Empires

I just wanted to post a review before I went any farther with this series. I've actually seen the episodes on Rome and Greece in the past (the latter not being posted on this site). While the representation here is, as someone has pointed out, largely Eurocentric, I was a bit surprised at some of the content displayed here. For one thing, the series on Japan discusses the fact that the United States forced Japan out of isolation through military intimidation. That piece of information is still not, I think, taught in schools in the United States. A great many people in this country still seem to believe that no history between the two nations existed prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, making the Japanese look like a bunch of crazy people who attacked us from out of nowhere. The history helps us better understand why that sort of thing might happen. I was also impressed that the doc on Israel referred to events that are only hinted at in Aprocryphal and other non-Biblical texts, things of which a great many Protestants and other believers are not likely aware. At the same time, I take these docs with a grain of salt.

i think everyone who wrote a reveiw needs to take a step back and realx.. its just tv
we can hardly retell modern history with out bias or convoluted accounts .. just sit back and enjoy a good story its not like it has a baring on your everyday life.