00:00Let's go!
00:33Let's go!
01:00Let's go!
01:29Two thousand years before our era, we left Mesopotamia for the Nile Valley.
01:34Let's quickly go back to see what happened there.
01:38Yes, just the usual routine.
01:41The cities barricaded themselves behind walls.
01:53This will in no way prevent the powerful migrations of peoples that we will call Indo-European, for lack of a better term.
01:59to be located, and which will sweep across the East and Central Europe.
02:09For the time being, the king of Babylon, Amurabi, dominates Mesopotamia and dictates his laws.
02:13As we can see, the sun god Shamash personally transmits the first code of the world to Amourabi.
02:19civilized.
02:20The year is 1750 BC.
02:25If, without reason, one man curses another, he shall be put to death.
02:30There are three classes of men.
02:33The slave,
02:36the petty one,
02:39And man, finally.
02:43If a man has debts, he can lend his wife as repayment, but only for three years.
02:50The negligent housewife will be thrown into the river.
02:59If you look at a man's wife, she will have to throw herself into the river of her own accord.
03:12If a woman is caught in an act of adultery,
03:15She will be tied to her lover and they will both be thrown into the river.
03:22Under Abraham's leadership, the Hebrews left Ur to head towards Canaan.
03:28The Achaeans of Mycenae will invade Crete, whose civilization irritates them.
03:39Egypt shone brightly under Ramses II.
03:43The young pharaoh inaugurates the war communiqués
03:45presenting Kadesh's semi-failure as a great victory.
03:49Soon, the Hebrews will leave Egypt
03:51and convey in their vicissitudes the great idea of the one God.
04:09Around 1200 BC, the Dorians were waging war with them.
04:12Under their blows, the Assyrians grew tougher.
04:14Around 1100 BC, Tyre, Sidon, and Byblos were the capitals of Phoenician prosperity.
04:22Skilled merchants are establishing their interests as far as the West
04:26and their alphabet, ours.
04:35The Assyrian beast has reached maturity.
04:38Assur dominates the Middle East.
04:39Sargon, Sennacherib, Ashurbanipal, sow terror.
04:43Aged, before dying, Ashurbanipal, the bloodthirsty one, will groan.
04:47I have only done good towards God and men.
04:52Goodness, eyes gouged out, mountains of severed heads,
04:57countless raw wounds, monotonous litanies.
05:03In 612 BC, the Medes and the Babylonians formed an alliance.
05:06Under the command of Nebuchadnezzar,
05:08They assault the line ramparts.
05:13We are under attack, in the open air!
05:27Yahweh will make Nineveh a land as barren as the desert,
05:31the prophet had said.
05:34From rebuilt Babylon,
05:36Nebuchadnezzar will make it the most prestigious city of his time.
05:48Come closer, come closer, come and see!
05:51Look at my pottery!
05:53My pottery, my beautiful pottery!
05:57Let's go, this way, the most beautiful pottery on the market!
06:03In this city of abundance, Zaratoustra preached.
06:06But who wanted to hear it, in the newly restored opulence?
06:13Alone, just, and good, said Zaratoustra.
06:15The man who does not do to others what he judges not to be right for himself.
06:19But who wanted to listen?
06:40Man possesses free will.
06:42He can choose between good and evil, said Zaratoustra.
06:46But nobody wanted to listen.
06:50Confucius, however, will one day hear it.
06:53And Jesus.
06:57Cyrus, a young Persian prince, was educated in the school of Zaratoustra.
07:01And when he goes to seize the throne from his stupid cousin, King Med, Astia,
07:07He will apply wise principles.
07:08Oh, my cousin, I'm sorry, you didn't hurt yourself.
07:20Huh? What?
07:24So, shall I turn it on?
07:28But must I light the pyre, Your Majesty?
07:32What ?
07:34Oh dear, isn't it awful to see that!
07:37"Make a friend of the enemy," preached Zaratoustra.
07:50An apucodonosor succeeded Nabonid, whose son was Balthazar.
07:54loathed by the population.
08:23To create a population.
08:41Balthazar is dead.
08:42Appointed governor of a distant province, his father Nabonid leaves the city.
08:48With Babylon conquered, the whole of Mesopotamia now became part of Cyrus's Empire.
08:53The freed Jews can return to Jerusalem and rebuild their destroyed temple.
