The Mongol vs. Order of Assassins War

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Hidden away on the high peaks of Persia and Syria, the shadowy Order of Assassins (hashashin) ensures its survival by maintaining agents in the courts of rival kings and statesmen, and striking when the time comes. But a new enemy hails from the East. The Mongol hordes lay waste to Persia, and soon look toward the mountains and the defiant Order of Assassins. This is the story of the Mongols vs. Assassins war.
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SOURCES
Faḍlallāh, Rašīd-ad-Dīn. “Hulagu Khan.” Jami'u't-Tawarikh: Compendium of Chronicles: A History of the Mongols, translated by Wheeler M. Thackston, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1988, pp. 472-481. [primary source]
Hodgson, Marshall G. S. The Order of Assassins: The Struggle of the Early Nizari Isma'ilis against the Islamic World. Mouton & Co., 1955.
Juvaynī Atâ-Malek. “Part Three.” The History of the World Conqueror, translated by John Andrew Boyle, vol. 2, Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1958, pp. 547-725. [primary source] [This source provides several of the quotes in the video, primarily those that concern the fate of Khwarshah and his family]
May, Timothy. “ A Mongol-Ismâʿîlî Alliance?: Thoughts on the Mongols and Assassins.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , ser. 3, 2004, pp. 231-239. 3.
Paris, Matthew, and Rishanger, William. Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273. United Kingdom, G. Bell, 1889, pp. 131-132. [primary source for the Nizari envoys going to England and France]
Sarkozy, Miklos. “The Dīwān-i Qā’Imiyyāt and the Mongols.” The Subalterns Project. The First Workshop - on the pre-Safavid period, 7 Nov. 2015, Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh.
Waterson, James, and David Morgan. The Ismaili Assassins: A History of Medieval Murder. Frontline Books, 2019.
Willey, Peter. The Eagle's Nest: Ismaili Castles in Iran and Syria. I.B. Tauris, 2006.
Williams, Patrick A. “The Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat: Another Suspect?” Traditio, vol. 26, 1970, pp. 381-389., doi.org/10.1017/s036215290000....
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@alvinlin8140 Жыл бұрын

Was there a account of how they faired in a straight on fight? The assassins I mean

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@landonlacy1954 Жыл бұрын

Growing up my father who was teaching at the military academy I was attending. Gave the other students and I an assignment to do a report on instances where psychological warfare defeated conventional warfare. My father then gave us an example of what he meant using the history between the assassins and Saladin. “One night While on a campaign the Great Saladin went to bed surrounded and protected by his large army and his guards. Only to wake up to an assassin trying to put a knife into his chest. Saladin was able to deflect the knife and began screaming for his guards. The assassin hearing this ran away. And even though the assassin failed to kill Saladin that night. He did put enough fear into Saladin that he decided to abandon the campaign and return home. But a year later Saladins fear was under control and again launched the campaign from the previous year, and vowed that he would be successful this time. But with the attempt on his life the year before fresh in his mind. He placed his best guards around his tent, he had surrounded his tent with white chalk to detect any foot prints of an intruder, he even placed small breakable balls connected by a chain around the tent to ensure any assassin trying to enter would be easily heard. As a result Saladin went to bed that night feeling safe, protected, and confident in victory. But when he woke up he saw a plate with pastries on it and a written warning on a piece of paper that was held in place by an assassins knife.And once again The Assassins made an entire army abandon it’s s campaign”

@Chris-zx1ez Жыл бұрын

That's actually fascinating. I need to read about more of these. Can you imagine the skill required to actually pull this off? The years of training. The ability to control your adrenaline at a time when a tiny miss step can get you killed or worse, tortured.

@0HOLSTER Жыл бұрын

There's also the story of the assasins sending an envoy to Saladin and he sent away everyone but his two most trusted guards. When the talks went south the envoy looked at his guards and said if I give the order would you kill him and they both drew their weapons on him but instead of killing him all 3 left. It showed Saladin he couldn't trust anyone in his army.

@landonlacy1954 Жыл бұрын

@@0HOLSTER your absolutely right that is another great example. The story is a little off though. When the envoy the assassins sent to negotiate with Saladin had asked for the room to be cleared. Saladin order everyone except 1 bodyguard not 2. Out if the room Also when the envoy asked Saladin why he would not order the remaining bodyguard out of the room. He told the assassin that the guards loyalty to him was absolute and that he would never do anything that Saladin did not first command him to. The envoy responded not with words but with a single gesture to the bodyguard. Once given the bodyguard stepped forward, pulled out his dagger and stabbed himself in the chest. He died at Saladins feet After this happened the envoy looking at a shocked Saladin and said “loyalty is a river not a dam. It can change at any moment given the right conditions of nature. And As you can see great One. When it comes to the nature of men. My master is the wind that can change the flow and direction of the river. We humbly ask that you consider this when planning any future campaigns that might bring you into conflict with our order. It would be a shame for such a man as you to drown in a river of your own making.”

