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Where Did It Come From?

2006

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EP1 Ancient Greece: Modern Ship Building Sep 07, 2006

Modern warships, cargo, and container ships are the cutting edge of maritime technology. But 2,500 years ago, no one dominated shipbuilding like the Greeks.
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EP2 Ancient Rome: The Rise of Apartments Sep 14, 2006

High-rise, high-density living isn't new. Romans were living in high-rise apartments 2,000 years ago. Travel to Rome and its ancient seaport of Ostia, where many of them still exist.
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EP3 Ancient Egypt: Iconic Structures Sep 14, 2006

Discover how monumental masterpieces including the Great Pyramid, Library at Alexander, Temple of Karnak, Sphinx, and obelisks were built using only the most primitive tools and brute labor.
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EP4 Ancient Greece: Weapons of Mass Destruction Sep 14, 2006

The Ancient Greeks were masters of weaponry. From the massive Ballista launcher, giant mirrors to produce fiery death rays, and even poisons and biological toxins, they originated ideas still used in modern warfare.
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EP5 Ancient Rome: The Mobile Society Sep 14, 2006

Travel to the heart of the Roman Empire to examine a remarkable civil engineering project that resulted in a 53-thousand-mile network of highways, which is little-changed today.
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EP6 Ancient Rome: The Modern Stadium Sep 14, 2006

Michael takes us back to the "bread and circus" days of the ancient Roman Empire to find the origins of today's multi-million-dollar, multi-purpose stadiums.
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EP7 Ancient China: Personal Weapon Sep 14, 2006

Ancient Chinese civil wars spawned the revolutionary crossbow and stirrup. Later, perhaps the greatest Chinese triumphs were gunpowder and the cannon, used to arm the Great Wall. These influenced warfare for centuries to follow.
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EP8 Ancient China: Agriculture Sep 14, 2006

To help feed their population, Ancient China created the world's first canal systems, the plough and the winnowing machine for grain and rice. Today, China boasts the world's longest canal and the largest dam.
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EP9 Ancient Egypt: Modern Medicine Sep 14, 2006

The Edwin Smith Papyrus in New York, gives amazing insights into the way the Ancient Egyptians pioneered medicine, and laid the foundations for modern treatment in diverse areas such as gynaecology and psychoanalysis.
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EP10 Ancient Maya: The Tools of Astronomy Sep 14, 2006

Discover how the Ancient Maya built their sophisticated observatories, and how they were obsessed with the movements of the Sun, Moon and planets. See the fascinating Long Calendar which attempted to predict the end of the world.
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EP11 Ancient Maya: Power Centers Sep 14, 2006

Michael takes us to the Central American jungle to find out how 2000 years ago the ancient Maya mined and fashioned limestone from virgin territory to create their great city of Tikal, paving the way for modern building development.
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EP12 Ancient China: Origins of Drilling and Mining Sep 14, 2006

How did China extract natural resources more than 2,000 years ago? Explore ancient drilling rigs and see how the modern-day science of geobotany was pioneered the Chinese.
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EP13 Ancient China: Masters of the Wind Sep 14, 2006

Sails, rudders, kites and wings, were all invented by the Chinese. Michael travels to Hong Kong to sail a junk for himself, and investigates how these various innovations contributed to modes of transport taken for granted today.
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Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.
CommentsXp Best movie ever!
PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.
Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.