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   @HistoryTime

   March 31, 2020 at 5:32 pm

   Four trips cancelled this year, no end in sight.. Time to live vicariously through books once again! Some really great stuff lined up for the coming months. Luckily I still have a bunch of footage from my trips last year that I'll be able to turn into videos. Stay safe everyone! Don't forget to to like and subscribe if you enjoyed the vid, and let me know what you'd like to see covered in the future! & remember, wash your hands

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   @thehalalreviewer

   June 24, 2020 at 7:04 pm

   Historically Sardinia was one of the richest most advanced places on Earth in the Nuraghic age.

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   @SB-ny3rh

   July 3, 2020 at 7:01 am

   Your edit sounds to me as if the Battle of Alcoraz (near Huesca) is one you haven't heard of or you are yet to read about. May I suggest you consider the books listed at the following URL? http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?srt=date2&srtChange=true&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&ct=lateralLinking&vl(2084770705UI1)=all_items&tab=local_tab&fn=search&indx=1&dscnt=0&vl(freeText0)=Francesco%20C%20%20%20Casula%20&vl(2084770704UI0)=creator&scp.scps=scope%3A(BLCONTENT)&dstmp=1593758616258

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   @RedDragonessThe

   July 13, 2020 at 8:01 pm

   Here we go. Proud Sassarian and Genoan, here. Now we're getting somewhere.

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   @Crafty_Spirit

   September 13, 2020 at 10:04 pm

   18:32 Did people had a concept of "muslim blood"? I mean, this implies that Islamic is tied to ethnicity 🥴

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   @blastulae

   September 29, 2020 at 11:20 pm

   Hardly the Early Middle Ages. AD 1015 is closer to smack dab in the middle thereof, but in the second half, depending upon when you think they ended. I'm going with AD 476 to 1492, which would make the middle 984.

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   @blastulae

   September 29, 2020 at 11:32 pm

   East coast, not west.

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   @Kintizen

   September 30, 2020 at 1:10 pm

   So the Christian Europe were sandwich between Vikings and Muslim for 300 years. And they were only able to do something at the end of Viking Age.

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   @charbelyoussef604

   September 30, 2020 at 5:59 pm

   Not in order to lay claim to the Holy Lands, but to reclaim the Holy Lands! Big difference!

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    @skipjackjohnson5528

    October 5, 2020 at 7:54 am

    Yet today the pope still exist. The vatican and the priest.are.responsible for millions of deaths over time.

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    @TheLosclan

    October 5, 2020 at 11:00 am

    Starts at 6:10

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    @albertchehade9916

    October 9, 2020 at 6:46 am

    Oh yeah….and religion is a peaceful pastime…..

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    @melwig2813

    October 20, 2020 at 4:41 am

    Imagine no religion – John Lennon

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    @TimL1980

    November 3, 2020 at 7:28 pm

    Why aren't you giving important context??? Sicily (after being liberated by the normans under Roger) was granted freedom to practise any religion (even the one that hails that child rapist from Arabia that had oppressed the former owners of Sicily – greek christians – for centuries) the same goes for other "muslim territories" … all of those were converted to islam by the sword – whining about an attempt to take them back by the sword is cheap …. to say the least! (And: the Normans from Sicily didn't even join that "first crusade" …. the second they did – likely having discovered the true nature of their muslim subjects by then.)

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    @bryanguzik

    November 6, 2020 at 2:26 am

    I'm very disturbed at the west's own judgment of the Crusades. As it being wrong either historically, and/or it being necessary to hold some present-day guilt for them.
    As a staunch athiest (should not matter!), there should be NO shadow over them.
    The plain text of their writing demands always to strive towards world domination. It is NOT the "extreme" view!

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    @ibexlodge213

    November 7, 2020 at 1:10 pm

    Superb. I’m in Sardinia now and it was great to hear this part of its story. Thanks

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    @robertgiles9124

    November 17, 2020 at 1:58 am

    One sort of visual error; they show a skyline of Pisa while discussing the time of the first attacks, but we see the Leaning Tower—that wasn't built until 1173.

