Title from container. Host, Peter Weller. Originally broadcast on the History Channel in 2006. Contains all 12 episodes from the series. Special features: Behind-the-scenes featurette.
Contents:
Vol. 1. Greece ; Greece: Age of Alexander ; The Aztecs -- v. 2. Carthage ; China ; Russia -- v. 3. Great Britain ; The Persians ; The Maya -- v. 4. Napoleon and beyond ; The Byzantines ; Age of architects.
Summary:
Experience street-level life in ancient Greece and China; track the expansion of history's most ambitious cultures like Rome and Byzantium; and marvel at the touchstone achievments - the Parthenon, Tenochtitlan, The Great Wall, Chichen Iltz - that defined the past and awe us to this day.
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