Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Howdy Madlads! You ever wondered if countries as different as Iceland and Turkey have ever interacted in the past? Probably not, but in today's video, I give an explanation of a truly amazing historical event, the time when Ottoman pirates raided Iceland in 1627! Though under the banner of the Turkish Ottoman empire, you will soon find that this event was a bit more complicated than one country raiding another!

Check out these sources for more information:
https://www.iceland.is/the-big-picture/news/the-long-way-home/13449/

jddavies.com/2017/02/20/the-barbary-corsair-raid-on-iceland-1627

For a video about another commonly overlooked historical event, click here:

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For a video about the Slavic countries, and a brief overview of each of them, click here:

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For a video on the Russian government, click here:

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