A L E X I S F L E M I N G

BIG HISTORY

WHAT IS BIG HISTORY • Examines history

scientifically from the Big Bang to the present.

• Covers the formation of the universe, stars and galaxies, and includes the beginning of life

C L I C K O N V I D E O T O P L AY

THE BIG BANG THEORY

JOURNEY OF MAN

• Cutting-edge technology is enabling us to shine a powerful new light on our collective past.

• Tracing history through evidence uncovered in the Y-chromosome of man’s DNA

• Being descended from a single man who lived in Africa around 60,000 years ago

David Keys theory of a natural

catastrophe 1500 years ago that

blocked the sun from the Earth,

causing drought, famine and

disease

CATASTROPHE: THE DAY THE

SUN WENT OUT

THE FIRST EDEN

• Film describes man's relationship with the natural habitats of the Mediterranean, and is a magnificent representation of the landscape, wildlife and plants of the Mediterranean

• The past between the Mediterranean and the horse.

GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL

Conquest:• Spaniard Francisco Pizarro as

the man who conquered the Inca.

• The horse was fundamental to the farming success of Eurasian societies, providing not only food and fertilizer but also, crucially, load-bearing power and transport.

• The Inca lacked some critical agents of conquest.