Legacy - The Origins of Civilization
tv show
6 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired August 13, 1991
Genres:
Overview
What can the past teach us about the present? Come along as charismatic historian Michael Wood (The Story of India) travels the globe to trace the origins of six great civilizations: Iraq, India, China, Egypt, Central America, and Western Europe. Each journey offers surprising perspectives on questions that matter today-about the environment, the individual, society, and spirituality.
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India - Empire of the Spirit
Season 1 - Episode 2 - 0h 0m
Air Date
August 20, 1991
Overview
Beginning 5,000 years ago, the "Land of the Seven Rivers" cultivated a tradition of nonviolence, renunciation of the material world, and a focus on humans' inner life. Today, these ideas survive in tension with the vestiges of Western colonialism.