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The MediterraneanWhen the Atlantic flooded the sea, and who came after.
From the flood that refilled the sea to the Suez Canal, follow the crossings that tied three continents together.
Every film, in one place.
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Watch freeFree on YouTubeThe Mediterranean
When the Atlantic flooded the sea, and who came after
Carthage & Hannibal
The city that challenged Rome
In production MembersInside Carthage
A closer look at a city facing the sea
Beneath the waves
Reading the landscapes of Doggerland
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Seventeen chapters, one sea.
Six million years in forty-two minutes, from Gibraltar and back again. Choose a chapter and start there.
0:00The Strait of GibraltarStrait of Gibraltar · modern terrain model
1:09The Messinian salinity crisisMessinian drawdown · modern sea floor as a stand-in2:00The Zanclean floodZanclean flood · schematic interpretation
2:44The first people around the seaEarly human sites · routes schematic
7:35The Uluburun shipwreckMortise-and-tenon planking · explanatory model
13:31Phoenicians and the alphabetPhoenician to Greek letters · illustrative
16:32Rome, Carthage and SicilyEgadi Islands, 241 BCE · modern relief
31:26Venice, 1204 and the OttomansVenice and Genoa · trading networks simplified
35:31The Suez CanalIsthmus of Suez · modern reliefWatch free. Explore as a member.
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