Ancient Worlds is about people and places, politics and economics, art and war, trade and technology, but above all it’s the story of the painful birth and difficult growth of a radical idea first tried and tested some six thousand years ago, and which we are still struggling with today; civilisation. Civilisation has not come easily; it’s something we’ve had to fight hard to a... (展开全部) 　　Ancient Worlds is about people and places, politics and economics, art and war, trade and technology, but above all it’s the story of the painful birth and difficult growth of a radical idea first tried and tested some six thousand years ago, and which we are still struggling with today; civilisation. Civilisation has not come easily; it’s something we’ve had to fight hard to achieve, and even harder to maintain, and the greatest threats to it have come from our own talents for destruction. But when we’ve managed to get it right, the benefits have been enormous. 　　When we talk about the ancient world we tend to think of rare and exotic artefacts or the monumental remains of epic architecture; but these are just the empty shells that got left behind when the tide of history turned! The living creatures, the civilisations, that once inhabited these shells were rarely if ever static or stately; they were dynamic, chaotic, and always threatening to spin out of control, because civilisation is based on an improbable idea; that strangers can live and work together in dense urban settings, forging new allegiances that replace the natural ties of family, clan or tribe. It’s an idea we’re still coming to terms with today, but one of the best ways to understand the challenges that are involved is to look at how our ancestors tackled them the first time around. 　　From ancient Iraq to Imperial Rome, Ancient Worlds examines how our ancestors struggled with the levers of religion and politics, art and culture, war and diplomacy, technology and trade in order to keep the complex machinery of their civilisations turning over. Their insights and blind-spots, their breakthroughs and dead ends, their triumphs and disasters are the milestones on the long and winding road that leads directly from their ancient to our modern world.

西方人对历史的划分一般是古代Ancient、古典Classical、中世纪Medieval、近现代Modern四阶段，“古代”专指希腊罗马以前的阶段包括埃及、巴比伦、亚述、赫梯、波斯等，这部片子把古代和古典合并成了广义的古代，一直讲到西罗马帝国的崩溃。第一集，全世界人民大团结，青铜时代遍布地中海世界的城邦和帝国；第二集，铁器时代，公元前1200年左右，全世界的黑暗年代，北方游牧民和海上民族暴击以往... 西方人对历史的划分一般是古代Ancient、古典Classical、中世纪Medieval、近现代Modern四阶段，“古代”专指希腊罗马以前的阶段包括埃及、巴比伦、亚述、赫梯、波斯等，这部片子把古代和古典合并成了广义的古代，一直讲到西罗马帝国的崩溃。第一集，全世界人民大团结，青铜时代遍布地中海世界的城邦和帝国；第二集，铁器时代，公元前1200年左右，全世界的黑暗年代，北方游牧民和海上民族暴击以往的城邦是整个亚欧大陆的普遍现象，青铜时代的城市相继覆灭包括克里特—迈锡尼、乌加里特等；第三集，希腊那些事儿，跨过黑暗时代，沐浴着古风时代的1500多个希腊城邦像青蛙一样点缀在地中海沿岸和内陆，为人类的生活方式提供了多种可能；第四集，王者归来，直男亚历山大大帝；第五集，共和之美德，文明这个词来自拉丁语的“耕作”；第六集，上帝之城。 (展开)