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TV miniseries set in western Anatolia during the Trojan War, loosely based on the epic poem Iliad by Homer. Troy: 2004: 1200–1150 BC: Set in western Anatolia during the Trojan War, loosely based on the epic poem Iliad by Homer. Troy: Fall of a City: 2018: 1200–1150 BC: Miniseries that tells the story of the 10-year siege of Troy. The Fury ...
Movies, comics, and American literature often neglect to show realities of the journey West, and the life on the frontier. Failing to show the brutalities of Indian warfare, racism toward Mexican Americans , African Americans , and Chinese Americans , and the boom-and-bust mentality rooted in the selfish exploitation of natural resources.
A film about the history of Indigenous peoples in the American West in the 1860s and 1870s, focusing upon the transition from traditional ways of living to living on reservations. Cabeza de Vaca: 1991: Mexican film about the explorations of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca in the New World. He was one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition.
Pages in category "Films set in the 1600s" ... Monsignor Quixote (1985 TV film) N. The New World (2005 film) O. Orlando (film) P. Pedro Calungsod: Batang Martir;
Films set in the Thirteen Colonies (1607–1776) of British North America before the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
The American frontier, also known as the Old West, and popularly known as the Wild West, encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that began with European colonial settlements in the early 17th century and ended with the admission of the last few ...
The American Film Institute defines Western films as those "set in the American West that [embody] the spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier". [1] The term "Western", used to describe a narrative film genre, appears to have originated with a July 1912 article in Motion Picture World magazine. [13]
300 B.C. – Maize first grown in Eastern North America. 100 B.C. – A.D. 400 – The Hopewell tradition flourishes. 600 – Emergence of Mississippian culture. 700 – Use of the bow and arrow becomes widespread among peoples of Eastern North America. 1000 – Leif Ericson explores the east coast of North America. [1]