Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) DOCUMENTARY

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  • Reconquista is one of the most remarkable events in history. By 718 Islamic Invasion reached and then took over most of the Pyrenees, save for a remote region in the north. Spanish and Portuguese people fought for almost 800 years to reconquer the Christian lands, and that long struggle built them up and allowed to grow into empires that dominated the world for a few more centuries. This is a documentary on the general events of Reconquista and the decisive battle of Las Navas De Tolosa that took place in 1212 between the alliance of Aragon, Castile, Portugal, Navarre, knightly orders of Santiago, Calatrava, Templars and the Almohad Caliphate.
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    Sources used:
    1. Watt, W. Montgomery: A History of Islamic Spain. Edinburgh University Press (1992)
    2. Kaegi, Walter Emil (1995), Byzantium and the Early Islamic Conquests, Cambridge University Press
    3. Кудрявцев, А.Е. (1937) История Испании в средние века, Государственное социально-экономическое издательство
    4. Nafziger, George F. and Mark W. Walton, Islam at War: a history, Greenwood Publishing Company, 2003
    Inspired by: BazBattles, Invicta (THFE), Epic History TV and Historia Civilis
    Machinimas made on the Total War: Attila Engine, using Medieval Kingdoms Total War mod: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles...
    Production Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound: www.epidemicsound.com
    Music used:
    Rannar Sillard - A Place in Heaven 2
    Stefan Netsman - Arabic Morning
    Johannes Bornlöf - Barbarians
    Rannar Sillard - Deathmatch 3
    Christian Andersen - Disturbing Symphony 5
    Christian Andersen - Pushing Symphony 5
    Martin Carlberg - Spanish Heart 2

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  • @KingsandGenerals
    @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +273

    To understand better how Early Muslim Invasion happened, watch our video on the battle of Yarmouk: th-cam.com/video/5Ct4OSmdZ3M/w-d-xo.html and here is the link to every documentary we ever released: th-cam.com/video/HxEhFnr3aVA/w-d-xo.html

    • @fahimtajwar1989
      @fahimtajwar1989 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      nurrrik & phoenix what do you think, muslim conquests in europe was for religion, i mean muslims main goal was to preach islam in europe or they just wanted to conquer lands to become great as all great empires in history became great by conquering other lands?

    • @Dylan-pr6fu
      @Dylan-pr6fu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      FAHIM TAJWAR It was pretty much for conquest and conquest alone, just like Mohammed the "peaceful prophet" who conquered Christian lands and was a glorified pedophile.

    • @fahimtajwar1989
      @fahimtajwar1989 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Dylan - no one called him pedophil before the nineteenth century, even his real enemies at his time did not mock him for that.
      Its like justin beiber is a glorified bastard, but no one today mocks him for that, no one today mocks the celebs for their adultery and fornications and homosexuality.
      maybe hundreds of years after if people get conservative they will mock them, just like thousands of years after prophet you love to call him as pedophil.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      I am an atheist, so, of course, what I think will be insulting for you. Religion is a good excuse to attack and invade, and it always has been this way. The idea that Arab/Berber lords were different just because they belonged to a particular religion is illogical. People invade and conquer. They did it before religions fully formed, and they did that even after they embraced atheism. That needs to stop and change.

    • @fahimtajwar1989
      @fahimtajwar1989 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      nurrrik & phoenix it is really insulting for me, because you think it will be insulting for me.
      But bro we cool i dont want to argue unless you want to, i love history too. And i also like to argue.
      People fight for religion like muslims. People fight despite being atheists like communist countries like north korea, russia, poi pot stalin you know what i mean.
      What i wanted to know is what you think? I think those were not fought for religion. If they were fought for religion they wouldnt fight amongst each other.
      The only religious war that any country is always willing to fight is Israel. If you cant make the oldest religious people become completely atheist you shouldn't be optimistic about anything. Since they are more advanced in science and technology you would not say anything about them that would be insulting towards them!

  • @abaddou1
    @abaddou1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    Kings had balls of steel back then, this Sancho was a proper hero during that battle.

    • @KILLER.KNIGHT
      @KILLER.KNIGHT 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He was a coward!

  • @hederachyorozuya9593
    @hederachyorozuya9593 6 ปีที่แล้ว +586

    Sancho's maneuver was pretty much what Alexander did in gaugamela. I don't know if he intended it, but if he did, then props to him, the guy knows his military history.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      Yes, that is what I always wonder - if the particular leader/general was versed in the military history.

    • @lemonvariable72
      @lemonvariable72 6 ปีที่แล้ว +151

      It's fairly likely he was atleast someone educated on Alexander. The medieval latin really admired the ancient Greeks.
      It's also quite likely that he wasn't thinking so grandiose at that moment and the thought was more like "hey there is a hole, fuck it boys were going in."

    • @attilakatona-bugner1140
      @attilakatona-bugner1140 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      he is the definition of the yolo charge

    • @LionKing-ew9rm
      @LionKing-ew9rm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      lemonvariable72
      Most of Medieval Europeans (including their Nobles) couldn't even write their names, let alone reading history!

    • @generalpopcorn6427
      @generalpopcorn6427 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      By European standards of the time, the Spanish Christian kingdoms were very cultured due to constant interaction with a wider world than most of Europe was accustomed to at the time. Alfonso X "The Wise" of Castille would in the decades shortly after this battle turn Toledo into a center of literary collection and translation. As was expected of an Iberian king that has to navigate extremely complex relationships between communities, he was educated in Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin.
      These monarchs were in constant contact with the far-off coasts on the other side of the Mediterranean and the cold coasts of Northern Europe. The fact that many small Moorish kingdoms became vassals of Castille brought further contacts with the Islamic world. Castillians ordered their vassals to come to Toledo and copy their libraries there.

  • @pedrojimenez2423
    @pedrojimenez2423 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Soy navarro, nuestro escudo conserva aun las cadenas que en aquella batalla nuestro rey rompió para entrar donde el líder moro. Hoy están en Roncesvalles, por donde entra a España el Camino de Santiago. Pura historia....

    • @gonzalohistory895
      @gonzalohistory895 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Viva el reino de Navarra,historia pura de españa

    • @spades9681
      @spades9681 ปีที่แล้ว

      The chain thing is mostly understood by modern historians to be a myth based on a mistranslation (it wasn't a literal chain, but a closely knit formation). Sorry man. That's a fake.

    • @REDTTURTLE
      @REDTTURTLE หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Gloria infinita para Navarra y los navarros. Se necesitarà de vosotros tambien en el futuro...

  • @rusticus6393
    @rusticus6393 4 ปีที่แล้ว +358

    The portuguese Templar Master Gomes Ramires valiantly gave his life holding the line in this battle.

    • @TheOldBlackShuckyDog
      @TheOldBlackShuckyDog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      There was no Templar Grandmaster called Gomes Ramires? Do you mean the Templar Master at Portugal??

    • @rusticus6393
      @rusticus6393 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@TheOldBlackShuckyDog yes

    • @TheOldBlackShuckyDog
      @TheOldBlackShuckyDog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Everyone ah. Fair play then 😂👍

    • @salazarway
      @salazarway 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@TheOldBlackShuckyDog Gomes Ramires was not only the Grandmaster of Portugal but the Headmaster of the orders from Iberian kingdoms. So he's the only knight at this army that was blessed by the pope and gave him salvé.

    • @TheOldBlackShuckyDog
      @TheOldBlackShuckyDog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@salazarway I'm fairly certain there is no 'Grandmaster' of Portugal. When it comes down to regions they're just called masters. It's only the man at the very top who's called the grandmaster (e.g. Hugh of Payens, Robert of Craon, Jacques of Molay)

  • @shockmonkeyradio7128
    @shockmonkeyradio7128 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1188

    The Iberian Peninsula's history is very interesting...

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +157

      +the madman lowercase indeed! Thinking about making more videos on Spain and Portugal.

    • @shockmonkeyradio7128
      @shockmonkeyradio7128 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      please do!

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      +the madman lowercase for now Peninsular War of Napoleon and the Invasion of the New World are planned.

    • @shockmonkeyradio7128
      @shockmonkeyradio7128 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I am and will be watching...

    • @aegonii8471
      @aegonii8471 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      LjFJDhs Woah that is crazy.

