Islam Atlas

Discovery Channel takes you on a breathtaking journey to the Great Rift Valley, the tropical islands of Hawaii, and the Mediterranean in ATLAS 4D. Showcasing the natural beauty of the world with groundbreaking technology, the three-part series combines captivating photography and cutting-edge special effects to portray a stunning feature of history, civilizations, and geographies of these destinations. Using state of the art computer graphics, ATLAS 4D features landscapes that have evolved over millions of years to tell the story of the Great Rift Valley, Hawaii and the Mediterranean. Uncovering connections between geology, natural history and indigenous peoples, ATLAS 4D reveals how the formation of the Rift Valley forced a crucial evolutionary step for humankind, how an ancient ice age provided Polynesian settlers in Hawaii with a breakthrough technology, and how the spread of Islam sparked the Italian Renaissance in the Mediterranean.