Mankind, The Story of All of Us - Iron Men

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the second episode of an epic documentary series about a unique species -Mankind, the Story of All of Us.  This series presents the story of humankind and how we became the most dominant organism on planet Earth.

In the second instalment we meet a mysterious band of pirates plunders the Mediterranean coast leaving death and destruction in their wake.

Mankind, the Story of All of Us – Empires

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the third  episode of the epic documentary series Mankind: the Story of All of Us – Empires.

In the city of Jerusalem, a man is crucified--Jesus of Nazareth. His death gives birth to a global religion. But Christianity may never have happened without the Roman Empire. A vast network of roads and shipping lanes, it allows goods and ideas to flow across three continents. Jesus' message transforms Mankind. Today one in three people on the planet are Christians.

Mankind, the Story of All of Us - Inventors

Today on Far Future Horizons we present an epic documentary series about a unique species -Mankind, the Story of All of Us.  This series presents the story of humankind and how we became the most dominant organism on planet Earth.

Legacy: A Search for the Origins of Civilization

Today on Far Future Horizons we present Legacy:  A Search for the Origins of Civilization.

Here is another great documentary produced in the year 1991 concerning the origin of civilization and hosted by the renowned historian Michael Wood.

Host Michael Wood traces the rise of both Asian and Western civilization in one global perspective in these thought-provoking videos. From the crumbling ruins in the Iraqi desert to those of Greece and Rome, viewers contemplate thriving cities and complex societies that have vanished, a reminder that other nations prospered for thousands of years. Now all that remains is their legacy.

Neolithic Life

Çatal Höyük

Today on Far Future Horizons we present a documentary concerning the Neolithic Revolution titled “Neolithic Life”.

The Neolithic Revolution was the first agricultural revolution. It was the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture and settlement. Archaeological data indicates that various forms of plant and animal domestication evolved independently in 6 separate locations worldwide circa 10,000–7000 years BP (8,000–5,000 BC). The earliest known evidence exists in the tropical and subtropical areas of south-western/southern Asia, northern/central Africa and Central America.

Jared Diamond’s Guns Germs and Steel

Why has Western European Civilization become the most dominant culture on Earth? And, will the entire planet and Western Civilization with it become victims of that success? Today on Far Future Horizons we present Jared Diamond’s Guns Germs and Steel.

This documentary is based on Jared Diamond’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same name, Guns, Germs and Steel and traces humanity’s journey over the last 13,000 years from the dawn of farming at the end of the last Ice Age to the realities of life in the twenty-first century. Inspired by a question put to him on the island of Papua New Guinea more than thirty years ago, Diamond embarks on a world-wide quest to understand the roots of global inequality.

Mankind, the Story of All of Us – Iron Men

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the second episode of the epic documentary series Mankind: the Story of All of Us – Iron Men.

In this installment of Mankind: The Story of All of Us we witness a mysterious band of pirates plundering the Mediterranean coast leaving destruction in their wake. Empires fall, but out of the chaos, humanity discovers iron. Armed with this wonder metal, ordinary folk can now overthrow tyrants and build a new world order.

In Search of Eden and the Beginnings of Civilization

Today on Far Future Horizons we are going to take a trip back in time in Search of the mythical Garden of Eden and the beginnings of civilization. Whether or not you believe in the veracity of the biblical account, both of today’s video features contain a wealth of information concerning the origin of the first civilization to emerge on our planet – The Sumerians.

Decoding the Skies

Today on Far Future Horizons we are going to take another foray into the field of Archaeoastronomy and explore how our ancient forbearers decoded the night sky and built the foundations of civilization. Not with the help of ancient astronauts but through their own perseverance and innate intellect.

Our ancestors' relationship with the heavens led to some of humankind's ancient discoveries and greatest creations. The ancient Greeks discovered Earth was round; the Polynesians used the sun and stars to navigate vast oceans in simple canoes; some think amazing structures like Stonehenge were designed to observe the sky. Now, Known Universe examines mankind's first observations of the cosmos to understand how they put us on the path to modern discovery.

