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Originally broadcast on the National Geographic Channel.
Based on the book by Jared Diamond.
Not rated.
Bonus program: Treasure seekers: lost cities of the Inca.
Over the 20th and 21st centuries, the rise of this civilization has seemed unstoppable. But could modern, industrialized civilization fall apart? Three hundred years from now, will scientists find evidence that this civilization followed a recipe for disaster like that of the Maya or the Romans? Imagine it has already happened. National Geographic reveals a look into the future to descendents in the year 2310 as they set out on a scientific expedition to figure out what happened.
DVD ; Dolby Digital 5.1, widescreen.

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Very interesting! submitted by Margaretta on July 25, 2011, 12:06pm Very interesting!

if it's like the 'Guns, Germs, and Steel' video... submitted by hathaway1066 on August 3, 2013, 12:20am You're in for a solid adaptation of a book worth spending your time on. I've seen the documentary adaptation of Jared Diamond's 'Guns, Germs, and Steel' and it was faithful to the book. It covered the book's main topics yet also had a pace and energy level that worked (in a high school history classroom) to sustain interest among kids not normally drawn to the kinds of ideas that Diamond explores.
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Now that I've seen it: it's not actually all that faithful to the book--but in some ways that's wise. The book was a case study of various civilizations that collapsed, due primarily to environmental factors and/or over-population. Those factors are covered by the documentary but there is also a sort of frame-tale for looking at them of future investigators seeing the ruins of our modern society and trying to understand what happened to bring about its collapse.

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LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.

PUBLISHED
[Washington, D.C.?] : National Geographic Channel, [2010]
Year Published: 2010
Description: 1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781426340215
1426340214

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Diamond, Jared M.
National Geographic Television.
National Geographic Channel (Television station : Washington, D.C.)

SUBJECTS
Civilization, Modern.
Science and civilization.
Social history.
Social change.
Environmental policy.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary films.