Where Did It Come From? - Season 1

Where Did It Come From? - Season 1

Season 1

Network
Episodes13
DatesSept. 6, 2006 - Dez. 18, 2006

Episodes

Ancient Greece: Modern Ship Building
Season 1Episode 160 min

Ancient Greece: Modern Ship Building

Modern warships, cargo, and container ships are the cutting edge of maritime technology. But 2,500 years ago, no one dominated shipbuilding like the Greeks.
Sept. 6, 2006
Ancient Rome: The Rise of Apartments
Season 1Episode 260 min

Ancient Rome: The Rise of Apartments

High-rise, high-density living isn't new. Romans were living in high-rise apartments 2,000 years ago. Travel to Rome and its ancient seaport of Ostia, where many of them still exist.
Sept. 14, 2006
Ancient Egypt: Iconic Structures
Season 1Episode 360 min

Ancient Egypt: Iconic Structures

Discover how monumental masterpieces including the Great Pyramid, Library at Alexander, Temple of Karnak, Sphinx, and obelisks were built using only the most primitive tools and brute labor.
Sept. 21, 2006
Ancient Greece: Weapons of Mass Destruction
Season 1Episode 460 min

Ancient Greece: Weapons of Mass Destruction

The Ancient Greeks were masters of weaponry. From the massive Ballista launcher, giant mirrors to produce fiery death rays, and even poisons and biological toxins, they originated ideas still used in modern warfare.
Sept. 28, 2006
Ancient Rome: The Mobile Society
Season 1Episode 560 min

Ancient Rome: The Mobile Society

Travel to the heart of the Roman Empire to examine a remarkable civil engineering project that resulted in a 53-thousand-mile network of highways, which is little-changed today.
Okt. 5, 2006
Ancient Rome: The Modern Stadium
Season 1Episode 660 min

Ancient Rome: The Modern Stadium

Michael takes us back to the "bread and circus" days of the ancient Roman Empire to find the origins of today's multi-million-dollar, multi-purpose stadiums.
Okt. 31, 2006
Ancient China: Personal Weapon
Season 1Episode 760 min

Ancient China: Personal Weapon

Ancient Chinese civil wars spawned the revolutionary crossbow and stirrup. Later, perhaps the greatest Chinese triumphs were gunpowder and the cannon, used to arm the Great Wall. These influenced warfare for centuries to follow.
Nov. 24, 2006
Ancient China: Agriculture
Season 1Episode 860 min

Ancient China: Agriculture

To help feed their population, Ancient China created the world's first canal systems, the plough and the winnowing machine for grain and rice. Today, China boasts the world's longest canal and the largest dam.
Nov. 30, 2006
Ancient Egypt: Modern Medicine
Season 1Episode 960 min

Ancient Egypt: Modern Medicine

The Edwin Smith Papyrus in New York, gives amazing insights into the way the Ancient Egyptians pioneered medicine, and laid the foundations for modern treatment in diverse areas such as gynaecology and psychoanalysis.
Dez. 5, 2006
Ancient Maya: The Tools of Astronomy
Season 1Episode 1060 min

Ancient Maya: The Tools of Astronomy

Discover how the Ancient Maya built their sophisticated observatories, and how they were obsessed with the movements of the Sun, Moon and planets. See the fascinating Long Calendar which attempted to predict the end of the world.
Dez. 5, 2006
Ancient Maya: Power Centers
Season 1Episode 1160 min

Ancient Maya: Power Centers

Michael takes us to the Central American jungle to find out how 2000 years ago the ancient Maya mined and fashioned limestone from virgin territory to create their great city of Tikal, paving the way for modern building development.
Dez. 11, 2006
Ancient China: Origins of Drilling and Mining
Season 1Episode 1260 min

Ancient China: Origins of Drilling and Mining

How did China extract natural resources more than 2,000 years ago? Explore ancient drilling rigs and see how the modern-day science of geobotany was pioneered the Chinese.
Dez. 13, 2006
Ancient China: Masters of the Wind
Season 1Episode 1360 min

Ancient China: Masters of the Wind

Sails, rudders, kites and wings, were all invented by the Chinese. Michael travels to Hong Kong to sail a junk for himself, and investigates how these various innovations contributed to modes of transport taken for granted today.
Dez. 18, 2006

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