Isfahan, the historic city in Iran, is a great example of a city that has experienced the ebb and flow of history. Its story is filled with both peaks and valleys; from being pillaged and destroyed by the Mongols and Timur to being the Safavid capital under Shah Abbas the Great when it was considered to be "half of the world”.

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0:00 Intro
1:04 Origins & Early History
2:14 Seljuk Capital
3:20 Mongols & Timur
5:58 Safavid Golden Age
8:58 Decline
10:13 19th & 20th century
11:50 Lessons from its history
13:14 Outro