CNN Millennium(1999)
Documentary
First Air Date: 1999-10-24
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 0.0
Votes: 0
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 10
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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Season 1
Episodes: 10E01
The Eleventh Century: Century of the Sword
Air Date: 1999-10-24
Survey the world in AD 1000 and see that China was the most vibrant, open and technologically advanced civilization. ...
E02
The Twelfth Century: Century of the Axe
Air Date: 1999-10-31
All over the world people challenged nature and a century of ambitious building began. At Pueblo Bonito, in the Ameri...
E03
The Thirteenth Century: Century of the Stirrup
Air Date: 1999-11-07
Genghis Khan and his Mongol horsemen thundered across Asia, creating the largest empire the world has ever known. The...
E04
The Fourteenth Century: Century of the Scythe
Air Date: 1999-11-14
Black Death, the catastrophic plague that invaded Europe from the East, cut short the new prosperity. Treatment varie...
E05
The Fifteenth Century: Century of the Sail
Air Date: 1999-11-21
China set out to dominate the seas. These new trade ventures were extremely lucrative, but after 30 years Ming bureau...
E06
The Sixteenth Century: Century of the Compass
Air Date: 1999-11-28
This was a century when the empires and religions of the world expanded aggressively. Diego de Landa, a Spanish missi...
E07
The Seventeenth Century: Century of the Telescope
Air Date: 1999-12-05
The role of the scientist changed dramatically. Greatest of all the new gentlemen scientists was Isaac Newton, whose ...
E08
The Eighteenth Century: Century of the Furnace
Air Date: 1999-12-12
This was a century in which revolutionary ideas ignited and transformed society. Western scientists undertook heroic ...
E09
The Nineteenth Century: Century of the Machine
Air Date: 1999-12-19
The steam engine transformed travel and transport as railways and steamships encircled the earth. Thomas Cook invente...
E10
The Twentieth Century: Century of the Globe
Air Date: 1999-12-26
For the first time, mankind saw the world as a whole. Sigmund Freud explored the human psyche. Science split the atom...
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