TY  - GEN
AB  - This six part series explores the influence on ancient culture on our lives today. Host  Michael Wood visits the ancient cities and great ports of India and China, the deserts of Egypt and Iraq, the Mexico of the Inca, Aztec and Mayan peoples, the Greek and Roman monuments of Europe and the jungles of Central America searching for the living legacies of these once great civilizations. The series traces how the institutions that arose with urban civilization 5,000 years ago, such as organized religion, bureaucratic government and international trade are still affecting the political and cultural mindset of many parts of the world today.
AU  - Spry-Leverton, Peter.
AU  - Wood, Michael,
CN  - CB311
CN  - CB311
CY  - Silver Springs, MD :
DA  - c2009.
ID  - 438125
KW  - Civilization, Ancient.
LA  - eng
LA  - Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
N1  - Originally broadcast on television in 1991.
N1  - Bonus features: 20-page viewer's guide ; profiles of great thinkers of the Axial age.
N2  - This six part series explores the influence on ancient culture on our lives today. Host  Michael Wood visits the ancient cities and great ports of India and China, the deserts of Egypt and Iraq, the Mexico of the Inca, Aztec and Mayan peoples, the Greek and Roman monuments of Europe and the jungles of Central America searching for the living legacies of these once great civilizations. The series traces how the institutions that arose with urban civilization 5,000 years ago, such as organized religion, bureaucratic government and international trade are still affecting the political and cultural mindset of many parts of the world today.
PB  - Acorn Media Group,
PP  - Silver Springs, MD :
PY  - c2009.
SN  - 9781598283556
SN  - 1598283553
T1  - Legacythe origins of civilization /
TI  - Legacythe origins of civilization /
ER  -