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.

Magnificent documentary.

It would be really great if this channel had subtitles

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

really enjoying this series + host

Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

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

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.

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

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 🇪🇬❤

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

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🇪🇦❤️

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

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

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

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).

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.

And now Islam is having it's dark ages.

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.

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 .

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

“courchard”🤣😂

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

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.

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).*

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

Imagine what humanity could have accomplished collectively unburdened by superstition.

First!😉

They sure likes using the outdated term "Dark Ages" a lot for a channel supposedly about history.

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.

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Deus vult

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.

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

Islam has never left the dark ages.

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

The region of darkness.

Islam will someday fade away!!

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