What if Islam Had Conquered Europe?

Could Muslim forces have conquered Europe during the Middle Ages? Well if the Battle of Tours in 732, where Frankish King Charles Martel defeated the army of the Umayyad Caliphate led by 'Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, had the opposite outcome it’s very possible European history could have been wildly different. How so? Watch the episode to find out.

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Written and Hosted By: Danielle Bainbridge
Graphics By: Noelle Smith
Edited By: Linda Huang

Works Cited:

Gerard Wiegers; Jews, Christians, and the Abode of Islam: Modern Scholarship, Medieval Realities. Common Knowledge 1 January 2015; 21 (1): 106

David Hanlon; Islam and Stereotypical Discourse in Medieval Castile and León. Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies 1 September 2000; 30 (3): 479–504.

Gerard Wiegers; Fuzzy Categories and Religious Polemics: The Daily Life of Christians and Muslims in the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean World. Common Knowledge 1 August 2013; 19 (3): 474–489

Books:
Jacob Lassner Jews, Christians, and the Abode of Islam: Modern Scholarship, Medieval Realities
Jasbir Puar Terrorist Assemblages
David Cook Understanding Jihad

[salmanhussain]

If Abdul Rehman had won, we would all be commenting in Arabic rather than English...

[darrellkhalid]

Im here just to see the comment
Oh boy here we go

[Gauntlets]

America wouldn't exist how it is now; dat's 4 sure!

[MH-msdg]

This is an amazing source of alternative history.

The only issue is that the Byzantine Empire (which was often the most powerful state in Europe in any way shape form) is completely left out of this video, and their efforts at holding back Islam.

[ItachiUchiha-goji]

what I observed is that the video is full of battles and comment section with full of battles.

[krillin]

There wouldn't be as much gender confusion that's for sure.

[wiwxchasers]

I find it humorous that I am a direct descendant of Charles Martel but a Muslim!

[ahzam]

Half of the video she only talked about the background of Charles.

[dermilchmann]

We wouldnt say Horse Power, we would say Camel Power.

Guys please stop its a joke

[jcheway]

No colonialism, no climate change no world war 1, 2 and soon to be 3. No African American slave trade, No Hiroshima Nagasaki. No Deforestation. More equal wealth. Palestine would be free.

[huurair]

If Europe was Dominated by middle east

Let's eat a Hot dog.❌

Let's eat a shawarma Habibi✅

[jasonkinzie]

I have to admit that, "The Hammer" is a pretty bad ass nickname.

[newrunrocks]

I’m happy having Christianity here instead of Islam

[soliel]

A joint effort between you and Alternate History Hub would be awesome!

[kaydenpat]

I had never heard of this consequential battle before and how important it was to European/Christian history.

[PoseidonXIII]

I'm liking this new style so far! Shows the process of understanding history better instead of just handing over the facts. You get a deeper sense of the WHY of history instead of just the who, what, where, and when. This is also one of my favorite points in history, being a fan of learning about not only medieval Europe but the Islamic empire as well.

[ravenwolf]

8:45 I think homosexuality would never be legal today 😐
Edit : Abrahamic religions are gay lol
Edit2: Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[zizou]

If muslim didnt stop the Mongolian army. Do you think europe will exist today. I dont think so.

[visualthinker]

i dont think if we won the battle, today will be different
because muslims never forced non muslims to join islam
look at india, palestine, lebanon etc

[yourmajesty]

7:53 THIS IS COMPLETELY FALSE INFORMATION. Arabic philosophers? You are EXCHANGING 'Muslim' with 'Arab' which is an ETHNICITY. It's like saying Catholic and Spanish is the same. Those philosophers were ethnic PERSIANS; who had converted to Islam NOT Arabs. At that time Persian scientists hastened the codification of Islamic law and wrote the first grammar of the Arabic language. They were also the principal translator of the newly established library of Baghdad. Over the next three centuries the texts of Aristotle, Plato, Galen and other thinkers of Antiquity would be translated into Arabic. This doesn't mean they were 'Arabic' but rather writing in Arabic language; just like French were not Romans for writing in Latin language.
And The result today is that the Arabs define the gruesome 400-year occupation of Persia under the rein of the bloodthirsty Umayyads and Abbasids as the ‘Golden Period of Islam’. Nowadays many dubious figures and Islamists refer to sources that describe great Persian scientists such as Ibn Sina, Omar Khayyam, Ferdowsi, Biruni, Razi and many others as 'Arabs'. Theft of Persian Heritage and History.