BAGHDAD - 3D Timelapse (NO AI)

1,200 years ago, Baghdad was one of the biggest cities in the world. Then it almost burned to the ground. Watch the whole story, from a perfect round city built in 762 to the Baghdad of today, as a 3D timelapse. 0:00 Baghdad in 15 seconds 0:15 A perfect circle 1:18 The golden age 2:10 One of the biggest cities on Earth 2:25 The green dome falls 2:43 The circle empties 3:16 A great school 3:41 The Mongols 4:24 Timur 4:53 The Ottomans 5:15 Plague and flood 5:40 The walls come down 5:50 Capital of Iraq 6:11 Oil money 6:38 War again 6:52 Baghdad today: a city tour 7:53 Then and now 8:05 The whole story in 20 seconds Pictures: Wikimedia Commons, public domain, except Homo sapiens History (CC BY-SA 4.0), Classical Numismatic Group (CC BY-SA 3.0), CNG Coins (CC BY-SA 3.0), "Cid-Vicious" (CC BY 3.0). Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Terrain: Copernicus DEM. Created under Microsoft's Game Content Usage Rules using assets from Age of Empires II. Not endorsed by or affiliated with Microsoft.