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Greece : Engineering an Empire
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- Online
- Summary
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This program traces 1,500 years of history to shed light on the incredible engineering accomplishments of the ancient Greeks - and the leaders who enabled them to happen.
Details
- Creator
- A&E Television Networks, LLC
- Included Title
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- Engineering an empire (Television program)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2011], c2006
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (44 min.) : sd., col
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn878699149
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on January 19, 2011.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Closed-captioned.
- Ancient Greece: Birthplace of Western Civilization (1:22) -- Themistocles - c.525-460 BC (2:49) -- Themistocles' Trireme (1:57) -- Battle of Salamis (2:56) -- Themistocles Ostracized (1:30) -- Agamemnon - c.1200 BC (2:05) -- Mycenae's Lion Gate: Corbelled Arch (3:20) -- Corbelled Dome: Mycenaean Tholos (2:58) -- Greece's Dark Age (1:03) -- Polycrates c.570 -522 BC (5:59) -- Pericles - c. 495 - 429 BC (3:05) -- Gathering Raw Materials for the Parthenon (3:00) -- Engineering the Parthenon (3:22) -- Parthenon: Walls Enclosing Interior Spaces (0:31) -- There are No Straight Lines in the Parthenon (1:16) -- Athenian Eyesore? (3:07) -- Peloponnesian War (2:33) -- Credits: Greece (0:47) -- Battle of Salamis (with Background) (6:16)