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Plot

Actor Sam Waterston hosts this ten-part series that revisits ancient cultures on four continents. Dramatic re-enactments recall key historic events, and attractive location footage provides viewers with interesting information about the featured cultures. This episode examines the culture of the ancient Sumerians, who once lived in an area that's now part of Iraq. Some historians believe that these people built the world's earliest civilization.
Genre(s):
Documentary,Epic and Historical,Special Interest
Run Time:
48min.
Themes:
Lost Worlds
Tone:
Lavish,Sweeping
Keywords:
Biblical-history,Garden-of-Eden,Holy-Land,Iraq,Middle-East,ancient-civilizations,ancient-history,archaeology,lost-civilization,re-enactment
Language:
English