Check out Knights of Honor 2: Sovereign here: thqn.net/3uo9IRp. KoH1 was one of my favourite games as a teenager. I'm really happy that we get to be sponsored by KoH2: Sovereign in this video. We had lots of fun in the ~20 hours we spent in the game. We didn't encounter any major bugs, so, we're definitely recommending the game to any history enthusiast!

@GarkKahn

Жыл бұрын

It's such an awesome game

@hidupsehat5205

Жыл бұрын

Mixing things up , I’m like it !

@generals.patton546

Жыл бұрын

Can't trust a single word from someone who is "sponsored" by the developers to give it a good review. You're the same person who tried to sell us "Japanese" knives made in China, or a garbage piece of land in Scotland so you can call yourself a "lord", no thanks. I'll just stick with my much better plot of land in the U.S and not fall for scams, it's funny that you think your viewers are as brainless as you are to fall for these garbage products, ever notice that the most replayed parts of your videos are the parts RIGHT AFTER the terrible sponsorship?

@ivanrivera777

Жыл бұрын

KoH 1 was one of my fav games too, conquered everything with the teutonic order

@dembro27

6 ай бұрын

Medieval II: Total War and Stronghold Crusader scratched my itch for this period of history, but I'd never heard of Knights of Honor. Looks interesting.

The crusaders had so much luck you can almost think deus actually vult

@adarheim1013

Жыл бұрын

issue

@bojcio

Жыл бұрын

"deus actually vult" that made me laugh. Good one.

@breakerdawn8429

Жыл бұрын

Honestly I'm surprised just how much luck, grit and determination it took to fight a kingdom that faraway from your home. Sure it failed in the end but holy hell it took a lot of stuff to kill it.

@wolfgangkranek376

Жыл бұрын

Look up the channel Real Crusades History!

@Cba409

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Deus Vult!!!!

Your teams animations are far superior to the game footage, and make it much easier to visualise the scene due to the more accurate depiction of the defences. Good stuff as always, thank you.

@swidnikindustries8475

Жыл бұрын

true

@gabrielvanhauten4169

Жыл бұрын

the game looks fine though

@bvyup2112

Жыл бұрын

yah seems like theyre getting better too.

@gaminginn6072

Жыл бұрын

True

@SandRhomanHistory

Жыл бұрын

haha, the team is just Sandro :P We're still doing everything by ourselves. Roman is writing the scripts :)

Rare case of the defenders in a siege having every single possible advantage and still losing.

@SamO-ik2cm

Жыл бұрын

Deus vult

@Vdanman

Жыл бұрын

@@SamO-ik2cm saladin says hello

@GyroGarrison

Жыл бұрын

@@Vdanman Deus vult

@bandit6272

Жыл бұрын

@@Vdanman Tell him to run or Richard I will kick his ass again

@KristinkaAranova

Жыл бұрын

@@GyroGarrison DEUS VULTTTT

Thats basically the situation where defended had more supplies, more troops, home advantage, almost unassailable position and aid coming… But attacker said “But what if i invested all points into Morale?”

@scottanos9981

Жыл бұрын

It's super effective!

@curiousponderings

Жыл бұрын

If the orks can believe hard enough it shows anything is possible

@herzog1857

Жыл бұрын

​@@curiousponderings Wut, orcs. What do the fictional orcs from Lord of the Rings have to do with the siege of Jerusalem that actually happened.

@justinfowler1271

Жыл бұрын

@@herzog1857 it’s an inside joke about the Orks for WH40K

@MrVlad12340

Жыл бұрын

@@herzog1857 fictional orks from Warhammer univers(es) have a weird special "racial ability" about them - if they REALLY believe in something and "know for sure" its possible than it somehow becomes possible in some obtuse way.

The most important thing to remember about the Crusades is no one was in charge. The only time an entire Crusader army had a single commander, he was excommunicated. In the first and largest Crusade there were three major commanders controlling only a marginal preponderance of forces. Many of them were gangs of amateurs under the command of their local barrons and princes.

@napolien1310

Жыл бұрын

They did have a legate from the papacy but he was considered the commander but ofc most knights and soldiers will listen to their own barons, counts and Prince.

@samsonsoturian6013

Жыл бұрын

@@napolien1310 Some people said he should be that but no one cared to follow his orders personally. You must recall the Pope was also an Italian prince at the time.

@xxx-lx6bu

Жыл бұрын

Let's say those gang of amateurs were quite successful

@samsonsoturian6013

Жыл бұрын

@@xxx-lx6bu depends on group and time analyzed. Some of these groups were mobs of pirates fighting for amnesty from crimes committed back home, but most of those guys didn't get past Turkey.

