Overview
A trip to Mesopotamia, the land between the Tigre and the Euphrates, corresponding more or less to present-day Iraq: this is what Alberto Angela offers us. The oldest civilization in history was born here, older than the Egyptian one. We are in the land of the Sumerians, the Akkadians, then the Assyrians and the Babylonians. There where the mythical city of Babylon stood, which featured constructions admired throughout the ancient world: the hanging gardens, the walls and above all the tower, the Tower of Babel. A city about which much has been said: the gardens were among the seven wonders of the ancient world. The Jews were deported there after the conquest of Jerusalem by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II. And it is during Babylonian slavery that the myth of the sprawling, dangerous city, the kingdom of every perversion, was born. For the Jews, Babylon is synonymous with persecution and slavery.
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13 - 1Australia - The continent of challenges April 13, 2013 -
13 - 2The mountains of fire April 20, 2013 -
13 - 3Versailles - A day in the life of a king April 27, 2013 -
13 - 4Roma Amor - Passion in ancient Rome May 04, 2013 -
13 - 5The senses of life May 11, 2013 -
13 - 6The cycles of life May 18, 2013 -
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13 - 8India of wonders (second version) June 01, 2013 -
13 - 9Francesco of Assisi - The surprises of his life and his time October 12, 2013 -
13 - 10The wonders of the sky October 12, 2013 -
13 - 11Splendors of Sicily October 19, 2013 -
13 - 12The tower of Babel October 26, 2013 -
13 - 13The Sistine Chapel and its secrets November 02, 2013 -
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13 - 15The secret story of trajan's column (second version) November 16, 2013 -
13 - 16An unusual journey into the human body (second version) November 23, 2013 -
13 - 17Pearl Harbor. A minute-by-minute history November 30, 2013