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[2007]., General, History Channel : Distributed by New Video Call No: ANCIENT CIVILIZATION NF DVD Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An architectural investigation beginning with Greece, the empire that gave rise to Western civilization and produced some of antiquity's greatest treasures. Next discover how Alexander saved the Greek Empire from its period of civil unrest, then voyage to Central America to unlock the mysterious and magical world of the ancient Aztecs.
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[2007]., General, History Channel : Distributed by New Video Call No: ANCIENT CIVILIZATION NF DVD Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An architectural investigation explores the sophistication and defense techniques of Carthaginian engineers; the unparalleled feats of ancient China; and, trace the rise and fall of the Russian Empire.
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[2007]., General, History Channel : Distributed by New Video Call No: ANCIENT CIVILIZATION NF DVD Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An architectural investigation explores the rise of the British Empire as it paves the way for the modern world; the engineering feats of the Persian Empire; and, the ingenuity of the Mayan from 250 to 900 AD while searching for clues regarding the Mayan civilization's strange disappearance.
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-- Engineering an empire.c2006., History Channel : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video Call No: ANCIENT CIVILIZATION NF DVD Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This documentary explores Egypt's awe-inspiring engineering accomplishments through the prism of its pharaohs' indomitable personalities. As Egypt's pharaohs alternately conquered and ceded vast expanses of land, they pushed their royal architects to stretch the boundaries of imagination and human potential, in effect inventing the science of structural engineering. Follow the empire's development from the First Dynasty of 3000 BC through the last days of the reign of Ramses the Great in 1212 BC, from dazzling obelisks to the 700-foot Great Pyramid of Giza.