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    @cucciolobello4751

    December 25, 2020 at 5:32 am

    The story about Al-Andalus is totally fictional, Sardinia never been conquered by muslims, in the island there aren't ruins of muslim settlements and it wasn't find not even a single object which can demonstrate any kind of arab occupation.
    That story comes from a novel written in the XIX century…

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    @rbs5115

    December 30, 2020 at 9:11 pm

    "he did not have muslim blood" lol wtf is that even supposed to mean. muslim is a religion not a race or ethnicity.

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    @josephishkabibble5863

    January 23, 2021 at 8:31 am

    Where did “ Pidal(100 yrs old)” get his information from? Can i get the information you have? Like , why was this ignored in the Victorian and modern era without the academia of the modern age knowing this? How is this not in contemporary history of the time till now? Yes , there must have been skirmishes that compelled the Pope of the First Crusades to make a speech( so I was taught to behold) but this is past due.. 🧐🕵🏼‍♂️🕵🏼‍♂️🤨

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    @riccardosebis5333

    February 13, 2021 at 3:08 am

    A parte che mettono immagini a cazzo, torres non logudoro, e non erano in italiano ovviamente i nomi

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    @ktm8848

    March 13, 2021 at 1:49 pm

    Mujahid was the driving force behind denia, he was an amiris official in charge of eastern al andalus, which was known for harboring many pirates nests. He organised them and saw to conquere Mediterranean Islands to control trade (mercantile Enterprise) that's all, it had nothing to do with religion, he was too ambitious a sea empire

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    @timothygreve7720

    April 16, 2021 at 7:11 am

    Pete Kelly you are the best freelance historian on YouTube bar none

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    @grandyoljob

    June 9, 2021 at 9:32 pm

    Great video!

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    @scintillam_dei

    June 11, 2021 at 6:35 am

    Later comes the Portuguese Empire whose people never thank the Italians for making it possible, especially Venice and Genoa. But I'm Spanish so I thank Italians like Columbus despite his worshipping Satan as I can prove.

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    @gardenlizard1586

    June 29, 2021 at 12:26 pm

    In this period everyone did slavery not just muslims

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    @jackyflowers3493

    July 9, 2021 at 2:33 am

    Thank you.

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    @cesareborgia6431

    August 5, 2021 at 9:55 am

    Another great video.
    I'm passionate about the Crusades but I had never heard about this "prequel".

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    @tashleyh

    December 23, 2021 at 5:02 pm

    Its so great you think audible is affordable. Welcome to history. Covid times. Thats half my groceries

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    @robertruggiero9999

    February 12, 2022 at 6:30 am

    I never cease to be amazed when western scholars, researchers, commentators etc conveniently forget to mention that the first crusades were Muslims against Christians

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    @robertruggiero9999

    February 12, 2022 at 6:35 am

    At 4.20 minute: was not the real first crusade the Muslims attacking Jerusalem in 624AD ?

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    @lisapop5219

    April 3, 2022 at 4:14 am

    How come the Muslim conquests of other countries is OK but taking them back is bad? This doesn't make sense. The only ones that are considered wrong are the ones beating back Muslim conquests, why? Good on you for acknowledging the Muslim slave trade, few will. The west has been taught that the only slavery was white against black without ever teaching that slavery was a constant throughout history. Thank you for acknowledging that the slavs were so often used as slaves that it is where we get the name. Ask yourself why, despite having a more extensive & far longer before & after the European slave trade in Africans, do you not see a black diaspora in Muslim countries. The answer will turn your stomach.

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    @lisapop5219

    April 3, 2022 at 4:40 am

    There is no such thing as Muslim blood just like there is no such thing as Christian blood. They are religions, not ethnicity or a race.

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    @davidzacchei9038

    June 2, 2022 at 1:32 pm

    Love your videos. Please be careful with pronunciation, e.g., JEH-no-uh, not Jeh-NO-a. 😉

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    @messianic_scam

    September 25, 2022 at 12:46 pm

    b.s mujahid alamiri was not saqalibi he was arab his mother was from captured christian no Arab would give his family name to a slave ,most of this history is fabricated especially the one concern Andalusia establishment

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    @aliciadessironaldochavez8202

    September 28, 2022 at 2:54 am

    ISAIAH 40:8 GREETINGS FROM GUATEMALA ! (FORZA E CORAGGIO)*

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    @fjb4008

    February 9, 2023 at 5:46 am

    This channel is a joke. Europeans retake lands and that were stolen from them and you paint us as heathens. Utter nonsense from sn “academic” with little academic knowledge. Keep reading that script

