War and Peace

Duration: 50 mins 7 secs
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Description: The fifth part of a series for Channel 4 in 2000 called 'The Day the World Took Off', made by Windfall Films and partly devised and presented by Alan Macfarlane. Covering the years 900-1900.

Time: 900-1900

Place: Europe - Asia - North America. Again looking at the comparison between East Asia and Western Europe, the film concentrates on the two great technologies of this thousand year period, agriculture and war. The effects of different crops and weapons on the civilizations in which they were developed is examined.
 
Created: 2015-11-30 14:58
Collection: A History of the World (The Day the World Took Off)
Publisher: University of Cambridge
Copyright: Prof Alan Macfarlane
Language: eng (English)
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