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BBC Documentaries David Starkey's Magna Carta
We take our liberties for granted. They seem absolute and untouchable. But they are the result of a series of violent struggles fought over 800 years that, at times, have threatened to tear our society apart. On the frontline was a document originally inked on animal skin: Magna Carta. Distinguished constitutional historian David Starkey looks at the origins of the Great ...
- 2015
- 00:59:05
- 15-17
- Added on: 07/06/2020
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BBC Documentaries The Ties That Bind: Japan and Korea, Episode 2
This two-part documentary covers a variety of subjects, including comfort women, territorial issues and hate speech. It presents a broad overview of Japan-Korea relations. Episode 2 of 2.
- 2015
- 00:58:55
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/29/2020
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BBC Documentaries The Ties That Bind: Japan and Korea, Episode 1
This two-part documentary covers a variety of subjects, including comfort women, territorial issues and hate speech. It presents a broad overview of Japan-Korea relations. Episode 1 of 2.
- 2015
- 01:00:06
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/29/2020
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BBC Documentaries The Flu That Killed 50 Million
1918. As the Armistice bells ring out across the world to celebrate the end of the Great War, a silent killer makes its way home with the soldiers. The Spanish Flu will kill up to one third of the world’s population, more than both world wars combined. From the soldier who carried the virus to the Western Front, to the ...
- 2018
- 00:48:53
- 15-17
- Added on: 06/26/2020
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Africa and Britain: A Forgotten History The Homecoming
Historian David Olusoga concludes his series by exploring the events which helped shape black British identity in the 20th century. Episode 4 of 4.
- 2016
- 00:51:48
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/26/2020
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The National Some young Palestinians see no end to Israeli occupation
The dream of a two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict appears in retreat, in large part because of the failure of the international community to insist upon it.
- 2019
- 00:09:46
- 13-14
- Added on: 05/25/2020
Heroes of the Enlightenment Changes in Society (Part 2 of 2)
By the end of the 18th century, many Enlightenment ideals about society had been put into practice by three remarkable men: Nicolas de Condorcet, who advocated for civil rights, the abolishment of slavery and gender equality; Thomas Jefferson, principal author of the Declaration of Independence; and Frederick the Great, whose “enlightened absolutism” meant religious tolerance in Prussia. This program profiles ...
- 2011
- 00:52:27
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/12/2020
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Heroes of the Enlightenment The Power of Knowledge (Part 1 of 2)
The 18th century movement known as the Age of Enlightenment saw the rise of intellectuals who endorsed freedom of thought apart from the dictates of state and religion, thus laying the foundation for advances in science, social philosophy and culture. This program discusses the contributions of Immanuel Kant, Isaac Newton, Denis Diderot, the Marquês de Pombal and Erasmus Darwin. Part 1 ...
- 2011
- 00:52:15
- 15-17
- Added on: 03/12/2020
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Africa and Britain: A Forgotten History Moral Mission
In part three of this groundbreaking series, historian David Olusoga explores the Victorian moral crusade against slavery. He finds out how Queen Victoria came to have a black goddaughter, why the mill workers of Rochdale stood in solidarity with enslaved Africans in the American South, and remembers the victims of a tragedy in Jamaica. Episode 3 of 4.
- 2016
- 00:48:53
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/09/2020
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Africa and Britain: A Forgotten History Freedom
In the second part of his four-part series, historian David Olusoga explores the business of slavery and remembers the black sailors who fought for Britain at Trafalgar. He also celebrates a Georgian boxing superstar and the men and women who crossed continents in pursuit of freedom. Episode 2 of 4.
- 2016
- 00:50:04
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/06/2020
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Africa and Britain: A Forgotten History First Encounters
Historian David Olusoga explores the enduring relationship between Britain and people whose origins lie in Africa. From the African Romans who guarded Hadrian's Wall in the 3rd century AD to the black trumpeter of the Tudor courts, David uncovers a history that is as surprising as it is revealing. Episode 1 of 4.
- 2016
- 00:50:12
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/06/2020
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BBC Documentaries Dictatorland
Corruption, murder and bizarre personal shrines – in some countries, the age of the dictatorship is as strong as ever. Dictatorland follows presenter Ben Zand as he travels to Eastern Europe and Central Asia to find out about the world’s most eccentric, brutal and outrageous dictators and learn the secrets of their success. Discover the strange stories of Tajikistan’s Instagram warlord, Kazakhstan’s ...
- 2017
- 00:48:39
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/05/2020
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Andrew Marr's History of the World Al-Khwarizmi
Andrew Marr examines the life and influence of mathematician al-Khwarizmi and the Islamic Golden Age in 827 AD.
- 2012
- 00:05:24
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/30/2020
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Andrew Marr's History of the World Boston Tea Party
In 1773, the Boston Tea Party set the stage for the American Revolutionary War.
- 2012
- 00:07:30
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/30/2020
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Andrew Marr's History of the World Confucius
Great thinkers like Confucius proposed new ideas about how to rule more wisely and live in a better society. It is still impossible to understand modern China without understanding Confucius.
- 2012
- 00:06:28
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/30/2020
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Andrew Marr's History of the World Marco Polo
By exploring the adventures of Marco Polo, Andrew Marr finds out how Europe emerged from the so-called ‘Dark Ages’ and used influences from around the world to rise again with the Renaissance.
- 2012
- 00:07:53
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/30/2020
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Andrew Marr's History of the World Mansa Musa
The year is 1324 and Emperor Mansa Musa of Mali was about to burst upon the world.
- 2012
- 00:06:17
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/30/2020
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Andrew Marr's History of the World Genghis Khan
The warrior king Genghis Khan conquered with brutal success, creating a vast empire.
- 2012
- 00:07:30
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/30/2020
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Andrew Marr's History of the World Haiti Revolution
Inspired by the French Revolution, African slaves in Haiti rose up against slave owners.
- 2012
- 00:07:44
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/30/2020
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Andrew Marr's History of the World Socrates
The father of western philosophy discovers the limits of democracy and free speech.
- 2012
- 00:05:16
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/30/2020
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Andrew Marr's History of the World Chess game: Man vs. machine
We visit New York to trace the story of man versus machine, Gary Kasparov against IBM’s Deep Blue, in a chess game that gripped the world.
- 2012
- 00:05:16
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/29/2020
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Andrew Marr's History of the World King Leopold II
In Brussels, we learn how the British explorer Henry Morton Stanley mapped out the Congo River, only for King Leopold II of Belgium – in his quest to conquer as much as he could – to cause genocide in the Congo, effects of which remain today.
- 2012
- 00:07:58
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/29/2020
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Andrew Marr's History of the World Japanese industrialization
At a Samurai house in Japan, we hear the story of Saigo Takamori, the last samurai.
- 2012
- 00:07:17
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/29/2020
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Andrew Marr's History of the World Opioid tea trade in China
During Britain’s Industrial Revolution, trade with China was opened up, albeit illegally with the Chinese Opium Wars at the ports of Guangzhou.
- 2012
- 00:07:03
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/28/2020
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Andrew Marr's History of the World Japanese lockdown
Japan was pulled into trade by the Portuguese and Dutch Jesuits, but it was Englishman William Adams who proved valuable to Japan's most powerful warlord, Tokugawa Ieyasu.
- 2012
- 00:06:24
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/28/2020
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