How the Earth Changed History: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

How the Earth Changed History tells the story of how the Earth has shaped human history from the dawn of civilization to the present day. The traditional interpretation of history has focused largely on human factors. Yet the natural environment has also shaped history since the dawn of time. This series reveals for the first time on television how geology, geography and climate have had a far more powerful influence on mankind than has previously been acknowledged. With passionate storytelling and extraordinary HD camerawork, this series combines bold ideas with a new science, geo-determinism, to form an original version of human history. Discover why societies have succeeded or failed, and how the environment has influenced every aspect of our history from art to industry, religion to war, world domination or collapse.

Series details

• Title: How the Earth Changed History
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: History
• Premiere date: 2010-06-20
• Final broadcast date listed: 2010-06-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: National Geographic
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 8532
• TVDB ID: 171301

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2010-06-20; final listed air date 2010-06-22; episode order: 5.

Source and licence

Adapted from How the Earth Changed History on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.