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Encounters

Season 1 Episode 4 | 53m 30s

See how advances in seafaring and a thirst for trade and exploration sent human beings around the planet. Distant and disparate cultures met for the first time, and art became the great interface by which civilizations understood each other.

Aired: 05/07/18 | Expires: 06/05/18
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