  • @LightAnkou
    @LightAnkou 6 ปีที่แล้ว +681

    I like how the king just went all like "Yolo" and charged directly into a bigger army. Some LOTR shit right there.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      This battle is almost mythic. There are very strange details :-)

    • @williamtim5893
      @williamtim5893 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Isildur, Aragon

    • @eneko5ori
      @eneko5ori 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      They should make some movies about that, it is so epic.

    • @cameronforbes2649
      @cameronforbes2649 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I imagine he realized the situation called for drastic measures. but yeah it's a pretty BAMF move! Too bad we don't have leaders like that nowadays.

    • @linconnuegladiateur8275
      @linconnuegladiateur8275 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      please song 5.25

  • @eh5242
    @eh5242 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Crazy to think that the year the Muslims were driven from Spain is the same year that Columbus discovered America for the Spanish

    • @ricardogoncalves1607
      @ricardogoncalves1607 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sometimes it seems it happened in a different reality. But in reality everything is so close. Not really even that long ago

    • @zamirroa
      @zamirroa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Was the time for spa ish people to shine in Europe in The world, then french, then German and British.
      Sadly Spanish history is ignored and plagued of black legend.

    • @fisalalmalki6090
      @fisalalmalki6090 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      غير صحيح هو لم يكتشف أمريكا، اقرأ كتاب “Africa and the discovery of Amirca” للكاتب البروفيسور ليون فيرنيل لجامعة هارفارد
      يقول فيه : إن كريستوفر كان واعياً الوعي الكامل بالوجود الإسلامي في أمريكا.

    • @poisonproductionzz
      @poisonproductionzz ปีที่แล้ว

      It's no coincidence. Queen Isabella was able to fund Colombus' trip precisely because the war in Granada was over.

    • @natiminilike8807
      @natiminilike8807 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@fisalalmalki6090 bro are you sure that guy is source to trust cuz America had been separated from the rest of the world for tens of thousands of years and the fact that they don't resemble cultures from other parts if the world is no lie man(expect in where Alaska meets Siberian russia

  • @alvarorg7223
    @alvarorg7223 5 ปีที่แล้ว +308

    "Y aquí, señor Obispo, vencemos o morimos todos". Frase del Rey antes de la última carga victoriosa. Viva España.

    • @royalknight3665
      @royalknight3665 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      En verdad dice: obispo, aquí usted y yo moriremos
      A lo que él obispo respondio: No mi rey, aquí usted y yo venceremos

    • @gg-fe6qy
      @gg-fe6qy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sea como sea una victoria que merece un aplauso enorme

    • @linconnuegladiateur8275
      @linconnuegladiateur8275 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      please song 5.25

    • @alfonsocaballero3630
      @alfonsocaballero3630 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      En to caso viva Castilla, Navarra y Aragón no? España no existía, Portugal y León pasarón como de la mierda, incluso el último aprovechó para atacar Castilla por la retaguardia, vamos unidad cristiana española mis cojones, Juego de Tronos a la Ibérica por 800 años más bien

    • @user-gz9ys4tg6h
      @user-gz9ys4tg6h 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      We are beat not just Spain all Europe for 8 centuries and tommorow to its instance is near

  • @uristmcmurgen6842
    @uristmcmurgen6842 6 ปีที่แล้ว +631

    Reconquista would make an excellent setting for a Total War game or campaign pack. There used to be an excellent reconquista mod for Medievial Total War 1.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      Yep, hopefully, we will get Medieval III and something like "Kingdoms" expansion for it.

    • @aminebenz1411
      @aminebenz1411 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      "medieval tw 2 Hispania in the middle ages" is an amazing mod (and really well done) that you can play in it all of the shown epochs in the video, with all the factions possible.

    • @andresvaldes5568
      @andresvaldes5568 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      They need to make an Assassins creed game about the reconquista, preferably between the years 711 to the 1212 battle of Las Navas de Tolosa.
      They can also make an AC Creed game about the 1492 Spanish takeover of the caribbean and then the mainland

    • @FaithfulOfBrigantia
      @FaithfulOfBrigantia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      The Reconquista is, in all aspects, the perfect Total War setting.

    • @ziyadbenoufir9611
      @ziyadbenoufir9611 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Especially when it comes to the reconstruction of some major cities

  • @PLS-PG
    @PLS-PG 6 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    "Archbishop, we die today here, me and you!"
    The words of King Alfonso to the Archbishop of Toledo before charging with his knights to help the first line that was running away

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yes, beautiful quote. :-)

    • @linconnuegladiateur8275
      @linconnuegladiateur8275 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      please song 5.25

    • @kderailed86
      @kderailed86 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Muslims fought each other and christians think they won because of thier bravery😂😂😂

    • @charliemick4841
      @charliemick4841 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@kderailed86 *their. And yes

    • @rexchiliae
      @rexchiliae 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@kderailed86 muslims conquered the visigothic kingdom for the same reason

  • @danielemmanuel5380
    @danielemmanuel5380 5 ปีที่แล้ว +258

    I don´t understand why netflix or hollywood don´t make series or films about the reconquista. Spanish history is so interesante!

    • @zdhim2714
      @zdhim2714 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Daniel Emmanuel And then a prequel : the conquista.

    • @isprikitikburkabush6200
      @isprikitikburkabush6200 5 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      because Reconquista is Islamophobic we cant have that

    • @TheGamingESP
      @TheGamingESP 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@zdhim2714 lol calm your tits bru

    • @TheGamingESP
      @TheGamingESP 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@isprikitikburkabush6200 there are films about crusades, aren't they islamophobic? It's history, mate... I'd like to know how muslim films are ( about religion war topic ) so I guees you're not in the better place to talk, no offense im just wondering

    • @dngt90X
      @dngt90X 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Game of thrones

  • @davidmontanezroldan2786
    @davidmontanezroldan2786 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    11:25 Aquí fue donde el rey Sancho se quedó como "botín de guerra" las cadenas que protegían al califa. Esas cadenas estaban en el escudo del antiguo Reino de Navarra. Ahora está en el escudo de España.
    Si ustedes ven el escudo de España podrán ver lo siguiente:
    -Un Castillo que simboliza al Reino de Castilla.
    -Un León que simboliza al Reino de León.
    -Un Escudo de barras verticales rojas y amarillas que simboliza a la Corona de Aragón.
    -El escudo de las Cadenas del Reino de Navarra (Recordando la importancia que tuvo las Navas de Tolosa)
    -La flor de la parte de abajo representa la incorporación del Reino Nazarí de Granada.
    -La simbología del medio representa a la Casa de Borbón.

    • @тамим_алзоаи
      @тамим_алзоаи ปีที่แล้ว

      This is not the caliph, this is just a prince (wali). If the caliph came, the East and the West would have met under him

    • @sergim817
      @sergim817 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@тамим_алзоаи 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @guillermosanchez9989
      @guillermosanchez9989 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@тамим_алзоаи cries in muslim

    • @bollullosmitacionero
      @bollullosmitacionero 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      la flor que mencionas, es una granada😉

    • @sxberserk931
      @sxberserk931 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@тамим_алзоаи Ahora dilo sin llorar.

  • @nickdg507
    @nickdg507 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1213

    Apparently no one ever showed this to the Caliph
    O This is Darius
    /|\ Darius ran away in the midst of the battle after Alexander charged at him
    /\ Darius lost the battle (and his kingdom) because of that
    Don't be like Darius

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +169

      Not watching youtube will do that to you. :-)

    • @asymptotesconverge3426
      @asymptotesconverge3426 6 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      NickDG
      Who knows what really happened they are all only speculating at the end .
      even in near past or current wars you will hear more lies than truth .

    • @hazmechanic7996
      @hazmechanic7996 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      agree!

    • @islamtube8427
      @islamtube8427 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ok am gonna fight isis and this advice helped me wanna come

    • @alimoradi8454
      @alimoradi8454 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      What does Darius has to do with muslims ? Just don't forget the battle of Carhai when they captured the Roman empire and step on his head to ride a horse

  • @propuestesnormatives5888
    @propuestesnormatives5888 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Today historians agree that Pelayo was a local Asturian leader. Neither basque nor visigothic. Muslim sources call it Belay al-Rumí. Pelayo "the Roman" (in opposition to godo, that is to say a ciristianized celtic) . On the other hand, there are no indications of Visigothic domain in Asturias. On the contrary, Astures and Visigoths were still at war only 80 years before.

    • @propuestesnormatives5888
      @propuestesnormatives5888 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Antonio Perales del Hierro Muchacho no sabes leer? Se explica precisamente lo contrario. Cristianized celt in opposition to godo.

