TY  - GEN
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.
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.
T1  - Legacythe origins of civilization /
DA  - c2009.
CY  - Silver Springs, MD :
AU  - Spry-Leverton, Peter.
AU  - Wood, Michael,
CN  - CB311
CN  - CB311
PB  - Acorn Media Group,
PP  - Silver Springs, MD :
LA  - eng
LA  - Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
PY  - c2009.
N1  - Originally broadcast on television in 1991.
N1  - Bonus features: 20-page viewer's guide ; profiles of great thinkers of the Axial age.
ID  - 438125
KW  - Civilization, Ancient.
SN  - 9781598283556
SN  - 1598283553
TI  - Legacythe origins of civilization /
ER  -