@paperkites9101 Жыл бұрын

@@landonlacy1954 so the trusted bodyguard was an assassin the whole time?

@landonlacy1954 Жыл бұрын

@@paperkites9101 no he wasn’t an Assassin the whole time. In fact he was actually an extremely loyal bodyguard to Saladin for most of his life. But when the possibility of conflict between Saladin and the Assassins had arose The Assassins were somehow able to enlist the guards help despite his loyalty to Saladin. Many people believe the Assassins had abducted some of the guards family members and used his love for them to enlist his assistance against Saladin. And it's believed that the reason the guard killed himself instead of killing Saladin or another member of Saladins inner circle. Is because even though he agreed to help the Assassins. He outright refused to kill Saladin who he had known and protected for most of his life. The Assassins were as skilled in winning without killing as they were skilled in killing in general. Not an enemy anyone wanted.

@doesnotexist305 Жыл бұрын

I struggle to believe that the Mongols were real. From such humble origins they went on to fight the Chinese Empire, the samurai, the Islamic caliphates, the Order of Assassins, and medieval European knights and they crushed them all. Well, the weather in Japan kept them away but they would have overrun Japan as well. Unbelievable. I can’t stress how much they came from nothing to conquer the entire world and convincingly so.

@radhheytechi3456 Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@altanbayar Жыл бұрын

came from steppes

@sbs2047 11 ай бұрын

Wellll, The Islamic world at that time was fragmented and had been recovering from the ravages of the plague which had killed millions, the Assassins had been at a decline for a long time after the passing of their founders, not to mention, as the video states, their leader was murdered by his own son right before the start of the war, and the Samurai, with all due respect, got their martial reputation mainly by slaughtering unarmed Japanese peasants, and the best equipped and most organized European armies were in the west. So, Mongols were pretty hardcore undoubtedly, but they were also very, very lucky to find a unifying leader at the right place at the right time in history.

@ReformedCitizen8939 11 ай бұрын

Communist Chinese still live in fear of the memory of the Khans!

@koreancowboy42 11 ай бұрын

@@sbs2047 except..... the Japanese fought against each other. You underestimate how there's some battle hardend regular infantry soldiers. Oda Nobunaga for example made sure his army was well prepared. He trained his own Yari Ashigaru (spearmen) the levy peasants to be well trained and experienced. Along side with guns being brought he made sure they were put to use. The Oda clan was extremely a strong clan due to their fertile location which was Owari. Even a skilled samurai can be killed on the field by an yari ashigaru if not careful. The samurai also didn't just fight against peasants. They fought against each other in duels on the battlefield and or against each other during peace times or again Ronins ( Experienced retired samurai without masters, basically hirable mercenaries).

@ray101892 Жыл бұрын

Love the Mongols. They fought the samurai, assassins, knights or virtually any badass army in their way.

@dravenocklost4253 Жыл бұрын

Even survived Russian Winters

@dravenocklost4253 Жыл бұрын

If their horses hooves can ride on it, they can survive it.

@gallowglass3764 Жыл бұрын

I think the Japan campaign was a flop

@ManAssome Жыл бұрын

@@dravenocklost4253 they live in Siberian winters😂

@ray101892 Жыл бұрын

@@gallowglass3764 who can beat typhoons? Come on

@y4head84 Жыл бұрын

Amazing. It's sad the Assassin's Creed went the direction it did. Would he awesome to see this history or similar being told on the game and not a viking assassin

@JamesSmith-ny2gb Жыл бұрын

You’re not even an assassin in the last 2 games

@tolui1874 Жыл бұрын

Imagine playing as a nizari Ismaili in assassins Creed mongol empire

@blackprinceofpersia1755 Жыл бұрын

@@JamesSmith-ny2gb LITERALLY

@HuanLeVuong Жыл бұрын

Same with Naruto. Ninjas and assassins are supposed to do dirty jobs.

@notevensexy26 Жыл бұрын

Couldn’t agree more

@NightDocs Жыл бұрын

The amount of work and creativity that goes into these is astounding. Loved the artwork and storytelling!

@HistoryDose Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, man. Plenty more content on the way.

@renderuntocaesarwhatiscaes2300 Жыл бұрын

Yea The art work pieces are absolutely amazing

@WTF-ly9ok Жыл бұрын

I have read a book about assassins. The two brunches, one based in Alamut, Persia and the other Masyaf, Syria, always brought terror to sounni Islam. In contrast to the beloved Assassin's creed franchise, assassin's rarely targeted crusaders.

@zosasho8036 Жыл бұрын

Sunni*

@landonlacy1954 Жыл бұрын

They rarely targeted crusaders because their employers we’re almost always Muslim and sent them after Muslim targets. The Crusaders usually refused to deal with Muslims for anything military or to accomplish military goals. Even when it would have helped them. The first crusade was offered help from two diffident Muslim powers during their crusade. And despite the fact that both offers would have massively helped them at times when they really needed the help. They refused. But then again. Accepting help from non Christian factions may have resulted in the loss of support from other Christian nations and possibly even resulted in excommunication. So I think their hands were pretty tied. But there are some pretty big examples of the Crusaders using the Assassins further-down the line. There are claims that Richard the lion heart was not above using their services when needed. And there are claims the French used their services in the second Crusade. Due to the repeated failures of the crusade.