    • @ghfg4402
      @ghfg4402 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@propuestesnormatives5888 What happened if the Arabs won the Battle of Covadonga?

  • @indupacs.a.6215
    @indupacs.a.6215 5 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    My ancestor Anton de Arguello fought in that battle as one of the 300 knights from Castilla, whom as shown in the video fought in the middle. Our ancestors since than until the seventeen century belonged to the Knights of Santiago, the largest military order.

    • @andreikovacs3476
      @andreikovacs3476 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Good for you bro. You're pretty lucky to know your ancestry so far.

    • @edumorera7427
      @edumorera7427 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Several of my ancestors were noblemen and knights of Santiago, cheers bro

    • @TheOldBlackShuckyDog
      @TheOldBlackShuckyDog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Sorry to sound dubious, it's just very difficult to trace your ancestry back so far (granted it's easier if they were a person of great renown). How did you come to find such a thing?

    • @carlospla6757
      @carlospla6757 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@TheOldBlackShuckyDog In Spain it's not so dificult if you belong to a noble house, because of the old obsesions with purity of blood ( neither jewish nor moorish antecesors) and "villania" (no antecesor in 6 generations earning a living from his own hands) many of them keep extrembly well preserved records.
      In the past ( untill Borbonic Spain) these records were required in orther to acces any relevant position ,usualy granted total tax exceptions and allowed a professional military career.

    • @lordblenkinsopp1537
      @lordblenkinsopp1537 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@carlospla6757 He probably is descended from at least one of those knights, if not more, because so much time has passed. Honestly though there are probably hundreds of thousands, if not millions of descendants of those knights

  • @raygiordano1045
    @raygiordano1045 6 ปีที่แล้ว +523

    These videos are great. If you ever read history books, battles tend to be a little vague, and require recourse to geography books to get a real idea of what happened and where.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Thank you! Indeed, it is really difficult to pin down the battles. Landscapes do change, urbanization and industrialization also contribute to the situation.

    • @rowshonnabi5158
      @rowshonnabi5158 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ONE DAY ISLAM SHALL RISE AGAINST THE EUROPE. THE GLORY OF THE EUROPEAN CHRISTIAN DOM WILL LOST FOREVER; BECAUSE IN 2028 ISLAM WILL BE THE WORLD'S LARGEST RELIGION.ARE YOU JELOUS? ONE THING MORE. IN ONE DAY 1000 NON-MUSLIMS ARE COVERTING INTO ISLAM. YOU CAN SEARCH IN THE RELIGION CONVERTION CHART.

    • @Rickuo
      @Rickuo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Millions of Muslims in the Middle East either secretly converted to Christianity or became atheists. Mostly because they are able to read the Quran and the Hadith now freely and question them on the basis of logic and morality.
      The apostates of Islam don't make this public, because then they would have to be executed according to Quran and Hadith:
      Sura 4:89
      "They wish that you
      should reject faith as they reject faith, and then you would be
      equal; therefore take not to yourselves friends of them, until they
      emigrate in the way of God; then, if they turn their backs, take
      them, and slay them wherever you find them; take not to yourselves
      any one of them as friend or helper." (keep in mind Sura 4:65 in which ALlah commands full submission to his orders in the Quran)
      Sura 9:11-12
      "But if they repent and establish worship and
      pay the poor-due, then are they your brethren in religion. We detail
      Our revelations for a people who have knowledge. And if they break
      their pledges after their treaty (hath been made with you) and assail
      your religion, then fight the heads of disbelief - Lo! they have no
      binding oaths - in order that they may desist."
      Sahih Bukhari Volume 4, Book 52,
      Number 260: Narrated Ikrima:
      Ali burnt some people and this
      news reached Ibn 'Abbas, who said, "Had I been in his place I
      would not have burnt them, as the Prophet said, 'Don't punish
      (anybody) with Allah's Punishment.' No doubt, I would have killed
      them, for the Prophet said, 'If somebody (a Muslim) discards his
      religion, kill him.' "
      Sahih Bukhari (84:57) - [In the
      words of] "Allah's Apostle, 'Whoever changed his Islamic
      religion, then kill him.'"
      Sahih Bukhari (89:271) - A man
      who embraces Islam, then reverts to Judaism is to be killed according
      to "the verdict of Allah and his apostle."
      al-Muwatta
      of Imam Malik (36.18.15)- "The Messenger of Allah said, "If
      someone changes his religion - then strike off his head."
      Reliance
      of the Traveller (Islamic Law) o8.1 - "When a person who has
      reached puberty and is sane voluntarily apostatizes from Islam, he
      deserves to be killed."
      Sura 16:101
      And when We subtitute a verse in place of a verse - and Allah is most
      knowing of what He sends down - they say, "You, (O Muhammad),
      are but an inventor (of lies)." But most of them do not know.

    • @questlife1035
      @questlife1035 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sith Lord what are u trying to accomplish?
      I hope ALLAH opens ur heart to the truth despite the hate burden u carry towards ISLAM.

    • @Me27399
      @Me27399 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rowshonnabi5158 dude that's not how u spell jealous

  • @Pedro-rn6fx
    @Pedro-rn6fx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    What a great documentary, got a lot of nostalgia feels from my history classes, a thank you from Portugal

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Thank you for watching. To be honest, I created this video due to the nostalgia feels. I spent part of my honeymoon in Barcelona and what happened there 2 weeks ago made me incredibly sad and angry. And the fact that ISIS claimed that it is some kind of retribution for the Reconquista was the last drop. Such a beautiful city, how can anyone be there and not fall in love with it?
      Anyways, unfortunately, I don't have enough viewers from Spain and Portugal, so if you have a chance, please, share the video on your social networks.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Robert Mitchell you are right. As a humanity we have done many disgusting things. Have to stop now.

    • @MrSami-tv6vl
      @MrSami-tv6vl 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pedro Corte hello my Portugal friend .your not a Muslimphobie because I am a Muslim 😃😃😃

    • @nelamartin8713
      @nelamartin8713 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@robertmitchell8630 Holocaust? You're in a big mistake. Reed more history. Not only English versions
      Thanks

    • @jardindorado
      @jardindorado 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@robertmitchell8630 , haven't you ever seen a Western film? Haven't you ever seen how "Americans" killed native Americans". How many native Americans are left in the USA? On the contrary, how many native Americans live nowadays in countries like Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Bolivia, etc? Don't you think that you are completely wrong? Who made that big genocide were Britain and his son: The USA!

  • @shehansenanayaka3046
    @shehansenanayaka3046 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Vamos spain. Reconquista. One of my fav periods. Love your videos. We always appreciate your time and dedication towards these videos.

  • @76456
    @76456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Muslim castles were insanely built, but we conquered them.
    Its said that once a Portuguese soldier trew him self to the Arab gate that was being closed, the soldier died but we were able to conquer the Castle

    • @sorrymosquito3897
      @sorrymosquito3897 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s very interesting, can you explain a little more.

    • @76456
      @76456 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@sorrymosquito3897 Those castles were built in tall mountains or elevations for obvious reasons, have a lot of walls whit breechs for archers.
      Some entrances were in zigzag going up to keep invader tired (having ramps and stairs), also interior was somethimes like that. And including big open areas for catapultes.
      some castles would force you to go up a bridge above the soil which would go around the castle or alf of it, soldiers would show their side until they tried to reach the gate. (easy targets, slowly moving, falling from the bridge). And the usual Hot water dropping into the entrance. and the huge hole around it (traditionally used in Castles)
      Well the Arabs castles have similar characteristics to other castles. But they really used the creativity to make them "weard"
      Well, the guy i mentioned, trew himself to the gate preventing it to fully close, allowing the other guys to lift it up and getting in, but of course they had to face arrows being shoot from tiny holes in walls and water

  • @CharlysBonada
    @CharlysBonada 6 ปีที่แล้ว +595

    so sad that this channel doesn't receive the attention it deserves.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Welcome to the channel :-) Thank you very much for your kind words, you can help us quite a bit by sharing the video. :-)

    • @CharlysBonada
      @CharlysBonada 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You don't need to thank me, you are doing a great work.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      :-) Your support is appreciated!

