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16. Bagan - City Of Temples

In the lowlands of Burma lie the remains of thousands of crumbling temples... In this episode, we tell one of the most colourful stories of civilizational survival: the story of the Bagan Empire of Myanmar. Find out how this kingdom rose up in the Irrawaddy river valley of central Myanmar, and built one of the most remarkable series of monuments to have survived from the medieval world. Discover what life was like for the people who lived there, and find out what happened to cause its sudden and complete collapse.

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  18. Egypt - Fall of the Pharaohs

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  17. Carthage - Empire Of The Phoenicians

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  15. The Nabataeans - The Final Days Of Petra

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  14. Vijayanagara - The Last Emperors Of South India

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  13. The Assyrians - Empire of Iron

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  12. The Inca - Cities in the Cloud

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  11. Byzantium - Last of the Romans

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  10. China's Han Dynasty - The First Empire in Flames

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  9. The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds

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  8. The Sumerians - Fall of the First Cities

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  7. The Songhai Empire - Africa's Age of Gold

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  6. Easter Island - Where Giants Walked

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  5. The Khmer Empire - Fall of the God Kings

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  4. The Greenland Vikings - Land of the Midnight Sun

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  3. The Mayan Collapse - Ruins Among the Trees