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- Die Nordsee ist mit einer Fläche etwa so groß wie Frankreich im Vergleich zu den Weltmeeren ein Winzling, aber für Europa, seine Entwicklung und Geschichte von großer Bedeutung. 80 Millionen Menschen leben an ihren Ufern, fast ein Viertel aller weltweiten Schiffsbewegungen finden dort statt, drei Millionen Tonnen Fisch, fünf Prozent der globalen Fangmenge stammen aus der Nordsee, obwohl sie lediglich 0,2 Prozent der Weltmeeresfläche bedeckt. Nicht zu vergessen das Öl: Täglich werden aus Nordseevorkommen für 150 Millionen Dollar Öl gefördert. "Mythos Nordsee" begleitet die Geschichte der Nordsee durch zehn Jahrtausende. Von ihrer Entstehung am Ende der letzten Eiszeit bis zu den großen Sturmfluten in den 50er und 60er Jahren, die über 2.700 Todesopfer forderten. Die Dokumentation begibt sich auf die Spuren der großen Nordseemythen, dem fantastischen Seemannsgarn der Matrosen: Erzählungen von Totenschiffen, Meeresgöttinnen, Riesenkraken und Superwellen, die mit ihren tödlichen Wassermassen alles Leben mit sich reißen. Der Kampf der Anrainer gegen die tatsächlichen Gefahren, die unberechenbaren Fluten der Nordsee begann bereits lange vor der Zeitenwende. Römische Chronisten berichten von künstlichen Erdhügeln, die die Nordseevölker aufschütteten, um ihr Land vor der See zu schützen. Heute nimmt der Küstenschutz gigantische Ausmaße an, kommt modernste Technik zum Einsatz. Computer ermöglichen es, die gefürchteten Sturmfluten vorhersehbar und Schutzmaßnahmen planbar zu machen. Zusammengenommen bilden die Wehre und Deiche der Nordsee das größte globale Bauwerk.
- Beginning at the end of the 14th Century, the Renaissance created a new type of man, triggering economic, scientific, technical, religious, social and cultural developments that are unique in history. Never before have culture, economics and science developed so rapidly within one century as during the Renaissance. But what was the catalyst for it, what is the "Renaissance factor"?
- Nero is synonymous with the mad tyrant. Ancient historians Mischa Meier and Claudia Tiersch and church historian Christoph Markschies deliver arguments towards the thesis that such a Nero never existed: This is a new interpretation of Nero's rule. Another novelty is visual: The actors act in the middle of ancient Rome - with the help of computerized reconstructions. This documentary depicts Nero as a victim of ancient chroniclers that were part of the aristocracy: They took revenge on the emperor for his deprivation of power of the Roman elite. The documentary chronicles Nero's life. He was the son of his power-thirsty mother Agrippina, more and more coming into conflict with her. The matricide presents itself as the last resort of dynastic politics. This crime is analyzed in the light of Nero's time, and Nero's personal skills and deficits are discussed at length. He emerges as a ruler who never, even during his own lifetime, fulfilled the elites' expectations of "good emperor-ship" - but mainly for other reasons then hitherto known: They were confused by his artistic ambitions and they despised his refusal to attend gladiatorial matches or engage in military expansion. Nero governed a society with different norms and laws in which cruelty was a convention and the murder of family members was a legitimate means of politics.
- 1982– 45mTV Episode
- During the war in Syria, the ancient city of Palmyra was looted and partly destroyed by the Islamic State. Researchers are now assessing the extent of the destruction.
- 1982– 50m6.5 (31)TV EpisodeModern science still researches how exactly tsunamis originate and cause additional havoc in cities they affect. A fascinating case for reconstruction purposes is the ruin of the Portuguese capital Lisbon, on 1 November 1755. The Tsunami killed a fifth of the population. Fear-paralyzed king Joseph's able prime minister, marquess Pombal, took charge of rescue and reconstruction. Minor seismic activity and religious fanatics kept complicating life. This made Pombal the real, absolutist ruler, who finally modernized Portugal.
- 1982– 43mTV EpisodeIn December 1939 the German flagship found a watery grave in the Rio de la Plata. This documentary reconstructs what happened to the Nazi flagship. Its very class, the 'pocket cruiser', was engineered to attack the British Achilles heel, Atlantic supply lines from the colonies. The dashing captain, a PR prize pick, failed fatally to use its position against the British Royal Navy. Finally his humanitarian concern for the crew became crucial.
- In 1,200 BCE the Hittite Empire, the Mycenaeans, and the Egyptian Empire imploded and the Bronze Age period of history collapsed. What, or who, was to blame? Evidence points to what is known as the Sea People. Were they responsible?
- 1982– 45mTV Episode
- 1982– 44m5.7 (17)TV EpisodeReveals how the vampire myth came into being, when the first "vampire epidemic" broke out, and why Count Dracula has since conquered the world.