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Hinduism (2003)

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Narrated by Academy Award winner, Ben Kingsley, Religions of the World offers insight into the striking similarities and vast differences among the world's major religions as well as the unique perspective of its many individual cultures.

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High
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00:50
Hinduism

Islam (2003)

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Islam is one of the great monolithic world religions practiced today. Discover the Islamic culture through the daily life and rituals of Muslims around the world.

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00:50
Islam

Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites (2003)

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Nearly 3000 years ago, a tiny group of tribes in the land of Canaan gave birth to a nation and a religion—a religion that would dare to redefine humanity's relationship with God. KINGDOM OF DAVID: THE SAGA OF THE ISRAELITES tells the epic story of the Israelites and the creation of the world's first and most profoundly influential, monotheistic religion.

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Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites

Peter & Paul and the Christian Revolution (2002)

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Two thousand years ago, in the Roman province of Judea, Jesus was crucified by imperial troops. Thousands before him had suffered the same fate. But unlike his predecessors on the cross, Jesus did not disappear from history. Instead, his memory was kept alive by a small band of Jews—men and women who held fast to their conviction that Jesus was the Messiah.

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Peter & Paul and the Christian Revolution

Islam: Empire of Faith (2000)

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Between the fall of Rome and the European voyages of discovery, few events were more significant than the rise of Islam. Within a few centuries, the Islamic empires blossomed, projecting their power from Africa to the East Indies, and from Spain to India.

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02:40
Islam: Empire of Faith

Richard the Lionheart & Saladin: Holy Warriors (2005)

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This drama-documentary challenges the popular view of Richard the Lionheart and Saladin's epic clash for control of Jerusalem, using the latest research into the original Christian and Muslim ancient sources and the insight of leading experts from both East and West.

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Richard the Lionheart & Saladin: Holy Warriors

Martin Luther (2002)

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Martin Luther's attack on the all-powerful Catholic Church was a knife to the heart of an empire that had endured for over a thousand years. Nailing his treatise to the doors of the Wittenberg Cathedral, this previously obscure German monk changed the world forever, unleashing forces that plunged Europe into war and chaos.

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01:50
Martin Luther

The Dark Ages: Europe After the Fall of Rome (2001)

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This video features "The Dark Ages: Europe After the Fall of Rome" which explores tremendous political, social, religious and economic transitions brought about by the merging of the classical Roman culture and its new Christian religion with that of the barbarian Germanic tribes.

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00:30
The Dark Ages: Europe After the Fall of Rome

Civilizations in Conflict: Byzantium, Islam and the Crusades (2001)

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This video explores the world's first Christian state and how the Islamic civilization grew. This video includes: The Byzantine Empire, Eastern Orthodoxy, Islam, The Moslem Civilization, The Crusades, The End of the Byzantine Empire, and the Impact of the Crusades.

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High
Length: 
00:19
Civilizations in Conflict: Byzantium, Islam and the Crusades

Labyrinth: The War on Terror, 2001-?

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2001: The “American Century” had closed with a single Cold War superpower standing and a pause in conflict that some at the time dubbed “The End of History”. It wasn’t.

Grade Level: 
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Play Time: 
180 min.
Labyrinth: The War on Terror, 2001-?

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