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Ancient Civilizations
How does a civilization originate? What sustains it? And why does it fall? Using the human search for food, security, and creativity as a base, this series looks for answers in the ancient civilizations of China, India, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and meso-America. These remarkable civilizations rose, flourished, and faded between 3000 BC (the invention of writing) and AD 450 (the fall of Rome). With its focus on daily life in each of these cultures, the programs attempt to convey the debt we owe to the past. |
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The Beginning Is in the End
BPN 322801
This program examines how civilizations began in China, India, Egypt, and Central America, but concentrates mostly on Sumer, a region of Mesopotamia near the meeting of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The basic human needs for food, security, and creativity are shown to have shaped the pattern of growth of ancient societies.
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Balancing the Budget
BPN 322802
The discovery of agriculture and the subsequent domestication of animals gradually led to economies based on trade. This evolution is examined in detail in Egypt. The Minoans and Phoenicians, both great traders, are also studied.
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Safekeeping
BPN 322803
This study of ancient systems of security reveals how these systems evolved into sophisticated governments and codes of law. Athens and Sparta are contrasted, and the Etruscans and republican Rome are also examined.
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On the Town
BPN 322804
The peak periods of ancient civilizations in Greece, India, China, and Central America were filled with remarkable achievements. Past accomplishments in art, medicine, architecture, literature, and philosophy are shown to have had a great impact on the shaping of the modern world.
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Legacies
BPN 322805
Ancient Rome provides a powerful example in this study of how the past laid the groundwork for many brilliant developments in the Western world today. Second only to the Greeks, who left a wealth of innovations, ancient Romans invented little but excelled at borrowing ideas from Greece and refining them.
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The End Is the Beginning
BPN 322806
This study of the decline and fall of civilizations focuses on ancient societies in India, Greece, Egypt, Italy, and Central America. The main reason for their collapse was the inability of societies to adapt to political and environmental changes that they had precipitated.
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