Ancient powers. Episode 1, Origins / producers, Han Zhang, Coco Zhao ; producer directors, Ross Kirby, Li Li ; a BBC Studios Documentaries Unit production co-produced with bilibili
A new global approach to ancient history that unites the stories of the East and West. The remarkable story of the social, technological and physical challenges five powerful civilisations faced in their battle for survival and domination of the ancient world. These six programmes reveal an interconnected world of trade, war and ideas, where each territory found different solutions to the same problems. Robust science, revealing archaeology and stylish CGI present the distant past as never before - an epic game of strategy and luck
