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The Rise of the Trading Cities
Amid religious wars, a few cities learned that tolerance increased their prosperity.
More from Season 1
Episode 1
The Dawn of History
The origins of the human race are traced from anthropoid ancestors to the agricultural revolution.
30m 1989-01-01
Episode 2
The Ancient Egyptians
Egyptian irrigation created one of the first great civilizations.
30m 1989-01-01
Episode 3
Mesopotamia
Settlements in the Fertile Crescent gave rise to the great river civilizations of the Middle East.
30m 1989-01-01
Episode 4
From Bronze to Iron
Metals revolutionized tools, as well as societies, in the empires of Assyria, Persia, and Neo-Babylonia.
30m 1989-01-01
Episode 5
The Rise of Greek Civilization
Democracy and philosophy arose from Greek cities at the edge of the civilized world.
30m 1989-01-01
Episode 6
Greek Thought
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle laid the foundation of Western intellectual thought.
30m 1989-01-01
