Call of War is a fun game! Strategy fans will enjoy it: callofwar.onelink.me/q5L6/64bb1ee3 And for the love of everything, somebody, anybody, please recreate our logo in Bannerlord and send it to us. I need it!

@nenenindonu

4 жыл бұрын

Make the baideng war next pls 🐉🇨🇳

@thesceptilegod3581

4 жыл бұрын

@@nenenindonu Yes make battle of Baideng im turkish

@Monkey_SK

4 жыл бұрын

Is call of War pay to win?

@notnaanton630

4 жыл бұрын

@@Monkey_SK Of course it is!

@backpressure123

4 жыл бұрын

@@nenenindonu Modu Shanyu?

I love how you guys say it was "completely and utterly reasonable" to abandon an entire war campaign due to some tarantulas.

@Liquidsback

4 жыл бұрын

I'm thinking dysentery outbreak as more likely though less dignified.

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Inside joke

@theemirofjaffa2266

4 жыл бұрын

Divine intervention I say..lol 😉

@22vx

4 жыл бұрын

They were arachni-cated

@LocalHeretic-ck1kd

4 жыл бұрын

I remember that siege from Horrible Histories.

It's somewhat refreshing to see 2 brothers "kiss and make up" after history has time and time again shown that brothers can be the bitterest of enemies

@markuhler2664

4 жыл бұрын

Thought I was early enough to be the 1st to say this. They seemed to actually love & respect each other.

@jesseberg3271

4 жыл бұрын

It's always easy for brothers to make up when one has the other completely at his mercy and the other one knows it and apologizes and makes nice.

@bilgeturkkan6095

4 жыл бұрын

@@jesseberg3271 He could also have killed him .. so I was still happy that they reconciled.

@Lol-dx8lt

4 жыл бұрын

I thought about it too most of the times they killed each one in order to succeed as the king or something like that but this was nice that they could resolved by giving him some titles which is not unreasonable as he done his fair share in the battles

@andreaswidham3607

4 жыл бұрын

It makes it clear that these two where *people* not just historical personas. They where two brothers who had a quarrel and then made up with each other, the kind of thing most families can imagine happening. The difference being that these two had *armies.*

LMAO that has to be the funniest tactical advantage: alcohol tolerance.

@bernardpurdon1593

3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps i could be a RED WEDDING?

*Outnumbered 100 to 1*: "CHARGE!!!!!!!" *Sees Spider*:"RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!"

@mikerodrigues9822

4 жыл бұрын

The only possible reaction

@LordIvor6

4 жыл бұрын

They had Saint George leading the charge at Cerami. At Palermo there was no power in heaven or Earth that could offer salvation

@Notmyname1593

3 жыл бұрын

That is why meercats are way more badass than lions.

@cmleibenguth

4 ай бұрын

Seems legit

Christians: "You liberated us." Normans: "I wouldn't say liberated, more like, under new management."

@st.mephisto8564

4 жыл бұрын

Plot twist: Normans were Christians

@KingofEuropa07

4 жыл бұрын

@@bosbanon3452 The Normans were famous for their tolerance

@POLITICUS-DANICUS

4 жыл бұрын

@@KingofEuropa07 unless if you're Anglo-Saxon

@masonarmand8988

4 жыл бұрын

@@KingofEuropa07 tolerant after their cavalry trampled your male population into nothingness

@christopherg2347

4 жыл бұрын

@@st.mephisto8564 So they were assholes of the same religion, rather then nice guys of another?

The Italian history hype train is real.

@2008davidkang

4 жыл бұрын

*Insert Italian words*

@proximacentauri8038

4 жыл бұрын

Coronavirus moment

@adamschaeffer4057

4 жыл бұрын

See... hundreds and hundreds of years ago the Moors conquered Sicily... now, if that's a fact... am I lying?

@titfortat5727

4 жыл бұрын

@@adamschaeffer4057 so... What u mean?

@adamschaeffer4057

4 жыл бұрын

@@titfortat5727 You... are part... EGGPLANT!!

"Their camp was infested with a species of venomous tarantula." Uhhh venomous what now? Oh HELL NO! You can keep this dumb island I'm going home!

@GAndreC

4 жыл бұрын

And that’s the story of Australia’s independence

@madijeis4320

4 жыл бұрын

I'm Sicilian, and I've never heard of such a species on the island. It might have gone extinct some time ago (atleast I hope so)

@MastaToSch

4 жыл бұрын

Rather tame reaction by the Normans. Would have been entirely reasonable to burn the whole island to the ground after that.

