not true. Scholarship was open to women too. İn fact people like Maryam İjliyya and Fatma Madridi was prominent scholars
As someone from Baghdad this is the best times baghdad while Europe is in the middle of the darkest times Iraq was the Science and Knowledge center
And look at you now.
@@OpinionatedChicken59Wow it's almost like European wars and colonialism does that to a society
That's a little misleading.
The "Dark Ages" were the period in classical history after the Bronze Age collapse, where Mycenean Greece was broken into hundreds of city-states.
the Middle Ages of Europe had centers of wisdom and knowledge, but since most of the centralization to Rome was broken after the empire's collapse, scholars and academics needed to build and re-establish networks of connectivity.
The Middle East already had some of that, given the Roman-Asian-African sites in Alexandria, Jerusalem, and all across Egypt and the Levant, while the Sassanids already dominated the lands west of the Roman East.
Plus, Constantinople was a center of knowledge and academia (and continues to be).
Genuine question, no harm intended.
Why the use of "enslaved people", instead of slaves?
MashaAllah, as a Muslim, I get goosebumps seeing the concept of pilgrims before modern age transportations, a huge caravan like a moving city, now that make sense considering the journey for fellow pilgrims is long and arduous journey, every time the caravan about to departure, I can only feel the labaikallah being chanted from the city, thank you for sharing this
This can easily be made into a feature length movie, "Asma and Hisham's Journey to Makkah".
Or a beautifully illustrated children’s book :-)
The artstyle is so charming
This is so cute😭
this A day in... series is so beautifully made. wow. props to the production team for such an amazing work of art history.
Why call them enslaved people, instead of just...you know... slaves?
Kinda mean the same thing I think
@@BlackenedBones I believe they have an agenda here, but that's just me.
I'm glad they atleast brought up "enslaved people" instead of brushing off the topic entirely.
@@redeemededward kinda just sounds like you’re projecting. Enslaved people and slaves are literally the same thing.
@@FF-ch9nr
Ted-ed (rightfully) made a video on the Atlantic S.la-.+ve- trade, but to this day, they haven't made a video on the Is-la.m.ic- one. Even though the I-sla.m.ic- one lasted far longer and ens-..lav.ed- more people than the Atlantic one.
Is this undeniable proof that ted-ed has an agenda? No.
What's undeniable is the fact that using the term "en-.sl-._aved+ people" was definitely added on their part to downplay sl-+av3r-y.
Ted-ed, however, definitely is a left-leaning platform, and the left currently favors m-.u+sli+ms(rather ironically I might add) right now.
Couldn't care less. It still functionally means "slaves"...
Fun fact:
The background text is in Persian and it's actually the story (not just some mumbo jumbo)
The animation 😍 ❤️ the narration is very calming 😌
I love how this video introduce cultual aspects of their daily lives while telling us a story. It felt like as if I was watching them as one of the citizens.
great topic, I love to see non-Muslims learn about the Golden Ages. But just a note, women DID also study and make science and religious careers back then, it was after that some slipped and refused women's rights!
oh and also slavery was not a thing, it wasn't allowed in Islam!!!
@@anisa2273 M.+-sli-ms, have historically, been sl-+_a.vers, they e-ns_.la+-ved more afri-+cans than even the Atlantic $la-+ve tra-ders.
S-+lav+..es were being sold in Saudi Arabia, as recently as a few decades ago.
The prophet Mu-ha-+.mm+ad ow-n+-ed sl-a-.v-+es himself.
Although he did claim fre-+(eing sl.a+..v-es was a good thing, he never outright banned sl-&av+..ery and s.la-&ve raiding.
Wor+k-ing conditions for sl-a.v+!es working in salt mines were so bad that revolts happened multiple times, and that's during the early isl-+amic period.
@@anisa2273 No, read up on your hadiths please.
Islam never banned $l@very.
@@redeemededwardomfg r u having a seizure
@@crvshh8663 Only way I could get my comment across without getting it deleted.
since my childhood I am listening the stories of Islamic Golden Age.
The House Wisdom of Baghdad, The Alhambra Palace of Andalusia, The library of Qurtuba,
I wish I was born in that era.
Definitely hope you people get more views
I love the fact that the text book is in Persian:) and the story progresses with the pages of the book flipping from the right
Love from PAKISTAN 🇵🇰❤️
The animation is simply wonderful! Kudos to the animators.
Ramadan mubarak ❤
Love the art style & animation concept!
2:10 Proud that my Country’s paper is famous
Absolutely in love with this art style ❤
Great effort, thank you.
Just as a matter of perspectives.
I don't like the word Medieval, maybe some parts of Europe lived In the midst of evils at that time, but I would use "Middle Ages".
Couldn't resist! I had to pause and read what was on screen :D It's unreal seeing Persian on screen :D
Loving of the pattern and design🤍
As a 7th grade world history teacher with medieval Islam as one of my California standards, the students and I love this video!
Never forget, folks, that empires have been rising and falling since the dawn of civilization!
We westerners like to only think about the Roman Empire and the following dark age that followed its collapse 1600 years ago, but we should also realize that today's Middle East is suffering through a dark/Middle age of their own that was brought on after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire a mere century ago!
I have obviously oversimplified it with the time frame, but on the grand scale of time, this holds true.
Looking to the future, we could speculate that the US Empire is on the brink of collapse after it's relatively short reign but time will tell... as always 😉
I doubt it. Maybe a few centuries later perhaps, not sooner.
@@redeemededward cope
@@harharharharharharharharha240 You're one who should be doing that. Learn what popular internet slangs mean and don't just parrot others in the comments like a ignoramus.
@@harharharharharharharharha240 Don't know why I have to cope here bud. The west is superior and it always will be, how is that coping?
@@harharharharharharharharha240 How am I the one who's coping here?
The west is always going to be more powerful, sorry to tell you.
This is lovely. I would love to hear about their journey.
I'd like to learn more about persian poetry, it would be cool if you guys made a video about it
there are persian poems about literly every subject if you are interested
@@mmrxaaa377 yes I know, I just want TedEd to make a quality video with verified information about it, that way we all learn and it also reaches more people in their audience
I never finished it, but I did enjoy what I read of The Conference of the Birds. Aside from being beautifully written, the text is deeply infused with principles of Sufism, or Islamic mysticism.
For some reason this gave me chills
Love these animations, always creative (:
Still in love with the "day in the life of" series!
Ted ed just did a good timing move by making this right before ramadhan
Thanks for bringing back a day in the life! My favorite series here 😊
God I love this style!
Animation is beautiful. Ive never seen a style like this before, its perfect for the video
I Can’t Even Begin To Describe How Beautifully Made This Video Is , Its Probably One Of The Best Animated Pieces I’ve Ever Seen , The Design Of The Small Details Like The Costumes , The Lanterns , The Houses , Its Just So Artistic & Beautiful To Watch , Hats Off To All Of You The Animation & Illustration Teams For Your Creativity & For Highlighting Such A Unique Historical Era 🤍🤍
Oh how Baghdad has fallen 🥲
I LOVE the animation!