Programme begins with looking at Ancient Greece, then the Roman Empire then looking at Muslim and Christian links.
This programme looks at ancient Egypt, Hippocrates, Christianity and Islam.
Simon Sebag Montefiore begins a history of Jerusalem by exploring how it came into being and how it became s...
Dr Thomas Asbridge examines the two figures who have come to embody Crusader war: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin.
Simon Sebag Montefiore continues his history of Jerusalem by discovering the impact of Islam and the c...
Henry Louis Gates Jr explores how the emergence of Christianity and Islam reshaped Africa over centuries.
Religion makes a comeback into people's lives in the Islamic world and elsewhere, as people seek guidance and spiritual su...
Jim Al-Khalili explains how our numerical system spread to Europe through the work of the Arabic mathemat...
Jim Al-Khalili describes the invention of algebra by medieval Islamic mathematicians.
Jim Al-Khalili looks at how Islamic caliphs encouraged scientific research and made Arabic the official language of their vas...
Rageh Omaar examines the history of the Ottoman empire. He starts by looking at the unlikely roots of the Ottomans, ...
Rageh Omaar explores the contrasts between two very different Ottoman sultans, Suleiman the Magnificent in the 16th ...
Rageh Omaar ends his series with a look at how the collapse of the Ottoman Empire created a legacy of tension and co...
Jim Al-Khalili explains the importance of medical knowledge to medieval Islam.
Jim Al-Khalili explains why Al-Ma'mun, a medieval caliph, funded a programme of map-making.
Jim Al-Khalili talks about the enduring legacies of medieval Islamic medicine.
Simon Sebag Montefiore investigates the extraordinary life of Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem.
Simon Sebag Montefiore discusses the circumstances in which the Pact of Omar between Christian and Muslim rulers was nego...
Jim Al-Khalili looks at how the printing press shifted the centres of scientific research from East to West.
Dr Thomas Asbridge re-examines the story of the Crusades. He traces the epic journey of the first crusaders as they marched from Europe to recapture the city of...
Simon Sebag Montefiore discusses the events of the first crusade.
Simon Sebag Montefiore discusses the Prophet Muhammad and his Night Journey to the The Furthest Sanctuary in Jerusal...
Marcus du Sautoy demystifies the hidden world of algorithms, revealing where these 2,000-year-old problem-solvers came from, ho...
Simon Sebag Montefiore discusses the unique design of The Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
Jim Al-Khalili explains how Islamic prayer patterns encouraged the development of new methods of time-keeping.
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