@stephengayton5246

Жыл бұрын

There were leaders of several crusades, notably the 3rd

Siege of Antioch was a pretty staggering one too

I think that it's revealing of just how hostile the climate and environment around Jerusalem is that the crusader army waiting to storm the city was just 12,000 men. Jerusalem wasn't exactly small, but it's hard to bring in a relief army if you can't hope to live off the land. It's even harder to maintain a siege

@moonshadowsong

Жыл бұрын

I think the Egyptian sultan just conquer the city 2 years from. suljik that's why the Syrian region can't form an army

@boriskapchits7727

Жыл бұрын

I think the Romans, who stormed the city about a thousand years earlier and after a longer siege, had larger army. Jerusalem is not as hostile environment as you can expect, there is water in the streams all year round, and there were aqueducts that brought water from springs in Bethlehem and Hebron.

@moonshadowsong

Жыл бұрын

@@boriskapchits7727 it's about crusader time not roman the talking about

@boriskapchits7727

Жыл бұрын

@@moonshadowsong the ckimate was the same, more or less.

@janpost8598

Жыл бұрын

@@boriskapchits7727 How do you know that. 1000 years is a long time.

What was achieved by the first crusade is completely admirable, for me; Being a small army compared to those who tried it later, not having a centralized command and made up of not so powerful nobles, with a limited but veteran cavalry, always using faith as an impulse to move forward despite all adversities (leaving out the consequences within Jerusalem after it was taken, which was the product of many negative factors that came with it after a hard journey)... The First Crusade was an unprecedented and unexpected achievement, which despite being aided by the Islamic disunity of the moment, seeing their numerical superiority in each confrontation against the Crusaders and still losing, shows that it was not just luck, excellent video. By the way, could you make a video about the Reconquest of Seville (1248), which was perhaps the largest siege that took place in the Iberian peninsula in the Middle Ages, it would surely be a good continuation to this Crusades video.

Good video, but I would counter about the last point. The reason medieval writers used apocalyptic language to describe the Sack of Jerusalem, is that they wanted to reference the Book of Revelations. This was common practice, and done on a regular basis at the time. As such, it does not shed as much light on the sack as it seems at first glance. Things that happened would often be exaggerated in order to facilitate such literary and theological references.

@user-cg2tw8pw7j

Жыл бұрын

Jesus made the Christian nations fight heretics crusader infidels

Caesar would’ve put up not one, but TWO walls.

@robert48044

Жыл бұрын

a wall for the wall, brilliant lol

@riograndedosulball248

Жыл бұрын

With no building material and professional armies that is simply impossible Titus struggled immensely to encircle Jerusalem due to the lack of building material, and this was at a time when the city had a lot more houses to be stripped for wood, while he had world class logistics supporting the Legions. The crusaders did a "Leeeeeroy Jenkins" into the city

@interestinglife934

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like Boromirs dad talking...

@niktonic5379

Жыл бұрын

@@interestinglife934 Only the movie version though. Book Denethor is a lot better.

@herzog1857

Жыл бұрын

​@@riograndedosulball248 Now that you say that, I wonder what "Leroy Jenkins" would have sounded like if the Romans had performed it. I guess it would be something like "Tituuuuuuuus Maximus".

Siege of Jerusalem? You're spoiling us, SR!

the animations, the depth of research, the sponsor. everything is top-notch!

Great video! The absolute insanity of the (Double) Siege of Antioch in 1097/98 would definitely be worth a video as a prequel to this one. KZread Vult!

19:05 Lately I've been hearing that it's greatly exaggerated by later authors and that at the time it was a sack like any other

@enoughrope1638

Жыл бұрын

Fun fact, the Fatamids conducted a similar sack on Jerusalem when they captured it a few decades prior to the crusade. Nobody ever talks about it though because it doesn't fit the narrative.

@Asterix958

Жыл бұрын

Plundering and massacre was always applied to the castle defenders who didn't surrender. People who believe same religion also did to each other like Ottomans capturing Cario in 1517 which was followed by Ottomans plundering Cario and killing 20,000 civilians (probably exaggareted number). Massacre of Crusaders was more cruel than contemporary examples according to sources.

