What the Ancients Did for Us
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| What the Ancients Did for Us | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Presented by | Adam Hart-Davis Hermione Cockburn Jamie Darling |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 9 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Martin Kemp Ian Potts |
| Editor(s) | Roger Dacier |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Distributor | BBC |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC Two |
| Original airing | February 2005 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
What the Ancients Did for Us is a BBC documentary series produced in conjunction with the Open University that examines the impact of ancient civilizations on modern society. It was originally broadcast on BBC Two in autumn 2005.
This is a departure from the previous series not only in that each episode is an hour long rather than half an hour (though heavily edited half-hour versions have also been shown), but also in that it does not concentrate on a single period of history but rather one ancient civilization per episode including the Chinese, the Indians and the Greeks.
[edit] Episodes
- The Islamic World
- The Chinese
- The Aztecs, Maya and Incas
- The Romans
- The Indians
- The Mesopotamians
- The Egyptians
- The Greeks
- The Britons
[edit] External links
- Open University page on What the Ancients Did for Us
- "Ancient art of invention," an article about some of the featured inventions, from The Scotsman
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