Discovery - War And Civilisation Vol 01 DVD

Based on John Keegans book The History of Warfare, a New York Times bestseller, this two-part series explores the connections between humankinds quest for peaceful development and its urge towards conquest and destruction.FIRST BLOOD The emergence of decisive, uncompromising approaches to battle marked the beginning of the western way of war.EMPIRES AND ARMIES The aggressive expansion of the Chinese and Roman empires brought each to confrontation with a new enemy the Hun.HORSE WARRIORS As Rome crumbled, the horse-borne armies of the steppe terrified the settled peoples of Europe, India and China. For a thousand years the horse dominated the worlds battlefields.GUNPOWDER The first use of a gunpowder bombard in Europe at the Battle of Crecy marks the end of the knights reign and the greatest revolution in the history of warfare.