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Need for Speed
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In this episode of Mankind Decoded, we learn how being the fastest enabled empires to be born and capitalism to thrive—beginning with the horses that facilitated Genghis Khan’s takeover of Central ...
In this episode of Mankind Decoded, we learn how being the fastest enabled empires to be born and capitalism to thrive—beginning with the horses that facilitated Genghis Khan’s takeover of Central Asia. With his fast ship, Francis Drake captured a silver fortune that helped finance the British Empire. Steam power revolutionized transportation and industry in the 19th century and contributed to immigration and Westward Expansion. The automobile marked an era of mass production and consumerism. Finally, the telegraph was a precursor to the electronic communication revolution that changed our relationship with time and space.
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- A&E Networks (Firm)
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- Need for Speed
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- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- [Place of publication not identified] : A&E Networks (Firm), [2013]
- New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2017
- ©2013
- Series
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- 1 online resource (1 video file (21 min., 58 sec)) : sound, color
- digital
- video file
- Originally released by A&E Networks (Firm), 2013.
- Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on March 09, 2017.
- Streaming video file.
- Closed-captioned.
- Speed for Survival (1:20); Speed and Empire Building (1:35); Speed on Water (1:43); Golden Hind (2:48); Steam Engine (2:09); Railway Speed (2:41); Automobile Speed (2:10); Telegraph Speed (3:18); Wireless Technology (3:27)