    • @odiseas583
      @odiseas583 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      underrated channel

    • @MuhammadAsif-ny5uz
      @MuhammadAsif-ny5uz 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KingsandGenerals
      There should be video on battle of badar. People have great interest about this

  • @HardBassManiac
    @HardBassManiac 6 ปีที่แล้ว +345

    Lol attacking the head of the army as a general while the rest of the enemy's army is pinned down, this is the battle of guagamela all over again.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Yes, that is a good comparable :-)

    • @jmbrosendo
      @jmbrosendo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      Except at Gaugamela that was the plan while here, in good ol Iberian fashion they just went in without much of a plan. "well see when we get there" is a common say here.

    • @Cancoillotteman
      @Cancoillotteman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It is a frequent move, general sniping ;) It's also considered rude and "unsportmanlike", if such a word means anything during a war :p

    • @sandman8115
      @sandman8115 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@edstar83 He is making joke about a video game. It is a legit strat to kill enemy generals in video game eventhough noobs would say cheating

    • @MrAlepedroza
      @MrAlepedroza 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@jmbrosendo Being able to improvise on the spot is also a quality of great generals. Alexander had to do it numerous times, since he would be on the frontlines quite frequently. That saved him at the Hyspades River battle and in other occasions.

  • @Souliban
    @Souliban 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Thanks Spain for saving Europe

    • @moncef9778
      @moncef9778 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Koroljeva we control you country 800 jr and we destroy portogal and Sebastian

    • @kayvan671
      @kayvan671 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@moncef9778
      And they they took it back.
      😝

  • @r.m.a.4723
    @r.m.a.4723 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    The history of Spain is wonderful, I think if they made them in the film some director like Spielberg or Peter Jackson would be amazing. It is like a game of thrones full of kingdoms and kings and great battles.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      At this point, I am ok with any historical movie. :-)

    • @r.m.a.4723
      @r.m.a.4723 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And seen that the castle of the "kingdom of heaven" is that of Loarre in Aragon, Spain. Magnificent. I also believe that the Holy Land was soon lost because Spain spent many centuries fighting alone against Islam, may have brought many strong and very Christian courageous soldiers. And I suppose the old "Constantinople" would not have been lost either. A greeting.

    • @Gabdoon2
      @Gabdoon2 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@KingsandGeneralsi think you miss spoke here 5:10 how Almanzoor was forced to pay tribute as he was winning

  • @matthewkuchinski1769
    @matthewkuchinski1769 6 ปีที่แล้ว +239

    Another great video. Reminded me of my college semester in Spanish History. I really like how you brought the most dramatic turning point to life with your animated map. I hope that you also will cover other historically important engagements, including those that were naval. I suggest that you should examine the War of Sicilian Vespers if you do another documentary concerning Spain.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Thanks for being with us. :-) We are working on a documentary about a naval battle right now, and more on the Spanish history is planned for future. :-)

    • @BigBadassR
      @BigBadassR 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Provocateur: Unlike in the movies, battles aren't over in five minutes, they could go an entire day. Or even longer. Soldiers didn't battle like a great big streetfight either, ideally men were getting rotated in and out of the battle. So usually they had time to ask their neighbors what was going on. But you are right in the fact that it was very hard to know what was going on other than right in your vicinity. Just the other day I was reading a medieval historian writing about how the soldiers knew absolutely everything that happened in the battle THE DAY AFTER it was over. Immediately after the battle they don't know squat other than what they saw for themselves. Great point you made. Hope I wasn't patronizing you with the explanation...on this site you could be a Professor of Military History at West Point or you could be a sixteen year old who likes Game of Thrones, so I may have overexplained.

    • @francescc5272
      @francescc5272 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KingsandGenerals When naming kings of Aragon you should use they translated names if not the original. I am saying this because in this video you name Peter II of Aragon "Pedro", which is the Spanish translation. Spanish was not even official in the crown of Aragon, and most of its monarchs where culturally catalan, so the name should be "Pere" or maybe in this case "Pero". The rest of kings signed as Jaume, Alfons or Anfós, Pere, Joan, Martí... It feels like an anachronism to give them Spanish names as they where not (modern Spanish is what used to be called Castilian).
      Love your videos, by the way!

  • @coolfreaks68
    @coolfreaks68 6 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    El Sid was a great hero - his wife Jimena Diaz was equally supportive to him. When El Cid was dead in an unlucky skirmish with Berbers , her wife , strapped El Cid's body to his horse , and stationed him atop the castle of Valencia, lied to the people that he was still alive, and commanded the army of Valencia , herself and defeated the Berbers.
    El Sid used to be a knight in the kingdom of Castillion, and when the jealous king Alphonso banished El Sid , his wife and daughters were jailed in dungeons of Castellion - however the banished El Sid soon found support from Muslim Emirs , and freed his family.

    • @mza3764
      @mza3764 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      he was general for moor emirs as well

    • @faizanhashmi389
      @faizanhashmi389 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      So a Hindu support no wonder , go and search Yusuf bin tashfeen who defeated El Cid in معركة زلقة

    • @Lolitocat
      @Lolitocat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@faizanhashmi389 despite their untouchable reputation, Abu Bakr ibn Ibrahim ibn Tashfin and Yusef's nephew Abu 'Abdullah Muhammad both failed to defeat El Cid. Yusef then sent Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali al-Hajj, but he was not successful either. In 1097, on his fourth trip to al-Andalus, Yusef sought to personally dig down and fight the armies of Alfonso VI, making his way towards the all but abandoned, yet historically important, Toledo. Such a concerted effort was meant to draw the Christian forces, including those laying siege to Valencia, into the center of Iberia. On August 15, 1097, the Almoravids delivered yet another blow to Alfonso's forces, a battle in which El Cid's son was killed.
      Muhammad ibn 'A'isha, Yusef's son, whom he had appointed governor of Murcia, succeeded in delivering an effective pounding to the Cid's forces at Alcira; still not capturing the city, but satisfied with the results of his campaigns, Yusef left for his court at Marrakesh, only to return two years later in a new effort to take the provinces of eastern al-Andalus. El Cid had died in the same year, 1099, and his wife Jimena had been ruling until the coming of another Almoravid campaign at the tail end of 1100, led by Yusef's trusted lieutenant Mazdali ibn Tilankan. After a seven-month siege, Alfonso and Jimena, despairing of the prospects of staving off the Almoravids, set fire to the great mosque in anger and abandoned the city. Yusef had finally conquered Valencia achieving dominance over eastern al-Andalus. He receives mention in the oldest Spanish epic Poema del Cid, also known as El Cantar del Mio Cid.

    • @syahran1syahran188
      @syahran1syahran188 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hes real name is Al sayyid

    • @patolucaspato163
      @patolucaspato163 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@syahran1syahran188 Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar "El Cid" more or less "the lord" was born in Vivar (Burgos)

  • @palmbeach4825
    @palmbeach4825 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thank you King Sancho🇪🇸.

  • @SultanSalahddin
    @SultanSalahddin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    As a muslim i salute your channel for making youtube worth logging in and i send my respect to the spanish people for the spectacular history that we share .

  • @Royhkz
    @Royhkz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Nice work guys. In my opinion, the best, short, history documentary series. A nice background story and in-depth battle with a clear presentation. Keep up the good work, guys.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you very much! If it is not a problem, please, share our videos on your social network profiles. That would really help!

  • @Sindrewino
    @Sindrewino 6 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I`m so happy i found this channel

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you. We are happy to have you :)

  • @relix7373
    @relix7373 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    The reconquista really has to be one of the biggest historical comebacks of all time. Truly incredible that Spain turned it around like that.

    • @Xkhalid11
      @Xkhalid11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The only problem is that it’s not a comeback.

    • @abeyjacob6471
      @abeyjacob6471 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      History with happy ending.

    • @Mark_-ye6qn
      @Mark_-ye6qn ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Xkhalid11 hahaha

    • @тамим_алзоаи
      @тамим_алзоаи ปีที่แล้ว

      But it is funny that the Muslims took Spain in only two years, while the Spaniards tried to recover it in 800 years, and they succeeded when they deceived the last ruler that they would enter the city and would not kill anyone, and the Pope signed this, and when they entered, they killed the Muslims and took the city.

    • @bruhmcchaddeus413
      @bruhmcchaddeus413 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Xkhalid11 yea because spain was already ruling most emirs as ruling class by alfonsos and el cids time lol this was just continuation

  • @heathenwizard
    @heathenwizard 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I'm amazed how well-produced these are! Well done to everyone involved!

  • @rafaelmelo2576
    @rafaelmelo2576 6 ปีที่แล้ว +369

    Pelagio was not Basque....

