Civilisations: Rise and Fall

The collapse of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate in the mid-19th century when the country's rulers and samurai class faced a threat from the industrialised West

The collapse of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate in the mid-19th century when the country's rulers and samurai class faced a threat from the industrialised West

Sophie Okonedo narrates a look at the Aztecs' battle to save their civilisation from Spanish invaders, which also exposed the fault lines in their own world

The collapse of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate in the mid-19th century when the country's rulers and samurai class faced a threat from the industrialised West