| RATING | 7.8 / 10 |
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| GENRES | Documentary |
| YEAR | 2010s / 2010 |
| SEASONS | 1 |
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| LANGUAGE | English |
| COUNTRY | United Kingdom |
| Archaeologist and historian Richard Miles traces the development of Western civilization, from the first cities in Mesopotamia to the fall of the Roman Empire. In this six-part series, Miles travels through the Middle East, Egypt, Pakistan and the Mediterranean to discover how the challenges of society -- religion and politics, art and culture, war and diplomacy, technology and trade -- were dealt with and fought over in order to maintain a functioning civilization. Stories are told of disappeared, ruined and modern cities, from ancient Iraq to modern Damascus, to reveal how successes and failures of the ancients shaped the world today. |