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +175

      +Rafael Melo yes, you are correct. That was an unfortunate mistake. He was a Visigothic lord.

    • @alvarogomezvivas7844
      @alvarogomezvivas7844 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      True, he was either an Astur or Visigothic warlord

    • @tomasbrtn795
      @tomasbrtn795 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      In fact, to be more accurate, he'd probably was Celtic rather than Goth.

    • @ASTFRER36
      @ASTFRER36 6 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Entire Spain was Celtiberian Visigohts like arabs were minority--

    • @ASTFRER36
      @ASTFRER36 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      But they were elit of government

  • @BenClevelandOH
    @BenClevelandOH 6 ปีที่แล้ว +325

    "(...)the muslims never mounted a serious offensive into Christian Spain(...)".
    I guess that when muslims invaded with 67,000 men in 1340, being defeated in the battle of Río Salado, they were just joking around...

    • @kennethbillings614
      @kennethbillings614 6 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      They were lost. and heard their were good sandwiches to be found

    • @yassirn1286
      @yassirn1286 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      You forgot the battles of zalaqqa and arak hahahahaha one of the worst defeats in history

    • @davidgonzalez-herrera2980
      @davidgonzalez-herrera2980 5 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      What about the current offensive of the migrant invasion?

    • @salahshata849
      @salahshata849 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      and dont forget the countries that you lose Egypt sriya Palestinian and Turkey

    • @juandavidrestrepoduran6007
      @juandavidrestrepoduran6007 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@younesbag7657 we'll see... it won't take long before your ass gets kicked back to morocco

  • @101theobserver
    @101theobserver 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    This batlles reminded me of world cup 2018 Morocco vs Portugal and Spain.

    • @sergiofernandez4566
      @sergiofernandez4566 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      We have evolved since them, better play than kill each other

    • @SousouCell
      @SousouCell 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeeeepp morocco lost 0-1 to Portugal and made a draw 2- 2 against spain but got eliminated cause he lost against iran with autoGoal..... too bad 😔
      Great video by the way , except for the almohad King was not a caliph but rather a sultan.......the only légitimate caliph was in Bagdad and hulagu was coming for him ....

    • @sergiofernandez4566
      @sergiofernandez4566 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@SousouCell Marocco was good and more "happy" offensive team than Portugal and Iran at that time, I prefered Marocco to pass.

    • @aekaek8110
      @aekaek8110 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Qndalucin is not morroco

    • @alonsolekue
      @alonsolekue 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Legitimate caliph..".....bufffThat sounds very medieval and "fascist" thats the truth. It's like the medieval kings in Europe who were kings "by the grace of God" .... that's history but saying that today and believe it is either being an idiot or being an ultra-rightist fascist (or both). In the Islamic world I see that this medieval conception persists. The truth is that your mentality is so scary.

  • @betofogo17
    @betofogo17 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Portugal is a tiny country and ruled a good portion of the new world, Africa & Asia. The templars fled from France had a BIG importance on it. A video about this would be interesting.

    • @jaimedegonzaga9722
      @jaimedegonzaga9722 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      False, you did not have an empire. You only had commercial ports in some cities. You did not rule any country, but just some cities. And Brazil was initially conquered by Spain buy was GIVEN to you as a consequence of the Tratado de Tordesillas. Spain left 25 UNESCO World Heritage sites in their Empire. What did you leave there? Nothing. Because your only goal was economic.

    • @ericsandrade
      @ericsandrade ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jaimedegonzaga9722
      1- Brazil wasn't conquered it was colonized
      2- Portuguese empire did certainly exist. In fact The Portuguese Empire was the first worldwide empire in history, and the oldest and longest-lasting of the Western European colonial empires.
      3- At the height of our empire even without Brazil, Portugal controlled a landmass nearly equal to the size of Europe
      4- Portugal has 17 World Heritage Sites just within our borders today
      5-you can and should use Google to search things up before you comment

    • @HaiLHaiLHaiLo
      @HaiLHaiLHaiLo ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ericsandradeForça Portugal 🇵🇹

    • @powervr
      @powervr 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jaimedegonzaga9722 we actually had great enemies not stone rock oponents like the spanish... brasil is enormous, because we gained territory every time you tried to conquer us in europe... we didn't grew in europe, but in brasil.
      We actually won against the combined spanish and french in the fantastic war, without an army... people with weapons... hahaha nah... then napoleon, you made them enter iberia, and supported napoleon, until the french put his brother in power... and then it was the portuguese and the british that saved your's asses... bah...
      yes... we managed to have the indian ocean for us for 150 years... and it was our king and your's that fucked it up... like using our boats to go into england... it was not your's ships but our... maybe 60% portuguese, and you fucked it up... we could be bigger spain and portugal... united... but the likes of you makes it impossible... :D blablabla spain in great... bah...

  • @Gugner
    @Gugner 6 ปีที่แล้ว +172

    Great short documentary - however: "Reconquista" is pronounced "reconkista", meaning the "u" is NOT pronounced after a "q" and before a vocal.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Thank you! We know better now!

    • @00Trademark00
      @00Trademark00 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      They pronounce all Spanish words with a very heavy English accent, but that's natural for someone who doesn't speak Spanish. Theirs is not even the worst, I remember an American speaker pronouncing "de" (in Spanish) as "dee" (in English). Generally, English or German accents sound particularly funny in Spanish, I think it is mostly the English "e" and the English or German "r" (both sound horrible in Spanish, but the German r particularly). Speakers of most other European languages (sans French) can usually roll the "r", so their accents don't sound as funny in Spanish.

    • @SrRodrik
      @SrRodrik 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Athalwulf (Ataúlfo) Primer Rex Gothorum Hispaniae. Padre fundador de la Patria España y también de la monarquía española, la más antigua del mundo, monarquia y nación fundadas en el siglo V después de Cristo. Hispania, la hija mas grande de Roma. ¡ARRIBA ESPAÑA, VIVA EL REY! .

    • @MS-pk2wk
      @MS-pk2wk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I sense a bit of racism when you talk about Muslims in Spain and you fail to mention that Muslims in Spain where the richest of their kind and that the richest part of Europe was Islamic Spain. Islam in Spain arrived on interracial marriages and conversion of natives, while the other side that was racist calls for purification on blood and the initiation of confession torture sessions. if you want to know what those confession torture sessions looked like please go and watch the movie Braveheart while muslims allowed non-muslims to thrive. let's not forget the contributions Muslims have done in Spain which was the pavement of Europe to exist the dark ages through science and engineering and the innovation. the fall of Islamic Spain was like the fall of Carthage at the hand of the Romans. it was a bloody Holocaust. if you were to do a DNA test right now to the Arabs and the natives of North Africa you will find a third at least of them are having Spanish blood. a compensation and retribution is due to those people.

    • @SrRodrik
      @SrRodrik 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@MS-pk2wk
      SPAIN IS WHITE, SPAIN IS WHITE, SPAIN IS WHITE, SPAIN IS WHITE, SPAIN IS WHITE, SPAIN IS WHITE, SPAIN IS WHITE, SPAIN IS WHITE.

  • @aresargon6818
    @aresargon6818 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you for these precious documentary series.They are both educative and fun to watch.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you for watching. Our motto is to educate and entertain.

  • @hoselui
    @hoselui 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Spain was created fighting 700 years against the Muslim, and we will fight 700 more years if necessary

    • @roflswamp6
      @roflswamp6 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      With much love and support from your mexican brothers ❤

  • @MrNoDStudios
    @MrNoDStudios 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, this is an amazingly crafted video. You deserve way more views and attention. Keep up the great work!

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you! Our newer videos are better, check them out. :-)

  • @halam899live8
    @halam899live8 6 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    This will be a lit Assassin creed game this history of Spain

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I still haven't played Origins. :-(

    • @JoeMartinez18
      @JoeMartinez18 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That is not correct. I mean it doesn't really have to do with Anithing... Templars ( AC version) try to reach positions of power by any means

    • @TheOldBlackShuckyDog
      @TheOldBlackShuckyDog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@makky6239 Why? The Moors were a pretty amazing people tbh, conquering and violent in places maybe, but it's not as if you're playing as the Nazi's as a sympathetic faction or anything lol. As I'd say to some butthurt (not saying you are) Muslim complaining about the Crusades, it was almost a millennia before our time just enjoy the kick-ass stories we're left with.

