Episode #5: Chivalry in Other Cultures 9/11/06

Segment 1: Stan Lee’s Chivalry In Reality TV

• Learn more about the SciFi channel’s reality show, Who Wants To Be A Superhero?

Segment 2: Chivalry Heard Round The World

Ancient Greece and Rome
• By The Sword by Richard Cohen
• Gladiators Get A Thumbs Up by Zach Zorich, Discover Vol. 26, No. 5, May 2005

Islamic Chivalry
• Arabian Knights by Habeeb Salloum
• The Cross and The Crescent by Richard Fletcher

Jaguar and Eagle Knights
• The Aztecs by Richard F. Townsend
• Aztec Wars of Flowers and Jaguars and Eagles on the Ancient Worlds website
• The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

Bushido: The Way of Chivalry
• Samurai: An Illustrated History by Mitsuo Kure
• Samurai: The Story of Japan’s Great Warriors by Stephen Turnbull
• Shinsengumi: The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps by Romulus Hillsborough
• How To Be A Samurai Warrior by Fiona Macdonald

• Show theme and incidental music composed and performed by Joe Novelozo

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