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
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
October 16, 2006 • 1h
See the engineering feats that gave rise to the Greek empire.
October 23, 2006 • 1h
See the engineering feats of Greece under Alexander the Great.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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