“How inappropriate to call this planet "Earth," when it is clearly "Ocean.” Sir Arthur C. Clarke, science fiction author and physicist
They cover 70 percent of the earth's surface - and yet we often look past our oceans. The oceans are silent and sometimes stormy architects of human history. Hidden forces behind our ways of thinking and living. They have always shaped our existence, formed cultures and will decide our future. They are habitats, catalysts for trade and cultural exchange, theaters of war, food sources and transport routes. Powerful ecosystems, inextricably linked to the fate of humanity.
TIDES OF HUMANITY is a journey across the seas and through time. A surprising history of the world - told not from the land, but from the water from which all life emerged. Each ocean has its own character, its own geological, geophysical and climatological characteristics and very special phenomena. From the Malm Current to deep-sea trenches, mangrove coasts, straits and monsoons to tides. And thus writes a different cultural history. Through the salt water that flows in the veins of its neighbors.
The series delves into a world that is largely unexplored. Most of the seabed has not been mapped. It is said that even the surface of the moon is better explored than the underwater world. The fact is that just five percent of the deep sea is known. At the same time, cultural-historical research has recently begun to focus on the importance of the oceans as a historical marker. In human history, the oceans served as migration routes, trade routes and connections much earlier and more frequently than land routes. And it is not only people who travel across the water, but also ideas, languages, beliefs, inventions and technologies.
Episode 1: The Atlantic - ocean of storms
Episode 2: The Pacific - The sea of war and peace
Episode 3: The South Seas - a world of water
Episode 4: The Indian Ocean - In the eye of the monsoon
Episode 5: The Mediterranean - cradle of the world
