Why did a great empire lose to "poor nomads"? Historic battles and world history in a new documentary about the Battle of Ullais.

Khalid ibn al-Walid versus the Sassanids: an analysis of the tactics that brought a superpower to its knees. We'll discuss infantry rotation in battle, the Arab logistical records, and the collapse of the Persian cataphracts. You'll learn the chilling truth about the "Battle of Blood": Khalid vowed to dye the river red, and when blood ran short, he found a way to fulfill his oath by running mills on human flesh. Watch to the end to understand how one order changed the fate of the Middle East.

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