@kebman Жыл бұрын

So not much change from today's terror then.

@koraegi Жыл бұрын

I love brunch

@dand3953 Жыл бұрын

The assassins were successful in Islam because they were totally immersed within Muslim culture. Christian culture was significantly different enough to dissipate the assassins' ability to operate with ultimate fear.

@ElBandito Жыл бұрын

There should be an AC game focused on a lone Assassin trying to avenge the fall of his order by killing Monkhe Khan during his campaign in Southern China, while being secretly aided by Khubilai--who has his own ambitions.

@Dennis-nc3vw Жыл бұрын

An Assassin’s Creed that’s actually about Assassins. Imagine that.

@calcaleb7041 Жыл бұрын

The franchise been a joke the first game wasn’t even a Muslim protagonist even tho history says all of them were 😂

@benjaminwoodman Жыл бұрын

Lol, Ghost of Tsushima except it’s not China. And not assassins.

@BJORN-rx4jz 11 ай бұрын

Cringe

@komorebisclown1899 11 ай бұрын

@@calcaleb7041 the first one was muslim tho

@twicethess-ratedghoul7859 Жыл бұрын

The story of the Mongols is one of the most interesting periods of history. Thank you for presenting it in a factual and beautiful way

@maddogbasil Жыл бұрын

It was basically a world war Except all vs 1 And everyone still mostly lost

@BHuang92 Жыл бұрын

It was a tremendous cost of human lives but the Mongols established a near global trade between the East and the West; a radical transformation of civilization!

@maddogbasil Жыл бұрын

@@BHuang92 closest thing to a global order we got pre gunpowder age He who controls the spice controls the world

@vr112 Жыл бұрын

If you’re into podcasts, check out Dan Carlins ‘Wrath of the Khans’. It’s long and goes into some detail. Only compLaint I had was he didn’t get to Kubula

@purevjavterbish33 Жыл бұрын

I am mongol,writing from Mongolia.I want to say that,this empire was the most strong military state in human history,much more powerful than-Romans,Nazi Germany,Soviet Union and USA.Short rein of great khans -Ugedei 1229-1241,Guek 1246-1246,Munke 1251-1259 and 40 years civil war prevented to occupy all Eurasia,muslim countries in North Africa and Japan.It was real huge political-military monster👹👹👹 in our planet.

@Rezdar1 Жыл бұрын

I remember reading Conn Igguldens books on the Mongol Empire when I was 16. One of the most exciting parts of the book was when the Mongols encountered the "Hashashins (Assassins)". A clash of worlds, cultures and styles of warfare. It was the first time I learned that Assassin actually derived from the arabic word "Hashish" which basically means Cannabis. Can't wait to see what you're going to explore in this episode! Thank you.

@thewayofthestoic1243 Жыл бұрын

Because marco polo claimed the hashashins were under the influence of drugs while comitting assassinations, hence the name. Arabic word but it came from the persian, nizari imailies shia sect who had a grudge with the sunnis and christians Hassan sabbah the infamous leader. The narrative still goes that assassins were Arabians, but for the most it was started by persians and spread by persians. Interesting stuff...

@owenpierce5282 Жыл бұрын

I’m reading those right now, they’re so good

@jadaoun03 Жыл бұрын

There is another theory on their name that says is derived from the word asasiyun (fondamentalists) because of their philosophy and that europeans misunderstood, as it always happened, the word and tried finding another etymology

@thewayofthestoic1243 Жыл бұрын

@@jadaoun03 like with most history sadly.

@melonguardians Жыл бұрын

I remember reading these then playing Assassin's creed and realising it was the same setting, very cool stuff!

@NipScrip Жыл бұрын

Why don’t schools teach more Mongolian history, this shit is way more interesting than learning about king Farquhad XII and how he was a hemophiliac because his parents were cousins

@billcipher3946 Жыл бұрын

Mongols,Comanches,vikings,and Māori are far more interesting & awesome compared to soft American history

@Todsor Жыл бұрын

@@billcipher3946 As a Mongolian, i will prefer Aztec over Maori. There is nothing cool or fierce about sticking tongue out. It is just confusing and funny.

@18890426 4 ай бұрын

@@billcipher3946 does America even have a history?

@billcipher3946 4 ай бұрын

@@18890426 It does but it’s a complicated one.

@The_Alpha_E 2 ай бұрын

@@18890426 Yes, it does. Silly little gen z

@Aryo_Khazaeli Жыл бұрын

I'm Iranian and can read the letter in 3:02.Good job

@ultrainstinctshaggy2361 Жыл бұрын

What does it say?