    • @TheOldBlackShuckyDog
      @TheOldBlackShuckyDog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@makky6239 That's true, although tbh wouldn't kill them to open up a little bit and explore both sides of the conflict maybe. AC series has kinda been doing the same thing now for quite a few years and kind of seems like every story is the same. That's why I felt Rogue was such a disappointment, it was the same thing but just mirrored (and just the exact same thing gameplay-wise). That all being said I am one of those people who are vehemently against the RPG-isation of the franchise lol.
      But yeah fair enough. Given more thought I agree as it's currently structured an Assassin's creed game would feel out of place and wouldn't work in this setting after all the set up from previous games

    • @BasedForever0
      @BasedForever0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Assassin's Creed is anti-Christian so they will probably target the Crusader King to murder him and cast Europe forever in to the Darkness of the demonic islam.

  • @Termosugus
    @Termosugus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    For the record, I would like to point out some significant inaccuracies in the video:
    2:25 What we know about Pelagio of Asturias points out that he was actually a Hispanic-Roman noble from a family with a very probably Asturian background. He was not basque. And the stories about Pelagio descending from a Visigothic king were written centuries later, mainly to strenghthen the position of the Castilian and Leonese monarchies and so as to lend some propagandistic support to the Kingdom of Castille - seen as the "heir" of the old Visigothic Kingdom - by validating in the eyes of the people its wars during the late stage of the muslim presence in the Iberian Peninsula. Also, the borders of the Asturian Kingdom have been drawn too shifted to the east.
    4:03 During the period 824-924 a.C., Burgos (and the rest of the county of Castille) remained as a Leonese territory. It was not until the XI century when Sancho III Garcés (King of Navarre) took control of the county of Castille.
    5:52 The intervention of Sancho III Garcés in the Kingdom of Leon is still an object of discussion. It is mainly meant nowadays to have been made to support the ruling of child-king Bermudo III (nephew of Sancho III). After the intervention, it was Urraca (mother-in-law of Bermudo III, sister of Sancho III) who assumed the regency of the kingdom, supported by the remaining Leonese nobles who were still loyal to them. With almost entire security, it was therefore the response of a help request based on the existing familial alliance between Urraca and Sancho, not a truly conquest. Also, Bermudo III is not related to the divison of Sancho III's domains among his sons, because he was not actually his grandson; he was son of the first wife of the previous king of Leon (Alfonso V) not a direct descendant of Sancho III.
    7:00 After the battle of Sagrajas, Toledo was still held by Alfonso VI - despite he had lost the most part of his army - because the almoravid emir Yusuf ibn Tasufin returned to Africa inmediately when he heard about the dead of his son. Obviously, not such a large territory was lost by Alfonso VI - he almost did not lost any of it, actually.
    7:30 The northern Leonese-Portugese border has been drawn too shifted to the north.
    Finally, I must say I would have liked to watch a bit more about the battle itself, the previous movements of Sancho trying to cross Sierra Morena, the castles attacked before and after the battle, how the french crusaders abandoned the allied army because Alfonso VIII denied them to slaughter the defenders of Calatrava (Spanish are not always the most intolerants, you see), the murder of Muhámmed an-Násir as a result of his complete failure, ... Talking less about the beginnings of the Kingdom of Asturias and more about the expansion of the Almohad Caliphate in the Iberian peninsule, the internal revolts, the disintegration of the Caliphate or a more detailed coment on the battle of Alarcos would have lead to make the content more relevant, too. Although I love your vids, I think you have tried to compress a too long period in just a few minutes, allocating few time for the battle itself and the related events, making this video not so consistent and compelling as others.

  • @saadtech6882
    @saadtech6882 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great vedeo as always...lovely way to learn history in thirteen minutes..
    Thanks and i hope you guyz continue your great journey

  • @al_wombat
    @al_wombat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    ¡Viva España!

  • @wardrm5598
    @wardrm5598 4 ปีที่แล้ว +235

    The Spanish and Portuguese are true heroes. Please don't forget the sacrifices they made.

    • @ruffusgoodman4137
      @ruffusgoodman4137 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      well, they got America as universe's gift in return for such sacrifices..

    • @zamirroa
      @zamirroa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@ruffusgoodman4137 it was not a gift , we had to conquer and use diplomats to integrated the new kingdoms and tribes into the empire.

    • @ruffusgoodman4137
      @ruffusgoodman4137 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@zamirroa Every gift has a catch. Moreover, many of the colonies got lost.
      I'd be fine with everything EXCEPT what Portugal did to Timor.
      Brazil had to clean up the dirt after the worst had happened, what big pile of crap Portugal became...

    • @Ansalion
      @Ansalion 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@zamirroa Right, and the Spanish got rich off American gold because they worked hard and "earned" it.

    • @zamirroa
      @zamirroa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@Ansalion Yes only Spanish from America's though, Spanish from Castilian suffered economically because they were the one with the heavier taxes because the wars in Europe. 80% taxes and anything extracted from Americas was reinvested in the American provinces ( no colonies ). That is why Spain could develop in Erica so fast and the factor of integrating the natives into the society as spaniards was also desicive. Natives could go to university and schools, same for any Spaniard born in America
      The cpatila of new Spain ( today mexico) was so advanced and rich that was called the new Madrid because it superpaaes the capital of the empire.
      Man why people hate so much Spanish fuck just take books not.the same stuff that is based on propaganda.
      It's sad that Spanish history is distortioned, Spain ( and i mean everyone one from America and Spain Europe too) have a rich story but propaganda outlive the empire and still present today , whre countries like french got rid of it, Spain not

  • @xthief1037
    @xthief1037 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Since you've done this one, can you do a video about the wars that came after between Morocco and Spain/Portugal?

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Planned, don't know when.

    • @xthief1037
      @xthief1037 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Kings and Generals thank you so much, great work. Best history channel ever

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you!

  • @dandyrevisionist7879
    @dandyrevisionist7879 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    One of my favorite Battles in history.

    • @ghfg4402
      @ghfg4402 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Like the battle of Yarmouk

    • @dandyrevisionist7879
      @dandyrevisionist7879 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ghfg4402 that's like me liking the rivers of ink and blood in Bagdad by the Mongols.

    • @ghfg4402
      @ghfg4402 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dandyrevisionist7879 You are sure that the Mongols did a very terrible thing in Baghdad

    • @dandyrevisionist7879
      @dandyrevisionist7879 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ghfg4402 the Mongols did a disservice to humanity, the knowledge in Bagdad Library was valuable, and was the groundwork on which Christopher Columbus was able to calculate the voyage to America, all the science held in there was lost, including the medical advances.

    • @ghfg4402
      @ghfg4402 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dandyrevisionist7879 All of what you said is true Thank you for telling the truth 👍

  • @JorgeSantos727
    @JorgeSantos727 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Amazing video, this channel is awesome for those who loves history and military achievements. I think that you should make a video about D. Afonso Henriques, the first King of Portugal, because it was him who conquered the majority of Portugal territory from the Muslims, and I believe that it was thanks to his conquests that made the tie change to the Christian armies. The battle of Lisbon is awesome, and an important key to the reconquista. Keep the good work 😊😊😊😊

  • @Prometosermejor
    @Prometosermejor 6 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    Navarra´s current flag is a conmemoration of that charge. The muslim troops were anchored by chains to prevent them from running and formed a wall of spears. However Navarra´s knigths charge with the horses at 2 feet and break the line.
    Because of that, Navarra´s flag is a chain.
    Cheers!

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Thanks for the comment!
      I knew about this connection, but it seems to be a legend. Again, it is hard to know the complete truth, but I haven't seen Almoravids or Almohads using this before. Seems highly unlikely. Similar to the legend about the Croatian flag. The claim is that it looks like chessboard, because the Duke of Croatia won the land in the game of chess.

    • @hawkerino5771
      @hawkerino5771 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Isnt that what the Persians do when they were fighting the Muslims against khalid ibn al waleed ? in the battle if kathma

    • @evanmedi6144
      @evanmedi6144 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      i think he got it from there, i donnu if its true about the mohad army as they were decent warrior and were able to conquer many places in africa especialy in the harsh conditions of the great sahara

    • @hawkerino5771
      @hawkerino5771 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yeah just look up the battle of chains and that will pop up

    • @deli_isle
      @deli_isle 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I honestly would believe that. The Libyan resistance against the Italians in the 1920s did the same thing, where they tied one leg at the ankle and the thigh to stop themselves from running away.

  • @r0b0saurusrex80
    @r0b0saurusrex80 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love the video, Please continue videos for this region there are many stories that are not well known that should be...