@alansalas1880

4 жыл бұрын

HANS!!!!

@xiKUDx

4 жыл бұрын

@@madijeis4320 Fun fact, the name "tarantula" has it's roots from the city of Taranto

I'm from Taranto, in south Italy we have a dance called "tarantella", due to the fact that people who came in contact with that tarantula move like mad people and that movements created the "tarantella"

@raptorjesues1445

4 жыл бұрын

Che figata, non avevo idea. Bellissimo approfondimento!

@S.P.117

4 жыл бұрын

@@leonardodavid2842 tutto il sud le aveva

@S.P.117

4 жыл бұрын

@Jorge Paez I just remember that it was due to the spider's poison

@Sojju7

4 жыл бұрын

@Jorge Paez Both the venom and superstition. Let's say the venom blurs the mind and the superstition does the rest.

@S.P.117

3 жыл бұрын

@Magvin Dsouza don't know man, but honestly I hope so ahaha

"Brought to you by: The Sicilian tourist board. Come to Sicily, You'll probably survive!"

@Monkey_SK

4 жыл бұрын

Watch out for our spiders!

@theemirofjaffa2266

4 жыл бұрын

The spiders defeated a whole norman army. What chance do I have? 🙄

@marloyorkrodriguez9975

4 жыл бұрын

If you don’t come to Sicily we’ll break both your kneecaps capisce?

@theemirofjaffa2266

4 жыл бұрын

@MM 20 oops! I've got to go to Sicily now. Not like I've got a choice 🤣😀

@raptorjesues1445

4 жыл бұрын

@MM 20 Thanks man. I mean, if we see that the fight with the virus is going badly we still can ally with it and then do the classical sudden but inevitable Italian Betrayal. Worked every time so far

"No muslim army too big can stop us. But a few spiders, now that's a whole new threat level..."

@epa901

4 жыл бұрын

"I fear no man... but that... *thing* (leans closer to camera to whisper) it _scares_ me."

@vibordadic699

4 жыл бұрын

I have heard that tarantulas aren't fairplay players. They bite them from behind And they have millions of years experience

@randallcase1009

4 жыл бұрын

LOL! Who could blame them?????

@ikramroini

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-dm9ud9fd5l who are you man i am impressed with your thought

@fedda9999

4 жыл бұрын

thats what i call avenger level threat

Italian Kingdom ruled by french vikings conquered the Greek kingdom ruled by north African Arabs.

@ahmedislam2580

3 жыл бұрын

you mean berbers ?

@Zezzoo22

3 жыл бұрын

@@ahmedislam2580 no they were arabs at the time of Fatimid Caliphate

@enricomanno8434

2 жыл бұрын

@@Zezzoo22 the Fatimid Arabs they stayed in Sicily less than 150 years... The Normans they were already Christians French And Europeans... they expelled all the Arabs Muslims... The emperor Frederick the second of Svevia did excellent things in Sicily...I have admired his mausoleum in Palermo and his parliament... they use to call him... Stupor Mundi... Latin for Marvel of the world...

@heat7060

2 жыл бұрын

@@ahmedislam2580 no they were authentic Arabs

@ahmedislam2580

2 жыл бұрын

@@heat7060 The Arabs soon lost their land and were ruled by the Turks.

The Normans took Sicily with Mount and Blade Warband numbers lmao

@borkmapper7419

4 жыл бұрын

Wait until this guy finds out about Mount and Blade Bannerlord

@bootstrap52

4 жыл бұрын

@@borkmapper7419 No I specifically meant Warband.

@boahkeinbockmehr

4 жыл бұрын

Wonder how often they had to reload the battle

@undead9999

4 жыл бұрын

To be honest, Swadian Knights steamroll through every Sarranid unit XD

@undead9999

4 жыл бұрын

@Tawrad Aden that's pretty much the only unit which comes toe-to-toe, it's a tossup since they are pretty similar, but the rest of the roster is a done deal against swadians

As a Sicilian, I can testify that the diversity and richness of culture still make Sicily a fascinating place to live, especially since we learned to make great food combining the cultures of all the people who came here

@gabrieljohannson6777

3 жыл бұрын

Your eggplants.

