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Empire of the Mongols<br />
This two-part program narrates the rise and fall of<br />
the Mongolian Empire. Against the backdrop of the<br />
breathtaking landscapes of Mongolia, the documentary<br />
reconstructs life at the court of Genghis Khan and<br />
illustrates the Mongolian style of warfare in reenactments.<br />
The documentary shows a nomadic<br />
people that has kept it’s knowledge and skills alive and<br />
maintained it’s originality.<br />
SBS Teleivion 2005 Duration 2x 52min<br />
DVD - 6SBEOM<br />
Price $49.95<br />
The Empires Medici Family<br />
From a small Italian community in 15th-century<br />
Florence, the Medici family would rise to rule Europe in<br />
many ways. Using charm, patronage, skill, duplicity and<br />
ruthlessness, they would amass unparalleled wealth and<br />
unprecedented power. They would also ignite the most<br />
important cultural and artistic revolution in Western<br />
<strong>history</strong> - the European Renaissance. But the forces of change the Medici<br />
helped unleash would one day topple their ordered world. An epic drama<br />
played out in the courts, cathedrals and palaces of Europe, this series is<br />
both the tale of one family’s powerful ambition and of Europe’s tortured<br />
struggle to emerge from the ravages of the dark ages.<br />
SBS Television 2002 Duration 165min<br />
DVD - 6SBEMM<br />
Price $49.95<br />
Empires Peter and Paul and<br />
the Christian Revolution<br />
Combining the words of Paul and other ancient writers<br />
with contemporary scholars, modern archaeology<br />
and dramatic re-enactments filmed in Europe and<br />
the Middle East, this program explores how two men<br />
were able to weather crippling disagreements and<br />
political persecution to lead one of <strong>history</strong>’s most astonishing religious<br />
movements.<br />
SBS Television 2002 Duration 2x60min<br />
DVD - 6SBEMPP<br />
Price $49.95<br />
Empires Rome<br />
Two thousand years ago, at the dawn of the first<br />
century, the world was ruled by Rome. The Roman<br />
Empire struggled with problems which are surprisingly<br />
familiar: violent coups, assassinations, overarching<br />
ambition, civil war, clashes between the classes as well<br />
as the sexes, and questions of personal freedom versus<br />
government control. This program is presented by Sigourney Weaver.<br />
SBS Television 2002 Duration 240min<br />
DVD - 6SBEMR<br />
Price $49.95<br />
Empires Kingdom of David -<br />
The Saga of the Israelites<br />
Nearly 3000 years ago, a tiny group of tribes in the land of Canaan gave<br />
birth to a nation and a religion - a religion that would dare to redefine<br />
humanity’s relationship with God. ‘Empires Kingdom of David’ tells the<br />
epic story of the Israelites and the creation of the world’s first and most<br />
profoundly influential, monotheistic religion. The stories of the patriarch<br />
Abraham, the liberator Moses, and the poet-king David all come to life<br />
in the dramatic tale of loss and triumph.<br />
SBS Television 2002 Duration 240min<br />
DVD - 6SBEMD<br />
Price $49.95<br />
Urban Dream - Stories from the Stone Age<br />
Why do some still continue hunting and gathering despite their contact<br />
with farming people and advanced technologies? How and why did our<br />
paths become uniquely shaped after emerging as a species from a<br />
single genetic family in Africa?<br />
ABC Australia FIRM SALE ONLY Duration 53min<br />
VHS - ABSFST2<br />
Price $110<br />
Empires The Greeks -<br />
Crucible of Civilisation<br />
‘Empires The Greeks’ recounts the rise, glory, demise<br />
and legacy of the empire that marked the dawn of<br />
Western Civilisation. In the fourth and fifth centuries<br />
B.C., the Greeks built an empire that stretched across<br />
the Mediterranean from Asia to Spain. They laid the<br />
foundation of modern science, politics, warfare and philosophy, and<br />
produced some of the most breathtaking art and architecture the world<br />
has ever seen. It was perhaps the most spectacular flourishing of<br />
imagination.<br />
SBS Television 2002 Duration 165min<br />
DVD - 6SBEMG<br />
Price $49.95<br />
Imperium Fall of Great Empires<br />
Imperium - Fall of Great Empires bestows a human face<br />
on once magnificent empires. What were the events<br />
that brought about the sudden fall of highly advanced<br />
empires such as Persia, Egypt, Carthage and Rome? A<br />
team of international researchers specifically examines<br />
the causes of collapse, pinpointing the fascinating<br />
moments in which the destinies of entire nations and empires were<br />
determined and compellingly illustrates how the development of today’s<br />
world hung by a thread.<br />
SBS Television 2005 Duration 200min<br />
DVD - 6SBIMP<br />
Price $39.95<br />
Romans of Aalen<br />
Every two years, the German town of Aalen steps back<br />
in time to tell the story of it’s origins in the second<br />
century A.D. In those days, Aalen, now part of Unesco’s<br />
World Heritage, was on the northern boundary of the<br />
Roman Empire. To commemorate, Aalen hosts Europe’s<br />
largest get-together of Roman <strong>history</strong> enthusiasts who<br />
bring the city’s past back to life. For two days, participants fully enter<br />
into the spirit of the occasion and invent an imaginary life.<br />
Ampersand 2003 Duration 26min<br />
DVD - 6AMPRAA<br />
Price $110<br />
Gladiators Rome’s Violent Past<br />
Gladiators in ancient Rome were used as military tools<br />
and for entertainment. See how gladiators lived, fought,<br />
and died in the arena. This program tells the story of<br />
how gladiator fights were tools of political power, and<br />
how the Romans devastated the wildlife population<br />
across Europe to maintain this brutal sport.<br />
Discovery Channel School 2003 Study Notes Duration 52min<br />
DVD - 6DISRVP<br />
Price $143<br />
Daily Bread - Stories from the Stone Age<br />
An exploration of the revolutionary period of pre<strong>history</strong> that began when<br />
humans abandoned the nomadic hunting and gathering existence they<br />
had known for millennia to take up a completely new way of life . Part<br />
one of this three part series examines the change people undertake from<br />
hunters to gatherers to farmers in the Middle East.<br />
ABC Australia FIRM SALE ONLY Duration 53min<br />
VHS - ABSFST1<br />
Price $110<br />
Waves of Change - Stories from the Stone Age<br />
Based on extensive research, Stories from the Stone Age takes us<br />
on a journey where we get to live alongside our ancestors as they<br />
cross between the Old and the New Worlds and into Civilisation. The<br />
series utilises detailed re-enactments and short interviews with key<br />
archaeological experts.<br />
ABC Australia FIRM SALE ONLY Duration 53min<br />
VHS - ABSFST3<br />
Price $110<br />
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