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Ancient History

From the Silk Road to the Great Wall, Ancient China is a rich and diverse tapestry of dynasties and empires. Learn more about the rich history of one of the world's largest superpowers.

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52:03 | Published 2 years ago

The Silk Road

Tracing the story of the most famous trade route in history, Dr Sam Willis starts in Venice and explores how its Renaissance architecture and art has been shaped by the east and by thousands of exchanges along the Silk Road, from Venice to China's ancient capital, Xian.

Asia and Australia

43:29 | Published 1 year ago

Blowing Up History

Great Wall of China

The series finale reveals the secrets of the ancient Chinese engineers and unravels the mysteries of the most ambitious construction in the history of mankind.

History

53:59 | Published 3 years ago

The Story of China

The Golden Age

Michael Wood embarks on a great historical adventure, exploring the stories, people and landscapes that have helped create Chinas distinctive character and genius over four thousand years. In this episode, Michael explores Chinas most creative dynasty the Song (960-1279). He travels to Twin Dragon Alley, where locals tell him the legend of the baby boys who became emperors and the inventions that made the Song one of the greatest eras in world culture. The Golden Age ended in 1127 after the Kaifeng attack, but the Song continued to survive in the South in their new capital, Hangzhou. There Michael joins locals dancing by the West Lake. In the countryside, he meets Mr Xie who has records of 40 generations of ancestors.

History

24:05 | Published 4 years ago

History Hunters

Ancient China

Face-paced, funny and full of facts, History Hunters brings the fun into history and guarantees parents and their children will discover that the past was weird, wacky and interesting!

History

10:59 | Published 2 years ago

The Time Compass

Ancient China (Part 1)

The social organisation, daily life, myths and beliefs of the main cultures of history addressed in a different tone, with touches of humour in a "close to the kids" language.

History

59:23 | Published 3 years ago

Art of China

Searching For Paradise

In this landmark series, we set out to uncover China. In this gripping first episode, we explore the spectacular, recent discoveries of ancient art that are redefining this vast country's understanding of its own beginnings. We discover an extraordinary collection of sophisticated alien-like bronze masks created nearly four millennia ago and the tomb of a warrior empress where we find the origins of calligraphy.

Visual arts

45:28 | Published 3 years ago

Genius Of The Ancient World

Buddha

Historian Bettany Hughes travels to India, Greece and China on the trail of three giants of ancient philosophy: The Buddha, Socrates and Confucius.

History

45:24 | Published 3 years ago

Genius Of The Ancient World

Confucius

Bettany Hughes travels to China on the trail of Confucius, a great sage of Chinese history whose ideas have fundamentally shaped the country of his birth for around 2,500 years.

History

21:58 | Published 8 years ago

The First Emperor: China's Entombed Warriors

China's entombed warriors bring to Sydney one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of our time. The exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales explores the period of Chinese history preceding the Qin dynasty of the first emperor.

Visual arts

43:15 | Published 1 year ago

Man Made Marvels

Ancient Beijing

Beijing is transforming into a thrusting modern metropolis with buildings and a growing infrastructure to support its huge population.

Intercultural understanding

52:34 | Published 1 year ago

Secrets of the Chinese Chariot: The War Machine that Shaped China

The chariot is just about the only thing the Chinese didn't invent, but for over 1000 years, chariots thundered across China's battlefields, dominating warfare far longer than anywhere else on Earth, and unifying the nation. A team of experts discover how the Chinese did it, how they perfected the ultimate high-status weapon of the ancient world. With exclusive access to superb archaeological discoveries, beautifully preserved chariots from the height of Chinese chariot warfare have been unearthed, complete with sacrificed charioteers, horses and chariots that reveal every detail of their design.

History

51:20 | Published 8 years ago

Lost Worlds

Civilisations: The Soul Of The Dragon

A new documentary series that explores four great ancient civilisations: China, Egypt, India and Mesopotamia. Each of these early civilisations was located on four of the world's great rivers - the Yellow River, the Nile, the Indus, and the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. All these rivers were home to human societies that made their mark on their landscapes and yielded crucial discoveries.

History

1:28:00 | Published 1 year ago

China's Megatomb Revealed

Nat Geo explorer Albert Lin takes viewers into the tomb of China's first emperor and unearths the terrible secrets that lie hidden with the Terracotta Warriors. Will the glittering and grim treasures that we are about to uncover rewrite history?

Ancient history

1:35:15 | Published 4 years ago

Hero

In ancient China, before the reign of the first emperor, warring factions throughout the Six Kingdoms plot to assassinate the most powerful ruler, Qin. When a minor official defeats Qin's three principal enemies, he is summoned to the palace to tell Qin the story of his surprising victory. Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2003 Academy Awards.

Media arts

52:10 | Published 4 years ago

New Secrets of the Terracotta Warriors

With exclusive access to pioneering research conducted by University College London and the Terracotta Army Museum, this documentary uncovers new secrets of China's fabled warriors.

Science

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