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      There will be more on the Spanish and Portuguese history.

  • @josephthibeault9919
    @josephthibeault9919 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for these historical videos.

  • @f.bayquineliseob.2084
    @f.bayquineliseob.2084 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great history portrayal. Great tactical analysis. Great graphics and animation. And even great sounds!

  • @juliuscaesar2300
    @juliuscaesar2300 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Very interesting video. What is intriguing is that the "idea" of the reconquista could last for 800 years handed down generation after generation.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Julius Caesar thanks! We do not know if that designation was made from the get go. If I recall correctly, the first source that mentions Reconquista was written during the First Crusade.

    • @drpk6514
      @drpk6514 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      And that was how the 800 years of tolerance freedom and progress in Iberian peninsula came to an end and rejoined the rest of European dark age.
      With same logic native Americans should start thinking reconquering the America from Europeans...

    • @sopadomacaco8470
      @sopadomacaco8470 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@drpk6514 all of this is fake thats terrorist propaganda, they muslims treated spaniards as second class citizens, they made several genocides, they destroy visigothic churchs

    • @drpk6514
      @drpk6514 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Prussian Blue Thats because you know nothing about history and facts of the world. Get back to your cave.

    • @drpk6514
      @drpk6514 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Prussian Blue This clearly shows your ignorance since stoning is Biblical sentence (do a bit of research before showing your ignorance).
      Throughout the history Christians Muslims and Jews could be living in peace only when Muslims were living. Christians could never tolerate no other religion nor other Christianities. Jews never ruled until recently that they showed their face to be the worst..

  • @hgbxycggggvvhbhujg7367
    @hgbxycggggvvhbhujg7367 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    As a christian Moroccan i am grateful to respect spain and Spaniards for their history of wars and glories.

    • @mohamedmourish5644
      @mohamedmourish5644 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Moroccans are all Muslims and they will not exchange their religion. Go and live with them.

    • @roccoy5982
      @roccoy5982 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      R u an ethnic Moroccan I’ve never heard of a non foreign Christian Moroccan. But yes as a Moroccan I must respect the perseverance and dedication of the Iberian people to protect their land and culture we have done the same

    • @TimtheEnchanter1121
      @TimtheEnchanter1121 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@roccoy5982 That's right. You never managed to subdue Europeans, and you never will. Make no mistake.

    • @deanticocombar7529
      @deanticocombar7529 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TimtheEnchanter1121 they make you fools as slaves and rule your land 😂👍

    • @faelger9473
      @faelger9473 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      as a european christian i am thankfull to you...that you stand against them. The biggest threat still today to this world. :( (and i dont mean the morrocans with that)

  • @sergiogutzalenko3520
    @sergiogutzalenko3520 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved the style of this good job!

  • @user-kh7ib4xr1e
    @user-kh7ib4xr1e 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for video!

  • @marcaranda2013
    @marcaranda2013 6 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    this is the best video of.the reconquista that i seen

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thank you very much! Please, consider sharing it.

    • @marcaranda2013
      @marcaranda2013 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kings and Generals yes i will do :)

  • @ajaxhost6950
    @ajaxhost6950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you king sancho

  • @TodaysMoodOfficial
    @TodaysMoodOfficial 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So much time has passed and the quality of your videos keeps improving.

  • @megamind8901
    @megamind8901 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video, keep em coming!

  • @leaode_cafe
    @leaode_cafe 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    canal muito bom, nunca tive tanto interesse em aprender sobre batalhas históricas

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Gustavo Ferreira unfortunately I don't speak Spanish, (I hope I am right and it is not Portuguese :-) ) but I guess you liked the video. Thanks for watching and welcome to the channel! :-)

    • @leaode_cafe
      @leaode_cafe 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It is Portuguese, but there is no problem, i just said that this channel is very good and i never had so much interest in learn about great historic battles, thanks for the welcoming

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are welcome, my friend. Right now working on one of the iconic battles of antiquity. Will be up on Sunday :)

    • @kilericoimbraw
      @kilericoimbraw 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eu tbm meu brother

  • @b_amit
    @b_amit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Love To The Spanish and Portuguese From India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳❤❤❤⚔⚔⚔🔥🔥🔥

    • @gfshezan6891
      @gfshezan6891 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Love Pakistan🇵🇰 from China 🇨🇳

    • @kayvan671
      @kayvan671 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gfshezan6891
      You are not from China.
      TH-cam is illegal il China.

    • @Abdalrhman_Kilesee
      @Abdalrhman_Kilesee ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gfshezan6891 xD

    • @libyanloyal7932
      @libyanloyal7932 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      We love Pakistan from Libya

    • @rumbleice9467
      @rumbleice9467 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gfshezan6891love India from Taiwan 🇮🇳 🇹🇼

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lovely video. Nice job to whoever made this video possible.

  • @migueldr015
    @migueldr015 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video man!!

  • @uptown_rider8078
    @uptown_rider8078 2 ปีที่แล้ว +414

    God bless the Spanish for fighting back, and driving them out of the Iberian peninsula once and for all. God bless Spain 🇪🇸✝️

    • @absabs3382
      @absabs3382 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      🏳️‍🌈🇪🇸💩

    • @mohamedmourish5644
      @mohamedmourish5644 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Battle of guadalete 711-Battle of Sagrajas 1086-Battle of Alarcos1195-Battle of Écija 1276- Battle of Alcácer Quibir1578- Battle of Annual 1921 You all lost in it

    • @uptown_rider8078
      @uptown_rider8078 2 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      @@mohamedmourish5644 Yet the Muslims lost the war overall, and we took back Iberia

    • @3mk510
      @3mk510 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@uptown_rider8078 took you 800 years lol and muslims were fighting alone in iberia while you were crying to whole europe and the church to help you and still got smoked and solo’ed while having the advantage in number and gear

    • @abeyjacob6471
      @abeyjacob6471 2 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      @@3mk510 Cry hard

  • @Kariakas
    @Kariakas 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You guys do some great work, keep it up

  • @rafaelparo2229
    @rafaelparo2229 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing channel. I’m officially hooked!! LOL

  • @nelamartin8713
    @nelamartin8713 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks so much for your video

  • @ddpove
    @ddpove 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Great videos K&G, one little thing to notice though. Pelagius (Don Pelayo in Spanish) was not a vascon, vascones did not resist because they did not live in the mountains. Pelagius was an Astur, who did live among the mountains of what today is called Asturias. There has been controversy over if Pelagius was a former Visigotic king or an Hispano-roman, and the evidence of his name tips the balance over an hispano-roman origen. But in anyway, he was not vascon but astur.
    On another topic, I think it would be of interest if you could tell us the number of troops in each side of the armies, it is my understanding that until Spanish armies were big enough they suffered losses at the hands of troop which sometimes double their size.

  • @mattinnj979
    @mattinnj979 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awesome! King Sancho!

  • @jameskelman9856
    @jameskelman9856 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nicely Done ! Thanks !

  • @Primetime397
    @Primetime397 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent as always.

  • @kurroUR
    @kurroUR 6 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Fue la batalla más importante y decisiva. Los reinos hispánicos lucharon con gran coraje y le dieron a los invasores la mayor de sus derrotas. El Islam nunca podrá olvidar la gran hazaña de nuestros padres. Gracias a esta gran victoria fue fácil luego la expulsión de los invasores. Quedaron casi aniquilados.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Unfortunately, I don't speak your beautiful language. Hopefully, you are praising our video. :-)

    • @joseandradem19
      @joseandradem19 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Ayoub Khribech la uica gran hazaña del Islam ea que desde el 1400 han sido derrotados todo el tiempo en todos los frentes solamente costantimopla pudieron invadir y mas humillante que viena o lepanto, un pais pequeño llamado Israel lespateo el culo a todos juntos varias veces

    • @MagicZell
      @MagicZell 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @Ayoub Khribech Cabe subrayar que el ultimo emperador en Constantinopla murio combatiendo los turcos cuando entraron en la ciudad mientras el ultimo rey de al andalus se rindio a los cristianos y lloro durante todo el viaje de vuelta, eso ilustra perfectamente las diferencias entre los cristianos y los musulmanes.
      Y la verdadera caida de Constantinopla occurio en 1204, los cristianos decidieron atacar a constantinopla y mas de 1 año despues lo habian logrado, a los turcos le han faltado 250 años mas para conquistar un imperio ya vencido jaja.

