Ancient Worlds

Release date : 2010-11-10

Production country :

United Kingdom

Production company :

BBC Productions

Network :

BBC Two

Status : Ended

Total Season : 1

Total episode : 6

Popularity : 5.1929

9 Total Vote : 2

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Archaeologist and historian Richard Miles traces the development of Western civilization, from the first cities in Mesopotamia to the fall of the Roman Empire. In this six-part series, Miles travels through the Middle East, Egypt, Pakistan and the Mediterranean to discover how the challenges of society -- religion and politics, art and culture, war and diplomacy, technology and trade -- were dealt with and fought over in order to maintain a functioning civilization. Stories are told of disappeared, ruined and modern cities, from ancient Iraq to modern Damascus, to reveal how successes and failures of the ancients shaped the world today.