@Aryo_Khazaeli Жыл бұрын

@@ultrainstinctshaggy2361 It is to way academic but as far as I could understand it talks about Sultan Masoud's glory and talks about people having a comfortable, happy and great life under his reign and lastly says about another Sultan In Baghdad.

@aburoach9268 Жыл бұрын

Gerdkuh castle held out the siege for almost 18 years Regardless the mistake of the Assassins was fortifying themselves in the mountains rather then Hiding there as a mobile entity with multiple hideouts / Fortresses can sooner or later be taken, *But If they can't find you, they can't get rid of you* / Zealots made same mistake against the Romans

@alifkazeryu8228 Жыл бұрын

AGREED. Assassins power come from stealth. and there's nothing stealthy about fortress in the mountain. a small monastery or academy in the middle of nowhere on the other hand....

@aburoach9268 Жыл бұрын

@@alifkazeryu8228 I would even go further then that and consider caves or a tunnel network with multiple escape routes in case it's found, Also such places do not allow a conventional army to employ their full potential, so the first scouting party that enters it (checking if it's abandoned or not) could easily be trapped, ambushed and taken out before it could sent word back to it's HQ

@mjusufatur Жыл бұрын

I think what written in history books not suffice enough to really tell what happened to the order, the held 2 centuries given their remarkable knowledge on the importance of deceiving, I think they survived, and the death of the leaders bloodline mark they did infiltrated the Khan.

@snowmoon7385 Жыл бұрын

@@aburoach9268 Good riddance..they were a tribulation..n their descendents survived..who are now humanitarians.

@aburoach9268 Жыл бұрын

@@snowmoon7385 they would've come in handy to keep scum like Tamerlane & Nader shah in check

@Epicmadnesslol Жыл бұрын

I thought Assassin's Creed was just a fantasy game. Didn't know there is "a hint of truth in every myth".

@ayanlethesomali7357 Жыл бұрын

They’re the origin of the word “assassin”. The game made them less interesting, in my opinion, although the games are still entertaining.

@snowmoon7385 Жыл бұрын

What ? Lol..truth is more fascinating than games.

@kyrkwalters964 Жыл бұрын

Me either

@HarshGupta-oe1hv Жыл бұрын

The first Assassin's Creed game was actually based on real events except for the plot of the world of assassins and templars across the world beyond Asia minor.

@kylepessell1350 Жыл бұрын

The very word 'assassin' originated from this group. However, there is a distinct lack of credible information about them as we have very few records that aren't written by their enemies. This is similar to what happened to the Vikings as most of what we know about them are written from the very biased view of the people they raided. This lack of real knowledge often opens the door for fiction to fill in the gaps no matter how outlandish it might be and of course this liberal view of history is what makes it into the public conscience.

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This was amazing, great work! Can't wait for the next episode. It's unbelievable that this is "user-generated content". This really sets a new bar for history and documentary content on KZfaq and other platforms alike.

@thelordchancellor3454 Жыл бұрын

The sound work is excellent, the chants of Europe, the singing of Islam and the throat song of the steppe. I am transported to a world of military and cultural titans in the ancient past.

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Glad that stuck with you. We get kind of obsessive about getting the sound, art, narration to flow together to create an ambience.

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@18890426 4 ай бұрын

@@HistoryDose getting the sound from where? I'm curious 😀

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Thanks!

@nateone6632 Жыл бұрын

This is gonna be good, I love your work man very few people have the voice to make you not drone over, always keeping the energy even subtly. Learning so much actually history also

@fadlisuryanto8617 Жыл бұрын

Good videos but he have a mistake .. Abu bakar Umar bin khattab Usman Ali bin abi talib They Are not islamic prophet they are khalifah (a leader, a imam, a wise/holy man walking in their time) If arabic man have a problem they ask them for advice, and told them what to do. Khalifah, not mia khalifa😅. They dont have a miracle of prophet had. Muhammad is the last prophet not the founder of islam.

@peanutwars Жыл бұрын

Man what I love about this channel is you pick such amazing unknown niche topics and I learn so much and love it I knew about the Mongols and assassins but had no clue they ever met thank you!

@patrickrpedrus747 Жыл бұрын

Man, Assassins Creed should've done a game on this instead. This would've been perfect. The story, the missions, the art...maaan.

@fibblit2394 Жыл бұрын

They still might. It's already part of the story. In AC 2 one of the tombs under Monteriggioni is dedicated to Qulan Gal, the assassin who killed Genghis. Amunet (Aya) was another statue and we got to see/play her in Origins. In Revelations one of the Altair memories has him and his son returning to Masayaf after helping Qulan Gal deal with Genghis. So, wouldn't be surprised to see a game where we play as either Altair again or as Qulan Gal with Altair as a mentor.

@joeclaridy Жыл бұрын

@@fibblit2394 with the direction that Ubisoft is taking I wouldn't hold your breath. We've asked for a Japanese or Chinese assassin game but they kept shooting it down. Luckily Sucker Punch gave us what we wanted.

