It's so horrible how many people on the comment section is just islamophobic. These people may have been the same people that talk about humanity rights and all but can't even respect one religion. Such a shame.

@TaxortRetotuck

8 ай бұрын

no two religions Nahuatl and Islam islamoantipathy because life's too short for fear

@user-xi5ej4ox5s

6 ай бұрын

WE DON'T FEAR ISLAM. WE HATE IT.

It would be really great if this channel had subtitles

@TheIamyourmother

Жыл бұрын

The auto-generated captions work just fine for me.

I am an Egyptian Muslim and proud of that And I thank all the Arabs who came and liberated my ancestors, the Pharaohs, from the oppressive rule of the Romans 🇪🇬❤

Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

@thebull8910

Жыл бұрын

cheers from foot hills of Himaliya ... Islamabad Pakistan

Magnificent documentary.

Beautiful architecture. I would love to see it in person.

really enjoying this series + host

Islam has by far the most incredible artwork of any of the Abrahamic religions. Even as someone who is not mathematically minded at all, I love how their artwork is so intertwined with math. It's all just so indescribably gorgeous.

@jimr9499

Жыл бұрын

It's all so beautiful that even as a non-religious person it's not hard to believe that it was divinely inspired.

@kenna163

Жыл бұрын

@@jimr9499 I agree

@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115

Жыл бұрын

I disagree, strongly disagree.

@paulraymond139

Жыл бұрын

Compared to the Vatican, Bach, Ancient Greece….? I’m not so sure….

@SilenTHerO78614

Жыл бұрын

The renaissance would like to have a word with you

Imagine what kind of person would rather comment islamaphobic and false information on a historical documentary rather than actually learn something from it lol

@user-xi5ej4ox5s

6 ай бұрын

RAGED LEFTIE LMAO

1:1 isn't exactly the most complex of mathematical relationships.

@shotgunbettygaming

Жыл бұрын

LOL yeah all the Math he seems to gush over is all pretty rudimentary. He'd have been better off gushing over the mathematics of those gorgeous mosaics.

@ifuckedurmom

Жыл бұрын

People will say the same shit about stuff we deem high tech these days tbh

Very few things can be compared in the beauty to Palace of Royal alcázares of seville ; alhambra of granada or cathedral- mosque of Córdoba unique in the world; they are worth as many great monuments togheter;the jewels of islamic art in Spain and very possibly in the world; pride of my country and It is vast and rich unique history in western Europe🇪🇦❤️

@SilenTHerO78614

Жыл бұрын

The alhambra and great mosque are beautiful, but at the same time the muslims did demolish alot of Gothic and Imperial Roman structures so its a mixed bag

@BijoudeBexar

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! 2 highlights of my time in Spain

@Lacteagalaxia

Жыл бұрын

@@SilenTHerO78614 this happens in all the places where diferent cultures pass; the places of power or religious are adapter over centuries by the cultures and people by the people arrive there in Europe it is normal in Spain rich in culture many churches were originally comstruction christian then construction mosqies then another churches and even before Romans temples and even Iberians and Celtics temples ;the autochtonous cultures ; Here in Alhambra the Emperor Carlos l of Spain we loved the place when he went with his wife the Princess of Portugal ;on their honeymoon amd he ordered part of it to be demolished to make a marvellous Spanish Reinassance palace; by the way there all cultures overlap In the case of mosque it began to be rebuilt in the christian comquest in the 13 century; There was no practically nothing left amd it stopped; in Alhambra the main palace and anexes is islamic some.only annex have later interventions the alhambra is a palace citadel woth a 10'6 hectares and more 61.000 m2 built; in the Alcazares of Seville they are extensions on the previous islamic palace.

I'm always interested to know if these precious sites are air conditioned.

Incredible film, Waldemar. Extremely knowledgeable and avoiding media-typical superficiality. Thank you very much.

Is the name of the bath house spelled Kaziramra? I cannot find any references to it EDIT: It's Qusayr Amra! (or Qasr 'Amra)

Looks nice, but is entirely uninformative on why Islam thrived during this period Too much focus on architecture and iconography (products of thriving society). Not enough focus on history; the conquest, how early Islamic society was organized, or what values allowed Islam to overtake the regions it did (reasons societies thrive).

