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What the Ancients Did for Us - Season 1 - Episode 1 - The Islamic World
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Watch Series: What the Ancients Did for Us Released in (2005) - Season 1 - Episode 1 ,airing date 2005-02-16 produced by UK, The TV Series categorized in Documentary, and content rating 9h with duration 60 min broadcasted as these networks BBC Two, BBC, Streamed at Putlocker & directed by Martin Kemp, Kate Murray. The rise of Islam is one of the most important events in world history. In the 7th century, Mohammed's intention was to unite the divided Arabs through a new religion. A century after his death, he'd succeeded in producing a medieval superpower. The Arabs and Moors had spread through Spain towards the Pyrenees. Cordoba became renowned as one of the greatest and wealthiest cities in Europe. Moorish cities such as Toledo and Seville were famed for their new culture and universities.
The first What The Ancients Did For Us programme explores the Muslim contribution to the western world - in art, architecture, astronomy, medicine, science, and learning.
The early Muslims are credited with inventing distillation and could distil just about anything - from alcohol to perfume. Hygiene is very important in the Muslim world so they invented and manufactured soap - centuries before the West - and hundreds of bathhouses were built throughout Muslim cities. They understood the fundamentals of light
Genre: Documentary
Actor: Adam Hart-Davis, Marty Jopson, Hermione Cockburn, Jamie Darling, Amani Zain
Creators: Martin Kemp, Kate Murray
Country: UK
Languages: en, English,
Episode: 1
Runtime: 60
Date Modified: 2019-10-21 00:31:42
Air Date: 2005-02-16
Year Released: 2005
Rating: 7.000 out of 10
Content Rating: 9h
Views: 31
Quality: HD
Networks:
BBC Two,
BBC,
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Keywords:Tv Mini Series
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