08:58And Cyrus solemnly hands over to them what remains of their treasure, taken by Nebuchadnezzar.
09:03The Hebrews, to whom he speaks in the name of Yahweh, believe they see in him a Messiah.
09:07For the first time in history, captured cities were not looted and massacred.
09:11and a victor showed mercy.
09:16For the first time, a universal empire is created.
09:41An usurper, the mage Smerdis, seized the throne of Persia.
09:45Seven traces of the kingdom are determined to put an end to it.
09:50The conspirators decided that the one whose horse first loved would be the chosen one.
09:57This is Darius.
10:11Darius.
10:19No !
10:21Dirty Carl!
10:22Is it only now that you've decided to get married?
10:25Here is Darius the First.
10:29But revolts broke out all over the country and Darius fought them energetically.
10:37I'll show them how hot it gets, and what are you waiting for to reduce them to dust?
10:42Fight, fight! What are you waiting for?
10:56Attack! Follow me!
10:58I am the boss! I am your boss! I am your boss!
11:02I'm with you, boss! I'm with you...
11:07You might have scared me!
11:26The horse is spiked, take it to the stable and take care of it.
11:33Leave me alone!
11:34It's mine!
11:37No, it's mine.
11:39Dad is bothering me. I want to ride a horse too.
11:46We'll fix that.
11:48Hooray! Hooray!
11:50Yes? Master, we are waiting for you.
11:53Come quickly! An important visitor has just arrived.
12:01Alright !
12:12Excuse me !
12:14It was nothing.
12:23Oh, what's going on?
12:24Oh, you rascal.
13:08In Persepolis, Darius the Great will have the Palace of Wonders built.
13:28The king of kings reigns over 20 kingdoms.
13:31And never in the history of men has power equaled his.
13:49Hey there! Come on, come quickly!
14:11Tax revenue is coming in well this season.
14:13Here, on their way to Passargadae, the capital, are 500 boys from Babylon who will become eunuchs.
14:19400 mules came from Media.
14:22100,000 sheep.
14:39Hi !
14:39Oh, well...
14:40Oh, oh, oh.
14:42You !
14:43Oh, oh, oh, oh.
14:46Your son is a really good rider and it looks like that boy was born on a horse.
14:50Yaho! Yaho! Yaho! Yaho!
14:56Yuh, come on!
14:59Well done !
15:01SO...
15:02And our friend goes on to explain the reasons for his visit.
15:06A deposed prince has raised a band of raiders and is plundering the region.
15:11The king summoned me and charged me with ensuring security.
15:15He ordered me to garrison my troops in the neighboring fortress.
15:23That way, if you need a hand, you can go out and find me.
15:38What would make you happy?
15:41That.
15:42GOOD.
15:44THANKS.
15:46Hold on tight.
15:47If you fell, you could hurt yourself.
15:50Yahoo!
15:52Master, a band of raiders has seized the merchants' caravan.
15:56We wanted to come to their aid.
15:58But there were too many bandits.
16:00And all our companions perished.
16:04Oh! Look!
16:05Here they are!
16:08Oh !
16:10Oh !
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16:26All right !
16:27All right !
16:28Here, then!
16:29Come on !
16:40Come on !
16:41Oh !
16:43Oh !
16:43Come on !
16:44Come on !
16:45Come on !
16:46Come on !
16:47Come on !
17:01Faster!
17:02Faster!
17:02Faster!
17:03Faster!
17:04Faster!
17:04Faster!
17:04Ah!
17:06Wait !
17:07Hey! Wait for me! Hey! Wait! Wait! Hey!
17:09But where could my Pierrot have gone?
17:12There it is!
17:13It's definitely him! And he's even bringing my horse back!
17:15That's definitely your son!
17:17That's definitely your son!
17:23That's definitely your son!
17:36That's Bloodyake!
17:39Lesoix is good...
17:41...
17:57Oh! My friend!
17:59My dear friend!
18:02I can see that something is wrong.
18:05This is my son Pierrot.
18:06He is very ill.
18:07I think he's going to die.
18:13Die.
18:15Ah, a long time.
18:16So what good is my science then?
18:18Eh ?
18:19I...
18:21That's me.
18:22I am...
18:24Die.
18:25Oh, I wish I had...
18:27I am...
18:33Give him this to drink.
