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The coming of the new millennium brought lists of all sorts, including this compilation by the Biography Channel, of the 100 most influential people of the last 1,000 years. This program is the first episode of a four-part series that examines the lives of some of the people who changed the course of history. From Queen Elizabeth to Abraham Lincoln, the stories of their personal lives and social and political accomplishments are told. Archival photographs, film clips, artwork, interviews, and scholarly commentary round out this examination of some of history's heavy hitters.