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Season 52 · Episode 16
Landed Wed, 15 Oct 2025 · 21:00 your time · 1 episode · 1h 0m
Season 52, Episode 16 of NOVA aired Wednesday, 15 October 2025 at 9pm ET on PBS.
- S52E16Human: Building EmpiresWhat caused humans to stop roaming and start building? How did we transform from a tiny, fragile population of Homo sapiens into the 8 billion strong, globally interconnected species we are today? Discover pivotal moments that set humanity on a new path – toward cities and modern civilizations. What role did the domestication of plants and animals play in this transformation? And how did the invention of writing begin to reshape how we shared knowledge and organized society? From ancient temples like Göbekli Tepe in Turkey to the Egyptian Empire that built the Pyramids along the banks of the Nile, witness the birth of cities, the dawn of communication, and the inherent human drive to build, connect, and thrive against all odds.
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