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- StarsLiev SchreiberFrancesca StavrakopoulouAren MeirFrancesca Stavrakopoulou, a scholar of the Hebrew bible, challenges commonly believed interpretations of the Bible. Including the belief that King David ruled a vast empire in the 10th century, the idea that the ancient Israelis were monotheistic, and Francesca theorizes that the garden of eden was a real place.
- DirectorGary GlassmanStarsLiev SchreiberStockard ChanningGabriel BarkayA powerful partnership between science and scholarship breaks exciting new ground in investigating the origins of the ancient Israelites, their faith in a single, omnipotent God and the creation of the Bible.***
- CreatorIsy MorgenszternThierry RagobertA documentary based on the groundbreaking 2001 book with the same name by Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman.
- DirectorCarl BykerMitch WilsonStarsF. Murray AbrahamRene AuberjonoisJake BorowskiIn 586 B.C., the Babylonians lead almost all that remains of the tribe of Judah - the Israelites - to exile in Babylon. Only a few generations earlier, the northern tribes of the Israelites were taken into exile and vanished forever. Now the Judeans, too, seem destined to disappear. They fight back, however, by writing a book. Using Judean stories from the past to explain present disastrous situations, the book becomes the earliest edition of the most influential work in history: the Bible. This episode introduces the early and profoundly influential figures of Judaism: Abraham, who is the first to recognize the concept of one God; Moses, who receives the Ten Commandments from God; and David, whose sins teach the Israelites that no one is above the law of God.***
- DirectorNic YoungStarsJay O. SandersAzzam AlwashMichael CooganA new version of the biblical flood story includes instructions for assembling an ark.
- DirectorStan MullerStarsJohn Green
- 1991– 52m6.9 (17)TV EpisodeDirectorPeter Spry-LevertonIn places like Uruk and Eridu in modern-day Iraq, humans founded the first cities nearly 6,000 years ago. They left us literature, astronomy, and mathematics, as well as lessons in overpopulation and environmental stewardship.
- 2019– 2h 28m8.9 (25)Podcast EpisodeDirectorPaul CooperStarsPaul CooperRhy BrignellJake Barrett-MillsPaul Cooper explores the rise and especially the fall of the ancient cities that once flourished between the Tigris and Euphrates Rives in ancient Mesopotamia .
- DirectorShaun TrevisickStarsJulian BennettElif DenelAli DinçolThe Hittites are the forgotten superpower of the Bible. Hattusha, the capital was the heart of their empire.
- DirectorTolga ÖrnekStarsHaluk BilginerJeremy IronsSanem ÇelikA documentary about the rise and fall of the Hittite empire, which existed about 3500 years ago in what is now central Turkey.
- 2019– 1h 4m9.1 (17)Podcast EpisodeDirectorPaul CooperStarsPaul CooperJake Barrett-MillsHelena BaconSometime around the year 1100 BC, a wave of destruction washed over the Eastern Mediterranean. It wiped whole civilizations off the map, and left only ash and ruin in its wake. This catastrophe, known as "The Late Bronze Age Collapse", has become one of the enduring puzzles of archaeology. Historian Paul M.M. Cooper explores how and why so many societies could collapse all at once, seemingly without warning, as well as examine the lessons it might teach us in our increasingly globalized and interconnected world.
- StarsJamie EffrosThe Bronze Age saw the rise of urban societies, vast trading empires and military might. How did this come about, and why did it end?
- 2012–20157.8 (8)TV EpisodeStarsJohn Green
- Join the quest to uncover the truth about the ancient mysterious civilization of the Phoenicians.
- DirectorMark CannonStarsPeter WellerMichael CarrollStefan G. ChrissanthosThe story about Carthage and some its accomplishments.
- DirectorRoberto MezzabottaRosario MontesantiStarsChristopher NissleyArchaeological evidence has shown that the Phoenician civilization began to develop around 3000 BC and that it was trading with the Egyptians shortly after that. But it wasn't until about 1200 BC that the Phoenicians began to establish the great commercial empire that has made them celebrated. Their ships, equipped for both commerce and war, dominated the Mediterranean, some say that they sailed as far as Britain and may have even voyaged all the way around Africa. Two of the most important products they traded were a purple dye made from the murex, a type of shellfish, and the timber of cedar trees. The Egyptians used the cedars of Lebanon for coffins, ships, and other artifacts, and King Solomon used them to build the Great Temple in Jerusalem. Originally the Phoenicians ruled from several city-states located in what is now Lebanon, but they went on to establish colonies in the western Mediterranean. Their most illustrious colony was the city of Carthage in North Africa, which waged war against Rome until being defeated in 146 BC. The Phoenicians' greatest contribution to civilization was the refinement of a standardized phonetic alphabet that they passed along to the Greeks. The Greeks introduced it to Europe, where it became the basis for the alphabet we use today.
- DirectorJaze BordeauxStarsAlex CruzKarlee RoseRyan GrahamA realistic take on the man who founded the first Persian empire.
- DirectorCharlie SmithOne of the impressive locations of the ancient world, Persepolis was burnt and destroyed by Alexander the Great in 330 BC and lay forgotten for over 2000 years. This film travels to Iran to bring Persepolis back to life and investigate the complexities of the Persiam empire that was responsible for creating this city.
- StarsZar Amir EbrahimiSusan TaslimiFaramarz AslaniAn effort to find the greatest Persians of all times by presenting six of the greatest Persian historical figures and let the public vote on those.