How the Mongols CONQUERED Baghdad, 1258 | Abbasid Apocalypse | Mongol Empire DOCUMENTARY

Baghdad, the majestic capital city of the great Abbasid Caliphate. For centuries, the city was a center of culture, learning, trade and religious life. However, in the 1250’s, Hulagu, brother of the Mongol Khan, demanded that the Abbasid Caliph, Al-Mustasim, submit himself as a vassal to the Mongol Empire. The Caliph rejected this. In response, Hulagu raised an enormous army and marched on Baghdad itself. The Abbasids were now faced with the greatest threat in their history. Monke Khan instructed his brother Hulagu to destroy Baghdad if the Abbasids refused to surrender. Was resistance possible? Could the Abbasids overcome the war machine of the Mongol Empire?

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Sources:
-Chambers, James - The Devil's Horsemen: The Mongol Invasion of Europe, (Castle Books, 2003)
-Jackson, Peter - The Mongols and the West: 1221–1410, (Routledge, 2005)
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[oussamalalgerino]

I watched many videos on the siege of Baghdad. But you the only one who make me live the event as if I were there.
Thank you J S Roberts

[brassteeth]

These were ruthless dudes. I'll admit that I've been calling him Hoola goo for the last 40 years. My brother told me about all this when I was in grade school. I've been fascinated since.

[magnushorus]

This channel is criminally under subscribed... thank you for taking the time to share such well researched history with us... too many people forget and know nothing of it...

[mohammedsaysrashid]

Thank you, ( real Crusades history )channel for sharing this wonderful historical coverage video

[andreweden]

SO. flippin. good!!! I wasn't aware of so many of these details regarding the Christian element of the Mongol Empire. Thank you!

[steves.auckerman]

I wish you can make these like an hour long lol. Especially interested in Ottoman and Mongol history. Great Channel 👍

[MichiFace]

Very insightful. Especially enjoy the stories about the Mongols :D

[asickspartan]

Awesome channel. Been binge-watching to get caught up at 1.5x speed. Thank you for the efforts

[abcjuniormilton]

4:53 this is a nice image, but it's inaccurate for this topic because it's Japanese and depicts Japanese samurai. Nice video though. I was unaware of Kitbogha and Hulegu's wife being Christian and the sparing of the Nestorian Christians in Baghdad.

[tschohanfaitscher]

at 15:30 there are some early firearms portrayed if I see correctly. Does anyone know something about that?

[azimuth]

Wow. I'm sure those Christians had a strong testimony after that one...

[DNS-FRANK]

Imagine if the Mongols had guns and cannons!!! They had gunpowder but only small amounts for grenades but it'd be crazy if they had guns

[johnT]

Keep up the good work!! I have learn so much from your channel!

[zact]

Always interesting to learn more about the Mongols, thank you!

[-Angelscor-]

Before the beginning of the invasion into the caliphate territory, Mongols decisively defeated seljuk turks at the Battle of kosedag in 1243 A.D.
They literally tamed the turks and put them to the vassalage to Mongol leadership. Honestly, Mongols were cunning, ferocious warriors. They were not only just so brutal and mighty on the battlefield, but also had been showing vast cruelty to the locals in these cities while razing their cities to the ground they conquered at the same time.

[popeye]

What Genghis Khan and his heirs did to fellow Mongol rivals was cruel. What he did to external enemies who would not submit was much worse.

[elvenkind]

The name of Hulagu sound like Sauron's favorite spider or something similar.

[LannyX]

The worst part of the seige was the loss of the of knowledge within the House of Wisdom.

[Frisian_man]

what game is used in the backround video?

[montvilleo]

As overpowering as the Mongols were, imagine how much more so if they had at their disposal just one A10 Warthog !!!