Season 1
(2005)
Cast
as Himself / Host
as Narrator
Episodes
Rome 0.0
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 …
Egypt 0.0
October 9, 2006
From the year 3000 BC all the way to around 1212 BC, the Egyptians accomplished the impossibe and built the unimaginabl…
Greece 0.0
October 16, 2006
See the engineering feats that gave rise to the Greek empire.
Greece: Age of Alexander 0.0
October 23, 2006
See the engineering feats of Greece under Alexander the Great.
Aztecs 0.0
October 30, 2006
In less than 200 years the Aztec's transformed themselves from a band of wandering nomads to the greatest civilization …
Carthage 0.0
November 6, 2006
Carthage, a remarkable city-state that dominated the Mediterranean for over 600 years, harnessed their extensive resour…
Maya: Death Empire 0.0
November 13, 2006
At the height of its glory, this mysterious civilization ruled a territory of 125,000 square miles across parts of Guat…
Russia 0.0
November 20, 2006
At the height of its power the Russian Empire stretched across 15 times zones, incorporated nearly 160 different ethnic…
Great Britain: Blood and Steel 0.0
November 27, 2006
At its pinnacle, the British Empire spanned every continent and covered one quarter of the Earth's land mass. Through t…
The Persians 0.0
December 4, 2006
The Persian Empire was one of the most mysterious civilizations in the ancient world. Persia became an empire under the…
China 0.0
December 11, 2006
For over 4,000 years the world's greatest empires have come and gone--only China has survived the test of time. Century…
Napoleon: Steel Monster 0.0
December 18, 2006
Centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire, French kings struggled for control against the church and the aristocracy…
The Byzantines 0.0
December 25, 2006
As much of the world descended into the dark ages after the fall of Rome, one civilization shone brilliantly: the Byzan…
Da Vinci's World 0.0
January 8, 2007
After the fall of Rome, Italy fell into a dark sleep, and wasn't reawakened until the 11th century. Autonomous city-sta…