Season 1 (2005)

Rome
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September 13, 2005

See the engineering feats that brought Rome to power in the ancient world. From Julius Caesar and the end of the Roman Republic to...Read more

Egypt
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October 9, 2006

From the year 3000 BC all the way to around 1212 BC, the Egyptians accomplished the impossibe and built the unimaginable. From the...Read more

Greece
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October 16, 2006 • 1h

See the engineering feats that gave rise to the Greek empire.

Greece: Age of Alexander
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October 23, 2006 • 1h

See the engineering feats of Greece under Alexander the Great.

Aztecs
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October 30, 2006 • 1h

In less than 200 years the Aztec's transformed themselves from a band of wandering nomads to the greatest civilization the New Wor...Read more

Carthage
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November 6, 2006 • 1h

Carthage, a remarkable city-state that dominated the Mediterranean for over 600 years, harnessed their extensive resources to deve...Read more

Maya: Death Empire
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November 13, 2006 • 1h

At the height of its glory, this mysterious civilization ruled a territory of 125,000 square miles across parts of Guatemala, Mexi...Read more

Russia
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November 20, 2006

At the height of its power the Russian Empire stretched across 15 times zones, incorporated nearly 160 different ethnicities, and ...Read more

Great Britain: Blood and Steel
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November 27, 2006

At its pinnacle, the British Empire spanned every continent and covered one quarter of the Earth's land mass. Through the centurie...Read more

The Persians
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December 4, 2006 • 1h

The Persian Empire was one of the most mysterious civilizations in the ancient world. Persia became an empire under the Cyrus the ...Read more

China
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December 11, 2006 • 1h

For over 4,000 years the world's greatest empires have come and gone--only China has survived the test of time. Century after cent...Read more

Napoleon: Steel Monster
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December 18, 2006 • 1h

Centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire, French kings struggled for control against the church and the aristocracy. Chaos and...Read more

The Byzantines
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December 25, 2006

As much of the world descended into the dark ages after the fall of Rome, one civilization shone brilliantly: the Byzantine Empire...Read more

Da Vinci's World
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January 8, 2007

After the fall of Rome, Italy fell into a dark sleep, and wasn't reawakened until the 11th century. Autonomous city-states emerged...Read more