Seasons & Episodes
EP 1
Iraq - The Cradle of Civilization
In places like Uruk and Eridu in modern-day Iraq, humans founded the first cities nearly 6,000 years ago. They left us l
EP 2
India - Empire of the Spirit
Beginning 5,000 years ago, the "Land of the Seven Rivers" cultivated a tradition of nonviolence, renunciation of the mat
EP 3
China - The Mandate of Heaven
With great thinkers such as Confucius and Lao-Tzu, the Chinese conceived a civilization reflecting cosmic harmony, susta
EP 4
Egypt - The Habit of Civilization
In the world's first great nation, the annual flooding of the Nile conferred not only fertility, but also a deep respect
EP 5
Central America - The Burden of Time
Independent of great civilizations elsewhere, the Maya and Aztecs developed a violent, fatalistic culture, envisioning a
EP 6
The Barbarian West
Now adopted nearly all over the globe, the modern Western ideas of individualism, property, and purposeful history trace
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