How did China lose Central Asia? βοΈ Battle of Talas, 751 AD - ALL PARTS - Abbasid Caliphate vs China
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Published 2023-04-28
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π Sources:
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All Comments (21)
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After many requests from you guys, I merged all parts of the Battle of Talas mini-series for easier viewing. I hope you'll enjoy the video and thank you so much for watching!
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Arabs in 8th century: "Caliph, are we going to fight the Wisigoths, the Eastern Romans, the Franks or the Chinese now?" Caliph: Yes.
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Very few people know about this battle, but it changed the course of history.
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Extent of caliphate was really magnificent, same empire fought against Franks and Chinese in same century.
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The real results of Talas battle was the gradual conversion of the Turks to Islam,whom took the torch and the banner from the Arabs in the leadership of the Islamic world, and did a HECK of a job. Establishing a magnificent Islamic empires throughout the world,starting with the Seljuk empire,followed by the Khawarizmi empire, ended with the magnificent Ottoman Empire
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Comment for the algorithm! This is my favorite history channel on youtube for both it's consistently exciting scripting and (though this is more subjective) it's stellar narration. Keep up the great work!
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@HistoryMarche I Have no words for this video. Simply amazing and interesting animations. I am sure a lot of people learn something from this. Those battles we don't know are extra interesting. Love your content and keep on making content about battles in our history. I will thank you in the name of all your viewers that you indeed make amazing content. Oh and by the way you EARNED AN ACTIVE SUBSCRIBER.
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The first three days of battle is basically a game of chess (first version of the battle). Both armies about equal, both flanked by a river and a mountain forcing a frontal confrontation, and both well commanded and led by smart generals.
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Yes! Love your compilations! They are incredible!πππ
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Islamic & Sinitic cultural competition over the region reemerged four centuries after this battle between the muslim Turkic dynasties and the Western Liao
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Great vid on a very important War, & the effects!
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AS ALWAYS WHAT A GREAT CONTENT THANK YOU!
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Those videos are just incredible. So well narrated, and well illustrated. It is so helpful to see the maps of where everything took place, and the battle unfold in real time. Gives a much better understanding of everything.
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love the content!
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I freaking love you videos. Especially your maps. Battle maps.
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What a terrific series, all the better for being combines into one program.βπ₯πΉ
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It means the Islamic empire defeat the Roman, Persian, China, India, and also the Western Europe, Spain and Portiuguese
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thank you for uploading, this looks amazing!
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I'm so grateful to you for covering this battle. Talas is located in modern day Kyrgyzstan, where I am from. We have so many folkloric and epic tales which include Talas one way or another.
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Bro these videos are becoming cooler and better I seriously learn a lot from it I love it so much I wish you the best of luck making this!!!ππβ€β€ππ
