Overview
Did democracy actually originate in Greece? Was the plague the worst epidemic of all time? And did we really work harder in the past than we do today? Is it true that ...? questions what we think we know and takes another look at history.
Details
Status
Returning Series
Network
arte.tv
Type
Documentary
Original Language
DE
Production Countries
DE
Spoken Languages
German
Seasons
EP 1...Democracy Was Invented In Greece?EP 2...The Plague Was the Worst Epidemic Ever?EP 3...We Used to Work More?EP 4...We Always Believed in God?EP 5...The Library of Alexandria Burned Down?EP 6...Vibrators Were Invented for Female Pleasure?EP 7...We Used to Die Younger in the Past?EP 8...Hitler Invented the Autobahn?EP 9...The Steam Engine Started the Industrial Revolution?EP 10...Bartering Was the First Form of Money?EP 11...Men Have Always Worn Trousers?EP 12...Beauty Standards Have Always Been the Same?EP 13...Julius Caesar Was Born by C-Section?EP 14...We All Believed the World Was Flat?EP 15...There Was No Hygiene in the Middle Ages?EP 16...Decadence Caused the Fall of Rome?EP 17Education Serves the Common Good?EP 18Pirates Were Always Bad?EP 19... Collective Ownership is Doomed to Fail?EP 20...Pasta Was Made in Italy?EP 21Men and Women Have Never Been Equal?EP 22...We have always gone on strike?EP 23...Secret agents have no qualms of conscience?EP 24...We all used to speak the same language?EP 25...We used to live in harmony with nature?EP 26...Borders Have Always Existed?EP 27...Migrations were not as numerous in the past?EP 28...Childhood Is A Modern Invention?EP 29...We Have Always Eaten Meat?