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欧洲水系的旅程始于高海拔地区的融雪,水流奔涌而下,雕琢出峡谷、湖泊、广阔的湿地以及变幻多姿的海岸线;数百万年来的降雨与冰雪消融塑造了这片大陆的地貌,并为多种多样的野生动物营造了至关重要的栖息地……

Iconic Visual Imagery of Europe’s "Water of Life"
• Pristine Nordic Glaciers and Fjords: Meltwater rivers in Norway and Iceland cascade down from towering cliffs; the water refracts deep blue hues under the cold glow of the Aurora Borealis or the light of the midnight sun, revealing the very genesis of life.
• Emerald Alpine Lakes: High-altitude lakes in regions like Switzerland and Austria (such as Lake Lucerne and Lake Bled) feature crystal-clear waters that mirror majestic snow-capped peaks and lush coniferous forests.
• Wetlands and Great Rivers of Central and Eastern Europe: In areas like the Danube Delta, the lens often focuses on the rich biodiversity nurtured by the aquatic ecosystem—waterfowl in flight and fish darting through the currents—embodying the region's status as the "Green Heart of Europe."
• The Azure Mediterranean Coast of Southern Europe: Sunlight dances across clear waters, creating a stunning "semi-submerged" visual perspective that blends steep coastal cliffs above the surface with a vibrant, colorful ecosystem beneath.

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00:07Europe
00:09For two million years, it was a land of ice and snow.
00:15Moreover, Ice River Chess has attacked many times.
00:22Later, 20,000 years ago
00:26The frigid climate is beginning to warm up.
00:37Europe is undergoing a complete transformation.
00:40Shattered into crisp earth
00:54At this time, a newly emerging force was rising.
01:03Their influence will be far-reaching and unpredictable.
01:06Impact on the natural ecosystem
01:10Changing geographical boundaries and forests
01:13Completely changing the face of the earth
01:26This is an epic of humanity's endless battle with nature.
01:31Describing how humans conquered nature
01:58Ten thousand years ago
02:00The European continent is a vast expanse of primeval forest.
02:06Just a few thousand years ago
02:09There is still no source of movement for trees here.
02:11Herds of Montmorency elephants and deer roamed among them.
02:15The climate in Europe is now warmer and more pleasant.
02:18This has attracted waves of new immigrants.
02:33Because the dense forest is difficult to traverse
02:35The easiest way to get inland
02:37It means utilizing the newly formed waterways
02:46These ancient solitary hunters
02:49The river channels meander along the Dúnao River, Rhine River, and Rhône River, covering a wide area.
02:56People come to hunt for the Feng ethnic group's fish, plants, and waterfowl.
03:09This is a completely new world.
03:12The situation is completely different from the past.
03:34Dense understory forest
03:36There is no space to accommodate large migratory animals.
03:40Therefore, large prey are rare.
03:49But there are many other opportunities.
03:51By creating a space for the dying
03:56Ancient hunters found a simple way to lure their prey.
04:04Humans are not the only hunters
04:14I see her hunting method is simple
04:17But we face everyone who comes.
04:20The simplicity of not doubting the prey
04:26Relief Fundraising
04:26even
04:41exist
04:42use
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06:12When hunter-gatherers roamed the verdant heartland of Europe
06:16A new way of life is beginning to emerge on the northeastern border of Europe.
06:20This phenomenon almost changed the entire European continent.
06:33About eight hundred years ago
06:35Europe's first slaves began working.
06:38Develop the fertile eastern Mediterranean coast
06:50These new immigrants from the Near East left behind the Moon Island remnants
06:54Attracted by the mild climate and fertile soil
07:00They brought some unique items.
07:03An important plant passed down through generations in Mesopotamia
07:07Tools and animals
07:09From the cradle of civilization
07:23Even in the Stone Age
07:25European farmers have a significant influence
07:28They quickly uprooted hundreds of species of wild plants.
07:32They switched to planting several of their crops
07:34Erin, barley, rye, and olives
07:46If hunter-gatherers never turned into farmers
07:50Forest areas may still retain their original appearance.
07:53However, the seeds of change have now been sown.
