A perfect watch before my very own siesta. Thanks for the shout out!

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

It was the least I could do - your work and talent is insanely good

@andreas956

2 жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx I follow all history channels and no one comes close to your production value and detailed information about the Spanish reqonquista. Thank you for your work.

@FlashPointHx

2 жыл бұрын

@@andreas956 Appreciate that !

I really love this series. I have a PhD in Spanish History (studying the 17th and 18th century) and I am so thrilled to see the Spanish story being told so well here.

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you ! I’m glad you like my content - especially as you are so well versed on the topic. Praise from Caesar so to speak then! I found that this history is not told much in English speaking countries and it’s just an epic time period and place.

@phillip_iv_planetking6354

4 жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx Better yet,how many Popes have you heard of fighting like Caliphs? Pope's aren't civil rulers like Caliph's.

*Al-Mustansir’s pet cow:* ‘Santiago!!!!’

@marloyorkrodriguez9975

3 жыл бұрын

Must have been an Iberian bull

The shield of Navarra shows yellow chains all across a red background. This has to do with the fact That Al Nasir's tent was surrounded by a chain which the Navarrese knights cut in order to attack his position. The chain was then taken by Sancho VII back to Navarra and they became the symbol of the kingdom.

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Interesting! I didn’t come across this point in my research. Thier flag is thus partially based on this fight. Thank you for sharing this!

@saidtoshimaru1832

5 жыл бұрын

It might be a myth, but, like many myths, it shows the historical significance of the fact in which it was inspired.

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

If I have learned anything in the research for this podcast, there is always some kernel of truth, even in resources that can seem dubious at first glance

@caraunio2542

2 жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx They were the chains of the christian slaves the Caliph kept with him. Some say as trophy, some say as human shield. The Nabarrese charge liberated them.

@TheRomipow

Жыл бұрын

Es de la batalla .

Azul thank you for the video i'm berber from the aures mountains,spain we are sorry we are victim to

@schmaiahgoldberg6621

5 жыл бұрын

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@schmaiahgoldberg6621

5 жыл бұрын

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@schmaiahgoldberg6621

5 жыл бұрын

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@diegoapalategui579

12 күн бұрын

Berber and Iber Iber are connected, i am basque from Spain, and you are not my enemies

Today is a good day, for there is a new Flashpoint History Video to enjoy :)

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

I think you just posted a video as well! Good day for both of us. I’m going to go check yours out as well

@AncientHistoryGuy

5 жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx I did! Thanks for checking it out! :D

How is it always a Shepard discovering a secret pass

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

History is told by the victors. I guess it would have looked weird if Alfonso's mistress led the way - a simple edit to the story and suddenly it sounds so much more wholesome and religiously acceptable. Love the name BTW!

@siddharthab.s334

5 жыл бұрын

Flash Point History hahahaha and that's the shortened version. Love your podcast by the way,keep up the good work. Oh and ever thought about doing history of the individual kingdoms and taifa's. I would love to see ones on Aragon and Granada.

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

The next podcast will be on the history of the reconquista and I'll be hitting up the major Christian kingdoms - including Aragon. Granada is going to be where it all ends so its definitely going to be covered.

@levitatingoctahedron922

5 жыл бұрын

>how is it always a local that grew up in the area and hangs out outside literally all of the time for a living that knows the surrounding terrain

17 years later that redemption feels good

The Norwegian Crusade is a good event to cover, regarding both the Reconquista and the Crusades (as Sigurd actually sailed to Iberia and the Balearic Islands and fought the Andalusians there, before reaching Palestine)

@luismiguelflorrodriguez5333

Жыл бұрын

He even married her daughter to the infante Felipe de Castilla, brother or Alfonso X. He loved her tenderly and she is buried in collegiate church of San Cosme and San Damián, in Covarrubias, in the province of Valladolid. es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristina_de_Noruega

@bvillafuerte765

23 күн бұрын

It's true.

I love the Reconquista videos!!!

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Hey thank you!! I'm really happy you liked them

Videos keep getting better and better!

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

I try my best!

What wonderful work you are doing; I am learning so much. Keeeeeeep it coming!!!

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Will do! I'm researching the Reconquista even as I write this!

@forwardthewayforward4266

5 жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx Well I'm here at 2 AM, carrying on with my viewing binge. AWESOME stuff. I wish you so much continued success!

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Again, thank you. Don't stay up too late =)

Great series of videos regarding Islamic Spain from early beginnings to this video. Can’t wait for the next video. Love how you present as unbiased point of view as you can and really like the tolerance videos. Thank you for putting in the time-consuming research, getting it all organized and presenting such a wealth of information. I’m biased on this subject as my ancestors came from Spain and Portugal and specifically from Asturias and Galicia. It is great to listen and learn from these videos. Thank you!!

