Travelers Across Time: People and Cultures of the Middle East Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Biblical Judaism

  The evolution of the Israelites.

• Dreamers of the Dream

  Exile of the Jews; Zionism.

• Early Civilizations

  Mesopotamia; pharaonic Egypt; the Hittites.

• Ethnic Soup

  Various peoples of the Middle East.

• Evil Spirits, Evil Eyes

  Magic and religion.

• The Expansion of Islam

  Islam's growth after the death of Muhammad.

• The First Christians

  Jesus; John the Baptist; Simon; the Jerusalem Church; Ebionites.

• Into the Future

  The gates of Paradise.

• The Invaders

  The Crusaders; the Mongols; the Turks.

• Kith and Kin

  Societal views on family.

• The Lay of the Land

  Regions and ecological systems.

• The Lost Generation

  Middle Eastern generations.

• The Rise of Islam

  'The Prophet'; the Quran; the Five Pillars of Islam.

• The Slow Road to Independence

  After the Ottoman Empire falls.