@xanderbackus447 Жыл бұрын

@@joeclaridy this didn't age well

@yabasic919 Жыл бұрын

I don't think you realize the first one was based off of this, although the plot differs you can see a resemblance in 1:36 of a similar mission.

@cesaru3619 Жыл бұрын

Another kid praising assasin's crap...

@ilikebreadandcheese1136 Жыл бұрын

Watching this with my home speakers on was amazing. Literally had goosebumps the whole time. Nice narrating and amazing artwork. Definitely will be watching more of your videos. Great job !

@Strat-Guides Жыл бұрын

I feel like you can open up an art exhibit with just this video alone given the amount of quality work that went into this video! Amazing.

@cam5816 Жыл бұрын

How does he get all this art? Is he doing it himself??

@Strat-Guides Жыл бұрын

@@cam5816 it's two brothers on the team, one of them does all the art by hand. They are both incredible at what they do, truly inspiring!

@amiza.thedude Жыл бұрын

as a Mongolian i want hollywood to make a movies or tv series about our rich history. Even game developers should recognize our history now.

@deplorableme4678 Жыл бұрын

CCP won't allow that. Your social credit score has been reduced by 500 points.

@glennjames7107 Жыл бұрын

Most people are unaware of Mongol history, other than a very basic understanding of who Genghis Khan was. I agree the Mongol history would make a great, (and sometimes horrifying) T.V. show or set of videos. People could learn a lot from the History of the Mongols. From the great Khan, throughout the Mongol empire was a fascinating period of history. Few realize how brilliant the Great Khan was, much less how brilliant his descendants were, and I'm sure still are.

@MH-ms1dg Жыл бұрын

The Chinese documentary Hexi Corridor made a few episodes about the Mongols They’re surprisingly progressive in their portrayal, dramatizing the Mongols as being informed and in favor of Buddhist learning and dissemination

@seanpour6742 Жыл бұрын

@@glennjames7107 Not so great in the eyes of the people and civilizations the Mongols destroyed. Not great at all...Not to mention so many books and scientific works which were burned by the Mongols.

@cookiesncream4552 Жыл бұрын

There's one Netflix series in the mongol era with Kublai as the Khan the show is Marco Polo

@HafeezAbiola Жыл бұрын

It doesn't get better than this channel. The narrative, the visuals and the art is just pure beauty. Thank you History Dose

@user-rd3jw7pv7i Жыл бұрын

The animation, music, pacing, narration, writing, EVERYTHING about this video is INSANE. Well done History Dose!

@bluemobster0023 Жыл бұрын

What also made the Mongols so terrifying and deadly was their experience with the pinnical of civilization at the time. China who taught them how to destroy the greatest of fortresses in the world

@bobbarista Жыл бұрын

Pinnacle

@cam5816 Жыл бұрын

Pineapple

@BlueBizen Жыл бұрын

lol china the pinnacle of civ got pwned by a bunch of random horse fuckers

@Originalchili Жыл бұрын

They never destroyed a western European castle

@bluemobster0023 Жыл бұрын

@@Originalchili a western European castle is NOTHING compared to the great ancient Chinese fortress cities

@TheJackmeisterMongolHistory Жыл бұрын

This turned out great! Very happy to see how it came together. I definitely like how many of the details you managed to include or at least reference; well done!

@HistoryDose Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the help!! It’s not a terribly well-covered conflict, so poking through primary sources and scholarship was necessary to piece things together

@r0b0saurusrex80 Жыл бұрын

Wow.... dude this series and style you have been doing are just so damn good. This one... this one tells the tale not heard to this much detail. This is most excellent. Well done!

@Spinosaurus44 Жыл бұрын

This was very entertaining to watch. A great historical battle that I’m sure not many people are aware happened

@jxon6246 Жыл бұрын

Nonthing less than I expected. This is truly marvelous and an interesting way to learn about historical facts. Romanticized, down-to-the facts and entertaining. I can foresee myself looking up for more information about it. Great job!!!

@rafaeldiromano2085 Жыл бұрын

I love the story. You’ve got a great voice for story telling. The artwork used is amazing. Great work!