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Hey thank you! I’m really happy you liked the series. The next set of videos is actually out about the Reconquista. I have one video dedicated just to Asturias that you might like. It’s been a dream of mine to get to Santiago de Compostela - that’s amazing that you ancestors came from there

This is truly amazing wish you get the exposure and subscriber's you deserve bro

I like how the vultures fly over the battlefield waiting for the battle to be over

@FlashPointHx

2 жыл бұрын

hahah - they are supposed to be hawks

Please post your next video!! I jist discovered your channel and have binge watched them this week! You're awesome!

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Hey I’m really glad you like my content. I’m putting the finishing touches to Episode IX - The Reconquista now. I’ll publish this weekend if you want to download and listen to it. It’s a one hour and 20 minute podcast (audio only). I’ll convert the podcast to 4 or 5 videos over the next few weeks.

Great video, again I love the graphics

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Again, my pleasure, happy you like it!

I binged this series in the past 4 days. What a journey, and there is still a lot of material to go through. My question is, can you put all the videos together about Islamic Spain (from say Umayyad prince to fall of Almohads) in one longer video? I'd like to rewatch this again at some point.

@FlashPointHx

3 жыл бұрын

Thats not a bad idea. I'll have to change the music however as some of this prior stuff is copyrighted and under agreement with a third party

Amazing video! Thank you for the channel. Greetings from a Castilian ☺.

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Pedro, Awesome to have you here! Good to hear that you liked the series. The more I read about the exploits of your ancestors the more impressive they are to me. Castile grew from a small state to dominate the peninsula.

@WitzerlOsiris

5 жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx I don't know if you have ever visited Castile, but you will be more impressed about what remains here. There are still many castles around here!

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

I’ve been to Madrid and Toledo - my wife and I spent some time in Barcelona (which to me wasn’t as fun as Madrid) - but hoping to get back to Spain next year. I loved my time there. The history, the food, the wine, and the people were a wonderful experience

Very good videos. And very good pronunciation.

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Need to clone you! =)

Don't take the cow attack lightly. My great grandmother got seriously injured and had to be hospitalized for quite sometime and the bovine was just a heifer and she was just being playful. She broke my great grandmother's hip thus disabling her. A very well made and unbiased video. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

@FlashPointHx

3 жыл бұрын

Never realized how dangerous cows can be

This was a really good podcast. What do you think the Almohads could have done differently in this battle and what do you think would have happened had they been successful? Will you be covering the late muslim conquests under the Ottoman Empire?

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

I'm happy that you liked the podcast! I think the Almohads were living on borrowed time. Had the won at Las Navas and had the commitment to REALLY invade the north, they may have severally damaged the Christian states and held off the Reconquista for another 100 years. But their power base in North Africa was about to fall and they would have been consumed in the end by civil war. As for the Ottomans, I might be making a short series to cover them - a bonus episode just about the fall of Constantinople in 1453. This video is part of a story arch that should cover the Spanish Monarchy and then Cortez and the Aztec.

Absolutly fantastic series. My only suggestion, if i may, is to make borders on the maps.

Literally one of the best youtubers .... this is educational and fucking entertaining

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Erney! That’s really sweet of you! :)

Excellent as always. From which source does the recitation of "Victory or Death" come from?

@FlashPointHx

4 жыл бұрын

I believe thats from either Kennedy or Catlos - they got it from a more contemporary chronicler

Great video as always. Navarre's coat of arms/flag has it's origins in that battle. It represents the chains the caliphs guards had around them while protecting the caliphs tent. Sancho's knights defeated the caliphs guards and captured the caliphs treasure (there was an emerald among the treasures) and thus the golden chain + emerald at the center coat of arms en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Navarre

This would make such an interesting miniseries, something along the lines of The Last Kingdom!

Very good, you got one of the best US voices for documentaries.

@FlashPointHx

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you

👑RÍOS FAMILY 👑 it refers to the ROYAL HOUSE OF ASTURIAS where the RÍOS👑 last name most likely originated from.👑

hello. thanks for mention correctly the name of the lands they fought to control THE IBERIA PENINSULA. Grate job I enjoy very much . Saludos to all the Iberians on the planet and Saludos to you.

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! I try to be as precise as possible, sometimes it helps those in my audience who are not that familiar with the history to use terms like Spain so that they get an idea of where the story lies

That's really interesting that a Navarran king died fighting the Cathars! Their story and tragic fall is actually gold material for any history podcaster... *hint* *hint*

Can you do a video about the fatimid caliphate?

