Roads to Xanadu is an intriguing investigation of the dynamic inter- change between East and West in the making of the modern world. Episode 1: “The Price of Harmony” dramatically re-creates the atmosphere of 13th Century China, the richest and most powerful Empire of those times. Episode 2: “The Invention of Progress” examines the interplay and conflict between Europe and the East, which began with the arrival of the Jesuit missionaries in Asia in the 16th Century.
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ACMI Identifier
300812
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Catholic Church
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)