@siner2442 Жыл бұрын

Man the Mongols are Unstoppable! There’s only one rule back in those days… don’t ever go against The Khan! Also this really brought me back to the first Assassins Creed game. I can’t believe the Mongols wiped them out single handedly and somehow made them bend at them knee? How is that even possible when they are willing to die on a mission without being questioned…

@gallowglass3764 Жыл бұрын

For quite a while the Mongols were unstoppable, yeah. Then they fell apart from within, and there was very little ambition within their culture after suffering many military defeats. 😔

@pippi2285 Жыл бұрын

There is actually quite a few times they were stopped

@egriz4461 Жыл бұрын

The assassins were just in order of assassination with few hundred warriors they weren't powerfull, the mongols indeed were strong but they didn't face any united strong empire China at the time of mongols were at their weakest point being devided into three kingdoms Jin dynasty the declining song dynasty in the sounth and western xia, plus the khawarizmians weren't powerfull but weak with just 40000 soldiers lost of them mercenaries, when mongols face strong empires like Delhi sultnatanate of india and mamluks were destroyed

@feerlemon1181 Жыл бұрын

@@egriz4461 Don't be stupid. The Chinese still had the advantage in every way possible. China wasn't at their weakest, especially compared to the mongols. The khwarazmians had 600K soldiers. And you should also apply your stupid logic to the mongols as well like when they faced Delhi sultanate and mamluks, they were at their weakest, disunited, fragmented, and extremely outnumbered because 90% of the actual army went back to mongolia for kurutal. You just don't wanna give credit to mongols, the most tactical and brilliant army

@egriz4461 Жыл бұрын

@@feerlemon1181 if you really think that khawarizmians have 600k soldiers then I'm sure that you read history in online classes lol khawarizmians have a max of 50k soldiers and most of them were irregular turkic tribesmen and mercenaries who were devided in several fortresses as garrisons, China was at weakest point it was devided and song was a declining empire both jin and song didn't have a regular standing army like other chiness dynastys, but they only have a large army of untrained peasants with low moral with a smaller cavalry force who were the only regular regiments at the army, nevertheless its took the Mongols over half their milltary force some 700k soldiers plus the defection of Han chiness and several song commenders plus 70 years of constant warfare to bring a declining devided weak version of China, when Mongols face a non declining and powerful kingdoms with a powerful regular standing army commended by veterans commenders and kings like Aladdin khilji of delhi empire and baibars of mamluks the Mongol were crushed

@prospect8245 Жыл бұрын

I knew a fair bit about this subject being a major fan of the Assassin's Creed series, I'm so glad you made such a great video on it explaining this history in such amazing detail

@jamalyusuf7679 Жыл бұрын

These videos are incredible....especially this one. Been wanting to learn more about the Assassins ever since I read the Genghis Khan biography, and this brought them to life with incredible art, music and narration. Thank you!!!!

@HistoryDose Жыл бұрын

The fun in making these videos is I'm in the same boat. I read about certain things and want to "see" and "hear" what those events would have looked like.

@andrewoverhere8525 Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryDose how about Alexander spending 6 months making the bridge to Tyre?

@HistoryDose Жыл бұрын

It’ll come. Don’t know when, but trust me

@ariyoiansky291 Жыл бұрын

You narrate like you were there, incredible work. I really enjoyed this one!

@Dbales34 Жыл бұрын

Always blown away by how brilliantly narrated and illustrated these are

@himankkr7060 Жыл бұрын

I remember Assassin’s Creed Revelations teasing a conflict between the Mongols and Altair’s Assassin order in the flashbacks, which we unfortunately never got to witness.

@kikireviews3390 Жыл бұрын

There's an amazing novel about Alamut and the entire order of the assassin's or "hashashin,حشاشين" Called Alamut written by Vladimir partol.

@snowmoon7385 Жыл бұрын

@alexginger1948 Жыл бұрын

The artworks are so so so so good. Excellent work Joe. I love historical artwork so much.

@jonshive5482 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating. Great narrative and dramatic presentation. This channel makes history come alive like no other. Thank you and please continue. These glimpses into a dark past remind us how brutal our species can be, and how lucky we are to be living in this period of history.

@uncledan2u Жыл бұрын

Great story telling. Felt like listening in a campfire out in the middle of a desert.

@khuderdoyod4070 Жыл бұрын

I am Mongolian, and this is mind blowing for me!!! Big respect for Video maker!!!!!! I can see that he put lot of efforts! Therefore, I heard some rumor about Netflix started research for Mongol empire war movie but they are lack of budget and real Mongolian directors and artist, actors mostly.

@khuderdoyod4070 Жыл бұрын

Additionally, I think our Mongols came in Arabian territory at the right time cause just 80 years before of our invasion there was held of Crusader I war between Christian and Muslims, Khwazarim empire were already in huge loss and tired of endless war. Subudei and Zev generals also war artists who have been into lot of battles. Therefore, they reached Jerusalim easily without huge loss.

@adhammazen2547 Жыл бұрын

@@khuderdoyod4070 They were not able to conquer Jerusalem though, primarily thanks to the Mamluks.

@badger297 Жыл бұрын

I honestly just wish you guys would write non-fictional audiobooks and deliver them in this format. I could listen to and watch these videos all day

@adamcoleman4001 Жыл бұрын

What an amazing video! The art and animation really set this apart from similar videos, as well as the great script. Well researched and amazing execution on the presentation. Thanks for the awesome content!

