Thanks to the link above, I saw this 88 minute documentary that tries to tell the history of Earth in 2 hours. (Yes, I know-commercials-it's a joke!) There is a ton of neat information throughout this documentary-but there are issues. One is the pacing. The slow speaking narrator makes this long period of time drag, even for 1 1/2 hours.Then, while the movie claims to be about the HISTORY of the world, there is mostly science. Nearly the first half is about the Big Bang and human "evolution." There is so much more they could have covered had they shortened this. And I have mentioned my 3rd flaw. Creationists, like me,may be irked by this documentary because while Jesus and the start of the major religions are mentioned, the documentary talks about The Big Bang and evolution many more times.Oh, and a scientist uses Genesis 1:3 with a huge smile to make his point on The Big Bang too. Finally, as I would like to expand on, there is SO much more this documentary could have covered! More American events, world leaders, pop culture, modern technology, etc. are all missing. This should have been called The Science of the World-it would be more accurate!Boredom, Science not history, Big Bang, and not enough events. Those are my 4 major flaws,and so I am removing 4 stars. It's not bad, but those not into documentaries or evolution talk may not enjoy it. I thought it was just okay. But it could have been so much more.

Nothing really happens in this program before 30 minutes have passed. The Narrator talks with this sensationalist voice, one would think it was the truth about the Kennedy assassination. He talks and talks about gases, big bangs, elements, and particles. We have again and again a future reference to famous buildings or building projects, for illustration. This eats up a lot of time. A lot of time! We have a lot of Scientists and other nerds talking about the subject in such enthusiastic manner, you think the episode was made for young aspiring scientists only. 30 minutes have passed before any creatures pops up in the story. But before that we are constantly bombarded with future references by clips of people through the ages, and their behavior. The fact that most is computer made, makes it more annoying. This is probably a very good story for some, but amazingly boring for other.

How convenient it is that a title that says" history of the world", it leaves out one of the most important civilizations of the world that is referred to as, "India". You talked about the Arabic numerals, but forgot to mention the country that discovered geometry, you mentioned the pyramids and failed to mention the "Taj Mahal", and more importantly the cave paintings of France were mentioned, but the "Ajanta and Ellora", was forgotten, you talked about the Chinese traders, but failed to even mention and devote even a minute on the richest country in the ancient world. The spice trade, Indus valley civilization, Architectural wonders of "Khajurao", and "Ellora", built over nearly 3000 years found no mention in one of the most biased documentaries i have honestly ever seen. And by the way the Arabic numerals you were talking about were actually derived from the country which discovered "zero", guess what it again is "India".

This is a great documentary showing the history of plant earth and human history, from the creation of our planet to the rise of mankind. Although a two hour documentary could not possibly show every detail of our history it does a very good job in illustrating the evolution of earth and humanity.I would highly recommend this documentary to anyone interested in the facts of science and what we know about the path we have taken to get to the point we are now. It includes the creation of our planet, the rise of life and the human race as well as the onset of religion, agriculture and the modern civilization.