00:00Music
00:30Music
01:27The Roman Empire
01:29Wrapped around the Mediterranean
01:30Go all the way up to the North Sea
01:33This ogre, gorged with wealth
01:35Jaded by glory
01:36Will go to sleep
01:38There is indeed the dense network of Roman roads.
01:40Monuments
01:41Acduc, temple, arena, triumphal arch
01:44But there is also
01:4622 emperors in less than 50 years
01:50Constantine will convert to Catholicism
01:52Whose advent will therefore take a decisive turn
01:54The martyrdom of Christians
01:5630,000 in Rome will cease
01:57The Emperor will make Byzantium a new capital
01:59Who will take his name
02:01Constantinople, firmly entrenched
02:02It is well situated to resist invaders.
02:05Who will sweep across Europe
02:06Some malicious minds will even go so far as to suspect Byzantium
02:08Not to be a stranger to its migrations
02:10With respect to my master Theodosius
02:16No, the numbers don't add up.
02:19It's not going to happen like that.
02:21What if I went for a little walk?
02:23From the Byzantine side, eh?
02:26Wait
02:28Why not head towards the East instead?
02:30It seems they are rich over there
02:31And they are said to be defenseless
02:32In Constantinople, Justinian
02:34He has just been crowned emperor
02:35On the borders, there is war with Persia.
02:38And we triple the city walls
02:41Justinian wants to restore its splendor
02:43To the Empire
02:52Your Majesty, the people are revolting
02:54And there's nothing more we can do to contain it.
02:56The crowd broke through the palace gates
02:58And the men...
02:59Justinian is a strong-willed man.
03:02Perhaps this is not a woman's role.
03:03To advise cowards to be courageous
03:05You can run away, Caesar
03:06As for me, I like this Maxime.
03:07Purple and the most beautiful shroud
03:11Your Majesty, a small suggestion
03:15There is General Bélissère
03:17General Bélissère must act.
03:19I am at your service, Your Majesty.
03:38Justinian has grand designs
03:40And to achieve them
03:41He negotiates a peace with Persia
03:46We eventually reached an agreement.
03:47At 2000 gold pounds per year
03:49But they have to get them from somewhere.
03:51But I said two bags for taxes
03:52Come on, come on
03:53But here's the thing:
03:54Come on, dinner, put that down there
04:14Alright
04:16Perfect
04:23500 ships will head towards Carthage
04:26Italy, Corsica, Sardinia and Spain
04:30At their head, General Bélissère
04:36Hagia Sophia has been rebuilt
04:37And before the dome collapses again
04:39Let us place a historical statement
04:41This time she holds
04:44Solomon, I have equaled you
04:45This time she holds
04:48Justinian will build countless monuments
04:50And its giant ramparts will withstand all assaults.
04:53For nearly 1000 years
04:54The scholars of the time undertook a monumental task
04:56But as usual
04:58Empress Theodora disagrees
05:06The major work of Justinian's reign
05:09What will remain is the code that bears his name
05:11And will serve as the basis for Western legislation
05:13In a few years, in 567
05:15When Justinian dies
05:16The people are exhausted
05:17And the fragile facade of grandeur and opulence
05:19It will soon start to crack
05:22Soon
05:23A poor child will be born
05:24Mohammed
05:28In the second century BC
05:30The Parthians, Iranian tribes
05:32They wrest their country from the heirs of Alexander the Great
05:39Then the Roman legions
05:41They will be held in check
05:42By the arrows of the Parthian horsemen
05:49While Byzantium struggles to consolidate its empire
05:52In 532, the ruler of Persia was Cossera I.
05:55From the glorious Sassanid dynasty
06:01This peace, dearly paid for by Byzantium
06:03Cosserès is doing well
06:04Who will be able to turn to the Huns?
06:06Then re-establish in the East the borders of Darius the Great
06:11The monarch will redress the injustices caused by an agitator, Mazdac
06:15Who had successfully advocated the pooling of property and women
06:24But to give what is rightfully theirs to the legitimate owners
06:29It doesn't always go without a problem
06:31With those matters settled, we can get back to serious business.
06:34The Byzantine War
06:36In 590, ceded by the Byzantine emperor, Maurice
06:39The young Cosserès II has just regained his throne
06:42In that same year, Muhammad turned 20.
06:45But who cares?
06:49That fat guy, he refuses to pay his taxes
06:53Never !
06:54Come on !
06:55Cosserès II modestly calls himself
06:57An immortal man among the gods
06:59And an all-powerful god among men
07:01The one who rises with the sun
07:02And gives the night its eyes
07:04This does not prevent him from amassing fabulous treasures.