@bruhbruh-us6gl

Жыл бұрын

Contemporary historians love to demonize the Crusaders, there was likely some brutality that was later picked up and magnified. In any case, even the worst accounts of the sack of Jerusalem after this seige pale in comparison to many of the sackings perpetrated by muslim armies

@Asterix958

Жыл бұрын

​@@bruhbruh-us6gl Crusaders were more brutal than contemporary Muslim armies, Muslims didn't commit atrocities equivelant to 1099 massacre in 1099. Who are contemporary historians you claims that "they demonize the Crusaders". If you meant Muslim sources, you are wrong. Muslim sources didn't hestate to praise a lot Crusader commanders and kings just like Crusader sources. In general, medieval sources do not hesitate to talk about the merits of their enemies. One example of Muslim source Ibn al-Athir talking about Henry II, Count of Champagne "...Henry, the owner of the lands controlled by Crusaders and king of the Crusaders, resided on the Syrian coast. He was a good natured person. His mistakes were few, he was merciful to Muslims and he cared them. As I explained earlier, Henry married the queen who ruled that region before Saladin captured the Crusader lands..."

@bruhbruh-us6gl

Жыл бұрын

@@Asterix958 Incorrect. Crusader brutality is highly overexaggerated. As for muslim brutality, just look at the Ottoman campaigns in Europe or the actions of the Barbary Corsairs. And no, I didn't say Muslim sources from the era, I said contemporary sources and historians demonize them.

The videos you and your team put out deserve way more attention. This is among the best content on sieges and historical content on KZread.

Well done to you, on this sober and even-keeled retelling of the events of a _staggering_ siege, which usually elicits much emotion from all sides! You did an excellent job!

Great information and quality production. Fantastic work as usual. Thanks.

such low key adds fr make the videos more chill, even enjoyable. props to both you and the sponsor for such an ideal situation. Almost enough for me to check it out hint hint advertisers lol

I've been playing KoH2 a ton since it came out, so cool to see them sponsor your videos!

love your videos, definitely one of the best history channels on youtube!

Staggering sieges is hands down of the best series on KZread always happy when it uploads.

i am amazed how this channel is not any bigger… your team deliver content that deserve atleast 10 million subs or even more!

Medieval sieges and on the topic of Crusades? Really nice and well informative topic

Amazing timing I'm juuuust about to start chores and was looking for something to keep my brain busy!

Informative & clearly explained episode. Thanks 😊 for sharing

Not a cell phone in sight. Just a bunch of people living in the moment.

nice lecture on the first crusade, thank you, i learned a lot

This was a nicely done video. Great job.

Great vid, the artwork is incredible too

I am sure you considered siege of Antioch for a separate video... It takes your STAGGERING trademark to a whole new level. If I may suggest, joining forces with Robin Pierson for that one would be like all star youtube siege game. Never change bro!

Great work as usual! Would you mind considering battle of Jankau/Jankow/Jankov 1645 for the future? Very interesting encounter, deserving some serious hour to hour video!

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS. SO HYPED TO WATCH THIS

Fenomenal el vídeo que habéis hecho ...enhorabuena ...muy bien explicados los movimientos de las tropas con los dibujos y gráficos. enhorabuena desde España 👏

The best way to sponsor is to show of your game without bothering me with ads. Well done

Knights of Honor is bad ass. this is the type of sponsoring i can get behind. amazing video as well.

Great video as always

Extraordinario trabajo... Estupendos los dibulos y gráficos del cerco y asalto de la ciudad....Enhorabuena

Good to see you guys getting sponsors :)

i'll say, Knights of Honors 2 is an absolute 10/10 game dude. addicting AF.

Fantastic video again!

Great work! Thanks a lot!

Really cool animations and detailed account!

I would advice you to take a look at Siege of Nagykanizsa 1601, as it is probably the most succesfull and perfect siege defense in history, it would be a great content for your amazing channel

10/10. You guys nailed this one.

Nicely done

Amazing video, everyone should see it. Like, if there is some kind of AI thing that can send this to other people that might like it, it should send it to all of them. Because is that good.

Incredible!

Great stuff. Any movies about that time period which I should watch. Except for Kingdom of Heaven?

More SandRhoman, Deus Lo Vult!

Very nice content 👍

This is the best damn sponsorship solution I have ever seen

In which programs do you do your videos? They are epic

The enormous religious enthusiasm of the Crusaders in the First Crusade is the most important reason for its success, in addition to the fact that Muslims did not take the Crusade seriously and were preoccupied with their differences

@Melia_67

5 ай бұрын

Religious fanatics are something else. ISIS should not have been able to control half of Syria and Iraq, but they did, the Taliban shouldn't have been able to defeat the US army and take control of Afghanistan, but they did.

have you ever considered doing videos on the spanish conquest of the new world?

