CONSTANTINOPLE - 3D TIMELAPSE - 680 BC to AD 1453

This one took a very long time to make. The scene was far too big for my own computer, so I spent several hundred dollars renting GPUs to render it. Thank you so much for watching! If you enjoyed it, a like and a subscribe would mean a lot to me. Chapters 0:00 Thracian coast and Greek Byzantion (680 BC) 0:27 Byzantium under Rome 0:47 Constantine's New Rome (324-330) 1:32 Theodosian Walls and the earthquake of 447 2:13 Age of Justinian: Hagia Sophia (532-537) 2:58 Middle Byzantine city 3:37 Fourth Crusade: the fires of 1203-1204 4:01 Latin occupation (1204-1261) 4:19 Palaiologan revival (1261) 5:45 The siege of 1453 7:27 Fall of Constantinople and the Ottoman era This is an illustrative historical reconstruction: architectural details, scales and historical urban extents are approximate, and population figures are estimates. Music: "Ascending the Vale" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Long Road Ahead" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Night Vigil" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... 'Uprising' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au "Mourning Song" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Sound effects: BigSoundBank.com (Joseph Sardin, CC0); OpenGameArt.org (Thimras, Joth, pauliuw, NenadSimic, cinameng, themightyglider, rubberduck, Independent.nu, CC0); Still North Media 'Medieval Sound Effects - Weapon impacts' (CC0); 'Earthquake' by igel457 and 'Assorted gravel rock and stones' by stephan (PDSounds.org / Wikimedia Commons, public domain). 'Falling Rock' by spookymodem (opengameart.org, CC BY 3.0); 'Rock breaking' and 'Push Stone Boulder' from Yo Frankie! by the Blender Foundation (opengameart.org, CC BY 3.0). CC BY 3.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music and sound effects edited (excerpts, speed, filtering, volume, fades). #constantinople #istanbul #byzantium