Secrets of the Stone Age 3 – The Human Story

In the final episode of the Secrets of the Stone Age - The Human Story, Richard Rudgley takes a look at the Middle Palaeolithic, from 200,000 to 38,000 years ago, and a close examination of the Neanderthal, a highly intelligent creature which existed alongside our ancestors just 30,000 years ago, give or take. 

Neanderthal has been hugely misrepresented as a dumb creature, but they made sophisticated tools - sometimes better than our own - buried their dead, made necklaces and other ornaments and even interbred with human beings.

How Beer Saved the World

Today on Far Future Horizons we present –“How Beer Saved the World”.

Did you know that beer was critical to the birth of civilization? That’s right – beer.
Scientists and historians line up to tell the amazing, untold story of how beer helped create math, poetry, pyramids, modern medicine, labour laws, and America.

Secrets of the Stone Age 2 - Frozen In Time

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the second episode of the acclaimed three-part documentary series "Secrets of the Stone Age" in which anthropologist and author Richard Rudgley sets off on an epic journey back in time and around the world to discover the real roots of civilization.

Göbekli Tepe - The World’s First Temple

We used to think agriculture gave rise to cities and later to writing, art, and religion. Now the world’s oldest temple suggests the urge to worship sparked civilization.

The 11,500 year old Göbekli Tepe temple complex in Turkey was unearthed in 1995 by a team of archaeologists led by Klaus Schmidt of the German Archaeological Institute of Istanbul. 

Göbekli Tepe represents one of the most exciting discoveries in Turkish archaeology this century. It currently stands as the oldest known Megalithic Temple complex in the world (9,000 BC). 

This archaeological find could represent the one location in time and space where humanity first lit the spark of civilization that led mankind towards farming, urban life and all that followed. It is the one great find of the Twentieth Century that could rewrite the whole of human history.

  

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the National Geographic Channel’s documentary Lost Civilization and join a team of archaeologists to unearth the treasures of this mysterious and enigmatic archaeological site.

History of the World in Two Hours

Today on Far Future Horizons we voyage back in time some 13.7 Billion Years to tell the epic story of our Universe, World and humankind.

From the Big Bang that forged our Cosmos till the present day in just two hours. Well in actual fact, we are going to do it in just one hour, twenty seven minutes and fifty seven seconds. Approximately a half hour of commercials were removed to enhance your viewing pleasure.

This is a prime example of Big History, which examines history in terms of long time frames using a multidisciplinary approach. It combines numerous disciplines from science and the humanities and explores human existence in the context of this bigger picture. I invite my readers to check the Big History Project's website. In Fact you can take a short course on Big History via the Open Culture website. 

From Big Bang to Humankind

History Of The World In Two Hours is the story of humankind from the very beginning of time from the birth of the Universe and Earth to the dawn of life, from the fall of the dinosaurs to the rise of man, from the Stone Age to Silicon Age. Each chapter in the story will reveal a surprising connection to our world today.

Cosmic Evolution: From Big Bang To Humankind

This epic History Channel documentary is available from the History Channel’s online store on DVD so order your copy today.

Secrets of the Stone Age 1: The Wisdom of the Stones

Hagar Qin Megalithic Temple Complex on the Island of Malta

Today on Far Future Horizons we begin a three-part series titled "Secrets of the Stone Age" in which anthropologist and author Richard Rudgley sets off on an epic journey back in time and around the world to discover the real roots of civilization.

Ġgantija temples on the Island of Gozo, Malta

In the first episode of this series “The Wisdom of the Stones” Richard Rudgley travels from New York to the Pyramids and beyond in search of evidence of writing, medicine and architecture from the Neolithic or New Stone Age (8000 – 3000 BC) way before conventional history says they existed. It was the time when human beings embarked on a bold experiment, settling down in fixed communities – and establishing a style of living that still exists today.