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Learn Through Videos: History

This is a collection of links to educational videos helpful for understanding history, which are made for a general audience, such as documentary films. Throughout human history, numerous civilizations and cultures appeared and disappeared. Some civilizations like Chinese civilization has survived, while most of them vanished into history. From prehistoric times - through Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution and the two World Wars - to the present, the videos listed in this collection makes us look at important moments and events in human history.

The Museum
This is a 10-part BBC documentary series narrated by Ian McMillan that goes behind the scenes at the British Museum.

Searching for Lost Worlds
This is a Discovery Channel documentary series, telling some of great expeditions from the late 19th century to the early 20th century.

Ancient Apocalypse
This is a BBC documentary series narrated by Hermione Norris, explaining how human achievements were destroyed by the forces of nature.

Mapping the Layers of Life
Bulgaria has several little known archaeological sites that potentially hold the answers to key questions about the foundation of western civilisation.

Lost Treasures of Petra
Josh Bernstein examines Petra's only surviving parchment manuscript, and goes underneath the ancient "Treasury" in search of hidden riches.

The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn
This is a BBC documentary series narrated by Veronika Hyks, examining philanthropist Albert Kahn's Archives of the Planet - an attempt to document all aspects of human life on earth in the early 20th century.

The First World War
The First World War is a history documentary series made by Channel 4, providing a chronological look at the Great War from 1914 to 1918.

1914-1918, The Great War
This is a documentary series telling the history of the Great War, in which nine million people perished.

Apocalypse: The Second World War
Using actual footage of the war filmed by war correspondents, soldiers, resistance fighters and private citizens, this film presents a chilling and sometimes confronting look at the horrors of the war.

The Nazis: A Warning From History
This is a BBC documentary series examining Adolf Hitler and the Nazis' rise to power, their zenith, their decline and fall, and the consequences of their reign.

World War II in HD Colour
This is a thirteen-part documentary series narrated by Robert Powell, recounting the events of World War II from its beginning to the end of the war.

The Color of War
The Color of War is a History Channel documentary series narrated by Peter Coyote, presenting fresh perspectives on the day-to-day experience of World War II.

The Living Dead
This is a three-part documentary series presented by Adam Curtis, investigating the way that history and memory (both national and individual) have been used by politicians and others.

Peter and Dan Snow: 20th Century Battlefields
This is a BBC documentary series hosted by Peter Snow and his son Dan Snow, covering the major battles of the twentieth century.

Civilization: Is the West History?
This is a documentary series presented by Niall Ferguson, about the most six dominant factors that enabled the West to dominate the rest of the world for the last 500 years.