Quite interesting how medieval armies reverted back to a somewhat primitive logistics train after Western Rome’s end.

@MrLoobu

Жыл бұрын

Well they marched a very long distance to a very unfamiliar territory where they couldn't forage or communicate with locals very well. When Roman's went there to fight they didn't need to go very far, and in fact many of them were locals turned Roman themselves. Totally different situation and people's involved.

@user-cg2tw8pw7j

Жыл бұрын

@@MrLoobu The Romans, what is this, for God's sake, the Berbers always lie

12:56 that's freakin' hilarious 😆

living in jerusalem, the city truly is magnificent. just going near the massive walls, its amazing

@moonshadowsong

Жыл бұрын

Watch out where you stand! They may be someone who dies there in the past

@keasy6410

Жыл бұрын

@@moonshadowsongin most ancient cities, people died everywhere. enough wars and struggles for it

@boriskapchits7727

Жыл бұрын

@@moonshadowsong this is most likely someone had died at every point in jerusalem.

@user-cg2tw8pw7j

Жыл бұрын

@@boriskapchits7727 jesus who are you talking about antichrist

@boriskapchits7727

Жыл бұрын

@@user-cg2tw8pw7j just think of all the times jerusalem was conquered. .

So hold on, they moved the siege tower, and then waited 4 days before attacking? If thats the case, how could you not move enough people and defenses to that side? I dont think I quite understand your explanation of the time line when it comes to this. They moved the tower, filled the moat, launched projectiles for 3 days, then attacked?

@jankoodziej877

Жыл бұрын

It's not about moving people on the walls, it's about all preparations you could possibly do over days and weeks, additional structures, deeper moat, things you can't do once the attack started.

@RoboticDragon

Жыл бұрын

@@jankoodziej877 Obviously, but there isnt tons that can be done over that time to make things that much secure. Moving people will be more then enough to ensure there should be ample time to shore up further defenses.

@revanofkorriban1505

Жыл бұрын

@@RoboticDragon There is tons of stuff you can do. Also importantly, the new section the crusaders focused on further east had been reconnoitered and determined to be a weak point.

Deus Vult ☝️ ✝️

@samsonsoturian6013

Жыл бұрын

We don't crusade anymore.

@assyriancrusader3760

Жыл бұрын

@@samsonsoturian6013 I know

@z54964380

Жыл бұрын

@@samsonsoturian6013 Well jihad is still a thing lol

This was a seeming miracle

3:29 Preparation & manpower of both sides Fatimid Governor: Iftikhar ad-Dawlah 7:10 Firs cusader assaults & new supplies 10:25 Preparation for the final assault 14:20 *Final Battle* 18:26 Massacre

The Australian and New Zealand forces had no problem taking it lol

Crusaders and Templar Knights 🇫🇷🤩

1 Frank is equal to 10 Saracens,

We need this video but titu's siege

Cool thing you got a ad that goes 1:1 with the video

All the moon phase calculations show that the there was a *Full Moon* on 10 July 1099. This means that there is no way that the defenders didn't see that the attackers were moving the siege tower. A full moon gives off sufficient light such that one is able to see incredibly well during the night. Perhaps all the full moon calculators are wrong due to not factoring in calendar changes?

@samueleandriolo4517

Жыл бұрын

dude, clouds

@bojcio

Жыл бұрын

@@samueleandriolo4517 I love how you dismantle the guys entire argument argument with a simple dude clouds...

@boriskapchits7727

Жыл бұрын

@@samueleandriolo4517 Clouds? In Jerusalem in July? No way. There could be a sandstorm however, although these are more typical to spring months.

@samueleandriolo4517

Жыл бұрын

@@boriskapchits7727 it was just a way to say that there were many explanations without going to see the moon cycle

@imma5761

Жыл бұрын

​@@boriskapchits7727 Deus Vult

Thank you for the video but it is called Al-aqsa mosque not the temple

Fun vid

Deus vault. God bless you all.

Staggering!

The surprising facts are that sieges in the early Middle Ages (even of such huge cities as Jerusalem) often led to a quick victory for the attackers, while in the high Middle Ages almost all such sieges (even of small castles) ended in nothing, either they lasted for years, or cities surrendered when they were running out of supplies. What is it connected with? With the fact that the construction of defensive fortifications reached a new level?

Its it me or is this how I see anvil empire youtuber should be.

