Season 1 (1989)
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Episodes 52
The Dawn of History
The origins of the human race are traced from anthropoid ancestors to the agricultural revolution.
Read MoreThe Ancient Egyptians
Egyptian irrigation created one of the first great civilizations.
Read MoreMesopotamia
Settlements in the Fertile Crescent gave rise to the great river civilizations of the Middle East.
Read MoreFrom Bronze to Iron
Metals revolutionized tools, as well as societies, in the empires of Assyria, Persia, and Neo-Babylonia.
Read MoreThe Rise of Greek Civilization
Democracy and philosophy arose from Greek cities at the edge of the civilized world.
Read MoreGreek Thought
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle laid the foundation of Western intellectual thought.
Read MoreAlexander the Great
Alexander's conquests quadrupled the size of the world known to the Greeks.
Read MoreThe Hellenistic Age
Hellenistic kingdoms extended Greek culture throughout the Mediterranean.
Read MoreThe Rise of Rome
Through its army, Rome built an empire that shaped the West.
Read MoreThe Roman Empire
Rome's civil engineering contributed as much to the empire as did its weapons.
Read MoreEarly Christianity
Christianity spread despite contempt and persecution from Rome.
Read MoreThe Rise of the Church
The old heresy became the Roman empire's official religion under the Emperor Constantine.
Read MoreThe Decline of Rome
While enemies slashed at Rome's borders, civil war and economic collapse destroyed the empire from within.
Read MoreThe Fall of Rome
Despite the success of emperors such as Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius, Rome fell victim to barbarian invasions.
Read MoreThe Byzantine Empire
From Constantinople, the Byzantine Empire carried on the traditions of Greece and Rome.
Read MoreThe Fall of Byzantium
Nearly a thousand years after Rome's fall, Constantinople was conquered by the forces of Islam.
Read MoreThe Dark Ages
Barbarian kingdoms took possession of the fragments of the Roman Empire.
Read MoreThe Age of Charlemagne
Charlemagne revived hopes for a new empire in Western Europe.
Read MoreThe Middle Ages
Amid invasion and civil disorder, a military aristocracy dominated the kingdoms of Europe.
Read MoreThe Feudal Order
Bishop, knight, and peasant exemplified some of the social divisions of the year 1000 A.D.
Read MoreCommon Life in the Middle Ages
Famine, disease, and short life expectancies were the conditions that shaped medieval beliefs.
Read MoreCities and Cathedrals of the Middle Ages
The great churches embodied the material and spiritual ambitions of the age.
Read MoreThe Late Middle Ages
Two hundred years of war and plague debilitated Europe.
Read MoreThe National Monarchies
A new urban middle class emerged, while dynastic marriages established centralized monarchies.
Read MoreRenaissance & the Age of Discovery
Renaissance humanists made man "the measure of all things." Europe was possessed by a new passion for knowledge.
Read MoreRenaissance & the New World
The discovery of America challenged Europe.
Read MoreThe Reformation
Voiced by Martin Luther, Protestantism shattered the unity of the Catholic Church.
Read MoreThe Rise of the Middle Class
As the cities grew, new middle-class mores had an impact on religious life.
Read MoreThe Wars of Religion
For more than a century, the quarrels of Protestants and Catholics tore Europe apart.
Read MoreThe Rise of the Trading Cities
Amid religious wars, a few cities learned that tolerance increased their prosperity.
Read MoreThe Age of Absolutism
Exhausted by war and civil strife, many Europeans exchanged earlier liberties and anarchies for greater peace.
Read MoreAbsolutism and the Social Contract
Arguments about the legitimate source of political power centered on divine right versus natural law.
Read MoreThe Enlightened Despots
Monarchs considered reforms in order to create more efficient societies, but not at the expense of their own power.
Read MoreThe Enlightenment
Intellectual theories about the nature of man and his potential came to the fore.
Read MoreThe Enlightenment and Society
Scientists and social reformers battled for universal human rights during a peaceful and prosperous period.
Read MoreThe Modern Philosophers
Freedom of thought and expression opened new vistas explored by French, English, and American thinkers.
Read MoreThe American Revolution
The British colonists created a society that tested Enlightenment ideas and resisted restrictions imposed by England.
Read MoreThe American Republic
A new republic, the compromise of radicals and conservatives, was founded on universal freedoms.
Read MoreThe Death of the Old Regime
In France the old order collapsed under revolutionaries' attacks and the monarchy's own weakness.
Read MoreThe French Revolution
Liberty, equality, and fraternity skidded into a reign of Terror.
Read MoreThe Industrial Revolution
Technology and mass production reduced famine and ushered in higher standards of living.
Read MoreThe Industrial World
A consumer revolution was fueled by coal, public transportation, and new city services.
Read MoreRevolution and Romantics
Leaders in the arts, literature, and political theory argued for social justice and national liberation.
Read MoreThe Age of the Nation-States
The great powers cooperated to quell internal revolts, yet competed to acquire colonies.
Read MoreA New Public
Public education and mass communications created a new political life and leisure time.
Read MoreFin de Siècle
Everyday life of the working class was transformed by leisure, prompting the birth of an elite avant-garde movement.
Read MoreThe First World War and the Rise of Fascism
Old empires crumbled during World War I to be replaced by right-wing dictatorships in Italy, Spain, and Germany.
Read MoreThe Second World War
World War II was a war of new tactics and strategies. Civilian populations became targets as the Nazi holocaust exterminated millions of people.
Read MoreThe Cold War
The U.S. and Soviet Union dominated Europe and confronted each other in Korea.
Read MoreEurope and the Third World
Burdened with the legacy of colonial imperialism, the Third World rushed development to catch up with its Western counterparts.
Read MoreThe Technological Revolution
Keeping up with the ever-increasing pace of change became the standard of the day.
Read MoreToward the Future
Modern medicine, atomic energy, computers, and new concepts of time, energy, and matter all have an important effect on life in the 20th century.
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