Ships of Fortune
Duration: 49 mins 40 secs
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A film shown on Channel 4 in 2000, made by Windfall Films, partly devised and presented by Alan Macfarlane. Part of the series 'The Day the World took Off' - the third film (1600-1850)
Time: 1600-1850 Place: Western Europe - North America - The Ottoman Empire. The film now includes the rise of the Dutch Empire and the spread of European civilization to the New World of America. It also looks at the rise of a commercial, capitalist, civilization in western Europe and some reasons for the stasis and decline in the Ottoman Empire. |
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| Created: | 2015-11-30 14:34 |
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| Collection: | A History of the World (The Day the World Took Off) |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | Prof Alan Macfarlane |
| Language: | eng (English) |
| Distribution: |
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| Explicit content: | No |
| Aspect Ratio: | 4:3 |
| Screencast: | No |
| Bumper: | UCS Default |
| Trailer: | UCS Default |
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