Connections
Season 2, Episode 10: Deja Vu
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James Burke provides evidence that history does repeat itself by examining the likes of black and white movies, conquistadors, Peruvian Incas, small pox, settlements that look like Spain's cities, the gold abundance ending up in Belgium, Antwerp, colony exploitation, the practice of burying treasure to avoid pirates, Port Royal's pirates, earthquakes, the College of William and Mary, military discipline, Alexander Humboldt's observation on the environment, Ratzel's superstate Lebensraum, and Haushofer's world domination.
All Episodes - Season 2
Episode 1
Revolutions
Episode 2
Sentimental Journeys
Episode 3
Getting it Together
Episode 4
Whodunit?
Episode 5
Something for Nothing
Episode 6
Echoes of the Past
Episode 7
Photo Finish
Episode 8
Separate Ways
Episode 9
High Times
Episode 10
Deja Vu
Episode 11
New Harmony
Episode 12
Hot Pickle
Episode 13
The Big Spin
Episode 14
Bright Ideas
Episode 15
Making Waves
Episode 16
Routes
Episode 17
One Word
Episode 18
Sign Here
Episode 19
Better Than the Real Thing
Episode 20
Flexible Response