Eurasia: The Conquest of the East

Eurasia: The Conquest of the East

“Eurasia” represents a spectacular adventure, a visual conquest of the East in 8 films.

A magical voyage through time and space, exploring the history, culture and religions that link East and West: from the Persian Empire of Alexander the Great to the huge Mongolian Empire of Kublai Khan, the destinies of highly developed civilizations intermingled until they converged to take the shape of a Eurasian civilization shared by all of us.

Babylon, Persepolis, Ai-Khanoum, Baghdad, Rome…are virtually recreated with incomparable realism by computer generated images.

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Status

Ended

Original Name

Eurasia: The Conquest of the East

First Air Date

April 20, 2003

Last Air Date

December 14, 2003

Seasons

1

Episodes

8

Language

French, Japanese

Production Companies

Networks

France 5NHK

S01E08

The Mongol Conqueror: Kublai Khan's Dream

Protected by its great wall and by three thousand years of history, the Middle Kingdom felt forever safe from invaders. That was counting without the hordes of nomadic horsemen who came from the Mongolian steppes, commanded by Kublai. The great Kublai Khan, grandson of Gengis Khan, was born in 1214. He was the very incarnation of twelve centuries of invasions of sedentary civilisations by nomadic people.

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