Legacy. Disc 1 [videorecording] : the origins of civilization / written and presented by Michael Wood ; produced and directed by Peter Spry-Leverton ; made in association with Maryland Public Television and NHK Enterprises, Inc. ; a Central Production for ITV.
Legacy (Television program) Iraq, cradle of civilisation. Iraq, cradle of civilization. India, empire of the spirit.
Notes:
Title from container and menu screen. Hosted by Michael Wood. Originally broadcast on television in 1991. Bonus: When giants walked the Earth: profiles of great thinkers of the Axial Age (profiles Zoroaster, Isaiah, Buddha and Mahavira)
Contents:
India : empire of the spirit. India : empire of the spirit.
Summary:
Iraq, cradle of civilisation: In places like Uruk and Eridu in what is now Iraq, humans founded the first cities nearly 6.000 years ago. They left us literature, astronomy, and mathematics, as well as lessons in overpopulation and environmental stewardship. India, empire of the spirit: Beginning 5,000 years ago, the "Land of 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.
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