War and Civilization(1998)
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First Air Date: 1998-08-02
Average Runtime: 52m
Rating: 10.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8
An eight-part chronicle of armed conflict from the beginning of recorded history to modern times, exploring the political and cultural motivations for---and consequences of---warfare.
Keywords
civilization
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 8E01
First Blood
Air Date: 1998-08-02
A look at the origins of modern warfare, when ancient Greek soldiers marched in formations called phalanxes. Also: Al...
E02
Empires and Armies
Air Date: 1998-08-09
The empires of ancient Rome and China, begun before the birth of Christ, which were hubs of cultural development desp...
E03
Horse Warriors
Air Date: 1998-08-16
A look at the impact that horses had on warfare, which enabled Attila the Hun and Genghis Khan to rule over vast terr...
E04
Gunpowder
Air Date: 1998-08-23
"Gunpowder" forever changed the way wars were fought, both in an army's weapons and methods of defense. Also: arming ...
E05
Revolution
Air Date: 1998-08-30
England gains a stronghold in America after the Seven Years' War in 1763, but is eventually challenged, and defeated,...
E06
Blood and Iron
Air Date: 1998-09-06
The Industrial Revolution creates more mechanized warfare, as trains and mass-produced weapons are tested in the Crim...
E07
War Machines
Air Date: 1998-09-13
Included: America fulfills its "manifest destiny"; colonialism expands in Africa and India; and World War I spawns th...
E08
The Price of War
Air Date: 1998-09-20
"The Price of War" looks at the end of World War II and the atomic bomb, and the tension of the Cold War. Also: fight...
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