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Legacy - The Origins of Civilization

1991 1 season 6 eps

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S1 · E1 Aug 13, 1991

Iraq - The Cradle of Civilization Episode 1

In places like Uruk and Eridu in modern-day Iraq, humans founded the first cities nearly 6,000 years ago. They left us literature, astronomy, and mathematics, as well as lessons in overpopulation and environmental stewardship.

7.3 · You

60 min

S1 · E2 Aug 20, 1991

India - Empire of the Spirit Episode 2

Beginning 5,000 years ago, the "Land of the Seven Rivers" cultivated a tradition of nonviolence, renunciation of the material world, and a focus on humans' inner life. Today, these ideas survive in tension with the vestiges of Western colonialism.

7.5 · You

60 min

S1 · E3 Aug 27, 1991

China - The Mandate of Heaven Episode 3

With great thinkers such as Confucius and Lao-Tzu, the Chinese conceived a civilization reflecting cosmic harmony, sustained by civic and social virtue, ancient ritual, and reverence for ancestors.

60 min

S1 · E4 Sep 10, 1991

Egypt - The Habit of Civilization Episode 4

In the world's first great nation, the annual flooding of the Nile conferred not only fertility, but also a deep respect for social and cosmic stability, a belief in the resurrection of the dead, and the hope of eternal life.

6.9 · You

60 min

S1 · E5 Sep 17, 1991

Central America - The Burden of Time Episode 5

Independent of great civilizations elsewhere, the Maya and Aztecs developed a violent, fatalistic culture, envisioning a cosmos that required bloody sacrifice for renewal. It placed the sovereignty of nature above all else - even human life.

60 min

S1 · E6 Sep 24, 1991

The Barbarian West Episode 6

Now adopted nearly all over the globe, the modern Western ideas of individualism, property, and purposeful history trace their roots to Christianity, Greco-Roman humanism, and Germanic social values.

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Legacy - The Origins of Civilization

Season 1

Iraq - The Cradle of Civilization Episode 1

India - Empire of the Spirit Episode 2

China - The Mandate of Heaven Episode 3

Egypt - The Habit of Civilization Episode 4

Central America - The Burden of Time Episode 5

The Barbarian West Episode 6

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Legacy - The Origins of Civilization

Season 1

Iraq - The Cradle of Civilization Episode 1

India - Empire of the Spirit Episode 2

China - The Mandate of Heaven Episode 3

Egypt - The Habit of Civilization Episode 4

Central America - The Burden of Time Episode 5

The Barbarian West Episode 6

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