Elvis Costello’s brother? 😀

nice i really enjoyed the other video keep it up, I really like the more unique for videos art history perspective :) regardless of what nerds have to say the history is great and from an interesting perspective. you dont often get to see what the lower classes do in many cases since they were illiterate. but you don't need to know how to write to draw

There are many inaccuracies, more specifically about Islam, promises made in the Quran, and what the religion itself stands for, it may be quite possible that some of the artifact's and buildings (like the bath house), are not to be credited directly to Islam, but to Arabs or some other sect, its important not to mix culture with religion. Its also important to hear from a professional scholar or professor (specializing in Islam, or believing in Islam) to speak on this and analyze this, this film felt kind of oversimplified and misinterpreted. this is what I noticed as a Muslim and also as someone who has for long now been closely learning about Islamic art, history and architect.

Minorities never existed when there is Islam, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon were ones Christian, lran were Zoroastrian.

sorry you are mistaken , some information are not accurate drawing pictures of human is not allowed in islam , as it is forbidden in the law of Moses , the Omayyad caliphate never did this ceiling pictures of women , especially it was the most strong state that adheres to the teachings of Islam after the Rasheedin caliphate . the drawings maybe belong to the late roman time . thank you .

I am neither Christian not Islamic but it fascinates me how many people comment negatively on both religion when their only knowledge is what they perceive from movies and tv. The extreme of both these religions have a lot to answer for, both through history and present day. For the lay person in present day their isn't a huge difference except for their rulers who use religion as a control. Check out Jesus in the Islamic faith as an example of both religions.

@jimr9499

Жыл бұрын

You're not wrong. Being from what is for all intents and purposes a Christian country (America) I would wager that the average Christian/American doesn't even know that both Muslims and themselves believe in the same god. It's sad really; ignorance has such horrid consequences.

@shiveringsheo3253

Жыл бұрын

Says the guy who's knowledge clearly doesn't extend much further than those movies and tv. Speaking as a former muslin, still living in a muslin country, for example, I can't come out as an atheist because that has the death penalty. conversion too. This is the same throughout most muslim countries btw, and informal mob "justice" is done in places where it's not illegal to be an atheist. That's just one of the many many current day differences that you people are blind to. Christianity used to be a dogmatic and oppressive force but it has reformed and lost much of it's political power, Islam on the other hand has only grown less tolerant and more totalitarian

@richiethev4623

Жыл бұрын

@@jimr9499 As a American who grew up with a Chicano father who’s family already been here for awhile and a mother from Colombia I grew up catholic. As I got older(keep in mind I am 33 now) but at a much younger age during my teen year’s I came to realize all religions are connected like a huge puzzle so now if folk’s can get off their high horses and connect the puzzle. They would come to realize we have so much in common and we can solve so much plus finally get along but sadly we all know this will never happen.. 🤯😤😭🤬😖🫠😬😔😱

@SilenTHerO78614

Жыл бұрын

My experience comes from nearly getting my head shot off in Iraq tyvm. So kindly fuck off

@mnr4129

Жыл бұрын

@@shiveringsheo3253 you can’t even spell Muslim right you think we’re going to buy your cheap fake story 🤣

And now Islam is having it's dark ages.

@mnr4129

Жыл бұрын

Yeah because of the west who constantly makes sure Muslims are in conflict don’t worry it won’t last things will go back the way it used to

@emila6

Жыл бұрын

Islam is on the come up worldwide due to western degeneration if you’ve been paying attention

@Hastenforthedawm

Жыл бұрын

Or had, between the end of WW1 and around 2019 (got worse after the cold war). Mug shorter dark ages than Christianity's though.

@Briannalangland

2 күн бұрын

In what way? Basically every doctor, engineer and business owner in the US is a Muslim. It’s currently the fastest growing religion. It has the highest rates of life satisfaction than any other religion.

you completely ignore how much of there scientific progress was inspired work of indian mathematicians like brahmagupt and aryabhatt.

