TV SERIES · 2012
Andrew Marr's History of the World
Documentary50 min per episode
From early human migration out of Africa to the upheavals of the twentieth century, this series traces 70,000 years of world history as one long, connected story. Andrew Marr moves across eras and continents, following how nomadic peoples settle, farming societies emerge, cities and empires rise, and ideas, trade, war, and belief reshape the map again and again. The focus stays on the forces that push change forward: how people organize power, adapt to crisis, and leave one world behind for another. Rather than isolating single events, the series links distant places and turning points into a broad account of how human civilization takes shape.
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