Africa's Great Civilizations
Interview with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Preview: Season 1 | 2m
Learn more about Africa's Great Civilizations with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
In his new six-hour series, Africa's Great Civilizations, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a new look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century.
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Major corporate support for Africa's Great Civilizations is provided by Bank of America, Johnson & Johnson, and Ancestry. Major funding is also provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the...
Africa's Great Civilizations
Interview with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Preview: Season 1 | 2m
In his new six-hour series, Africa's Great Civilizations, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a new look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century.
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Clip: Ep4 | 2m 59s | For over 1,000 years, African merchants gathered on the Swahili coast, known as Azania. (2m 59s)
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Clip: Ep2 | 2m 58s | Explore 12 churches that were carved out of rock in the ancient Ethiopian highlands. (2m 58s)
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Clip: Ep1 | 3m 9s | Did you know that the invention of ironworking has its roots in Africa? (3m 9s)
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Clip: Ep3 | 1m 41s | The heart of ancient Timbuktu’s intellectual life was its libraries. (1m 41s)
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Clip: Ep2 | 2m 31s | Explore the Great City of Meroe, third and last capital of the Ancient Kingdom of Kush. (2m 31s)
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Clip: Ep3 | 2m 44s | When it was founded in the year 1070, Marrakesh was a center of politics and law. (2m 44s)
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Clip: Ep3 | 2m 13s | Explore ancient African civilizations and the origin story of Ile Ife. (2m 13s)
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Clip: Ep4 | 2m 36s | The Great Enclosure of Great Zimbabwe conveyed majesty, wealth, and architectural genius. (2m 36s)
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Clip: Ep4 | 3m 39s | Travel to the ancient city of Gondar in Africa's Great Civilizations. (3m 39s)
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Clip: Ep1 | 1m 48s | Did you know that afro combs were used in ancient African civilizations? (1m 48s)
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Clip: Ep5 | 3m 15s | Dahomey contained a vast complex of royal palaces and a unique canon of art. (3m 15s)
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Clip: Ep5 | 5m 18s | A quarter of all slaves who crossed the Atlantic started from what is today Angola. (5m 18s)
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Clip: Ep5 | 2m 42s | The Kingdom of Kongo was one of the largest and most powerful in the southern half Africa. (2m 42s)
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