The Adventures of Sinbad is a Canadian television series which aired from 1996 to 1998. It follows on the story from the pilot of the same name. It revolves around the series' protagonist

Protagonist

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, Sinbad

Sinbad the Sailor

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. The series is a re-telling of the adventures of Sinbad from The Arabian Nights

The Book of One Thousand and One Nights

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. Created by Ed Naha

Ed Naha

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, it was filmed in southern Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada and in Cape Town, South Africa. The tone of the series resembled its contemporaries Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

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and Xena: Warrior Princess

Xena: Warrior Princess

Xena: Warrior Princess is an American–New Zealand supernatural fantasy adventure series that aired in syndication from September 4, 1995 until June 18, 2001....

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A sword and sorcery

Sword and sorcery

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 adventure set in a land of myth and magic in the Middle East

Middle East

The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...

, around the Persian Gulf

Persian Gulf

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