@curiouskid1547

3 жыл бұрын

Including tarantulas 😊?

@user-bx9sw5sy9h

3 жыл бұрын

It is unfortunate that the media tarnish the reputation of the island, as the media describe it as the headquarters of the mafia

@JoyfulUniter

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-bx9sw5sy9h You should see american media, they haven't told the truth once the entire time I've been alive lol. It's like something out of science fiction novel like orwell. They fake it till they make it lol.

@bebostrong1

2 жыл бұрын

@@JoyfulUniter True!

We think of Sicily as fundamentally, thoroughly European. It's mind-bending to ponder that the Emirate of Sicily lasted 250 years. For perspective, the independent US has yet to hit that mark... ouch, my brain...

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Sicily was "fundamentally" Mediterranean. Phoenicians, Romans, Greeks, Arabs, Berbers, Normans, Spaniards and so on and so forth.

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

@@VladVlad-ul1io patrons get early access

@micheleori1644

4 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals there are a lot of blond sicilians.

@CommieRaptor

4 жыл бұрын

Before this Sicilly was roman and greek for over 1000 years.

@mathiaslind8909

4 жыл бұрын

@@micheleori1644 from the normans and later franks most likely

These videos are Lifesavers in my quarantine, thanks kings. Everyone be safe

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Stay safe!

@thesceptilegod3581

4 жыл бұрын

@@Michael_the_Drunkard they made a vid on chaeronea unless you mean the one with philip II

@smitprmr

4 жыл бұрын

Stay safe. Your ancestors made it from qurana. You have to over come corona.

@SMiki55

4 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals can you add subtitles to this vid?

@DoctorChained

4 жыл бұрын

@Pluto_Kujo Too many Trumpist nutjobs on these history channels.

8:24 soldier's jaw drops to see a time traveller filming him

@2008davidkang

4 жыл бұрын

He must be new then, for many a time during the tight formations and the chaotic din of melee in the past, was a man named Devin, hovering in the air upon a broom, posturing towards the masses an apparatus shaped like a tube unknown to the vast majority of human history, whilst uttering insightful words to seemingly no one. The rest of his brethren were indifferent, for it wasn't the first time they've witnessed such a spectacle

@najeebladha4358

4 жыл бұрын

lol!

@tylerdurden3722

3 жыл бұрын

@@2008davidkang 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Mercenaries causing trouble in North Eastern Sicily and an army from North Africa coming to stop them. With Syracuse and South Eastern Sicily being conquered last....where have I seen all this before?

@theemirofjaffa2266

4 жыл бұрын

Age of Chivalry: Medieval Warfare?

@mdivmapperandgamer1138

4 жыл бұрын

@@theemirofjaffa2266 ***whispers:*** I think they meant the Roman conquest of Sicily in the First and Second Punic Wars.

@maxmuller8633

4 жыл бұрын

@@mdivmapperandgamer1138 It was glorious time to be a Roman.

@omarshakkur9551

4 жыл бұрын

You saw it in Al- Andalus bro

@theemirofjaffa2266

4 жыл бұрын

@@mdivmapperandgamer1138 🤝🤝👍🤜😉

The Normans are my favorite medieval warriors, their story is epic. Normandy, England, Ireland, Italy, Sicily, Tunisia, Balkans, Crusades, Antioch, they were everywhere.

I'm from Reggio Calabria: it's amazing to see how this all happened in the land I was born. During this time of quarantine I'm passing away from home and working in an hospital this video helped me feel at home again, made my think of the sea I was born right by and the smell of the land I belong to.

@aaronmarks9366

4 жыл бұрын

Spero che tu possa tornare presto, amico. Saluti di California!

@albiertio

4 жыл бұрын

Aaron Marks ❤️

Thank you kings and generals for always keeping us entertained with high quality content!

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Stay safe!

@umeshambadi2519

3 жыл бұрын

and I am thinking of those pple who lost their life and living due to the war of these kings

Tiny tarantulas: *exists and just chilling* Heavy armoured Norman Knights: "Now this is an avengers level threat!"

For having visited normand monuments in Sicily it was clearly one of the most prosperous kingdom both financially and intellectually with really competent architects. Basically the normands employed greek, arab and western european architects and combined every best aspects of their style

@ignaciotaborda6538

4 жыл бұрын

The mongols also employed capable people without taking prejuices about nationality or religion, same with the turks, that way the could improve so much, so fast.

