Michael Guillen
Narrator
Where Did It Come From? (2006)
Season 1
N/A
Released Sept. 7, 2006
Episode 60 min
14+
Genres: Documentary, History
Keywords: imdb.human
Watch Providers: HISTORY Vault Apple TV Channel, HISTORY Vault Amazon Channel
Production Companies: HiSTORY
Network: History
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - 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. 7, 2006, midnight
S1E2 - 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, midnight
S1E3 - 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. 14, 2006, midnight
S1E4 - 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. 14, 2006, midnight
S1E5 - 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.
Sept. 14, 2006, midnight
S1E6 - 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.
Sept. 14, 2006, midnight
S1E7 - 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.
Sept. 14, 2006, midnight
S1E8 - 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.
Sept. 14, 2006, midnight
S1E9 - 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.
Sept. 14, 2006, midnight
S1E10 - 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.
Sept. 14, 2006, midnight
S1E11 - 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.
Sept. 14, 2006, midnight
S1E12 - 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.
Sept. 14, 2006, midnight
S1E13 - 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.
Sept. 14, 2006, midnight
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60 min/ep
45 min
Sept. 7, 2006
Sept. 14, 2006, midnight
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