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

I’d love to, but need to finish this story arch first. I actually have a few references to them in other videos in this series

@youtubeaccount5925

5 жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx okay, great. You are one of the only channels in youtube who makes videos about "islamic/muslim history". You deserve more views and subscribers. I wish you success.

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend! Appreciate it !@@youtubeaccount5925

Love your videos and podcasts! Question: Do we know what made up the Almohad army? Any Berbers, mercenaries or slaves? Curious. Thanks!

@FlashPointHx

3 жыл бұрын

It was a bunch of tribes - usually of berber origin.

@sergiodemartinez1415

3 жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx Awesome thanks!

@tinkywinky1238

3 жыл бұрын

Berbers, Andalusians, mercenary Turkish cavalry archers captured in another battle in Libya, and Senegalese slaves chained by their knees so they didn't run away.

Yesssssssss

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Glad to see you back for more!! Loving that cat icon

Muslim armies when be over numbering their opponent get more arrogant and over confident to seal the action Again the fighting spirit is the most crucial factor to win

@mansakarimi

3 жыл бұрын

That caliph betrayed them. Instead of accepting death,he ran away and assassinated some months later in Morocco

@Holybatman3603

Жыл бұрын

It's actually the opposite, they outnumbered us by 80,000 men when we had 60,000, Al-Nasir was also very effeminate.

05:19 Alfie, you have a secret path big enough for an army. certainly big enough for mules and stuff. and it can remain a secret for an hour, a day or a bazillion years, depending on the enemy. the enemy who, mind you, is camping on a hill. For fox ache, just cut (at least, attack) his supplies and let him enjoy his nice lil' hill as long as your supplies keep coming. once the enemy scout your mules and sherpas (IF they do), you can still attack uphill like an idiot. and where is your light cavalry to own all the routing noobz and to scout and to hit and ru... sigh... And all this 12+ centuries after some guy called J. Caesar. my brainpain is real.

@FlashPointHx

4 жыл бұрын

hahahah - Alfie got really lucky. For a fight that would have such far reaching consequences, it all came down to a few troops being in the right place at the right time

@homero_con_lechuguilla

2 жыл бұрын

That would'nt be manly. Just charge the heavy Cav foward already. Push foward, GET DAMN IT!

Great video! Will you make a video on how the Moors could have turned the tide or defeated the Christians like you did with Carthage?

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

The next episode is going to be on the Christian re-conquest. I will make it a point to emphasize the periods where the Muslims could’ve been triumphant.

what is the name of first music?

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

It's called Future Gladiator - its part of the KZread free archive

the great caliph almohade of Morocco Yacoub El Mansour had crushed the Europeans at the battle of alarcos (1195), but at his death his son al nasir will be unable to do as his father in las navas de tolosa (1212)

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Must have been hard not to have followed in your father's foot steps

@redahayani

5 жыл бұрын

yes indeed and al nasir will die 1 years after las navas de tolosa, do you know the story of al nasir with the king jean? In the early 13th century, John, King of England was under pressure after a quarrel with Pope Innocent III led to England being placed under an interdict, by which all forms of worship and other religious practices were banned. John himself was excommunicated, parts of the country were in revolt and there were threats of a French invasion. Writing two decades after the events, Matthew Paris, a St Albans chronicler of the early thirteenth century, claims that, in desperation, John sent envoys to al-Nâsir asking for his help. In return John offered to convert to Islam and turn England into a Muslim state. Among the delegates was Master Robert, a London cleric. Al-Nâsir was said to be so disgusted by John’s grovelling plea that he sent the envoys away.

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Wow! I didn’t know that. Al Nasir must have had quite a bit of integrity to reject King John. I guess he figures that If a man can turn his back on his faith and culture then he is not to be trusted. I wonder how a Muslim England in the 13th cen would have played out .

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

I tried to open this and it didn't work.

@redahayani

5 жыл бұрын

I do not know if the book exists in pdf www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowProduct.aspx?prod_id=IS-9782503555775-1

La batalla la Navas de Tolosa Santa Elena en Jaén es la segunda más castillo 🏰 que Europa

Are you going to make the reconquest?

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah! Researching it now. This is going up to Cortez

When speaking of Iberian kingdoms, why are you showing us areas in central/eastern Europe?

How many caliphs were there ?!!

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

It’s like asking how many popes were there- depends. Do you count the anti-popes, the copts? The ones that broke off and started there own thing like in the Avignon papacy? Better question was who were the fun ones like the Borgias

For Christianity! For the Kings! Santiago!

It's story time.. :)

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!! Hope you liked it ! As always your help was amazing

thank you very much for remembering us Las Navas De Tolosa battle . we promise you that we will not forget this battle and we will teach our children and grandchildren to work harder to reconquist Al Andalus ( Spain and Portugal ) . las Navas De Tolosa means that we were there it means that we must be there again .

