First Civilizations

TV Mini Series
2018
55m

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Having lived as mobile foragers for 99 percent of our time on Earth, why did humans set out on the road to civilization? How did they create villages, towns, cities, and states, and establis... Read allHaving lived as mobile foragers for 99 percent of our time on Earth, why did humans set out on the road to civilization? How did they create villages, towns, cities, and states, and establish the blueprint for the modern world? First Civilizations identifies four cornerstones of ... Read allHaving lived as mobile foragers for 99 percent of our time on Earth, why did humans set out on the road to civilization? How did they create villages, towns, cities, and states, and establish the blueprint for the modern world? First Civilizations identifies four cornerstones of civilization - war, religion, cities and trade - and explores each in the context of a dif... Read all

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For the German version of the documentary mini-series broadcast by Arte, the original order of the episodes was changed: 1. "Wir bauen" (similar to "Cities"), 2. "Wir kämpfen" (similar to "War"), 3. "Wir beten" (similar to "Religion"), 4. "Wir handeln" (similar to "Trade").

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Interesting

I love the theories about war and religion shaping humanity. Very interesting approach to a documentary on human history.

As long as you insert, "we believe that.." before every assertion, it makes a lot of sense. Scientists often speak with great confidence about these things, as if they were there, until (every few years) we find something that challenges our ideas about civilization and time. Could be a bit more humble about assertions like, "first this, and first that," because really no one has a clue. Gobekli Tepe was discovered recently and until then, scientists were giving early civilizations a much later timeline.

Can't wait till we find the next one! :)