@ignaciotaborda6538

4 жыл бұрын

@@s.v.848 Don't see how relevant is your comment, being that nobody, absolutely nobody talked about morals, be sure to go to the oculist.

@gabri-immortale

4 жыл бұрын

@@ignaciotaborda6538 it's just envy about the great Italy Italy history

@fyreldn2844

4 жыл бұрын

​@@s.v.848 The Turks kept the Mongols out of Europe. They also wash there backsides.

@enricomanno8434

2 жыл бұрын

Manly Greek and Roman

Thanks for doing such an excellent job at these history lessons. Such good production!

This channel has gotten so good with time, thanks for uploading more often.

The heavy cavalry played a crucial role in all the Norman victories

@raptorjesues1445

4 жыл бұрын

the bane of the muslims, armor and big horses with lances on top

@abcdc197

4 жыл бұрын

@Syed Ahmed Yes, mostly because of hot climate where heavy armor makes rider faint. However nothing short of guns, pikes and trenches can deal with knights. Only Ottomans were able to beat them outside of desert thanks to guns.

@abcdc197

4 жыл бұрын

@Syed Ahmed Arabs would have have used knight style of combat as well if it was suitable for the climate after all cataphract is persian invention, however hot climate made it unpopular.

@abcdc197

4 жыл бұрын

@@muhammedfawaz3500 You're delusional buddy. Normans lost in Africa as it was unrealistic campaign. They were wanted for hire by everyone even arabs which shows that they were best warriors of their age. Like Normans are 2 meter tall 120 killos heavy armed to the teeth being warriors since childhood. What equivalent any nation of that time had to them. They were not humans they were giants for their age. Everybody wanted them for bodyguard. Emperors, Kings, Emirs. Also i doubt there were ever tens of thousands of Normans at all let alone soldiers. I got nothing against your sources but Norway and Denmark even today combined have hardly 10 million people for them to go all the way to Africa thousand years ago and bring more than 3000 and that's a stretch would take a miracle. They were not empire buildiers they were raiders and mercaneries. Them losing to great Empire is expected.

@Stego1819

4 жыл бұрын

@@abcdc197 Ok 2 meters is an exaggeration. They werent taller than people today. It is just that everybody else was so small.

There is a really cool book: "A Sultan in Palermo" that talks about the period after Normans conquered Sicily, and the mixture of cultures. A really captivating novel.

That glass shattering sound is so distinctive to this channel.....always love the videos.

I have seen you give a lot of attentions to my island and its history, which you tell very fairly, I really thank you in the name of all sicilians. I wish you the best.

It's because of topics like this one that I love King's and Generals. It's such a specific topic that it gets overlooked in all history lessons and can be considered an obscure topics. But me being a young high school history teacher with a diverse classroom, I appreciate a topic like this that demonstrates diversity in history.

@stacey_1111rh

Жыл бұрын

👍🏼 you sound like a good teacher and I agree with you, yes indeed

Normans: We're invading Sicily! Apulians: Revolt time!

@jevinliu4658

4 жыл бұрын

@@derptrolling4740 There were still plenty of Greeks in the region... actually, there are still Greeks in the region today. And Albanians for that matter.

Can you do the Vikings versus the Muslims in lisbon and Seville?

@AdamNoizer

4 жыл бұрын

Jc Denton That would be pretty awesome. History Time has some good coverage on Viking interaction with the Abbasids and umayyads.

@yassertabikh5362

4 жыл бұрын

From what i read it did not go well for the vikings as the show portrayed

@reinhardvanastrea3019

4 жыл бұрын

Adam Neuser You are right the Viking and arab history are awesome !

@reinhardvanastrea3019

4 жыл бұрын

Just an Anvil yes i read about it but i need to know more information about these battles !

@ahzam2862

4 жыл бұрын

Did you know that king of vulga Bulgaria embraced Islam in 920 (66 years before Russia became christian). In 921 Ahmad ibn Fadlan was sent by caliph Al mutadir to teach them the Muslim way of life. If you're really interested in coming Arab bonds, the accounts of Ahmad ibn Fadlan is for you. Very detailed and authentic. Unlike the '13th warrior'.

I’ve always loved this video,these conquests were beautifully executed.this is how brothers should have each other’s backs.