@kenobi6257

4 жыл бұрын

Do you really want us to beat you again? Just stay home and rest friend, for we mean you no ill will... as long as you stay away from our Peninsula. It may take us 800 years again, but this is our kingdom.

@ziyadmohammed4504

4 жыл бұрын

Adrián Llana it's funny actually how you both talk and we were there or beat us again none of you were there at the time so you can't claim or talk about something you didn't do or have any part in doing it just look at this piece of history and enjoy it stop with all the negative comments to trigger others. Sorry for bad English

@enriquepascual8767

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahaha hahahahahaha DREAM!

@Holybatman3603

Жыл бұрын

@@kenobi6257 You took 600 years and lost over 10,000,000 men killed or captured in the process in a fanatical age, if we invaded today we could last as much as 1,000 years.

@yorick715

9 ай бұрын

But you gotta eat first some jamon tapas

You don´t mention how the French knights and other foreigners started killing Jews in Toledo?? so they were expulsed by Alfonso VIII, they went back to France, reducing the Christian numbers in the desperate and upcoming fight. Also the Charge of the Three Kings, maybe it´s propaganda, but anyway awesome and epic as few moments in Medieval History hahaha....

@FlashPointHx

3 жыл бұрын

Only so much you can fit into a doc ;)

@fernandogarcia3957

3 жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx Yes, absolutely!

Well in the light of what is happening in our days, the Las Navas de Tolosa as well as many other battles were all in vain...

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

What do you mean?

@magussimon7221

5 жыл бұрын

What I mean is that we devolved into a godless society, ruled by self-importance and materialism, believing that we live on a rotating ball etc.

@MrCristianposso

Жыл бұрын

@@magussimon7221 While we indeed have devolved in a purposeless materialist society the belief that the earth is flat is an even more stupid sin.

Nice video broo❤ Long live the moroccan people! and the moroccan empire!

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much - I'm happy you liked my video. As I've mentioned below in other comments to some of your countrymen, I love Morocco! The scenery, the food, the hospitality, and history are just amazing!

@yuderpacha648

5 жыл бұрын

@@FlashPointHx I would be so glad to contact you bro.

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

Just stop by my facebook site or email me at flashpointhistory@gmail.com

Pedro II died defending the vasals , defending the cathars.

We can say it actually ended in tactical draw, because both sides took so many looses that the christian army was incapable to push forward.

@kenobi6257

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, but remember that the Almohads had twice the men and were on the offensive, so it was a tactical and political win for the Christians

Didn't no that orcs joined the crusade. Lok-tar ogar!

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

=) what do you mean?

PROUD TO BE MOROCCAN

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

I traveled extensively in your country. It was a beautiful experience! The history alone was very impressive.

@mariajoseredondomoran4890

Жыл бұрын

Proud to be Spanish

@lonewalker6110

Жыл бұрын

@@mariajoseredondomoran4890 we moroccan we do not HATE the spanish .... but if spain attack morocco ... we will return to andaloucia ... peace is better

@maassrddd

Жыл бұрын

Dima Maghreb🇲🇦⚔️

How can the Christian army from the whole Europe in "Las Navas de Tolosa" be smaller than the previous Spanish one in "Alarcos"? So much to say here, Almohads fought against the whole Europe and "logically" were outnumbered by the Christians, but still not the reason of their defeat! Greetings!

@enriquepascual8767

3 жыл бұрын

Basically because european crusaders didn't fight in the battle, they went back their own countries when the spaniards didn't let them to slaughter the jews in Toledo.

@omarshakkur9551

3 жыл бұрын

@@enriquepascual8767 its the frankich troupes qho went back not all the crusaders my friend, all the others stayed and fought with the spaniards like italians, templars, germans...

@XxLIVRAxX

3 жыл бұрын

Plenty of factors to take into account, the nature of the terrain, the quality of the troops and commanders, logistics, weather etc. Having a larger army may not necessarily be an advantage, it may in fact counterproductive if it strains resources and logistics while been of poor military value or facing a smaller but better trained, drill and lead army.

Why were europeans always outnumbered?

@FlashPointHx

4 жыл бұрын

They were not always. Take a look at my video on Ferdinand the third

@ignacio4159

4 жыл бұрын

It had to be a fair fight

@pipebomber04

4 жыл бұрын

@@ignacio4159 lol

@Holybatman3603

Жыл бұрын

They weren't, it's acutally the opposite.

Almohades are the best ✌

@FlashPointHx

5 жыл бұрын

hahahaha - you make them seem like they are a band