Eurasia
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Also known asEurasia: The Conquest of the East
Eurasian Empires
FrenchEurasia : À la conquête de l'Orient
GenreDocumentary
Written byAlain Moreau
Directed byPatrick Cabouat[1]
Narrated byFrance:
Maryse Lefebvre
Pierre Sciama
Japan:
Sanae Ueda
Shinichi Taketa
ComposersFrance:
Marc Hillmann
Bernard Becker
Japan:
Takefumi Haketa
Country of originFrance
Japan
Original languagesFrench
Japanese
No. of series1
No. of episodes8 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducersNHK
Point du Jour
Running time48 minutes
Original release
NetworkNHK
France 5
Release20 April (2003-04-20) –
14 December 2003 (2003-12-14)

Eurasia: The Conquest of the East (French: Eurasia : À la conquête de l'Orient; Japanese: 文明の道, romanized: Bunmei no Michi, lit. 'Road of Civilisation'), also known as Eurasian Empires or simply Eurasia, is a documentary TV series about the Eurasian civilisations, which ran in eight episodes on NHK (2003) and France 5 (2004).[2] It started on 20 April 2003, with the final episode broadcast on 14 December 2003.[3][4] The series has been dubbed into English and Spanish.

Synopsis

New discoveries and studies have shown that Central Asia, a region located in the centre of Eurasia, played a significant role as a "cradle of civilisation". The civilisations brought to the vast Eurasian continent by conquest and trade continued to collide and fuse, affecting each other and developing new civilisations. Computer-generated imagery is used to recreate the historical scenes of Ai-Khanoum, Babylon, Baghdad, Persepolis, Rome, etc., representing the rise and fall of a dynamic civilisation that took place over 2000 years.[5]

Episodes

# Title French title Japanese title Directed by Original air date
1Alexander the GreatAlexandre le Grandアレクサンドロス大王　ペルシャ帝国への挑戦Patrick Cabouat, Atsushi Ogaki, Atsushi Murayama, Satoru Nagai, Masakazu Taniguchi20 April 2003
2The Forgotten AlexandriaL'Alexandrie oubliéeアレクサンドロスの遺産　最果てのギリシャ都市Patrick Cabouat, Noriaki Hashimoto, Atsushi Murayama18 May 2003
3Ghandhara: The Renaissance of BuddhismGandhara, l'envol du bouddhismeガンダーラ・仏教飛翔の地Patrick Cabouat, Kazuko Oka15 June 2003
4The Romans in ChinaDes Romains au cœur de la Chine地中海帝国ローマ・東方への夢Patrick Cabouat, Atsushi Ogaki20 July 2003
5The Caravaneers of the Silk RoadLes Maîtres des caravanesシルクロードの謎　隊商の民ソグドPatrick Cabouat, Noriaki Hashimoto14 September 2003
6Baghdad in the Year 1000Bagdad, an 1000バグダッド　大いなる知恵の都Patrick Cabouat, Kaoru Kawada, Atsushi Murayama12 October 2003
7Jerusalem 1227: The Excommunicated PeaceJérusalem 1227 : la paix excommuniéeエルサレム 和平･若き皇帝の決断Patrick Cabouat, Kazuko Oka16 November 2003
8The Mongol Conqueror: Kublai Khan's DreamLe Rêve mongolクビライの夢　ユーラシア帝国の完成Patrick Cabouat, Masakazu Taniguchi14 December 2003

DVD

The series has been released on DVD by TF1 vidéo in 2004.[6] A new edition titled Eurasia : Orient et Occident, 2500 ans d'histoire et de conquêtes, has been released in 2006.[7] The Japanese DVD box has been released in 2004, by NHK software.[8]

Adaptation

The series has been adapted into two comic books and a book series consisting of five volumes, published between 2003 and 2004 by NHK Publishing.[9]

Comic books
  • 文明の道1：アレクサンドロス 〜世界帝国への夢〜 ('Alexander: Dream of the World Empire')
  • 文明の道2：クビライ 〜世界帝国の完成〜 ('Kublai: Completion of the World Empire')
Book series
  • 文明の道1：アレクサンドロスの時代 ('Era of Alexander the Great')
  • 文明の道2：ヘレニズムと仏教 ('Hellenism and Buddhism')
  • 文明の道3：海と陸のシルクロード ('The Silk Road on Land and Sea')
  • 文明の道4：イスラムと十字軍 ('Islam and the Crusades')
  • 文明の道5：モンゴル帝国 ('Mongol Empire')

References

  1. ↑ "À la conquête de l'Orient". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). 2006. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "Eurasia: The Conquest of the East". pointdujour-international.com. 2004. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "文明の道 第１集 アレクサンドロス大王 ペルシャ帝国への挑戦". nhk.or.jp (in Japanese). 20 April 2003. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "文明の道 第８集 クビライの夢 ユーラシア帝国の完成". nhk.or.jp (in Japanese). 14 December 2003. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "ＮＨＫスペシャル 文明の道". nhk.or.jp (in Japanese). 2003. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Eurasia - À la conquête de l'Orient". rakuten.com (in French). Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  7. ↑ Richter, Jean-Luc (2006). "À la conquête de l'Orient". dvdcritiques.com (in French). Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "文明の道 DVD-BOX". amazon.co.jp (in Japanese). 2004. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "検索ワード ＮＨＫスペシャル 文明の道". nhk-book.co.jp (in Japanese). NHK Publishing. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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