East To West - Season 1 Episode 1 Between Two Rivers
Season - Episode
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Season 1 Mar 06, 2012
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1 - 1Between Two Rivers Mar 06, 2012 -
1 - 2The Triumph Of Monotheism Apr 06, 2012 -
1 - 3A Force From The Desert Oct 20, 2012 -
1 - 4The Muslim Renaissance Sep 08, 2012
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1 - 5The Asian Crucible Nov 03, 2012
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1 - 6The Rise Of The Ottomans Sep 15, 2012
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1 - 7The Ottomans And The West Sep 15, 2012
Overview
This episode follows the birth of civilization in Anatolia and the Middle East. We go back to the very beginnings; hunter-gatherers pause in Gobekli Tepe and start to build the world’s first structures around 12,000 years ago. We follow the first stages of civilization: the rise of agriculture, governance and writing in Mesopotamia. We visit ancient Babylon (Iraq) and Mari (Syria) to explore the world’s earliest cities. The latter part of the episode explores Alexander’s arrival in Troy and his conquest of the Persian Empire – a journey that made him realise what he owed to the East. In Miletus remarkable new finds show that the Greek god Aphrodite began as the eastern god Ishtar.
Year 2012
Studio
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Popularity 0.5097
Language English
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