==PBS - Africa's Great Civilizations (2017) Parts 3 and 4 Empires of Gold Cities== [[http://forums.mvgroup.org/index.php?showtopic=69135|PBS - Africa's Great Civilizations (2017) Parts 3 and 4 Empires of Gold Cities]] {{:hdimage.jpg?20|}} {{http://forums.mvgroup.org/release.images/Harry65/Africa%2057.jpg?200&nolink|}} **Africa’s Great Civilizations** In his six-hour 3 part series, Africa's Great Civilizations, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a new look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. This is 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 shaped their own rich civilizations, but also the wider world. {{http://forums.mvgroup.org/release.images/Harry65/Africa%2055.jpg?200&NOLINK }} **Parts 3 and 4 Empires of Gold Cities** Parts 3 and 4. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. uncovers the complex trade networks and advanced educational institutions that transformed early north and West Africa from deserted lands into the continent’s wealthiest kingdoms and learning epicentres. In Part 4 Gates explores the power of Africa’s greatest ancient cities, including Kilwa, Great Zimbabwe and Benin City, whose wealth, art and industrious successes attracted new European interest and interaction along the continent’s east and west coasts. ==See Also== {{http://www.pbs.org/weta/africas-great-civilizations/about/episode-guide/|PBS Site}}\\ {{http://www.thirteen.org/programs/africas-great-civilizations/cities--hour-four/|Thirteen Site}} ==Trailer== ,,Full Version Available Upon Request,, {{ youtube>Ec4LGDdRThE }} \\ {{tag>HD Science Civilization Archaeology History PBS SER PBS_-_Africa's_Great_Civilizations_(2017) 2017 Ar03/17 Name}}