@erastusolumuyiwa7682 Жыл бұрын

Keep up the good work!! Certainly the best History channel on KZfaq so far with the animations damnnn... The style of words taken by the narrator is craaaaazy to start with ❤️

@fionnghallselma7193 Жыл бұрын

Great video; honestly I'd love to see you guys do a retelling of The Battle of Clontarf; the art, oration and everything else would fire up my Gaelic blood.

@najibullahnazari2213 Жыл бұрын

I'm Nizari shia Ismaile from Afghanistan. I love my assassins and assassins history.❤❤❤

@tomasbreunig4950 Жыл бұрын

10 seconds in and im already in love with the insane production! you earned yourself a new sub my man!

@vicenzostella1390 Жыл бұрын

I remember seeing the Hashashin in Marco Polo, which was one of the most interesting parts of the first season. Keep it up!!

@tonyjones1560 Жыл бұрын

It’s unfortunate that the Mongols burned the libraries at Alamut. Just imagine the dark wisdom that was destroyed. My black, history nerd poli-sci major’s heart skips a beat🫣🥶

@SoMuchSoy Жыл бұрын

Wow this was amazing!! Looking forward to more Mongol stories!! Such a great empire!!

@Quickeasyguitarlessons Жыл бұрын

Man these videos are getting better and better 👍 Amazing stuff couldn’t take away my attention for whole 16 minutes of this video. Thank you for producing these man 👍

@StratfordDanBurrell 5 ай бұрын

One of the best channels. The cadence, the voice and emphasis as well as the impactful music is on point.

@JTD454 Жыл бұрын

This channel always has amazing topics for each video. Keep it up!

@khashayar7986 Жыл бұрын

This was a superb job, everything from the storytelling to the arts and music were incredible! I'm persian and didn't know any of this stuff. Definitely one of the coolest and simultaneously saddest parts of persian history in my opinion.

@cam5816 Жыл бұрын

Why saddest?

@parsa_afshar Жыл бұрын

@@cam5816 because the founder of assassin's by Persians Hassan Sabah and fought against Arabs mongols invaders....to protect Persia

@Michael_De_Santa-Unofficial Ай бұрын

@@parsa_afshar Hassan I-Sabbah wasn't a Persian, my friend.

@parsa_afshar Ай бұрын

@@Michael_De_Santa-Unofficial he was persian not camel Arab🥷🏾🐫🦗👰🏾‍♂️👰🏾‍♀️🧑🏾‍🦱👨🏾‍🦱

@vikramsid Жыл бұрын

Unbelievably brilliant in its narration, presentation and explanation of mediaeval events. I specifically like the way it segues into different shots with a change of music to show a change of events. Too good guys 👍🏻👍🏻 💯💯

@raoulberret3024 Жыл бұрын

Amazing stories... The imagery, the tone of voice, the intensity of it all... Top!! Keep them rolling!!

@oligb1469 Жыл бұрын

I love mongol history they were amazing stories like these always make me enthralled

@villainn Жыл бұрын

Y’all really got me upset that I gotta wait for the next episode. Incredible storytelling and fire tactic to get returning viewers.

@GoranKeoki Жыл бұрын

I'm absolutely blown away at how brilliant this channel is

@sunnyinvladivostok Ай бұрын

history & poetry work stunningly well together in this video .. just finished, the tale so tragic & horrific & devastating, I think @historydose you captured the sense of it perfectly, thank you for doing this

@fleepss2407 Жыл бұрын

This was amazing 👏🏽. Do more of these. It's incredible that this happened, the history of the world. Everyone should Google a picture of the old location of Alamut, the fortress the Nizari held up in. Jaw dropping

@parsa_afshar Жыл бұрын

That castle in my city qhazvin iran made by persians Hassan Sabah founder of assassin's and his castle fought against Arabs mongols...

@1AvrgJoe Жыл бұрын

This video was great! Really good quality production. The story is compelling and the artwork was incredible. I love his voice too. The mongols have such an amazing history it’s to bad we don’t learn more about them.

@MegasReborn Жыл бұрын

Incredible work! Love all the content you all provide!

@JamesEvanswhite-oq3fx 9 ай бұрын

Fantastic series, the art,music and narrative is perfect. Thanks for creating this.

@jackfisher7559 Жыл бұрын

Love these!! More videos about the mongols 🙏🏼

@martiawesome Жыл бұрын

man the mongols peak lasted for about a century but man those years were probably the worst years in humanity's history if you were enemies of the mongols

@md.faisalshah 2 ай бұрын

I've never seen never heard like mongol warrior who make fear to whole earth 🌍 so strong 💪 so powerful . So quickly arise . So easily defeat their enemy. Unchallenged everywhere. They spell other as cutting grass. So ferious so violent . That's why never seen never heard. Like ferious storm of Ghengiz khan.

@paulstone3590 Жыл бұрын

You did a very good job producing this piece. Congratulations.

@rayz0101 Жыл бұрын

I love your approach to history, the presentation is so well done with fitting music, imagery and narration. I've never subbed to a new channel and went back and watched all of their available posts, but with you it was a no brainer.

