Andrew Marr’s History of the World

Synopsis: Andrew Marr presents this BBC series which covers over 70,000 years of human history. Using dramatic reconstruction and CGI technology, each of the eight episodes focuses on a dominant theme of human and cultural development. The programmes are as follows: 1. Survival: How the earliest humans spread around the world, adapting and surviving against the odds. 2. Age of Empire: The story of the first empires which laid the foundations for the modern world. 3. The Word and the Sword: Charting the spiritual revolutions that shook the world between 300 BC and 700 AD.Episodes. 4. Into the Light: This episode covers the Middle Ages, when Vikings explored and pillaged
5. Age of Plunder: Illustrating Europe’s rise from piracy to private enterprise 6. Revolution: Exploration of a time when people worldwide rose up in the name of freedom and equality. 7. Age of Industry. Andrew Marr tells how Britain’s Industrial Revolution created the modern world. 8. Age of Extremes
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2012
Subjects: History
Keywords: ancient civilisations; history; prehistory

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