    • @justoibaneztrujillo5602
      @justoibaneztrujillo5602 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      hazaña fue darles una patada en el culo y expulsarles de mi pais. Y si quieres te nombro Lepanto o los tercios.

    • @ultimosdefensoresdeeuropa8400
      @ultimosdefensoresdeeuropa8400 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Ayoub Khribech De vuelta al mar moro...

  • @jameskelman9856
    @jameskelman9856 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awesome background music, excellent presentation. Thanks!

  • @krisv001
    @krisv001 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video! Keep up the good work!

  • @Def157
    @Def157 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the best historic channel ever!

  • @ItJuM856
    @ItJuM856 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    SANTIAGO Y CIERRA ESPAÑA!!!!!!!

  • @SpanishDio
    @SpanishDio 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Awesome Narration!

  • @Abc3030m1
    @Abc3030m1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This chanell is for long much better thay history chanell or other tv programs. Congratulations, very well explained and rich in details.

  • @joeantony2760
    @joeantony2760 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very good job ! Thanks!

  • @mrceltiber
    @mrceltiber 6 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Good job. Greetings from the ancient kingdom of Leon.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Thanks for watching and commenting! :-) Please, consider sharing this video. :-)

    • @simaozinho37
      @simaozinho37 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yeah that´s my ally right here! :D ! - from kingdom of Portugal

    • @locura6525
      @locura6525 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      haha and I am from the almohads from the acient al-andaluz xD

  • @Miguel-sg7ll
    @Miguel-sg7ll 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    The beginning music is epic as fuck, as the Reconquista was.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Music choice is our pride. :-)

    • @Miguel-sg7ll
      @Miguel-sg7ll 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Great content by the way. Hope to see more Reconquista or Spanish Empire battles.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks, more videos on the way.

  • @wwaqashussain
    @wwaqashussain 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    loving ur channel

  • @cristiangrecica5459
    @cristiangrecica5459 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great job, i needed info for my board game! cheers

  • @GdeMontaud
    @GdeMontaud 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Just a small note, Pelagius is described by most historians as visigothic, not basque; and Asturias as a remnant of the Kingdom of the Visigoths.

    • @nb9419
      @nb9419 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nope! Visigoths never had any power in Asturies but the Vandals and then the Suebi. Pelayo would have never been followed if he had been a Visigoths, and, on the other hand, his name is Roman, Pelagius means man of the sea, not Germanic. He must have been a sort of Astur chieftain or nobleman. The Visigoth thing was 'invented' during the Fascist rule to present him as the continuer of the Visigoth Kingdom, but it seems most unlikely.

    • @spades9681
      @spades9681 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nb9419 Could also have just been invented by Christian monarchs to grant extra legitimacy to their claim over Spain.

    • @nb9419
      @nb9419 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@spades9681, the Visigoth oc ancestry of Pelayu could have been an invention to legitimate his rule and kingdom as a continuity of Visigothic monarchy. But, as I've said, Asturies was Suebi, not Visigoth, and a foreign person ws unlikely to be followed.

    • @spades9681
      @spades9681 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nb9419 Yeah, makes sense

    • @Sina.575
      @Sina.575 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@spades9681bro just called one of most important figures and battles in Spanish history that started the Reconquista Fake lmao.

  • @ibraheemriaz983
    @ibraheemriaz983 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    We really need more movies and tv shows based in medieval Iberia. I can’t believe that there’s more done for the English v French era

  • @fd.dursun
    @fd.dursun 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Kings and Generals has become my favorite channel

  • @andreas956
    @andreas956 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of your very best episodes.

  • @kapachangos
    @kapachangos 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Astures and Pelayo where not vascones or anything related..

    • @fernandomarin6970
      @fernandomarin6970 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      you are SO right, Some crass mistakes like this detract credibility from the documentary, I'm afraid.

    • @larrymccoy5394
      @larrymccoy5394 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They were Celtiberian and Basques Too DNA is the same in all the country according with studies. Basque Language was a Language of a people of Navarre mountains who were not under Latin culture

    • @larrymccoy5394
      @larrymccoy5394 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But like the other Iberians had common ancestors

  • @plant.hacks.4.ur.environment
    @plant.hacks.4.ur.environment 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Fun favt most of the people in Morocco have some sort of Iberian ancestry from this time period, since alotof Al andalus' spanish muslims retreated to Morocco.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yeah, there probably were continuous contacts since the period of Carthaginian Empire and they peaked during the Reconquista.

    • @nonstop7255
      @nonstop7255 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      LjFJDhs you sound biased af, the Iberians of Spain have definitely intermingled with Maghrebis during Muslim rule of Spain whether you like it or not, it’s a well known fact, your biased opinion won’t change a past history no matter how many times you try to convince yourself that you don’t have anything in common with Maghrebis, I’m not Spanish nor Maghrebi, I just studied history well unlike you

    • @nonstop7255
      @nonstop7255 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Othman bettach dude I wasn’t talking to you, my message was directed to the other guy, read it again

    • @othmanbettach2665
      @othmanbettach2665 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      M. Man haha oh my bad sorry man
      I'm high

    • @nonstop7255
      @nonstop7255 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LjFJDhs you just proved me that you don’t know anything about your “own” history, once again your biased opinion won’t change real facts, if you didn’t know Muslims comprised almost 80% of total population of Al Andalusia by 11th century, 5% were Jews and remaining were Mozarabs (Christians). Ethnically majority of Muslims were in fact local Spaniards who converted to Islam and/or had mixed Arab origins who were known in society as Muladies and minority were ethnical Arabs and Berbers, but as long as Muladies were Muslims they had no problem assimilating onto Arabic culture and even having to identify partially as Arabs. Muslim men could marry Christian women very easily because that’s allowed in Islam (something you didn’t know).
      See I don’t like people (Arabs) who exaggerate the history of al Andalusia in their favor and I also don’t like people like you who try to minimize the history and presence of Arabic/Muslim rule in their biased history views. Only people who study true unbiased history deserve recognition for their work.

  • @TheGoldennach
    @TheGoldennach 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like the epic music at the beginning of the video :)

  • @miguelangelleonabarca2921
    @miguelangelleonabarca2921 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's a very short description of the developments during the first part of the Reconquista. But it is worthy of being watched. Good work👍

  • @leeakehurst1830
    @leeakehurst1830 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Kings and Generals is so cool, simple as !

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks! :-) We are happy that you are with us!

  • @paununs8719
    @paununs8719 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    It is said that Al-Nasir had a elite guard of black africans who were tied by chains, so they'd fight to death. So when the navarrese knights charged and defeated them, they took the chains as a symbol of victory and added them to their flag.
    es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escudo_de_Navarra

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I read about that. :-) Seemed like a legend.

    • @paununs8719
      @paununs8719 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Probably. But I think is very possible that the navarrese indeed made the decisive move by charging Al Nasir's camp.

    • @KingsandGenerals
      @KingsandGenerals  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah, that happened. :-)

    • @EmisoraRadioPatio
      @EmisoraRadioPatio 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KingsandGenerals The chains are on display in the Museum of Roncesvalles.

  • @alfonsocaballero3630
    @alfonsocaballero3630 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It would be really cool if you do a complete section about the so called Reconquista, the Batle of Guadalete was next to my hometown and as you know was a masive and long bloody battle, really appropiate for this channel

  • @kennethbillings614
    @kennethbillings614 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you got yourself a new sub today. good vid

  • @tonykillen9159
    @tonykillen9159 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great video

  • @raziel6304
    @raziel6304 6 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    El Cid Campeador, one of the greatest heroes of spain.

    • @algonzalez6853
      @algonzalez6853 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Didnt he fight for the moors aswell?

    • @drpk6514
      @drpk6514 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      A savage

    • @yobitchcantfindme5288
      @yobitchcantfindme5288 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nah​ in​ M2TW​ El​ Cid​ is​ just​ rebel​ general​ that​ rule​s​ the​ Venecia​ and​ he's​ one​ of​ the​ most​ powerful​ rebel​ general​ in​ early​ game.

    • @linconnuegladiateur8275
      @linconnuegladiateur8275 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      please song 5.25

    • @raziel6304
      @raziel6304 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@linconnuegladiateur8275 I've got no clue, there's credits on the description. Look those up.

  • @keithyostin4482
    @keithyostin4482 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Music at the end is a nice touch.

  • @elcidsolorzano
    @elcidsolorzano 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well done!