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Documentaries
Documentaries which are related to 1001 Inventions projects:
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Dr. Adam John Hart-Davis builds and tests some of the most extraordinary inventions from the early Islamic World.
Run Time: 57:09
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Historian Bettany Hughes traces the story of the mysterious and misunderstood Moors, the Islamic society that ruled in Spain for 700 years.
Run Time: 102:01
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Science and Islam (3 Part)
British scientist Prof. Jim Al-Khalili travels from Spain to Syria to tell the story of the great leap in scientific knowledge that took place in the Islamic world between the 8th and 14th centuries.
Run Time: 59:00 x 3
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After Rome Holy War and Conquest (2 Part)
Boris Johnson travels from France to Syria to investigate the early beginnings of what some people now call 'the clash of civilisations.'
Run Time: 58:50 x 2
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Denia: A Muslim Port in Spain
A Time Team special as part of the On the Line season. A Muslim port is revealed under this modern-day Spanish town.
Run Time: 46:03
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Prof. Marcus du Sautoy he looks at the invention of the new language of algebra and the spread of Eastern knowledge to the West through mathematicians.
Run Time: 13:01
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Narrated by Sir Ben Kingsley, A three-part series, re-creates the spectacular sweep of Islamic power and faith during its first 1,000 years.
Run Time: 53:00 x 3
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A three-part series of documentary travelogues in which Tim Mackintosh-Smith follows in the footsteps of 14th Century Moroccan scholar Ibn Battuta
Run Time: 58:56 x 3
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Rageh Omaar uncovers the hidden story of Europe's Islamic past and looks back to a Golden Age when European civilisation was enriched by Islamic learning.
Run Time: 88:55
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Art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon travels from southern to northern Spain to tell the story of some of Europe's most exciting and vital art.
Run Time: 58:54
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An epic journey back into a centuries-long period when Muslims, Christians and Jews inhabited the same far corner of Western Europe and thrived.
Run Time: 5 min. of 114:49
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A preview of the documentary called "Ghost Fleet: The Epic Voyage of Zheng He"
Run Time: 05:51
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