TV series
East To West
2012 · 1 season
A calm, scholarly tour through ancient ruins and artefacts that asks you to rethink where civilisation really began.
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Khalid Abdalla, Bettany Hughes, Klaus Schmidt
- Overview
- This six-part series tells the story of the birth and flourishing of civilisation in the Middle East and its huge influence on the West. From the foundation of science, monotheism, commerce, justice, civil rights and artistic expression - look Eastward. The series contends that history that starts from an ancient Greek perspective distorts the true path of civilisation. For crucial phases in world history, the political, economic and cultural centre was the Middle East.
- How it feels
- Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Power, faith, science, art
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Khalid Abdalla, Bettany Hughes, Klaus Schmidt
