Byzantine Empire Strikes Back - Battle of Nikiou 646 DOCUMENTARY

A special thank you to Ground News for supporting this week s episode. Download the Ground News app for free ▶️ http://check.ground.news/KingsGenerals and see the full story, for every story. Kings and Generals animated historical animated documentary series on the Early Muslim Expansion continues with a video on the battle of Nikiou fought in 646 between the Muslim Caliphate and the Eastern Roman Empire, as the Byzantines attempted to strike back after the Rashidun takeover of Alexandria and most of Egypt. Siege of Ctesiphon: https://youtu.be/o9jNvJFawlo Conquest of Egypt: https://youtu.be/TbY5xjrt0ZE Battle of Nahavand: https://youtu.be/vK5YHnpL8Ek Battles of Yarmouk, al-Qadisiyyah, Damascus, and others during campaigns in Mesopotamia and Levant: https://youtu.be/r2cEIDZwG5M Third Crusade Documentary: https://youtu.be/vG8qmlKdRjs Support us on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/KingsandGenerals or Paypal: http://paypal.me/kingsandgenerals or by joining the youtube membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMmaBzfCCwZ2KqaBJjkj0fw/join We are grateful to our patrons and sponsors, who made this video possible: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ooKPbpq0z8ciEjz5Zmrga4-gWRmripm0u4BHMkkXHVc/edit?usp=sharing The video was made by MalayArcher (https://www.youtube.com/user/MathemedicUpdates) while the script was researched and written by Matt Hollis. This video was narrated by Officially Devin (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU0-VII-V376zFxiRGMeZGg & https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC79s7EdN9uXX77-Ly2HmEjQ). The art was created by Nergiz Isaeva. Machinimas made using 622AD Beginning of the End mod by Soroush and Amir Hossein on Total War: Attila: https://www.moddb.com/mods/beggining-of-an-end-622-ad ✔ Merch store ► https://teespring.com/stores/kingsandgenerals ✔ Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/KingsandGenerals ✔ Podcast ► http://www.kingsandgenerals.net/podcast/ ✔ PayPal ► http://paypal.me/kingsandgenerals ✔ Twitter ► https://twitter.com/KingsGenerals ✔ Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/KingsGenerals ✔ Instagram ►http://www.instagram.com/Kings_Generals Production Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound: http://www.epidemicsound.com #Documentary #Romans #Muslims