dark ages

This documentary explores the Islamic past in Europe during the Middle Ages and the influence it has on the present. This plumbs the depths of the Alhambra in Granada, and the great ancient cities of Cordoba and Toledo. (104 min)

As much of the world descended into the Dark Ages after the fall of Rome, the Byzantine Empire shone brilliantly. Ingenious but ruthless, the Byzantines ruled over vast swaths of Europe and Asia for more than a thousand years. (45 minutes in 5 segments)