Africa's Great Civilizations(2017)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2017-02-27
Average Runtime: 53m
Rating: 8.0
Votes: 5
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
Henry Louis Gates Jr. takes a look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. A breathtaking and personal journey through two hundred thousand years of history, from the origins, on the African continent, of art, writing and civilization itself, through the millennia in which Africa and Africans shaped not only their own rich civilizations, but also the wider world.
Keywords
africaancient civilization
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Episodes: 6E01
Origins
Air Date: 2017-02-27
Journey with Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. to Kenya, Egypt and beyond as he discovers the origins of man, the form...
E02
The Crescent and the Cross
Air Date: 2017-02-27
Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. charts the ancient rise of Christianity and Islam, whose economic and cultural influe...
E03
Empires of Gold
Air Date: 2017-02-28
Henry Louis Gates Jr. uncovers the complex trade networks and advanced educational institutions that transformed earl...
E04
Cities
Air Date: 2017-02-28
Gates explores the power of Africa’s greatest ancient cities, including Kilwa, Great Zimbabwe and Benin City, whose w...
E05
The Atlantic Age
Air Date: 2017-03-01
Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores the impact of the Atlantic trading world, giving rise to powerful new kingdoms, but al...
E06
Clash of Civilizations
Air Date: 2017-03-01
Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores the dynamism of 19th century Africa, the “scramble” by European powers for its riches,...
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