Legacy. Disc 2 [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) China, the mandate of heaven. Egypt, the habit of civilisation. Egypt, the habit of civilization.
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 Confucius and Laozi).
Contents:
Egypt: the habit of civilisation. Egypt: the habit of civilisation.
Summary:
China: the mandate of heaven: With great thinkers such as Confucius and Laozi, the Chinese conceived of civilization as reflecting cosmic harmony, sustained by civic and social virtue, ancient ritual, and reverence for ancestors. Many breakthroughs on which the modern world is based were discovered in China long ago - iron-casting, gunpowder, and even printing. Egypt: the habit of civilisation: In the world's first great nation, the annual flooding of the Nile conferred not only fertility, but also a deep respect for social and cosmic stability, a belief in the resurrection of the dead, and the hope of eternal life. Ancient Egypt was the first great nation on earth and endured for thousands of years.
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