The Secrets to Civilization

Summary 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. View more details

The Secrets to Civilization

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Stars : Alice Roberts Chris Naunton Lewis Dartnell Lee Drake

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Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Sep 15, 2021

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Impossible Factual

Summary 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. View more details

Details

Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Sep 15, 2021

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Impossible Factual

Episode 2 • Sep 15, 2021
Cities and Empire
The first millennium BC saw in and around the Mediterranean an unprecedented growth in demography, economy, technology and politics, resulting in the first true superpower. A milder climate and the discovery of iron enabled a revolution in productivity, literally feeding urbanization and the establishment of stronger states. The dispersed Greeks lived in city states near (natural) sea ports and championed maritime trade and colonization, like Phoenicians. Only Athens managed to become the early metropolis, until Alexander the Great's Macedonian dynasty united Greece and conquered the Persian empire, only to fall apart after his early death into several empires, wealthy Egypt being the main, new capital Alexandria as new leading metropolis. Yet Rome, one of many tiny states in central Italy, thanks to superior collaboration and organization, started unifying them and annexing territories around, like grain producer Sicily and Iberian silver mines after its triumph over rival Carthage. A volcanic cloud in Alaska possibly sealed the fate of Egypt when Cleopatra, last 'Greek pharaoh' by Caesar's hand, allied with candidate-ruler Marc Anthony and followed him in suicide after Octavian's total victory. Rome grew by raising armies of citizens, but has just switched to mercenaries, who enabled their generals to overrule the political elite, yielding civil war. Climate worsening to the north and east caused massive migrations, which even the best organized empire ultimately couldn't resist, despite turning to allied tribes to ward off the new threats.
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