Africa's Great Civilizations - Season 1 - Eps 2: The Crescent and the Cross
Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. charts the ancient rise of Christianity and Islam, whose economic and cultural influence stretched from Egypt to Ethiopia. Learn of African religious figures like King Lalibela, an Ethiopian saint, and Menelik, bringer of the Ark of the Covenant.
About Africa's Great Civilizations
Title: Africa's Great Civilizations
First Air Date: 2017-02-27
Last Air Date: 2017-03-01
Status: Ended
Rating: 8/10 (from 5 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 6
Network: PBS
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: McGee Media
Synopsis
Henry Louis Gates Jr. takes a look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. A breathtaking and personal journey through two hundred thousand years of history, from the origins, on the African continent, of art, writing and civilization itself, through the millennia in which Africa and Africans shaped not only their own rich civilizations, but also the wider world.
Cast
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Self - Presenter
