Browse episode ratings trends for 500 Nations. Simply click on the interactive rating graph to explore the best and worst of 500 Nations's 8 episodes.
The best rated episodes of 500 Nations are:
Invasion Of The Coast: The First English Settlements S1E4 rated 8.0
Clash Of Cultures: The People Who Met Columbus S1E3 rated 8.0
The lowest rated episodes of 500 Nations are:
Mexico: The Rise And Fall Of The Aztecs S1E2 rated 6.0
Cauldron Of War: Iroquois Democracy And The American Revolution S1E5 rated 7.0
The first episode of 500 Nations aired on April 20, 1995.
The last episode of 500 Nations aired on April 28, 1995.
There are 8 episodes of 500 Nations.
There is one season of 500 Nations.
No.
500 Nations has ended.
Best Episodes of 500 Nations
Invasion Of The Coast: The First English Settlements
S1 Ep4
8.0
21st Apr 1995
An examination of the Native Americans of New England and their experiences with the British who settled at Jamestown and Plymouth. Includes background to the first Thanksgiving.
Clash Of Cultures: The People Who Met Columbus
S1 Ep3
8.0
21st Apr 1995
Columbus' arrival and the subsequent defeat of the Caribbean tribes are chronicled, along with De Soto's destruction of the Southeast tribes such as the Coosa and the Mobile nation.
Worst Episodes of 500 Nations
Mexico: The Rise And Fall Of The Aztecs
S1 Ep2
6.0
20th Apr 1995
The rise and fall of the Aztec Empire is examined from their defeat of the Toltec regime to Cortez' ultimate conquest of the Aztecs and all of Mexico.
Cauldron Of War: Iroquois Democracy And The American Revolution
S1 Ep5
7.0
27th Apr 1995
Hostilities between Native Americans and European settlers erupt across the eastern part of the continent as the colonists prepare for revolution. Pontiac's siege of Detroit and the splintering of the Iroqois Confederacy are examined.
500 Nations Episode Guide
The Ancestors: Early Cultures Of North America
S1 Ep1
7.7
20th Apr 1995
This volume takes a look at the massacre of the Sioux at Wounded Knee then flashes back to examine societies of Native Americans prior to the arrival of European settlers.
Mexico: The Rise And Fall Of The Aztecs
S1 Ep2
6.0
20th Apr 1995
The rise and fall of the Aztec Empire is examined from their defeat of the Toltec regime to Cortez' ultimate conquest of the Aztecs and all of Mexico.
Clash Of Cultures: The People Who Met Columbus
S1 Ep3
8.0
21st Apr 1995
Columbus' arrival and the subsequent defeat of the Caribbean tribes are chronicled, along with De Soto's destruction of the Southeast tribes such as the Coosa and the Mobile nation.
Invasion Of The Coast: The First English Settlements
S1 Ep4
8.0
21st Apr 1995
An examination of the Native Americans of New England and their experiences with the British who settled at Jamestown and Plymouth. Includes background to the first Thanksgiving.
Cauldron Of War: Iroquois Democracy And The American Revolution
S1 Ep5
7.0
27th Apr 1995
Hostilities between Native Americans and European settlers erupt across the eastern part of the continent as the colonists prepare for revolution. Pontiac's siege of Detroit and the splintering of the Iroqois Confederacy are examined.
Removal: War And Exile In The East
S1 Ep6
7.0
27th Apr 1995
After Tecumseh's Shawnee people side with the British in the War of 1812, President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act, forcing all tribes to move into "Indian Territory," along the famed trail of tears.
Roads Across The Plains: Struggle For The West
S1 Ep7
7.0
28th Apr 1995
The twin gold rushes in California and Colorado bring hordes of settlers into the Western Territories where such Native American leaders as Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull and the Kiowa chief Satanta organize futile resistance.
Attack On Culture: 'I Will Fight No More Forever'
S1 Ep8
7.0
28th Apr 1995
The Indian resistance of the late 19th-century is examined, including Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce, the Apache leader Cochise and Geronimo, who surrenders and is imprisoned into the 20th-century. The government-mandated suppression of Native American culture culminates in the massacre at Wounded Knee, bringing the series full circle.
