historical epic documentaries

 

πŸ›️ 100 Historical Epics Documentaries

Ancient Civilizations & Empires


  • Egypt’s Golden Empire

  • Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire

  • The Roman Empire in the First Century

  • Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall

  • The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization

  • The Persian Empire

  • Engineering an Empire

  • The Story of India

  • The Story of China


Medieval & Renaissance Epics

  • The Dark Ages: An Age of Light

  • The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross

  • The Normans

  • The Plantagenets

  • The Hundred Years’ War

  • The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance

  • Secrets of the Castle

  • The Vikings

  • Barbarians Rising

  • The Templars: The Rise and Fall

Empires of the East

  • The Mongol Empire

  • Genghis Khan: Rise of the Conqueror

  • The Silk Road

  • The Story of Japan

  • Samurai: Behind the Blade

  • The Last Samurai: The True Story

  • The Forbidden City

  • The Qing Dynasty

  • The Khmer Empire

  • Lost Worlds: Angkor Wat

Age of Exploration & Global Expansion

  • The Age of Exploration

  • Columbus: Secrets from the Grave

  • Magellan: Circumnavigating the World

  • The Conquistadors

  • The Mayan Collapse

  • The Aztec Empire

  • The Inca: Masters of the Clouds

  • The Portuguese Empire

  • The Dutch Golden Age

  • The British Empire

Revolutionary Eras

  • The American Revolution

  • The Revolution (History Channel)

  • The French Revolution

  • Napoleon: The Man Who Would Be Emperor

  • Napoleon: In the Name of Art

  • The Haitian Revolution

  • Simon Bolivar: Liberator of South America

  • The Russian Revolution

  • The Fall of the Romanovs

  • The Industrial Revolution

19th‑Century Global Shifts

  • Queen Victoria’s Empire

  • The American West

  • The Civil War (Ken Burns)

  • The Boer War

  • The Crimean War

  • The Meiji Restoration

  • The Ottoman Empire: The War Machine

  • The Austro-Hungarian Empire

  • The Rise of Germany

  • The Great Game

20th‑Century Epic Histories (Non‑War Focus)

  • The British Royal Family: A Century of Change

  • The Windsors: A Royal Dynasty

  • The Last Czars

  • The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire

  • China: A Century of Revolution

  • The Story of Europe

  • The Story of the Jews

  • The Story of Russia

  • The Story of the Middle East

  • The Story of Africa

Archaeology & Lost Worlds

  • Lost Worlds: Atlantis

  • Lost Worlds: Pompeii

  • Secrets of the Dead: Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb

  • Secrets of the Dead: Nero’s Golden House

  • Mysteries of the Maya

  • Secrets of the Pharaohs

  • The Lost Kingdoms of Africa

  • The Lost Kingdoms of South America

  • The Search for Troy

  • The Lost City of Z

Epic Multi‑Era Series

  • Civilisations (BBC)

  • Human Planet

  • Mankind: The Story of All of Us

  • The Ascent of Man

  • The Story of Us (National Geographic)

  • How the Earth Was Made

  • The Incredible Human Journey

  • The Story of God

  • The Story of the World

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