In this classic video from the BBC archive, historian Richard Miles travels to Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Anatolia and Greece, showing how past successes and failures shaped today's world.
In this classic video from the BBC archive, archaeologist and historian Richard Miles explores the origins of one of the most profound innovations in our human story: civilisation.
Starting in Uruk in southern Iraq, he travels to Syria, Egypt, Anatolia and Greece, revealing how the successes and failures of the ancients shaped the world we live in today.