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Short History of the World Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

3 Episodes 2015 - 2018

Episode 1

A Short History of Convict Australia

Short History of Convict Australia is the first ever documentary about Australia's convict past. It visits the locations where convicts lived and worked, talks to historians and descendants of convicts and experiences the legacy of the dramatic, brutal birth of a nation.

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Episode 3

Wellington v Napoleon: Aftermath of Waterloo

In 1814, it seemed that twenty five years of war in Europe was finally coming to an end with the surrender of the Emperor Napoleon and his banishment to the Mediterranean island of Elba.

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Episode 4

A Short History of the Moors

52 mins

For nearly 800 years the Moors ruled in Granada. And for nearly as long in a wider territory of that became known as Moorish Spain or Al Andalus. We explore the rich architectural legacy of the Moors, the dynasties that built an empire, and what they left behind.

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