Sphinx - Geheimnisse der Geschichte Episode dated 12 September 2004 (1994– ) watch online HD

A century before Columbus and Magellan, Chinese emperor Zhou-Di's giant junk sailing fleet explored and could well have dominated the world seas, but was abandoned after his death for internal political reasons. Thus the scene was left to European explorers, whose rivaling princes and chartered companies started a race for control of the immensely rich trade in spices - later various other colonial produce, such as silk and tea, making them rich enough to dominate the world in other ways too. In the British case, they were rulers of no less than a fifth of the globe.