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The military and civil engineering of the Renaissance.

Engineering an Empire

The classical learning and science of the Byzantine Empire gives rise to the Renaissance.

Engineering feats under Napoleon's reign; Notre Dame de Paris; the Canal du Midi; the Eiffel Tower.

Architecture and infrastructure enable the rise and fall of the Russian Empire.

Canals; naval fleet; the Great Wall of China; host Peter Weller.

Architecture and infrastructure enable the rise and fall of the ancient Mayan civilization.

The power, strength and ingenuity of Carthage.

The architecture and infrastructure behind Aztec society; host Peter Weller.

The architecture and infrastructure the ancient Greeks engineered during the time of Alexander the Great.

The Greek Empire's architecture and infrastructure; host Peter Weller.

History's greatest engineering and architectural achievements.