Great guys!!! Yours videos are a huge pleasure to see. I really appreciate your objectivity, the way you're relating those historical events. As i crazy lover of war battles, can you promise us to propose an episode of the battles between Italians and Ethiopians during and before WI-WII ? Thanks a lot. :)

Channel continues to rightfully grow under the epic work of the team.

Would you please tell me what application or software is used for making map videos?

That part muslim becomes drunk is funny af 🤣🤣

@donjon6244

3 жыл бұрын

One reason why Muslims don’t drink

@umeshambadi2519

3 жыл бұрын

@@donjon6244 they are promised prosititues and wine when they reach heaven !

@AhmedFiras.

2 жыл бұрын

@@umeshambadi2519you're so ignorant

@thatguyis3423

2 жыл бұрын

@@umeshambadi2519 or it’s bad for our health

@SM-ly5tf

2 жыл бұрын

@@umeshambadi2519 Not really wine, wine in heaven will be intoxicating. And greatest reward in heaven is actually seeing Allah. Not what actually is in heaven.

Venomous tarantula: exists Normans: Understandable have a nice day

When the video started I got excited when I heard the ancestors legacy music, I love that you guys are using that soundtrack now and I hope you continue to use it

This is an excellent video with superb research that your channel presents to an audience who is willing to learn. It is a shame that most educational institutions, especially in America, fail to teach such history.

Muslims drinking wine 🤦🏻‍♂️

@Omegaeon1

4 жыл бұрын

Haram my habibi

@theghosthero6173

4 жыл бұрын

It wasn't that uncommon at the period. The almoravid were heavy drinkers, as were the Nasrid, the ilkanid or the many sufi sects like the Bektashi. This did not stop most of them from being pious Muslims in other regards. Different times, different practices. Edit: not almoravid, abbasid

@returntotradition4209

4 жыл бұрын

@@theghosthero6173 orientalists pushing this phenomenon where Muslims 1000 years ago were common drinkers and homosexuality and erotica was rife. Lies.

@tasinal-hassan8268

4 жыл бұрын

Almost all Ottoman Sultans were drinking wine or raki. Most of the Muslim conquests were not religious in nature.

@tasinal-hassan8268

4 жыл бұрын

@@returntotradition4209 Not homosexuality. Homoeroticism is different.

Are you planning to cover the Norman Invasion of North Africa as part of this series? I know very little about it, but it seems like a fascinating aspect of history.

@antiochusiiithegreat7721

4 жыл бұрын

I agree they actually held onto some of the North African coast for a little while. There is very little information on this though.

@hamzahammami1128

3 жыл бұрын

@@antiochusiiithegreat7721 because it's didn't last very long... A decade or so

@mohammedyassine9263

2 жыл бұрын

They lost in rabat and Algeria and also in Spain

@mohammedyassine9263

Жыл бұрын

@@christophedel2642 Lmao you got handled by abd Rahman "al awsat" with the might of Allah But though i give it to ya viking's warrior culture is great

One of my favorite serieses on this astonishing channel

Is so great that my favorite KZread channel puts out new and always awesome videos so frequently! Y'all are the best!

By the way: Robert Guiscard has a pretty fun campaign in 1066 CK2! I highly recommend it.

@randomname5585

4 жыл бұрын

i prefer to convert italy to islam in my ck2 game

@shorewall

4 жыл бұрын

It is the funnest! You can Holy War all through Africa, you can poke your nose into Spain, you can infiltrate the HRE or Byzantines, and you get to be on the Frontlines of the Crusades!

@lycaonpictus9662

3 жыл бұрын

The best campaign. Wars with expansionist Byzantines and the Holy Roman Empire, crusades for Sicily or North Africa, a good position to eventually strike out for Spain if the mood strikes, or head east, conquer your Byzantine rivals once and for all declare yourself Basileus. Not mention expansion in Italy, war with the Papal States, excommunication, and potentially antipope shenanigans. What's not to love?

@Hugh_Morris

2 жыл бұрын

Yes Robert the Fox is always a fun campaign; very powerful character

The Hauteville's feud was indeed comical. Robert snuck into the town for a meeting with some notable. At which point he was captured by the locals who wanted to gut him. Roger apon hearing this told the townspeople that Robert was his to punish and not a hair to be harmed on his head. The two brothers reconciled then subjugated the town.

Excellent historic channel in clearly explaining events in historical terms, trust

Amazing, thank you ❤️

One more fascinating episode of Medieval History in the Mediterranean area ! Thanks for this well-documented and lively presentation.

