The Entire History of Iraq in 12 Minutes (Mesopotamia to Today)

Around 3200 BC, in the city of Uruk, someone pressed a reed into wet clay and started the earliest known writing system. This is the entire history of Iraq told through animated maps and public-domain archive film: Sumer and the first cities, Sargon and the first empire, Hammurabi's Babylon, the Assyrians and Nineveh, Nebuchadnezzar, the Persians and Alexander, the golden age of Abbasid Baghdad, the Mongol sack of 1258, Ottoman rule, the British mandate, the monarchy and the 1958 revolution, Saddam Hussein and the wars of 1980 to 2003, and Iraq today. Which era of Mesopotamian history fascinates you most? Tell me in the comments. Chapters 0:00 The first writing, Uruk 3200 BC 0:40 Part 1 – Sumer 2:19 Part 2 – Empires 3:59 Part 3 – New Babylon 5:13 Part 4 – The Golden Age of Baghdad 6:43 Part 5 – Ottoman Iraq 7:29 Part 6 – British Iraq 8:26 Part 7 – Saddam 9:24 Part 8 – Invasion and Aftermath 10:52 Where it all began #History #Iraq #Mesopotamia #HistoryInMaps #Maps