The Tower of Babel
Episode 12 · 2013-10-26
- Documentary
Episode 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.
113 minutes
Season 13 episodes
1. Australia - The Continent of Challenges2013-04-13
2. The Mountains of Fire2013-04-20
3. Versailles - A Day in the Life of a King2013-04-27
4. Roma Amor - Passion in Ancient Rome2013-05-04
5. The Senses of Life2013-05-11
6. The Cycles of Life2013-05-18
7. The Treasures of the Egyptian Museum of Turin (Second Version)2013-05-25
8. India of Wonders (Second Version)2013-06-01
9. Francesco of Assisi - The Surprises of His Life and His Time2013-10-05
10. The Wonders of the Sky2013-10-12
11. Splendors of Sicily2013-10-19
12. The Tower of Babel2013-10-26
13. The Sistine Chapel and Its Secrets2013-11-02
14. Venice - A Journey Through the Treasures of the Grand Canal (Second Version)2013-11-09
15. The Secret Story of Trajan's Column (Second Version)2013-11-16
16. An Unusual Journey into the Human Body (Second Version)2013-11-23
17. Pearl Harbor. A Minute-by-Minute History2013-11-30
