History With Hilbert

How Did Camels and Climate Change Make Islam's Rise to Power Possible? (2020x4)

Air date: Jan 31, 2020

Get MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/historywithhilbert & get an exclusive offer extended to our viewers: an extra month FREE. MagellanTV is a new kind of streaming service run by filmmakers with 2,000+ documentaries! Check out our personal recommendation and MagellanTV’s exclusive playlists: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history Islam is the world's second largest religion with over 24.4% of its population being Muslim: that's 1.9 billion people. Today I'm going to look at the early days of the religion, when in a very short period of time the Islamic Empire conquered large swathes of the Middle East, Africa, and the Iberian Peninsula. What many people don't know is that three cataclysmic volcanic eruptions, leading to the so called Late Antique Little Ice Age, and the subsequent boost in size of camel herds may have greatly aided those early Muslim conquerors. Article I quoted: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-016-1648-7 Go Fund My Windmills (Patreon): https://www.patreon.com/HistorywithHilbert Join in the Banter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistorywHilbert Enter the Fray on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HistorywHilbert/ Indulge in some Instagram..?(the alliteration needs to stop): https://www.instagram.com/historywithhilbert/ Music Used: "Sunday Dub" - Kevin MacLeod "Eastern Thought" - Kevin MacLeod "Tabuk" - Kevin MacLeod "East of Tunis” - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Send me an email if you'd be interested in doing a collaboration! historywithhilbert@gmail.com #Islam #History #ClimateChange