Genius of the Ancient World: Series 1

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History Documentary hosted by Bettany Hughes, published by BBC in 2015 - English narration

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Genius of the Ancient World: Series 1 Historian Bettany Hughes travels to India, Greece and China on the trail of three giants of ancient philosophy.

[edit] Buddha

In this first episode, Bettany investigates the revolutionary ideas of the Buddha. In his 20's the Buddha abandoned his family, and homeland, in the foothills of the Himalayas, to embark on an ambitious philosophical quest: to find a solution to human suffering.

[edit] Socrates

In this second episode, Bettany investigates the revolutionary ideas of Socrates. Socrates was born in Athens during a creative, yet extremely tumultuous period of Greek history.

[edit] Confucius

In this third episode, Bettany investigates the game-changing ideas of Confucius. Confucius is considered the first Chinese thinker to take a systematic, philosophical approach to the social, political, and moral challenges of his world.

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  • Video Codec: x264 High@L4.1
  • Video: Bitrate: (~4464 kb/s)
  • Video Resolution: 1920 x 1080
  • Video Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Audio Codec: AAC-LC
  • Audio Bitrate: 160 kb/s VBR 48KHz
  • Audio Channels: 2
  • Run-Time: 59 min
  • Frame Rate: 25 FPS
  • Number of Parts: 3
  • Container Mp4
  • Part Size: 1.89 GB
  • Source: HDTV
  • Encoded by: Harry65

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