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[narrator] The Eastern Mediterranean some 3,000 years ago
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Ancient Armageddon

The EasternMediterranean some 3,000 years ago. The ancient worldis at its peak. Thriving...

[narrator] The Eastern
Mediterranean some 3,000 years ago. The ancient world
is at its peak. Thriving cities
dominate the landscape. Culture and the
arts are flourishing. Trade in gold and
luxury items is booming. We can't even imagine how much trade,
exchange of goods and ideas was going on

Full Transcript

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[narrator] The Eastern Mediterranean some 3,000 years ago.
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The ancient world is at its peak.
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Thriving cities dominate the landscape.
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Culture and the arts are flourishing.
00:00:16.632 --> 00:00:20.733
Trade in gold and luxury items is booming.
00:00:20.733 --> 00:00:27.233
We can't even imagine how much trade, exchange of goods and ideas was going on.
Duration
28 seconds
Views
59
Timestamp in Movie
00:00:04
Uploaded
Apr 16, 2025
Genres
history
Production
TV6 Production,Discovery Channel,France Télévisions,NHK Enterprises

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Movie Summary

This two hour special explore the mysterious and catastrophic collapse of ancient civilizations during the late Bronze Age, from the Hittites to the Mycenaeans and the Egyptians, revealing the tumultuous events that brought an end...
It was really a very rich time. - Ancient Armageddon 00:27
It was really a very rich time.
It is one of the most challenging events in the history of mankind. - Ancient Armageddon 00:08
It is one of the most challenging events in the history of m...
Something catastrophic, something unimaginable. - Ancient Armageddon 00:05
Something catastrophic, something unimaginable.
It looks like history switched off the lights. - Ancient Armageddon 00:05
It looks like history switched off the lights.
[narrator] Now some of the world's top archaeologists - Ancient Armageddon 00:17
[narrator] Now some of the world's top archaeologists
[narrator] And they're uncovering a shocking truth. - Ancient Armageddon 00:15
[narrator] And they're uncovering a shocking truth.
[narrator] Over 3,000 years ago, - Ancient Armageddon 00:29
[narrator] Over 3,000 years ago,
To the west, in mainland Greece, - Ancient Armageddon 00:11
To the west, in mainland Greece,
And in the south, under the rule of Ramses the Great, - Ancient Armageddon 00:10
And in the south, under the rule of Ramses the Great,
Ships crisscrossed the Mediterranean, - Ancient Armageddon 00:26
Ships crisscrossed the Mediterranean,
[narrator] But within a period of little more than 50 years, - Ancient Armageddon 00:31
[narrator] But within a period of little more than 50 years,
One by one, each civilization was wiped off the map. - Ancient Armageddon 00:15
One by one, each civilization was wiped off the map.
The world had entered its first recorded Dark Age. - Ancient Armageddon 00:29
The world had entered its first recorded Dark Age.
[narrator] He thinks the place to start unravelling the mystery is in Greece. - Ancient Armageddon 00:22
[narrator] He thinks the place to start unravelling the myst...
Soon after they got back though, this was a smoking ruin. - Ancient Armageddon 00:14
Soon after they got back though, this was a smoking ruin.
The Mycenaeans were clearly great warriors. - Ancient Armageddon 00:05
The Mycenaeans were clearly great warriors.
But they were also brilliant engineers. - Ancient Armageddon 00:21
But they were also brilliant engineers.
This was a society at the peak of its power. - Ancient Armageddon 00:29
This was a society at the peak of its power.
Round about 1250 BC, they were obviously afraid of being attacked by someone. - Ancient Armageddon 00:06
Round about 1250 BC, they were obviously afraid of being att...
But they built new defensive walls around the entire city, - Ancient Armageddon 00:13
But they built new defensive walls around the entire city,