07:06Nor to oppress his people
07:07Nor, above all, to proclaim in 610
07:10The holy war against Byzantium
07:15Cosserès, beloved of the gods
07:16Master and king of all the earth
07:18Another foolish and infamous servant
07:20And Ratlius, king of Byzantium
07:21You claim to place your trust in God.
07:23So why didn't he save any of my troops?
07:25Caesarea, Jerusalem, and Alexandria?
07:29Yes, why?
07:32And if he pleased me
07:34To make matters worse
07:34Wouldn't I also destroy Constantinople?
07:40And if he pleased me
07:41Wouldn't I also destroy Constantinople?
07:55A little bit of Byzantium
07:56I have just made a serious decision
08:05I declare war on Persia.
08:09622
08:09Yet another war between the two empires
08:11Who will drive them to exhaustion?
08:15622
08:21622
08:22622
08:22622 is also the year of the Aegira
08:23But who cares?
08:26622 is also the year of the Aegira
08:27Persia is defeated
08:29Saturate yourself with this gold
08:30You preferred it to everything in the world
08:32He will be put to death by his own people.
08:37In 630
08:38Emperor Heraclius will personally bring it back to Jerusalem
08:41The cross recaptured from the Persians
08:46Victorious Byzantium is bloodless
08:48But they passionately discuss the sex of angels there.
08:55Persia, ravaged by the plague, is in ruins.
09:02In the void and desolation caused by a hundred years of war
09:05The third party will soon appear.
09:17And the exhausted populations will have to get used to the order
09:20Accepting Islam
09:21Pay tribute
09:22And you will be safe.
09:28Otherwise
09:34From his earliest age
09:35Muhammad was astonishing in his seriousness
09:37Because in Vanier
09:38He often meditated away from others
09:42During his many hikes
09:43He had met with Christian priests
09:45Whom he had initiated into the Holy Book
09:47Or Jewish tribes
09:49Whose monotheism he had appreciated
10:08And as the horizon passes by
10:10She turns to the voice of the one who calls to her
10:13And he looks at her tenderly
10:15Her long thighs were made of firm flesh.
10:17They are like the columns
10:31Let's take a closer look.
10:48That's it.
10:48A jeually
10:51-le-le-le-le-le-le-le-le Oh,
11:13What are you? What are you? What are you? He/She
11:15'en erste
11:47What ?
11:47Come on, come on
11:50Perfect
11:53Let's hurry
11:54Perfect
11:58But why are you making your sheep pass through the middle of mine?
12:00You can see that this flock doesn't belong to you, it belongs to us, they are our sheep.
12:03What, what? But all these sheep are mine?
12:06But you know that's not true, mine even have a ribbon around their necks
12:11Ah, careful now?
12:13You wouldn't happen to be a sheep thief, would you?
12:16Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, hop, come on, come on, come on, oh, go, go!
12:20Oh, go, go, go, go!
12:32But what's going on? Follow me!
12:42He wants to steal our sheep.
12:43Oh yes ?
12:44Come this way!
12:45Let them be seized!
12:55Stop!
13:00The presence of Muhammad,
13:01and perhaps also that of its many caravanners,
13:03by imposing on the pirates.
13:05They tried to steal from us by mixing their sheep with ours.
13:08It's easy to see.
13:08Our sheep wear a ribbon around their necks.
13:11I believe you.
13:13Go on, your way!
13:33Before Muhammad unified Islam in his faith,
13:35The Arab peoples worshipped countless idols.
13:38Trees, springs, stars, stones.
13:40For the amec alone, there were 365.
13:49She turns at the voice of the one calling her.
13:52And tenderly...
13:55And she looks at him tenderly.
13:58Her thighs are firm, salty flesh.
14:11For my protection.
14:25I arrived at midnight.
14:26at a time when the Pleiades resemble rings of pearls,
14:29to the belt of the sky.
14:32Come closer, come closer!
14:33Look!
14:33Look at my sheep!
14:34These are truly salty meadows!
14:36You won't find better ones anywhere in Arabia!
14:40She appeared in the sun!
14:42And I am gathered between the shapes of his tent,
14:43as you press on the point of the shadow,
14:45and then...
14:45Very good, perfect, he'll take it!
14:53Thick, dark curls fell over her shoulders,
14:56bunches of dates on the branches of palm trees
14:58How beautiful she was, hidden beneath her veil!
15:00and as she was kept in her tent,
15:02Yet she welcomed me!
15:09Will he like it?
15:12Then she hears it,
15:13She turns to sailing,
15:14he who has no trouble,
15:17and looks at him tenderly.
