CNN Millennium (1999–1999)

Name: CNN Millennium
Genre: Documentary

TV ShowEndedCNNDocumentary1 season, 10 episodes

Plot

A documentary series covering the last 1,000 years. Each of the 10 episodes focuses on a single century, brought to life by five vignettes from five different locations worldwide. Inspired by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto's book, "Millennium," and filmed in 28 countries, the series is as geographically far-ranging as the world it covers.

Episodes by season

Season0110Episodes1999Aired—Season avg

S01E01The Eleventh Century: Century of the SwordOctober 24, 1999—Survey the world in AD 1000 and see that China was the most vibrant, open and technologically advanced civilization. Islam, less than 400 ye
S01E02The Twelfth Century: Century of the AxeOctober 31, 1999—All over the world people challenged nature and a century of ambitious building began. At Pueblo Bonito, in the American Southwest, a monume
S01E03The Thirteenth Century: Century of the StirrupNovember 7, 1999—Genghis Khan and his Mongol horsemen thundered across Asia, creating the largest empire the world has ever known. The Mongols were ferocious
S01E04The Fourteenth Century: Century of the ScytheNovember 14, 1999—Black Death, the catastrophic plague that invaded Europe from the East, cut short the new prosperity. Treatment varied from the magical to t
S01E05The Fifteenth Century: Century of the SailNovember 21, 1999—China set out to dominate the seas. These new trade ventures were extremely lucrative, but after 30 years Ming bureaucrats forbade further v
S01E06The Sixteenth Century: Century of the CompassNovember 28, 1999—This was a century when the empires and religions of the world expanded aggressively. Diego de Landa, a Spanish missionary, converted thousa
S01E07The Seventeenth Century: Century of the TelescopeDecember 5, 1999—The role of the scientist changed dramatically. Greatest of all the new gentlemen scientists was Isaac Newton, whose experiments with the la
S01E08The Eighteenth Century: Century of the FurnaceDecember 12, 1999—This was a century in which revolutionary ideas ignited and transformed society. Western scientists undertook heroic expeditions to determin
S01E09The Nineteenth Century: Century of the MachineDecember 19, 1999—The steam engine transformed travel and transport as railways and steamships encircled the earth. Thomas Cook invented mass tourism. Darwin'
S01E10The Twentieth Century: Century of the GlobeDecember 26, 1999—For the first time, mankind saw the world as a whole. Sigmund Freud explored the human psyche. Science split the atom. DNA revealed the orig

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