20 April (2003-04-20) – 14 December 2003 (2003-12-14)
Eurasia: The Conquest of the East (French: Eurasia : À la conquête de l'Orient; Japanese: 文明の道, romanized: Bunmei no Michi, lit. 'Road of Civilisation'), also known as Eurasian Empires or simply Eurasia, is a documentary TV series about the Eurasian civilisations, which ran in eight episodes on NHK (2003) and France 5 (2004).[2] It started on 20 April 2003, with the final episode broadcast on 14 December 2003.[3][4] The series has been dubbed into English and Spanish.
Synopsis
New discoveries and studies have shown that Central Asia, a region located in the centre of Eurasia, played a significant role as a "cradle of civilisation". The civilisations brought to the vast Eurasian continent by conquest and trade continued to collide and fuse, affecting each other and developing new civilisations. Computer-generated imagery is used to recreate the historical scenes of Ai-Khanoum, Babylon, Baghdad, Persepolis, Rome, etc., representing the rise and fall of a dynamic civilisation that took place over 2000 years.[5]
Episodes
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Title
French title
Japanese title
Directed by
Original air date
1
Alexander the Great
Alexandre le Grand
アレクサンドロス大王 ペルシャ帝国への挑戦
Patrick Cabouat, Atsushi Ogaki, Atsushi Murayama, Satoru Nagai, Masakazu Taniguchi
20 April 2003 (2003-04-20)
2
The Forgotten Alexandria
L'Alexandrie oubliée
アレクサンドロスの遺産 最果てのギリシャ都市
Patrick Cabouat, Noriaki Hashimoto, Atsushi Murayama
18 May 2003 (2003-05-18)
3
Ghandhara: The Renaissance of Buddhism
Gandhara, l'envol du bouddhisme
ガンダーラ・仏教飛翔の地
Patrick Cabouat, Kazuko Oka
15 June 2003 (2003-06-15)
4
The Romans in China
Des Romains au cœur de la Chine
地中海帝国ローマ・東方への夢
Patrick Cabouat, Atsushi Ogaki
20 July 2003 (2003-07-20)
5
The Caravaneers of the Silk Road
Les Maîtres des caravanes
シルクロードの謎 隊商の民ソグド
Patrick Cabouat, Noriaki Hashimoto
14 September 2003 (2003-09-14)
6
Baghdad in the Year 1000
Bagdad, an 1000
バグダッド 大いなる知恵の都
Patrick Cabouat, Kaoru Kawada, Atsushi Murayama
12 October 2003 (2003-10-12)
7
Jerusalem 1227: The Excommunicated Peace
Jérusalem 1227 : la paix excommuniée
エルサレム 和平･若き皇帝の決断
Patrick Cabouat, Kazuko Oka
16 November 2003 (2003-11-16)
8
The Mongol Conqueror: Kublai Khan's Dream
Le Rêve mongol
クビライの夢 ユーラシア帝国の完成
Patrick Cabouat, Masakazu Taniguchi
14 December 2003 (2003-12-14)
DVD
The series has been released on DVD by TF1 vidéo in 2004.[6] A new edition titled Eurasia : Orient et Occident, 2500 ans d'histoire et de conquêtes, has been released in 2006.[7] The Japanese DVD box has been released in 2004, by NHK software.[8]
Adaptation
The series has been adapted into two comic books and a book series consisting of five volumes, published between 2003 and 2004 by NHK Publishing [ja].[9]
Comic books
文明の道1：アレクサンドロス 〜世界帝国への夢〜 ('Alexander: Dream of the World Empire')
文明の道2：クビライ 〜世界帝国の完成〜 ('Kublai: Completion of the World Empire')
Book series
文明の道1：アレクサンドロスの時代 ('Era of Alexander the Great')
文明の道2：ヘレニズムと仏教 ('Hellenism and Buddhism')
文明の道3：海と陸のシルクロード ('The Silk Road on Land and Sea')
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