18:39The repairs are almost finished.
18:41So, are you going back?
18:42And if the raiders return, how can we warn you?
18:45Well...
18:48I'm going to tell you how to do it.
18:50You start by lighting a fire.
18:53You equip yourself with a utensil of this kind.
18:56Eh ?
19:00So.
19:02And it's not more difficult than that.
19:04This is how it should be done.
19:05Eh ?
19:08What if the bandits attack you again one day?
19:11Very simple.
19:12Look closely.
19:14So.
19:15You make these signals by compressing the smoke.
19:17A lookout to go and check on the fortress and raise the alarm.
19:23That's great.
19:24That's great.
19:29What's the point of making all these materials, maestro?
19:42Wait, I'll show you.
19:43This is to build the new capital, Persepolis.
19:50What? How does this big city fit into these small drawings?
19:53These little drawings are called plans, my boy.
19:59Do you see that?
20:01It's a sundial.
20:03It allows us to determine the time spent based on the sun's altitude.
20:08Oh, just a moment, I pray.
20:12I don't quite understand how it works.
20:15In the morning, the shadow is here.
20:17She will be here at noon.
20:18And in the evening, there.
20:20Master, His Majesty requests your services.
20:22Oh, but one can never have peace and quiet.
20:24We'll come back to that later, my boy.
20:42How time flies.
20:44Hello, Pierrot.
20:59One day, tired of listening to his servant,
21:02to whom he had, however, ordered it,
21:04repeat this to him at every meal.
21:06"Remember Athens,"
21:07Darius decided to invade Greece,
21:09to punish her for supporting the revolts against his authority.
21:20Once again, Goliath will attack David.
21:30Xerxes will succeed Darius.
21:32To Xerxes, to Artaxerxes.
21:34At the Battle of Marathon,
21:36Thermopylae and Salamis will follow,
21:38Then, in the absence of a decision,
21:40We will make peace.
21:41And in a century,
21:42a young conqueror of 20 years
21:43will come to pay their respects to the Persians,
21:45Alexander the Great.
21:47"Erase nothing, destroy nothing."
21:49said the inscription on Darius' tomb.
21:51"Subtitling by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation"
22:09"Subtitling by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation"
22:21Granik's victory
22:22Minus 333
22:24Victory for Issos
22:30While access to Persia is open to him
22:31Alexander deliberately turns his back on him
22:34Siege fire
22:35Gaza and is heading towards Egypt
22:47Questioned
22:48Alexandre replies that he needs to come there
22:50to pay tribute to his father
23:00Does he really believe himself to be a descendant of the god Hamon?
23:03as his mother kept repeating to him?
23:05Strange, disturbing Alexander
23:11Minus 331
23:13Victory of Arbelès
23:14Once again
23:15Darius III is defeated
23:17and this time without remission
23:20In Babylon, the city gates will open before Alexander
23:23and the people will cheer him.
23:24as she had once done for Darius
23:44We have just offered the young conquerors
23:47wonderful gifts
23:48jewelry with remarkable craftsmanship
23:52An astrologer comes to explain to him
23:54The position of the stars is calculated with precision
23:57and their moment...
23:58Alexander is dazzled
23:59An intelligent and handsome father
24:01but violent, a drinker
24:02to lightning-fast, formidable passions
24:05A mother, a pathological liar
24:07humiliating her royal husband at every moment
24:09contesting his paternity of this son
24:11that she was setting up against him
24:12and said begotten by the gods
24:14Could Alexander have been anything other than impetuous and depressive?
24:17prone to all excesses
24:18by recide perhaps
24:19awesome
24:20Yes, without a doubt
24:23odd
24:24worrying, Alexandre
24:27No, you are not a god
24:28The gods act alone
24:29But that's not your case.
24:30because you owe your power only to the help of the Macedonians
24:33Do you dare?
24:40In ten years of campaigning
24:41Some of these men had travelled 20,000 kilometers
24:44it was quite
24:45I want this army to return to combat immediately.
24:54Back in Babylon
24:56exhausted, probably suffering from malaria
24:58Alexandre will die at 33 years old
25:01For the space of a morning
25:02he had realized his dream
25:04to unite Greece and Persia
25:06the old Orient to vibrant Europe
25:13On this mixing of civilizations
25:16will soon come to settle
25:18the Roman Empire
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