@HM-2011 Жыл бұрын

I highly recommend reading these 2 books: Samarkand by Amin Maalouf and Alamut by Vladimir Bartol. Same history seen through different lenses. Just beautiful

@spoodurmin9742 Жыл бұрын

What’s Samarkand about?

@HM-2011 Жыл бұрын

@@spoodurmin9742 it's about the best three friends in history, one who ruled the world, one who terrorised it, and one who observed it. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samarkand_(novel)

@HM-2011 Жыл бұрын

@@spoodurmin9742 forgot to mention that both books address the historical birth of the order of assassins. Samarkand touches a bit of the origin of the name, but it's debatable.

@spoodurmin9742 Жыл бұрын

@@HM-2011 Interesting, thank you

@nurba_nurba Жыл бұрын

One of the best historic channels, easy to listen, visuals are wonderful.

@JRock2007 Жыл бұрын

How is this not in the franchise!? It could no be a more perfect addition!

@Peanutbutterboi Жыл бұрын

I hope these two never stop doing this. It’s the most creative and entertaining history channel by far.

@alekid2086 Жыл бұрын

Every time... I can't believe how incredible this storytelling is

@lewishydee Жыл бұрын

This is sooooo good, you are so underrated, please keep up the amazing videos

@abdullahal-muhsni5427 Жыл бұрын

Finishing this good day with a history dose video is what i needed

@ChrisStatsLotter1989 Жыл бұрын

Honestly love this channel! The music and art work is so fitting to the stories being told. Please do more! I would love to see more of Asian content! :)

@johnhussain3335 Жыл бұрын

Brother you are something else! Thank you for bringing some of our ancestors into the spotlight! Food for thought- maybe someday a video on the 1840s British expedition into Afghanistan would make good material. You’re a legend through and through man!

@Warmaker01 Жыл бұрын

As always, great presentation. Artwork, music, sound, and narration. Nice work.

@theamericandream5917 Жыл бұрын

Oh man what a great video. You have a great way of storytelling which pairs nicely with the artwork. Keep it up! And it looks like the Sack of Baghdad episode is next hopefully. I've always wondered what that sack would have looked like. Stories describe it as literally hell on earth. Can't wait!

@johnathonclayton6964 Жыл бұрын

Man I absolutely love this artwork, and am greatly interested in Mongol history, especially thanks to the Mobile game Game of Khans. Please tell me there's more Mongol history on the way.

@salmanchandio Жыл бұрын

It's a shame that I was missing this piece of History. So, real Assassins were really cool the way are shown in the game.

@ThePhatFilosopher Жыл бұрын

Videos done so well, you have to watch them twice💯👏🏽well done, boys

@benzook8898 Жыл бұрын

Such great storytelling. History doesn't have to be boring

@camielkluizenaar3689 Жыл бұрын

Do read up on Farhad Daftary's "The Ismailis: their history and doctrine", his description of the nizari-ismailis and their state is astounding!! Side-note: to this day, they still exist as a shi'a community and currently have their 49th imam, Aga Khan IV :)

@snowmoon7385 Жыл бұрын

Yes i france.

@PhotoboothTO Жыл бұрын

Best history channel on KZfaq

@realgoodmind Жыл бұрын

I love these videos. This might be the best Middle Eastern/Mongolian history I have come across.

@OleOlson Жыл бұрын

Don't take this the wrong way, but I fell asleep almost immediately after I turned this on. That's a good thing. The hypnotic, monotonically voice was ASMR-like. I'll also be able to rewatch this video multiple times now. Keep up the magnificent work!

@arno9233 Жыл бұрын

Great video! So Kwarsha betrayed his kin. First allowing the kill of fierce leader his dad, second giving up while the assassins want to fight, putting him as a leader with subordinates rowing in another direction

@josephphoenix1376 Жыл бұрын

Excellent Episode 👍 I learned more about Mongol Commander Kit Buqka🤔Good to know he did more in his career than lose at Ain Jalut👍

@josephphoenix1376 Ай бұрын

Agreed!

@bagthebird7610 Жыл бұрын

The music in this video is rlly immersive, great work as always Dose

@tylersizelove7521 Жыл бұрын

The art work is on point! Im getting put in a trance. Also sublime narration!

@wilhelmhesse1348 Жыл бұрын

Assassins, Samurai and Knights Templar...great adversaries that the Mongols faced.

@HatchetHarry12 5 ай бұрын

Not the Knights

@wilhelmhesse1348 5 ай бұрын

@@HatchetHarry12 oh yes ...they faced each other in more than one theatre of battle

@HatchetHarry12 5 ай бұрын

@@wilhelmhesse1348 ik they just weren't one of the mongols greatest adversaries.

@TheGfacekilla Жыл бұрын

The quality of this content is frankly above KZfaq, this is outstanding work in every way. This type of content has a timeless quality to it, I cannot praise you enough History Dose thank you

@HistoryDose Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much. More to come!