History's turning points
Subtitle: Disc 2 : Battle of Actium ; The conquest of Spain
By: a co-production between The Learning Channel, Transatlantic Films, ORF, Teleac, SBS
Contributors: Learning Channel (Firm); Transatlantic Films; Osterreichischer Rundfunk; Ambrose Video Publishing
Publisher: Ambrose Video
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 50
Subjects: Actium, Battle of, 31 B.C.; Muslims; World history; History
Other titles: Battle of Actium; Conquest of Spain; Battle of Actium-31 BC; Conquest of Spain-711 BC
Description: The battle of Actium-31 BC: If the battle of Actium had been won by Cleopatra and Antony, there would have been no Roman Empire. Yet Octavius Caesar's victory in 31 BC created an absolute dictatorship that sparked one of the greatest imperial and cultural expansions the world has ever known."--Container.

"The conquest of Spain-711 BC: By the 8th century, the rise of the Muslim Empire spread Arab rule over the Middle East, Egypt, and North Africa. After appointing a Berber, Tariq, to invade Spain, the Arabs enslaved the Visigoth Kingdom. Seven centuries of their Moorish rule brought accomplishments in mathematics, architecture, and science."--Container.
Notes: Videodisc release of a program originally broadcast in 1995.

Narrator: Tim Hardy.

DVD.

English subtitles.
Table of contents: title: Battle of Actium. Octavian; title: Alliance between Antony & Octavian; title: Cleopatra; title: Actium 31 BC; title: The Conquest  of Spain. Wahlid the First; title: Roderic; title: Tariq; title: Refuge in Merida.