I love your videos! You should expand this series to cover the norman/sicilian conquest of north Africa

This channel . so detailed. In all honesty I couldn't tell you if it was storytime or not. The accuracy. But the broad Strokes and little details make it a superior Channel

More and more history videos...love em all..Thanks

Why haven't the story of the De Hauteville brothers and the normans been made into a major historical drama tv-series yet?! I mean it's got everything: war, intrigue, excitement, brotherly love. Come on, it writes itself.

@ceowulf7328

4 жыл бұрын

Because it is insensitive to Muslims. 😬

@alizaheer6722

4 жыл бұрын

@@ceowulf7328 why would u say that?

@ceowulf7328

4 жыл бұрын

@@alizaheer6722 Because our gutless/treacherous western media are too afraid to potentially offend any culture other than Western white Christian males.

@andrewfranciscohughes2481

4 жыл бұрын

@@ceowulf7328 it would not be insensitive to Muslims it would just tell a story the way it is. Like, The Pacific there was no pussy footing it showed the lengths the Japanese would go to to make life hell for the marines

@ceowulf7328

4 жыл бұрын

@@andrewfranciscohughes2481 There isn't currently an infiltration/invasion of fighting age Japanese males into Western nations supported by corrupt politicians and media though is there.

Hi guys I absolutely love your work! Little suggestion : could you share a link for part one in the video description next time? Its a little annoying trying to find part one of a story on the channel. Thank you for your time and continue the god like work!

@judsonwall8615

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely agree! While we’re at it with suggestions, I assume most people watch these videos on their phone. The letters used for the place names and people are incredibly small on mobile. Please make them larger!

Best channel on KZread! Your videos are always so interesting and exciting so thank you for that :)

This video was excellent!

I know i may sound very stereotipically italian in saying this but Sicily is fucking beautiful, i remember visiting it with my parents when i was a child and i have very fond memories of it.

@borkmapper7419

4 жыл бұрын

Palermo and Messina are very beautiful

@ihabhatim5825

2 жыл бұрын

How about the spiders? Seen any spiders there?

Amazing content...keep up the good work :)

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@CyrusGris

4 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals I'm pretty new to the channel but I find it fascinating, I love learning :) You have any Irish history on your channel?

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

@@CyrusGris a few tangential videos, nothing concrete, I afraid

@CyrusGris

4 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals We have a long and interesting history ..maybe you should do a few 😁

Cerami is one of my favorite battles, wish we could've gotten a full look at the siege of bari (can't go into detail for them all I suppose). Would be cool to cover the Norman expeditions into byzantium, some epic battles there like the crushing defeat outside durazo (dyrachium) of alexius comnenus.

And after that , they invaded the Tunisian costs from 1048 to 1060 AD until the coming of the Almohad (a Moorish dynasty) to liberate Ifriqiya (Tunisia in Medieval age) ! And by the way there is a French novel called "le dernier templiers " that talk about the 9th Cursades and Roger II of Normands ; it's a fantasy history novel I recommend it 👌 🙂

these lemons have seen so many regimes.. from greeks to cosa nostra

I started reading about the Normans again a week ago. This is a godsend

Always enjoy your videos thanks for sharing.

Love The video !

KnG out here making quarantine just that bit more enjoyable, keep it up guys, good work as always 🔥

Gets Wrecked by Invaders Meanwhile The Sicilian Mafia: *KEEPS PILLAGING*

an excellent, educational and entertaining video

Fascinating and under appreciated segment of history.

For funny information. The Arab dynasty The Kalbids. Means literally sons of dogs. And that wasn't an insult for sure.

@islamerica3032

4 жыл бұрын

Can you expound on this subject?

@sambenbetti5536

4 жыл бұрын

@@islamerica3032 Arabs sometimes call animal names on people for a character in the person that is found also in the animal. for example the last strong Caliph of the Umayyed dynasty is called Marwan Al-Hemar (the donkey) because he is patient and can handle pressure and heavy weights like a donkey. I don't know what's the reason behind The kalbids name but I guess it is the same reason

@hazanaimon6458

4 жыл бұрын

Heres another one, Banu Quraish means son of the shark

@petergray2712

4 жыл бұрын

They were descended from the Arabian Banu Kalb tribe. The tribe's progenitor was born in a family in which all of the children were named after wild animals.

