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#1
S1E14 7.6
Le quattrocento

Fourteenth century Florence, during the time of Lorenzo de Medici, is a focal point. In the city's bustling streets where commerce flourishes, Peter Junior is returning from some errand on which his father, a draper, has sent him. The boy saunters along then stops when his curiosity is engaged by the workshop of Master Verrocchio: young artists with names like da Vinci, Boticelli, and le Perrugin.

#2
S1E6 7.5
Le siècle de Périclès
#3
S1E7 7.4
Pax Romana

On the time of Julius Caesar, before the Pax Romana.

#4 L'âge des Vikings S1E10 7.4
#5 Et la terre fut... S1E1 7.3
#6 Les bâtisseurs de cathédrales S1E11 7.3
#7 Les voyages de Marco Polo S1E12 7.3
#8 Les années folles S1E25 7.3
#9 Les vallées fertiles S1E4 7.2
#10 Le grand siècle de Louis XIV S1E18 7.2

Lowlights

#26 S1E16 L'Angleterre d'Élizabeth 6.5
#25 Ah! La Belle Époque (de 1900 à 1914) S1E24 6.6
#24 1789-1814 (La révolution française) S1E22 6.7
#23 Il était une fois... la terre (Et demain?) S1E26 6.8
#22 L'Amérique S1E21 6.8

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