This documentary traces billionaire Bernard Arnault’s meteoric rise to dominance of the luxury industry with his Louis Vuitton group.

At the turn of the millennium, the luxury group reaches new heights and wields immense power.

This documentary traces billionaire Bernard Arnault’s meteoric rise to dominance of the luxury industry.

Istanbul, Beirut, Baghdad, Cairo. A century of modern art from the East.

What role did conquest, trade or migration play in the spread of Islam?

Does Satoshi's invention have the power to face off against Big Business and Big Government?

From the 4th century BC onwards, the great powers that were empires used money to service their expansion. 

From Italy to Greece, from the Bosphorus to the deserts of Egypt, the Byzantine Empire dominated the Mediterranean world for nearly a thousand years.

Nostalgic for the Habsburg dynasty, Czech and Austrian monarchists are campaigning for the restoration of the crown. 

In the 17th century the nobility and the clergy had a great interest in depriving the peasants of an education.

Final episode: In the 19th century, the industrial revolution turned the peasant world upside down. 

Around the year 1000 an economic boom comes to Europe as peasants enter the market economy.

Decline and decadence are thought to have led to the fall of the Roman Empire.But is this the truth?

From the frontiers of the Roman Empire to the European Schengen area, a fascinating trip through the origins of borders.

Invented 2700 years ago, money has fuelled empires, trade and wars, and has changed the course of civilisation.

From the end of the 19th century, artists from the Ottoman Empire set off for Europe to learn new techniques. 

Is it possible to identify patterns in the collapse of civilisations?

The war is spreading and fighting is taking place on more and more fronts. The number of victims is immense.

Mapping the World focuses on the former Soviet space and the Kremlin’s efforts to hold sway in these nations.