08:30Because there is a sufficient amount of food throughout the year
08:32And there's enough to store.
08:34Humans began to settle down
08:57Forests that once covered Crete and Malta
09:01Transformed into farmland and pasture
09:05Agriculture is thriving
09:06Nature is thus harmed
09:12On the eastern grasslands
09:14Ancient pioneers
09:15Develop another resource that will bring about change.
09:19Wild animals that are very easy to float
09:29Goats and sheep from the Middle East
09:32With the migration of farmers into continental Europe
09:38These animals will soon be found all over Europe.
09:42Ultimately, this indirectly led to the complete disappearance of the forest.
09:53Starting from the Mediterranean coastal region
09:55Agricultural culture has taken a step forward
10:09Mnara
10:10It is one of the many sun temples on the island of Malta.
10:14It is a wonder built by European farmers more than 7,000 years ago.
10:19These are the oldest historical buildings in the world.
10:22Rock-made lunar calendar
10:24Marking the time for planting and harvesting
10:27Holy land of human civilization
10:29To be in perfect harmony with nature
10:35Like the rising sun
10:37This new lifestyle
10:39It gradually spread to various parts of Europe
10:42However, only two thousand years
10:44It spread to the Atlantic coast.
10:50In Carnegie, France
10:51The giant stone standing in the middle
10:53This indicates that a prosperous agricultural society once existed here.
11:03These exquisite monuments
11:04Symbolizing human pioneering, land reclamation, and settlement.
11:09Bringing about major changes to the European continent
11:19Among thousands of megalithic ruins
11:22This one is the most recent.
11:24And it is also the most breathtaking.
11:26Giant Stone Town
11:28Ingenious integration of engineering
11:30And the masterpiece of precise mathematics
11:34More than one hundred generations
11:35Live with its changing light and shadow
12:01Four thousand years ago
12:03Europe's primeval forests are being exploited by another wave of human needs.
12:09Caused the greatest damage in history
12:13Only remote areas were spared.
12:20Leaf to Metal
12:25smelting techniques for brass and bronze
12:27Soon from the Balkans and Cyprus
12:30Spread throughout Europe
12:56However, as early as 2000 BC
12:59Cyprus's once-thriving metallurgical industry has withered away.
13:04The cause of the decline is no longer the shortage of mineral resources.
13:07Rather, it's Caixin's shortcomings.
13:14Metals represent wealth and power.
13:21Metal storage sites scattered throughout Europe
13:24It became the main motivation for fighting in all directions.
13:29European superpowers
13:30Emerging from the midst of raging war
13:36600 BC
13:38The Roman Empire embarked on a great undertaking.
13:44Its goal is not just to conquer
13:46We must also fully civilize primitive Europe.
14:00Ash arrows eliminate production to conquer all nations
14:02It is the declaration of the Roman army's operational mission.
14:06It made it the most powerful bridge-building and road-paving empire
14:10All roads lead to Rome
14:12The reason is this
14:13However, the reverse is also true.
14:15Every road originates from Rome
14:20Like capturing wild animals
14:22The Roman Empire laid roads throughout Europe.
14:26From Italy to Britain
14:27From Türkiye to Spain
14:31There is also a famous proverb from the Roman Empire
14:34The road is life
14:38Livestock in constant circulation
14:40Goods and Ideas
14:41From the Eternal City of Rome
14:43Teleported to the most remote corner of the empire
14:46Shaped European society
14:48Geographical landscape and natural ecology
14:50Its profound influence has lasted for thousands of years.
14:56Livestock and crops have invaded the capital city in large numbers.
15:00flora and fauna of the Mediterranean region
15:02They couldn't disperse inland.
15:04Because that was during the modern era in Europe
15:07The warmest period
15:13Roman culture traveled far and wide on Rome's back
15:16Luo is the offspring of a donkey and a horse.
15:19It does not exist in nature
15:23The Romans mass-produced Romans
15:25As a versatile and convenient means of transportation
15:33An endless stream of boxcars
15:35Transporting olive oil
15:36Cheese
15:37alcohol and weapons
15:41Also metal raw materials
15:47The Roman army will conquer the European continent.
15:49Frigid regions that are less suitable for human habitation
15:51The only motive was the mining.