@asmrnaturecat984

9 ай бұрын

Such credit hunger, attention seeker

Incredible \slamic science stright from their books of Hadith. Sunan Abi Dawud 4002 Narrated Abu Dharr: *I was sitting behind the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) who was riding a donkey while the sun was setting. He asked: Do you know where this sets ? I replied: Allah and his Apostle know best. He said: It sets in a spring of warm water (Hamiyah).*

“courchard”🤣😂

Yeah when we think of the Dark Ages, ppl dominantly think of Europe, particularly the world powers of England, France, etc. A lot of people don't even think of the whole rest of the world. It was only the 'Dark Ages' for central Europe, not necessarily everyone else.

Didn't most of the breakthroughs came as a result of the Zoroastrians?

@mikespearwood3914

Жыл бұрын

Yeah if arabs were so great then where are their technological, medical and engineering breakthroughs in the last 100-1000 years??? It seems that Islam is taking the credit for things other cultures and ethnic groups came up with where muslims conquered.

@arta.xshaca

Жыл бұрын

@@mikespearwood3914 wtf most of the scholars were really Persian (Zoroastrianism is religion). I thank them for spreading chess tho

@azadam1000

Жыл бұрын

Nope

I always get thirsty for cold, cold water when I watch videos about the middle east.

@arta.xshaca

Жыл бұрын

It's deep down hehe.

@kenna163

Жыл бұрын

I don't think a channel called Absolute History should be your only source for historical info

Deus vult

@zegerman360

5 ай бұрын

You want to lose again, ain't you?

First!😉

It's easy to thrive when you're taxing (Jizya) to death non-believers and when it comes to be a scholar, you must convert or stay as a dhimmi. Most of all those so highlghted muslim scholars were "nw believers" while everyone that defies using logic and math the "Koran" was deemed as an aposthate thus being non-muslim.

@richiethev4623

Жыл бұрын

What does nw stand for?

@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115

Жыл бұрын

@@richiethev4623 sorry, I mistyped. It's "non-believers."

@mnr4129

Жыл бұрын

How does that even makes any sense thank your lucky starts there is jizya we’re y’all are protected under Islam but care to tell us does Christianity hold such views or even Judaism no they don’t you either convert or die as we have seen that done in Spain and to the natives the irony of you complaining about the jizya which is a small portion 😂

@Hastenforthedawm

Жыл бұрын

Stop being a crybaby. Non-Muslims had to pay far less for Jizya (which women, children, sick etc weren't) than Muslims had to with Zakat. Zakat takes far more out of our pockets than Jizya does out of yours. If you're going to choose to live somewhere and contribute to a society, don't bitch about having to pay tax.

@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115

Жыл бұрын

@@aasilkhan9936 Where did you get internet? Not from muslim culture I bet. Without Jizya, muslim countries became shite holes, so it compels you even more than spreading islam to conquer greener pastures until they become another wasteland after a handful of muslim generations.

F

They sure likes using the outdated term "Dark Ages" a lot for a channel supposedly about history.

@AnnaAnna-uc2ff

Жыл бұрын

Did you watch the videos?

@felicityc

Жыл бұрын

lol bud

@Hastenforthedawm

Жыл бұрын

The Christian part of the world was in a dark ages at the time but the Muslim, Chinese (or Asia broadly) and so forth parts of the world definitely were not

@UmbrellaGent

Жыл бұрын

@@Hastenforthedawm That is a myth created during the Modern Era, from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment. Not only were the Middle Ages an incredibly long period, with varying states of development throughout time and country, but throughout most of the Middle Ages immense progress was taking place, technologically and intellectually. The term "Dark Ages" was invented and used to make the classical period and revival seem superior, to put it simply. Nowadays, historians generally agree that the term is inaccurately derogatory and opt for the usage of the terms the Middle-Ages or the Medieval era.

Imagine what humanity could have accomplished collectively unburdened by superstition.

@natsomething0

Жыл бұрын

Who's to know if humanity would have been sufficiently inspired to greater accomplishments without the gods for motivation.

