The Classical Middle East: Every Year

The history of the Middle East, every year. This part covers the period 513 BCE - 628 CE. Other periods will be covered in subsequent videos.

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Music:

Bonnie Grace - A King's Ransom
Bonnie Grace - Call the Herd

[alexdelvecchio]

I like how Rome and Persia are duking it out for 700 years, and then the caliphate comes out of the middle of nowhere and that's that.

[a.h.tvideomapping]

Him stopping at 628 (the rise of the Rashidun Caliphate) is the mapping equivalent of a scream being cut halfway through that scream

[doesntmakeanysenceu]

Armenia getting passed around like a village bicycle 1:42 - 3:15

[Veriox]

Someone give this man a prize for the amount of effort he puts in his videos. Good job!

[itsonlyeric]

somebody please give this man a praise on how many effort and time he has spent into making videos like this one i especially love the History of Asia video!

[rojymmapping]

Armenian People : Should we join with the Romans or the Persians?
Armenian Ruler : yes

[Keyhan-cc]

Hellens and Iranians been fighting eachother for arround 1300 years from about 720 century b.c. to 640 a.d.
This long period of conflicts and exchanges was ongoing between two sides as mentioned below:
Medo-Lydian (130 years)
Persian-Greek (250 years)
Parthian-Selecuid (120 years)
Parthian-Rome (370 years)
Sasanian-Bysantium (430 years)

[elicref]

4:03
Persia: Why do I hear boss music?

[sfogbobi]

Absolutely loved the attention to details such as if a province is a client state or annexed, like the Heroridan tetrarchy and the joint-controlled Armenia!

[papastalin]

2 countries ruling entire middle East. Man geography for kids was easy back then 😂

[Arshahan]

Armenia 🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲✊ neither the romans nor the persians ever could establish total control over Armenia. We love both Italians and Persians 🇮🇹❤🇦🇲❤🇮🇷. Armenia = where Europe and Asia clash. This is why Armenians consider themselves both carriers of Roman (European) and Persian (Middle Eastern) heritage.

[Storeenzo]

Armenia : Being Belgium before it was cool

[turcanadian]

Next one would be probably Middle Ages Era

[realmless]

So, the Persia-Rome dynamic was about half of classical middle eastern history? Wow, that dynamic was freaking stable.

[ArmanMartirosyan]

🇦🇲 ARMENIAN kingdoms of Greater Armenia (or simply Armenia), Armenia Minor, Commagene, Sophene and Cilicia 🇦🇲

Armenia at its greatest extent at 1:40 (in orange color) under King Tigran the Great 👑

[nazacro]

Great video Ollie! The sheer amount of the diadochi is great to see portrayed accurately and I was surprised also by the amount of client states Romans had - I thought it was mostly all under direct control. Great stuff as usual.

[Scenariania]

The video: Persians, then come the Byzantines/Eastern Romans.






*then the caliphate begins*

[TahaWasiq]

Great job! I am eager to see the next.

[ΣτράτοςΤσουκάρης]

I wonder what would have happened if Armenia of Tigranes II and Palmyra of Zenobia had lasted more. They could have been real "game-changers", especially as buffer states between 2 superpowers of that era.

[eyuin]

Great video as always. Especially love the fact that you decided to use the Native Names of the Empires.