@islamerica3032

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you all for the interesting answers.....I'm Arabic and I've always known words like dog and donkey to have a very negative connotation in our culture.

Awesome, haven't known this part of Mediterranean history...

@MG-mt3ss

3 жыл бұрын

The educational institutions are failing to teach history.

@MordimersChessChannel

3 жыл бұрын

@@MG-mt3ss You can't learn all periods and all parts of the World history by default. I got pretty decent educational historical knowledge, the rest is always up to me :D

@MG-mt3ss

3 жыл бұрын

@@MordimersChessChannel That is understandable. If you want to understand the background (of the people) of modern day Europe, you have to go to this time period preceding the establishment of the present nations.

@MordimersChessChannel

3 жыл бұрын

@@MG-mt3ss I know :)

Just amazing guys well done king and generals!👏👏

Great episode

Well these Norman brothers really went through thick and thin in their epic adventure outside of the sleepy Contentin peninsula of the Norman duchy. When there was a chance for Roger to actually become a great Duke of all southern Italy or King of southern Italy, he would rather meet half way and embrace his older brother Robert who was a less merciful man and a brutal warlord. What most imperial or regal dynasties would have done was to eliminate their own brothers and sisters to gain power, the Hauteville dynasty was build on the backs of this band of brothers, who fought and bled for one another as they were also blood brothers. One of the very few instances of family loyalty, strong bonds of love and kinship, and their tendency to stay the hand and execute political brilliance like the capture and the fantastic treatment of the Pope after they wiped out the papal forces at Civitate 1053, shows that these Hautevilles were more than just brutal and powerful military men, but they were also sophisticated, highly intellectual and ambitious enough to assimilate and empower their foreign subjects to co-rule with them. It was something the Lombards and the Byzantine Romans could not achieve as those duchies and Roman provinces were run by autocrats who always want their own culture, their own laws, their way or the highway approach to get things done. That is why the Byzantine Romans failed so terribly in their "re expansion". They thought themselves to be wealthy and can do what they want. But they did not realize that Italy was no longer the old Roman Italy, neither was the old Eastern Rome the same as Byzantine Romans. Culturally things have changed, ethnicity is different and the balance of power of martial prowess is shifting to the barbarians who by now have already long adopted Roman fighting technology and techniques and developed counters to them. The very fact that the Normans, former Vikings, Scandinavian savages who worshipped a pantheon of ancient nordic gods are now fully Francophiles, further developed their military technology and improved on the Frankish tech and structure, have become the military equivalent as that of a tank fighting infantry. And the armored tank is the armored Norman knight. With a batch of 30 of them, they can split apart hundreds of men in a formation with a powerful charge and they can do it with a counter charge again and again, until the line breaks and that is the end of the battle. Not until the development of pikes and powerful longbows did this notion of an "armored knight" fade away as being the battlefield ultimate trump card.

it looks like k and g are focusing on sicily first sicilian mafia and then the norman invasion ang greek cathaginian war on sicilly slave ebellion on sicily love your videoes

@wanderingnomad1

4 жыл бұрын

Yes ! High quality content

@shorewall

4 жыл бұрын

Sicily is my favorite place in European History. Smack in the middle of the Med, a good size island, nice weather. Whenever I play a history game, I play in Sicily.

@josephfalzone2925

4 жыл бұрын

My family is from the island so I love learning about it! Totally agree!

Yay, new content!

Love the video

Two things I will always love about this channel is 1. Their ability to explain these events in incredible detail. And 2. Their use of glass shattering effects😂❤️ Edit: Bonus thing I love is the sound of crashing bricks when a revolt is crushed😳😤🔥

*Awesome documentary!* I would love for you guys to also cover some of the other Mediterranean Muslim emirates such as Crete and Córdoba during this period.

