Mankind - The History of Humanity
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Mankind - The History of Humanity |
| Original title | Mankind: The Story of All of Us |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| year | 2012 |
| Production company |
Nutopia |
| length | 50 minutes |
| Episodes | 12 in 1 season |
| genre | Documentation , history |
| First broadcast | November 13, 2012 on History Channel (USA) |
| German-language first broadcast |
November 18, 2012 on History HD |
Mankind - Die Geschichte der Menschheit (Original title: Mankind: The Story of All of Us ) is a documentary television series of the special interest channel History in the USA. The twelve-part series produced in 2012 deals with the history of mankind from the origin of Homo sapiens around 200,000 years ago to the present.
Josh Brolin was the narrator in the original version . Hannes Jaenicke acted as the German speaker .
content
The series tells the story of mankind through significant episodes. The lavishly filmed scenes enriched with computer animations are mostly about wars , diseases as well as inventions and discoveries . They show developments that affect all continents equally. The focus in the first six episodes, however, is on the so-called Old World , then more on the so-called New World . Between the documentary scenes, the American television journalist Brian Williams and experts, including medical and military history, have their say.
Episodes
| episode | Title ( original title ) | Alternative title | German premiere |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How it all began ( Seeds Of Change ) | Homo Sapiens superstar | November 18, 2012 |
| 2 | Departure ( Iron ) | Times of departure | November 18, 2012 |
| 3 | Rise and Fall ( Rise Of The Empire ) | Rise of the Empire | November 25, 2012 |
| 4th | Crescent and Cross ( Fall Of the Empire ) | Cross against crescent | November 25, 2012 |
| 5 | War and Crises ( The Plague ) | Wars and disasters | December 2, 2012 |
| 6th | New beginning ( rebirth ) | New chances | December 2, 2012 |
| 7th | Peoples and Cultures ( The Others ) | New worlds and old cultures | December 9, 2012 |
| 8th | World trade ( The World Tilts West ) | Global trade | December 9, 2012 |
| 9 | Boom and Progress ( Wilderness ) | A new age | December 16, 2012 |
| 10 | Revolution ( revolution ) | Great revolutions | December 16, 2012 |
| 11 | Innovation and change ( speed ) | The world is becoming modern | December 23, 2012 |
| 12 | The End of the Journey ( New Frontiers ) | Forget or eternity | December 23, 2012 |
Web links
- Mankind - the history of mankind in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Information from Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ^ ZDF.de: The history of mankind. From the past to the present , accessed on November 3, 2015.