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The Secrets to Civilization - Season 1

Series: Secrets to Civilization
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Episodes
3
Rating
TVPG
Year
2021
Language
English
Publisher
Curiosity Stream

About

Secrets to Civilisation is a groundbreaking History series which explores the recent explosion in data about our planet's past, offering a completely fresh perspective on the ancient world from the Bronze Age to the fall of Rome.

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Episodes

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1. Bronze Age Catastrophe

51m

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In the last decade, the search for data about the planet’s environmental history has raised questions about how climate change has influenced human civilizations in the past. We find out how the era of the Trojan War and the Exodus was beset by a rapidly cooling climate.

2. Cities and Empires

51m

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The 1st Millenium BCE in the Mediterranean is the birth of the modern world. We’ll explore the environmental conditions that made this possible, and how people working with new technologies took advantage of a favorable climate to create a classical civilization.

3. Empire and Epidemics

52m

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With the help of top scientists and historians including Kyle Harper, author of bestseller The Fate of Rome, we look into what science is now telling us about the impact of disease in toppling the Roman Empire.

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Artists

Alice Robertsactor