The Caliph Who Owned Half The World

Added: 2026-05-21

[00:00:00]He ruled more land than any king alive.

[00:00:03]History never taught you his name, Harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid Empire.

[00:00:10]At his peak, his territory stretched from Spain to the borders of China. His palace had 160,000 servants. His treasury made Rome look poor. Merchants called Baghdad the city where gold grows on trees.

[00:00:29]He sent Charlemagne, the most powerful king in Europe, a gift, a mechanical water clock. It made European kings feel primitive for 200 years. His library held more books than all of Europe combined.

[00:00:45]Scholars came from every corner of the world just to read.

[00:00:50]And when he died, his empire collapsed in 3 years.

[00:00:55]The greatest ruler alive erased from your textbooks.

[00:01:00]Which empire should we uncover next?

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