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.
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.
General Note
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on January 19, 2011.
Learn360 is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Content Note
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).