15:57The Seam Mine located in Cornwall
15:59Enjoying the Holy People through Antiques
16:01But it wasn't mined until modern times.
16:09A systematic light benefit spanning five hundred years
16:12The border of the empire's forests
16:14Pushed towards the distant north
16:20Crossing the Rhine and Danube River basins
16:26Only then can the only remaining natural garden shadows be seen.
16:53However, even in remote woodlands
16:56Wild animals are no longer safe from fish.
16:59Large animals become the hunter's favorite
17:01Hunting them can be very profitable
17:37Rome's trade reach extended to the most remote borders of Europe.
17:42Entering the northernmost region
17:43Like Scotland and Siberia
17:47Millions of wild bears
17:49wolves and lions
17:51They all became victims of the booming leisure activities industry.
17:57By the first century AD
17:59In the European forests, brown males have almost completely dug up the forests.
18:07In the huge open-air stadiums of major cities and the Roman Colosseum
18:12Every afternoon, the people roared in protest against the bloody battle.
18:23Even the small town of housing fortresses has circus-style performances.
18:27It will be carried out in a temporary venue.
18:49day to day
18:51Throughout the empire
18:53Millions of wild animals were slaughtered
19:06Then suddenly
19:08The glory of the Roman Empire was suddenly established.
19:13The rapidly deteriorating climate accelerated his tension.
19:18Wilted crops
19:19Forcing the northern tribes to flee back to their homeland
19:25Nature is reclaiming farmland and pasture.
19:30It looks like the Ice Age has returned.
19:35First time in centuries
19:37Rivers in border areas freeze over
19:40Invaders could cross the frozen Donao River on foot.
19:43Disconnecting the Rhine River
19:53The greatest empire on the European continent
19:56They ruled and dominated for nearly a thousand years.
20:01But power has been regarded as [something] over the decades.
20:04The imperial palaces were subsequently abandoned.
20:06cities and roads
20:30However, the legacy of the Roman Empire still remains on the earth.
20:34In some places
20:35Hadrian's Wall in northern England is obvious.
21:00Within the borders of the Roman Empire
21:04Some corners were untouched by any damage.
21:09It was considered a barren wasteland.
21:20This is not North Africa.
21:24Instead, it was the scorching sun of the Spanish lands.
21:29Standing tall on the barren land are the snow-covered dwarfs.
21:32The highest mountain connected by wind
21:34Sierra Nevada
21:39These towering mountains hold the potential wealth of the region.
21:46Meltwater
21:48Making good use of this treasure will yield a great harvest.
21:51After the fall of the Roman Empire
21:56Waves of invaders came and went.
22:00The last people left were the army that built the waterways and canals.
22:04Berbers and Arab tribes from the northern Sahara border
22:11Because thousands of years ago
22:13They draw water from the snowmelt of the Moroccan mountains.
22:15Bringing life to the desert
22:22People who have always been called Moors
22:24They are experts in diverting and channeling snowmelt water.
22:32Since the eighth century
22:33They brought the brickyard to Spain.
22:44They built dams
22:46Go to the pond and rice bridge
22:48Interconnected canal network
22:51Canals with a total length of thousands of kilometers
22:54They come in all sizes.
23:02For irrigation
23:03They need to clear the land first.
23:08Centuries after their arrival
23:10All the hillsides within the canal system
23:13They've all been turned into terraced fields.
23:17In 700 AD
23:18The Moors turned the Han Chinese lands of Europe into orchards.
23:23The new varieties of fruit they planted
23:25It reminds one of
23:26They are in Spain
23:28Geographical relics left behind
23:40Moors' ingenious drinking water source
23:42Thus, the most beautiful garden in Europe was created.
23:50El Hambra Palace is
23:52Palaces of the Moorish Kings
23:54Send them their favorite natural elements
23:58A magical place filled with fountains and fragrances
24:02Full of marble and alabaster
24:14Throughout the Middle Ages
24:16The various races that inherited the Roman Empire
24:18They all left different marks on the earth.
24:25But the earth
24:26Conversely, it reflects human culture.