Light calvary armed with scimitars versus heavily armored knights and heavily armored horses in the desert heat,

It would be fair to explain why pope Innocent called for a Crusade. It was not out of the blue, starting with the request for help against the Seljuks by byzantine emperor at the Council of Piacenza in 1095.

@user-cg2tw8pw7j

5 ай бұрын

Why did they destroy villages and cities in Europe on their way? Were these people Muslims? 😂😂😂😂😂

Crusaders vs Bompton Prius vs Ninjas

Y:51 Don't you hate it when you are a crusader and you run out of rocks to throw at the enemy garrison and to eat?

The big channel, Kings and Generals, posted a new 24 minute map analysis video of this same siege battle just almost two weeks after on Boxing Day, after Christmas Day, 2022. Besides the detailed top-down 2D mapping designs, it also shows a composition of 2D illustrations and brief clips of 3D ground-level battles.

@ObiKKa

Жыл бұрын

Video link from Kings and Generals. kzread.info/dash/bejne/oIl3u8-Bp6ezY6g.html

@ObiKKa

Жыл бұрын

The first map analysis upload on this same siege battle was released by BazBattles five years ago on the first day of September, 2017. It's a much shorter video at 10 minutes with simpler 2D top-down map visuals. So you can see how much advances these other channels have created with their newer videos.

@ObiKKa

Жыл бұрын

Link to BazBattles' old video on this same siege battle. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZKCjucuDg7iqebQ.html

@RandomVidsforthought

Жыл бұрын

@@ObiKKa They made a very inaccurate battle video of an LOTR battle on their other channel

@herzog1857

Жыл бұрын

​@@ObiKKa Kings and Generals was a good history youtube channel but they sold themselves.

when men suffer to conquer, there's no mercy.

Deus Vult!

Didnt the crusaders also walk barefoot around Jerusalem a few times before the assault?

@AndrewTheMandrew531

Жыл бұрын

Yep

Please more videos

How come you didn’t mention the pogroms that Peters army engaged in along the way to Constantinople?

One thing worth noting. The Crusaders felt additional anger towards the Muslims because the Muslims at one point decided to mock the Crusaders, and they tore off all the crosses from the churches in Jerusalem and hung them on the walls (maybe even upside down, I don't remember exactly). Source: History of the Crusades by Dr. Zeljko Fajfric

@KristinkaAranova

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like what Muslims would do

@zxylo786

Жыл бұрын

What a way to give the crusaders even more morale

Great

GOD WILLS IT

@samy7013

Жыл бұрын

We can only say that God _willed_ it.

Awesome video, incredible history. Though I have to say - knowing how the crusaders acted on Jesus' words to "love thine enemy", the way they treated local populations, I find it hard not to laugh at games about them being called "Knights of Honor" :P More like "Piouous Sadistic Suicidal Fanatics"

@majorianus8055

Жыл бұрын

The “local population” were the Christian’s that were enslaved by the Fatimids in fear of collaboration with the crusaders, the Muslim there comprise only 20 percent of the original inhabitants and were mostly immigrants. Still wrong that some of them were killed tho but war is war

@HaloDude557

3 ай бұрын

Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword

DIO LE VUE!!!

How often did battles just happen because an army needed to march through someone else's territory? Was it something that came up often or not much?

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Can we get happy saturnalia with roman legions short

It's what Jebus would want.

Rightful Roman Clay

1:05 Never heard deus vult. I only know deus lo vult...

As an American I would like to add that you forgot to add that Jennifer Lawrence also won this siege.

@HipHopRepair

9 ай бұрын

Hahaha

@HipHopRepair

9 ай бұрын

Actually she was the first Crusade ever

"If Christians saw you walking around Paris with an army then you will see Christians knocking the gates of Jerusalem".

What does the word “staggering” mean in a this context?

@abhi5504

9 ай бұрын

shocking or unbelievable

@brianjones3191

9 ай бұрын

@@abhi5504 Thanks. It is so obvious now! My brain sometimes forgets to do its job.

@abhi5504

9 ай бұрын

@@brianjones3191 yeah sorry it took 3 months for someone to reply lol

@brianjones3191

9 ай бұрын

@@abhi5504 People were probably puzzled by my questioning the bleeding obvious, lol. Thanks again. :-)

If the crusader's as a whole kept discipline they would have ruled everything

Trebuchets were first used by Europeans during the late 12th century. Showing the crusaders with advanced chinese siege equipment really puts me off from watching the video.

@bruhbruh-us6gl

Жыл бұрын

God taught them how to make trebuchets, duh