Name: The Secrets to Civilisation
Released: 2023-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Lewis Dartnell, Lee Drake, Chris Naunton

Available on ZDF

A groundbreaking history series which explores the recent explosion in data about the Earth's past, offering a fresh perspective on the ancient world from the Bronze Age to the fall of Rome using the lens of climate change.

Documentary · 2023 · 44 min

Starring Lewis Dartnell , Lee Drake , Chris Naunton

EPISODE 1

The Bronze Age Catastrophe

Historians and archaeologists have worked on various theories about the extinction of most Mediterranean states and cultures around the reign of Rameses III. Now, climactic data can explain the synchronicity of these events.

44 min · 6 Nov 2023
EPISODE 2

Cities and Empire

The first millennium BC saw an unprecedented growth in economy, technology and politics in and around the Mediterranean, resulting in the first true superpower. However, even the most well-organised empire was susceptible to climactic variations.

44 min · 13 Nov 2023
EPISODE 3

Empire and Epidemics

The rise of the Roman empire combined advances in a wide variety of fields with fortunate climactic conditions, even coping with a major pandemic. After its expanse towards the Rhine and Danube it suffered the effects of worsening climate.

44 min · 20 Nov 2023