Name: The Secrets to Civilization
Released: 2021-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Lewis Dartnell, Chris Naunton, Vasiliki Kassianidou

TV Show · Documentary · History

Modern science reveals the environmental forces that have shaped human history, offering a fresh perspective on the ancient world from the Bronze Age to the fall of Rome.

2021 · 51m

Starring Lewis Dartnell, Chris Naunton, Vasiliki Kassianidou

Director Mike Slee

EPISODE 1

Bronze Age Catastrophe

In the last decade, the search for data about the planet's environmental history has raised questions about how climate change has influenced human civilisations in the past.
EPISODE 2

Cities and Empires

The first millennium BCE saw in and around the Mediterranean an unprecedented growth in demography, economy, technology and politics, resulting in the first true superpower.
EPISODE 3

Empire and Epidemics

The Roman Empire grew and prospered unprecedentedly by combining exemplary organisation, technological advances, and military skills with a fortunate climate in its 'Golden Age', virtually unifying the Mediterranean world under 'Pax Romana'.