24:29The most obvious area
24:31Located at the far end of the European continent
24:37Scandinavian
24:38Europe's polar frontier
24:41Frigid Cold
24:43There is a shoreline east
24:47No fertile soil to cultivate
24:50But the sea is full of life.
24:56The Gulf Stream is here
24:57Immersed in the icy, nutrient-rich sea area
25:01There were enormous amounts of plankton everywhere.
25:03and large schools of fish
25:08Where
25:19Where
25:19Where
25:19warmth
25:19Where
25:20Where
25:36In the far north
25:39Land-based organisms rely directly on marine life for survival.
25:48Since the Gulf Stream
25:50After Xiawan was freed from the Bingheqi Glacier
25:53The settlers came to this coast and made a living from the sea.
25:58However, as the community expands
25:59Many people were forced to relocate
26:01Go explore the remote green coast
26:12These Nordic tribes evolved into
26:15Fearless navigators and trading entrepreneurs
26:19Their ships all have high carrying capacity.
26:32The Vikings relied on blood fishing rods
26:34Capable of undertaking a voyage along the Great Wall.
26:37From the Balkans to the Black Sea
26:39Then travel from the North Sea to the Mediterranean Sea
26:43It even reached the Americas.
26:51In Scandinavia
26:52Timber supply remains ample
26:55The Vikings had difficulty delivering timber.
26:58Because even the Roman Empire
26:59The remaining woodland
27:00There are already very few left.
27:08Ancient European tombs were hacked.
27:11Clearing farmland for cultivation
27:13Use it for shipbuilding, house construction, and as fuel.
27:19Around the year 1000
27:22Wild forests have been attacked again.
27:27The same
27:29It was the Romans again who were wielding the axes.
27:34The Roman Catholic Church takes over the Empire
27:36Everything left behind
27:38Many monasteries were built.
27:40And their purpose
27:41Not just for cultivating Tao
27:48Numerous monasteries
27:50They also cleared out large areas of woodland.
27:52The monks also shoulder the responsibility
27:54The mission of patrolling nature
27:59Especially Cistercian monasteries
28:01Like the Church of Tintern
28:03They will utilize advanced agricultural techniques.
28:06Their library is a repository of botany and horticulture.
28:15Religious rule altered the geographical landscape of Europe.
28:18Fish ponds were soon built around most monasteries.
28:22Although monks must abstain from their vows for more than 150 days a year
28:25But they just don't eat meat.
28:27Fish and meat are still eaten
28:42In various parts of Europe
28:44The monastery's fishpond
28:45Creating a freshwater paradise for wildlife
28:56However, some species suffer as a result.
28:59Water lilies and pond turtles live in freshwater.
29:02The church drove them away to feed the fish.
29:06To meet the needs of complete removal and ringing
29:09They quickly disappeared.
29:23The church's mission of education has blossomed and borne fruit.
29:26Because forest clearings laid the foundation first.
29:29The foundation of the new town
29:41By the fourteenth century
29:42One-eighth of the population in Central Europe
29:45They all lived inside the city walls.
29:54Developing streets in European towns
29:57It was filled with all kinds of vitality.
30:01Not only beneficial to human beings
30:12Rats have also crawled into the emerging metropolitan center.
30:15Come in search of food and garbage
30:19Their arrival
30:20This foreshadows a deadly threat to civilization.
30:26In the late 1340s
30:28A massive plague, like wildfire, broke out across Europe.
30:32One family infects another
30:34The news spread throughout the factories and towns
30:47In just three years
30:49Half of Europe's population died as a result.
30:56Rats from Asia on a boat
30:59Fleas carrying deadly bacteria on the knee girdle
31:02Fleas can transmit disease to humans through bites.
31:19Regardless of age
31:21Regardless of wealth
31:23They will all get sick and die
31:27Many people firmly believe
31:29This is the weather.
31:39The end of the world is coming
31:41European population
31:42It wasn't until 250 years later that it returned to its former level.
31:49For wild animals
31:51Instead, it was a long respite.
31:57After the terrifying epidemic subsided
32:00Not many people survived to cultivate the farmland.
32:05Herds of livestock ran into the wild.
32:12European large predators
32:14For hundreds of years, it has been on the verge of extinction.
