Lust for Luxury

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When ordinary people desire the luxuries of the rich, ingenuity and innovation come together to take history in a new direction. This film explores how the Roman search for silver led to the Silk Road creation; how desire for pepper motivated Columbus to land in the Americas; and how efforts to make cotton more affordable sparked the Industrial Revolution.

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22 min 0 sec

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