What the Ancients Did For Us

Name: What the Ancients Did For Us
Genre: Movie/Mini-Series, News/Documentary, Documentary
Released: February 16, 2005
Cast: Adam Hart-Davis, Hermione Cockburn, Jamie Darling, Armani Zain, Marty Jopson

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BBC-2 | BBC Two | Release Date: February 16, 2005

Starring: Adam Hart-Davis, Hermione Cockburn, Jamie Darling, Armani Zain, Marty Jopson

Summary: Welcome to the What the Ancients Did For Us guide at TV.com.
Adam Hart-Davis, one of the nation's favourite television presenters, returns to our screens this autumn, with a major new 9-part series, What The Past Did For Us.As anchorman for the show, Adam leads us through the history of inventions, while rebuilding and testing some of hisWelcome to the What the Ancients Did For Us guide at TV.com.
Adam Hart-Davis, one of the nation's favourite television presenters, returns to our screens this autumn, with a major new 9-part series, What The Past Did For Us.As anchorman for the show, Adam leads us through the history of inventions, while rebuilding and testing some of his favourites in the studio.Published to accompany the series, this book is an entertainingly written history of ancient cultures that captures Adam's own enthusiasm for the subject.From the Egyptians to the Romans, the Babylonians to the Arabs, we embark upon an epic history of the world, looking at some of the great legacies left to us by ancient cultures.From the Chinese inventors who came up with the mariner's compass, paper money and gunpowder, to the Ancient Indians who, according to Einstein 'taught us how to count' as well as giving us the 12-month calendar year and 7-day week, Adam uncovers the most influential developments of each of the great civilisations of the past.Adam Hart-Davis is known for his popular series What the Victorians Did For Us and Local Heroes. He is a prolific author, whose books include The World's Stupidest Inventions; What the Tudors and Stuarts Did For Us; Henry Winstanley and the Eddystone Lighthouse, and has been used recently by Inland Revenue in their latest ad campaign.Adam writes a regular column on inventions and science for the Radio Times and is a team leader on Radio 4's science quiz show Inspiration!… Expand

Genre(s): Movie/Mini-Series, News/Documentary, Documentary

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S1:E9. The Britons
Air Date: April 13, 2005
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S1:E8. The Greeks
Air Date: April 6, 2005
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S1:E7. The Egyptians
Air Date: March 30, 2005

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: February 16, 2005
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  S1:E9. The Britons
  Air Date: April 13, 2005
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  S1:E8. The Greeks
  Air Date: April 6, 2005
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  S1:E7. The Egyptians
  Air Date: March 30, 2005
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  S1:E6. The Mesopotamians
  Air Date: March 23, 2005
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  S1:E5. The Indians
  Air Date: March 16, 2005
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  S1:E4. The Romans
  Air Date: March 9, 2005
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  S1:E3. The Aztecs, Maya and Incas
  Air Date: March 2, 2005
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  S1:E2. The Chinese
  Air Date: February 23, 2005
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  S1:E1. The Islamic World
  Air Date: February 16, 2005