Ep. 1: The Hammer: Charles Martel

The great city of Constantinople falls to the Ottoman Turks, setting in motion 200 years of holy war, with the survival of Christendom at stake. 

A massive Muslim Turkish force assaults the most important Christian city of the medieval world, with the future of all Christendom at stake. 

In the year 1258, more than 100,000 soldiers amassed outside the great Islamic city of Baghdad. They were the Mongol Army, led by the grandson of the fearsome Genghis Khan. Within weeks, they'd left the city – which had stood as the center of power and commerce in the Muslim worl ...  Show more

Haroon al Rashid is commonly portrayed as a martial caliph, one who menaced the Byzantine empire and led a tireless crusade against them. He is praised in Arab sources for defeating the Greeks time and again, all in defense of the umma’s faith and faithful. While this popular opi ...  Show more

The story of how a feared enemy of Islam became it's greatest general. 

The battles and victories.