The Entire History of Dubai in 34 Minutes

In 1968, Dubai was a cluster of mudbrick homes and wooden dhows around a saltwater creek. Today, it's home to the tallest building ever built and one of the busiest airports on Earth. This is the complete history of Dubai — from the Bani Yas tribe's 1833 settlement on Dubai Creek, through the collapse of the pearling trade, Sheikh Rashid's visionary infrastructure bets, the 1966 discovery of oil, the founding of the UAE in 1971, the rise of Emirates airline and the free-zone economy, the construction of the Burj Al Arab, Palm Jumeirah, and Burj Khalifa, the devastating 2009 debt crisis, and Dubai's remarkable recovery and reinvention as a global hub for trade, tourism, and finance. In this full documentary, we trace nearly 200 years of history — how a small pearling and trading town on the Gulf coast became one of the most recognizable cities on the planet within a single human lifetime. ⏱️ Timestamps below 🔔 Subscribe for more full-length history documentaries 💬 Which city should we cover next? Comment below #dubai #uae #history #documentary #middleeast