Ancient Civilizations

Preview

Curriculum

1. 1Night 1: The Neolithic Revolution — Settling Down
2. 2Night 2: Sumer — The First Cities
3. 3Night 3: Ancient Egypt — The Nile and Eternity
4. 4Night 4: The Indus Valley — The Forgotten Civilization
5. 5Night 5: Ancient China — The Yellow River Dynasties
6. 6Night 6: Minoan Crete — The Labyrinth and the Bull
7. 7Night 7: The Olmec — Mesoamerica's Mother Culture
8. 8Night 8: Phoenicia — The Alphabet and the Sea
9. 9Night 9: Classical Greece — Democracy and Philosophy
10. 10Night 10: The Persian Empire — The World's First Superpower
11. 11Night 11: Rome — Republic to Empire
12. 12Night 12: Collapse and Legacy — Why Civilizations Fall

What You'll Explore

• How the first civilizations emerged independently around the world
• The technologies, beliefs, and social structures of ancient peoples
• Why civilizations rise, flourish, and eventually collapse
• The legacies that still shape our world today