Excellent map showing the state of the Iberian Peninsula in 1094, the year of El Cid's greatest triumph when he conquered Valencia. This map doesn't distinguish the various Christian kingdoms, but it does demonstrate the scope of El Cid's achievement. He'd basically established a small but powerful Christian outpost on the eastern coast. This was in part possible because his policies had pacified the Emir of Zaragoza and kept that region neutral to the King of Leon-Castile. The Almoravids, at this point, basically controlled everything in purple, essentially establishing a new Muslim empire in extension to their massive North African domains. That El Cid defeated the Almoravids utterly, and entirely shattered every attempt they made to reverse his conquests is a testament to his greatness.
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True or false: The First Crusade made possible the Byzantine revival of the twelfth century.
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Was the Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire a good thing?
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If Frederick Barbarossa had made it to the Holy Land, would the Third Crusade have also taken Jerusalem (in addition to its many other accomplishments)?
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Which were the greatest crusaders?
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A few people have messaged me about the music used in my videos. Most of it is original music I create for my project Roman Lion. You can find a lot of the soundtrack for RCH on the Roman Lion channel:
youtube.com/@RomanLion
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Wishing everyone a very happy Sedantag!
Today, in 1870, the North German Confederation won a glorious victory over Napoleon III's France at the epic Battle of Sedan. This victory would result in the surrender and abdication of the French emperor and lead to the formation of the German Empire.
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What is the most ridiculous falsehood that some people still believe about the Crusades?
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Were the Crusades taken as a whole generally a successful or unsuccessful project?
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Were Charlemagne's wars against the Saxons justified?
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15 August 2008