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If you enjoyed Andrew Marr's History of the World, you might also like these other Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ programmes and features

Programme One - Survival

  • Our three-million year journey from the treetops of Africa to civilisation.

  • In Our Time: Did this flexible system of writing begin life as graffiti?

  • Why did this magnificent civilisation suddenly disappear?

Programme two - Age of Empire

  • One man's spiritual journey to Enlightenment, and the teachings that followed.

  • What was Greek democracy like, and how was it different from today?

  • In our Time: Introducing one of the most important works of philosophy ever written.

Programme three - The Word and the Sword

  • Your Paintings: How artists have created our image of one of history's most famous figures.

  • How did the small cult of Christianity become the dominant religion of the west?

  • A guide to the different religions of the world.

Programme four - Into the Light

  • Your Paintings: Is the renaissance one of the most misunderstood events in history?

  • In Our Time: For 700 years, Muslims, Jews and Christians lived in relative peace.

  • Play Viking Quest and explore how the Vikings plundered Britain.

Programme five - Age of Plunder

  • Your Paintings: The flower that brought down a nation

  • How did Christopher Columbus's voyages change our view of the world?

  • Was this revolution a grand theological debate or a struggle for power?

Programme six - Revolution

  • In Our Time: Why did French revolutionaries want to turn the calender back to zero?

  • The Scientist who pointed a telescope at Jupiter and took on the Catholic church.

  • Our interactive map charts the end of the British slave trade.

Programme seven - Age of industry

  • In Our Time: How did these 19th century conflicts shape the relationship between Britain and China?

  • Why was Britain the workshop of the world, and why did this dominance not last?

  • Your Paintings: How changing theories of art captured the experience of the First World War. (Image (C) Tate)

Programme eight - Age of Extremes

  • Why did Winston Churchill believe in victory at all costs?

  • Many claim that the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki saved lives in the long run. Is this true?

  • In Our Time: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss whether we can teach a computer to think.