15:18her thighs open,
15:19the dear solid one,
15:20like the columns of a Greek temple.
15:24But...
15:24He fell!
15:26Well done !
15:28Well done !
15:29Well done !
15:32We should buy some grain!
15:34Wait!
15:35Look who's here!
15:38I'll take it!
15:39It's yours!
15:41We need two more pieces!
15:47He's making two more!
15:49Nothing to be done!
15:50Give me back my money!
15:51Boss, someone's not happy!
15:52What? What is it?
15:54You're going to pay me right now!
15:55No! Courage-lodge, I'm coming!
16:10Hey! Watch out behind you!
16:12Oh no!
16:17Come quickly!
16:18The chief has been attacked!
16:23Grab these two!
16:27Love your brother as you love yourself!
16:33Let's start with this one, since it's so clever!
16:42Other companions will compensate me for my imperfection!
16:45Come quickly!
16:45A righteous man is stoned by forbidden men!
16:47We must defend him!
17:07At the same time, I am an apostle of God!
17:15Sent to all men!
17:17Believe in God and in my mission!
17:19And God will give you eternal paradise.
17:21Abandon idols and convert.
17:23Say with me, Allah is the only God.
17:27Allah is the only God.
17:29And Muhammad is his prophet.
17:31And Muhammad is his prophet.
17:47Muhammad is his prophet.
18:03There are all sorts of wintering sicknesses.
18:04Finally, this is unacceptable.
18:05That's disgraceful.
18:08I had the idea.
18:45He's planning something bad.
18:47I saw everything, I even heard it.
18:48We need to warn him.
18:51You need to leave as soon as possible.
18:53He's telling the truth.
18:54This is extremely serious.
18:58If you have to leave, they may already be on their way.
19:00They are very dangerous.
19:18622 is the year of Muhammad's flight from Mecca.
19:21It is the Egir that marks year zero of the Muslim era.
19:28The town of Medina, where Muhammad found refuge.
19:33She appeared between the two sections of a track.
19:35To his simple souls, Muhammad would dictate a simple religion.
19:39The world is a tasty and fresh fruit.
19:40God has lent it to you to see how you will enjoy it.
19:47God said, remember me, and I will remember you.
19:53There is not one of you whose seat is not prescribed by God,
19:56Into the fire or into paradise.
20:20No, my friends, it is towards Mecca that you must now turn.
20:30Stop! What is this outfit?
20:32You need to wash!
20:34Oh, well, you know...
20:40You wash it three times!
21:40His enemies in Mecca have not given up on getting rid of Muhammad.
21:43Let's go!
21:44A large and seasoned troop was sent against him towards Medina.
21:58But Medina also has valiant warriors.
22:04Let's go, forward!
22:06Come on, come on!
22:32The fate of the weapons will remain uncertain for a long time.
22:38Run away.
22:44Hey, wait for me!
22:46Wait for me!
23:27Until then, the worship of Islam was based on five pillars.
23:30Faith in Allah, prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, almsgiving.
23:35Soon will come a sixth commandment: holy war.
23:38Allah is great!
23:40Horsemen of God, paradise lies before you.
23:43There were a few of them, not so long ago.
23:45At the time of Muhammad's death in 632, there were 100,000 of them.
23:48They will soon number in the millions and their success will be meteoric.
23:51The power of Islam expanded as the Byzantine Empire, exhausted by a century of war,
23:56is unable to react.
24:10And the same is true for that of the Persians.
24:21Hey you!
24:27The populations burdened with taxes, sometimes persecuted for their faith,
24:30often welcome invaders as liberators.
24:33649, Cyprus.
24:34651, Tiflis and Armenia.
24:36654, Rhodes.
24:37In 674, Constantinople was besieged.
24:42But the attackers will encounter some minor problems.
24:46In 677, they will have to retreat.
24:51698, Carthage.
24:52In 711, North Africa was conquered.
24:55And in 715, they finally reached Narbonne.
24:57In 717, the whole of Spain.
24:59In 720, Gaul.
25:02In 732, here they are in front of Poitiers.
25:21Just a century after the death of Muhammad,
25:22and despite the defeat at Poitiers,
25:24The results are phenomenal.
25:25And the conquered territory, larger than Europe,
25:27stretches from India to the Atlantic.
25:29The scale of the design, the smallness of the means
25:31and the immensity of the results are the three measures of human genius,
25:34who would dare to compare humanly
25:36to a great man of modern history,
25:37to Muhammad, said Lamartine.
25:40Subtitling by Radio-Canada
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