@azadam1000

Жыл бұрын

You re an ape,let us believerd in intelligent force behond creation reflect upon that

Just saw this, amazing coverage of Islamic architecture espc the nile column structure to measure tax with flood levels. (I really need to look into the fiqh of that) But why does bro give off predatory vibes? 🤣 like I was tryna ignore it until I heard him spew off his perennialist oriental interpretations superimposed on Islam through the ummayyid ruling class's Indulgences into worldly pleasure. Those carved images at Qaiser Amra' have nothing to do with Islam or its teachings, it can rightly be called historic Muslim architecture but its an injustice to say it is 'Islamic architecture', I.e inspired by the teachings of Islam. Islam would have those images destroyed and the perpetrators punished. Another thing that struck out to me was his insistence on fulfilling his 'finding elysium on earth' fantasies and subjugating Islamic architecture to these wild interpretations, it surely shows a lack of belief in the Hereafter but more importantly a reflection of western ideas and enlightenment philosophies, particularly those of Nietzsche where these philosophies surmised God's demise wa iyazubilla' and therefore looked towards becoming gods themselves through knowledge to drive progressive technologies, human rational thinking to replace religion & be our judging morals, and attaining power to enforce these ideals across the world (like the colonial Europeans did). This is modernism, which ofcourse failed in its vision after peaking in genocidal wars, famine and terror the century prior. Now with a failed broken capitalistic society in the 21st century, these ideals of 'elysium on earth' were proved to be an unachievable endgame, thus giving birth to the nihilistic pursuits of postmodernism like a phenoix arising in fiery arrogance from it's pharaonic ashs. Give it another 300 yrs before they conjure up another philosophy to follow & also prove wrong 😂 Point to take away is, Muslim don't wanna experience jannah on earth or re-create it here, it contradicts the Quranic and Hadith-based teachings of Islam, rather, this man is superimposing his western metaphysical ideas onto Islamic architecture and something we should be weary about when listening to the speech of the kuffar. They will corrupt your aqeedah in one way or another, his appreciation of Islamic architecture and marvelous wonders gifted to the world yet not seeing its true gift of guidance is a testament to this fact and we should do well not to forget it.

@InelNafai

Жыл бұрын

I agree. Don't they have muslim historians?

@ahle.hadith

Жыл бұрын

@Inel Nafai yes, we do. Imam ibn Qayyim for example

Well, they haven’t done shite since then, so: meh

Islam has never left the dark ages.

@46585

Жыл бұрын

Not to play devils advocate or anything but islam allows for abortion while the US just overturned their rulings on that, people pose with weapons on Christmas cards much like the taliban I could go on and on. Islam may be in the dark ages, but so is the US.

@hammondOT

Жыл бұрын

@@46585 The US did not overturn their ruling on abortion. Please get educated instead of repeating conspiracy theories and misinformation. Holding a weapon in a picture isn't indicative of being in the dark ages.

@goosieschmoo8239

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely.

@cann5565

Жыл бұрын

All religion is a filthy mental illness.

@Kimbermoi

Жыл бұрын

Neither has Christianity

The region of darkness.

@mnr4129

Жыл бұрын

Says a street shitter

@Hastenforthedawm

Жыл бұрын

B. 1948 D. 20??

Fun fact Mecca was once worshiped in by many religions till Mohamed declared otherwise

@afeefnawab4584

Жыл бұрын

false, historically speaking. mecca is a city no, and one worship a city.

Islam will someday fade away!!

@TheIamyourmother

Жыл бұрын

It and every other religion, most likely.

@alainaluu

Жыл бұрын

It's currently the fastest growing religion. It will be centuries before a change like that happens.

@kenna163

Жыл бұрын

Like Christianity will? Don't be ridiculous David, religion has been here since forever. And it'll stay. Plus Islam is the fastest growing religion at the moment. And I'm an atheist so this isn't bias.

@jennklein1917

Жыл бұрын

@@kenna163 Islam is only 800years old Christianity is 2022 years old. That is not forever.Before this we worshipped a panoply of gods and goddesses Study history

@kenna163

Жыл бұрын

@@jennklein1917 Actually Islam is about 1444 years old not 800. Is 2022 years really a lot in your mind? Do you know how old the planet is? Or how old the modern humans are? Both religions without offense to anyone are just a speck in the eye of human civilization.

1:1 isn't exactly the most complex of mathematical relationships.