Tonight at 9/8c on HISTORY, the epic six-part series Mankind The Story of All of Us, narrated by acclaimed actor and Oscar nominee Josh Brolin, comes to a close.
It takes nine billion years for the ideal planet to form, four billion more for the right conditions to emerge before it finally happens: mankind begins. From the dawning of time, mankind has faced numerous obstacles and made surprising leaps forward. In an epic overview of the human race, this fast paced story of us is history like viewers have never seen before. Each event has been chosen because it’s a key turning point— a stepping stone in our journey from hunter-gatherer to global citizen. Our story is all about connections— why some ideas take hold and spread around the world and how the lives of people in one part of the world are shaped by events in another.
To learn more about the series, check out www.history.com/Mankind, where you can experience original videos, interactive trivia and more.
In tonight’s finale, the end of the Civil War allows Mankind to go into overdrive. This is an age of innovation, transformation and mass production. People believe that ‘Anything, everything, is possible.’ Japan goes from feudal society to industrial superpower within 50 years. But progress has its dark side. Mankind takes on godlike powers: to feed billions of people, reshape the landscape, re-engineer the human body. The greatest power of all was unleashed over Hiroshima on August 6th 1945. Since entering the Atomic Age we’ve been living between eternity and oblivion. But at the same time, we’ve become more connected as a species. 100,000 years ago there were a few thousand hunter-gatherers on the African savannah. Today there are 7 billion of us in every corner of the globe. It’s been an amazing journey.
To help celebrate the series finale, the folks at History have given us some great stuff to give away:
One lucky NoReruns reader will receive a Mankind prize back including the Mankind Graphic Novel, the Mankind The Story of All of US DVD set, and the Mankind Companion Coffee Table Book.
While another lucky reader will receive the America The Story of Us DVD set.
The widget below will step you through the various ways you can earn entries.
When the giveaway closes we will contact the winners for their mailing info to provide to the folks at History who will mail out the prizes directly.
