Encounters
Preview: Episode 4 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
See how art became the great interface when distant cultures met for the first time.
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.
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Encounters
Preview: Episode 4 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
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.
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