Synopsis

Managed to compile the first five videos in my Conquest and Fall of Constantinople series. This will cover from the rise of Islam, to its sieges of the great city, the coming of the Seljuks, the great defeat at Manzikert, and then on into the first crusade.

1:00 Heraclius and the Persian Empire
4:00 Rise of Islam
16:00 The Siege of 641 - 668
31:00 Siege of 717 - 718
50:00 Abbasid Caliphate and the Golden age of Islam
55:45 Leo III and the Isaurian Dynasty
1:00:00 Rise of Basil I
1:10:00 The Bulgar Slayer and the Battle of Kleidion
1:14:30 The Great Schism
1:20:00 The Rise of the Seljuk
1:24:40 Romanus IV Diogenes
1:31:00 Battle of Manzikert
1:49:30 Alexios I Komnenos
1:53:30 The coming of the 1st crusade
1:57:00 The Peoples Crusade
2:00:00 The Prince's Crusade
2:06:00 The Siege of Antioch
2:14:00 Jerusalem
2:17:00 Aftermath of the First Crusade
2:19:30 Imperial Expansion and the Death of Alexios I

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Massive thank you to the Art Work of Nikolaos Thessalos
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Special thanks to Callum Ogden for allowing me to use his maps. Please check out his site and consider sponsoring his work:
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Big Thanks as always to Embrace History for the Total War Anima
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A huge shout out to Know History as well - amazing renders of the first crusade characters!! Check out his channel:
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Very Special Thank you to Dr. Bissera Pentcheva - Professor of Byzantine Art at Stanford - for her permission to use video footage:
Copyright: 2011 Bissera Pentcheva

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Also huge thanks to Farya Faraji and his amazing music
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==== SOURCES ====
Warriors of God - James Reston

Constantinople 717 -718 - Si Shepard

Byzantium - Judith Herrin

Fourth Crusade - Jonathan Phillips

Manzikert 1071 - David Nicolle

Fourth Crusade - David Nicolle

First Crusade - Thomas Asbridge

A Short History of Byzantium - John Julius Norwich

The Fall of Constantinople 1453 - Steven Runciman

The Siege and the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 - Hanak

1453 The Holy War for Constantinople - Roger Crowley
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