CNN Millennium
A documentary series covering the last 1,000 years. Each of the 10 episodes focuses on a single century, brought to life by five vignettes from five different locations worldwide. Inspired by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto's book, "Millennium," and filmed in 28 countries, the series is as geographically far-ranging as the world it covers.
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- Ep 1
1.The Eleventh Century: Century of the Sword
24-10-199960mSurvey the world in AD 1000 and see that China was the most vibrant, open and technologically advanced civilization. Islam, less than 400 years old, had become the most far reachin...
- Ep 2
2.The Twelfth Century: Century of the Axe
31-10-199960mAll over the world people challenged nature and a century of ambitious building began. At Pueblo Bonito, in the American Southwest, a monumental city rose from the desert. Vast new...
- Ep 3
3.The Thirteenth Century: Century of the Stirrup
07-11-199960mGenghis Khan and his Mongol horsemen thundered across Asia, creating the largest empire the world has ever known. The Mongols were ferocious warriors, but they imposed peace on the...
- Ep 4
4.The Fourteenth Century: Century of the Scythe
14-11-199960mBlack Death, the catastrophic plague that invaded Europe from the East, cut short the new prosperity. Treatment varied from the magical to the scientific. In Cairo, the number of d...
- Ep 5
5.The Fifteenth Century: Century of the Sail
21-11-199960mChina set out to dominate the seas. These new trade ventures were extremely lucrative, but after 30 years Ming bureaucrats forbade further voyages and abandoned maritime imperialis...
- Ep 6
6.The Sixteenth Century: Century of the Compass
28-11-199960mThis was a century when the empires and religions of the world expanded aggressively. Diego de Landa, a Spanish missionary, converted thousands of Mayans in Yucatan, torturing them...
- Ep 7
7.The Seventeenth Century: Century of the Telescope
05-12-199960mThe role of the scientist changed dramatically. Greatest of all the new gentlemen scientists was Isaac Newton, whose experiments with the laws of nature were undertaken to reveal G...
- Ep 8
8.The Eighteenth Century: Century of the Furnace
12-12-199960mThis was a century in which revolutionary ideas ignited and transformed society. Western scientists undertook heroic expeditions to determine the shape of the world. People began t...
- Ep 9
9.The Nineteenth Century: Century of the Machine
19-12-199960mThe steam engine transformed travel and transport as railways and steamships encircled the earth. Thomas Cook invented mass tourism. Darwin's Theory of Evolution and book The Origi...
- Ep 10
10.The Twentieth Century: Century of the Globe
26-12-199960mFor the first time, mankind saw the world as a whole. Sigmund Freud explored the human psyche. Science split the atom. DNA revealed the origin of life. The bloodbath of World War I...
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