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Clays from different regions created different composite materials. Mesopotamian bitumen was different from Indian Bitumen. Clay was the same. Not hard to imagine setting up a campfire atop a clay deposit and the area was hardened. you could have done a lot with that knowledge.

Hmm... repeated open campfire on the same metal rocks would have deformed it eventually as the surface molecular bonding would have had repeated stresses... one time campfires to produce some slag? nope... repeated use of same rocks = most definitely. So you cannot do this observational science experiments on only 1 instance for pete's sake. just bring out some copper ores with high copper content and you'll see for yourself what repeated high temperature exposure would do to it.

The last 5 minutes were hard going...what a BS merchant!

51:05 He describes where we now are in 2024: The privatization and monetization of publicly funded research. Big Ag, Big Pharma, and the life sciences are bleeding us dry with the research we made possible.

It,s a good job that nixon put us off the gold standard.

From the stone age to bronze? No. There was a copper age long before there was ever a bronze age.

I'm four episodes deep and I just discovered "Fiery" is actually the correct spelling.

DISGUSTING! I DISLIKED!!!

50:08 For the uninitiated, she's absolutely at the top of her game. Oh, how I wish she'd been one of my profs in college.

Hello, United States of America. In case you haven't realized it, you are here 45:00.

What an amazing documentary. We are but a mere blip in the footnote of history.

Taylor Michael Martin Donald Garcia Jennifer

This is how you make a Documentary. Compared to most of the utter drivel the “Discovery” channels peddle this is just on another level.

5:25 We now know that the iron in Tutankhamun's dagger is of meteoric origin! Interestingly, the Egyptians themselves called iron the "metal of the sky", it's very possible that they discovered it while investigating a meteor impact site

When he mentioned the dagger in king tuts tomb, wasn't that recently analyzed and found out to be made of nickel/ meteorite???

Bronze age ,Lasted in English land,?

It should be noted that the term alchemy is Arabic in origin and part of European lexicon as a consequence of African (Moorish) occupation up until the tenth century. This means that the influences of the alchemists was African and Arab. And important to say this when tracing the history of our understanding of the universe.

Pfft, I make lead out of gold all the time 😊

I love to play prediction games with these videos like I played paleolithic games as a kid. I watched this one because I'm studying the lithic cultures and was wondering about early metals. Volcano deposits will have semi to pure metal exposed, and meteors and other earth moving erosion revealing long seams seem obvious. I speculated that soft metals like lead, silver and gold could melt at the 600+ degree campfire stone possibility. But the intense heat and anaerobic conditions required a kiln.. So, pretty blue stones reveal red metal on the inside of the kiln and not the outside, etc. Fun prediction game!

Is there any books covering this history of iron and the other metals ?

That intro, the way the light from the lava and molten metal turns the rest of the scene into a silhouette is absolutely striking cinematography.

OUTSTANDING!!!

It was majority rule government, aka mob rule, aka Democracy that destroyed the great Roman empire .

Since the making of this video, the metal of that golden hilt dagger found in king tutts tomb has been revealed as being compromised of a meteorite metal alloy with a nickel constituent. Explaining it's hardness and rust resistance.

2:01 Wrong. The first thing he did was planting a flag... As always, when setting foot anywhere for the first time. Even when people already lived there.

Loud music ruins it.

I see alot of comments on here expressing outrage over the Persian barbarism. But those people seem to forget the mindset of the Greeks at the time. They regarded most people who weren't Greek as barbarians just as the Romans. If you weren't Greek you weren't civilized and therefore a barbarian.

I seriously don't think that it was an instinct for man to study moon rocks. It's the moon what else was there to examine.

What?!? Historians are considering why the industrial revolution started in Britain and not somewhere else? Maybe, because of the British people!?!! Duh.

No Afro-centrism, no CGI, no corny reenactments, no White guilt, no loud music. Such a charming and informative film.

I don't recognize Dehli without the incessant car honking.

Why does the video keep losing the volume???

Ozone layer is being harmed, block the reflection please

Do we have gold rivers flowing below us

its stunning seeing him being in all the places he talks about, such a departure from seeing just b roll in newer stuff lol

Made in 1986, but still very relevant, since it tells the story of ancient man. The picture is just slightly muddy in places, but it's still very interesting and relevant. I enjoyed it a lot!

Loved the Persian comment. Rings true today in that region.

Where I live there are many twisted metal coffins ,a wrecking yard. And my city has 2 many people living in cardboard condominiums.

Great video, and the I love the music at the very start of the video. Thak you.

These productions or documentaries should be required to watch for all middle school kids to give them a sense and appreciation for the incremental builditive aspect of societal development - it would be motivating if not inspirational and obviously educational but most importantly tamp down the dismissive casual attitude many people have about the technological complexity that makes life livable

Really enjoying this series

How did the US industry began to move ahead, oh with an Englishman Samuel Slater & with the help of Anglo-Americans a.k.a. the English. Thanks England,.

This Michael Charlton is first-rate as a presenter, he's very smooth, dignified and pleasant.

Most excellent 👍

Thx for making this available, recommended.

It's too bad that the American interviewee spoke so lamely about the future of American invention. We can do better than he sounded. Other than that, this is a fantastic series!

It is interesting that you still can watch something not full of commercials on the web today.

Such an outstanding series, it's great too to be able to watch YT and this series on my TV while relaxing in my recliner ☺

Henry F didnt give two cares for our earth

I will never be able to thank you enough for this ⚔️