古代世界
- 状态：已完结
- 更新：2025-07-01 19:20
- 年份：2010
- 地区：英国
- 类型：记录片
- 语言：英语
- 主演：Richard Miles,Simon Russell Beale,Julie Berry
- 简介：AncientWorldsisaboutpeopleandplaces,politicsandeconomics,artandwar,tradeandtechnology,butaboveallit’sthestoryofthepainfulbirthanddifficultgrowthofaradicalideafirsttriedandtestedsomesixthousandyearsago,andwhichwearestillstrugglingwithtoday;civilisation.Civilisationhasnotcomeeasily;it’ssomethingwe’vehadtofighthardtoachieve,andevenhardertomaintain,andthegreatestthreatstoithavecomefromourowntalentsfordestruction.Butwhenwe’vemanagedtogetitright,thebenefitshavebeenenormous.Whenwetalkabouttheancientworldwetendtothinkofrareandexoticartefactsorthemonumentalremainsofepicarchitecture;butthesearejusttheemptyshellsthatgotleftbehindwhenthetideofhistoryturned!Thelivingcreatures,thecivilisations,thatonceinhabitedtheseshellswererarelyifeverstaticorstately;theyweredynamic,chaotic,andalwaysthreateningtospinoutofcontrol,becausecivilisationisbasedonanimprobableidea;thatstrangerscanliveandworktogetherindenseurbansettings,forgingnewallegiancesthatreplacethenaturaltiesoffamily,clanortribe.It’sanideawe’restillcomingtotermswithtoday,butoneofthebestwaystounderstandthechallengesthatareinvolvedistolookathowourancestorstackledthemthefirsttimearound.FromancientIraqtoImperialRome,AncientWorldsexamineshowourancestorsstruggledwiththeleversofreligionandpolitics,artandculture,waranddiplomacy,technologyandtradeinordertokeepthecomplexmachineryoftheircivilisationsturningover.Theirinsightsandblind-spots,theirbreakthroughsanddeadends,theirtriumphsanddisastersarethemilestonesonthelongandwindingroadthatleadsdirectlyfromtheirancienttoourmodernworld.