BBC Andrew Marr s History of the World 2of8 Age of Empire PDTV X

History of the World

History Documentary hosted by Andrew Marr, published by BBC in 2012 - English narration





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Andrew Marr sets off on an epic journey through 70,000 years of human history. Using dramatic reconstructions, documentary filming around the world and cutting-edge computer graphics, he reveals the decisive moments that shaped the world we live in today, telling stories we thought we knew and others we were never told.




2) Age of Empire
Andrew Marr tells the story of the first empires which laid the foundations for the modern world. From the Assyrians to Alexander the Great, conquerors rampaged across the Middle East and vicious wars were fought all the way from China to the Mediterranean. But this time of chaos and destruction also brought enormous progress and inspired human development. In the Middle East, the Phoenicians invented the alphabet, and one of the most powerful ideas in world history emerged: the belief in just one God. In India, the Buddha offered a radical alternative to empire building - a way of living that had no place for violence or hierarchy and was open to everyone. Great thinkers from Socrates to Confucius proposed new ideas about how to rule more wisely and live in a better society. And in Greece, democracy was born - the greatest political experiment of all. But within just a few years, its future would be under threat from invasion by an empire in the east...



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Video Codec: XviD ISO MPEG-4
Video Bitrate: 1515 kbps
Video Resolution: 720 x 416
Video Aspect Ratio: (16:9)
Frames Per Second: 25
Audio Codec: 0x2000 (Dolby AC3)
Audio Bitrate: 128 kb/s AC3 48000 Hz)
Audio Streams: 2
Audio Languages: English
RunTime Per Part: 59mins
Number Of Parts: 8
Part Size:701 MB
Source: PDTV
Encoded by Harry65


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1) Further Information

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00xnr47