@Jason-gg4lm

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I'd pay for a generated playlist detailing battles where Muslim forces were slaughtered 😀☻

@deanticocombar7529

Жыл бұрын

​@@Jason-gg4lm😂sack of Constantinople 1206 AD so called christian brotherhood 😂

@Jason-gg4lm

Жыл бұрын

@@deanticocombar7529 I just care about when the Christians beat the muslims 🤷‍♂️😀👍

@deanticocombar7529

Жыл бұрын

@@Jason-gg4lm 👍 Good for you.Are you Italian

@Jason-gg4lm

Жыл бұрын

@@deanticocombar7529 nope

Hey there,Great work,Keep the Sicilian series coming,Love the region

This is so well done. Could you make a video about Frederick II Stupor Mundi or Charles I of Anjou battles of Benevento/Tagliacozzo. Regards

I know two girls from Sicily one is a brown eyed, olive skin and crooked nosed the other blue eyed with blonde hair. I believe their ancestors fought each other in that war🙂

@rafitohornero3850

4 жыл бұрын

30% arab 30% normans 40% sicilian

@MrGabiiiii94

4 жыл бұрын

Bro why do people think that mediterranean people are so different? Before the arabs came people were already brown eyed, olive skin... The mediterranean area is easily the most diverse in terms of genetics because since people are people different colonies have been built all over it. Phoenicians, greeks, celts, romans, etc

@raptorjesues1445

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrGabiiiii94 not really, several italian ethnics are fair skinned, like i am

@MrGabiiiii94

4 жыл бұрын

@@raptorjesues1445 same as me, pale af, green eyes, black hair. it's called diversity

@SFDPSFDP

3 жыл бұрын

@@rafitohornero3850 I do not think the French Normans mixed with the local population, they were too few, it was not a settlement colony, they just ruled the land.

You need to remember the locals as well. The sicilian natives were so used to new rulers that they formed a quote and mindset, still valid to this day, that says: "it's better to learn from others, than others learn from you". Basically, if you want to stay free and alive, pander the rulers while retain your beliefs

@Goldenskies__

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sicilian and I've never heard of that. But that is exactly my mindset. You can call me a loser, but I want to stay alive.

True numbers involved in battle is always a fascinating topic to talk about.

This channel is awesome

O Lord Jesus Christ. . Those Christian Vikings called Normans must be the coolest Germanic tribe ever and probably the Greatest warriors of mediavel ages when its comes to hand to hand combat

Nice work as always K&G's! I enjoy Islamic/Christian battles that don't take place in the Holy Land. It gives us such a different perspective.

Very Nice!

What's the track you used on the sponsor for Call of War, I haven't founf it on epidemic sound. :( Please reply i hear it often in your vids snd i wanna know

Sicilian history is incredibly intense, being the key for the Mediterranean control. The Sicilian Vesper War is our "Roses war" but it's pretty much ignored by much of the world - you wont find that lot of good videos about this topic, unfortunatelly.

The relationship between these two bros is really wholesome :)

@090giver090

4 жыл бұрын

Well... you know... brothers :)

@kasinokaiser1319

4 жыл бұрын

@@090giver090 History and circumstance has been less merciful on other siblings

@090giver090

4 жыл бұрын

@@kasinokaiser1319 Right. Sibling rivalry is a thing.

@kasinokaiser1319

4 жыл бұрын

@@090giver090 And especially in these times

@Tata-ps4gy

2 жыл бұрын

You are right. I me heared of any other siblings that fought a civil war and reconciliated in a personal (and not political) way.

THANK YOU.

This is a great material for TV show

One of the only few times brothers did not kill each other for power.

@kingt0295

Жыл бұрын

The elder one certainly tried

All of Europe, the North Atlantic, North Africa, and the Middle East: Exists The Normans: It's free real estate

@dereinepeterpan5637

4 жыл бұрын

When did the Normans conquered all of Europe again?

@darrynmurphy2038

4 жыл бұрын

@@dereinepeterpan5637 They were involved in (to a greater or lesser degree) in at least one conflict for every European region

@eraselife7654

4 жыл бұрын

The Normans barely conquered anything in North-Africa....

@darrynmurphy2038

4 жыл бұрын

@@eraselife7654 The Kingdom of Africa made up quite a decent portion of the region. Even then, they fought several times against the Fatimids and Almohads

@Adenoidsqwe

4 жыл бұрын

Too much

After many boring story videos, this come in the right time in the middle of quarantined Easter.

Good stuff

Who would have thought - the Vikings/Norman's Achilles heel was spiders...lol

Its amazing how many different foreign soldiers have fought over Sicily for almost 3000 years.

I love that Thrones of Britannia music at 7:06. The game is not the best but it’s fun to play as Viking Sea Kings pillaging the Anglo Saxon’s. Great video as always! Buying some merch soon!

Well Documented And Narrated

@KingsandGenerals

23 күн бұрын

Thanks!