• 2018
  • 55m

Episode list

First Civilizations
War
Mon, Apr 23, 2018
  • S1.E1
  • War
War addresses the paradox that good comes from bad. The threat of destruction engenders a sense of fear, but also creates tighter bonds within a community, while driving an arms race of technological progress. This happened in the Zapotec civilization in Mexico, but also with the Teotihuacan civilization which overthrew the Zapotecs and emerged as the first superpower of the Americas.
6.5 /10
Cities
Mon, May 07, 2018
  • S1.E3
  • Cities
Cities investigates the symbiotic link between urban living and civilization - there have been no cities without civilization, no civilizations without cities. The world's first settlements were in Mesopotamia, where the emergence of farming created the calories necessary for people to feed themselves on a permanent basis. This led to an exponential increase in population and a blossoming of innovation - civilization itself.
6.4 /10
Religion
Mon, Apr 30, 2018
  • S1.E2
  • Religion
Religion examines the power of a shared belief system, which serves as the social glue to unify a population within a single state. Nowhere was this truer than in Ancient Egypt - still the world's longest lasting civilization - which depended for its stability on the god-like status of its rulers.
6.2 /10
War

S1.E1 ∙ War

Mon, Apr 23, 2018
War addresses the paradox that good comes from bad. The threat of destruction engenders a sense of fear, but also creates tighter bonds within a community, while driving an arms race of technological progress. This happened in the Zapotec civilization in Mexico, but also with the Teotihuacan civilization which overthrew the Zapotecs and emerged as the first superpower of the Americas.
6.5 /10
Religion

S1.E2 ∙ Religion

Mon, Apr 30, 2018
Religion examines the power of a shared belief system, which serves as the social glue to unify a population within a single state. Nowhere was this truer than in Ancient Egypt - still the world's longest lasting civilization - which depended for its stability on the god-like status of its rulers.
6.2 /10
Cities

S1.E3 ∙ Cities

Mon, May 07, 2018
Cities investigates the symbiotic link between urban living and civilization - there have been no cities without civilization, no civilizations without cities. The world's first settlements were in Mesopotamia, where the emergence of farming created the calories necessary for people to feed themselves on a permanent basis. This led to an exponential increase in population and a blossoming of innovation - civilization itself.
6.4 /10
Trade

S1.E4 ∙ Trade

Mon, May 14, 2018
Trade explores the civilizing effect of buying and selling goods. In particular, the Indus Valley Civilization - on the borders of modern-day India and Pakistan - was seemingly created with the single purpose of encouraging the free flow of trade. The knock-on effects were massively beneficial - an increase in wealth, co-operation and trust.
6 /10
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