Eurasia (TV series)

Eurasia: The Conquest of the East (Eurasia : À la conquête de l'Orient; 文明の道), also known as Eurasian Empires or simply Eurasia, is a documentary TV series about the Eurasian civilisations, which ran in eight episodes on NHK (2003) and France 5 (2004). It started on 20 April 2003, with the final episode broadcast on 14 December 2003. The series has been dubbed into English and Spanish.

Synopsis
New discoveries and studies have shown that Central Asia, a region located in the centre of Eurasia, played a significant role as a "cradle of civilisation". The civilisations brought to the vast Eurasian continent by conquest and trade continued to collide and fuse, affecting each other and developing new civilisations. Computer-generated imagery is used to recreate the historical scenes of Ai-Khanoum, Babylon, Baghdad, Persepolis, Rome, etc., representing the rise and fall of a dynamic civilisation that took place over 2000 years.

DVD
The series has been released on DVD by TF1 vidéo in 2004. A new edition titled Eurasia : Orient et Occident, 2500 ans d'histoire et de conquêtes, has been released in 2006. The Japanese DVD box has been released in 2004, by NHK software.

Adaptation
The series has been adapted into two comic books and a book series consisting of five volumes, published between 2003 and 2004 by NHK Publishing.


 * Comic books
 * 文明の道1：アレクサンドロス 〜世界帝国への夢〜 ('Alexander: Dream of the World Empire')
 * 文明の道2：クビライ 〜世界帝国の完成〜 ('Kublai: Completion of the World Empire')


 * Book series
 * 文明の道1：アレクサンドロスの時代 ('Era of Alexander the Great')
 * 文明の道2：ヘレニズムと仏教 ('Hellenism and Buddhism')
 * 文明の道3：海と陸のシルクロード ('The Silk Road on Land and Sea')
 * 文明の道4：イスラムと十字軍 ('Islam and the Crusades')
 * 文明の道5：モンゴル帝国 ('Mongol Empire')