The Largest City on Earth Was Erased in 3 Months (612 BC)

In 612 BC, the mightiest city on Earth burned. Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian Empire, fell after a three-month siege, and within a few centuries even its name was forgotten. In this video we follow Nineveh from its first settlements to its golden age under Sennacherib and Ashurbanipal, to the alliance of Babylon and the Medes that destroyed it. We look at the world's first great royal library, the Epic of Gilgamesh and its flood story, the Greek soldier who marched past the ruins without knowing what they were, and the archaeologists who rediscovered the city in 1847. All visuals in this video are AI reconstructions based on archaeological evidence and Assyrian palace reliefs. CHAPTERS (update after final edit) 0:00 The mound outside Mosul 2:20 Early Mesopotamia and the temple of Ishtar 5:13 The rise of the Assyrian war machine 9:00 Sennacherib builds Nineveh 15:48 Ashurbanipal and the great library 20:03 An empire in crisis 22:20 The siege and fall of Nineveh (612 BC) 26:31 Forgotten, rediscovered, and endangered Which empire should we cover next? Tell us in the comments! #Nineveh #Assyria #AncientHistory #FallOfEmpires