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    @kilroyishere6190

    March 4, 2023 at 2:42 pm

    Now all these centuries later./the UNELECTED rulers of Europe have opened the flood gates to the vile ,uncivilized Muslims../hell Germany is now 23% Non German…The goal of the Globalists is the elimination of the White Race…We are the only roadblock to their desire for ABSOLUTE POWER and Dominion over every human on Earth,led by the Nazi collaborating Jew…George Soros..Real name……György Schwartz…

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    @udgamcl

    August 19, 2023 at 7:14 pm

    firstly. "bayalarics" you suceeded in being english i guess. next "moojaheed" is just like saying "soldier" it wasnt his name bit more like prefacing someones name with "the honourable" in the UK but with a kinda "warish" vibe

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    @History.Tour.con.Luca.e.Chiara

    September 27, 2023 at 7:19 pm

    Complimenti per il video, un saluto da Pisa Italy 👋👋

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    @robertomanca9700

    November 11, 2023 at 2:17 am

    It's not historically accurate as the Saracens only attacked coastal areas of Sardinia. By fully coloring Sardinia in green or in red the video falsely suggests that the island was completely subjugated – something not even the Romans managed to accomplish – while in fact the Saracens only sporadically formed coastal camps for predatory purposes – to steal cattle and produce – but each time, after the Sardinians became aware of a new camp they got organized to go in masses to destroy such camps and kick out the Saracens. The 4 Giudicate of Sardinia were formed precisely because the Sardinians trusted more in themselves to defend the island from the Saracens than they did in the by then weakened Byzanthium, the empire Sardinia had been a part of until its people formed the independent 4 Giudicati. The flag of Sardinia features 4 Moorish heads (Saracens), the people that the 4 Giudicati defeated. I should also add that the Saracens were never a strong maritime power. They were not very good at sea to manage to control lands that were not easily accessible by land. They could invade Spain because crossing the sea from Africa to reach it is only a couple of miles. Sicily is much closer to north African coasts than Sardinia and there are a few small islands in between (Pantelleria, Lampedusa, Malta) which could be used as stepping stones and maritime bases on the way to reach Sicily. Sardinia is surrounded by large bodies of water, which are also dangerous due to very frequent strong winds, without small islands between it and Africa. While there are important buildings left by the Arab domination in Spain there are none in Sardinia, not even a small mosque from that time of history, which supports the notion that the Arabs never had a chance to set foot in Sardinia in any stable manner or for any long periods. They acted as little more than pirates in some coastal areas.

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    @Jon-xq3kn

    December 31, 2023 at 12:16 am

    I can't express how impressed I am with this video. I've been fascinated by Sardinia and its history for decades, but never knew the details of the muslim invasions until now. Great job!

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    @latinhellas6383

    January 13, 2024 at 6:36 pm

    "Crusades" means the Romans' attempts, using Germanic (including Norman and generally European) warriors, to reconquer lands lost to Arab and Arabic-speaking conquerors several hundred years before. So, yes, the "crusades" also include and start with the Iberian peninsula, Sardinia, and Sicily (England can also be included in this context) , then shortly thereafter the eastern Mediterranean seaboard.

    They succeeded in the northern Mediterranean lands and islands, but failed in the eastern Mediterranean lands until several hundred years later when the Europeans developed the combined use of superior navigation and firepower and conquered not only the eastern Mediterranean lands, but large chunks of the entire world.

    Today and going forward it will perhaps be a question of who has the better drone and clone armed forces.

    Good Luck!

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    @TheDocLamkin

    February 10, 2024 at 1:34 pm

    Why do they have Star of Davids on there shields? Hmmm

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    @sadwingsraging3044

    April 22, 2024 at 12:12 pm

    *Puts Saxon album on*

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    @guycalabrese4040

    April 22, 2024 at 12:57 pm

    Soooo good video. Thank you!!!

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    @Agapi-dg7th

    June 11, 2024 at 2:30 pm

    Realy? That story is full of $hit

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    @phowebremerhaven

    June 11, 2024 at 3:39 pm

    the Crusades were a response to Muslim invasion of southern Europe, It saved Europe from Muslim tyranny. To bad Africa was not Unified enough to oust the Muslim invasion.

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