Mapping the World - 2024

Run Time: 12 mins
Air Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2024
Average Rating: ⭐ 8.6 (9 votes)
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Cyprus: the island of division
Season 35 - Episode 1
Located in the Eastern Mediterranean, Cyprus is a unique island divided into two states. As a result, Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus, is als...

Arctic-Antarctica: the world of the poles
Season 35 - Episode 2
The two poles have in common the cold and huge expanses of ice, but they are very different: while the Arctic is an ocean surrounded by cont...

Nigeria: The Giant's Faults
Season 35 - Episode 3
It is the most populous country in Africa and the one with the largest GDP. Nigeria is a leader on the continent in more ways than one. Lago...

New Zealand: A country that stands apart?
Season 35 - Episode 4
Rugby, kiwi, Maori culture, majestic mountains: many images come to mind when we think of New Zealand, but what do we really know about it? ...

California: the limits of the model
Season 35 - Episode 5
A state with exceptional natural diversity, California is also among the most vulnerable, with its increasing number of megafires, seismic r...

Ukraine-Russia: the Crimea issue
Season 35 - Episode 6
With its location in the heart of the Black Sea and its quasi-Mediterranean climate, Crimea has always attracted covetousness. Greeks, Byzan...

Malaysia: The Malacca Stakes
Season 35 - Episode 7
Malaysia is a country with a particular geography since it is cut in two: on one side the Malay peninsula, on the other the island of Borneo...

Mongolia: between Russia and China, a unique path
Season 35 - Episode 8
"Mapping the World" introduces you to Mongolia, a mysterious country wedged between two giants, China and Russia. When we talk about Mongoli...

Indian Ocean: New Delhi and the sea
Season 35 - Episode 9
After the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, the Indian Ocean is the third largest maritime area on the planet. Surrounded by Africa to the west, ...

Strait of Gibraltar, between Europe and Africa
Season 35 - Episode 10
With maps and reports to support this, a special issue of ARTE's magazine is dedicated to the Strait of Gibraltar, a key point of contact be...

Freedom of the press, antidote to tyranny
Season 35 - Episode 11
Informing and being informed, two fundamental rights that are unfortunately far from being respected everywhere on the planet. "Mapping the ...

European Union: a tilt towards the East?
Season 35 - Episode 12
Founded in 1954 in the form of the ECSC, the European Union has continued to expand, particularly towards the east since 2004. With the war ...

Persian Gulf: The Sea of the Middle East
Season 35 - Episode 13
A highly strategic location of globalization, the Persian Gulf is a region that concentrates most of the planet's proven hydrocarbon reserve...

Lebanon: Others' Wars
Season 35 - Episode 14
For over forty years, Lebanon seems to be the sounding board for all the conflicts in the Middle East: the Palestine Liberation Organization...

Episode 15
Season 35 - Episode 15

Olympic Games: a geopolitical flame
Season 35 - Episode 16
The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games raise major sporting, symbolic, economic and ecological issues. This major Olympic event should ...

Wind-solar: a revolution?
Season 35 - Episode 17
In a world where climate change is accelerating, wind and solar power seem more than ever to be the energies of the future. This week, "Le d...

Armenia: Small Country, Big History
Season 35 - Episode 18
This week, "The Underside of the Maps" takes you to discover Armenia, this small mountainous country which has suffered, since its independe...

Maritime power: a key issue of the 21st century
Season 35 - Episode 19
From the Phoenicians to the United States, via the Song dynasty, the United Provinces and the United Kingdom, maritime power has often been ...

Drugs: New Trade Routes
Season 35 - Episode 20
In 2022, global sales of illegal drugs are estimated at $250 billion. Given the low prices for raw materials from poor countries, drug traff...

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