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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Ken Burns Civil War documentary -- very accurate, very well done, narration by David McCullough and "character" voices by Morgan Freeman, etc!. were superb, interviews (esp Shelby Foote) were terrific On the other hand, Band of Brothers, while very well made was based on Stephen Ambrose's book; and Ambrose was an unrepentant plagiaristWww@QuestionHome@Com Check out the History Channel for : Band of brothers, The rise of the roman empire Inside the third reich!. also check for Ken Burns documentry on the American Civil war and World War 2 also Baseball!.Www@QuestionHome@Com For western civilization: Civilisation: A Personal View http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Civilisatio!.!.!. For Islamic civilization: Islam: Empire of Faith http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Islam:_Empi!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com The 1970's series The World at War, narrated by Laurence Olivier!. It covers the whole of WW2 in such detail it is astonishing!. Runs for about 20 hours!.Www@QuestionHome@Com anything by Ken Burns is really good and interesting!. I have watched a couple of his, although I don't know which ones are on world history!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Ken Burns- Civil war HBO- John AdamsWww@QuestionHome@Com Band of Brothers!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com |