32:16At this moment, he has returned to his peak form.
32:46European large predators
33:13Humanity's golden age
33:15The fates of wolves, bears, and lynxes were paramount.
33:19Over several hundred years
33:21Only plague or large-scale war
33:23Only then can they have the opportunity to become wealthy.
33:47Throughout the Middle Ages
33:49The forests high in the Alps were completely looted.
33:54Forest area forced to move down
33:56However, the ongoing offensive has resulted in a wartime truce.
34:01This atmosphere of wartime respite in Europe
34:04This means that most of continental Europe will return to a natural state.
34:08Undisturbed forest
34:32The natural ecosystem recovered after the outbreak of the Black Death.
34:37This is the first time in thousands of years.
34:39Animals are enjoying increasing freedom.
34:58Farmland and pastureland year after year
35:01Uncultivated planting
35:03Europe's forests rapidly encroached upon its territory.
35:06An endless sea of ​​trees submerged vast tracts of farmland.
35:12However, the truce is only for wartime.
35:16At the end of the sixteenth century
35:18Forests are facing an unprecedented major invasion.
35:22The Great European Maritime Age Has Arrived
35:25They launched overseas plunder
35:27And launch a large-scale war to seize naval power.
35:33Large ships need large trees to build them.
35:36All kinds of mature trees were affected.
35:40Ten thousand large trees fell down.
35:42To build the largest ship in history
35:46super sailboat
35:49European natural logs floated at sea during the war.
36:01July 1588
36:03The largest invading fleet of our time
36:05Spanish Grand Fleet
36:09Encountering a formidable enemy, the British Navy
36:17The British army was outnumbered
36:19Port of Calais, where ships were anchored in enemy territory
36:21Set fire to the ship
36:32The large fleet consisted of 120 ships.
36:51Including thirty large ships
36:53Powerful military
36:54However, it is difficult to control.
36:57They were in the living sea
36:58In a panic, the sea fortress
37:00Sailing into Beihai
37:10When they passed through Scotland and Ireland
37:13A violent Atlantic storm
37:15Devastation of the Spanish Fleet
37:18Crushing numerous heavy ships
37:24Off the coast of Ireland
37:28Spain's finest tombs
37:30It sank to the bottom of the sea
37:38Although the Spanish Grand Fleet
37:40It did not rewrite human history.
37:42The wreckage will change history.
37:47In Ireland
37:48People collect seaweed
37:50To fertilize the barren soil
37:53They have always been like this.
37:55Cultivation in a few windbreak valleys
37:58Make the barley grow better
38:07But in the summer of 1588
38:09Items washed ashore
38:11Will rewrite Ireland
38:14Ultimately, it will change forever.
38:15Major crops in Europe
38:20For the locals
38:21Shipwreck remains in coastal waters
38:23Represents good luck
38:25This time they had no idea
38:27What good fortune I have
38:33decades ago, the potato...
38:36As Columbus sailed across the seas
38:38From the New World to Spain
38:41They are from the Spanish Navy
38:42Ideal supplies
38:44Others in Europe at that time
38:46I know nothing about rats
38:57Irish farmers soon discovered
38:59This comes from the Andes Mountains.
39:01Introduced plants
39:02Very suitable for planting in
39:04They are wrinkled and short in the cold night.
39:05On the barren island soil
39:08The harvest surpassed what was planted before.
39:10Any crop
39:12The hamster soon
39:13Grain shortage areas become popular
39:17The fate of Ireland
39:18Rapidly becoming dependent on a single crop
39:22For the next two hundred years
39:23Farmland and crops increased tenfold.
39:27The same applies to population size.
39:28Reaching more than eight million people
39:44But later
39:45In the winter of 1845
39:49Disaster strikes
39:54illegal immigrants from the Americas
39:56A type of bacteria caused the grain storage to be reduced.
39:59All rotted
40:05Next year
40:06Bacteria invade farmland and farmland
40:12In just a few months
40:13Millions of people lost their livelihoods
40:26This disease in potatoes
40:28diffusion speed
40:28One hundred times faster than other types
40:31Rapidly infecting all parts of the UK
40:33It also swept across the European continent.
