edhaje's video: Fall of Umayyad Charlemagne Franks

750 CE - Dissatisfaction mounted in Umayyad Caliphate due to mismanagement of the empire, Abbasid revolutionist overthrow Umayyads and took over the Caliphate. an Umayyad prince, Abd ar-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya escaped to Al Andalus (Iberia). 756 CE - Iberian Peninsula : as internal conflict torn Al-Andalus province, many sided with Umayyad loyalist, many sided with Abbasid revolutionist and other wanted to establish independent emirate. at River Guadalquivir, Abd ar-Rahman army emerge victorious against Emir al-Fihri. Most of central Iberia centered in Cordoba under Umayyad control, while northern Iberia largely under al-Fihri supporter centered in Zaragoza. 763 CE - Abbassid army from Ifriqiyya (north africa) landed Algarve (Southern Portugal) and confronted near Beja (Bajah). Abbassid army was defeated by Umayyad armies under Abd ar-Rahman. 769 CE - Basque Aquitanian under Hunald revolted to the Frankish rule, Charlemagne subdue the rebellion. 773 CE - Germany : Franks under Charlemagne battling Saxons and destroyed their Sacred Irminsul Tree. Saxons under Widukind continued their resistance. 773 CE - Franks under Charlemagne crossed the Alps and battling Lombards in Italy cornering them in Pavia. Most of Italian peninsula was under Frankish control. 776 CE - Germany : Charlemagne defeated Saxon rebels, Rebel leader Widukind fled to Denmark (Viking land). 778 CE - Sulayman al-Kalbi, governor in Barcelona who oppose Abd ar Rahman rule in Andalusia sent delegation to Frankish King, Charlemagne in Paderborn requesting military aid in northeast iberia in return for submission of Barcelona (Barsyaluna) , Girona (Jiruna), Huesca (Washka) against the Umayyad under Abd ar-Rahman. Umayyad forces under General Ibn Obeid tried to take Zaragoza (Saraqusta) from pro-Abbassid Governor Huseyn. Huseyn forces managed to defeat Umayyad forces and capture Ibn Obeid. as Frankish forces successfully subduing other city in northeast Iberia they finally march to Zaragoza. But after defeating Umayyad army under ibn Obeid, Huseyn the governor of Zaragoza felt He didn't need aid from Frankish forces and refused to let the Charlemagne & his armies enter the city. Charlemagne besiege Zaragoza. Saxons rebelled against the Frankish rule, this forced Charlemagne to end the siege of Zaragosa and return to Germany. As Frankish army crossing the Pyrenees, they destroyed Iruña (Pamplona), capital of the native Basque people and razed surrounding area. eliminating possible attack from basques who oppose Frankish expansion. During their march through the Pyrenees, Frankish rearguard was ambushed by Basques in retaliation of the sack of Pamplona (Iruña). The Frankish rearguard was caught off guard and slaughtered by basques warrior, even though the basque was outnumbered by Frankish army but they know the region very well and narrow pass made the Frankish rearguard easily cut off from the rest of the convoy. Roland, Frankish governor of Briton March was among the one who died in the ambush. Frankish army lose huge quantities of treasures from the campaign and veteran soldiers due to this ambush. 782 CE - Germany : Charlemagne return to Saxony and ban Saxon paganism, Widukind returned to Saxony and re-ignite the rebellion against the Franks. Charlemagne hasty return able to quell the Saxon rebellion. 4500 Saxon rebels were massively executed in Verden. 784 CE - Abd ar Rahman re-establish Cordoba as capital of Andalusia (Moorish Iberia) and commencing the building of the Great Mosque of Cordoba. He also reinvigorating economy in Andalusia torn by civil war by establishing trade relations with Abbasid controlled North Africa , Levant and Italian coastal states. 792 CE - Charlemagne moved the Frankish capital from Paris (France) to Aachen (Germany) to better control the recently conquered Saxony. he built Aachen palace and its Palatine Chapel, which later become great Aachen Cathedral. 800 CE - After unifying France, Italy and much of Germany, Charlemagne establish Germanic Holy Roman Empire with him as the first Emperor. Rivaling the Eastern Roman Emperor in Constantinople. Music: ‎Stuart Chatwood‎; ‎Inon Zur - Main theme (Prince of Persia 2008 Soundtrack) Boomerang!- Drive He Said (Megiddo) (Prince of Persia 2008 Trailer Soundtrack) Adam Skorupa - Defenders of the Holy Empire (Ancestors Legacy Soundtrack) Adam Skorupa - Spirits of the Forefathers (Ancestors Legacy Soundtrack) Adam Skorupa - Morbid Admonition (Ancestors Legacy Soundtrack) Dynamedion - When Cultures Meet (Solo) (Anno 1404 Soundtrack) *this video was Monetized by copyright owner POP MAIN THEME-Inon Zur*