Tracing the evolution of conflict, from early man to the atomic age
World Service,Β·12 episodes
In a world with few humans there was little conflict. So what changed 30,000 years ago?
How military discipline underpinned the social fabric
From insignificant city state to the ancient world's most formidable military power
The quest for stability amid the ever-present threat of violence
Mongols mastermind Genghis Khan, who brought terror to the known world
How Pope Urban II sponsored war on Islam
How warfare affected the development of Europe in the Middle Ages
Europeans in Ghana began the slave trade more than 500 years ago
The tragedy of Europe's first contact with the natives of America
How the Mughal age of conflict-avoidance came to an end
In the early 20th century, conflict came to involve not just armies but entire nations
As the Second World War ended, the Cold War began