40:37This is in European history
40:38The worst famine
40:40In Ireland
40:41The death toll surge
40:43Ultimately, it reached as many as one million people.
40:48One and a half million extremely poor survivors
40:50They abandoned their victimized farmland.
40:57They migrated in large numbers
40:58It heralds the transition to a new era.
41:00It has already begun in the UK.
41:07All of this will change the face of Europe.
41:09The speed and intensity of change
41:12unprecedented
41:36This new form of economy
41:38No longer based on crops
41:40Instead, it was convened by miners and technology companies.
41:43That is the machine age
41:46The Steam-Driven Revolution
41:48At an unprecedented speed
41:50It spread rapidly
41:56Machines now dominate the pace of life.
41:59A single movement of the human body
42:01and the rate of production
42:10The factory was packed with laborers from rural areas.
42:13They arrived at the emerging industrial center of the coal mine.
42:25New transportation vehicles can connect to remote areas
42:30The canal meanders between the water and the banks
42:37Coal ignited the flames of revolution
42:40By the mid-1800s
42:42Every year, 50 million tons of coal turn into black smoke.
42:45Pollution blackens British towns
42:48Caused the most astonishing changes in geographical landscape
42:52Emerging New Towns
42:53Swallowed up green farmland
43:04This Industrial Revolution
43:06Originating in the UK
43:08However, in the latter half of the 19th century
43:10Thick smoke quickly covered the European continent in the evening.
43:19The Industrial Revolution began here.
43:22It uses wood as propellant.
43:25Especially in the Alps
43:27The remaining forests in the area
43:29Suffered extensive looting
43:33Rivers have been transformed into transport belts
43:36Thousands of carpenters
43:37Using raw wood as charcoal material
43:40Supply to the protoplast
43:42All the wood was thrown into the furnace.
43:45In the long run
43:46Only a very large number of coal mines
43:48Only then can their enormous needs be met.
43:56In order to enable industry to expand beyond Europe
43:59They need efficient transportation tools
44:02Huge steel ship
44:03Fujian's railway network
44:07Britain exports railways to various parts of Europe.
44:10Connecting ports, mines and factories
44:13Connecting the city
44:14Combining various countries
44:23This is the first time in human history.
44:25A trip to the Great Wall is easy.
44:43Residents of the smog-filled city
44:45You can escape to rural areas
44:49Suddenly someone realized
44:51What is missing from their lives?
44:58Clean air
44:59open space
45:07Blue Sky
45:18And their most significant discovery
45:24The tranquility of true nature
45:35Since humans set foot on the European continent
45:37The peaks of the Alps are deeply revered.
45:40Respect but keep your distance
45:46Because there was nothing to plunder on the mountain.
45:51But now
45:53Numerous mountaineers, painters, and poets
45:55botanist and geographer
46:00Even ambitious photographers
46:03They flocked to these peaks.
46:19The descendants of these initiators of the Industrial Revolution
46:22Discover a treasure that no amount of wealth can buy.
46:29The most spectacular scenery
46:31It is located in the New Tibet region of Europe.
46:33The vast and boundless mountain scenery
46:39They convey a powerful new message.
46:43Europe also has the surname America.
46:45Its various smoothness and glory
46:47Absolutely worth treasuring and cherishing by future generations
46:51In the early 20th century
46:54This message came at just the right time.
46:57Modern urban engineering land grab
46:59Population surge
47:02Man-made landscapes can be seen everywhere
47:04Various new inventions
47:06Strengthen human interaction with the Earth
47:07The influence of climate and biology
47:12A Journey Through Time in Europe
47:14Start to change direction
47:17From the consumption of resources
47:18Shift to coexistence and prosperity with nature
47:25European cities transformed into
47:27A new paradise for wild animals
47:29Natural environment becomes
47:31well-protected shelter
47:34Human civilization and nature
47:36More harmonious
47:51Europe
47:52Wild animals can be seen everywhere
47:55farmland
47:57In artificial forests and wild forests
48:00The edge of the city
48:02And in the most remote corners of Europe
48:06Now
48:07In the new migration year
48:10European Nature Conservation
48:11It is controlled by human beings
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