The Conquest and Fall of Constantinople - Parts 1 - 5 - History of Byzantium

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 ================================== Massive thank you to the Art Work of Nikolaos Thessalos http://nikolaosthessalosart.com/portfolio/ https://www.facebook.com/NikolaosThessalosArtworks Special thanks to Callum Ogden for allowing me to use his maps. Please check out his site and consider sponsoring his work: https://www.redbubble.com/people/callumogden?asc=u#_=_ Big Thanks as always to Embrace History for the Total War Anima Please check out his channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLzbZj3xZvZkrVAoPMCCjmg A huge shout out to Know History as well - amazing renders of the first crusade characters!! Check out his channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcwEwR5v_iqi2ceR6ZS6Fag 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 https://ccrma.stanford.edu/groups/iconsofsound/hagiasophiaaesthetics/ Also huge thanks to Farya Faraji and his amazing music https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_JOhJf-VAQm5VRqjY40Rw ==== 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 ================================= CONTRIBUTE ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/FPHx ================================== DOWNLOAD THE ALL THE FREE PODCAST EPISODES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/f... FOR ANDEROID USERS: http://fphistory.libsyn.com #history #byzantium #podcast